Attorney Christina Fialho, co-founder/executive director of Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement ( CIVIC), talks about the increasing criminalization and isolation of immigration detainees in the US. She also distinguishes between the Senate and the US House of Representative versions of immigration legislation pending as the window of opportunity for meaningful reform closes prior to the 2014 elections. More information is available at: isolation.org, and friendsofocdetainees@gmail.com Art History scholar, Liliana Leopardi, currently at Hobarg and William Smith Colleges brings us behind the scenes during the last weeks of the Bowers Museum exhibition: Gems of the Medici. The exhibit, a rare opportunity to see this extensive collection in one place outside of Italy, closes on Sept 15th. The last free Sunday at the Bowers for this exhibit is 9/1/13. More information is available at: 714-567-3600 or bowers.org

Subjugation to Sublime: Isolated Immigration Detainees AND The Medici Gems at Bowers