Enjoy this unique exhibition of rock music memorabilia from the archive of editor, journalist, and radio disc jockey Ken Best. This personal collection features decades worth of iconic photos, album covers, posters and promotional materials that Best has amassed while writing about music for newspapers in New Jersey and Connecticut and interviewing musicians and authors on the radio at WPKN in Bridgeport and WHUS in Storrs. Highlighted will be 50 photos of major rock 'n' roll figures by Connecticut photographer Joseph Sia, including his famous image of Jimi Hendrix at Woolsey Hall in New Haven in 1968, known as "The Shadow," from Best and Sia's 1992 book,Eight Days a Week: An Illustrated Record of Rock 'n' Roll (Pomegranate Books).

Opening reception will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the gallery.

Prospective Holster Scholars Program applicants are invited to an application workshop/writing retreat in advance of the fall application deadline. The Holster Scholars Program will provide light refreshments. Program coordinator Dr. Vin Moscardelli and past Holster Scholars will be on hand to answer questions and provide feedback. This is a "drop in" writing retreat designed to provide a quiet, dedicated space for prospective applicants to make progress on their applications ahead of the deadline. There will not be a formal program or presentation, nor do you have to stay the entire time.   Preregistration not required.