FALL 2004 LIBRARY EVENTS

Women Change America Conference
September 10 - 11, 2004, various venues, Smith College.
Join noted authors, historians, educators, activists and others interested in promoting and celebrating women's historic accomplishments at the Women Change America inaugural conference of the National Women's History Project (NWHP) Network. Conference details at: http://www.nwhp.org/network/conference.html. CO-SPONSORED BY THE SOPHIA SMITH COLLECTION, THE PROJECT ON WOMEN AND SOCIAL CHANGE, AND THE FRIENDS OF THE SMITH COLLEGE LIBRARIES.

Collaborations: Enid Mark and the ELM Press
Thursday, October 7, 2004, Neilson Library Browsing Room.
Poets Annie Boutelle, Celia Gilbert, Susan Snively and Eleanor Wilner will read from their work in this celebration of the ELM Press. After the reading, curator of rare books Martin Antonetti will interview Enid Mark about her work, and the creative process that produces books renowned for their seamless fusion of finely printed text and Mark’s seductive lithographs. A reception and viewing of the companion exhibit will follow in the Book Arts Gallery on the 3rd floor. For more information about the exhibit, see www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/rarebook/exhibitions.htm

SPRING 2004 LIBRARY EVENTS

"Radical Harmonies"
Saturday, February 14, 3:00 P.M., Sweeney Concert Hall, Sage Hall.
A documentary by Academy Award nominee Dee Mosbacher about the women's cultural movement of the 1970s and '80s that exploded gender barriers in music. A discussion will follow with featured performers June and Jean Millington, Toshi Reagon, Ferron, Judith Casselberry, Bitch and Animal. Admission charge. Tickets available at Pride & Joy, 20 Crafts Avenue, Northampton. CO-SPONSORED BY THE SOPHIA SMITH COLLECTION, THE AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM AND THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT.

Opening Reception, "Girl Printers"
Thurs., Feb. 19, 4:30-6:30 P.M., Book Arts Gallery, Neilson Library, Level 3.
An invitational show curated by Carol J. Blinn, proprietor of Warwick Press, Easthampton, Massachusetts. The exhibition features printing, books, and ephemera "made by hand, made by machine, made with humor and passion" by thirty-seven women printers. SPONSORED BY THE MORTIMER RARE BOOK ROOM

"Shakespeare and the Outer Isles: Macbeth and Barbarous Scotland"
Wednesday, March 3 at 4:30 P.M., Neilson Browsing Room.
A distinguished literary critic and scholar, Paul Alpers has written extensively on Edmund Spenser and is the author of The Poetry of the Faerie Queene (Princeton University Press, 1967). He has also written about poetry of the European Renaissance and about Latin poetry, most notably in The Singer of the Eclogues: A Study of Virgilian Pastoral (University of California Press, 1979). Dr. Alpers' most recent book is What Is Pastoral? (University of Chicago Press, 1996.) SPONSORED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE SMITH COLLEGE LIBRARIES

"Fine Press Books: Making Art a Business"
Friday, April 2, at 2:00 P.M, Neilson Browsing Room.
This year's annual meeting of the Friends of the Libraries will take a look at the Connecticut River Valley's thriving cottage industry in the book arts, with a specific focus on women making a business from their art. The panel discussion will feature Carol Blinn of the Warwick Press; Barbara Blumenthal '75, bookbinder and owner of the Catawba Press; Karen Pava Randall of the Propolis Press; and Julia Ferrari of the Golgonooza Letter Foundry and Trois Fontaines Press. A reception will follow. SPONSORED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE SMITH COLLEGE LIBRARIES

Open House
Friday afternoon, April 2, Mortimer Rare Book Room.
To mark the installation of two exhibits honoring Elliot Offner's career at Smith College:

• Elliot Offner and the Smith College Student Printing Office, Morgan Gallery & Book Arts Gallery, Neilson Library, Level 3, April through August. This exhibition will include letterpress works printed by students of Professor Offner.
• Selections from the Rosemary Press, Hillyer Art Library, April through May.

FSCL Commencement Reception
Saturday, May 15, at 2:30 P.M., Mortimer Rare Book Room.
This annual event honors graduating seniors who have worked in the libraries, and welcomes returning alumnae and their guests.

Special Collections Tour
Saturday, May 22, at 2:00 P.M., meets at the Neilson Library Circulation Desk
As part of reunion weekend activities, the Friends will host a tour of the Mortimer Rare Book Room, the Smith College Archives and the Sophia Smith Collection. This is a special opportunity to learn about the collections and view artifacts and exhibits. A reception will follow in the Alumnae Gymnasium, Level A at 3:30 P.M.

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