October 13, Paley Library Lecture Hall, 4:00 PM Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming Michael Mann, one of the nation’s leading climatologists, is the director of the Earth System Science Center and a professor at the Pennsylvania State University. He received his doctorate in Geology and Geophysics from Yale University in 1998. Mann met controversy in 2009 when documents and emails, written by him and other leading climatologists, were made public after the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit’s server was hacked. Skeptics seized on these communications, claiming they brought into question the legitimacy of global warming. The Pennsylvania State University cleared Mann of any wrongdoing, and independent reviews by FactCheck and the Associated Press said that critics misrepresented emails to support unfounded claims of scientific misconduct. “Climategate,” however, remains a potent example of the politicization of science. Temple University Libraries and the Center for the Humanities at Temple welcome Dr. Mann, as he discusses the discourse around science in today’s political climate. He will also focus on his book, Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming, and the science of climate change.

Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art and Temple University Libraries Present: YEVGENIY FIKS: POST-SOVIET WITHOUT SHORES TEXT/POLITICS/ART—Lenin for Your Library?, Ayn Rand in Illustrations, and Communist Tour of MoMA Introduction by Temple Gallery guest curator Stamatina Gregory Russian-born Yevgeniy Fiks discusses the influence of text and politics on his art, which faces head-on the Post-Soviet dialog in the West. Fiks draws influence for many of his politically poignant works from book. Projects such as Lenin for Your Library? in which the artist sent V.I. Lenin’s Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism to 100 corporate libraries, documenting and archiving the responses to his mailing, demonstrate this. A later project, Ayn Rand in Illustrations, attempts to add a visual component to three of the author’s major books: We the Living, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. Join the Libraries and Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art as this intriguing artist shares the process and product of his work. DISCUSSION follows at Temple Gallery, 12th and Norris Streets, 6:30 PM Following his lecture, Yevgeniy Fiks will participate in a public discussion about his work and its relationship to art and politics, Cold-War legacy, and more. Students from Topics in Contemporary Art, taught by Tyler’s Philip Glahn, will lead the discussion. This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Yevgeniy Fiks: Communist Conspiracy in Art Threatens American Museums, which runs from September 8-November 6 at Temple Gallery. Yevgeniy Fiks: Post-Soviet Without Shores is supported in part by the Friends of Temple Gallery, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and Temple University Libraries. Installation view of Tour of MoMA with Congressman Dondero, 2010 in the exhibition Yevgeniy Fiks: Communist Conspiracy in Art Threatens American Museums at Temple Gallery at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, September 8 – November 6, 2010. Image courtesy of Temple Gallery. Communist Tour of MoMA: Marc Chagall, 2010 Digital prints on canvas 30 x 40 inches each Courtesy of the artist and Winkleman Gallery, NY.

A Juneteenth Celebration of Family History June 17, 3-5 pm Blockson Collection, Sullivan Hall, 1310 Polett Walk A Juneteenth Celebration of Family History with Charles L. Blockson and Dianna R. Cassey Mr. Blockson and Ms. Cassey explore the methods and materials essential to family research hosted by Dr. Diane D. Turner, Curator. The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection is proud to celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin, the observance of this date as African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond.

Wednesday, May 5, 4:30 pm Paley Library Lecture Hall Please join us Wednesday, May 5 at 4:30 p.m. in the Lecture Hall for the Sixth Annual Library Prize for Undergraduate Research Awards and Reception. This is one of our last events of the year, and it is always a wonderful time. Share the company of colleagues and get to hear about some truly interesting research being done by undergraduates here at Temple. The Library Prize for Undergraduate Research is made possible by the generosity of Jack H. Livingstone Jr., SBM ‘49.

Join the North Philadelphia Arts and Culture Alliance on Saturday, April 24th, for the 2nd Annual Treasures of North Philadelphia Open House! Explore the wealth of art and culture of Central North Philadelphia as over a dozen organizations open their doors to celebrate the diverse and plentiful programs that make this neighborhood special. The special exhibition, The Radical, The Alternative, The Political—Posters from the Contemporary Culture Collection, will be on display at Paley, and the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection will be open special Saturday hours! Find out more about participants and programs happening at North Philly arts and culture spots that day: http://www.northphillyarts.org/

TEMPLE BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION Temple Book Club Reads Cristina Henríquez’s The World in Half April 22, 1:00 p.m. The final book club discussion of the 2010 season is a discussion of Henriquez’s first novel. The World in Half is the tale of a young woman in Chicago and her deeply divided identity.

CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK April 13, 1:00 p.m. Renee Hobbs on copyright, fair use and digital learning Paley Library Lecture Hall Renee Hobbs is a national expert on media literacy and education, and this afternoon, she shares insight on her latest work. She founded the Media Education Lab at Temple, the Partnership for Media Education, is a co-editor of the Journal for Media Literacy Education, and has developed a number of tools for teachers, students and others interested in media education. Her latest project, “Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning,” explores educational uses of materials related to mass media, popular culture and digital media. Hobbs’ latest work also helps educators apply the principles of fair use to the most common classroom scenarios.

CELEBRATE NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK April 12, Performance 2:00 p.m., Panel Discussion 3:00 p.m. Paley Library Lecture Hall First Lady of Philadelphia: The Life and Times of Deborah Franklin – A Personal Story (conceived by Roberta Sloan, written by Dennis Moritz and Roberta Sloan, directed by David O’Connor) Deborah Read Franklin, Benjamin Franklin’s wife, takes her long-overdue leap into the historic limelight on stage in this entertaining world premiere. Mrs. Franklin is positively unforgettable–charming, warm, wise, fearless, and abundantly opinionated. She is the unsung First Lady of Philadelphia. Temple University Libraries and GenEd present an encore performance of this new work. After the performance, scholars Laura Levitt, Roland Williams, and Susan Klepp, as well as writer and performer Roberta Sloan, will discuss the role that scholars and historical methods played in the creation of this artistic work.