PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 21, No. 3, Aug. 2, 2001

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Spurlock Museum
Storytelling workshop is Aug. 18
Nationally known storyteller Corinne Stavish will present a storytelling workshop beginning at 10 a.m. Aug. 18 in Urbana. "And for Their Wickedness They Were Punished: The Case for Justice in Folklore" is open to the public, but pre-registration is required and seating is limited. Cost of the workshop is $15. After the workshop, participants are invited to stay for lunch and an afternoon story swap. (Lunch is an additional $5.) For further information and a reservation form, contact Kim Sheahan at 244-3355. This program is sponsored by the Spurlock Museum and partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Campus recreation
Fall memberships for sale
Campus Rec 2001-2002 memberships will go on sale Aug. 2. Full-year memberships are available to faculty and staff members for $215 or fall-semester memberships for $86. Full-year memberships purchased by Aug. 21 will be discounted $10.
Members have access to all Campus Rec facilities, discounts on outdoor equipment rentals and adventure trips, group fitness classes, free admission to public skating sessions, and eligibility for intramural sports and the Masters swim program.
There are special prices for alumni, associate and family memberships. Restrictions may apply. To purchase or renew a membership, visit member services, in Room 140 IMPE. The membership form may be accessed on the Web at www.campusrec.uiuc.edu. Call 333.3806 for more information.

Spurlock Museum sponsors performances
Music and storytelling featured
Music of Chicago’s Maxwell Street Klezmer Band and the storytelling of Corinne Stavish will be featured at a performance from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Sinai Temple, 3104 W. Windsor Rd., Champaign. The concert, "Far From Forgotten: A Festival of Jewish Music and Folklore," is sponsored by the Spurlock Museum and supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Admission is $5.
In addition, a free storytelling performance by Corinne Stavish will take place at the Champaign Public Library, 505 S. Randolph St., on Aug. 17. "Jewish Tales of Wit and Wisdom" will begin at 10 a.m.

‘La Colombia internacional’
Meetings to focus on Colombia
Scholars and dignitaries will explore wide-ranging topics dealing with Colombia – from guerilla warfare and the war on drugs to Colombian identity and poetry– at a four-day conference at the UI. The conference, titled "La Colombia internacional," runs through Aug. 4.

Discussions, lectures, roundtables and plenary sessions, all to be conducted in Spanish, will continue on Aug. 6 in Chicago. Participants in both meetings hail from academic and governmental institutions all across the United States and Colombia, as well as from Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Puerto Rico and Spain.

Michael Palencia-Roth, president of the Association of Colombianists, director of the conference and a professor of comparative literature at the UI, described the conference as "a important international event for the university and for Colombia."
"The university is privileged to host Senator Otto Morales Benitez and the Honorable Alfonso Lopez Caballero, as well as the distinguished Colombian philosopher, Guillermo Hoyos Vasquez, as they discuss the challenges that face Colombia both culturally and politically," Palencia-Roth said, adding that the "prominent writers" Maria Mercedes Carranza (director of the National Center for Poetry in Colombia), William Ospina (poet and essayist) and Laura Restrepo (novelist), will read from their work and take part in roundtable discussions. In addition, leading North American scholars of Colombian culture will participate.

"The university has not seen a gathering quite like this in my 24 years here. I believe it to be the university’s first large international conference to be conducted entirely in Spanish." One session, on Colombian film, will be in English.
According to Palencia-Roth, the UI Rare Book and Special Collections Library recently acquired a very rare first edition of "La hojarasca" ("Leaf Storm") by Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the 1982 Nobel Laureate. The book will be on display, along with other exhibits on Colombian culture, at the UI Library.

Thirty-four sessions over four days are planned. Films will run concurrently with the UI conference, which will be held in the Illini Union. Registration is free for UI faculty, staff and students, and permits entry to all sessions; the public may purchase $10 day passes. The film screenings on Thursday evening are free and open to the public.

The major sponsor for the conference is the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Other sponsors include several academic units within the college, UI International Programs and Studies, the UI Library and Rare Book Room and Special Collections Library, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia, COLCIENCIAS (Francisco José de Caldas Institute for the Development of Science and Technology), the U.S. Embassy in Bogota; Instituto Cervantes de Chicago and the Consulado General de Colombia in Chicago.

The conference Web site, which contains the complete schedule of events, is linked to http://nautilus.outreach.uiuc.edu/conted.

Infrastructure/Streetscape Project
Streetscape workshop
A Campustown Open House will be hosted by city of Champaign officials from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Aug. 8 in the fourth-floor conference room of the Illinois Terminal Building, 45 E. University Ave.
Current streestscape proposals based on previous community input will be on display. Participants are encouraged to provide input to Campustown’s new look.
For more information, contact Veronica González, Planning Department, 351-4486 or veronica.gonzalez@ci.champaign.il.us, or Laurie Davis, Engineering Division, at 351-4466 or laurie.davis@ci.champaign. il.us.

Illinois State Fair
Stop by UI tent, Aug. 10-19
Visitors to the Illinois State Fair who stop by the UI tent can get free Dreamsicles or temporary Illini tattoos and learn how to use the Library Gateway.
Other features in the UI tent this year will include the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Wildlife Clinic, featuring hawks, owls and some of the other animals cared for at the clinic, and "Fishing for Information," a game sponsored by the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program and designed for children to learn about exotic aquatic species and how they affect the environment.
The UI tent is located in the Agri-Expo area, just off Main Street at the Springfield fairgrounds and will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, Aug. 10-19.
Other groups participating in the UI tent include the Office of International Outreach, Assembly Hall, the Building Research Council, Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, Office of Continuing Education, UI Extension and WILL-TV.
The weekend of Aug. 17 and 18, the UI’s Physics Van, a traveling science show for children, will be at the fair.
Campus performing groups, including Cutting Edge, Spicy Clamato, 3 Spot and The Girls Next Door, will entertain visitors throughout the fair.