Naro Video at ODU Libraries

Join us October 7 at 5pm The Slover for a special LitFest screening of the Oscar-winning film Once (2006).

We read because we wonder about ourselves: who would I have been in that body, that country, that century, and what would I have done when the soldiers came, or the diagnosis, or the flood. Wonder is also the astonishment when a book answers.

This festival, the longest-running in the United States, has been making room for both since 1978, when it began as an Arts Reunion built on the premise that "every person is potentially an artist." Forty-nine years later the premise holds. Five days of readings and conversation, free and open, everyone welcome.

The theme is drawn from a line in "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs," the poem by Renée Good (1988–2026) that won the 2020 Academy of American Poets Prize at Old Dominion University. We dedicate this festival to her memory.

—John McManus and Michael Weber; Co-directors, 49th Annual ODU Literary Festival

Join us October 4 - 8 for the 49th Annual ODU Literary Festival: Make Room for Wonder 💫

Learn more at odu.edu/litfest

🎨Lorraine Fink. Untitled. N.d. Watercolor and marker on paper. Gordon Art Galleries. Old Dominion University Art Collection 2024.01.05

Norfolk ARTS ODU English Department ODU College of Arts & Letters ODU Literary Festival The Slover Naro Video at ODU Libraries

Do you have a favorite movie in which the time gets a bit out of joint? History gets a bit wibbly wobbly? The past gets repeated? The past gets repeated? The past gets repeated?

Naro Video @ ODUlibraries is seeking speakers to time travel with us for the 26-27 Naro Minded series, PUNK TEMPORALITY: FUTURE PASTS AND SPECULATIVE HISTORIES. Introduce a film for us and share your academic expertise on the mathematics, physics, philosophy, ethics, et cetera (and we mean et cetera!) of temporal manipulations, disruption, displacements, or loops — [try saying that three times fast] — and we’ll share your movie pick with a community of cinephiles as part of our FREE Naro Minded series.

Don’t have a particular movie in mind? That’s ok! Share your topic or rough idea with our curator at [email protected]. They’ll help you choose a film and make sure your presentation is an excellent adventure. (Although bogus journeys can be fun, too!)

DMs are open!

We’ll round out our 90s movie month on FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 @ 6PM The Slover with the original JUMANJI (1995), starring the incomparable Robin Williams and a phenomenal cast including Kirsten Dunst, David Alan Grier, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Hyde, and Bebe Neuwirth. Plus, we’re thrilled to share that the talented comedienne and book lover Precious Williams will offer a performative reading of the 1981 children's picture book Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg prior to the screening. Thanks to the Downtown Branch at The Slover for partnering with us for this event! Parking and directions : https://tinyurl.com/yc385v72

REMINDER: ODU Libraries has postponed the Naro Video ’90s Retro Movie Night at 235 Speakeasy - originally scheduled for August 3. Thank you to everyone who came out to our Trivia Takeover at Elation Brewing and our Snacks & Crafts in the Collection reception!! Keep an eye on your inbox for the rescheduled Retro Movie Night!