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SUMMARY:[POSTPONED] Callooh Callay! A Brillig Look At Wonderland Through A
  University Looking Glass
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DTSTAMP:20260416T002300Z
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LOCATION:640 Orange Ave., Coronado, CA 92118, United States
ROOM: Winn Room
DESCRIPTION:Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been postponed
 . We are working to reschedule for August 2025. The new date will be poste
 d on the calendar once confirmed. In the meantime, visit our Alice: Illust
 rating Wonderland exhibit currently on display through August 31st.Join Li
 nda Cassady for a journey into the literary wonderland of Charles Dodgson,
  better known as Lewis Carroll, through the treasured Cassady Carroll Coll
 ection of USC's Special Collections. This engaging lecture explores h
 ow a remarkable book collection has inspired students to discover the geni
 us behind Alice's adventures, transforming some into artists in their
  own right. Discover the extensive works by and about Lewis Carroll housed
  in the University of Southern California Special Collections, and learn h
 ow an innovative Wonderland Award competition sparks the imagination of So
 uthern California students as they pursue and rediscover Dodgson's le
 gacy. Come see how students tumble down their own rabbit holes of creativi
 ty, finding Alice in the wonderland of their own imaginations through art,
  literature, and scholarly exploration.The Carroll CollectionThe Cassady L
 ewis Carroll Collection was established in 2000 and has grown to contain m
 ore than 6,000 rare books, pamphlets, letters, and other items related to 
 the work of Lewis Carroll including inscribed editions, books from Carroll
 ‘s own library, and many works by major illustrators of the Alice storie
 s. There are signed copies of movie scripts, playbills from stage adaptati
 ons, Victorian-era playing cards, and pop-up books. More recently, comic b
 ooks, graphic novels, manga editions, literary parodies, computer games, m
 ovies, and original art work related to Carroll and his Alice books are pa
 rt of the collection. The Wonderland AwardThe Annual Wonderland Award is 
 an annual multidisciplinary competition at the University of Southern Cali
 fornia that encourages new scholarship and creative work related to Lewis 
 Carroll. A primary goal is to promote use of the G. Edward Cassady, M.D., 
 and Margaret Elizabeth Cassady, R.N., Lewis Carroll Collection, held in Do
 heny Library at USC.Since 2005, about 600 students have reimagined, reinte
 rpreted, and remixed Carroll’s stories. Submissions include film and scr
 eenplays; poetry and readings; short fiction; book art [writing desks, box
 es of wonder, missing diaries]; music, lyrics, scores, and performances; a
 rt [photography, painting, digital art, art installations]; ballet and dan
 ce; golf courses, board and digital games [with music, readings, and polys
 yllogisms]; illustrated novels; arts and crafts [dolls, ceramic tea sets, 
 and fashion], and scholarly essays.Linda Cassady and her husband, George C
 assady, MD, gifted a Lewis Carroll Collection to the University of Souther
 n California in 2000. Her area of "collecting” Carroll is as a spon
 sor and judge of the Wonderland Award, an annual multidisciplinary competi
 tion that encourages new scholarship and creative work related to Lewis Ca
 rroll. Linda is a member of the USC Libraries Board of Councilors. She is 
 the past president and current treasurer of the Lewis Carroll Society of N
 orth America.
URL:https://coronado.librarycalendar.com/event/lewis-carroll-lecture-linda
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