Saturday February 24, 2018, 1pm, Lenfest Center for the Arts An afternoon of conversation with longtime members of the Dance Theatre of Harlem — Marcia Sells, Theara Ward, and Robert Garland. Hear about their experiences working with dance visionary Arthur Mitchell, the ballets they danced and the countries they toured, and how social justice […]
A John Jay Papers milestone on President’s Day
We’re celebrating the release of volume five of The Selected Papers of John Jay: 1788-1794 (Charlottesville and London: University of Virginia Press, 2017). Jay Papers editor Robb Haberman says, “It opens with the ratification of the Constitution, and covers Jay’s role in the forming of the new government as acting Secretary of State prior to Jefferson’s taking office […]
Lunar New Year & fun images of dogs
Lunar New Year falls on Friday, February 16, 2018 this year. Being Chinese-American, I’ve always had a fondness for the holiday, especially since every year brings us a different zodiac animal to celebrate. The Chinese zodiac moves in a 12-year cycle, and those born during 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, and 2018 are considered to […]
Event | Shannon Mattern on the meaning of book storage furniture in our reading lives
Thursday, 22 February 2018, 6pm Room 523 in Butler Library On Thursday, February 22, the RBML and Karla Nielsen, Curator of Literature and Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature, hosts Shannon Mattern, Associate Professor of Media Studies at The New School. Professor Mattern will present on the long history of the bookshelf, “Cabinet Logics: An Intellectual History […]
Many dogs win “Best in RBML Collections”
For some, the most important, star-studded event for this time of year isn’t the Winter Olympic Games. And it’s not the Oscars. This past weekend the Westminster Kennel Club held its annual dog show and declared a very puffy Bichon Frise “Best in Show.” Right about here would be a great place for a dog-related […]