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Forever Vilnius Wilno Vilne: 700 Years of a Multicultural City
The name Vilnius was first mentioned in 1323 in the letter of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas to the North German cities. Seven hundred years ago, Vilnius emerged in history as a civitas regia, the city of the ruler, as well as an open city where representatives of all social groups, from knights and clergy to merchants and craftsmen, were invited, and where strangers were granted legal assurances and promised peaceful coexistence.
All these years, Vilnius has served as a crossroads where cultures have met and interacted, even in challenging circumstances, a place for important discussions and ideas shaping a regional and European intellectual space.
It is hardly surprising, then, that Vilnius emerged as a critical intellectual hub, holding symbolic significance in Jewish, Polish, German, Belarussian, Ukrainian, Tatars, and Lithuanian cultures, and known variously as Northern Rome, Northern Prague, and Northern Jerusalem. The city has remained an outpost of European ideas and values while simultaneously mediating between civilizations.
A symbolically and historically significant, and geographically easternmost, Vilnius NATO summit in history was hosted there last year. The city still embodies the values set out in Grand Duke Gediminas' fourteenth-century letters, which remain relevant today: tolerance, multiculturalism, and creativity.
This event celebrated the seven-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Vilnius, as Professor Rimvydas Petrauskas of Vilnius University - itself founded more than 400 years ago - shares stories from the city's fascinating history.
Cosponsors for this event include the Chicago/Vilnius Sister Cities Committee, celebrating its 30th anniversary; World Business Chicago; Vilnius University; and the Lithuanian Foundation, Inc.
SPEAKER
Professor Rimvydas Petrauskas is the rector of Vilnius University and a Lithuanian historian. He has received numerous awards for outstanding research, including the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, and the Lithuanian Science Prize.
This event originally took place May 2, 2024 at the Newberry.
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Nightlife on Rush Street - "A Night at Mister Kelly's" Program
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Watch as speakers Sylvia Ewing, Rob Onorato, and Perri Small explore clubs, cabarets, and the hottest hotspots outside the entertainment mainstream during the 1950s through the 1970s in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood and beyond. SPEAKERS Sylvia Ewing, an award-winning journalist and broadcast veteran, now works as a teacher, strategist, producer, and non-profit executive, committed to offeri...
Barbra Streisand Visits Oak Street Beach
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Alison Hinderliter, curator of A Night at Mister Kelly's, discusses Barbra Streisand's visit to Oak Street Beach in Chicago and the famed photograph she took there which later graced the cover of her Grammy winning album. Animation by Katya Balakina Music by Joe Alterman
Comedy in Black and White: Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen - A Night at Mister Kelly's Program
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In this edition of “Conversations at the Newberry,” Timothy Reid and Tom Dreesen discuss their long and storied careers as comedians and performers while reflecting back to their time at Mister Kelly’s, as possibly the first interracial comedy duo. Moderated by Ron Rapoport. This event was part of programming connected to our free exhibition "A Night at Mister Kelly’s," on-view March 21 through...
Writers on Writing: Jericho Brown and Robyn Schiff
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown discusses with poet, University of Chicago professor, and Pulitzer finalist Robyn Schiff his career as a writer, with a focus on the craft of writing. Writers on Writing is presented in partnership with StoryStudio Chicago. Perfect for readers and writers alike, these talks celebrate one author’s work-a glimpse behind the creative curtain, a chance to a...
2024 Newberry Award Celebration Honoring Drew Gilpin Faust
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The Newberry honored Drew Gilpin Faust for her contributions to the humanities during the library’s annual Award Celebration on April 19. Faust is the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Research Professor at Harvard University, where she also served as president from 2007 to 2018. She previously served as founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and is the author of seven book...
Remembering the Gate of Horn
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Alison Hinderliter, curator of A Night at Mister Kelly's, discusses The Gate of Horn, a folk music club from the 1950s and 60s known for subversive comedy performances and protest songs. Animation by Katya Balakina Music by Joe Alterman
Bits and Bobs: An Extraordinary Collection of Artists' Books at the Newberry
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Learn about a remarkable collection of artists’ books, recently acquired by the Newberry. Jill Gage of the Newberry explores an exceptional collection of artists' books gathered over several decades by Robert McCamant, the noted book designer, former president of the American Printing History Association, and longtime graphic designer of the Chicago Reader. Mr. McCamant recently donated parts o...
Typographic Realia: Wood Type as Historical Objects
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Wing Foundation Lecture Series on the History of the Book Listen to David Shields as he explores how the study of a specific collection of wood type, and of its collector, reflects a broader network of relationships, objects, and research activities. Examples of wood type manufactured and used for letterpress printing in the nineteenth-century United States form the Rob Roy Kelly Wood Type Coll...
McNickle Distinguished Lecture: Myths, Memory, and Indigenous Survival in the Gulf South
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The D’Arcy McNickle Distinguished Lecture Series celebrates Indigenous scholars, writers, and artists who consistently demonstrate excellence in their work concerning Indigenous peoples and histories and who actively address contemporary issues faced by American Indian and Indigenous communities. This lecture originally took place November 2, 2023, at the Newberry. SPEAKER Elizabeth Ellis (Peor...
Colonial History Lecture: Why Chicago Matters to Early American History
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Why Chicago Matters to Early American History: Indigenous Canoe Networks and the Contest for a Continent The geography around Chicago portages, a nexus of ancient overland canoe routes that connected the Great Lakes and Mississippi watersheds, proved crucial in the contest over North American colonization and resistance. An array of Indigenous peoples and European regimes sought to harness Chic...
The Newberry is for Everyone
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There is a place for everyone at the Newberry Library. Whether you are curious about your family history, interested in taking classes, or excited to learn something new and unexpected through our free public programs and exhibitions, we welcome you. The Newberry puts you in direct contact with the past through a world-class collection that spans more than six centuries of human experience, and...
"A Night at Mister Kelly's" Video Tour
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This video takes the viewer on a guided tour of the Newberry's "A Night at Mister Kelly's" exhibition, on view from March 21 through July 20, 2024. Mister Kelly's was one of the hotspots of Chicago nightlife in the 1950s through the mid-1970s. Located on Rush Street in the city's Gold Coast neighborhood, the club was a welcoming venue where people could be entertained by top-shelf jazz and come...
A Look Back at The Happy Medium
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Alison Hinderliter, curator of A Night at Mister Kelly's, discusses The Happy Medium, another venue owned by the Marienthal Brothers, at 901 North Rush Street, which is now home to a Tesla dealership. Animation by Katya Balakina Music by Joe Alterman
Writers on Writing: Hanif Abdurraqib and Eve L. Ewing
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This program originally took place March 21, 2024 at the Newberry. Award-winning poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib discussed with Chicago writer, scholar, and community organizer Eve L. Ewing his career as a writer, with a focus on the craft of writing. Writers on Writing is presented in partnership with StoryStudio Chicago. Perfect for readers and writers alike, these talks ...
A 21st-Century Reconsideration of Leopold and Loeb
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A 21st-Century Reconsideration of Leopold and Loeb
Introducing Mister Kelly's from Gibsons Bar and Steakhouse
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Introducing Mister Kelly's from Gibsons Bar and Steakhouse
Greetings from the Newberry
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Greetings from the Newberry
Indigenous Portraits Unbound Exhibition Video Tour
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Indigenous Portraits Unbound Exhibition Video Tour
"Seeing Race Before Race" Video Tour
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"Seeing Race Before Race" Video Tour
Masters of the Middle Waters: Indian Nations and Colonial Ambitions along the Mississippi
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Masters of the Middle Waters: Indian Nations and Colonial Ambitions along the Mississippi
Two Fish Swimming Upstream: Finding Creative Reward in Artistic Resistance
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Two Fish Swimming Upstream: Finding Creative Reward in Artistic Resistance
Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
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Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean
Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City
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Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City
Harriet Monroe & the Open Door
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Harriet Monroe & the Open Door
Writers on Writing: Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai
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Writers on Writing: Lauren Groff and Rebecca Makkai
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
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The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance
Understanding Race: Past and Present
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Understanding Race: Past and Present
Gregory Doran discusses the list of actors in the First Folio
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Gregory Doran discusses the list of actors in the First Folio
Shakespeare's First Folio at 400
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Shakespeare's First Folio at 400

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  • @shantinagarkatti2196
    @shantinagarkatti2196 6 годин тому

    Love the production of this video and the cartoon/animation added a cute, whimsical touch. Excellent photo and exhibit at the Newberry!

  • @Pistodog
    @Pistodog 9 годин тому

    She is amazing - proving people wrong every step of her career. Great photo and I always assumed it was a California Beach .

  • @gregbattles4742
    @gregbattles4742 3 дні тому

    That was the beach right off division st when I lived in the CABRINI GREEN area I was only a 15 minute walk

  • @TyZaTube
    @TyZaTube 10 днів тому

    Very impressive

  • @babso3254
    @babso3254 13 днів тому

    Still funny as ever!

  • @EndoftheTownProductions
    @EndoftheTownProductions 14 днів тому

    ua-cam.com/video/T0C2X1Tj9ZI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=EndoftheTownProductions

  • @mrskull4546
    @mrskull4546 19 днів тому

    Is this a real one or?

  • @RB-oz1mm
    @RB-oz1mm 20 днів тому

    The transcript of this is glorious and should be published. Like the Giovanni Baldwin interview. 💚💛💜

  • @gregbattles4742
    @gregbattles4742 22 дні тому

    Then it became a disco for black professionals it closed in 1983 I first went to it and 1980.radio personality DJ Tom joiner was the MC I met over 30 black sports and music and TV entertainers there.the were in competition. With the DINGBATS night club on Fairbanks Mr T was the bouncer who had a boxing match with Frazier the happy mediums bouncer.i had the best time in my life there from 1980 to 1983.

  • @Palestinian_holocaust
    @Palestinian_holocaust 29 днів тому

    How old is this little girl behind the microphone.

  • @unappreciatedtreehouse821
    @unappreciatedtreehouse821 Місяць тому

    I think it's absolutely disgusting and disrespectful that our justice system is manipulated by wealth and activists. The victims are abandoned by the courts much the same way as their murders abandoned the victims corpse.

  • @oliverbrownlow5615
    @oliverbrownlow5615 Місяць тому

    One of the panellists mentioned the reporter, Maurine Dallas Watkins, and stated that she was the author of the musical, *Chicago.* The 1926 play of the same name that Watkins wrote is not the musical. Rather, the musical was created in 1975 by John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse, based on Watkins' original non-musical play.

  • @DeniseHill-cf6rw
    @DeniseHill-cf6rw 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for recording this presentation. Just a suggestion to help those viewing it virtually - if you could split the screen between the speaker and the slides that are being shown or keep the camera on the slides a little longer it would be helpful. :-)

  • @zipperpillow
    @zipperpillow 2 місяці тому

    Very interesting and well presented. Saved me 5 years of research. Thank you.

  • @zipperpillow
    @zipperpillow 2 місяці тому

    What a smug, overly verbose windbag. Exhausting. 10 minutes of content painfully stretched out into a droning, nap-length, brain-numb. Dude, put your Thesaurus away and just edit this down to the relevant action. Less posing, more canoeing. Also, just call the local indians the "Potawatomi". Anishinabe implies Odawa and Ojibwa as well, but these people didn't live around Chicago. Then you use the term "Algonquin" to describe these people. Pick a lane. You're confused. Focus. I wish I had my 42 minutes back.

  • @chicagomusicguide
    @chicagomusicguide 2 місяці тому

    So glad the exhibition will be available to people through July! Thanks for keeping Chicago's great history alive!

  • @kenjarczyk8535
    @kenjarczyk8535 2 місяці тому

    Mister Kelly’s will always hold a magical corner of my memories. It was the best!

  • @LoyalOpposition
    @LoyalOpposition 2 місяці тому

    Mort Sahl!

  • @babso3254
    @babso3254 2 місяці тому

    Great venue for entertainment in Chicago!

  • @topangaguru
    @topangaguru 2 місяці тому

    So much entertainment history and future entertainment greats past through the doors and on to the stage at the Happy Medium. Working there and at the other Marienthal venues were to be the highlight of my early career in the biz. Let's hear more David. Thanks to Oscar and George!!!

  • @Wildtravels
    @Wildtravels 2 місяці тому

    Any details to share about the Jazz Showcase in the basement?

    • @gregbattles4742
      @gregbattles4742 22 дні тому

      My mother saw sing Saha sing Dina Washington

  • @davidmthal
    @davidmthal 2 місяці тому

    Brilliant and Fun Video!! Thanks for creating and sharing.

  • @kbhaag8942
    @kbhaag8942 3 місяці тому

    I am a descendent of Jeanne Mahou AND Genevieve Bettemont. Born in Louisiana in 1970s, so the family history and roots survived in Louisiana for centuries!

  • @tylerrigdon6795
    @tylerrigdon6795 4 місяці тому

    Hey Jim, thanks for the video. It was a really fun tour of a beautiful atlas full of history. I have a question: the first map presented: the World Map. Do we know the authorship of this map? You first said it was probably created by Mercator and then stopped yourself and said "based on." I'm aware this is not Mercator's 1569 map of 'corrected navigation', but it does seem to bare some similarities. Additionally, it bares similarities to Gastaldi's 1546 'Universale'....I wonder if either of these men had a direct hand in creating the map used in the Atlas. Let me know what you know about this particular map. Also, do you have any sources to view the Theatrum Atlas in its entirety online? Thanks

  • @jenschaeferaguillo6970
    @jenschaeferaguillo6970 5 місяців тому

    I just found out that Juliette Kinzie is my ancestor, on my mother's side. Thank you for keeping her memories and history alive.

  • @justinnamuco9096
    @justinnamuco9096 6 місяців тому

    If Uskudar'a Gider Iken reminded you of Rasputin by Boney M, it should.

  • @alansangster8647
    @alansangster8647 6 місяців тому

    Superb!!

  • @raymondpaul2515
    @raymondpaul2515 6 місяців тому

    c i was thier 1968, left for nam, nothing has changed, i have pictures and documents if you want them

  • @riponsharma4031
    @riponsharma4031 7 місяців тому

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  • @VirginiaSantapepa
    @VirginiaSantapepa 7 місяців тому

    Amazing!

  • @columbianexposition162
    @columbianexposition162 7 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing this fascinating presentation on Harriet Monroe. This lecture greatly enhances the outstanding exhibit at the Poetry Foundation.

  • @BitBard302
    @BitBard302 8 місяців тому

    What we have here is compelling material. A similar book I read was equally riveting. "Stars Aligned" by Olivia Whitestone

  • @carbonc6065
    @carbonc6065 8 місяців тому

    ?

  • @marrowjames4190
    @marrowjames4190 8 місяців тому

    Terrific!

  • @DaraStarrTucker
    @DaraStarrTucker 9 місяців тому

    This was a very informative talk. Thank you.

  • @lauraconti7434
    @lauraconti7434 9 місяців тому

    Cinderella

  • @yennifertmava270
    @yennifertmava270 9 місяців тому

    Do you send it in PDF file

  • @angelahunter5954
    @angelahunter5954 9 місяців тому

    If you were a slave owner you owe the enslaved....

  • @ladedalounge
    @ladedalounge 9 місяців тому

    lol

  • @StopBeingFat24
    @StopBeingFat24 10 місяців тому

    I need to get some books on witchcraft so I can make my bonfire this weekend ❤

  • @earthandwind820
    @earthandwind820 10 місяців тому

    Great video humanizing the experience. It may sound weird to say, but sometimes it can be intimidating going into branches like Newberry or The Harold Washington Library, because you’re unsure where to go when you enter, what you can ask about and/or how to even get started.. Great video!

  • @arafatrafi9873
    @arafatrafi9873 10 місяців тому

    is he handling the original book???if yes how could the library allow him to touch it without gloves????

  • @zane1509
    @zane1509 10 місяців тому

    P R O M O S M 🙂

  • @gagatube
    @gagatube Рік тому

    A very interesting video although perhaps a little obsessed with the idea of printing a scientific instrument. For Volvelles, Equatoria and the like that's fine, but I'm not convinced of the merits of a 'cut it out, glue it to something else, assemble it and then you get an inaccurate copy of a scientific instrument' system. Having said that the 'paper' astrolabe you showed did look aesthetically marvelous. One of your speakers seemed a little confused as to why the Zodiac signs were engraved on the ecliptic ring of an astrolabe - perhaps they have forgotten that the coordinate system locating the positions of celestial bodies, from before Ptolemy to well into the Renaissance, was based on the ecliptic longitude and the angular distance from the ecliptic. And the ecliptic longitude was recorded as the Zodiacal sign plus however many degrees, minutes and seconds the object had passed into the sign. (Each sign is defined as 30 degrees of longitude. Thus the position of Mars at a certain time might be recorded as Gemini +19 22' , -3.0 ). The Astrolabe is marked so that an observation can be read in this way - a way that has advantages over recording the longitude only in degrees, at least in terms of avoidance of errors. A further point regarding the presence of the Zodiac signs on the Astrolabe is the importance of these signs in practical medicine. Up to and including the middle ages Astrology was part of the scientific curriculum and, in medieval times, played a vital role in deciding the treatment of illness. The elemental theory of wet/dry and hot/cold included the fluids of the human body as well as the hours of the day (the planetary hours) and the 'tides' of these fluids was thought to be strongly influenced by the relative positions of the Sun and Moon - so in order to know what type of treatment was the most likely to cure the patient at a particular hour, the doctor had to be aware of the zodiacal locations of the Sun and Moon at that hour. Being an educated person the doctor could get this information from his professionally made brass astrolabe.

  • @kanderson4336
    @kanderson4336 Рік тому

    Thank you for posting! I wasn’t able to attend.

  • @kjmav10135
    @kjmav10135 Рік тому

    I am loving this! You are inspiring me to get back into paper folding, book arts, and try pop-up making. I have the book, “The Art of the Fold,” which is full of related folding projects to try. Wish I could get to the show before it leaves. There’s this craft called “Junk Journaling” that often includes folds, pockets, all kinds of interesting little ways to manipulate paper. It’s almost art, kinda. It would be interesting to incorporate those techniques with popups and create an actual book. Ooohhh! I am inspired! This is so worth it!

  • @alecwilliams7111
    @alecwilliams7111 Рік тому

    Between Scott jJplin, William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay, et al. there should be a lot of really great African-American music to study. American classical composers often ride at the back of the bus, and the African-American composers are outside, hanging on to the rear bumper. This is really sad, because racial issue aside, the African-American classical composers have carved out their own niche with originality and imagination.

  • @johnboardley
    @johnboardley Рік тому

    Wonderful stuff. This answered some of the questions I had about astrolabes and armillary spheres after reading the recently published Renaissance Invention (edited by Lia Markey). Thank you all!

  • @Shadow2pointO
    @Shadow2pointO Рік тому

    Every time he reads that book I turn the volume down cause I’m not trying to conjure no more spirits😂

  • @aniamichas7530
    @aniamichas7530 Рік тому

    Prof. Zahra's new book is an enlightening, comprehensive, yet incredibly captivating history that pushes the reader to reflect on how much the world in the 1920-30s resembled the current moods, conflicts, and political situation in the globe. Zahra is a highly talented historian and writer. I'm looking forward to her new books. Fascinating interview. Thank you.