<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/westmont-news/blondell-talk-examine-dido-stories.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>01/26/2016</pubDate><title>Blondell Talk to Examine Dido Stories</title><excerpt>John Blondell, Westmont professor of theater arts, and the cast of “The Dido Project” offer a Gender Studies Lecture Demonstration on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. in Porter Theatre. The talk, “Laid in Earth/Consumed by Fire: Female and Male Bodies in Two Stories about Dido” takes its title from the final moments of the two dramatic plays being performed at Westmont: “Dido and Aeneas” and “Dido, Queen of Carthage.” The event is free and open to the public.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2016/01/laservaBlondell-505x429.jpg" alt="Director John Blondell"/>
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