It's official. Danda Gioia, poet, critical essayist and lyricist of
Nosferatu, is in Washington, D.C. where he was nominated by our president
to be the NEA Chair.

Gioia, who will arrive at UTC on Monday to act as the narrator for our
production of Scenes from Nosferatu, will also appear in the Cadek
Department of Music seminar in the Fine Arts Center at 1:40 pm on Thursday,
October 31, where the cast, Gioia and Alva Henderson, the composer of the
opera, will discuss mounting the piece and its significance to us during
these trying times. There will be a book signing at the seminar and also at
the performances on Friday, November 1 and Sunday, November 3, both
commencing at 7:30 pm.

For ticket information, call the Fine Arts Center Box Office at
423-425-4269 or use the website at www.utc.edu/finearts.

Here is the New York Times article from this morning.

        October 24, 2002

        Bush Selects Poet for Arts Position
        By THE NEW YORK TIMES

        President Bush yesterday announced his intention to nominate the poet,
critic and anthologist Dana Gioia to be chairman of the National        Endowment
for the Arts. If confirmed by the Senate for the four-year      term, Mr.
Gioia, 51, the author of three books of poetry and a winner of  the
American Book Award, would succeed Michael P. Hammond, who died in      January
after a week in the post.

        Reacting to the president's announcement, Mr. Gioia (pronounced JOY-uh)
said: "I am particularly excited by the opportunity to help guide an
agency whose role is so important to our society and culture. The arts
enliven and enlarge our humanity. Especially in such challenging times,
they nourish the spirit of our nation."


Kim Edward Renz
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Fine Arts Center, Department 1351
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403
423-425-4379    Office
423-425-5249    Facsimile
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