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SUMMARY:Castles in the Sky
DESCRIPTION:\nCastles in the Sky: Film Screening\, Poetry Reading\, and
Conversation about Cross-Cultural Art Making\n\nFeaturing:\n\nPearl Gluc
k (filmmaker and associate professor\, Penn State)\n\nJulia Spicher Kasd
orf (poet and professor\, Penn State)\n\nShara McCallum (poet and profes
sor\, Penn State)\n\nYermiyahu Ahron Taub (poet\, writer\, and translato
r of Yiddish literature)\n\nDirected by Pearl Gluck in 2022\, Castles in
the Sky\, a 30-minute fictional film depicts Malke\, a Holocaust surviv
or and beloved sex-ed teacher living in a cloistered Hasidic community i
n Brooklyn. Malke has a secret life slamming poetry in New York’s Lower
East Side\, defying all communal norms and laws until her transgressive
pursuits are discovered by one of her bridal students.\n\nThe film scree
ning will be followed by a conversation with director Pearl Gluck and po
ets Yermiyahu Ahron Taub\, Julia Spicher Kasdorf\, and Shara McCallum to
discuss the pleasures and power of border crossings and inter-cultural
communication for artists who come from minoritized ethno-religious and
cultural communities.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/eve
nt/castles-in-the-sky/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Castles in
the Sky: Film Screening, Poetry Reading, and Conversation about Cro
ss-Cultural Art Making
Featuring:
Pearl Gluck (filmmaker and
associate professor, Penn State)
Julia Spicher Kasdorf (poet and pr
ofessor, Penn State)
Shara McCallum (poet and professor, Penn State
)
Yermiyahu Ahron Taub (poet, writer, and translator of Yiddish lit
erature)
Directed by Pearl Gluck in 2022, Castles in the Sky, a 30-minute fictional film depicts Malke, a Holocaust survivor and
beloved sex-ed teacher living in a cloistered Hasidic community in Brook
lyn. Malke has a secret life slamming poetry in New York’s Lower East Si
de, defying all communal norms and laws until her transgressive pursuits
are discovered by one of her bridal students.
The film screening
will be followed by a conversation with director Pearl Gluck and poets Y
ermiyahu Ahron Taub, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, and Shara McCallum to discus
s the pleasures and power of border crossings and inter-cultural communi
cation for artists who come from minoritized ethno-religious and cultura
l communities.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/castles-in-
the-sky/
LOCATION:Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
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