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UPCOMING EVENTS: Colloquium with Anthropologist David Samuels The Curriculum in Folklore is proud to host a presentation by anthropologist David Samuels on Colloquium with Filmmaker Tom Davenport The Curriculum in Folklore's New Directions Colloquium Series presents Filmmaker Tom Davenport-- longtime independent filmmaker and founder of Folkstreams.net-- on Tuesday, March. 25, at 3:00 p.m. in Toy Lounge, on the fourth floor of UNC’s Dey Hall. Conversation with Theresa Gloster: Self-taught Art and the Testimonies of Memory Ms. Gloster is a “memory painter,” a self-taught artist who paints remembered scenes from her life in an African American community in the North Carolina mountains. She will be bringing a selection of her exuberant and thought-provoking paintings to accompany her presentation, as she discusses the ways that memory presses itself into painted testimony. Please join us as we consider how history, inspiration, and aesthetics intersect in the world of vernacular art. Colloquium with Dr. Marcie Cohen Ferris The Curriculum in Folklore's New Directions Colloquium Series continues with Dr. Marcie Cohen Ferris, who will speak at the Love House, Monday, February 25, at 3 pm. Please join us as we consider what's on the Southern table. Colloquium with Distinguished Professor Jim Peacock On Tuesday, February 19th, Professor Jim Peacock will present a colloquium entitled, "Impact of Global Forces on the U.S. South, especially from a Cultural Viewpoint." The event will begin at 4:00 p.m. in Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw Hall. “Carolina Breakdown” Celebrates an Evening of Grassroots Music of N.C. Featuring the progressive bluegrass of the Tony Williamson Band, the sacred steel sounds of The Allen Boys, the old-time singing of Laurelyn Dossett, and the soul-stirring gospel of the Branchettes. "Did you hear about the Gaelic-speaking Indian?": Gàidhlig Memorates about Race in North America When Scottish Highlanders journeyed to these shores in the late 19th century, they didn’t expect to find African Americans and Native Americans who spoke fluent Gaelic. Yet this is precisely what they found and in numbers large enough to give rise to an entire body of stories recounting this rather surprising experience. Dr. Michael Newton unpacks these stories, and in so doing offers a challenging meditation on the definition of identity and its relation to language, race, and place of origin. "Gracious Fanatics: The Passion for Pottery in North Carolina" In this provocative documentary film, folklorist Tom Mould explores the phenomenon of the kiln opening, when potters sell to collectors the products of a recently fired kiln. Join in a screening and discussion with the filmmaker on Thursday, Novemeber 30th, 2006 at 3:30pm in Dey Hall, Room 305. African American Southern Art A conversation with social historians/visionaries Bill and Paul Arnett and the celebrated African American artist Lonnie Holley November 8th, 2006. Concerts on the Terrace Fall '06 The UNC Curriculum in Folklore is co-sponsoring an incredible concert series this fall, featuring a hip-hop artist from the Mississippi Delta, a sacred steel player, and an indie rock group. ...................................................................................................................................................................................... MEDIA MENTIONS: Ferris Films Honored in Prague Ferris:
Another UNC Coup in Study of the South As a child growing up on a farm in
Vicksburg, Miss., William Ferris from time to time would attend
the local African-American churches. The visits left a lasting
impression. Click here
for the entire article. Glenn
Hinson Goes Where the Community Speaks for Itself We tend to think of classrooms, libraries
and labs as the sanctuaries of scholarly pursuit. Glenn Hinson
would have us step out of the box, out into the open air -- way
out. Click here for the entire article. "As
I Was Talking, Fresh Ideas Came to Mind of Things that I Could
Do": New Immigrants in Northeast Central Durham Last week I ate Miss Lucy's macaroni salad and fried chicken. Miss Lucy always brings boatloads of food in her beat-up, rust-colored Buick and people fill up several plates to bring home with them from Northeast Central Durham's PAC (Partners Against Crime) meeting. . . Click here for the entire article. Learning
to Music Two local musicians—Mel Jones (harmonica) and Randy Gardner (guitar)—perform for an assembly of fourth graders at New Hope Elementary in Orange County. Later, spending time with each class, they’re showered with questions. "What’s the history of your instrument?" "Do you ever have stage fright?" Jones explains how songs evolve over time, and Gardner recounts childhood memories of gathering outside tobacco barns to hear old-time music played as men tending the fires necessary for curing the tobacco whiled away the night. Students take careful notes so they can write newsletter articles, journal entries, or reviews of the performance. . . Click here for the entire article.
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