Mach 1-April 1, 2010
Make Believe Group Exhibit: Fairy Tale Archetypes in Contemporary Culture
Place:Visual Arts Gallery, 100 Culver Avenue in Jersey City.
Gallery hours are 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Curated by Debra Jenks, “Make Believe” will feature works by artists who appropriate or reference folk or fairy tales. The exhibit presents numerous takes on the subject, from the imaginary and fantastic to personal narratives and social commentary. Exhibiting artists include Aliza Augustine, Susan Breitsch, Jason Covert, Michelle Handelman, Wendy Hirschberg, Sarah Julig, Yuliya Lanina, Jadina Lilien, Ken Madore, Norma Markley, Franco Mondini-Ruiz, Don Porcella, Roxanne Wolanczyk, and Jeanne Wilkinson.The exhibit is one in a series of campus events held in commemoration of “Women’s History Month.”
An opening reception will be held 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Monday, March 1. Admission is free and open to the community. For further information call Dr. Midori Yoshimoto, NJCU director of campus galleries, at (201)200-3246.
March 11-30, 2010,
M. Jerry Weiss Center Illustrators’ Gallery Event
Place: Gilligan Student's Union Art Gallery (GSUB -Room 111)
Bloomsbury Publishers has graciously offered to “loan” NJCU the art work for its newly published book, Our Children Can Soar. The book features the work of twelve internationally-acclaimed African-American and minority illustrators and traces the struggle for civil rights in the US.
Some events include:
March 23, 2010: Lecture featuring Ted and Betsy Lewin
April 15, 2010: Lecture featuring Mel Glenn, poet for young adults
The “kick-off”event will be an evening reception (tickets will be available for purchase) during the week of Spring Break (March 8-14) and the art show will continue for two weeks thereafter.
During that period, NJCU will host several illustrators and a historian to discuss the struggle for civil rights from the earliest days of the nation to President Obama’s victory. The show will be housed in the Gilligan Student Union Art Gallery and will be open to the public, to students, faculty, and local public schools.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
2010 Garden State Book Awards
2010 AWARDS ANNOUNCED
The Children's Services Section of the New Jersey Library Association announces the following recipients of the 2010 Garden State Children's Book Award:
The Children's Services Section of the New Jersey Library Association announces the following recipients of the 2010 Garden State Children's Book Award:
EASY-TO-READ BOOK
Today I Will Fly
by Mo Willems
EASY-TO-READ SERIES BOOK
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy
by Tedd Arnold
FICTION, GRADES 2 - 5
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney
(Juv. K557d)
NON-FICTION, GRADES 2 - 5
Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship
By Craig Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumba
Photographs by Peter Greste
(Juv. 599.63 .H364ot)
The Garden State Children's Book Awards were established in 1977 in order to give recognition to books for elementary grade readers. The nominees are selected by a committee of the Children's Services Section of the New Jersey Library Association on the basis of literary merit; the winners are chosen by popularity with readers.
A three-year lapse from the original publication date is allowed in order to determine popularity. The awards are given in three categories, with the option of one additional series category: a work specifically designated as "easy-to-read" by the publisher; a work of fiction for grades 2 - 5; a work of non-fiction for grades 2 - 5.
Awards, presented annually at the NJLA spring conference, are given to both the author and the illustrator. This year's conference will be held at the Ocean Place Conference Center in Long Branch, from April 26 - 28 with the awards presentation on Wednesday, April 28, 2010.
For further information, visit the NJLA website at http://www.njla.org/, or contact Melissa Okerblom, Chair, Garden State Children's Book Awards Committee, by phone at 973-887-5150 ext. 231 or email at Melissa.okerblom@parsippanylibrary.org
Friday, February 12, 2010
Make a Movie Date in February
The African Diaspora Film festival will have showings at the BAM in Brooklyn, NY, February 19-24th, 2010.
Location and Tickets
BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 636-4100
TICKETS:
General Admission:
$12
Seniors, Children, & Students: $9*
BAM Cinema Club Members: $8*
Discounts available at BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office only for Seniors 65 & over; Children 12 & under and
Students: 25 & under with valid ID.
Titles are listed below.
Some to take note of are:
Glorious Exit: a perceptive and moving study of intercultural communication and multicultural understanding as a Swiss-German-Nigerian man prepares for the funeral of his Nigerian father.
Pro-Black Sheep: a contemporary acerbic black comedy that examines, intellectualism, politics, black male mentorship and the role of black males in the Black community. It could be used very effectively in the secondary classroom as a discussion starter with mature students.
AMILCAR CABRAL Tue, Feb 23 @ 9PM
Shown with Frantz Fanon as part of the African Leaders Program
ANOMALYSun, Feb. 21 @ 2:00PMQ&A after screening
Shown with Visibly Invisible and Making History as part of the Identity Stories Program
ARUGBA Fri, Feb. 19 @ 4:30PM Sun, Feb. 21 @ 5:00PM
BLACK NATION Tue, Feb. 23 @ 7:15PMWed, Feb. 23 @ 4:30PM
BLUES MARCH: SOLDIER JON HENDRICKS Mon, Feb. 22 @ 4:30PM
FRANTZ FANON: HIS LIFE, HIS STRUGGLE, HIS WORK Tue, Feb 23 @ 9PM
Shown with Amilcar Cabral as part of the African Leaders Program
GLORIOUS EXIT Mon, Feb. 22 @ 6:20PMWed, Feb. 24 @ 6:15PM
THE JOURNEY OF THE LIONMon, Feb. 22 @ 9:00PM
MADE IN JAMAICAFri, Feb 19 @ 9:30PM
MAKING HISTORY Sun, Feb. 21 @ 2:00PM Q&A after screenings
Shown with Visibly Invisible and Anomaly as part of the Identity Program
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTHFri, Feb 19 @ 6:50PMSat, Feb 21 @ 5:20PM
PRO-BLACK SHEEPSat, Feb. 20 @ 6:00PMWed, Feb. 24 @ 8:30PM
Reception after saturday screeningQ&A with director after both screenings
SOLIDARITY IN SAYA: AN AFRO-BOLIVIAN MUSIC MOVEMENTSun, Feb. 21 @ 7:10PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with With a Stroke of the Chaveta as part of the Cultures of Resistance Program
STOLEN KISSESTue, Feb. 23 @ 4:30PM
UP FROM THE BOTTOMSSat, Feb. 20 @ 2:00PM
VISIBLY INVISIBLE Sun, Feb 21 @ 2:00PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with Making History and Anomaly as part of the Identity Stories Program
WHEN THE CITY BITES Sat, Feb 20 @ 3:40PM
WITH A STROKE OF THE CHAVETA Sun, Feb. 21 @ 7:10PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with Solidarity in Saya as part of the Cultures of Resistance Program
YOUSSOU N'DOUR: RETURN TO GOREESun, Feb 21 @ 9:50PM
For more information on the films see
http://www.nyadff.org/
and
http://bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1878
Location and Tickets
BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
(718) 636-4100
TICKETS:
General Admission:
$12
Seniors, Children, & Students: $9*
BAM Cinema Club Members: $8*
Discounts available at BAM Rose Cinemas Box Office only for Seniors 65 & over; Children 12 & under and
Students: 25 & under with valid ID.
Titles are listed below.
Some to take note of are:
Glorious Exit: a perceptive and moving study of intercultural communication and multicultural understanding as a Swiss-German-Nigerian man prepares for the funeral of his Nigerian father.
Pro-Black Sheep: a contemporary acerbic black comedy that examines, intellectualism, politics, black male mentorship and the role of black males in the Black community. It could be used very effectively in the secondary classroom as a discussion starter with mature students.
BEST OF ADFF 2010 @ BAM
February 19th to February 24th 2010
February 19th to February 24th 2010
AMILCAR CABRAL Tue, Feb 23 @ 9PM
Shown with Frantz Fanon as part of the African Leaders Program
ANOMALYSun, Feb. 21 @ 2:00PMQ&A after screening
Shown with Visibly Invisible and Making History as part of the Identity Stories Program
ARUGBA Fri, Feb. 19 @ 4:30PM Sun, Feb. 21 @ 5:00PM
BLACK NATION Tue, Feb. 23 @ 7:15PMWed, Feb. 23 @ 4:30PM
BLUES MARCH: SOLDIER JON HENDRICKS Mon, Feb. 22 @ 4:30PM
FRANTZ FANON: HIS LIFE, HIS STRUGGLE, HIS WORK Tue, Feb 23 @ 9PM
Shown with Amilcar Cabral as part of the African Leaders Program
GLORIOUS EXIT Mon, Feb. 22 @ 6:20PMWed, Feb. 24 @ 6:15PM
THE JOURNEY OF THE LIONMon, Feb. 22 @ 9:00PM
MADE IN JAMAICAFri, Feb 19 @ 9:30PM
MAKING HISTORY Sun, Feb. 21 @ 2:00PM Q&A after screenings
Shown with Visibly Invisible and Anomaly as part of the Identity Program
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTHFri, Feb 19 @ 6:50PMSat, Feb 21 @ 5:20PM
PRO-BLACK SHEEPSat, Feb. 20 @ 6:00PMWed, Feb. 24 @ 8:30PM
Reception after saturday screeningQ&A with director after both screenings
SOLIDARITY IN SAYA: AN AFRO-BOLIVIAN MUSIC MOVEMENTSun, Feb. 21 @ 7:10PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with With a Stroke of the Chaveta as part of the Cultures of Resistance Program
STOLEN KISSESTue, Feb. 23 @ 4:30PM
UP FROM THE BOTTOMSSat, Feb. 20 @ 2:00PM
VISIBLY INVISIBLE Sun, Feb 21 @ 2:00PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with Making History and Anomaly as part of the Identity Stories Program
WHEN THE CITY BITES Sat, Feb 20 @ 3:40PM
WITH A STROKE OF THE CHAVETA Sun, Feb. 21 @ 7:10PMQ&A after screenings
Shown with Solidarity in Saya as part of the Cultures of Resistance Program
YOUSSOU N'DOUR: RETURN TO GOREESun, Feb 21 @ 9:50PM
For more information on the films see
http://www.nyadff.org/
and
http://bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1878
Banned Books in Canada
Canadian libraries will celebrate Freedom to Read Week, February 21-27, 2010.
It is very interesting to see their Challenged booklists and results of challenges:
http://www.freedomtoread.ca/docs/challenged_books_and_magazines.pdf
when compared to those in the United States:
Background Information from 2001 to 2008 -Frequently Challenged Books (ALA)
Over the past eight years, American libraries were faced with 3,736 challenges.
1,225 challenges due to “sexually explicit” material;
1,008 challenges due to “offensive language”;
720 challenges due to material deemed “unsuited to age group”;
458 challenges due to “violence”
269 challenges due to “homosexuality”; and
Further, 103 materials were challenged because they were “anti-family,” and an additional 233 were challenged because of their “religious viewpoints.”
1,176 of these challenges (approximately 31%) were in classrooms; 37% were in school libraries; 24% (or 909) took place in public libraries. There were less than 75 challenges to college classes; and only 36 to academic libraries.
There are isolated cases of challenges to materials made available in or by prisons, special libraries, community groups, and student groups. The majority of challenges were initiated by parents (almost exactly 51%), while patrons and administrators followed behind (10% and 8% respectively).
Lists of Challenged Books in the United States:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/index.cfm
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/1990_1999/index.cfm
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/2008/index.cfm
It would be nice if the American Library Association (ALA) could publish an online comprehensive list similar to the Canadian.
It is very interesting to see their Challenged booklists and results of challenges:
http://www.freedomtoread.ca/docs/challenged_books_and_magazines.pdf
when compared to those in the United States:
Background Information from 2001 to 2008 -Frequently Challenged Books (ALA)
Over the past eight years, American libraries were faced with 3,736 challenges.
1,225 challenges due to “sexually explicit” material;
1,008 challenges due to “offensive language”;
720 challenges due to material deemed “unsuited to age group”;
458 challenges due to “violence”
269 challenges due to “homosexuality”; and
Further, 103 materials were challenged because they were “anti-family,” and an additional 233 were challenged because of their “religious viewpoints.”
1,176 of these challenges (approximately 31%) were in classrooms; 37% were in school libraries; 24% (or 909) took place in public libraries. There were less than 75 challenges to college classes; and only 36 to academic libraries.
There are isolated cases of challenges to materials made available in or by prisons, special libraries, community groups, and student groups. The majority of challenges were initiated by parents (almost exactly 51%), while patrons and administrators followed behind (10% and 8% respectively).
Lists of Challenged Books in the United States:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/index.cfm
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/1990_1999/index.cfm
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/21stcenturychallenged/2008/index.cfm
It would be nice if the American Library Association (ALA) could publish an online comprehensive list similar to the Canadian.
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
New Jersey Global Educators Spring 2010 Conference
CALL for PROPOSALS
Tenth Annual NJ Global Educators Conference Thinking Globally: New Jersey & Beyond
The New Jersey Global Educators Spring 2010 Conference
Friday, April 16, 2010
Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union,
NJ
Deadline EXTENDED: February , 26, 2010
Topics Include:
* A Sustained View of Global Education: Linking Higher Education and P - 12
* Integration of Technology in Global Education
* Education for Sustainability in Global Education
* To Travel or Not to Travel: Pros and Cons of Studying in New Jersey versus Studying Out of State or Overseas
* Opportunities for and Barriers to Global Education
* 21st Century Skills for Global Awareness * Global Citizenship: What does it Mean?
* Current Assessment Strategies - A Help or a Hindrance for Global Education Initiatives
* Proposals from other related areas are welcome
Proposal from other related areas are welcome
Proposal from other related areas are welcome
Presentation formatS:
* Paper (20 mins., plus 5 mins. Q&A)
* Demonstration (20 mins., plus 5 mins. Q&A)
* Panel (3-5 presenters; 40 mins., plus 15 mins. Q&A)
* Interactive hands-on without computer lab (55 mins.)
* Interactive hands-on with computer lab (55 mins.) * Other:
PLEASE COMPLETE THE PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM online:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGpTZWt6UmJOd3ZDWFB4azg1ekhYNmc6MA..
and
Don't forget to attend:
Tenth Annual NJ Global Educators Conference
Thinking Globally: New Jersey & Beyond
The New Jersey Global Educators Spring 2010 Conference
Friday, April 16, 2010
Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union,NJ
Conference registration Form:
Registration Fee * Includes a light breakfast and lunch.
Non-member ($85.00 - this registration fee includes a bonus free one year membership with NJGE)
Member ($60.00 for members who have paid membership dues for AY09-10)
Student (25.00)
Conference Presenter ($40.00)
Non-member ($85.00 - this registration fee includes a bonus free one year membership with NJGE)
Member ($60.00 for members who have paid membership dues for AY09-10)
Student (25.00)
Conference Presenter ($40.00)
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