The WSU Common Reading Program and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art invite you to attend a talk on the intersections of food and global religions by Kirstine Zakarison at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the Museum of Art. Zakarison, a retired minister of the United Church of Christ, will speak about the ways the rhythms of the human body — feasting at some times, fasting at others — have been ritualized in spiritual life in many religions, cultures, and historical moments. As the global community looks ahead to the start of three major religions’ observances (Ramadan, Lent, and Passover), come join us to about hear this aspect food’s meaning.
This talk is one in a year-long series of collaborative events co-hosted by the Common Reading Program and the JSMA WSU to complement both use of Priya Fielding-Singh’s book How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America as the 2024–25 WSU Common Reading as well as the exhibit The Art of Food: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation on display at the museum through March 8.
