http://illinois.edu/calendar/list/2754 Events related to Slavic studies or library users http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568172 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568172 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:30:00 CDT Before the era of commercial radio and sound recordings had transformed how Americans listened to popular music, John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) and his civilian band captivated star-struck audiences across America. People crowded the streets and train stations in eager anticipation of a possible glimpse of the renowned band and such superstar musicians as Herbert L. Clarke, Arthur Pryor and Herman Bellstedt. However, most musicians of the Sousa Band were not as famous, and even though their contributions may not be easily remembered today, their performance in the Sousa Band was instrumental to Sousa?s success as a band leader. This exhibit?s historical photographs briefly explore the lives of Clarence Russell, John Van Fossen, Winifred Bambrick, John Jacob Mountz, and other members of Sousa?s illustrious band. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568174 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568174 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:30:00 CDT The Sousa Band completed five over-seas tours of France, Germany, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Belgium, Russia, Poland, Austria, Bohemia, Denmark, the Netherlands, South Africa, Tasmania, Australia, and New Zealand between 1900 and 1911. While the band toured extensively around the world, the majority of their international concerts were performed in Great Britain and its colonies. This small exhibition explores John Philip Sousa?s more interesting Anglo-American connections as a composer and band leader, and highlights some events that marked the beginning of a long and complex debate on the issues of international copyright and fair use on which Sousa was often asked to comment for the remainder of his music career. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568175 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568175 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:30:00 CDT Of the 1,770 commercial sound recordings that were made of Sousa?s civilian band between 1892 and 1932, only eight were conducted by the ?March King.? Two additional recordings of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company Band playing ?March of the Mitten Men? (later entitled ?Power and Glory?) and ?The Thunder? were also recorded with Sousa at the podium. While Sousa had a general aversion to most forms of mechanically reproduced music, he did not prohibit his band?s musicians from being recorded and many established reputations as recording artists and studio conductors. In addition, Sousa?s Band played a significant role in the rapid development of the Victor Talking Machine Company under the direction of Arthur Pryor. Pryor played solo trombone for the band and served as one of Sousa?s assistant conductors. This exhibit explores Pryor?s 1912 Victor recording sessions and his impact on America?s early twentieth-century audio recordings. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568176 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568176 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 08:30:00 CDT Arthur Endres Kraeckmann (1893-1975) was a renowned twentieth-century baritone who as a native of Chicago, IL spent most of his singing career in France as the leading baritone at the Grand Opera. Initially intent on becoming a farmer, he studied Agriculture at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and graduated with a bachelor or science degree in 1916. While a student at the University he be involved in a long-term courtship with Mabel Roeher, who attended Illinois as a music student. Kraeckmann was never able to convince her to move with him to Europe so he could pursue his music career. This exhibit explores through Kraeckmann?s letters his gentile courtship with a young music co-ed between 1915 and 1924, and the challenges he faced as a young mid-westerner seeking fame and fortune on Europe?s greatest opera stages. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568177 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568177 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:30:00 CDT French hornist John Jacob Mountz (1898-1967), after graduating from Decatur, Illinois High School, enrolled at the University of Illinois as an engineering student and played first horn in the Illinois Band under direction A. Austin Harding. Mountz left the University of Illinois in January 1923 without finishing his degree and moved to Chicago to continue studying horn under Mr. DeMare of the Chicago Civic Orchestra. In March of that year Harding recommended Mountz to John Philip Sousa, and in September Mountz was invited to join the Sousa Band by band manager Jay Sims. He accepted Sousa's invitation and toured with the Sousa Band between October 1923 and March 1924. After leaving the Sousa Band he took different positions playing horn in Richmond, VA, Washington DC, and Chicago. This exhibit chronicles Mountz's music career through photographs and correspondence, and highlights his unique professional relationship with Harding and Sousa. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568178 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568178 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:30:00 CDT Charles Strothkamp played clarinet in the Sousa Band between 1926 and 1932, and as he travelled with the ensemble his camera meticulously documented the off-stage life of his music colleagues, including Mr. and Mrs. Sousa, and the many different communities and theaters the band played throughout its 1926-1930 American tours. This photographic exhibition explores the humorous and everyday exploits of Charles Strothkamp as a member of the Sousa Band, and also highlights some of the Strothkamp family?s cross-country travels at the beginning of America?s Great Depression when Charles wasn?t on tour with the band. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568179 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/25568179 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:30:00 CDT The June 30, 1925 headline of the Trenton Times proclaimed, ?Jazz Always Here Says Bandmaster,? as the Sousa Band was about to premiere John Philip Sousa?s latest music fantasy, Jazz America. Sousa stated, ?Like the poor, jazz has always been with us and always will be. The phase of it we are witnessing today will pass, but tomorrow some individual will give it a new label and it will drift along its merry way, a rose under another name, but smelling just as sweet.? This exhibit of music, photographs, and news clippings illustrates the interesting ?love-hate? relationship that Sousa had with this uniquely American form of popular music and its impact on how he marketed his band?s concerts. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/28321924 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/28321924 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:30:00 CDT The University Library?s Rare Book & Manuscript Library and Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, along with the Spurlock Museum, are planning several events this spring to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the publication of Ian Fleming?s first James Bond novel, Casino Royale.Library Friend Michael L. VanBlaricum, also an Illinois alumnus, was invited to curate a multi-venue exhibition. Not surprising, as VanBlaricum has amassed perhaps one of the finest collections of Ian Fleming material in private hands. He is also President of The Ian Fleming Foundation, dedicated to the study and preservation of the history of Fleming's literary works, the James Bond phenomenon, and their impact on popular culture.Many film scholars have suggested that John Barry?s early Bond orchestrations established an entirely new music genre to portray the excitement and intrigue associated with the spy thrillers of the 1960s. However, the syncopated guitar riff that begins the ?James Bond? music theme that was first introduced in 1962 for Dr. No, and the rich orchestral cadence of the infamous ?007? tune that was launched in From Russia with Love in 1963 have remained the two quintessential melodies associated with all of the Bond movie sequels that followed from 1964 through 2012. Such prominent composers and performers as Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, Marvin Hamlisch, Monty Norman, Duran Duran, Carly Simon, Nancy Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass have followed in Barry?s artistic footsteps, but none have surpassed his influence on the musical portrayal of Britain?s most recognized super spy. This exhibit explores the historical and musical roots of these two distinct movie themes and illustrates through music, photographs, graphic art, and oral history interviews their lasting impact on the Bond movie legacy.Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:30-12:00 and 1:00-5:00. Special hours on April 13 from 1:00-3:00.For more information, visit http://go.illinois.edu/CasinoRoyale60. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/27527590 Exhibit http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/27527590 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:30:00 CDT The University Library?s Rare Book & Manuscript Library and Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, along with the Spurlock Museum, are planning several events this spring to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the publication of Ian Fleming?s first James Bond novel, Casino Royale.Library Friend Michael L. VanBlaricum, also an Illinois alumnus, was invited to curate a multi-venue exhibition. Not surprising, as VanBlaricum has amassed perhaps one of the finest collections of Ian Fleming material in private hands. He is also President of The Ian Fleming Foundation, dedicated to the study and preservation of the history of Fleming's literary works, the James Bond phenomenon, and their impact on popular culture.The Rare Book & Manuscript Library will display all manner of editions of Casino Royale, as well as letters, reviews, photos, and other works. The Casino Royale and Beyond: Sixty Years of Ian Fleming?s Literary Bond exhibit will focus on Fleming, his background, profession, and books. VanBlaricum will give a special talk about the exhibition in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library when the exhibit opens on April 12th.?The Rare Book & Manuscript Library?s exhibit will include some interesting and unique items,? said VanBlaricum. ?The original copy of A Poor Man Escapes, Fleming?s first story, written at the age of 19, will be included as well as a letter by Fleming written on the 22nd of April 1953 stating that 'I am bludgeoning friends and members of my staff into buying it (Casino Royale].' In addition, visitors will learn how the famous secret agent 007 got his name.?For more information, visit www.library.illinois.edu/rbx. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/27548115 Special Event http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/27548115 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:00:00 CDT The Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in collaboration with the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies , Center for African Studies, CIBER, Center for Global Studies, European Union Center and REEEC is pleased to host the 5th Summer Institute for the Languages of the Muslim World in summer 2013 (June 10 - August 3, 2013). SILMW 2013 is offering intensive courses in a variety of Muslim world languages, including Arabic, Pashto, Persian, Swahili, Turkish, Urdu, and Wolof. SILMW provides a unique opportunity to explore the languages and cultures of the Muslim World and interact with experts in this region. In addition to classroom instruction, SILMW will offer a variety of extracurricular activities designed to enhance classroom instruction, provide additional channels for language contact and practice, and expose learners to the traditions of the Muslim World communities. These extracurricular activities include research forums, picnics, conversation tables, cooking classes, music & dance performances, movie screenings, field trips, lectures and other cultural activities. http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/27548114 Special Event http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/27548114 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 08:30:00 CDT http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/28509453 Lecture http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/2754/28509453 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:00:00 CDT Community libraries as platforms for sustainable developmentSanjana Shrestha READ Nepal Country DirectorFor the past 21 years, READ (Rural Education And Development) Global has been active in the building and development of community libraries in rural and remote areas in Bhutan, India and Nepal, establishing 68 libraries in the three countries. With its roots in Nepal, READ has partnered with rural communities to establish 53 libraries (known as READ Centers) all over Nepal. During this time, the READ model for a typical community library has evolved so that it now includes not only library services''books, periodicals, and access to technology and the Internet''but also sections devoted to women's empowerment and early childhood development, venues for community meetings and livelihood and health trainings. In the process, READ Centers have become hubs for a variety of life-changing, community-based activities and programs.Additionally, a unique and defining element of the READ model is the creation of an associated ''for-profit'' sustaining enterprise for each library. These enterprises '' chosen by the community and ranging from sewing centres to ambulance services to community radio stations '' are managed by the local community and generate income to sustain the library in the long term.Come hear from READ''s Nepal Country Director, Sanjana Shrestha, how the role and the scope of these rural libraries has evolved to meet the changing needs of rural communities, and how these libraries address the critical issue of sustainability.For more information, visit www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson.