Monday, November 1 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm Ibrahim Theater @ International House 3701 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives presents a look at hidden stories of music and sound in Philadelphia. It features some of the more distinct characters, traditions and venues in the city’s recent history. The screening will feature: free-jazz performer Sun Ra and his Arkestra, David Bowie visiting Veterans Stadium, synthesizer expert Gerson Rosenbloom, Philadelphia International soul legends McFadden & Whitehead, punk/…new wave stalwart Ken Kweeder at the Hot Club, the organist at the Spectrum sports and entertainment venue, jazz-vibraphonist Khan Jamal, Mummers new years string bands, the original Electric Factory concert venue and more! The program consists of unique footage from the Urban Archives’ collections including unaired news footage, television broadcasts, news magazines and documentaries from local networks WPVI 6 and KYW 3. This highlights recent preservation and digitization work done on our film and video holdings. Open to the general public and FREE!

@ Paley Library Lecture Hall, 1210 Polett Walk Come discuss…… And the Heart Says Whatever (Free Press, 2001), by Emily Gould. The book club discusses the first full-length work by columnist, essayist and blogger-extraordinaire, Emily Gould. She tackles all manner of subjects in her insightful, tightly crafted debut memoir.

@ The Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection, 1310 Polett Walk, First Floor of Sullivan Hall Explore history in the Blockson Collection this October, with members of the Delta Sigma Theta Epsilon Delta Chapter, which got its start at Temple 50 years ago this fall. Explore the exhibition on the Deltas, and discuss it with collection curator, Dr. Diane D. Turner.

Enjoy the summer and stay tuned for our fall events schedule, to be released this July.

April 15, 2:30 p.m. Chat in the Stacks Perspectives on Haiti Paley Library Lecture Hall Professor Jackie Tanaka discusses the environmental issues following the earthquake; Haitian graduate student Andro Marc offers a personal perspective and the Poetry As Performance class presents an original choreopoem to a photographic piece that revisits the images of Haiti before and after–from the devastating earthquake last month.

April 1, 2:30 pm Paley Library Lecture Hall Chat in the Stacks–Race and Sexuality The Libraries and the Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of Faculty of Color began Chat in the Stacks in the spring of 2008 as a way to engage the Temple community with the latest research taking place across our campuses. The series highlighting and promoting excellence in faculty research, creativity and scholarship continues this year with strong support from Provost Lisa Staiano-Coico. Join us for this engaging, controversial conversation. Highlights include a performance directed by Professor Peter Reynolds of Theater and a conversation with Peter Gratson of Communications on how discussions of sexuality take place in the classroom.

Public History in the Federal Government with Lincoln Bramwell, Chief Historian, US Fire Service March 30, 4:30 p.m., Paley Library Lecture Hall Sponsored by Temple University Libraries and the Center for Public History Sponsored by the Center for Public History and Temple University Libraries, as part of a Public History Double Header taking place March 30 at Paley Library. How do the conception, theory and practice of historical methods differ inside and out of the academy? What challenges are unique to the public historian’s involvement in policy creation and private employment? Dr. Bramwell will expand on these ideas and share his experience working in publishing, academia, as a contract historian for the National Park Service, and as Chief Historian of the U.S. Forest Service.

Artistic Process, Artistic Progress: Sketchbooks from the Tyler School of Art March 23, 5:30 p.m., Paley Library Lecture Hall The Tyler Foundation Department and Temple University Libraries present an exploration of the foundations sketchbook—a unique documentation of artistic process and growth. This March 23 program is part of a series of events planned around the annual Foundation Lecture, given this year by comic artist Lynda Barry. These sketchbooks, like Barry’s recently published What it Is, explore materials, concepts and techniques through bright collage. Please join us for a discussion with students and faculty at Tyler as they share their artistic processes and insights. This event is co-sponsored by the Foundation Department at the Tyler School of Art. At 10:30 am the same day, Barry will present the annual Foundations Lecture in Tyler Room B04.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SHOWCASE The John T. McIntyre Collection April 7, 4:00 p.m. John T. McIntyre (1871-1951) was a Philadelphia-based writer who penned novels, plays and juvenile books for sixty-years. This showcase brings the life and works of this lesser known, but intriguing, local author to the fore by examining his manuscripts and books, found only in the Special Collections Department. Join us for a Special Collections Showcase and learn more about an author every Philadelphian should know.

Temple Book Club Discussion on Persepolis February 18, 1:00 p.m. Paley Library Lecture Hall Temple University Libraries once again participate in One Book, One Philadelphia by hosting a book club discussion of this year’s reading selection, The Complete Persepolis. Originally published in France in two volumes, this graphic novel is poignant, humorous and heartbreaking, a memoir of growing up in Iran during a time of revolution and repression. It presents readers with a unique glimpse into Iran’s political repression, the inner-workings of a family, and one woman’s experience as an outsider both at home and abroad.