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Dr. Sandra Hughes discussed 19th-Century gothic novels including Alcott’s little-known thrillers Behind a Mask: or A Woman’s Power and A Long and Fatal Love Chase at the Western Room in the Kentucky Building on the evening of September 27, 2011. This presentation was part of the SOKY Read! program co-sponsored by the SOKY Book partners consisting of WKU Libraries, Warren County Public Library, and Barnes & Noble Booksellers.

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Last Thursday the folks attending the University Libraries  Noontime Concert Series at Java City were given a unique musical experience. Originally from Gatlinburg, TN, Tuatha Dea first began with a group of close friends gathering together once a week to drum for fun in 2009. Soon after the band began to write original music and playing at local social gatherings. As they began to build a small local fan base it was decided to try their hands at taking the show out into the public eye. They eclectically mix Scotts Irish, new age, traditional and modern rock standards like “White Rabbit” and the Cranberries’ “Zombie.”  On Thursday, they engaged the crowd in a collective drumming experience celebrating Native American songs and chants. The concert was co-sponsored by the Downing University Center.

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KYLM director, Timothy Mullin, answers questions about the Civil War Exhibit on display at the KY Museum

Tuesday night’s SOKY Reads! presentation on Louisa May Alcott focused on her experiences as a nurse during the Civil War.  Readings from her non-fiction work, Hospital Sketches, gave attendees a sense of life on the home front during the war, something noticeably absent from Little Women, her most famous work set during the same time period.  The series continues tonight at the Kentucky Museum with a discussion of the role of women in the 19th Century and the influence of Alcott and her work on women’s rights and responsibilities.  The discussion will be led by Dr. Dorothea Browder and will begin at 6pm.

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Lexington Native, Tyler Matl performed for an appreciative crowd yesterday at Java City.  Matl, now based out of Nashville, played all original material in the latest in te Java City Noon Concert series.  Don’t forget, there is a special 2 hour performance by Tuatha Dea today at Java City- Helm.  Tuath Dea is co-sponsored by DUC.

Dr. Jennifer Montgomery’s Literacy 420 class visited the ERC to learn about booktalks and selecting children’s literature across the curriculum. Groups of students “booktalked” children’s fiction and nonfiction books about fossils, holidays, dogs, and Thanksgiving, utilizing a variety of books, multimedia, and educational manipulatives in their presentations.

Dr. Montgomery’s students also participated in the ERC’s Banned Books Week celebration!

As part of the many commemorative events in September, literacy students viewed the ERC’s “America Rebuilds” exhibit of 9/11 personal remembrances and titles from the ERC collection about 9/11.

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