Friends of the UNCG Libraries

Please join us on Monday, March 28 , for the last FOL Book Discussion of the current academic year. Professor Jeff Jones (history) is leading the discussion on Children of Dust by Ali Eteraz. Due to construction in Jackson Library, we are moving our discussion to the Alumni House--we will be in the Pecky Cypress Room . Meet us there at 7 pm . Check out this interview with the author for more information about the book, and be sure to visit the book's website . http://www.childrenofdust.com/

The Friends of the UNCG Libraries invite you to a free talk by Brett Friedlander author of "Chasing Moonlight: The True Story of Field of Dreams' Doc Graham", at 4:30 pm on Tuesday, April 12 in the Dogwood Room of the Elliott University Center at UNCG, followed by a book signing at the UNCG-Wake Forest baseball game at the UNCG baseball stadium, which begins at 6 pm. The baseball game is also free. Moonlight Graham was made famous by Burt Lancaster in the film, but his real life is also interesting. Moonlight's brother was UNC system president Frank Porter Graham, and his cousin was UNCG Chancellor Edward Kidder Graham. He also juggled a career in minor league baseball with his medical training, Co-sponsored with the Athletics Department.

Professor Geoffrey Baym sat down with Allen Johnson of the News & Record to talk about The Daily Show. We're still sorry we missed you on Wednesday when Dr. Baym discussed the ways in which The Daily Show increases media literacy, but at least you can watch this video.

Join the Friends of the UNCG Libraries as we introduce Professor Geoffrey Baym, author of the award-winning book, From Cronkite to Colbert . Professor Baym, who is on UNCG's Information Literacy Council, will discuss the importance of media literacy. All are welcome. Wednesday, February 23 at 4:00 pm in the Claxton Room, Elliott University Center

Connect to the University Libraries and UNCG's history online through the Digital Projects Blog. Available at http://uncgdigital.blogspot.com/ , the blog provides updates on the latest digitization work undertaken by the University Libraries. Browse through old issues of the Coraddi and Alumnae News and keep up to date on other digital projects.

It’s a two-author-for-one deal at this year’s Friends of the UNCG Libraries dinner. Lee Smith, novelist and short story writer, and Hal Crowther, essayist and cultural critic, will headline the dinner Wednesday, March 16. Crowther and Smith, husband and wife, have titled their remarks “Prose and Cons.” The reception begins at 6:30 p.m. in Cone Ballroom, Elliott University Center. The seated dinner begins at 7:15 p.m., and the program begins at 8:30 p.m. For more information, see http://www.uncg.edu/ure/news/stories/2011/feb/FOLDinner020311.htm

Two Programs Who: North Carolina authors Randall Kenan, Quinn Dalton, and Mark Smith-Soto What: Panel Discussion: “Our Voice, My Voice: Writers Discuss the Relationship between the Group Self and the Individual Self” When: Monday, February 21, 2011 at 4 p.m. Where: Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House, UNCG campus Who: Randall Kenan What: Reading When: Monday, February 21, 2011 at 7 p.m. Where: Virginia Dare Room, Alumni House, UNCG campus Both programs are free and open to the public and are sponsored by the Center for Creative Writing in the Arts, the University Libraries, the Friends of the UNCG Libraries, and the MFA Writing Program.