Cultural Calendar
Fall 2011
September 2011
Jazz Appreciation & The Harlem Renaissance Exhibit
Each year Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) shines the spotlight on the extraordinary history of Jazz and its importance in American culture. This exhibit consists of ten colorful posters, each focusing on an important figure in the history of Jazz. The Harlem Renaissance Traveling Exhibit consists of several brightly colored images on lightweight satin fabric and includes "Aspects of Negro Life" by Aaron Douglas, as well as poetry by Dubois, Hughes, Hurston, and Johnson, a collage of magazine covers, and a quote from Ralph Ellison.
September 12 to October 28, West Wing Gallery, Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center
Freedom Summer: The Savage Season that Made America Live Up to the Constitution
Acclaimed journalist, historian, and author Bruce Watson will present "Freedom Summer: The Savage Season that Made America Live Up to the Constitution." The contributions made by Civil Rights activists in Mississippi during the summer of 1964 will be the topic of this Constitution Day presentation sponsored by the AIC Honors Program.
Wednesday, September 21 at 10 a.m., West Wing Gallery, Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center
October 2011
Design and Healthcare: Unlikely (but lovely) Bedfellows Chris McCarthy is the director of the Innovation Learning Network (ILN) at Kaiser Permanenete, and will speak about how ILN brings together the most innovative health care organizations in the country to share the joys and pains of innovation.
Thursday, October 20 at 4 p.m., West Wing Gallery, Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center
Reading the Arab Spring Mary Christina Wilson, Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will speak on "Reading the Arab Spring." Professor Wilson is the author of numerous books and is a specialist on the modern Middle East who serves on the board of directors of the Middle East Studies Association. This event is sponsored by the AIC Honors Program, History Department and International Studies Program and is part of the Springfield Public Forum's Fall 2011 "Forum Thinks" programming.
Tuesday, October 25 at 7 p.m., West Wing Gallery, Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center
