Prison “Letters”: Fiction as Remembrance

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Two works of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Fyodor Dostoevsky, written after the Russian writers were political prisoners, will be explored during a four-evening series entitled Prison “Letters”: Fiction as Remembrance at The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.

Led by Dr. Claudia Allums, associate director of The Dallas Institute, the sessions are scheduled for 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on four Thursdays – April 3, 10, 17, and 24 – at The Dallas Institute on 2719 Routh Street, Dallas 75201.

Tuition is $70 Members, $85 Nonmembers, and $25 Teachers. Texts are One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn (Signet, ISBN 0451527097) and The House of the Dead and Poor Folk by Dostoevsky (Barnes and Noble, ISBN, 1593081944). To register, call 214-871-2440.

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• The Idle Rich Pub: 3 pm - 6:30 pm: $1 off all drafts, house drinks, wells, and calls, $2.50 domestic longnecks
• Sambuca (Dallas): 4:30 pm - 7 pm: $2 frozen Bellinis and domestic beers, $3 house wine by the glass, $4 wells, $5 martinis and $5 sushi rolls / 11 am - 3 pm: $5 martinis and $5 sushi rolls
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• Texas Land & Cattle Steakhouse (Dallas / Cole & Lemmon)
• Village Burger Bar
• The Loon Bar & Grill
• Opus
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Some nearby events on April 3rd

• The Blonde, The Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead, Dallas Theater Center, 7:30 p.m.
• “Webisodes, Shmebisodes: What Happened to Writing for Feature Films and Television?", W Hotel, 5:30 p.m.
• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 'Blind', Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar, 4 p.m.
• Whodunnit Previews, Theatre Three, 7:30 p.m.
• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 'Wet Deck', W Hotel, 7:30 p.m.

Event posted March 18, 2008
Last updated March 18, 2008