Join Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson - world renowned astrophysicist, bestselling author, and host of the groundbreaking PBS series NOVA scienceNOW for a journey across the universe as he reveals its cosmic wonders, curiosities and uncertainties in front of a live audience at The Palladium Theatre in St. Petersburg.
WEDU welcomes Dr. deGrasse Tyson, Nova scienceNOW senior executive producer, Paula S. Apsell, and local experts as they as field questions from the audience and explore the mystery of black holes and other galactic conundrums.Tickets are $15 per person and, unlike the universe, are limited for this exclusive WEDU event. Reserve your tickets now at 727.822.3590 or http://www.mypalladium.org/. A flyer for the event can be found here.
Dr. Tyson’s most recent book, Death by Black Hole and other Cosmic Quandaries will be available for purchase at the event.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
WorldCat Facebook Application!
A free WorldCat application for the Facebook social networking Web site is now available. The application lets Web users search the collections of WorldCat libraries and monitor favorite WorldCat lists—their own lists, or those created by other users—right from personalized Facebook pages. Search results are returned from WorldCat.org.
The application includes a Home screen with WorldCat search box, as well as quick links to WorldCat searches based on personal interests a user has input in his or her Facebook profile. The application also includes tabbed access to:
- a built-in advanced WorldCat search
- a "Something to Read" panel that displays books recently added to other users' WorldCat lists
- a panel where the user can invite other Facebook friends to install the WorldCat application
On a user's Facebook profile page, the application adds a custom Facebook "box" with basic WorldCat search. The profile's owner can expand or collapse the box's visibility, and reposition it to a preferred location by dragging its title bar.
If you wish to install the Facebook application use either of these options:
1. Follow the link from the WorldCat plug-ins page at http://worldcat.org/toolbars/
2. Log into a Facebook account and install the application directly from http://apps.facebook.com/worldcat/
1. Follow the link from the WorldCat plug-ins page at http://worldcat.org/toolbars/
2. Log into a Facebook account and install the application directly from http://apps.facebook.com/worldcat/
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
SPC Reads 'The Kite Runner'
Welcome to the Third Annual SPC Reads!
This is our third year of SPC Reads, a collaborative common reading program sponsored by the Michael M. Bennett Libraries that encourages creativity, critical thinking, community, and interdisciplinary activities. During the month of March we invite you to join us in reading the widely acclaimed book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and participating in a wide range of campus activities including screenings of the recently released films The Kite Runner and Charlie Wilson’s War, panel discussions, and kite flying (perfect for the month of March!).
Set in pre-Taliban Afghanistan, this novel is “an epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. Privileged young narrator Amir comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy in Afghanistan then must endure revolution, invasion and a country’s long struggle to triumph over violent forces. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons -- their love, their sacrifices, their lies.” (From the LINCC Online Catalog)
The richness of themes, timeliness and the page-turning pace of this novel are sure to provoke some lively and passionate discussions. We hope you’ll join in the conversation. This book stopped me dead in my tracks and I’m sure many will have a similarly powerful reaction. Check out our SPC Reads web site for more information about the book and its author and all of the great SPC events planned around the college.
Debbie Robinson, Director of Libraries.
This is our third year of SPC Reads, a collaborative common reading program sponsored by the Michael M. Bennett Libraries that encourages creativity, critical thinking, community, and interdisciplinary activities. During the month of March we invite you to join us in reading the widely acclaimed book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini and participating in a wide range of campus activities including screenings of the recently released films The Kite Runner and Charlie Wilson’s War, panel discussions, and kite flying (perfect for the month of March!).
Set in pre-Taliban Afghanistan, this novel is “an epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. Privileged young narrator Amir comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy in Afghanistan then must endure revolution, invasion and a country’s long struggle to triumph over violent forces. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons -- their love, their sacrifices, their lies.” (From the LINCC Online Catalog)
The richness of themes, timeliness and the page-turning pace of this novel are sure to provoke some lively and passionate discussions. We hope you’ll join in the conversation. This book stopped me dead in my tracks and I’m sure many will have a similarly powerful reaction. Check out our SPC Reads web site for more information about the book and its author and all of the great SPC events planned around the college.
Debbie Robinson, Director of Libraries.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
2007 Florida Book Award Winners
The 2007 Florida Book Award winners were announced last week and they are as follows:
POPULAR FICTION
Gold Medal Winner: Thomas B. Cavanagh, ‘Head Games’
Silver Medal Winner: James W. Hall, ‘Magic City’
Bronze Medal Winners: Mary Anna Evans, ‘Effigies’; Bob Morris, ‘Bermuda Schwartz’; and Rhonda Poller, ‘Knock Off’
FLORIDA NONFICTION
Gold Medal Winner: Cynthia Barnett, ‘Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S’
Silver Medal Winner: Bruce Hunt, ‘Florida Then & Now’
Bronze Medal Winners: Sudye Cauthen, ‘Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Florida Place’and Elna Green, ‘Looking for the New Deal’
POETRY
Gold Medal Winner: David Kirby, ‘House on Boulevard Street’
Silver Medal Winner: Reginald Shepherd, ‘Fata Morgana’
Bronze Medal Winner: Julianna Baggott, ‘Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees’
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Gold Medal Winner: Adrian Fogelin, ‘The Sorta Sisters’
Silver Medal Winner: N.E. Bode, ‘The Slippery Map’
Bronze Medal Winner: Ruth Vander Zee, ‘Eli Remembers’
YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Gold Medal Winner: Tracy A. Akers, ‘The Search for the Unnamed One’
Silver Medal Winner: Edward Bloor, ‘Taken’
Bronze Medal Winner: Crissa-Jean Chappell, ‘Total Constant Order’
GENERAL FICTION
Gold Medal Winner: Enid Shomer, ‘Tourist Season’
Silver Medal Winner: Leonard Nash, ‘You Can’t Get There from Here’
Bronze Medal Winners: Diana Abu-Jaber, ‘Origin’ and Uthaya Kumar, ‘Ticket to the Moon’
Please contact a librarian if you are interested in reading any of these titles. For more information on the Florida Book Awards, visit http://www.fsu.edu/~ams/bookawards/index.html
POPULAR FICTION
Gold Medal Winner: Thomas B. Cavanagh, ‘Head Games’
Silver Medal Winner: James W. Hall, ‘Magic City’
Bronze Medal Winners: Mary Anna Evans, ‘Effigies’; Bob Morris, ‘Bermuda Schwartz’; and Rhonda Poller, ‘Knock Off’
FLORIDA NONFICTION
Gold Medal Winner: Cynthia Barnett, ‘Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S’
Silver Medal Winner: Bruce Hunt, ‘Florida Then & Now’
Bronze Medal Winners: Sudye Cauthen, ‘Southern Comforts: Rooted in a Florida Place’and Elna Green, ‘Looking for the New Deal’
POETRY
Gold Medal Winner: David Kirby, ‘House on Boulevard Street’
Silver Medal Winner: Reginald Shepherd, ‘Fata Morgana’
Bronze Medal Winner: Julianna Baggott, ‘Compulsions of Silkworms and Bees’
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Gold Medal Winner: Adrian Fogelin, ‘The Sorta Sisters’
Silver Medal Winner: N.E. Bode, ‘The Slippery Map’
Bronze Medal Winner: Ruth Vander Zee, ‘Eli Remembers’
YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
Gold Medal Winner: Tracy A. Akers, ‘The Search for the Unnamed One’
Silver Medal Winner: Edward Bloor, ‘Taken’
Bronze Medal Winner: Crissa-Jean Chappell, ‘Total Constant Order’
GENERAL FICTION
Gold Medal Winner: Enid Shomer, ‘Tourist Season’
Silver Medal Winner: Leonard Nash, ‘You Can’t Get There from Here’
Bronze Medal Winners: Diana Abu-Jaber, ‘Origin’ and Uthaya Kumar, ‘Ticket to the Moon’
Please contact a librarian if you are interested in reading any of these titles. For more information on the Florida Book Awards, visit http://www.fsu.edu/~ams/bookawards/index.html
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Piano Concert Series with Dolores Gadevsky and Lin He
St. Petersburg College Piano Concert Series Performance with Dolores Gadevsky, Piano and Lin He, Violin.
Dolores Weller Gadevsky has served as piano faculty at Chautauqua Institution, The Eastman School of Music, Los Angeles Conservatory, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Csehy Summer School of Music, and the University of Central Arkansas, where she was also a member of the faculty trio. She is currently serving as Adjunct Professor at
St. Petersburg College.
Born in Shanghai, China, Lin He began his musical training at the age of five. Currently a Doctoral candidate at the Eastman School of Music, Mr. He works under the tutelage of Zvi Zeitlin. Lin He is now serving as the Assistant Professor of Violin at the Louisiana State University School of Music in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Friday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.
Music Center, 6605 5th Ave N, St. Petersburg
Free
(727) 341-4301
Department of Music website: http://www.spcollege.edu/spg/music/
Dolores Weller Gadevsky has served as piano faculty at Chautauqua Institution, The Eastman School of Music, Los Angeles Conservatory, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Csehy Summer School of Music, and the University of Central Arkansas, where she was also a member of the faculty trio. She is currently serving as Adjunct Professor at
St. Petersburg College.
Born in Shanghai, China, Lin He began his musical training at the age of five. Currently a Doctoral candidate at the Eastman School of Music, Mr. He works under the tutelage of Zvi Zeitlin. Lin He is now serving as the Assistant Professor of Violin at the Louisiana State University School of Music in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Friday, March 7, 7:30 p.m.
Music Center, 6605 5th Ave N, St. Petersburg
Free
(727) 341-4301
Department of Music website: http://www.spcollege.edu/spg/music/
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