PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 22, No. 13, Feb. 6, 2002

Feb. 7-16
International Education Week
UI’s International Education Week, Feb. 7-16, offers an opportunity to share in the diversity of the world. Learn about different cultures and experience them first-hand through music, art, food and study opportunities.

Highlights of the week include international cuisine in university residence halls; International Academic Opportunities Fair, 1 p.m. Feb. 13 at Foellinger Auditorium lobby; Cultural Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University YMCA; Japan House Tea Ceremony, 1, 2 or 3 p.m. Feb. 13; and more. For a complete calendar of events and more information, go to www.ips.uiuc.edu/io/intlweek.

Asian American Studies Program
Symposium to be Feb. 7, 8
On Feb. 7 and 8, the UI Asian American Studies Program will host a symposium, "In the Wake of a Critical Mass: New Directions in Asian American Studies." The symposium will highlight different frames of emergent, critical Asian American Studies scholarship and will feature 16 presentations by critically acclaimed scholars from across the country on the direction of the field. Each presentation – a plenary talk, with no concurrent presentations – will last 40 minutes with time for questions and discussion.

The symposium is free and open to the public. Registration is from 8:30-9 a.m. Feb. 7 and 9-9:20 a.m. Feb. 8 on the third floor of the Levis Faculty Center. A complete schedule is available at www.aasp.uiuc.edu/news/nds.html. For more information, call 244-9530 or e-mail aasp@illinois.edu.

Second Sunday concert
UI flutist to perform Feb. 9
UI flutist Jonathan Keeble will perform early 20th century masterworks for the flute, as well as a set of Sephardic folk tunes, for the Feb. 9 WILL-FM Second Sunday Concert.

The public is invited to the 2 p.m. free concert in the West Gallery of the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. The concert will be broadcast live on WILL-FM (90.9/101.1 in Champaign-Urbana) with music host Vic DiGeronimo.

Pianist Rose Shlyam Grace will accompany Keeble, a UI visiting professor of flute.

Benefit for Center for Children’s Books
Storytelling event is Feb. 14
The Center for Children’s Books will present "Cheap Date: Tales of Love and Romance, a Storytelling Valentine for Adults" at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (enter through the east wing). This event, a benefit for the Center for Children’s Books endowment fund, will feature prominent storytellers from the Midwest. Janice Del Negro, Betsy Hearne, Dan Keding, the Storyweavers, Megan Wells and others will present an evening of traditional stories and modern tales, folk ballads and popular songs, reflecting various aspects of romantic love.

A reception with candy kisses, conversation hearts and hot chocolate will follow.

Admission is $5. For additional information call 244-9331 or e-mail ccb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu.

Facts and figures
Illinois Abstract now on the Web
A valued source of facts and figures about the state has become easier to use. The Illinois Statistical Abstract is now on the Web.

The UI Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA) has made the 2002 version of the document, equal to about 800 published pages, available to any user at no charge at www.igpa.uillinois.edu/abstract. A CD version of the abstract also is available for purchase.

The site features the most complete economic and demographic data on the state, with material ranging over 28 categories, including population, housing, manufacturing, agriculture, retail sales, wholesale trade, health, recreation and education, arranged by county and sometimes by city and metropolitan area. Full article

‘The Song and the Slogan’
WILL-TV doc celebrates Sandburg
WILL-TV’s new performance documentary, "The Song and the Slogan," is a tribute to Carl Sandburg, incorporating a musical adaptation of Sandburg’s poem "Prairie." To be broadcast on WILL-TV at 9 p.m. Feb. 10, the program, featuring opera singer Jerry Hadley, looks at Sandburg’s life and explores the prairie as a living entity, constantly changing yet unwilling to be tamed.

Hadley commissioned the documentary’s original music, an extended chamber work with voice, also titled "The Song and the Slogan." Composed by Midwest native Daniel Steven Crafts, the musical work premiered at the UI Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 14, 2000. WILL-TV’s documentary features a performance of the piece in a natural prairie setting, interspersed with segments about Sandburg, including interviews taped at the Sandburg Research Archives at the UI Library and at the Sandburg State Historic Site in Galesburg, Ill. An ensemble of UI music faculty and other musicians performs the piece with Hadley. David Hartman, former host of ABC’s "Good Morning, America," narrates.

‘Local Planning Matters’
Planning institute is Feb. 26, 27
Illinois towns and cities committed to developing successful community visions through the adoption of comprehensive plans recently became eligible for assistance in reaching that goal, thanks to legislation enacted by the Illinois General Assembly. That legislation – and what it can do for communities – is the focus of an annual planning institute at the UI Feb. 26-27.

"Local Planning Matters: How to Respond to Statewide Planning Assistance Acts" is the theme of this year’s institute, which will be in Room 407 of the Illini Union.

The institute includes a variety of sessions designed to interest community planners and elected officials, as well as members of the public. Some address specifics of the Local Planning Technical Assistance Act, signed into law in August 2002. Other sessions cover related topics, such as economic development, community visioning, housing, land use, community development, planning regulations, planned growth and historic preservation. Case studies highlighting Illinois communities that have successfully developed comprehensive plans – including Carthage, Peoria, Pittsfield and Rantoul – will be examined as well.

At the heart of many of the issues on the agenda, according to institute organizer Pattsi Petrie, is how to create and sustain what she calls "livable communities."

A complete list of sessions and other activities, as well as registration information and a fee schedule is available on the Web at www.urban.uiuc.edu/ce, or by contacting Petrie at (217) 244-7424, or p-petrie@illinois.edu.
The annual event is sponsored by the department of urban and regional planning and organized by the department’s Professional Development Program.

‘Ancient Treasures From the Sea’
Shipwreck excavation discussed
Underwater archaeologist George Bass will present the results of his excavations of two shipwrecks off the Turkish coast in "Ancient Treasures From the Sea: Two Bronze Age Shipwrecks." The presentation will be at 4 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Knight Auditorium of the Spurlock Museum.

Admission is free, but audience members must have a ticket, available at the museum’s information desk. This program is sponsored by the Dr. Allan C. Campbell Family Distinguished Speaker Series. For more information, contact Kim Sheahan at 244-3355.

Office of Publications and Marketing
‘Facts Brochure’ now 10 cents
Due to budget constraints, the Office of Publications and Marketing will begin charging 10 cents each for the Facts Brochure it produces annually. The 2003 Facts Brochure may be ordered by phone, 333-9200, along with the Visitors Guide (65 cents) and the Campus Profile (90 cents). Minimum order is $5.

The information from the Facts Brochure also is available free as a PDF file (in a different design) on the Web at www.publications.uiuc.edu/Facts.pdf.
The 2002 Facts Brochures is still available for free. Contact OPM by the end of February for copies of the 2002 brochure.

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