Butler students, faculty, staff, and the Indianapolis community are invited to attend: The Sea Is Calm Tonight: A Centennial Celebration of the Music of Samuel Barber, a lecture-recital which will be presented on the main floor of Irwin Library in the “Collaborative Learning Spaces” (southwest) quadrant at 5:00 PM this coming Sunday, November 14th. This lecture-recital is a sponsored program of Provost Comstock’s Waters Project.
The program will include performances of Barber’s Dover Beach and Adagio for Strings presented by Dr. Kyle Ferrill, Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice, and four Jordan College of Fine Arts School of Music students: Carla Black, Mary Webber, David Platt, and Katie Burns. Dr. Wayne Wentzel, JCFA Professor Emeritus and author of Samuel Barber: A Guide to Research (Routledge) and The Adagio of Samuel Barber (in preparation for Pendragon Press), will provide background information on Barber and give a brief talk about his new book on Barber’s Adagio. Sheridan Stormes, Butler Libraries Performing and Fine Arts Librarian, will open the program by reading and briefly reflecting on two poems: “Dover Beach” by Matthew Arnold and “The Wave” (taken from Virgil’s Georgics and translated) by Robert Pinsky.
A reception during which conversations can continue about Barber, Dover Beach, and The Adagio will immediately follow the lecture and performances in the “Collaborative Learning Spaces.”
Butler University Libraries will remain open during Fall Break. Our hours will be as follows:
Wed. Oct. 13: Irwin and Science: 8am-8pm
Thurs. Oct. 14: Irwin and Science: 8am-8pm
Fri. Oct.15: Irwin and Science: 8am-5pm
Sat. Oct. 16: Irwin and Science: 10am-5pm
Sun. Oct. 17: Irwin 1pm-1am; Science: 1pm-Midnight
Regular hours will resume on Monday Oct. 18. Please visit the library website for a full listing of regular hours and upcoming breaks. http://www.butler.edu/library/library-hours
Irwin Library was the site of the portrait unveiling “Abraham Lincoln 200 Years” Thursday, September 23, 2010. Mr. Gregory Silver donated the portrait to Butler University in honor of his father, Dr. David M. Silver, former professor of history and government and dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences from 1963 – 1983. A reception celebrating the gift was held with approximately 125 Silver friends, family, and Butler faculty and staff attending.
The portrait will hang in Irwin Library’s Collaborative Learning Space for the academic year and will then move to a more permanent location in Jordan Hall. Drop by Irwin Library to view this vivid, dynamic portrait of one of our greatest presidents.
For more information about the portrait, artist, and Dr. David Silver, view this Lincoln Portrait handout.
This year Banned Books Week is from September 25 through October 2.
Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read. It was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than a thousand books have been challenged since 1982. The challenges have occurred in every state and in hundreds of communities. Click here to see a map of book bans and challenges in the US from 2007 to 2009. People challenge books that they say are too sexual or too violent. They object to profanity and slang, and they protest against offensive portrayals of racial or religious groups–or positive portrayals of homosexuals. Their targets range from books that explore contemporary issues and controversies to classic and beloved works of American literature.
According to the American Library Association, out of 460 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom in 2009, the Top Ten Most Challenged Titles were:
- ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
- And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- Twilight (series), by Stephanie Meyer
- Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
- My Sister’s Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
- The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler
- The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
- The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
For more information, visit Info: Banned Books Week.
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