CHICAGO (July 17, 2006) - Celebrate Brazilian Independence Day without leaving Chicago at the Newberry Library on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Bring your friends, co-workers and neighbors for the signature kick-off event of the Wednesday Club, the Newberry Library Guild's monthly mingling opportunity for young professionals.
Join us on the eve of Brazilian Independence Day for an unforgettable night featuring Ricardo Carvalho, Brazilian Consul General, who will enlighten attendees on the world's eighth largest economy - its democratic stability, its pursuit of international free trade, and its role in the promotion of peaceful solutions to world conflicts.
The Wednesday Club offers evenings of stimulating conversation and lively presentations the first Wednesday of the month from September through May (except for January). The Newberry Guild, the Library's younger civic leaders, hosts the Wednesday Club. Guild members and Wednesday Club attendees are culturally interested, active professionals, many of whom support the Newberry Library through fundraising and other volunteer activities.
The fall 2006 programming of the Wednesday Club is generously underwritten by John H. Noonan, CEO of Argent Resources Corp. Admission is $9 ($6 for Associates of the Newberry Library at the Author Level or above) and includes wine, soft drinks, and other light refreshments. Reception begins at 5:30 pm and programs begin at 6:15 pm. For information, please call (312) 255-3510.
2006 Programs:
Celebrate Brazil!
Wednesday, September 6
Reception begins at 5:30 pm with music by Paulinho Garcia
Speaker: Ricardo Carvalho, Brazilian Consul General in Chicago
Join us on the eve of Brazilian Independence Day for an unforgettable night. Ambassador Ricardo Carvalho will enlighten you on the world's eighth largest economy - its democratic stability, its pursuit of international free trade, and its role in the promotion of peaceful solutions to world conflicts.
600 Years of Children's Books: Tradition and Change
Wednesday, October 4
Reception begins at 5:30 pm
Speaker: Jenny Schwartzberg, children's books specialists, Newberry Library
Did you know that the Newberry Library has European, Asian, and American books created by and for children in more than 100 languages? What's more, they date from about 1500 up to the present. Writers and illustrators, aficionados of works for children, and those who are simply young at heart will find Ms. Schwartzberg's presentation on the Newberry's children's books both fascinating and relevant. SCBWI members pay Newberry member price of $6 with SCBWI card.
The Aztec Influence on Today's Art
Wednesday, November 1
Reception begins at 5:30 pm
Speaker: Encarnacion Teruel, Illinois Arts Council
Join us for an exploration of the cultural arts of the Aztecs and the influence, impact and presence of the Aztec cosmology in today's arts from Azteca to meta-hi-techno. This fast-paced lecture will explore the Mexicanidad that runs through the veins of such artists as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, writers Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Octavio Paz, and Sandra Cisneros, and performers Astrid Hadad and Guillermo Gomez-Pena.
Charles Dickens-Sentiment, Materialism and Commerce
Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Reception begins at 5:30 pm
Speaker: James Chandler, director of the University of Chicago's Franke Institute for the Humanities
James Chandler, director of the University of Chicago's Franke Institute for the Humanities, will discuss A Christmas Carol in relation to other Dickens novels, especially A Tale of Two Cities and Martin Chuzzlewit. He will focus on emotion, materialism, and commerce in Dickens-the whole mix of topics that helps us to locate his fiction in the tradition of such great founders of the sentimental tradition in the eighteenth century as Laurence Sterne and Adam Smith.
ABOUT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
The Newberry Library is an independent library open to the public for research and reference in the humanities. One of the largest independent research libraries in the United States, the Newberry holds an extraordinary collection of about 1.5 million books, 5 million manuscript pages, and more than 300,000 historic maps. As one of the world's leading repositories of a broad range of books and manuscripts relating to the civilizations of western Europe and the Americas, the Library acquires and preserves research collections of such materials and provides for and promotes their effective use by a diverse community of users.