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Theater Critic Executive Director:China Judaic Studies Assn. Author: No Girls in the Marching Band Editor: China Journal: A World of Difference, by James Friend. Percussionist: New Horizons Band Founding Member: Science Fiction Research Assn.		Beverly Friend, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of English/Journalism E-mail - friend@oakton.edu Facebook Twitter
	Current Projects at Oakton -- All on the Ray Hartstein Campus SUMMER: 2009  WIT AND WISDOM SERIES/ RJC Tuesday, June 23 “EXCUSE MY DUST”: DOROTHY PARKER FEE: $15 “Excuse my dust” is the epitaph Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) suggested for herself. We won't excuse it! Instead, wewill exhume the life and times, and wit and wisdom, of this caustic poet. Parker was an insightful writer ofbittersweet short stories, an award-winning Hollywood screenwriter, playwright, noted drama and literary critic, wisecracking political commentator, and founder of the acerbic Algonquin Circle (which also included RobertBenchley, Alexander Woollcott, and George S. Kaufman). Read her words, see excerpts of her portrayal byJennifer Jason Leigh in Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, and discuss her cultural impact. ROMEO AND JULIET SERIES/ RHC Three Weeks: Thirteen Sessions: Jul 27- August 4. 2009 FALL: 2009  The Short, Short Story SUMMER: 2010 TAMING OF THE SHREW SERIES: In preparatiaon for June, 2010.