The Feminist Activist Coalition student club at LLCC is issuing a public call for theatre monologues, dialogues or ensemble pieces depicting personal stories about identity. How has gender, sex, race, ethnicity, age, able-bodiedness, body image, sexuality, etc. impacted your experiences in the world?

We are looking for dynamic, reflective solo or small ensemble pieces that would last from one to seven minutes for a show we are sponsoring, which will be performed the weekend of March 31-April 1 at the Trutter Center, on campus of LLCC. While anyone of any age may write and submit a piece, performers must be at least 18 years old.  We do anticipate the show will have adult language and themes.

Send all submissions by Jan. 16, 2017 to FAC club advisor, Dr. Deborah Brothers, professor of English via deborah.brothers@llcc.edu

For more information, contact FAC club President Terrelle Jackson at TJack4632@llcc.edu

Arts and Humanities invites everyone to the next film in the “Through a Different Lens” series Thursday, Nov. 10, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Trutter Center.

“To Live” (1994)  follows the life of one family in China, from the heady days of gambling dens in the 1940s to the austere hardship of the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. And through all of their fierce struggles with fate, all of the political twists and turns they endure, their hope is basically summed up by the heroine, a wife who loses wealth and position and children, and who says, “All I ask is a quiet life together.”

The film series is hosted by Ashley Green, Ph.D., assistant professor of English; Paul Van Heuklom, professor of English; and Joseph Hoff, Ph.D., professor of Spanish. There is no charge to attend.

 Marnie Record, workforce specialist, wrote “The Great Pumpkins of Illinois” for this week’s Epicuriosity 101 column in the State Journal-Register.

The Jacksonville Journal-Courier ran this photo (left) Nov. 8 taken Monday of LLCC-Jacksonville sophomore Brock Reid stacking canned goods. The college is accepting non-perishable food items to be donated to the Jacksonville Area Community Food Center. The college also is a Toys for Tots drop-off center until Dec. 1 and, beginning at 10:30 a.m. today, a chili and hot dog sale will benefit United Way. Maryjane Million, enrollment operations coordinator, was interviewed regarding the efforts, all parts of the 50 Acts of Service associated with LLCC’s 50th anniversary.