On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, New York was going about its business. As the city that never sleeps, people were already on board the subways, taking buses and heading up the elevators to their offices. The streets were bustling as usual with shop owners, clerks, tourists, locals, children – everyone who had… Read more »
Tag: KT Lowe
A sneak peek at the Mary Fell collection
IU East was lucky enough to enjoy the teaching expertise of award winning poet Mary Fell for over 30 years. Earlier this year, she donated a number of books, documents and ephemera to the IU East Campus Archives. And today, we’ll take a brief look at some of the treasures we’ve seen so far. Let’s… Read more »
Coming Back to the Classics
Don’t know your Ares from your Aries? Or Circe from Ceres? And who did Aristotle teach, again? No problem! This month, we’ll look at resources here at IU East that address the Classics – Greek and Roman mythology, culture, society, politics and philosophy. Once considered the foundation for any young person’s education, the Classical world… Read more »
Celebrating Pride and African American Music Appreciation Month
June celebrations are myriad and interesting, with lots of opportunities for discovery and learning. This month, we celebrate both African American Music Appreciation Month and LGBTQ Pride Month. African American LGBTQ musicians have contributed some of the most recognizable songs in American history, as well as serving as examples of successful artists who in many… Read more »
An e-device for easy access to IU East databases
An e-device (phone, tablet, etc.) is all you need to access all the Campus Library databases available to IU East-affiliated users. No matter where you go, all of our electronic resources are a few clicks away. Learn how easy access can be! From the library website you can access all of our databases, as well… Read more »
Writers, musicians, scientists: accomplishments of Black women throughout history
In the arts, sciences, humanities and popular culture, Black women have helped to shape our society in ways large and small. You can research them in databases like African-American History Online, Black Women Writers, or Black Thought and Culture. In this blog, we highlight three of these extraordinary women and their tremendous contributions to American… Read more »
Visual Artists and HIV
Since 1989, art galleries and museums have taken note of the toll that HIV has taken on artists and their communities. While a number of HIV+ artists are well known, such as photographers Robert Mapplethorpe and Herb Ritts and painter Keith Haring, the disease still affects the art world today. Profiled below are three artists… Read more »
NewsLitCamp: Highlights 2021
The NewsLitCamp, hosted by the News Literacy Project, is an outreach program dedicated to providing educators with the latest tools and information that they need to equip their students in the fight against fake news. This year, 15 reporters and staff members from CNN joined in, offering exclusive insight into the back door of the… Read more »
American protest music: a brief history
While Americans have always performed music, serious study of American musical forms only begins in the 20th century. John Lomax, beginning as a graduate student at Harvard, was among the very first to take interest in traditional American music, and he began his work with “cowboy” songs, which detailed the lives of what he felt… Read more »
Phil Ochs and the legacy of singing journalism
“In the heat of the summer/when the pavements were burning/the soul of a city was ravaged in the night/after the city sun was sinkin’.” – “In the Heat of the Summer” After the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, the city of Minneapolis erupted in protest, with police forces beating back protestors… Read more »