The year 2012 marks the 200th anniversary of the first publishing of Kinder und Hausmarchen (Children’s and Household Tales), a collection of German folk tales published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm and commonly referred to as Grimms’ Fairy Tales. In celebration of this monumental book, an exhibit is currently on display on Langsam Library’s 4th and 5th floor lobbies celebrating the Brothers Grimm and their many contributions to the world of fairy tales. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Just Interesting
Remembering the Who Tragedy
By Kevin Grace
This week I’m reading Pete Townshend’s recently published autobiography, Who I Am, and it brought to mind how we document part of his life here in the Archives & Rare Books Library. It was nearly 33 years ago that The Who played Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati on December 3, 1979 and eleven people were killed in a stampede for festival seating.
1st Fridays at 4
Murder in the Library
Figure out whodunnit!
- What: Test your investigative skills and explore the library for clues to solve a murder mystery! Hope you don’t lose your appetite because PIZZA and DRINKS will be provided after the murderer has been found!
- When: Friday, November 2nd @ 4pm
- Where: Langsam Library (by the Triceracopter)
- Who: Any UC student who likes solving mysteries!
- How: Register at http://svy.mk/TctfZ8 (space for 36)
- ?s: Contact Debbie Tenofsky (tenofsdg@ucmail.uc.edu)
Next Life of the Mind Lecture Series Scheduled for October 30
The second in the “Life of the Mind” lecture series on the theme of “Security” is scheduled for Tuesday, October 30 from 3:30-5pm in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center. Continue reading
Southwest Ohio Folklore Collection
By Molly Gullett
Mabel H. Singing Telegram Company
The Southwest Ohio Folklore Collection in the Archives & Rare Books Library’s Urban Studies Collection, is made up of several hundred small research projects of written and illustrated folklore that have been collected since the early 1970s by the students of professor emeritus Edgar Slotkin. In my efforts to make sense of such a wide variety of topics as I begin this year-long internship, I began sorting the papers into categories. In all, fifteen separate genres were discovered, among them proverbs, stories, jokes, children’s games, local festivals, the uncanny, bathroom stall graffiti, and food lore. Continue reading
Exhibit Showcases Paul Revere Awards
Staff of the Gorno Memorial Music (CCM) Library have created an exhibit of the first place winners of the Paul Revere Awards for Graphic Excellence. The exhibit will be available for viewing through the end of October on the 4th floor of Blegen Library. Continue reading
Join UC Libraries at Books by the Banks October 20
Join UC Libraries and celebrate the joy of reading and books at the 6th annual Books by the Banks: Cincinnati USA Book Festival, Saturday, October 20, from 10am to 4pm at the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown. Continue reading
UC Libraries Celebrate Information Literacy Awareness Month
What did you do in Langsam Library Today?…#infolit
October is Information Literacy Awareness Month. Comment to this post to share with us what did in the library today. Did you use another of our 10 libraries? If so, which one? Continue reading
Celebrate the Power of Literature and Read a Banned Book
The #3 Most Challenged Book in 2011: The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins. Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence. Continue reading
Celebrate the Power of Literature and Read a Banned Book
The #7 most challenged book in 2011: Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit. Continue reading