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Norlin Library

March 13-30, 2006
You Look Good! (And We Want You To Know It)

March is Body Acceptance Month, and University Libraries want to remind
you that no matter who you are, you are beautiful too. Visit the display
cases and media windows at Norlin's west entrance to see how standards
of beauty have differed from place to place throughout history and see
some shocking statistics about body image. You can also get more
information about events happening on campus all month long.

 

Body Awareness Month is sponsored by many groups on campus, for more
information see:
http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/wellness/NewSite/NewBody.html

February 23, 2006
Celebrating Black Awareness Month in Norlin Library Exhibit

February 24 - April 5, 2006
Summer Grass, Winter Worm: A View of Tibet in Transformation

Right now in Norlin's Third Floor Gallery you can view photographs,
artifacts, and writings from the summer 2005 study abroad program in
Tibet. The Yartsa Gunbu, or "winter worm" that becomes "grass" in summer
metaphorically reflects Tibet's movement and transition through time,
seen here through the eyes of students from CU. Stop by before April 5th
in order to see this beautiful display.

 

Contact: http://www.freestylemovement.com/ for more information.

February 15 - March 17, 2006

Show Pride in CU While Helping the Earth!

Over 70 schools compete in RecycleMania, and right now CSU is ahead of
CU in the second week of the competition. Come see the Environmental
Center's Recycling exhibit and you'll view the history of CU's recycling
efforts, including the years that we've won! Now through March 17 in the
display cases near the east entrance of Norlin. GO CU RECYCLING!

 

Contact: The Recycling Center: http://recycling.colorado.edu/rm06/

February 15-25, 2006
Increasing Awareness -- How Much Do you Know About Black History?

Do you know who is considered the First Lady of Song? Who was Atlanta's first black mayor? Find this and much more by checking out the exhibits on the west side of Norlin Library: look on the Media Library's windows for famous African Americans, and the display cases feature African art and literature by African American authors. Celebrate Black Awareness Month with University Libraries now through February 25!

 

Contact: deborah.fink@colorado.edu

January 20 - February 18, 2006
Making Something Out Of Nothing

It's what artists do, isn't it? Create masterpieces out of blank canvas, turn a pile of dirt into a beautiful sculpture, and for these five women turn the still images taken from world around them into a conceptual bit of evidence for the truth about reality. Now through February 18th at the in Norlin Library's Third Floor Gallery you can witness these works by Marica Honeychurch, Ana Maria Martinez, Alyssa Ringler, Christy Szoke, and Associate Professor Melanie Walker.

 

For more information contact Outreach Librarian, Deborah Fink (2-8032) or Ana Maria Martinez.

January 18 - February, 2006
University Libraries Authors Featured in the West Display Cases

Make sure to view the exhibit cases in the Norlin west entrance before the display changes this month (exact date unknown) to see published works by some of our own. On display are books and chapters by:

Brice Austin
Wendy Baia
Liz Bishoff
John Culshaw
Deborah Fink
Keith Gresham
Janet Swan Hill
Carol Krismann
James F. Williams II

January 4 - 18, 2006
Why was Gustav Mahler terrified to write his Ninth Symphony?

To find the answer to this and other details about Mahler's life and career as a composer, be sure to stop by and see the "Visualizing Mahler" display in the east lobby of Norlin Library now through January 15th. Visualizing Mahler is a cooperative Boulder County wide project to enlist visual artists, including painters, sculptors, photographers, ceramicists, fiber artists, etc., to create a work of art inspired by the music of Gustav Mahler.

 

For more information about "Visualizing Mahler" and "Mahlerfest" go to: http://www.mahlerfest.org/index.html.

December 5, 2005 - January 11, 2006
Dynamic Paintings Brighten Norlin 3rd Floor Gallery – Meet the Artist Mon Dec 5 from 4:30-5:30

Andrew Violet manages the Norlin copy center AND manages to explore the diverse collections of the Libraries and the psyches of library employees - “the teeming sentience of Norlin” - as inspiration for his bright, evocative paintings. View his show in the Norlin 3rd floor NW gallery through January 11th, and join the artist for a reception in Norlin N410 on Monday December 5th from 4:30-5:30.

November 16 - 18, 2005

Hurricane Katrina Photographer to Discuss Her Photos and Experiences

Photographer Jennifer Kirschke of Architecture and Planning traveled to the Gulf Coast two weeks after Hurricane Katrina to interview children, sponsored by the Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design. Her photographs portray youth who manifest resilience and resourcefulness in contrast to the vulnerability depicted by the media. Learn about her experiences on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 4:30 pm in the HotSpot. Photos on display through Friday, Nov.18.

 

Additional information: http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/cye/

October 25 - December 20, 2005
Unlike the 10,000 Pound Granite Sundial in the Norlin East Courtyard, Some Sundials Are Portable

Now in the Norlin Library east lobby you can view "portable" time measurement devices from the 18th and 19th centuries. In addition to printed material, the exhibit, mounted by Mechanical Engineering Emeritus Professor Paul Zoller, contains original portable sundials and a pocket watch (ca. 1740) once belonging to the celebrated Scottish/English engineer James Watt, improver of the steam engine and father of the industrial revolution. On view through December 20th. Contact: Paul Zoller <gnomix@idcomm.com>.

September 30 - October 31, 2005
Common Threads: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

In Norlin Library's third floor gallery, through October 31, view “Common Threads,” photographic quilts created by a CU alumna that tell stories of breast cancer survivors, and “Uncommon Pottery,” plates painted by CU students, staff, and faculty to honor or memorialize someone with breast cancer. Join the plate painters and sponsors of Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities for a finale reception on Monday October 31, 4-6 pm, in Norlin N410.

Previous Exhibits

August 16 - September 15, 2005
The Seven Deadly Sins of Book Care

How are Pride, Idleness, Gluttony, Lechery, Avarice, Envy, and Wrath the Seven Deadly Sins of Book Care?! Visit the exhibit now showing through September 15th in the east lobby of Norlin Library to find out. See the many ways booksare (mis)treated and what it takes to preserve the largest library collection in the Rocky Mountain Region.

August 15 - September 16, 2005
Animal Lovers - Enjoy "Dogs, Cats, and Other Critters Around the World" in Norlin's Third-floor Gallery

Visit a new photography exhibit by Marilyn Wertheimer entitled: Dogs, Cats, and other Critters Around the World in Norlin's Third-floor Gallery (across from Special Collections) through Friday September 16th. These pictures of animals, some in unusual settings, were taken in many different countries, including eastern and western Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, North Africa, east and southeast Asia, and New Zealand.

May 11 - June 1, 2005; July 1 - September 15, 2005

Wining, Dining, and Dying in Ancient Greece: A Virtual Reality Exhibit of Greek Vases from the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History

It's a collaboration between the CU Museum, SpC and Classics Professor Elspeth Dusinberre. SpC will be open to the public for viewing beginning Wednesday, May 11 - June 1, 2005, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 1 to 5 pm. We will be closed to the public all of June and re-open July through September 15, 2005 (W,TH,F same times) when the exhibit officially closes.

May 8 - June 5, 2005

Taiwanese Photos in Norlin East Lobby

An exhibit of Taiwanese photography is on display in the Norlin east lobby
through June 10. Sponsored by the Taiwanese American Association, the photos illustrate the island's prosperity, scenery, wildlife conservation, culture and arts. The exhibit is in celebration of Taiwanese American Heritage Week, May 8 - May 14 and the North American Taiwanese Study Association Conference, to be held on campus, June 2 - June 5.

 

Contact: Frank Hsiao <hsiao@colorado.edu>

April 1 - May 14, 2005

African Shrine Painting Exhibition Extended until May 14, 2005

The African Shrine Painting exhibit in the Norlin Library HotSpot has been
extended until May 14. Curated by Moyo Okediji, art historian, University of
Colorado, Denver and assistant curator of native arts, Denver Art Museum, this
exhibit features the work of fifteen Yoruba women painters, inhabitants of Ile
Ife (SW Nigeria and Benin), known as "the beautifiers of Gods." The show
represents a departure from wall to canvas painting.

 

Contact: deborah.fink@colorado.edu

March 1 - March 31, 2005

Black Awareness Month

The University Libraries celebrates Black Awareness Month with a series of
exhibits on African Americans. In the west lobby - African American leaders
and African American “Women of Hope.” In Norlin’s east lobby - African
Americans in Boulder and Colorado. In Norlin’s Hotspot-Famous and Influential African Americans. Available through March 31. For more information, contact Deborah.fink@colorado.edu, 303-492-8302.

February 11 - March 31, 2005

Youth Around the World: Photographs by Marilyn Wertheimer

It's Our Treat on Friday February 11 from 4:30-6 pm in the Norlin Library fifth floor Center for British and Irish Studies. Enjoy refreshments and meet photographer Marilyn Wertheimer. Her show, "Youth Around the World," is in the Norlin Library 3rd floor NW gallery through March 31.

February 21, 2005

Evolution Before Darwin

Sponsored by the Special Collections Department, University Libraries

Charles Darwin is known throughout the world as the co-discoverer of the principle of natural selection, a mechanism for evolutionary descent with modification (can you name the other co-discoverer?). However, Charles Darwin was by no means the first person to espouse evolutionary ideas. For well over a half century prior to the publication of the Origin of Species (1859), naturalists, theologians, horticulturalists, medical practitioners, poets, and philosophers had been advancing evolutionary concepts for the diversification of life through modification of species.

 

Join us at 7 p.m. in the Center for British and Irish Studies (Norlin Library 5th floor) for an evening with Ned Friedman, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Professor Friedman will speak about the amazing early history of the discipline of evolution and the events that led up to one of the most important paradigm shifts in understanding the natural world around us, the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species. Related materials from Special Collections will be available for viewing.

 

Location: Center for British & Irish Studies, 5th floor Norlin Library, room M549, 1720 Pleasant St. Boulder, CO

 

Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

 

Parking:  Available for an hourly fee at the Euclid parking terrace or $2.00 in Lot 380.  http://www.colorado.edu/pts/

 

Contact:  For more information call 303-492-6144 or 303-492-3910.

For other current exhibits:

Archives Department

 

Special Collections Department

Campus parking information:

http://www.colorado.edu/pts/