SCHEDULE OF PROUST PROJECT SARASOTA -- SWANN'S WAY: A HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
March 5: Lecture: “Proust: A Centenary Tribute,” William C. Carter, University of Alabama, Birmingham. 7 p.m., Mildred Sainer Pavilion, New College of Florida, 5313 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota.
March 7: Film screening, “Marcel Proust: A Writer’s Life,” followed by discussion led by William C. Carter, 2 p.m., Geldbart Auditorium, Selby Library, 1331 First St., Sarasota.
March 8: Book discussion, Alliance Francaise Book Club, Emile Langlois, Sweet Briar College, leads a discussion in French on “Combray,” section one of ‘Swann’s Way.” 10 a.m., Conference Room, Alliance Francaise de Sarasota, 200 S. Washington Blvd., Suite 2, Sarasota.
March 9: Film screening, “Swann in Love,” starring Jeremy Irons and Ornella Muti, followed by discussion led by Martine Benjamin, Princeton. 2 p.m., Geldbart Auditorium, Selby Library
March 11: Book discussion, Charlotte Thompson will lead a discussion on “Swann’s Way.” 10:30 a.m., Conference room, Selby Library.
March 12: Lecture, “Madame Proust,” by Evelyne Bloch-Dano, Universite Populaire de Caen, in French. 7 p.m., Sainer Pavilion.
March 16: Art exhibit. Works by artists mentioned in “Swann’s Way.” 6-9 p.m, Stakenborg Fine Art, 1545 Main St., Sarasota.
March 19: Lecture, “Proust’s Reception in the Anglo-American World,” David R. Ellison, University of Miami, 7 p.m., Sainer Pavilion.
March 25: Panel discussion, “Madeleines, Macarons and Music: Conversation about Proust.” Elyane Dezon-Jones, Inge Wimmers and Sylvia Eckes. 3 p.m., Geldbart Auditorium, Selby Library.
March 26: Lecture, “Proust, the Arts, and Neuroscience,” Inge Wimmers, Brown University; closing comments, “Reading Proust Tomorrow,” Elyane Dezon-Jones, Washington University, St. Louis, 7 p.m., Sainer Pavilion.
Admission is free.