For Immediate Release

Contact: Anthony Twyman
Public Relations Coordinator
Community College of Philadelphia
Office: (215) 751-8082
atwyman@ccp.edu

Community College of Philadelphia Hosts Fall Series, Café for the Mind

PHILADELPHIA, PA September 12, 2003 - Community College of Philadelphia and the Free Library of Philadelphia will again host their annual Café for the Mind series. The series continues its ninth year of community and faculty member discussions. The fall season features Community College of Philadelphia faculty speaking on diverse topics including Basic Training: Notes from a New Father, by author Quinn Eli and Philadelphia Skyscrapers: Tall Buildings in the "City of Homes," by instructor Michael Stern. Discussions are held Tuesdays from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Community College of Philadelphia or the Free Library's Central Branch. Coffee and light refreshments will be served.

September 23 - Central Library
Rethinking Responses to Crime
Ralph Faris, professor of Sociology
Donald Weinberg, professor of English


September 30 - Community College of Philadelphia
Adult Themes in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy: John Milton's Paradise Lost, Church Abuse of Children, and Environmental Pollution
Kathleen Murphey, adjunct professor of English

October 7 - Central Library
Philadelphia's Skyscrapers: Tall Buildings in the "City of Homes"
Michael Stern, instructor of Design Technologies

October 14 - Community College of Philadelphia
Voices of the 20th Century: Our History through Audio Recordings
Charles Herbert, assistant professor of Computer Information Systems

October 21 - Central Library
Kites Above a Clothesline: Poems and Stories A Reading and Discussion by the Author
Larry MacKenzie, professor of English

October 28 - Community College of Philadelphia
Old Comedy in New Limelight: Is There More to Hollywood Lowbrow Than Meets the Eye?
Paul Bonila, assistant professor, Language Learning Lab

November 4 - Central Library
Basic Training: Notes from a New Father A Reading and Discussions by the Author
Quinn Eli, assistant professor of English

November 18 - Community College of Philadelphia
Children's Expectations of Violence
Judith Gay, vice president for Academic Affairs

Locations:

Community College of Philadelphia
Center Business and Industry, Room C3-5
Corner of 18th and Callowhill Streets
(215) 751-8000
http://www.ccp.edu

Central Library
Skyline Room
1901 Vine Street
(215) 686-5414
http://www.library.phila.gov