Speak into the open mic on Friday, January 29 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Oasis Deli Café at the Whitten University Center, as the Creative Writing program features Neil de la Flor, M.F.A. ’05. Neil’s literary work has been published in several journals, and his first book of poetry, Almost Dorothy, won the 2009 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize and is forthcoming in 2010.

Enjoy an evening of fiction, poetry, and music—whether you’re there to perform or to listen. USpeak will be taped and broadcast by WVUM, UM’s student radio station, and is sponsored in part by the UM Citizens Board and Auxiliary Services. The event is free and open to the public. For directions and more information, please call 305-284-2988 or visit our Web site at www.as.miami.edu/english/creativewriting.

The University of Miami Global Academy (UMGA), the University’s online high school, will host an open house via live video stream on January 29 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. To view or participate in the live open house, visit  www.livestream.com/edmiami. University employees are eligible to receive a scholarship for their children that will save families 10 percent off regular tuition. For more information, please visit www.GlobalAcademy.miami.edu or call 305-284-2980.

Avindra Nath, professor in the Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience and director of the Division of Neuroimmunology and Neurological Infections at The Johns Hopkins University, will present “Manifestations and Management of PML and PML Associated Immune Reconstitution Syndrome” on Friday, January 29 from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. The University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. For more information, contact Jessica Suarez at 305-243-8785 or e-mail [email protected].

Rezso Kasztner, a Hungarian Jew who tried to rescue the last million Jews of Europe by negotiating face to face with Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann during World War II, moved to Israel–where he found himself accused of collaborating with the enemy. He fought a vicious libel battle and was ultimately assassinated in Tel Aviv. Part real-time investigation, part historical journey, filmmaker Gaylen Ross’s documentary feature follows Kasztner’s family and survivors, plagued by a legacy they are determined to change when, after 50 years, the assassin, Ze’ev Eckstein, breaks his silence. Unearthing the Kasztner story and examining its ramifications for the survivors–his family and country–Ross explores the very nature of history itself: who writes it, how it is remembered, and what is at stake for present and future generations. English and Hebrew with English subtitles. Admission is $6 for all University of Miami alumni, faculty, and staff, and is free for students. General admission is $8. The film screens on Friday, January 29 at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, January 30 at 3:30 and 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, January 31 at 1:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

Falling Awake tells the powerful story of Jay (Andrew Cisneros), a young Latino musician in the Bronx who struggles to find his identity in a home crowded with family members and a neighborhood of loyal friends and dangerous enemies. After he meets the beautiful Manhattanite Alessandra (Jenna Dewan), his determination to reach toward a wider world and realize his musical dreams becomes even stronger. But he is tied by loyalty to his friends and his ex-Marine brother, and by the expectations of his frustrated, angry father. As Jay fights to break free of the cycles of anger and violence that grip his life and his neighborhood, he learns that only love can help him grasp his elusive chance at happiness, and comes to a new understanding that helps him take the long, uncertain leap into his future. Admission is $6 for all University of Miami alumni, faculty, and staff, and is free for students. General admission is $8. The film screens on Friday, January 29 at 9:15 p.m., Saturday, January 30 at 5:45 p.m., and Sunday, January 31 at 3:15 p.m. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com.