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Book review: Memorials and Martyrs in Modern Lebanon

"Lucia Volk’s Memorials and Martyrs in Modern Lebanon sheds much needed light on the fraught politics of commemoration in a nation haunted by a history of inter-confessional violence." —International Journal of Islamic Architecture

Rachel Berenson Perry to give talk on "Indiana Art and Artists" tonight

The Venue will host a presentation by Rachel Berenson Perry on "Indiana Art and Artists" today, April 10, at 5:30 p.m.

Rachel is the former Fine Arts Curator of the Indiana State Museum, where she organized and curated all of the art exhibitions from 2003 through 2011. She is the pre-eminent expert on Indiana Art in general, and Brown County Art in particular, and author of many books, including T. C. Steele and the Society of Western Artists 1896-1914.

Refreshments will be provided by The Venue, located at 114 South Grant Street Bloomington, IN. Free parking will be available in the lot on the corner of 4th and Grant.

As always, The Venue's fine selection of paintings, jewelry, ceramics, and other gifts will be on display and available for purchase.

Staff recommendations for 50% off spring book sale

Today is the first day of spring, and we're celebrating with a 50% off book sale! It can be a daunting task to make a selection from our 2,000+ titles, so we surveyed our staff to see which books they recommend to jump-start your spring reading. We hope you find something you like from the list below, which includes a wide range of interests from American History to Women's Studies! Check out the IU Press website for a complete list of books. Our sale ends March 22, so don't delay purchasing your favorite titles at half off!

American History

• Defeating Lee
  Dave Hulsey, Director of Sales and Marketing
• The Darkest Dawn
  Rich Pierce, Systems Analyst/Programmer
• Somebody’s Darling
  Bernie Zoss, Production Director
• Dillinger: The Untold Story
  Rhonda Vander Dussen, Sales and Marketing Assistant
• A Life is More Than a Moment
  Mary Lou Shelly, Senior Customer Service Representative

Anthropology

• Connected in Cairo
  Angela Burton, Managing Editor
• The Art of Loving Krishna
  Marvin Keenan, Project Manager

Art & Photography

• Contemporary Quilt Art
  Linda Bannister, Journals Marketing Manager
• Saving the Big Cats
  Kate Matthen, Marketing and Sales Coordinator
• Real Stories of Big Cat Rescues
  Mary Beth Haas, Sales Manager

Education

• Searching for Hope
  Mandy Clarke, Trade Marketing and Publicity Manager
• Conversations with Great Teachers
  Rebecca Tolen, Sponsoring Editor

Film & Media

• The Year's Work in Lebowski Studies
  Dan Pyle, Production Coordinator and Vendor Liaison
• The Magazine Article
  Joy Andreakis, Electronic and Serials Publishing Manager

Literature & Essays

• Earth Works
  Laura Baich, Electronic Marketing Manager
• Rural Free
  Jennifer Witzke, Marketing Designer
• Petersburg
  Peter Froehlich, Rights Manager

Books from the Global African Voices series:

• Little Mother
  Dee Mortensen, Senior Sponsoring Editor
• Life and a Half
  June Silay, Project Manager
• Murambi, The Book of Bones
  Jennifer Coyle, Customer Service Representative

Book from the Break Away Books series:

• The Glimpse Traveler
  Sarah Jacobi, Assistant Sponsoring Editor

Book from the Library of Indiana Classics series:

• A Girl of the Limberlost
  Kathy Stout, Accounting Associate

Music

• Debussy Redux
  Raina Polivka, Sponsoring Editor
• Beethoven in America
  Pam Rude, Senior Book Designer

Nature

• Wildflowers and Ferns of Indiana Forests
  Linda Oblack, Sponsoring Editor
• 101 Trees of Indiana
  Nancy Lightfoot, Project Manager
• Fishes of Indiana
  Steve Carter, Warehouse Manager
• Mammals of Indiana
  Laura Hohman, Production Assistant
• Perennials Short and Tall
  Dan Nichols, Operations Director
• The Natural Heritage of Indiana
  Tony Brewer, Composition Coordinator

Politics

• Richard G. Lugar, Statesman of the Senate
  Janet Rabinowitch, Director

Railroads

• Moonlight in Duneland
  Mary Blizzard, Book Designer
• The Indiana Rail Road Company
  Jamison Cockerham, Book Designer

Science

• Dinosaurs of Eastern Iberia
  Bob Sloan, Editorial Director
• Why You Can Never Get to the End of the Rainbow And Other Moments of Science
  Ted Boardman, Technology Director

Women’s Studies

• A Home of Her Own
  Judith Caldwell, Journals Production Manager
• To Write Like a Woman
  Darja Malcolm-Clarke, Project Manager

World History

• Last Folio
  Mollie Ables, Marketing Services Coordinator
• The Style of Paris
  Theresa Halter, Publicity Coordinator

Author event: James E. Young to speak at Syracuse University

Syracuse University will host James E. Young as part of the lecture series "Memory and Commemoration, as Fact or Fiction" Feb. 9 at 6:00 p.m. in the Watson Theater. Artist Shimon Attie will host this event which will focus on themes of art and public commemoration. Young will discuss his own personal experiences with public commemoration and his time as juror for the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit Syracuse's website.

Young is a distinguished university professor of English and Judaic Studies and director of the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide and Memory Studies at UMass Amherst. He is author of Writing and Rewriting the Holocaust.

Book review: Surfaces

"This ... is a book which eloquently illustrates its theme and has many stimulating passages." —Journal of Art Historiography

Alabama Chanin to feature Jeff Moerchen's photography in its Visiting Artist Series

The Alabama Chanin will feature photographer Jeff Moerchen's Xerox Project in its Visiting Artist Series next week. The exhibit opens Nov. 10 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Factory in Florence, AL. This will be the first indoor installation of the work, which features approximately 300 photos of Moerchen's personal journey through the past four years. Previously, the work was displayed on outdoor structures to create public art spaces.

This event, which is free and open to the public, will also celebrate the release of Moerchen's new book, Ligonier. 

For more information on the exhibit, please visit the Alabama Chanin's website. 

Last Folio exhibit opens in Bloomington September 2

Last Folio: A Photographic Journey with Yuri Dojc opens Friday, September 2 at the Grunwald Gallery of Art (formerly the SoFA Gallery). This exhibit features stunning photographs of once-vibrant Jewish communities throughout Slovakia. Photographer Yuri Dojc will be in Bloomington for the opening of the exhibit along with Katya Krausova, who worked with Dojc on an accompanying book of photos from the exhibit, published this year by IU Press.

Several events are planned around the opening of the exhibit. A symposium on Last Folio will take place September 1 at the IU Cinema from 3 to 5 p.m. The symposium will begin with a screening of Katya Krausova's short documentary film, "The Last Folio: The Tales of Yuri's Pictures" followed by a panel discussion with Krausova, Dojc, and IU faculty members Ed Linenthal, Mark Roseman, Dov-Ber Kerler, and Jeff Veidlinger.

On September 2 at 5:30 p.m., Dojc and Krausova will participate in a discussion on "Art and Memory" at the Grunwald Gallery of Art. They will also sign copies of their Last Folio book from 7 to 8 p.m. during an opening reception at the gallery.

For more information on the exhibit and the events surrounding it, visit the gallery's website or read IU Media's news release.

Nancy Hiller to be featured in Bloom Magazine and Old-House Interiors

Nancy Hiller, author of The Hoosier Cabinet in Kitchen History and the forthcoming A Home of Her Own, will have articles featured in two magazines. Hiller's article "Women and their [Sp]Houses" will appear in the October 2011 issue of Old-House Interiors. The August/September issue of Bloom Magazine features her article about painter and IU Press book subject, T.C. Steele. Check your local newsstands for copies of these magazines!

Last Folio exhibit on display at the Grunwald Gallery this September

The Grunwald Gallery of Art will be exhibiting the work of photographer and IU Press author Yuri Dojc in a display entitled Last Folio: A Photographic Journey with Yuri Dojc. This exhibition will be on view Friday, September 2 through Saturday, October 1, 2011.

Accompanying the exhibit will be Dojc's book, Last Folio: Textures of Jewish Life in Slovakia. The book includes portraits of aging Slovak Holocaust survivors and images of the poignant ruins of schools, synagogues, mikvahs, and cemeteries. With texts by Lucia Faltin, Katya Krausova, David G. Marwell, and Azar Nafisi, Last Folio presents a stirring tribute to a vanished culture.

Last Folio is the inaugural exhibition for the Grunwald Gallery and is made possible by a gift in memory of John Grunwald by Rita Grunwald.

Book review: The Masons of Djenné

"The Masons of Djenné is replete with detailed and personal information on the Djenné masons' world. ... The author provides a fascinating close-up view of individual decision making processes, as well as a step-by-step description of the various building stages."  —Western Folklore