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Thursday, September 19 – Sunday, September 29<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ————-<\/p>\n\n\n\n THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Conversation: Jamie Nares and Julian Schnabel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 6:15 pm, Milwaukee Art Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n Welcome world-renowned artist and Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Julian Schnabel in a conversation with the artist Jamie Nares, in this program presented in conjunction with the exhibition Nares: Moves<\/a>. Sponsored by: Milwaukee Art Museum’s Contemporary Art Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/mam.org\/events\/index.php?eID=10356<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sarah A. Seo, <\/strong>Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American<\/strong><\/a> Freedom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 7 pm, Boswell Books<\/p>\n\n\n\n A legal historian teaching criminal procedure at Iowa Law School, Sarah A Seo chronicles how the rise of the car, the symbol of American personal freedom, inadvertently led to ever more intrusive policing, with disastrous consequences for racial equality in our criminal justice system. Cosponsored by the 51ÁÔÆæ Urban Studies Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.boswellbooks.com\/upcoming-events<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Academic Adventurers Presents “The Case of Turpan: How to Destroy a Culture”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 pm – 4 pm, 51ÁÔÆæ Golda Meir Library, AGS Library (3rd Floor, East Wing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don Hanlon, professor emeritus of the 51ÁÔÆæ School of Architecture and Urban Planning, recently donated his slide collection to the AGSL that documents the vernacular architecture of Turpan in northwestern China. Turpan was once the largest oasis-city along the Silk Road\u2019s northern route and the seat of large empires that dominated sections of trade crossing from China into central Asia, spreading Buddhism into China and silk into Rome. Free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 Wisconsin Sculptors: Not Just a Boy\u2019s Club<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Opening Reception, 5 pm – 8 pm, Union Art Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creating sculptural works, especially those larger in scale, has historically been viewed as a male-dominated field within the arts. The reality however is that many significant women artists have influenced and shaped the sculptural conversation in Wisconsin. This exhibition, presenting ten Wisconsin artists, highlights some of the impactful work being done by women sculptors in Wisconsin. It is by no means a complete survey. EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Emily Belknap, Prithika Deivasigamani, Yevgeniya Kaganovich, Katie Martin Meurer, Nirmal Raja, Lisa Beth Robinson, Mary Roley, Jill Sebastian, Valaria Tatera and Kristin Thielking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chris Fink, <\/strong>Add This to the List of Things That You Are<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 7 pm, Boswell Books<\/p>\n\n\n\n 51ÁÔÆæ Creative Writing PhD graduate and Professor of English at Beloit College, Chris Fink appears at Boswell with his new collection of short stories. Fink\u2019s collection of stories features authentic Midwesterners with a lot of conflicts under their seemingly sunny exterior who suffer through the challenges of their lives. Fink\u2019s characters want to flee hometowns yet feel out of place among the urbane. A man can no longer face the cabin he shared with his ex and flees home, then around the world. People dream of free Cubs tickets, but once they arrive, watch in dismay as the twenties peel away from their wallets. Fink\u2019s stories touch on alcoholism, violence, and the self-doubts of minds cultivated during long, shut-in winters. Chris Fink is a professor of English at Beloit College, where he edits the Beloit Fiction Journal. He is author of the novel Farmer\u2019s Almanac and regularly writes brief essays for NPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n https:\/\/www.boswellbooks.com\/upcoming-events<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n