Newberry Seminars Chicago Culture

SUMMER 2015 Newberry Seminars Chicago Culture

Best Addresses: Notable Residential Streets in Chicago Tuesdays, 6:15 – 7:45 pm June 9 – August 4 (class will not meet July 7; we will meet from 6:15 – 8:15 pm on June 16) Through a series of walking tours, we will explore some of Chicago’s best addresses—streets known for significant domestic architecture, influential residents, or notable historical events. Examples will be drawn from a variety of neighborhoods, including Prairie Avenue, the Gold Coast, Streeterville, Lake Shore East, Lakeview, and Hyde Park. We will pay special attention to how residential architecture and urban design shape local identities as well as the way historic landmarks promote tourism, commerce, and design innovation. Only the Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 1929. From first session will meet at the Newberry. Eight The Stanolind Record, a Standard Oil publication. sessions, $200. Newberry Midwest MS Barrett-Sandburg: Box 3, Folder 38 Diane Dillon holds a PhD in art history from Yale University and has been a regular seminar instructor post-meeting field trips to contemporary Chicago at the Newberry since 2003. establishments that illustrate the evening’s conversation. Six sessions, $180. Chicago Playwrights and Their Plays Bill Savage is associate professor of instruction at Tuesdays, 6 – 7:30 pm Northwestern University and has taught Newberry June 9 – July 28 Seminars since 1992. He has also worked in area bars This seminar offers the unique opportunity to since 1980. meet Chicago-based playwrights, engage in an in-depth dialogue about their work, and gain an intimate glimpse into their creative process. Each week we will read and discuss one work from Arts, Music, and Language our visiting playwright, ranging from established plays that have had a number of productions, to Andiamo in Italia: An Italophile’s Travel Course scripts still in the developmental process. Cheryl Tuesdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm Coons, Shayne Kennedy, Nicholas Patrica, June 9 – August 4 Roger Rueff, Kelli Strickland, and other local playwrights will participate. Eight sessions, $200. Whatever the passione that has made you an italophile—fine art, architecture, music, film, Todd Bauer holds an MA in liberal studies from fashion, gastronomy, or shopping—this seminar Northwestern University. He is a playwright and is intended for you. Our classroom role-play of director whose work has been performed in Chicago real-life travel situations and presentation of high- and New York. frequency language patterns will prepare you for a more enjoyable and authentic exploration The City That Drinks: Chicago Saloon History, of Italian language and culture. Participants Culture, and Literature should have prior experience traveling in Italy or Wednesdays, 6 – 7:30 pm studying the language. Nine sessions, $250. June 17 – July 22 Susan Pezzino, a lifelong italophile and former United Bars, taverns, and saloons have long been States Fulbright Scholar, holds an MA in applied central to Chicago culture. From the city’s first linguistics and works as a professional language teacher election—held in the Sauganash Tavern—through and multimedia curriculum designer in Chicago. the opulent saloons of the Gilded Age and the speakeasies of the Prohibition era, to generations Degenerate Music in the Nazi Era of ethnically-identified bars, such venues have Wednesdays, 2 – 4 pm provided a “third place” where people create June 10 – July 29 community and negotiate identity. We will discuss how writers and filmmakers have represented In the twentieth century, music audiences Chicago not just as “the city that works,” but also split into the traditional and the avant-garde. as “the city that drinks.” The class will include Composers who were prominent in one world

Registration opens April 21. The early registration deadline is May 30. Register online at www.newberry.org/adult-education-seminars or call (312) 255-3700. were usually unacceptable in the other. Today the art form. We will study the development of this divide continues, with many concert early jazz in New Orleans, the swing era, bebop, audiences listening only reluctantly to music fusion, and more. No previous familiarity with of the past hundred years. This seminar is an the idiom is necessary. Eight sessions, $230. opportunity to explore key figures of post- Karl E. H. Seigfried has appeared on 25 recordings Romantic German and Austrian music, most of as bassist and guitarist, including on award-winning whom were labeled “degenerate” (entartet) by the jazz albums of his own compositions. He has played German government during the Nazi period. We with Fred Anderson, Bobby McFerrin, John Medeski, will examine the structure and beauty of works Roscoe Mitchell, and many other jazz greats. by Alban Berg, Hindemith, Erich Korngold, Hans Krasa, Ernst Krenek, Schoenberg, and Viktor Ullman. Eight sessions, $230. The Rise and Demise of the Piano Concerto Thursdays, 2 – 4 pm John Gibbons, a music teacher and lecturer, holds June 18 – August 6 a PhD in music composition from the University of Chicago and is a long-time instructor at the University For 150 years the piano concerto was a prominent of Chicago Graham School. genre. Masterworks by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, and others were highlights of the concert stage. But in the twentieth century interest began The Golden Age: Dutch Art in the Age to fade, and in the past 50 years not a single new of Rembrandt concerto has gained a place in the canon. We will Wednesdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm consider how the concerto developed and changed, June 10 – July 22 and why it is disappearing. Can it be revived? Has (class will not meet July 15) another genre replaced it? Eight sessions, $230. The Dutch Golden Age of the seventeenth Guy A. Marco has taught in 11 universities, published century witnessed a flourishing of the visual arts 50 books, and written more than 100 articles and in a prosperous and proudly independent nation. reviews. He holds a PhD from the University of No longer thought of as simple “realism,” Dutch Chicago and has led Newberry Seminars since 1996. art is now appreciated for its complexity and sophistication. This seminar will explore Dutch artists’ creativity and virtuosity in what were A Romance Within: Recapturing the Music thought of as lesser genres in the wider world of of the Nineteenth Century art—landscape, still life, and scenes of everyday Thursdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm life—culminating in an examination of the June 18 – August 6 towering genius of Rembrandt. Six sessions, $200. This seminar will explore the intense passion Jeffrey Nigro is an art historian and lecturer who has with which nineteenth-century composers been affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago for over expressed their ideas about life’s meaning through 25 years. music. Myths, folklore, sacred texts, and great literature will guide us as we sample the music of Berlioz, Brahms, Chopin, Stephen Foster, Franck, Leonard Bernstein: His Life, Music, Contribution, Grieg, Liszt, Mahler, Mussorgsky, Schubert, and Legacy and Wagner, among others. Each class will Tuesdays, 2 – 4 pm focus on the Romantic treatment of one musical June 16 – August 4 genre, including Lied, piano music, chamber Leonard Bernstein was one of the greatest music, symphony, concerto, and culminating in musicians of the twentieth century. We will Romantic opera. Eight sessions, $230. explore his career as a conductor and composer, Stephen Kleiman holds an MM in music composition as well as his life as a vibrant, controversial man from the University of Michigan and was an orchestra of his time. This seminar not only will examine conductor in Europe and music director of the National Bernstein’s symphonies, choral works, concertos, Chamber Orchestra in Washington, DC. ballets, chamber music and, yes, even West Side Story, but will also delve into his impact as an interpreter of classical music. Bernstein’s gifts Vincent van Gogh: Artist and Legend as a teacher will be discussed, using as support Saturdays, 10 am – noon his “Young People’s Concerts” and lectures as June 20 – August 1 (class will not meet July 4) Harvard University’s 1973 Charles Eliot Norton The 125th anniversary of Vincent van Gogh’s Professor of Poetry. Eight sessions, $230. death offers a fresh opportunity to reconsider Stephen Kleiman holds an MM in music composition the artist in light of recent research, including a from the University of Michigan and was an orchestra comprehensive online edition of his letters and a conductor in Europe and music director of the National monumental biography. What are the relationships Chamber Orchestra in Washington, DC. between van Gogh’s words, life, and work, and how can we excavate the art from the myth? This course will address this complex web through Jazz: A Listener’s Guide consideration and discussion of the paintings, Wednesdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm correspondence, and interpretations of the artist. June 17 – August 5 For the first class, participants should read pages Gain a deeper understanding of America’s ix-xxxi and 75-93 in The Letters of Vincent van original music from a listener’s perspective. Learn Gogh, Penguin edition. Six sessions, $200. about the great musicians of the jazz tradition, Margaret Farr is an art historian who worked at the explore the music’s fascinating social history, Art Institute of Chicago for 17 years and has taught at and discover Chicago’s unique contributions to St. Xavier University and Columbia College. Philosophy and Religion History and Social Science

The Nature of Forgiveness in Biblical Texts Folly and Fury: The Diplomacy of the Mexican Wednesdays, 2 – 4 pm Revolution, 1910–1917 June 10 – July 22 Saturdays, 10 am – 2 pm June 6 – June 13 What is forgiveness? This seminar explores and compares the varieties of forgiveness found in The Mexican Revolution was an epic event in biblical stories. We will get behind the eyes of the history of our continent and hemisphere, and characters like Jacob and Esau; Joseph and his the United States and other great powers were at brothers; David, Bathsheba, and other adulterous times deeply involved. This seminar will cover the women; the Prodigal Son; and the Apocalypse’s origins and course of the revolution, how it nearly Spirit/Bride. Culminating in a radical reading brought on a second war between the U.S. and of Revelation, we will consider how forgiveness, Mexico, how it could have brought World War I healing, sexuality, and political restoration can into the Western Hemisphere, and how Mexican interrelate. Please read the story of Jacob and leaders ultimately rebuffed foreign intervention, Esau (Genesis 25-33) and the story of Joseph settling the revolution on their own terms. Please (Genesis 37-48) for the first session. Seven read chapters 2-4 of Tuchman’s The Zimmerman sessions, $210. Telegram for the first session. Two sessions, $160.

Susanne Sklar, a Blake scholar, teaches religion and Joseph Harrington holds a master’s degree in history literature at University of Oxford and at Carthage from the University of Connecticut. He has led College in Kenosha. numerous Newberry Seminars.

Friedrich Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra: “Gaelic and Free”: The Gaelic Revival A Book for All and None and Irish Nationalism Wednesdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm Saturdays, 10 am – noon June 10 – July 15 June 6 – August 1 (class will not meet July 4) Who was Nietzsche’s Zarathustra, this In examining the complicated interplay between self-professed antichrist, proclaimer of the cultural and political nationalism in Ireland, Übermensch, teacher of the eternal recurrence this course will consider such topics as the of the same? Nietzsche’s magnum opus develops founding of the Gaelic League; the Irish Literary specific philosophical themes, but cannot be Revival, including the efforts by W. B. Yeats reduced to any simple ideology. We will examine and Lady Gregory to establish an Irish national Nietzsche’s varied relations to Plato, Socrates, theater; D. P. Moran and the Irish Ireland ideal; Christ, Christianity, Judaism, and antisemitism. Arthur Griffith and the Sinn Fein Party; and the Six sessions, $200. politicization of cultural organizations, including the participation of many of their members in Eugene Newman is a long-time Newberry Seminars the 1916 Easter Rising. Participants should read leader in philosophical topics. chapter one of McMahon’s Grand Opportunity before the first meeting. Eight sessions, $230. Divinely Funny: Joy and Laughter in Religion Thursdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm Frank Biletz holds a PhD in history from the June 11 – July 16 University of Chicago, with a primary specialization in modern British and Irish history. He is currently The sacred tends to be associated with gravity, lecturer in history at Loyola University Chicago. not levity. But laughter has had a role in religion. In this seminar we will look at laughter in Legacies of the Great War religion and laughter at religion. We will survey Section A: Tuesdays, 1 – 3 pm the ancient Near East and the Greco-Roman Section B: Tuesdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm world and Judaism, Christianity, and other June 9 – July 28 religions. Then, we will end the class with a look at recent attempts to satirize religion. For the first The political, social, and cultural consequences session, please watch the film The Name of the of the First World War continue to shape the Rose (1986), or, alternatively, read the novel (by world today. New political boundaries in Umberto Eco) from which it was adapted. Six Central and Eastern Europe laid the seeds for sessions, $200. future conflict. Discontent with the terms of the treaty contributed to the rise of fascism in Italy Una Stroda holds a PhD in systematic theology with a and Nazism in Germany. Ongoing unresolved focus on the depiction of the image of God in literature issues in the Middle East, including the Israeli- and cinema. Palestinian conflict and sectarian divisions in Syria and Iraq, were rooted in decisions made at the Paris Peace Conference. For the first class meeting, participants should read part one (chapters 1-4) of Margaret MacMillan’s Paris 1919. Eight sessions, $230.

Frank Biletz holds a PhD in history from the University of Chicago, with a primary specialization in modern British and Irish history. He is currently lecturer in history at Loyola University Chicago. gradually transformed intellectual life into a mass market enterprise dedicated to reshaping thought and society. Please read Book IV of Augustine’s On Christian Teaching before the first meeting. Seven sessions, $190.

Christopher Fletcher is a PhD candidate in medieval history at the University of Chicago.

The Irrepressible Conflict: The Slavery Debate in Antebellum America Saturday, 9 am – 4 pm August 1 Las Monjas, Chichen Itza, Frederick How could a nation “conceived in liberty” Catherwood, 1844. Newberry Vault Ayer 515 support human slavery as it expanded? Why were calls to abolish the “peculiar institution” After the Collapse: Classic Maya Disintegration considered so extreme, repugnant, and immoral? and Resurgence Participants in this one-day seminar will discuss Wednesdays, 2 – 4 pm the arguments used to attack and defend slavery June 10 – July 29 (class will not meet July 8) as the United States moved inexorably toward bloody conflict over the issue. One session, $120. Why and how civilizations recover from disintegration are among the most challenging Joseph Harrington holds a master’s degree in history questions facing scholars today. Research agendas from the University of Connecticut. He has led are increasingly focusing on the post-collapse numerous Newberry Seminars. dynamics of ancient societies and cultures. Do societies disappear or are they transformed to offer a foundation for facing future challenges? This seminar will provide participants with the Genealogy opportunity to compare the disruption of classic Maya society with other case studies and prepare them to consider the continuing transformations Sixty Minutes to Better Genealogy of global world systems. Please read the preface, Saturdays, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm chapter 1, and chapter 5 of Coe’s The Maya before June 20 – July 11 (class will not meet July 4) the first class. Seven sessions, $210. Sometimes 60 minutes of instruction on a focused topic can help you push through a Donald McVicker holds a PhD in anthropology from particular question or task in your genealogical the University of Chicago. He is professor emeritus research project. Take all 12 sessions, or simply of anthropology at North Central College, a scientific those that most appeal to you. affiliate at the Field Museum, and a docent at the Oriental Institute. $20 per session; $70 for a single day; $200 for all three days. Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution Thursdays, 2 – 4 pm 1. Beyond Shaking Leaves: Taking June 11 – July 23 Your Research to the Next Level with Marsha Peterson-Maass Seminar participants will gain first-hand Saturday, June 20, 9:30 – 10:30 am knowledge of Darwin’s ideas through readings from his works The Origins of Species, The Descent This session explores many important of Man, and Autobiography. The seminar will also genealogical resources, repositories, and research address important matters of historical context, strategies to get you to the next level once you’ve including those qualities of Darwin’s work that exhausted the resources of Ancestry.com. were typical and novel for his time. Finally, the seminar will examine the extent to which 2. The Most Helpful Tools You’ve Never Used: Darwin’s ideas influenced a wide range of later Part Two with Marsha Peterson-Maass authors, including those associated with the Saturday, June 20, 11 am - noon concept of Social Darwinism. Participants should Part Two by popular demand! Join this read pages 21-118 of Darwin’s Autobiography for informative look at the Newberry’s catalogs the first class. Seven sessions, $190. and guides, forensic photo analysis, Evernote, Dean Kostantaras, a lecturer at the University of Pinterest, genealogy blogs, “52 Ancestors in 52 Illinois at Chicago, holds a PhD in history from Weeks,” genealogical societies, and more. George Washington University. 3. Preserve Your Ancestor’s Legacy: Write Their Life Story with Mike Karsen The Medieval Origins of Mass Media Saturday, June 20, 1 – 2 pm Thursdays, 6 – 7:30 pm June 11 – July 23 Learn the process of preserving the memories of departed loved ones for future generations. We This seminar explores the origins of modern will go through the step-by-step procedure of mass media in medieval intellectual culture. collecting information, framing it against the By examining key medieval texts from St. historical context, and creating written portraits Augustine through Martin Luther, we will see of our ancestors. how religious thinkers’ evangelical approaches 4. My Cousin, the Gangster: What to Do including when they joined the force, where they with Too Much Information with Mike Karsen were stationed, and their notable cases. Special Saturday, June 20, 2:30 – 3:30 pm sources for those killed in the line of duty will be discussed. Through the genealogical case study of Frank Frost (aka Frank Foster), a Chicago gangster 11. Stayin’ Local: Using Town and City Records affiliated with Bugs Moran and Al Capone, in Your Research with Ginger Frere we will explore the genealogical methodology Saturday, July 11, 1 – 2 pm for determining the credibility of sources and eliminating unreliable ones. Participants will Genealogists often use records from federal or learn how triangulation can bring you to a safe county governments, such as census, military, conclusion. or property records. But this session will teach you to appreciate unique local government 5. FamilySearch Primer records such as city council proceedings, business with Caron Primas Brennan licenses, civil service records, and others. Saturday, June 27, 9:30 – 10:30 am 12. Mining the National Archives with Ginger Frere We will tour the free FamilySearch.org site, Saturday, July 11, 2:30 – 3:30 pm reviewing its research opportunities and newer areas for sharing family trees and pictures. This session will explore some of the lesser- Additionally, we will discuss RootsMagic and known holdings of the National Archives at the Legacy Family Tree, the genealogy programs Great Lakes Region office and in Washington, certified to interact with FamilySearch. DC. We will examine online tools used to discover manuscript holdings as well as specific 6. What’s New on the Internet? examples of underutilized collections. with Caron Primas Brennan Caron Primas Brennan is a member of the Genealogical Saturday, June 27, 11 am – noon Speakers Guild and the Association of Professional This seminar is a tour through new and little- Genealogists and blogs as “Your Cousin Caron.” known resources for genealogical research and Grace Dumelle is a professional researcher and author networking on the web. In addition to exploring of the award-winning Finding Your Chicago Newberry-based offerings, we will identify Ancestors. useful free and fee-based local, regional, national, and international genealogical resources. Ginger Frere, MLIS, is a professional researcher and speaker, as well as a reference librarian in the 7. Ancestry.com Primer Newberry’s Genealogy and Local History Department. with Caron Primas Brennan Mike Karsen is the Past President of the Jewish Saturday, June 27, 1 – 2 pm Genealogical Society of Illinois and a member of the We will examine today’s Ancestry.com and Association of Professional Genealogists. He has taught previ- consider what it offers beginners as well as ous seminars at the Newberry and the Spertus Institute. advanced genealogical researchers—including Marsha Peterson-Maass is a forensic genealogist, records and tools, AncestryTrees, and the various author of the Fundamentals of Genealogy textbook features available through the free site, library series, and a member of the Association of Professional edition, and paid subscription choices. Genealogists.

8. Fold3.com and Newspapers.com with Caron Primas Brennan Genetic Genealogy Saturday, June 27, 2:30 – 3:30 pm Saturdays, 10 am – noon July 25 – August 15 This guided tour will lead you through two sister products from the Ancestry.com family: Fold3. All genealogists know the frustration of being com—the web’s premier collection of original stymied when a paper trail ends or there is military records—and Newspapers.com, which not enough evidence to prove a relationship. houses 3,500 newspapers digitized from across the But DNA analysis, combined with traditional country. documentary research methods, can extend the reconstruction of your family tree. This 9. Tools to Dig Deeper: Probate and Inquest seminar will explore the biological concepts Records with Grace Dumelle of genetics and inheritance patterns, helping Saturday, July 11, 9:30 – 10:30 am participants gain the necessary skills to analyze DNA results within a genealogical context. Get a fuller picture of ancestors by searching Although not required, participants will derive Probate Court records for guardianships, maximum benefit from the course if they have inventory of assets, and other goodies. Inquest DNA autosomal results from a testing company records provide the circumstances of an (Familytreedna.com, 23andme.com, or Ancestry. accidental or criminal death, pointing towards com) prior to the course. Please read the first two many other records. chapters of Mastering Genealogical Proof for the first session. Four sessions, $160. 10. Investigating Police Ancestors Karen Stanbary is a professional genealogist trained in with Grace Dumelle the use of DNA testing for genealogical purposes. Saturday, July 11, 11 am - noon Using Chicago as an example, we will explore how to find information on deceased officers, Welcome to the Summer 2015 term of the Newberry Seminars Program.

We are proud to offer a wide variety of informal, non-credit courses designed for adults with busy schedules and inquiring minds, all under the roof of one of the nation’s most renowned humanities research libraries. We are certain there is a class for you, whether it’s a writing workshop or a discussion-based seminar on a topic in literature, history, music, genealogy, or Chicago culture. Explore the humanities in a Newberry seminar this summer. Registration opens Tuesday, April 21, at 10 am. The early registration deadline is Saturday, May 30, at 4 pm. After this date, registration costs will increase by 10 percent, and classes with fewer than the minimum seven registrants will be canceled. All listed prices in the brochure reflect the early registration cost. The term begins Saturday, June 6.

Seminar registrations are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Many seminars fill quickly; therefore, we encourage you to enroll early. Full payment is required at the time of registration, and we cannot pro-rate tuition to compensate for missed classes. Seven registrants are needed to run a class.

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EXHIBITIONS The Shakespeare Project of Chicago Ephemeral by Design: Organizing the Everyday The Revenger’s Tragedy by Thomas Middleton April 10 - July 3 Saturday, April 25, 10 am Chicago’s Great 20th-Century Bookman: Meet the Author Remembering James Wells William Heath, William Wells and the Struggle April 10 - July 3 for the Old Northwest Exploration 2015: The 29th Annual Juried Tuesday, April 28, 6 pm Exhibition of the Chicago Calligraphy Collective March 16 - June 12 MAY American Political Thought Seminar Katherine Mansfield and the “Blooms-berries” Plenary Lecture April 10 - July 3 “Manning, Planting, Keeping: English History Fair Prize-Winners’ Exhibition Colonization and the Origins of Modern June 26 - July 3 A mer ica, 1580-1865” Christopher Tomlins Curator-led Exhibition Tours: Thursday, May 7, 6 pm April 29 and May 20, 6 pm; June 20, 11 am JUNE GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY Exhibition Program ORIENTATION Ephemeral by Design: Organizing the Everyday Usually held the first Saturday of the month curators’ talk at 9:30 am (4/4, 5/2, 6/6, 7/11, 8/1) Paul F. Gehl, Megan Kelly, Lindsey O’Brien, and Amanda Schriver APRIL Thursday, June 4, 6 pm Conversations at the Newberry Make Music Chicago 2015 “Imperfect Perfect Game: Baseball Writing in in Washington Square Park (901 N. Clark St.) America,” Lester Munson and John Schulian Co-sponsored by the Washington Square Park Monday, April 13, 6 pm Advisory Council The Chicago Map Society Sunday, June 21, 2:30 – 4 pm “Sea Monsters on Medieval and JULY Renaissance Maps,” Chet Van Duzer Newberry Book Fair Thursday, April 16, 5:30 pm reception, Thursday, July 23 – Sunday, July 26 6 pm program The Newberry Library’s Bughouse Square The Caxton Club / Bibliographical Society Debates of America / Newberry Library 2015 Washington Square Park (901 N. Clark St.) Symposium on the Book Saturday, July 25, noon - 4 pm “Preserving the Evidence: The Ethics of Book and Paper Conservation” Saturday, April 18, 8:30 am

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SIGNATURE A Serious Look at Comedy: Five Plays Literature and Theater From 1599-1743 Thursdays, 2 – 4 pm Persuasion: An Exploration of Jane Austen’s June 11 – July 30 Novel Five comedies will serve as the foundation for Saturdays, 10 am – noon exploring the rich and complex relationship June 6 – July 11 (class will not meet July 4) between writer, performer, and audience. Persuasion was Jane Austen’s last completed novel. We will read Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Often described as having an “autumnal” mood, Nothing, Molière’s The Middle-Class Gentleman, it is a richly textured work about romantic Wycherley’s The Country Wife, Gay’s The Beggar’s second chances, social change, and integrity. Opera, and Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters. The first two weeks of the seminar will consist Participants will also view and discuss video clips of in-depth discussions of Persuasion, followed by of these plays performed by a variety of strong sessions devoted to the novel’s historical context, comedic actors. The instructor will present brief critical interpretations, and modern literary and talks to enhance our understanding of the rules cinematic adaptations. Please read the first half of and tools used by writers and performers that Persuasion for the first session. Five sessions, $170. keep us laughing. Please read acts 1-3 of Much Ado About Nothing before the first session. Eight Jeffrey Nigro is active in the Jane Austen Society of sessions, $230. North America as a lecturer and writer and is currently coordinator of the Society’s Greater Chicago Region. John Nygro is a lecturer, actor, and musician in the Chicago area. The World of Russian Fairy Tales Section A: Saturdays, 10 am – noon River Life: Twain’s Huck Finn and Cormac Section B: Saturdays, 1 – 3 pm McCarthy’s Suttree June 6 – August 8 Tuesdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm (class will not meet June 20 or July 4) June 9 – August 4 (class will not meet July 7) We will enter the world of Russian fairy tales, It’s time to tackle a virtually unknown American one of the largest collections of folk stories in masterpiece and revisit one that’s familiar Western literature. Exploring Russian beliefs but misread. Suttree (1979) has been called and myths—from both pagan and Christian “unsurpassed in American Literature” and traditions—we will examine the structure McCarthy’s “magnum opus”—but it’s rarely and meaning of the fairy tales, as well as their read. We’ll crack it open by revisiting Huck influence on Russian literature, music, opera, Finn, a novel we think we remember. There’s ballet, art, and film. For the first meeting, an affinity: Cornelius Sutree has been called “a please read pages 3-37 in Russian Folk Beliefs by modern Huck Finn.” We will explore river life Linda J. Ivanits and “Turnip,” “The Hen,” and as seen by two outlandishly interesting American “The Bun” in Russian Fairy Tales collected by novelists, and critically explore the assumption Aleksander Afanasiev. Eight sessions, $230. that Twain’s Mississippi is so hopeful and blessed, while McCarthy’s Tennessee River is altogether Julia Kriventsova Denne studied literature at St. wrecked and bedeviled. For the first session, Petersburg University, Russia, and teaches Russian participants should read through chapter 11 in literature in the Chicago area. Huck Finn. Eight sessions, $230.

Matt Laufer holds a PhD in literature from Columbia University, has taught literature at Columbia and Barnard College, and published articles on Nabokov, Melville, and Woolf.

Summer in the Park Spring Park Clean-Up Saturday, April 18, 9 am - noon The Newberry is co-sponsoring several programs with the Washington Square Park Advisory Painting in the Park Council (WSPAC), a new neighborhood Plein Air Painters from the Palette & Chisel organization to improve community enjoyment of Academy of Fine Arts this city park. Programs will be held in Washington Saturday, June 6, 10 am - 1 pm Square Park (901 N. Clark St.) and are free and Make Music Chicago 2015 open to the public. Find updates for WSPAC in Washington Square Park programs and meetings on Facebook. Co-sponsored by the Newberry Sunday, June 21, 2:30 - 4 pm The Newberry Library’s Bughouse Square Debates Saturday, July 25, noon - 4 pm Painting in the Park Plein Air Painters from the Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts Saturday, August 29, 10 am - 1 pm Summertime Shakespeare Thursdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm June 11 – July 30 Shakespeare is never out of season, but these six plays—A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Henry IV, parts 1 and 2; Romeo and Juliet; Measure for Measure; and Much Ado About Nothing—will make for a profound and dreamy summer that will take us to the far frontiers of the real and the unreal, to the heights of passion and comedy, to deep within the waste of a world in decay, and into the company of Falstaff, who was perhaps Shakespeare’s greatest creation. Please read A Midsummer Night’s Dream before the first class. Eight sessions, $230.

Robert Sprott holds an MA in anthropology and theology, and a PhD in linguistics. A Catholic priest and a Franciscan, he is the administrator of St. James Church in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

Moby-Dick: Reading and Envisioning an American Epic Wednesdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm Frontispiece, “William Shakespeare.” June 10 – August 5 The plays and poems of William Shakespeare, (class will not meet June 24) 1795. Newberry Case YS 0795 From the most famous first sentence in American literature to the climactic chase scene, reading Let’s Go Shopping! Zola’s Octave Mouret Novels Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is a great Tuesdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm challenge—and memorable experience—in June 16 – July 21 the life of any reader. This seminar will help Octave Mouret, gifted seducer in Émile Zola’s participants chart an exciting course through novels Pot Luck (Pot-Bouille) and The Ladies’ the novel. We will also explore many of the Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames), had an advantage beautiful illustrated editions of the book held in over his rivals in mid-nineteenth-century Paris. the Newberry’s collections. For the first class, He knew what women wanted and, as the owner please read the first nine chapters (through “The of the largest department store in the city, he Sermon”). Eight sessions, $230. could deliver the goods. Through his rise from Will Hansen, Director of Reader Services and Curator a salesman to the sovereign of style in Paris, of Americana at the Newberry Library, has written Octave’s escapades will guide our exploration of on Moby-Dick, Whitman, and comic book history the burgeoning fashion industry in the city that as well as created the research guide to the Newberry’s invented haute couture. Six sessions, $200. Melville collection. Debra Mancoff, author of Fashion in Impressionist Paris and Fashion Muse: Inspiration Behind H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds: Imaginative Iconic Designs, writes on the connections of art, Science and Social Commentary fashion, and culture. Thursdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm June 11 – July 23 (class will not meet June 25) T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets A prominent historian of science once astutely Wednesdays, 2 – 4 pm observed that The War of the Worlds (1898) June 17 – July 8 launched not only Wells’s literary career, but How do we read a modern poem? Reading the also that of the alien. In the novel, Wells also Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot asks us to wrestle famously predicted the brutality of twentieth- with that question. Written at the end of his century warfare and technology’s role in career and after a religious conversion, Four diminishing personal security. This seminar Quartets (like Eliot’s earlier, more secular epic will explore the book’s origin, scientific The Waste Land) challenges us to read without content, social-scientific themes, and legacy as the aid of the traditional unities of time, place, a foundational work of modern science fiction. and narrator. Eliot’s musicality, imagery, and Readings for the first session will be distributed allusions guide us through the poem. We will electronically; please refer to your registration explore themes of time, pattern, movement, and confirmation for details. Six sessions, $200. reconciliation, tracing the influence of religion Lee Minnerly, holds an MA in anthropology and is (both Eastern and Western), mysticism, and associated with the Webster Institute for the History science on his thinking. Four sessions, $160. of Astronomy at the Adler Planetarium. He teaches Joyce Goldenstern has taught literature and writing classes on anthropology, cultural astronomy, and the for over 20 years in Chicago and is currrently an extraterrestrial life debate. instructor of English at Dominican University. She has been teaching at the Newberry since 1997. Writing for the Theater Writing Workshops Thursdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm June 11 – August 6 (class will not meet July 16) The Sonnet: Not Just a Love Song Designed for beginning playwrights as well as Saturdays, 10 am – noon writers working in other forms, this seminar June 6 – August 8 emphasizes what makes a scene successful, how (class will not meet July 4 or July 25) to develop characters through dialogue and The sonnet keeps showing up—in classrooms, action, and how to think in theatrical terms. on websites, and at weddings. Contemporary Weekly assignments will focus on points of sonnets are colloquial, and their subjects include attack, conflict, resolution, text, and subtext. At love (of course), dysfunctional families, racial the conclusion of the class, participants will have violence, and many other topics. This writing a better understanding of how to write scenes workshop will explore the sonnet’s history that are dramatic, engaging, and entertaining. through readings, and participants will learn how Eight sessions, $230. to pack their own sonnets with powerful words Douglas Post is an award-winning playwright whose and images of contemporary life. Readings for work has been produced around the world. He has the first session will be distributed electronically; taught at Northwestern University, DePaul University, please refer to your registration confirmation for and Victory Gardens Theater. He currently teaches at details. Eight sessions, $230. Chicago Dramatists. Debra Bruce, professor emerita at Northeastern Illinois University, is the author of four books of poetry. Visit Writing Poetry: The Visual and the Poetic her website, debrabrucepoet.com. Tuesdays, 2 – 4 pm June 16 – August 4 Me Write Funny One Day In this poetry-writing workshop, we will explore Tuesdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm the visual aspect of poetry and the use of found June 9 – July 14 texts and images to create new work. Each week, Must short stories be tragic and humorless to be we will discuss a specific concept or idea and moving? We restrict our writing if we think we write new poems based on writing exercises. In can only achieve emotional resonance by being a supportive, encouraging atmosphere, we will serious. You, too, can learn to “write funny” and discuss and share our work. The exercises will your readers will thank you for it. The seminar draw inspiration from concrete poetry, Surrealist format includes assigned readings, in- and out-of- and Dadaist poetic techniques, and from class writing exercises, and discussion. For the first contemporary poets and artists like Tom Phillips session, please bring an excerpt of any work (can be and Kevin Young. Eight sessions, $230. original or published work of another author, etc.) Kate Ingold is a 2009 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship that you consider to be funny. Six sessions, $200 Finalist Award winner, a 2007 Poetry Society of Julie Benesh, PhD, MFA, was awarded an Illinois America National Chapbook Fellow, and a visual Arts Council Grant and has had her work published in artist. Tin House Magazine, Crab Orchard Review, and others, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

The Write Place: A Facilitated Children’s Book Writers Group Wednesdays, 5:45 – 7:45 pm June 10 – July 15 Writers will have the opportunity to share their stories in a supportive, focused, and instructive environment. Facilitated discussions of participants’ manuscripts will highlight the writing process, story components, elements of narrative, revision, and a story’s marketability within today’s children’s book publishing world. Writers of all levels, all formats, and all genres will be offered a variety of writing exercises, suggested readings, and current marketing information. Six sessions, $200

Esther Hershenhorn authors picture books and middle- grade fiction and nonfiction, coaches children’s book writers, and recently served on the Board of Advisors of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

Registration opens April 21. The early registration deadline is May 30. Register online at www.newberry.org/adult-education-seminars or call (312) 255-3700. Non-Profit Organization US POSTAGE PAID 60 West Walton Street The Newberry Library Chicago, IL 60610

Seminar Topics Include: – Chicago Culture – Arts, Music, and Language – Philosophy and Religion – History and Social Sciences – Genealogy – Literature and Theater – Writing Workshops

Cover image: Rosciszewski, J. R. de., illust., frontispiece, “The Horse grew restive, reared higher than the highest forest.” The Russian Garland, 1916. Robert Steele, ed. Newberry B 8554 .84.