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March 2019

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Play with Eastern bookbinding techniques!

picture of stab binding

We invite you to register for a workshop on Japanese Stab Binding!  Experts from the Minnesota Center for Book Arts will help you create a journal that you can use as you wish!

Come to the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library, Room 102, on Wednesday, April 10 at 10am for an hour-long class.  Materials will be provided for you at no cost.

Limited space is available so be sure to RSVP to to Merrie Davidson by noon on Wednesday, March 27!

 

Art, Business & Economics

Entrepreneurship in the key of Jazz – noonartsound in the library

April 2, 2019   Noon to 1 pm    O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library, Room 108     

All are welcome – refreshments will be provided

“Improvisation, creativity, agility, and the ability to create and innovate under conditions of turbulence and uncertainty are central not only to the jazz process, but also the entrepreneurial process.  Join us as we explore these and other surprising similarities between jazz and entrepreneurship, as well as the lessons that both of these fascinating, complex, and collaborative activities have to offer one another.”    – Dr. Steve Cole

Alec Johnson, Entrepreneurship

 

Alec Johnson:   Alec Johnson, whose primary teaching interest is Innovation has taught for 18 years at the University of St. Thomas in Entrepreneurship. He is a Julie Hays Teacher of the Year (Opus Business School), and owns several businesses including his freelance photography business (www.acjfineartphoto.com).

 

 

Dr. Steve Cole
Head of Music Industry Studies and Recording Arts

 

Steve Cole:   Dr. Steve Cole is Head of Music Industry Studies and Recording Arts at the University of St. Thomas.  As a jazz musician (saxophonist) Dr. Cole has eight major label solo releases, and has published over 150 original works.  His research in organization development & change explores how music based interventions can build individual and organizational capacity for creativity, agility, and  dynamic capability.

 

 

 

 

 

Just for Fun, Libraries, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library

Library hosts successful Therapy Pets Night, March 14

All tucked in and ready to go home after a fun night cuddling with Tommies!

O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library student worker, Hongwei Cui, helps nine bunnies and one Guinea pig snuggle into their wagon for a ride to their vehicle and a good night’s sleep.  The animals had been busy befriending students at the March 14th Therapy Pets Night in the Library!

Bunnies, Guinea pigs, and dogs will be back at the library on Thursday, May 16th, from 6-8 pm.

Open to all  – we hope you can come!

Archbishop Ireland Library, Charles J. Keffer Library, Libraries, Media/Music Collections, Music, O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library

Arthur Rubinstein

In need of an invigorating musical performance this summer? Visit The Music and Media Collections on the first floor of the O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library and pick up one of our Deutsche Grammophon video recordings. At the age of 88, world-renowned Polish American classical pianist Arthur Rubinstein performs classical piano compositions by Edvard Grieg, Frederic Chopin, and Camile Saint-Saens. Andre Previn conducts this beautifully powerful performance.

Rubenstein: Piano Concertos: M1010 .R897 P53 2006 DVD

Additional classical concerts can be found streaming on the classical music collection Medici.tv. In addition to opera, Medici has many instrumental performances like the excellent chamber music group The Psophos Quartet. This French-based group performs string compositions by Edvard Grieg and Claude Debussy with great energy and poise.

By Sarah Pavey