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Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 2001-2002 Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, Spcol@Wku.Edu Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog Kentucky Library - Serials 2001 Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 2001-2002 Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ky_hum_council_cat Part of the Public History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Kentucky Library Research Collections, "Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog 2001-2002" (2001). Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog. Paper 7. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ky_hum_council_cat/7 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Kentucky Humanities Council Catalog by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Kentucky Humanities CouncilJnc. Whole Humanities Catalog All humanities all the time •pTOi: Five new Kentucky Chautauqua characters make their debuts in 2001 (from left):Adolph Rupp, Daniel Boone, Laura Scott, York, and John C. C. Mayo. For details, see page 19. • Speakers Bureau • Kentucky Chautauqua • Book Discussions • 2001-2002 Whole Humanities Catalog August 1,2001 -July 31,2002 Welcome to the first edition of the Whole Humanities Catalog — All humanities all the time. Like the fifteen Speakers Bureau catalogs that preceded it, the 2001-2002 Whole Humanities Catalog is bursting with quality programs. In addition to the usual speakers and Chautauqua presenters, this catalog includes our free book-discussion programs. On page 26 you'll see just how easy it is for a nonprofit group to put together a fascinating series of book discussions. As always, we thank you for your generous support and hope you'll enjoy the Whole Humanities Catalog, your new and improved source for the Kentucky Humanities Council's unique statewide programs. Contents Credits I Speakers Bureau 2 Featured Speakers 3 More Speakers 15 Speakers Bureau Travel Map 18 Kentucky Chautauqua 19 Book Discussions 26 Application Instructions 28 Application Forms Inside Back Cover www.kyhumanities.org You'll find this catalog and much more on our v/eb site. Credits We thank these contributors for their important gifts to Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc. Their generosity makes it possible for thousands more Kentuckians to enjoy and learn from the speakers and Chautauqua performers in this catalog. Are you or your company interested in supporting the Speakers Bureau in your part of the stale? Please contact Virginia Smith at 859/257-5932. TOYOTA TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. The Kentucky Humanities Council. Inc. gratefully acknowledges a gift from Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc. of Erlanger. Kentucky. This gift will support Speakers Bureau and Kentucky Chautauqua programs in northern Kentucky. Brown-Forman CORPORATION The Kentucky Humanities Council. Inc. gratefully acknowledges a gift from the Brown-Forman Corporation of Louisville. This gift will supportSpeakers Bureauand Kentucky Chautauquaprograms in Louisville and surrounding counties. National City. The Kentucky HumanitiesCouncil. Inc.gratefully acknowledges gifts from National City banks in Lexington, London, and Owensboro. These gifts will support Speakers Bureau and Kentucky Chautauqua programs in western, central, and south central Kentucky. 2001-2002 Whole Humanities Catalog I Speakers Bureau The 61 speakers in this catalog are offeringmore than 125 different talks on a stunningvarietyof topics. New presentations this year include: the history of the saxophone, the adventures of a B-17 waist gunner inWorld War II,the story of the only African American member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and the career of dressmaking entrepreneur Carrie Taylor, plusreadings from Kentucky's new Poet Laureate, James Baker Hall. There's truly something for everyone in this, our biggest Speakers Bureau ever. Enjoy! Important points to remember about the Speakers Bureau: • Our programs arefree to nonprofit community groups anywhere in Kentucky. Minimum audience size: 25 adults. • The Speakers Bureau is not available free for classroom or student programs or to college sponsors. It is available at cost ($225) to these groups and to for-profit organizations. There is no limit on the number of programs a sponsor can purchase. •A nonprofit organization is limited to two free Speakers Bureau programs(or one free speakerand one free Chautauqua performance) each year (August through July).There is a $35 application fee, which covers up to two free programs per sponsor. This fee is nonrefundable if the program you selected is available. It will be returned if your program is not available. • Admission to Speakers Bureau programs must be free. (You may charge admission to talks your group has purchased through KHC.) • KHC pays eachspeaker's honorarium and travel directly, Sponsors are responsible for overnight accommodations, if needed. • All Featured Speakers will travel statewide. Those listed under More Speakers may, as noted in the listings, restrict their travel to certain regions. • Speakers Bureau funding runs out quickly,often before September 1. Please apply early, even for programs late in the funding period. Application instructions and forms are at the back of this catalog. • An assisted listening device for people with hearing loss is available from the Speakers Bureau. Your sponsor's packet will include instructions for borrowing it. • If you have questions or problems, please call Cathy Ferguson at the Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc.. 859/257-5932. www.kyhumanities.org You'll find this catalog and much more on our web site. 2001-2002 Whole Humanities Catalog African-American musical roots African and African-American Musical Connections in Appalachia hi this talkydemonstration. Bullock traces thedevelopment of African-American music in Appalachia. Beginning with the African musical heritage, she moves to this side of the Atlantic to look at folk songs, spirituals, work songs, blues and gospel music. As she explores the connections between the African tradition and the new American experience, Bullock shows how this music leads to a better understanding of African-American culture in Appalachia and America. • Microphone. Half-inch VCR and monitor, CD or tape player, and piano are helpful but not necessary. Ifno piano, please provide an outlet for an electric keyboard and a small Kathy W. table to put it on. Bullock Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Music Tradition Associate Professor Spirituals and gospel music are much more than pleasing, comforting sounds they of Music are apowerful reflection ofthe triumphant spirit and faith ofAfrican-Americans. This talk/ Berea College demonstration includes audience participation. 1020 Moonlight Drive • Microphone; CD ortape player and piano are helpful but not necessary. If no piano, Berea. KY 40403 please provide an outlet for an electric keyboard and a small table to put it on. Home: 859/986-6088 Fax: 859/986-6115 FEATURED SPEAKERS Sax and the single computer Real or Fake?: An Introduction to Computer Music In this fascinating talk. Burnette will explain, in plain English, how a computer —inthe form ofa digital synthesizer —makes music. The audience will see how a sound wave can be manipulated with the mere touch ofa button, and participate in an interactive sound game. The tremendous advantages ofdigital recording will be demonstrated. Burnette will conclude his upbeat presentation by using the synthesizer to create, step by step, a high- energy multi-track musical composition. • Lectern Sonny Yakety Sax: A Brief History of the Saxophone Compared to most familiar musical instruments, the saxophone isa newcomer, and we Burnette actually know who invented it: Adophe Sax. In this talk. Burnette will discuss Sax's Professor of Music background and inventions and describe the controversy that surrounded him. His work Georgetown College attracted both ardent supporters and vehement critics. Recordings will introduce the 400 East College Street various members of the saxophone family. The talk will conclude with a live saxophone Georgetown College performance. Georgetown. KY 40324 • Lectern Work; 502/863-81 12 Home: 502/863-4152 Sonny_Burnecte@ georgetowncollege.edu 2001-2002 Whole Humanities Catalog Required reading The Five Books Every Woman Must Read Thistalkconsiders both fiction and nonficiion books — pastand present — which have been critical to the lives of contemporar\' women. Hear Calhoun-French's choice of the five books every woman must read, then be prepared to share yourown selections. • Lectern. Getting the Most out of Reading for Pleasure What makes popular fiction popular? Calhoun-French will define the general characteristics of popular, asopposed to serious, fiction, and discuss current trends in popular writing. She Diane M. will analyze novels and authors in many popular fiction categories including mystery, social Calhoun-French melodrama, romance, horror, science fiction, and westerns. • Lectern; carousel slide projector with remote control, stand, and screen. Academic Dean Jefferson Community College -Southwest Manners and Morals in Murder Mysteries Murder mysteries offer more than mere suspense, saysCalhoun-French. Theyalsocom Jefferson C. C.-SW ment — sometimes seriously, sometimes humorously — on the manners and morals 1000 Community College Dr. of their times, Louisville. KY 40272 • Lectern. Office: 502/935-9840 Home: 502/592-2226 Diane.Calhoun-French@ kctcs.net
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