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Through Sunday, November 8

Brooklyn-based artist Aurora Robson will present "Land Mines," a solo exhibit of her transformational sculpture, in the University Gallery. The exhibit will kick off with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14. In addition, Robson will give an artist's lecture at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 in the gallery. The University Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday and 2-4 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact Craig Coonrod, gallery director, at (401) 341-2254 or coonrodc@salve.edu.

Thursday, October 15 to Saturday, October 17

The 13th annual Conference on Cultural and Historic Preservation, "The Art, Architecture and Literature of the Gilded Age," will be held at Salve Regina. The conference will explore the art, architecture, interior design, decoration and literature of the Gilded Age epoch. Click here for more information.

Wednesday, October 21

Romano Prodi, former prime minister of Italy and past president of the European Commission, will give a public lecture, "Can Europe Change the World?" at 5 p.m. in the Bazarsky Lecture Hall as part of the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy's lecture series. Prodi is currently university professor at large at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies. For more information, or to reserve a seat, contact the Pell Center at (401) 341-2927 or pellcenter@salve.edu.

Thursday, October 22

Simon Donoghue will present a one-man show about Saint Damien, the recently canonized Belgian priest who lived in a 19th-century leper colony in Hawaii, at 8 p.m. in the Megley Theatre. An associate professor of English/fine arts at Belmont Abbey College, Donoghue is also director of the Abbey Players and has staged more than 150 productions during his 29 years at the college.

Tuesday, November 3

Elizabeth Samet, professor of English at the U.S. Military Academy, will give a public lecture, "Imagining Courage: The Role of Literature in Preparing for War," at 6 p.m. in the Young Building ballroom as part of the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy's "Courage to Speak" lecture series. Samet is the author of "Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature through Peace and War at West Point," a memoir about her experiences at the academy. For more information, or to reserve a seat, contact the Pell Center at (401) 341-2927 or pellcenter@salve.edu.

Wednesday, November 11 to Sunday, November 15

The Department of Performing Arts will present William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," directed by Kathleen Bebeau-Katic. Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Admission to Wednesday's performance is "pay what you can," while admission to all other performances is $10 for general, $7 for faculty, staff and seniors and $5 for students. For reservations, call the box office at (401) 341-2250.