Lola Norris, associate professor of Spanish, from the sponsoring College of Arts and Sciences’ department of Humanities, said the “Cervantes & Shakespeare Go Pop Festival” is a broad series of immersive events offering something for everyone. Ula Klein, assistant professor of English, and Dr. One of the Festival highlights, an interactive talk about William Shakespeare and his pop culture legacy by two eminent literary scholars on April 13, is made possible through generous funding support provided by Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Arts. Included are exhibits, readings, activities for children, a choir concert with jazz settings of Shakespeare’s sonnets, faculty research presentations, a dance concert, special guest lectures, a concert based on the works of the authors, the authors as depicted in Manga, and a silent movie production of “Othello” with live organ accompaniment. The “Cervantes & Shakespeare Go Pop Festival” offers a broad spectrum of events, providing lasting testimony to the pairs’ enduring legacy, especially in popular culture. Literary masters Cervantes and Shakespeare will come to life in a month-long festival at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) dubbed the “Cervantes & Shakespeare Go Pop Festival.” The Festival mines the authors’ rich treasures in a contemporary vein, April 3– May 4.
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