The School of Architecture’s Master in Real Estate Development + Urbanism program presents the Reinventing Real Estate Development Lecture Series this fall with Developer-in-Residence Frank Starkey. Starkey co-founded Longleaf, a 568-acre, TND (Traditional Neighborhood Development) 25 miles northwest of Tampa. Construction began in 1998 and the project is half complete, with over 400 homes, 50,000 square feet of commercial space, a preschool, elementary school, and a church. Starkey has been involved in many aspects of development: planning, entitlement, code writing and implementation, engineering, permitting, construction, product development, marketing, and communicating with residents. He will present “A New (Old) Paradigm for Regulation and Development” on Friday, November 12 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center, Glasgow Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is the third and final film adaptation of the best-selling Millennium trilogy, written by the late Swedish author, Stieg Larsson. Master computer hacker Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition in the intensive care unit of a city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. The film screens on Friday, November 12 at 9 p.m.; Saturday, November 13 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, November 14 at 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. Admission is $6 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non UM-students, and staff. General admission is $8. Cash only. Free for UM students. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

The college entrance exam is just 200 days away, and as the top 20 students in school begin a cram course that will help them get prepared for the big test, an ominous development finds them fighting for their lives. The film screens on Friday, November 12 at midnight. Admission is $6 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non UM-students, and staff. General admission is $8. Cash only. Free for UM students. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

“Memory is everything. Without it we are nothing,” says neuroscientist Eric Kandel, winner of the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research on the physiology of the brain’s storage of memories. This blend of autobiography and history recounts the life of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century and illuminates our understanding of the brain’s role in recording and preserving memory. The film screens on Friday, November 12 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, November 13 at 5 p.m.; and Sunday, November 14 at 3 p.m. Admission is $6 for seniors, University of Miami alumni, faculty, non UM-students, and staff. General admission is $8. Cash only. Free for UM students. For more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

Two-time Grammy winner Jim Lauderdale will appear November 12 with singer-songwriters from the Frost School of Music’s Bruce Hornsby Creative American Music Program as part of the Miami Music Festival.

Lauderdale will headline “Night at the Flick,” a tribute to what was once a beacon in Coral Gables for a generation of now-famous songwriters, including Fred Neil, Jimmy Buffett, Joni Mitchell, and many others. The event will be held at the Titanic Restaurant and Brewery, located on the site of the former Flick, at 5813 Ponce De Leon Blvd. in Coral Gables.

Lauderdale, who serves as honorary chair for the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest each April at MerleFest in Wilkesboro, N.C., will perform with UM students Ben Goldsmith, Natalie York, Brittany Mullen and C.J. Tywoniak, and others. Lauderdale also will conduct a master class for Frost music students during his visit.

“We’re thrilled to have someone of Jim Lauderdale’s talent to share the stage with our students as part of the Miami Music Festival, which is the largest multi-genre emerging artist and new music festival in the country,” said Prof. Rey Sanchez, director of the Hornsby program at the Frost School of Music. “Jim is a multi-talented performer and among Nashville’s  ‘A’ list of songwriters, with successes in both country and bluegrass music.”

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