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Fall 2012- Spring 2013 Programs
Wine and Cheese Party
Rare Books and Special Collections Department
Thursday, September 13, 2011, 3:30-5:30 pm
A campus meet and greet reception featuring wine and cheese.
This is an invitation-only event.
The intersection of puppetry and science‑fiction
with Mary Robinette Kowal
October 4, 2012 7:30 pm
Staff Lounge, Founders Memorial Library, Lower Level
Joins us for an evening of discussing the intersection of storytelling methods in two mediums, including a puppetry demonstration.
(photo credit: © 2010 Annaliese Moyer)
Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor 2010). In 2008 she won the Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2011, her short story “For Want of a Nail” won the Hugo Award for Short Story. Her work has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. Stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov’s, and several Year’s Best anthologies as well as in her collection Scenting the Dark and Other Storiesfrom Subterranean.
Mary, a professional puppeteer and voice actor, has performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence, the highest award an American puppeteer can achieve. She also records fiction for authors such as Kage Baker, Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi.
Mary lives in Chicago with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters. Visit www.maryrobinettekowal.com.
This event is free and open to the public
Election 2012—The voters get their say and what lies ahead
with Rick Pearson, Political Reporter, Chicago Tribune
Thursday, November 15, 2012 7:30 pm
Staff Lounge, Founders Memorial Library, Lower Level
Rick Pearson is the political writer for the Chicago Tribune, a position he has held since September 1997.
An award-winning journalist, Pearson has spent more than three decades reporting on Illinois government and politics. He also has traveled the country as part of the Tribune’s presidential election coverage teams. He covered both of George W. Bush’s campaigns and the 2004 Democratic primary race. In 2007, Pearson was one of the first reporters to set up shop in Iowa for the leadoff caucuses and spent the next 18 months covering candidates in both parties, including a former state senator whom he began covering in Springfield in 1996 named Barack Obama.
In addition to his duties for the Chicago Tribune, Pearson also regularly reports for WGN radio and television. He covered the Democratic and Republican national conventions—his seventh election cycle attending the country’s premier presidential nominating events.
Pearson has been a guest on numerous local, national and international broadcast television and radio programs, ranging from WGN-TV to CNN and the BBC.
Pearson joined the Chicago Tribune in September 1988 as a suburban reporter and later served as Statehouse correspondent in Springfield for eight years. Previously, he was Illinois political editor for United Press International in Springfield and political editor for the Rockford Register-Star.
This event is free and open to the public
For Friends Members and Friends of the NIU Museum Members Only:
Private Wine & Cheese Reception & Curator's Talk
Thursday, January 10, 7:15 pm
NIU Art Gallery, Altgeld Hall 1st floor
Enjoy a guided tour of the Vice and Virtue exhibit by Curator Peter Olson
and a book viewing and discussion by Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections Lynne M. Thomas
This is a members-only event
Additional Public Rare Book Viewings
Large and fragile volumes on display in the museum will be taken out of their vitrines and paged through by Lynne Thomas and a museum staff member with delicate, clean hands.
Wednesday, January 30, 3:30 pm and Tuesday, February 12, 12:30 pm
Becoming Mrs. Lincoln:The Difficulties and Rewards of Portraying an Historical Figure
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
7:30 pm
Founders Memorial Library, Staff Lounge (Lower Level)
Throughout the Midwest, Miss Keyes’ meticulously researched performances as Mary Todd Lincoln have received wonderful reviews. Actress Laura Keyes shares how she researches and prepares her portrayal of Mrs. Lincoln in an entertaining and educational program, describing how she started this hobby, where she conducts her research and purchases her supplies, and just how she deals with the elaborate period clothing.
Laura Keyes graduated from UW-Madison with a Master’s Degree in Library Studies, and is the Library Director of The Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg. She enjoys researching literary symbolism, and is contracted to write a book on that subject. In her non-existent spare time, Laura is a wonderful baker and accomplished vocalist. Laura’s past roles on stage include Mary Todd Lincoln in Mrs. Lincoln, Elizabeth in Frankenstein, Laura in The Glass Menagerie, Claire in Fuddy Meers, Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest and Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Even More Info:www.LauraFKeyes.com
This event is free and open to the public
Save the Date!
An Evening with Gene Wolfe
Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 7:00 pm
Note earlier time! Mr. Wolfe will happily sign books from 7-7:30 pm. At 7:30 we begin our discussion of The Shadow of the Torturer.
Founders Memorial Library, Staff Lounge
This is a joint meeting with the DeKalb Public Library's Science Fiction Book Club
We will be discussing Mr. Wolfe's first novel, The Shadow of the Torturer beginning at 7:30 pm.
A few copies of Mr. Wolfe's books may be available for purchase: stay tuned!
Lauren Beukes
Book Tour Stop
&
Friends Annual Meeting
Monday, June 10, 2013
7:00 pm
Join us as Clarke-Award winning writer Lauren Beukes stops in DeKalb as part of her national book tour, to launch the US edition of her novel The Shining Girls, a thriller about a time-traveling serial killer.
Staff Lounge, Lower Level , Founders Memorial Library 402
This event is free and open to the public.
Copies of The Shining Girls will be available for sale at the event.
There will be a very brief Annual meeting of the Friends as well. Our record is 5 minutes long; let's see if we can beat it!
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Free parking in the Visitor's Lot and the Parking Garage is available beginning after 7:00 pm. Click here for a map of Founders Memorial Library and parking lots in the central NIU Campus area.
For more information, please call (815) 753-9838 or e-mail libraryfriend@niu.edu.
Click Here to see a listing of Past Programs (some articles and photos from past events are included)
Thank you for your generous support!
Last Updated: May 13, 2013
