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Thomas Hart Benton Birthday Bash

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April 12, 2014
Research Center-Columbia

Join SHSMO and the Museum of Art and Archaeology (MAA) for an afternoon of activities celebrating the 125th birthday of Thomas Hart Benton, including a chance to “meet” him as MAA docent Gary Beahan answers questions in costume!

1 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. – Inspired by Benton: Kids Create and Curate! – At this fun family event kids ages five to twelve will create a special exhibition of cards celebrating Benton’s birthday. Dr. Joan Stack, SHSMO’s art curator, will provide a short tour of the new American Mythologies exhibit. Children will then make birthday cards inspired by the pieces on display. When finished, the kids will help design a temporary panel exhibit showcasing them in the Society’s Corridor Gallery. The event is free, but space is limited. Register by contacting SHSMO at 573.882.7083 or shsofmo@umsystem.edu.

3 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Happy Birthday Mr. Benton! – Join in the celebration of this Missouri artist’s life and work by learning more about his impact on the history of American art. Curator Dr. Joan Stack will enlighten us with the stories behind the new exhibition American Mythologies. Attendees can wish “Benton” a happy 125th birthday while sharing cake and viewing the new temporary exhibit of cards inspired by Benton (see above).

http://shs.umsystem.edu/outreach/events/index.shtml#bentonbday.

Superhero Science! Fact and Fiction in Superhero Comics on Display at Ellis Library

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Columbia, Mo. − Science is a central theme of superhero comics. There’s a seemingly plausible explanation for just about everything that happens in the Marvel or DC universe, including the biological origins of super powers. Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Hulk get their powers from exposure to radioactivity, which supposedly changes their DNA. The X-Men carry rare genetic mutations that give them incredible, superhuman powers. The villains Mr. Freeze and Dr. Octopus rely on technology such as cryogenics and prosthetics, while others clone and genetically engineer their minions in secret laboratories. Many superheroes are even scientists themselves. To name just a few: the Hulk is a nuclear physicist; Poison Ivy is a botanist and biochemist; and the Flash is a forensic chemist.

In affiliation with the MU Life Sciences and Society Symposium “Decoding Science,” the MU Libraries are hosting an exhibit during the month of March featuring comics from the Ellis Library Special Collections and Rare Books. This exhibition looks at four themes in superhero comics: Evolution, Genetic Modifications, Technology and Anatomy. Each section challenges the viewer to identify the ways that comics and superheroes have contributed to his or her understanding of science and the natural world.  

As part of the Superhero Science! Exhibit, Dr. Tim Evans will give a talk titled “Everything is Toxic: Do We Need Superheroes or Historical and Scientific Literacy to Survive in a Toxic World?” on March 12 at 11 am in the Ellis Library Colonnade. Dr. Tim Evans is the Toxicology Section Leader Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory and Associate Professor Department of Veterinary Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Evans is the recipient of a 2013 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, and dressed in mask and cape, “The Antidote” is Tim Evans’ alter ego, spicing up the field of toxicology at MU for 12 years.

In addition, the MU Libraries and the Bond Life Sciences Center are sponsoring a scientific superhero contest for MU students. Detail for the contest can be found at http://library.missouri.edu/specialcollections/superhero-challenge/.

For more information, visit the MU Libraries online at library.missouri.edu.

Public Libraries and Political Independence, March 8

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University of Missouri – LISGSA 
Saturday March 8, 2014 – 3:00 P.M. 
Memorial Student Union, Walt Disney Room (N206-WD) 

Public Libraries and Political Independence 

Come listen to Steve Potter speak on the importance of establishing and running a public library system that is politically independent and how it impacts the services public libraries can offer their patrons and users. 

Featured LIS Speaker: Steve Potter 

Mid-Continent Public Library Director and C.E.O., and SISLT MU Graduate 

MU Academic Distinction Award Event to Be Held in Grand Reading Room March 2

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On the evening of March 2, the MU Academic Distinction Award ceremony will be held at Ellis Library in the Grand Reading Room. This event is an invitation-only event. For more information about this award, visit http://honors.missouri.edu/news/distinction_award.php. 

Because of this event, the Grand Reading Room will be unavailable to patrons beginning on Friday, Feb. 28. The room will be availble again after all of the furniture is moved back on March 3.

Proud to Be: Celebrating Veterans, March 13

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5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
University of Missouri-Columbia campus
Memorial Union’s Stotler Lounge III (5 p.m. – 6 p.m.)
Research Center-Columbia (6 p.m. – 8 p.m.)

This event honoring those who have served in the armed forces will capture your senses as authors read excerpts from Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors, a two-volume anthology of essays, fiction, poetry, and interviews by and about veterans and their families. Tours of the MU Veterans Center will be available, and a book signing and reception at the Research Center-Columbia will feature artifacts from the military collections as well as the Year of Peril series of World War II paintings by Thomas Hart Benton.

The evening is cosponsored by SHSMO and the MU Veterans Center, in partnership with the Missouri Humanities Council (MHC), Southeast Missouri State University Press, Warrior Arts Alliance, and MU Army ROTC. The first fifty veterans at the signing will receive a free copy of the book thanks to the MHC.

http://shs.umsystem.edu/outreach/events/index.shtml#veterans

The Visualization of Language through Collage with Krista Franklin

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Friday, February 7 at 4:00pm to 6:00pm 

Ellis Library, Colonnade Columbia, MO 65211

The Visualization of Language through Collage with Krista Franklin

Poet and visual artist Krista Franklin will give a lecture on her work. Her poetry and mixed medium collages have been published in lifestyle and literary journals such as Coon Bidness,Copper Nickel, RATTLE, Indiana Review, Ecotone, Clam andCallaloo, and in the anthologies Encyclopedia Vol. II, F-K andGathering Ground. Her visual art has been featured on the covers of award-winning books, and exhibited nationally in solo and group exhibitions. Franklin is a Cave Canem Fellow, a co-founder of 2nd Sun Salon, a community meeting space for writers, visual and performance artists, musicians and scholars, and a teaching artist for Young Chicago Authors, Neighborhood Writing Alliance, and numerous organizations in the city of Chicago.

Sponsored by the MU Black History Month Committee, Cave Canem, and the MU Libraries Diversity Committee

Save the Date! Dr. Tim Evans opening lecture for Superhero Science

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Dr. Tim Evans, a.k.a. The Antidote, will present “Everything is Toxic: Do We Need Superheroes or Historical and Scientific Literacy to Survive in a Toxic World?” on March 12 at 11:00 am in the Colonnade.  Dr. Evans is an associate professor of clinical and diagnostic toxicology in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at MU. The lecture is in conjunction with the Special Collections exhibit Superhero Science! Fact vs. Fiction in Superhero Comics, on display March 3-28 in the Colonnade, and Decoding Science: Bridging the Gap. Engaging the Public, the 10th annual MU Life Sciences and Society Symposium, March 10-15.