|
Fall 2007 Workshops
Historic House Museums
Friday, December 7, 10 a.m. –3 p.m.
Barbara Silberman, independent consultant for historic house museums
Workshops are open to staff and volunteers at New England cultural
organizations. Please contact Chelsea Shriver (Chelsea_Shriver@brown.edu)
to reserve a space.
Past Event
Is Radio Still Important?
The Department of American Civilization and the John Nicholas Brown Center hosts a series of panel discussions on the past, present, and future of radio broadcasting. Over its history, radio has proven one of the most flexible of media, constantly reinventing itself, and that flexibility becomes more interesting in a changing media world. We will examine why and and how radio continues to play a role in our daily lives by talking to practitioners and scholars who consider radio programming and radio structure. All events are free and open to the public. |
|
Radio's Past: Why Do We Care?
Tuesday, February 6
8 p.m.
Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106
Brown University
Panelists
Douglas Craig
Reader in history at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, and author of Fireside Politics: Radio and Political Culture in the U.S., 1920–40
Steve Parry
Producer of the forthcoming documentary The Hayloft Gang
Sonja Williams
Associate professor of communications at Howard University and associate producer of “Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was” for Radio Smithsonian
Moderated by Susan Smulyan
Associate professor of American civilization and author of Selling Radio: The Commercialization of American Broadcasting
Brown Radio: The Importance of College Stations
In conjunction with an exhibit at the John Hay Library, an audio documentary launch, and a Group Independent Study Project, “Brown Radio History”
Sunday, February 25
7 p.m.
Smith-Buonanno Hall, Room 106
Brown University
Panelists
Peter Tannenwald ’64
Vice president of Irwin, Campbell and Tannenwald, P.C., communications lawyer, legal counsel to WBRU, and former WBRU board member
Don Berns ’69
Radio and club D.J. for alternative musics. Known in Canada as “Dr. Trance,” he helped to develop rave culture in Toronto
Dan Oppenheim '98
Rita Cidre ’07
Former general manager of WBRU
Jason Sigal ’07
General manager of BSR
Moderated by Susan Smulyan
Associate professor of American civilization and author of Selling Radio: The Commercialization of American Broadcasting
Politics, Culture, and Radio
Tuesday, April 10
8 p.m.
Smith-Buonnano Hall, Room 106
Brown University
Panelists
Nick Spitzer
Creator and producer of American Routes
Pete Tridish
Prometheus Radio Project: Freeing the Airwaves from Corporate Control
Monica Brady-Myerov ’89
Reporter at WBUR in Boston and board president of WBRU
Moderated by Susan Smulyan
Associate professor of American civilization and author of Selling Radio: The Commercialization of American Broadcasting
More events in the "Is Radio Still Important?" series:
Exhibit:
Gaspipes to Websites: Radio at Brown 1936-2006
Wednesday, February 21–Friday, March 9
Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Lownes Room, John Hay Library
Brown University
Opening Reception:
Gaspipes to Websites: Radio at Brown 1936-2006
Sunday, February 25
2–5 p.m.
John Hay Library
Audio Documentary Launch:
"From Gaspipes to Websites”
Sunday, February 25
2–5 p.m.
John Hay Library
http://bsrserv.bsrlive.com/alumni
Spring 2007 Workshops
Making a PBS Documentary
Wednesday, February 7, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Steve Parry, Producer of the forthcoming documentary
for the PBS series American Experience, “The Hayloft Gang,” about the National Barn Dance
Developing Exhibits, Thinking About Audiences
Monday, March 12, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Ken Yellis, former Vice President and Museum Director of the International Tennis Hall of Fame; former Assistant Director for Public Programs at the Peabody Museum of Natural History; former Director of Public Programs at Plimoth Plantation; and former Curator of Education at the National Portrait Gallery
Working at Grassroots, Community Organizing
Thursday, March 22, 9–11 a.m.
Tyler Denmead, Founder and Executive Director of New Urban Arts, an interdisciplinary arts studio that empowers young people to develop a creative practice they can sustain throughout their lives. Rhode Island Monthly named Denmead the state's best role model in 2003.
Politics, Culture, and Radio
Tuesday, April 10, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Nick Spitzer, host and producer of American Routes: Radio Show from New Orleans
Art Law Workshop
Friday, April 13, 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Polly Clark, Harvard Art Law Clinic
Nonprofit Fundraising 101
Thursday, April 26, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
James Russell, Vice President of Development for the International Yacht Restoration School
Public Relations 101
Friday, May 4, 2–3 p.m.
Deborah Baum, Brown University Media Relations, and Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal
Workshops are open to staff and volunteers at New England cultural
organizations. Please contact Chelsea Shriver (Chelsea_Shriver@brown.edu)
to reserve a space.
Displaying Race and Ethnicity: Communities and
their Museums:
A series of lunchtime lectures co-sponsored by
the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America
Thursday, September 21:
Carlos Tortolero, President, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum,
Chicago
Friday, October 6:
Linda Coombs, Associate Director, Wampanoag Indigenous
Program, Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, MA
Friday, October 20
Ron Chew, Director, Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle,
Thursday, November 30
Lonnie Bunch, Director, National Museum of African American
History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
CHANGE OF VENUE: Leung Gallery, Faunce House, Brown University
View Event Poster
Co-sponsored by the Artemis A.W. and Martha Sharp Joukowsky Institute
for Archaeology and the Ancient World Thursday, October 19th
Mark Leone, Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland
and Director, Archeology in Annapolis
"Archaeology Led by Frederick Douglass and the Lloyd Family"
Open to the public
All lectures at noon
Fall 2006 Workshops
Friday, December 8, 9- 1
Dan Yaeger, Director, Charles River Museum of Industry
and Principal, Yaeger Communications. Guest appearance: Robert
Billington, President, Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
"Cultural Tourism: Using Heritage, Environment, and the Arts
to Define a Destination. A Hands-On Workshop to Build Cultural
Tourism (toolkit provided)"
This workshop will be an intensive, hands-on experience in planning
a cultural tourism program for your community. You'll receive
a "tourism toolkit" to use in breakout sessions that will challenge
your creativity and sharpen your planning skills. Then you can
take your skills - and toolkit - home to put your new ideas into
practice. The workshop will cover these topics: What is cultural
tourism? Why is it important? Establishing a local tourism committee.
Setting tourism goals. Inventory your cultural tourism assets.
Organizing a "Tourism Enterprise Zone." Obstacles and opportunities.
Putting your plan into action.
Monday, October 30, 9-1
Alex Allardt, ArtCare Resources.
“Risky Business--Those Collections Under Your Care: An Overview
to Collection Risk Assessment and Identifying Preservation Needs
and Priorities”
Workshops are open to staff and volunteers at New England cultural
organizations. Please contact Ron Potvin (Ronald_Potvin@brown.edu)
to reserve a space.
Lunch Time Lecture Series
February 8 - April 26, 2006
"Frontiers of Public Humanities:
New Challenges and New Directions for Museums"
April 12, 2006
Ellen Rosenthal, President/CEO of Connor
Prairie: "Letting the visitor drive: A new way to steer:
learning at Connor Prairie"
Connor Prairie, one of the nation's best living history museums,
has supported significant research in how museum visitors learn.
Ellen Rosenthal will discuss this work and the ways it has changed
interpretation at the site.
Talk is at 12:30, lunch is available at 12:00. Co-sponsored by
the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. April 25, 2006
Kristine Navarro, Director of the University
of Texas at El Paso Institute of Oral History: "The Bracero
Oral History Project"
Brown's Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America,
The John Nicholas Brown Center, the Smithsonian's National Museum
of American History, and the University of Texas at El Paso continue
their joint project of documenting the Bracero Program through
oral history. Kristine Navarro will discuss the challenges and
accomplishments of the project.
Talk is at 12:00. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of
Race and Ethnicity in America.
April 26, 2006
Patricia Mooradian, President, The Henry
Ford: "Driving Culture and Heritage Tourism: The Henry Ford"
The Henry Ford--which includes the Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield
Village, and the Ford Rouge Factory Tour--sees itself as a history
destination. It offers a rich and diverse offering of exhibits,
demonstrations, programs and reenactments. Patricia Mooradian
will discuss its role as a driver of heritage tourism.
Talk is at 12:30, lunch is available at 12:00. Co-sponsored by
the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.
April 29, 2006
"Science in the Public Eye: A Science
and Technology Studies Symposium"
10 AM - 4 PM, at the Peturutti Lounge, Faunce House, 75 Waterman
St. Co-sponsored by the Faculty Committee on Science and Technology
Studies
May 2, 2006
"Writing History outside the Academy:
Three Perspectives on Public History"
Allen Kurzweil, author of A Case of Curiosities, The
Grand Complication, Leon and the Spitting Image, and
Leon and the Champion Chip
Jane Lancaster, author of Inquire Within: A Social History
of the Providence Athenaeum 1753-2003; Making Time-Lillian
Moller Gilbreth, A Life Beyond Cheaper By the Dozen;
and By Motor to the Golden Gate by Emily Post, with introduction
and notes, and
Stephen O'Shea, author of Back to the Front; The Perfect
Heresy: the Revolutionary Life and Spectacular Death of the Medieval
Cathars; and (forthcoming) Sea of Faith: Islam and Christianity
in the Medieval Mediterranean World
Talk is at 12:00. Co-sponsored by the Department of History
Music
In honor of the Brown family's long tradition of music at the
Nightingale-Brown house, the John Nicholas Brown Center is pleased
to announce a partnership with the Brown University Department
of Music to host student recitals of chamber music. In addition
to performing, the musicians will present introductory remarks
about the musical and historical context of the pieces.
April 20, 2006, 5:00
Anna Leibinger, Alice Malone and Joseph Swain perform Bach's
Partita #1 in B Minor (complete), Partita #2 in D Minor (four
movements), and Sonata #3 in C Major (complete) for unaccompanied
violin
May 2, 2006, 3:30
Anna Leibinger, Kendall Hancock, Nora Krohn, and Colin Baker
perform Clarke's "Morpheus" for viola and piano, Halversen's
"Passacaglia: Duo for violin and viola after Handel's Suite
No.7 in G minor for harpsichord, and Ravel's Quartet for two violins,
viola and violoncello, and the Handel-Halvorsen Duo for violin
and viola
|
