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COLUMNS Library Library COLUMNS January 2004 Vol. 4 No. 19 Roy Blount Jr. to Speak at Friends of the Library Dinner “The great curmudgeon of our time” comes to Greensboro March 4, 2004 Literary Light by the Boston Public N ationally known hu- Library, and is a usage consultant to morist and author Roy The American Heritage Dictionary. Blount, Jr. will be the fea- His one-man show at the American tured speaker at the 2004 Place Theatre was described by The UNCG Friends of the New Yorker as “the most humorous Library annual dinner, and engaging fifty minutes in town.” scheduled for March 4 in A regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Cone Ballroom of Elliott Wait—Don’t Tell Me, he has ap- University Center. His topic peared on A Prairie Home Compan- will be “I Lost It at the ion frequently and on numerous na- Library,” and tickets are now tional TV talk and comedy shows. on sale. A contributing editor of the Atlantic Blount’s 17th book, a biog- Monthly, he also writes a regular col- raphy of Robert E. Lee, was umn for The Oxford American and published in May 2003. The has done so for Esquire, The New first of his books was named York Times, Inside Sports, and other one of the 10 best sports publications. His essays, articles, books ever published by stories, verses and drawings have ap- Jonathan Yardley of The peared in 160 different periodicals Roy Blount Jr. by Valerie Shaff Washington Post. Norman (Web site: http://royblountjr.com/) Mailer said of his second, “Page for page, Roy Blount is as Tickets are on sale now at $25 for “Southerners think words funny as anyone I’ve read in a long Friends of the Library members and are like people. Peculiar time,” and Time placed Blount “in $35 for non-members. To be held in the tradition of the great curmudg- Cone Ballroom of the Elliott Univer- people. Mix a bunch of eons like H.L. Mencken and W.C. sity Center on the UNCG campus, Fields.” Garrison Keillor said in The the event includes a reception at 6 them together and you can't Paris Review, “Blount is the best. He p.m., followed by a seated dinner. tell what might happen.” can be literate, uncouth, and soulful Tickets must be reserved no later - all in one sentence.” than February 25, using the reserva- tion form on page 11. For more in- Roy Blount Jr. He has been named a Literary Lion formation, call Jackson Library at by the New York Public Library, a 334-5880. Bernard Greenhouse Contributes Seventh Major Cello Collection to UNCG By Bill Finley Famed cellist and teacher Bernard Greenhouse has des- feet of cello scores from Greenhouse's large collection. ignated UNCG as the repository for his cello archives. Future gifts will include additional scores, correspon- Greenhouse's papers will dence with renowned cellists such as Casals, and master join those of Luigi Silva, tapes of Greenhouse's many performances. Elizabeth Cowling, Rudolf Matz, Maurice Eisenberg, Janos Scholz, and Fritz Magg to give UNCG seven Silva Centennial Celebration major cello collections, the richest repository of cello March 5-7 material in the United States, if not the world. On the occasion of his 100th birthday year, the UNCG School of Music celebrates the performances, teaching , and scholarship of cellist Luigi Silva (1903-1961). From Born in New Jersey in March 5-7, UNCG will honor Silva’s living legacy with 1915, Greenhouse studied three days of concerts, master classes, and workshops fea- the cello under such famous turing many of his most prominent students. Bernard Greenhouse teachers as Felix Salmond, Emmanuel Feuermann, Home to Silva’s Diran Alexanian, and Pablo Casals, who stated, Cello Music Collec- "Bernard Greenshouse is not only a remarkable cellist, tion of some 1775 but what I esteem more, a dignified artist." musical scores, ar- chival materials, and During his distinguished career, Greenhouse has ap- books, Jackson peared with major orchestras and chamber music ensem- Library is pleased to bles in the U. S. and throughout Europe and has re- be collaborating with corded for most of the major music labels. A member of the celebration. the Bach Aria Group for years, he was later a founding member of the prestigious Beaux Arts Trio and re- Once cello professor mained with the Trio for thirty-two years. With twelve at Juilliard, Eastman, other cellists, he founded the New York Cello Society in Yale, Peabody, and Hartt, Silva is con- 1956. As a teacher, Greenhouse has been on the facul- sidered one of the ties of the Manhattan School of Music, the Juilliard Bookplate foremost pedagogues from Luigi Silva Collection School, Indiana University, Rutgers, the New England of his generation, Conservatory of Music, and the State University of New and he lives on today York at Stony Brook, which awarded him an honorary not only in the excellence of his former students, but also doctorate. At the age of 88, he continues to teach master in his many published cello concert transcriptions and classes in the United States, Canada, and Europe. critical editions of etudes. His untimely death at 58 left Bernard Greenhouse owns and plays the fabled Countess many of his scholarly and pedagogical works unpublished, of Stanlein "Paganini" Stradivarius cello, made in 1707. and the opening day of the Celebration will offer cellists an opportunity to view the Silva Collection’s many hidden Greenhouse has received many distinguished awards treasures. during his long career, among them the National Service Award from Chamber Music America, the Distinguished At UNCG’s Jackson Library, celebration participants may Cellist Award from Indiana University, the "Chevalier also view the cello collections of Rudolf Matz, Fritz du violoncelle" from the Eva Janzen Memorial Cello Magg, Maurice Eisenberg, Janos Scholz, and Elizabeth Center (1980), and the Award of Distinction from the Cowling. Manchester International Cello Festival (1996). The De- troit Cello Society named him the “Premier Master Cel- For more information see list 2003”. He was the first to receive this new award. http://www.uncg.edu/mus/silva04/ UNCG has already received approximately sixty linear 2 Jackson Library Continues Race and Gender Institute “Literacy Efforts in Piedmont Jonathan Kozol Coming to UNCG North Carolina” January 29 April 20 The Race and Gender Institute, sponsored by Jackson Author and activist Jonathan Library, continues with two more free programs during Kozol will speak at the Elliott the spring semester. On January 29, from 2-4 pm in University Center Auditorium on Cone Ballroom, three local experts will speak regarding April 20. After being fired from “Literacy Efforts in Piedmont North Carolina,” followed his teaching job in 1967 for read- by an information fair with local literacy organizations. ing a Langston Hughes poem to Speakers include Gail Greenlee of the Glenwood Branch his students, Kozol wrote Death of the Greensboro Public Library; John Duberstein of at an Early Age, which put urban Centro de Accion Latino; and Wanda Parker, Literacy schools on America’s political Program Coordinator for The Reading Connections. Jonathan Kozol agenda. He has since tackled illit- Adrian Wurr, Assistant Professor of English, will facili- eracy, homelessness, and educa- tate the program. Information fair participants include: tional equality, earning the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and the Conscience in Media Award for his ef- ? Reading Connections, Inc. forts. He has written a number of books and is an elo- ? Centro de Accion Latino quent spokesperson for the disenfranchised. His presen- ? Communication Sciences and Disorders Department, tation is free and open to the public. UNCG On September 9, the Race and Gender Institute co- ? Glenwood Branch, Greensboro Public Library sponsored a screening of the film Follow Me Home, ? Guilford County Schools followed by a discussion featuring director Peter Bratt, ? Service-Learning, UNCG and on October 29, Dr. Julius Chambers spoke in com- ? Literacy Program, GTCC memoration of the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. ? SERVE Board of Education decision of the United States Su- ? Grace Community Church preme Court, which led to the desegregation of the na- ? Black Child Development Institute tion’s public schools. ? N.C. African Services Coalition ? Lutheran Family Services For more information on the Race and Gender Institute, ? Faith Matters contact Special Projects Librarian Barry Miller at 256- ? FaithAction International House 0112 or by email at [email protected]. ? UNC TV Different Lives: UNCG Friends of the Library The schedule for the second year of the Friends of the Library’s popular Book Discussion Group has been set. UNCG faculty members lead most discussions, which are free and open to the public but are limited to 35 partici- pants. Preference is given to Friends of the Library members who pre-register. All programs are held at 7:00 p.m. in the Special Collections Room of Jackson Library unless otherwise noted. Monday, February 16, 2004, 7:00 p.m. William Wilson, by E.A. Poe and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, by R.L.Stevenson. Led by William Finley, Special Collections Librarian Monday, April 19, 2004 Catch Me If You Can, by Stan Redding and Frank Abagnale. Led by Michael Frierson, Associate Professor of Broadcasting and Cinema You may register at http://library.uncg.edu/fol/register/ or by calling 256-0112 for more information. The Friends thank Professor of History Loren Schweninger for leading the first discussion of the semester, con- cerning Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, on Monday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. 3 Jackson Library and Elliott University Center Connector Planned Construction Begins This Summer by Dana Sally View from West, EUC on right, Jackson Library on Left At its November 2003 meeting, the UNCG Board of Trustees approved a plan to build a “connector” be- tween the Elliott University Center and the Walter Clinton Jackson Library, thereby paving the way for the creation of a physical and symbolic link between the academic and social centers of campus.
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