Maria Golia on Nature and Culture
Who: Maria Golia, Author of “Meteorite-Nature and Culture”, “Cairo-City of Sand” and more.
What: Salon on Culture and Science
When: October October 19, 7:30 pm
Where: Details TBA
In addition to many years as columnist and commentator for Cairo, Beirut and London publications, Maria Golia has worked for Vogue (New York), The International Herald Tribune and Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich). She is currently correspondent for The Middle East (UK) and Middle-East reviewer for The Times Literary Supplement (London).
Aside from Egypt and space (urban, inner and outer) she’s a jazz aficionado and had the honor of managing one of America’s most splendid music venues and performing arts centers, the Caravan of Dreams, in Fort Worth Texas (1988-1992). The Caravan was another seminal project realized by the Institute of Ecotechnics, with Kathelin Hoffman Gray as artistic director.
Golia is visiting Dallas and Fort Worth to further research her upcoming book on avant-garde jazz great Ornette Coleman, born in Fort Worth, Texas.
