Tag: Cultural Events

Mar 30 2009

4 AM Project

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Like to get up really early? 4 am early? If so, this is the project for you! The 4 am Project is gathering photographs from around the world at this...

Mar 13 2009

bi/multilingual, USA

Las Comadres Book Club

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Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club is a partnership between Las Comadres, Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Borders to promote the reading of Latino writers. The group...

Mar 01 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Women

March is Women’s History Month in the USA and a number of universities, libraries, and other educational institutions are preparing events to celebrate. This month long celebration started with events...

Jan 24 2009

Europe, Libraries, World

Living Library

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Living Library is a project working to breakdown stereotypes and prejudice. The project is based on the simple notion of open dialog and interactions, with the aims that these will...

Apr 23 2008

Europe, Language, Libraries, Public Libraries, Spain, World

World Book and Copyright Day

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World Book and Copyright Day (what a mouthful) is a yearly event to commemorate Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare, and the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, all major figures in...

Feb 21 2008

Archives, Databases, Europe, Libraries, Manuscripts, World

Looted Cultural Goods

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This morning the New York Times had an article about two parallel art exhibits displaying art looted during WWII. The exhibit is a collaboration between France and Israel in aims...

Jan 07 2008

Digital, Europe, Technology, USA, World

Opera at the Movie Theater?

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Yes! You can enjoy the opera at the movie theater! Last season Peter Gelb, director of the Metropolitan Opera began this amazing project of doing live broadcast to a number...

Nov 19 2007

Libraries, Maps, USA, World

Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair, 2007

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This weekend I attended the 31st. Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair. I heard about this event after a visit to the John Carter Brown Library and decided to check it...

Aug 23 2007

Libraries, USA, World

Book Auction

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Earlier this week I was in NYC to witness the auction of a portion of a collection I helped inventory about two years ago. The collection was pieced together by...

Jun 04 2007

USA, World

Tutankhamen Exhibit

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This weekend I was in Philly to see the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Franklin Institute Science Museum. My mom saw this exhibit when it toured the USA back in the...