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We are heading into the long stretch here in the fall semester! The leaves are changing and so are our exhibit cases...come check them out!

NEW LIBRARY EXHIBITS

Between Heaven and Hell: W.S. Merwin Translates Dante

Pulitzer Prize winning poet, translator, and environmental activist W. S. Merwin is the focus of this exhibition in the University of Illinois Library's Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Mounted in conjunction with the Program in Medieval Studies conference, "Translating the Middle Ages" (click on the title link above), the exhibition explores Merwin's translations of works by the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri, particularly the "Purgatorio." Merwin's literary archive--one of the University's preeminent collections--supplies a wealth of books, manuscripts, and ephemera for an intimate look at the creative process of literary translation.

Date: Oct 6, 2008 - Nov 4, 2008
Location: Main Library Hallway, 1408 West Gregory
Sponsor: The Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Contact: Valerie Hotchkiss vhotchki@uiuc.edu

Multiple Merwins

Pulitzer Prize winning poet, translator, and environmental activist W. S. Merwin is the focus of this exhibition in the University of Illinois Library's Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Mounted in conjunction with the Program in Medieval Studies conference, Translating the Middle Ages, the exhibition explores Merwin's approach to the work of translation. It also examines the importance of environmental and political activism in his life. Merwin's literary archive--one of the University's preeminent collections--supplies a wealth of books, manuscripts, and ephemera for an intimate look at the creative process of an American master.

Date: Oct 6, 2008 - Nov 28, 2008
Location: 346 Main Library, 1408 West Gregory
Sponsor: The Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Contact: Dennis Sears dsears@illinois.edu

American Music Month
Lincoln and His Music: Melodies that Moved the Man and the Nation

Concerts, Lectures, Master Classes and Exhibitions

Throughout his tenure as U.S. President, Lincoln heard music of every mood in the White House, military camps and Washington, DC. This varied Americas kaleidoscopic of musical tastes spoke from the heart of a nation. Lincoln's love of music was passionate. The melodies and lyrics that were closest to him reflected the tragedy, joy, defeat and victory experienced first-hand by his nation's people.

The University of Illinois and the Urbana-Champaign community's 2008 American music celebration explores the dynamic music traditions that were embraced by Lincoln throughout his life and illustrates his legacy's impact on Americas music heritage today.

Anthony Brown and his Asian American Jazz Orchestra kick off this year's programming with an exciting concert of music by Ellington, Monk and Gershwin that artfully blends eastern and western performance cultures into his new Fifth Stream form of jazz. A special performance forum dedicated to public school jazz bands the following day will enable students to work directly with Brown and his ensemble to develop a better understanding and appreciation of this new jazz form and the strength of cultural diversity that it brings to the arts.

Other events include:
# a two-day festival for public and home-school string students
# a grand re-opening of the renovated Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
# the 4th annual Granny's Porch concert at the Virginia Theater, the kick-off for
# a gala weekend of lectures and military dress ball at the Alice Campbell Alumni Center.

For more information, visit: Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Date: Nov 1, 2008 - Dec 5, 2008
Location: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University Library, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, Virginia Theater and Sousa Archives and Center for American Music.
Sponsor: Sousa Archives & Center for American Music
Contact: Scott Schwartz schwartz@illinois.edu