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| 2006 News and Calendar Releases |
| 12/06/2006 | • | Klezmer Company Orchestra, Conducted by Aaron Kula to Present “Salsa, Strings and Swing” at Eissey Campus Theatre |
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Florida’s innovative, critically-acclaimed Klezmer Company Orchestra (KCO) will present “Salsa, Strings and Swing,”
with 40 performers and guest vocalist Shira Lissek, on Sunday, January 28, at 3 p.m., at the Eissey Campus Theatre, 3160 PGA Blvd., Palm Beach Gardens. (FULL STORY) | |
| 11/08/2006 | • | Klezmer Company Orchestra, Conducted by Aaron Kula, to Present
“Salsa, Strings and Swing” at Jackie Gleason Theater
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Florida’s innovative, critically-acclaimed Klezmer
Company Orchestra (KCO), under the direction of Aaron Kula, will present “Salsa, Strings and Swing,”
with 40 performers and guest vocalist Shira Lissek, on Sunday, December 17, at 3 p.m., at the Jackie
Gleason Theater, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. (FULL STORY) (FLYER) | |
| 10/25/2006 | • | FAU’s MacArthur Campus Library Presents Christopher Fay’s
“Perception and Conception” |
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries is presenting
“Perception and Conception,” an exhibition by West Palm Beach freelance photographer
Christopher Fay, at FAU’s MacArthur Campus Library through Tuesday, December 19. The
exhibition is free and open to the public.
The exhibition showcases a collection of 20 photographs Fay shot while traveling in
Greece, Venice, California and Florida. | |
| 10/04/2006 | • | FAU Libraries to Host “History of Athletics” Exhibition in Conjunction with ‘@ Your Library’ Campaign
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries will launch its ‘@ your library®’ campaign, a collaborative effort with FAU athletics, during a press conference on
Monday, October 9, at 1 p.m., in the lobby of the S.E. Wimberly Library on FAU’s Boca Raton campus. (FULL STORY) (POSTERS) | |
| 10/04/2006 | • | Klezmer Company Orchestra, Conducted by Aaron Kula, to Present
“Salsa, Strings and Swing” at Jackie Gleason Theater
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Concert Blends Orchestral Latin Klezmer Music and High-Energy Production Featuring 40
Performers with Acclaimed New York City Vocalist Shira Lissek. (FULL STORY) | |
| 10/03/2006 | • | Klezmer Company Orchestra: Jazz Project Only Palm Beach Ensemble
to Perform during Carnival Center’s Grand Opening
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Klezmer Company Orchestra: Jazz Project is the only Palm Beach County ensemble that
has been invited to perform during the massive four-day grand opening celebration for the
Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami. (FULL STORY) | |
| 10/02/2006 | • | 2006-2007 Celebration of Yiddish Kicks Off In October at FAU |
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“KULTUR in the 21st Century” is
the theme of this year’s multifaceted program celebrating Yiddish culture and
its evolution.  (FULL STORY) (FLYER) | |
| 09/08/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Announce Auditions for Judaica Choral Society |
| Florida Atlantic University Libraries is holding auditions for its Judaica Choral Society (JCS),
a semi-professional community Jewish music chorus, through October 12 at the S.E. Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus. (FULL STORY) | ||
| 08/18/2006 | • | The University Club at FAU Donates $4,800 for
Master of Library Science Tuition Awards |
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The University Club of the Florida Atlantic
University Foundation, Inc., has made a generous donation of $4,800 to support four deserving FAU
Libraries staff members who are pursuing Master of Library Science degrees. (FULL STORY) | |
| 08/07/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Celebrates Inaugural
“Spirit of America: The Concert” with VIP Reception |
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries recently
presented “Spirit of America: The Concert” to an audience of 2,000 in the Carole and Barry
Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium on the Boca Raton campus. (FULL STORY) (PRESS COVERAGE) | |
| 06/01/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Receive Major Colonial Imprint Collection
from Marvin and Sybil Weiner |
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries has received a major collection of
books, original documents and papers valued at an estimated $3.8 million from
Marvin and Sybil Weiner of Boca Raton. (FULL STORY) | |
| 06/01/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Presents "Spirit of America: The Concert"
Featuring the 22-Piece Klezmer Company Orchestra, Aaron Kula, Conductor |
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Florida's innovative, critically acclaimed Klezmer orchestra, with guest
soloist, William Olson, baritone, will perform works by Mozart, Copland, Foster,
Ives, Joplin, Cohan and Sousa. (FULL STORY) | |
| 06/01/2006 | • | FAU to Announce Major Gift to Libraries |
| A major gift to Florida Atlantic University Libraries will be announced at a press conference on
Thursday, June 1 at 2 p.m. in the Board of Trustees Room, Administration Building, on FAU’s Boca Raton campus. (FULL STORY) | ||
| 05/15/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Present "Spirit of America"
Concert Featuring the 20-Piece Klezmer Company Orchestra and Guest Vocalist |
| FAU Libraries’ “Spirit of America” concert, a celebration of
American Independence, will feature the 20-piece Klezmer Company Orchestra and a guest vocalist. (FULL STORY) | ||
| 05/03/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Presents "CONSTRUCT" Exhibition |
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"Inspired by the sounds of jack hammers, cement pumps, and nail guns
operating on compressed air, and by the sight and gritty feel of white dust
coating our display cases, the Jaffe Collection has put together an exhibit of
artists' books that deal with the topic of construction," said John Curtone,
book arts coordinator. (FULL STORY) | |
| 04/24/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Celebrates Premier of Documentary film "A Book is Like a Garden," FAU's Jaffe Book Collection |
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Exploring the world of artists' books, the film focuses on works from FAU's
Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection: Books as Aesthetic Objects, one of the
country's largest and most varied collections of its kind.
(FULL STORY) | |
| 04/14/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Presents "Klezmer Does the Blues," a Multi-Cultural Music Program for Public Schools |
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Florida Atlantic University
Libraries' music educational outreach program presents "Klezmer Does the Blues,"
a multi-cultural celebration of ethnic music from Europe, the Mediterranean and
the Americas. (FULL STORY) | |
| 04/12/2006 | • | FAU Libraries' Post Concert Reception Celebrates Sold-Out
Klezmer Company Orchestra Performance |
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Florida Atlantic University
Libraries hosted a reception at the Live Oak Pavilion of the University Center
on FAU's Boca Raton campus, following the Klezmer concert, "Salsa, Strings and
Swing". (FULL STORY) | |
| 03/24/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Presents "The
Kindertransport Journey" Memory Into History" Exhibition, Film Screening,
and Events on the Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide |
| Florida Atlantic University Libraries and the Center for the Holocaust and
Human Rights Education presents "The Kindertransport Journey: Memory into
History," an exhibition produced by Kindertransportee Robert Sugar,
including seventeen photographic panels with text of the rescue operation
from German Reich of 10,000 unaccompanied children out of Germany, Austria,
Czechoslovakia and Poland to Britain in 1938. (FULL STORY) (PRESS COVERAGE) | ||
| 03/22/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Presents Lecture by Dr. Frederick
Greenspahn, Gimelstob Eminent Scholar in Judaic Studies at FAU |
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Dr. Frederick Greenspahn, Gimelstob eminent scholar in Judaic studies at
FAU, will present a lecture titled "Jewish Ambivalence Towards the Bible" as
the final Kultur event for this season. (FULL STORY) | ||
| 03/17/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Present "BocaRatoons: Editorial
Cartoons by Ray Russotto for the Boca Raton News" Exhibition |
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Florida Atlantic University Libraries presents Boca Raton cartoonist and FAU
alumnus Ray Russotto's collection, "BocaRatoons: Editorial Cartoons by
Ray Russotto for the Boca Raton News," in an exhibition at the FAU's
MacArthur Campus Library, featuring 33 cartoons to be on display from
Monday, March 27 through Wednesday, May 10.
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| 02/21/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Presents Lecture by Author and
Guest Speaker Chava Weissler "Recovering our Mother's Voices: Women's Prayers in
Yiddish" | Professor Chava Weissler is the author of “Voices of the Matriarchs:
Listening to the Prayers of Early Modern Jewish Women,” the first comprehensive study of women’s devotions
in Yiddish (tkhines), a nearly lost genre of Jewish literature. (FULL STORY) |
| 02/09/2006 | • | FAU Libraries to Present a Lecture by Dr.
Patricia Kollander on Her New Book "'I Must Be a Part of This War' - A German
American's Fight Against Hitler and Nazism"
| FAU Libraries announces its biannual K. Frank and Rita Korf Lecture Series presentation,
"'I Must be a Part of this War' - The Story of K. Frank Korf and German Émigrés who fought Hitler in World War II," featuring
Dr. Patricia Kollander, FAU history professor. (FULL STORY) |
| 02/07/2006 | • | Klezmer Company Orchestra, Conducted by Aaron
Kula to Present "Salsa, Strings and Swing" at FAU | Florida’s innovative, critically acclaimed Klezmer Company
Orchestra presents a premier, multi-media production “Salsa, Strings and Swing,”with 60 performers and guest vocalist Shira Lissek. (FULL STORY) |
| 01/27/2006 | • | FAU Libraries to Present a Lecture by Dr.
Patricia Kollander on Her New Book "'I Must Be a Part of This War' - A German
American's Fight Against Hitler and Nazism" | Florida Atlantic University Libraries announces the third
lecture of the biannual K. Frank and Rita Korf Lecture Series, "'I Must be a Part of this War' -
The Story of K. Frank Korf and German Émigrés who Fought Hitler in World War II," featuring Dr. Patricia Kollander,
FAU history professor.
(FULL STORY) |
| 01/27/2006 | • | FAU Libraries' Kultur Series Presents "Yidl
Mitn Fidl" Film Screening on January 18 | An international hit in its time, it was one of the three top-grossing Polish movies of 1936. (FULL STORY) |
| 01/06/2006 | • | FAU Libraries Announces New Art Installation
Space at MacArthur Campus Library | Florida Atlantic University Libraries announces a new 'installation work space' for art exhibitions,
a twenty-four by twenty-four foot area, at FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus Library, 1st floor, 5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter. (FULL STORY)
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| 01/05/2006 | • | Klezmer Company Orchestra Breaks New Ground Performing "Jewish Broadway with Orchestra and Chorus" at Eissey Campus Theatre |
| Florida's innovative, critically acclaimed Klezmer Company Orchestra and Florida Atlantic
University Libraries' professional ensemble-in-residence, directed by Aaron Kula, continues to break new musical ground by
way of "Jewish Broadway with Orchestra and Chorus." (FULL STORY) (PRESS COVERAGE) | ||
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