A HOMETOWN CONCERT IRVIN MAYFIELD NOVEMBER 17 2011 4PM-5PM NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Community Book Center Presents: A reading of selected poems from, "City Without People", by Niyi Osundare

http://www.communitybookcenter.com/

 

Join Community Book Center as we host a reading on Saturday, October 29th from 2-4pm with Niyi Osundare, author of City Without People: The Katrina Poems   at CBC.

 

Niyi Osundare and his wife Kemi spent over 26 hours in the attic of their home and watched Hurricane Katrina swamp their house and destroy everything the family owned. Only a somewhat divine intervention by a neighbor saved them from perishing in the flood.

 

This new volume of poems is not just about the devastation caused by the flood, the agonizing journey through  the evacuation centers, and the four-month 'exile' in New Hampshire; it is also about the indomitability of the human spirit and a celebration of the ‘rainbow vernacular’ of New Orleans, our city.

Coming on the sixth anniversary of Katrina, this volume sings of the experiences we must never forget and the lessons we need to learn.

 

 

October 29^th , 2011

2pm-4pm

Community Book Center

2523 Bayou Rd.

(504) 948-7323

Celebrating 28 years of service to our community!

 

 Also on Sunday come out an support the Hope For Haitian Children's Foundation from 1-4pm (See below)

 

 Vera Warren-Williams
Community Book Center
2523 Bayou Road
New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 948-READ (7323)
communitybookcenter@yahoo.com

Zeitgeist and Haitian Art Society Host Event to Benefit Hope for Haitian Children Foundation

The Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Art Center, located at 1618 Oretha Castle Hailey Boulevard, and the Haitian Art Society will host an event for the Hope for Haitian Children Foundation, Inc (HFHCF). on Sunday, October 30^th from noon to 4:00 p.m.  The event will feature an art sale with paintings and metalworks from the gallery and private collection of Marie Jose Poux.  All proceeds from the sale of the art will benefit HFHCF, which feeds, educates, and clothes over one hundred children in Delmas, Haiti.  Multi- media and performance artist Tina Girouard will host an informal discussion on Haitian art from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. during the sale. Three major collaborative works by Tina Girouard and Haitian artist Antoine Oleyant will be on display.  The event is open to the public, and more information is available by calling and 954.263.3008 or by visiting the foundation’s website at:  https://duems01.dillard.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=1ef6d8b8c126425ba2468f36cb721bad&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hopeforhaitianchildrenfoundation.org%2f.                                                                                                                                                                                                     

HFCHF Executive Director and activist Marie Jose Poux (fondly known as Mariejo) has been supporting the efforts of and promoting Haitian artists in the New Orleans area for more than three decades.  Mariejo and Tina Girouard became friends as a result of their efforts to raise awareness of the deep cultural ties between Haiti and New Orleans. Ms. Girouard will touch upon those connections as the discussion unfolds on Sunday afternoon.  The artist, who has collaborated with and promoted many Haitian artists,  wants to further support  Mariejo whose gallery sales have become one of the main sources of revenue for funding the work that she and her staff of twenty perform on behalf of Haitian orphans. Marijo will move her art gallery to Miami after Sunday’s event, so this will be the last opportunity for New Orleans residents to make a purchase with a greater purpose!

Mariejo “inherited” Fepe, Foyer Espoir Pour Les Enfants, or Hope for Haitian Children Foundation, in 2009 when the wife of the original founder/director passed away.  There were fourteen children in the home at the time, but when the January 2010 earthquake devastated much of Port-au-Prince and the areas surrounding the capital, additional orphans referred to Marijo brought the number up to thirty-four.   Today HFHCF serves one hundred ten children in a modest- size house that, until recently, also included space for home schooling on the first floor.  The challenges have been great, but Mariejo is passionate about her mission and has made many friends in New Orleans who generously lend a hand. “Every day is a miracle!” says Mariejo “I know God can’t give me a job to do without giving me the tools.” 

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Serials Solutions to Enable Full-Text Search of the HathiTrust Collection

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March 28, 2011 16:27

From the press release:

Serials Solutions and HathiTrust today announced an agreement to enable full-text search of the entire HathiTrust collection of digitized scholarly books from the Summon™ web-scale discovery service. Researchers and faculty at institutions with the Summon™ service will be able to use the library’s own website to search the full text of its print books and serials, and discover materials relevant to their research topics. This collaboration makes the full text of much of the library’s physical collection as easily searchable as its electronic content. 

Bibliotheque Parrainage Fundraiser and Silent Auction June 25th 2011

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Rebuilding Haiti Libraries Rebuilding Dreams Website

http://www.rebuildhaitilibraries.org/haitilibraries/Welcome.html

The Music of New Orleans and Haiti Fundraiser Tonight June 25th 2011 6pm-8pm

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Bibliotheque Parrainage Silent Auction Miscellaneous Items June 25th 2011

2 art pieces by Terrance Osborne
1 Richard Thomas piece
2 Jazz Fest Posters featuring Irma Thomas
1 Marsalis piece, and 1 other piece
Valued: $1200 along with a book for the tapestry

Bibliotheque Parrainage Silent Auction Book: On to New Orleans: Louisiana’s Heroic 1811 Slave Revolt

On to New Orleans:

Louisiana’s Heroic 1811 Slave Revolt

(largest revolt in the U.S.)

Book by

Albert Thrasher

http://www.yatedo.com/s/Albert+Thrasher

Bibliotheque Parrainage Silent Auction Item: Terrance Osborne Art Piece June 25th 2011

‘Post Katrina Blues’

Lithograph by

Terrance Osborne

Signed in 18kt gold ink

Size: 36” x 13.5”

Starting Price $50.00

Coretta Scott King Book Awards American Library Association Annual Conference 2011 - New Orleans, LA

On behalf of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Committee of the American Library Association, please help us promote the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Breakfast during the upcoming ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. 

The release can also be found at our website: http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=7321

Please let me know if you have any questions.  The committee and I appreciate your help!

Thank you!

Elliot R. Mandel

Program Coordinator

Office for Literacy and Outreach Services (OLOS)

American Library Association (ALA)

50 E. Huron St.

Chicago, IL 60611

voice: 312.280.4297

email: emandel@ala.org

www.ala.org/olos

Welcome to the Bibliotheque Parrainage Blog!

Bibliotheque Parrainage: New Orleans Adopts a Library in Haiti was created to foster the rebuilding of Haitian communities by providing resources to libraries devastated by the 2010 earthquake. Following Hurricane Katrina, the country of Haiti, one of the poorest countries in the world, donated $40,000 to the City of New Orleans. We want to give back the $40,000. Help us by donating to Bibliotheque Parrainage to build libraries that can provide resources, information, water, communication and meeting places for the struggling communities in Haiti. Bibliotheque Parrainage believes that libraries Build Communities and like Haiti, we believe there is union in strength. Here’s how you can help.

Founder/Director
Valencia Hawkins
Associate Director, Central Public Services, Outreach and Programming
New Orleans Public Library
(504) 596-2605
vhawkins@neworleanspubliclibrary.org