Sustainability of our Cultural Heritage: Preserving and Making Accessible Society’s Digital Records Throughout October, the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries will celebrate their fifth annual “Archives and Special Collections Month,” as a means of highlighting the many ways that archives and special collections enrich our lives. This year’s theme focuses on IU’s College of Arts and… Read more »
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African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture
African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture September 25–December 17, 2010 Special Exhibitions Gallery, The Judi and Milt Stewart Hexagon Gallery, first floor Plastic bags, aluminum cans, wire, and scraps of wood, cloth, metal, and plastic are given second lives throughout sub-Saharan Africa when they are transformed into a variety of utilitarian and decorative items…. Read more »
2nd Annual Men and Women of Color Leadership Conference
2010 Conference Theme: “Pluralism, Antagonism & Civil Engagement: Developing Leaders in 21st Century America.” Click here for an updated agenda. Date: November 12 – 13, 2010 Location: Godfrey Graduate and Executive Education Center Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Bloomington, IN Conference Registration Deadline: October 25th, 2010
Haitian Awareness Month
Screening of “The Road to Fondwa” and Q+A with co-director Justin Brandon Tuesday, September 14, 7:30-9pm at Boxcar Books, 408 E 6th St View the film trailer at http://fondwa.org/about/ RSVP and FMI: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113079255416353 Emeline Michel and her band perform Haitian roots music at the 17th annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival Friday, September 17 and Saturday,… Read more »
Indiana University Coffeehouse Nights: Bernard Woma
On Thursday, September 16th, at 7pm Ghanaian drummer and xylophonist Bernard Woma will perform at the Indiana University Art Museum for the final installment of the Coffeehouse Nights series. IUAM offers music and other diversions to make for an enjoyable evening. Enjoy coffee samples and sweet treats compliments of Bloomingfoods and Angles in the museum’s… Read more »
MAGIC LANTERN: the Ancestor of Cinema
Magic lantern enthusiast David Francis, the Magic Lantern Society of the USA and Canada, and Indiana University’s departments of English and Communication & Culture have come together to bring you the Grand Optical Variety Show at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Friday. The magic lantern was invented around 1659 and provided entertainment Events include: Thursday NICKEL… Read more »
Iris Film Festival: May 1, 2010
The Iris Film Festival showcases films and videos of Indiana University students and people around Bloomington, Indiana. Now in it’s fourth year, the festival will take place on May 1 at 7:00 pm in Fine Arts 015. The festival will feature about 20 films entries chosen by a committee of Communication and Culture graduate students. … Read more »
Thanks for another great symposium!
The Black Film Center/Archive would like to thank everyone who came to take part in the celebration of the films Nothing But a Man and The Spook Who Sat by the Door. We were delighted to be able to meet Sam Greenlee (author of the novel, The Spook Who Sat by the Door) and Bob… Read more »
Cinematic Representations of Racial Conflict in Real Time — March 24th and 25th
The Black Film Center/Archive will be hosting a two day symposium entitled Cinematic Representations of Racial Conflict in ‘Real Time’ which will examine two films – Nothing But a Man and The Spook Who Sat by the Door. The symposium will be held on March 24 and 25, 2010. Click here for the IU Newsroom… Read more »
March 24-25, 2010 Symposium: Cinematic Representations of Racial Conflict in “Real Time”
Awarded a 2009 New Frontiers in the Arts & Humanities: New Perspectives grant, the Black Film Center/Archive will host a symposium entitled “Cinematic Representations of Racial Conflict in ‘Real Time’”. The March 24-25, 2010 symposium will take in depth looks at two “classic” films of black cinema: Nothing But a Man (1964) and The Spook… Read more »