Comic strip author to visit
SLIPPERY ROCK — The Kaleidoscope Arts Festival continues through April 29 with numerous events, including an appearance by Lynda Barry, creator of the national comic strip "Ernie Pook's Comeek."
She will share her insight into the awkward world of adolescence during a reading at 2 p.m. Friday in the Spotts World Culture Building auditorium. Admission is free.
Barry will sign books and meet fans after the session in which she will read and discuss her work.
Her cartoons view family life from the perspective of pre-teen girls from the wrong side of the tracks. She writes about freckles, pigtails and red hair and often pokes fun at teachers and older sisters for their "sticking-out butt dances." Many strips feature a poetry-spouting poodle.
Her visit is sponsored by Slippery Rock University's department of English and the College of Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts.
Kaleidoscope Arts Festival also will feature music, poetry readings and a Children's Day.
Highlights include:• Taiko Drummers, 7 p.m. tonight, Swope Recital Hall• Jillian McDonald, artist, 12:30 p.m. Friday, McKay auditorium• K-Scope on Main (music and artist market), 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, downtown• Senior Synthesis Dance Concert, 5 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Swope Recital Hall• Guaranteed Irish, three-man band, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Main Street Gallery• Orchestra Concert, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Swope Recital Hall• Sonia Sanchez, poet, professor and lecturer, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Advanced Science and Tech Hall• Shakespeare's Birthday Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, University Club, $15, reservations required. Call 724-738-4065.• SLAB Magazine literary debut, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Alumni House• "After Ashley," 8 p.m. Wednesday and April 24, 25, 26 and 27, Miller Auditorium• Brass Ensemble, 7:30 p.m. April 25, Swope Recital Hall• Children's Day with storytelling, arts and crafts, theater, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26; most events are on Morrow Way near Russell Wright Alumni House• Zany Circus, 3 p.m. April 26, Russell Wright Alumni House lawn• Flute Choir, 4 p.m. April 27, Swope Recital Hall• Grammy Award winner and composer Libby Larsen in concert, 7:30 p.m. April 28, Swope Recital Hall• Lecture by Grammy Award winner and composer Libby Larsen, 12:30 p.m. April 29, Swope Recital Hall• Jazz Bands, 7:30 p.m. April 29, Miller Auditorium.
