BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//University of Illinois//Web Services Calendar//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110624 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120525 SUMMARY:From the Ballroom to the Podium: Sousa's Dance Music for the Conc ert Stage CREATED:20110803T080000Z DESCRIPTION:Popular dance has always been an important part of American c ulture\, especially during the late 19th and early 20th centuries when t here was an explosion of interest in ballroom dance. However\, ballroom dancing was much more than couples responding to the rhythmic tempos and melodies of dance music. It was a complex venue where intricate social interactions related to social status\, gender roles\, and proper etique tte was publicly expressed. John Philip Sousa was no stranger to popular dance and frequently attended social dances as a young man\, including one notable event when his girlfriend left the dance with another man a complete breach of ballroom etiquette. This exhibit includes original a nd published music manuscripts\, an early twentieth-century dance manual \, photographs and lithographic prints\, and a historic top hat and danc e shoes documenting Sousas profound connection to popular dance in Ameri ca. LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T080000Z LOCATION:SACAM\, 236 Harding Band Bldg\, 1103 South Sixth Street\, Champa ign CATEGORIES:Exhibit CONTACT:Scott Schwartz 217-244-9309 ORGANIZER:schwrtzs@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=20000101200001017713704 UID:7713704@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110708 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120622 SUMMARY:Harry Partchs Gymnastic Rhythms: Rotate the Body in All its Plane s CREATED:20110803T080000Z DESCRIPTION:Harry Partch (1901-1974) was an American composer\, theorist\ , instrument maker\, and performer who integrated varied elements of hum an speech and linguistics into his music compositions. He was one of the first twentieth-century composers to work systematically with microtona l scales\, writing much of his music for custom-built instruments that h e made himself. In 1956 the University of Illinois employed Harry Partch as a composer in residence\, a position he held until 1961\, and his ti me at Illinois enabled him to premiere in 1957 his masterpiece The Bewit ched at the Universitys 8th Festival of Contemporary Arts. Rotate the Bo dy in All its Planes (1961) was created near the end of Partch's career at Illinois and featured gymnastic tumblers\, womens/mens voices\, strin g bass\, piccolo\, trumpet\, trombone\, tuba\, drums\, and a variety of his unique music instruments. This exhibit briefly explores the extraord inary life and music of Americas most iconoclastic composer of the twent ieth century. LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T080000Z LOCATION:SACAM\, 236 Harding Band Bldg\, 1103 South Sixth Street\, Champa ign CATEGORIES:Exhibit CONTACT:Scott Schwartz 217-244-9309 ORGANIZER:schwrtzs@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=20000101200001017713707 UID:7713707@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110722 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120824 SUMMARY:Comedy and Tragedy in Salvatore Martiranos Underworld CREATED:20110803T080000Z DESCRIPTION:Salvatore Martirano (1927-1995) composed Underworld during th e years 1964 and 1965\, just after he joined the theory and composition faculty at the University of Illinois. The piece is scored for four acto rs\, four percussionists\, two double basses\, tenor saxophone\, and two -channel tape. The drama portrays through music Sigmund Freud?s theories about the unconscious mind\, and the work?s name refers to a place\, of ten believed to be underground or beyond the horizon\, where people\, go ds\, and/or their souls depart for the afterlife. While the Underworld?s performances during the 1960s and 1970s generated mixed critical recept ion because of the piece?s experimental and adventurous compositional st yle\, today the work provides a fascinating glimpse into a period in Ame rican musical history when composers experimented with electronically ge nerated sounds\, dramatic art\, and conventional modes of musical perfor mance. This exhibit highlights the fascinating story associated with Und erworld?s creation and performance in America and Europe. LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T080000Z LOCATION:SACAM\, 236 Harding Band Bldg\, 1103 South Sixth Street\, Champa ign CATEGORIES:Exhibit CONTACT:Scott Schwartz 217-244-9309 ORGANIZER:schwrtzs@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=20000101200001017713710 UID:7713710@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110801 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120727 SUMMARY:A Happening Place: John Cages Multimedia Collaborations at the Un iversity of Illinois\, 1967-1969 CREATED:20110803T080000Z DESCRIPTION:Composer John Cage moved from New York to Champaign-Urbana in 1967 to become an Associate of the Center for Advanced Studies and Visi ting Professor of Music of the University of Illinois. Cage?s appointmen t to the university was due in part to the efforts of Lejaren Hiller\, w ho served as the director of the University?s Experimental Music Studio between 1958 and 1968\, and the two men eventually worked together on th e piece ?HPSCHD\,? which premiered in 1969 at the university?s newly-bui lt Assembly Hall. While at the University Cage organized special perform ance art programs that he called ?happenings.? This term became commonly used to describe loosely defined ?choreography? that encouraged spontan eous interactions between ?visitors? (i.e.\, the audience) and ?objects\ ,? (e.g.\, performers and musical instruments). This exhibit explores th rough photographs\, programs\, posters\, newspaper clippings\, and artif acts several of Cage?s dynamic multimedia collaborations with faculty\, students\, and artists from the local community. LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T080000Z LOCATION:SACAM\, 236 Harding Band Bldg\, 1103 South Sixth Street\, Champa ign CATEGORIES:Exhibit CONTACT:Scott Schwartz 217-244-9309 ORGANIZER:schwrtzs@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=20000101200001017713709 UID:7713709@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110819 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120914 SUMMARY:March-mystique: Sousas Performance Practice as Grand Theatrical E ntertainment CREATED:20110803T080000Z DESCRIPTION:Sousa believed ?the chief aim of the composer is to produce c olor\, dynamics\, nuances and to emphasize the story-telling quality? of his music as theatrical entertainment. While most individuals today ass ociate the march form with the movement of troops and music ensembles ac ross parade fields\, the march was not limited to parades. In fact\, nin eteenth- and early twentieth-century marches\, particularly those compos ed by Sousa\, were more often performed in middle-class parlors\, theate r pits\, and ballrooms both grand and modest. This exhibit explores the many dramatic facets of Sousa?s marches and their performance under the baton of America?s ?March King.? LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T080000Z LOCATION:SACAM\, 236 Harding Band Bldg\, 1103 South Sixth Street\, Champa ign CATEGORIES:Exhibit CONTACT:Scott Schwartz 217-244-9309 ORGANIZER:schwrtzs@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=20000101200001017713711 UID:7713711@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121014 SUMMARY:A Musical Affair: Sousas Forgotten Operettas\, 1879-1915 CREATED:20110803T080000Z DESCRIPTION:The works of Gilbert and Sullivan were widely appropriated by composers such as John Philip Sousa\, who produced full arrangements of The Sorcerer (1878) and H.M.S. Pinafore (1879). They were also imitated in such productions as Reginald de Koven?s Robin Hood (1891) and John P hilip Sousa?s El Capitan (1896). While Sousa remains best known for his many spirited march melodies\, he is less recognized for his contributio ns to American musical theatre\, which earned him as much public praise as his new marches. This exhibit highlights Sousa?s often overlooked con tributions to early musical theatre through his arrangements of Gilbert and Sullivan?s The Sorcerer (1878) and H.M.S. Pinafore (1879) as well as his own Desiree (1883)\, El Capitan (1895) and The American Maid (1909) \, the first operetta to utilize motion picture film and actual glass bl owers as part of its 1913 production. LAST-MODIFIED:20110803T080000Z LOCATION:SACAM\, 236 Harding Band Bldg\, 1103 South Sixth Street\, Champa ign CATEGORIES:Exhibit CONTACT:Scott Schwartz 217-244-9309 ORGANIZER:schwrtzs@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=20000101200001017713712 UID:7713712@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120406 SUMMARY:"Wise Animals: Aesop and His Followers" Exhibition CREATED:20120111T090000Z DESCRIPTION:As an author\, Aesop is elusive at best\, but as a concept\, the Aesopian fable can be quite clearly defined. A life lesson in miniat ure in which everyday creatures'both human and animal'serve as moral age nts\, gently or crassly exemplifying virtue and vice. The stories are so ingrained in most readers' minds that moral attributes have accrued to certain creatures: everyone knows that the fox is sly and cunning\, the grasshopper is a flibbertigibbet\, and the turtle's perseverance will wi n the day. The language of Aesopian fables has also become a part of the Western tradition through such maxims as "fine feathers do not make a f ine bird\," "slow and steady wins the race\," and even "united we stand\ , divided we fall." No one wants to be accused of "crying wolf" or "sour grapes\," both idioms from Aesopian fables. From Phaedrus to La Fontain e and beyond\, guest curator Willis Regier explores the genre of the fab le through some of the finest editions and renditions of the fabled Gree k moralist. We are "proud as peacocks" about the results of his hard wor k.The excellent holdings in Aesopica at The Rare Book & Manuscript Libra ry of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are part of a large and diverse pedagogical collection that includes thousands of incunable s and renaissance school books\, a remarkable collection of Victorian ch ildren's books\, and the first ABC book entirely in English. But is Aeso p only for schoolchildren? Why have such luminaries as Marie de France\, John Lydgate\, William Caxton\, and Martin Luther devoted their efforts to editing or translating Aesop? Perhaps the fact that similar fables a nd proverbs have been found among the ancient Sumerians and also exist i n varying forms in Indian and Midrashic literature points to the univers al quality of the tales. We seem to have a propensity for seeing the wor ld in moralistic terms\, or to put it more positively\, we humans have a n innate desire to learn from nature'and to understand human nature'by l ooking at the world around us --Valerie Hotchkiss\, Director\, The Rare Book & Manuscript Library.Join us March 14th\, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. for a t alk and tour of the exhibition by Willis Regier. LAST-MODIFIED:20120111T090000Z LOCATION:The Rare Book & Manuscript Library\, 346 Library\, 1408 W. Grego ry Dr.\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Exhibit CONTACT:Dennis Sears 217-333-3777 ORGANIZER:dsears@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=200001012000010114766753 UID:14766753@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120224T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120224T170000 SUMMARY:Discourse Across Borders:Slavic Studies from Kievan Rus to Presen t Day CREATED:20120206T090000Z DESCRIPTION:The Slavic Graduate Students' Association (SGSA) is hosting t he 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference in Slavic Studies on Discourse Across Borders: Slavic Studies from Kievan Rus to Present Day. The conf erence will take place on February 24 and 25 at the University of Illino is at Urbana-Champaign\, in the Foreign Language Building (FLB)\, in the Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080). Please join us for invigorating dialogue and refreshments. LAST-MODIFIED:20120206T090000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080)\, Foreign Language Building\, 707 S. Ma thews Avenue\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Katerina Lakhmitko (217) 333-1501 ORGANIZER:klakhm2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=200001012000010115939670 UID:15939670@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120225T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120225T190000 SUMMARY:Discourse Across Borders:Slavic Studies from Kievan Rus to Presen t Day CREATED:20120206T090000Z DESCRIPTION:The Slavic Graduate Students' Association (SGSA) is hosting t he 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference in Slavic Studies on Discourse Across Borders: Slavic Studies from Kievan Rus to Present Day. The conf erence will take place on February 24 and 25 at the University of Illino is at Urbana-Champaign\, in the Foreign Language Building (FLB)\, in the Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080). Please join us for invigorating dialogue and refreshments. LAST-MODIFIED:20120206T090000Z LOCATION:Lucy Ellis Lounge (1080)\, Foreign Language Building\, 707 S. Ma thews Avenue\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Conference CONTACT:Katerina Lakhmitko (217) 333-1501 ORGANIZER:klakhm2@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=200001012000010115939671 UID:15939671@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120306T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120306T153000 SUMMARY:International And Area Studies Library Open House CREATED:20120127T090000Z DESCRIPTION:You are invited to an Open House\, featuring a reception to c elebrate the opening of the new International and Area Studies Library. Tours will be given and the Library's University Librarian and Dean of L ibraries Paula Kaufman will give remarks. Stay for a special lecture giv en by Deborah Jakubs\, the Rita DiGiallonardo Holloway University Librar ian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs at Duke University.The IAS Libr ary is the Library's gateway to information and scholarship related to a rea\, international\, and global studies\, connecting students and schol ars to the knowledge crucial to developing global competencies through t he study of distinct nations and regions\, as well as transnational issu es and global concerns. LAST-MODIFIED:20120127T090000Z LOCATION:IAS Library\, 321 Main Library\, 1408 W. Gregory Drive\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Special Events CONTACT:Debora Pfeiffer 265-8993 ORGANIZER:dpfeiffe@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=200001012000010115503068 UID:15503068@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120306T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120306T160000 SUMMARY:"The Global Dimensions of Scholarship and Research Libraries" Lec ture CREATED:20120127T090000Z DESCRIPTION:A special lecture given by Deborah Jakubs\, the Rita DiGiallo nardo Holloway University Librarian and Vice Provost for Library Affairs at Duke University\, follows the International and Area Studies Open Ho use (1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.). LAST-MODIFIED:20120127T090000Z LOCATION:66 Main Library\, 1408 W. Gregory Drive\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:Debora Pfeiffer 265-8993 ORGANIZER:dpfeiffe@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=200001012000010115503069 UID:15503069@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120329T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120329T210000 SUMMARY:"New Poems and Old" - A Reading by University of Illinois Emeritu s Professor\, Laurence Lieberman CREATED:20120209T090000Z DESCRIPTION:Larry Lieberman has authored fourteen books of poetry\, three books of criticism\, and has published both poetry and criticism in jou rnals ranging from the The Atlantic Monthly\, to the Southern Review and The Nation. Larry was also the poetry editor at the University of Illin ois Press. He has been a creative force and amanuensis for American Poet ry for many decades.A master of the traveller's poetic perspective\, Lar ry has written extensively about such far-flung destinations as Japan an d the Caribbean. The Rare Book & Manuscript Library now welcomes him bac k\, twenty-six years after his first reading in our space.Please join us for the evening. Refreshments will be served. LAST-MODIFIED:20120209T090000Z LOCATION:The Rare Book & Manuscript Library\, 346 Library\, 1408 W. Grego ry Dr.\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Lecture CONTACT:(217) 333-3777 ORGANIZER:hmurphy@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=200001012000010116095107 UID:16095107@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120402T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120402T113000 SUMMARY:2012 Edible Book Festival CREATED:20111122T090000Z DESCRIPTION:Around April 1st\, bibliophiles\, book artists\, and food lov ers around the world gather to celebrate the book arts and the (literal! ) ingestion of culture. Participants create an "edible book\," which can be inspired by a favorite tale\, involve a pun on a famous title\, or s imply be in the shape of a book (or scroll\, or tablet\, etc). All entri es will be exhibited\, documented\, then EATEN! Photographs of all edibl e books will appear in the Edible Book Festival gallery. LAST-MODIFIED:20120203T090000Z LOCATION:University YMCA\, 1001 S. Wright Street\, Urbana CATEGORIES:Special Events CONTACT:Sue Searing 217-333-4456 ORGANIZER:searing@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=200001012000010112559149 UID:12559149@illinois.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20120214T090719Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20120419T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20120419T220000 SUMMARY:Library Gaming Career Night 2012 CREATED:20120208T090000Z DESCRIPTION:Curious about what it?s like to work in the video game indust ry? Come to library Gaming Career Night 2012\, where artists\, programme rs\, writers\, IT managers\, music composers\, and others from local gam e company Volition\, Inc. will answer student questions about what it ta kes to succeed in the industry.  Art students\, game designers\, and oth ers are invited to bring in their portfolios to be reviewed/critiqued by Volition staff\, and all Volition attendees will be available for 1-on- 1 and small group discussion on networking tips\, academic advice\, and job seeking tips.The event takes place on Thursday\, April 19th from 7-1 0pm in room 291 of the Undergraduate Library.For more information\, cont act David Ward (dh-ward@illinois.edu) or visit the library Gaming Initia tive website: http://www.library.uiuc.edu/gaming/events.html. LAST-MODIFIED:20120208T090000Z LOCATION:Room 291\, Undergraduate Library\, 1402 W. Gregory Drive\, Urban a CATEGORIES:Other CONTACT:David Ward ORGANIZER:dh-ward@illinois.edu URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/47?key=200001012000010116030145 UID:16030145@illinois.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR