Art Ensemble of Chicago
Contents: Coming soon (1:31) -- African woman = Umafazi w ese Afriki (13:54) -- Fundamental destiny (9:13) -- Fresh start (6:41) -- Khauleza = Hurry up (2:43) -- The bottom line (5:31) -- Black man = Indoda emnyama (9:18)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: DIW 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ARTArt of Noise (Musical group)
Contents: A time for fear (Who's afraid) -- Beat box (Diversion one) -- Snapshot -- Close (to the edit) -- Who's afraid (of the Art of Noise) -- Moments in love -- Momento -- How to kill -- Realization.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Island Records 1984
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK ARTNathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (Musical group)
Contents: Shoe boot (4:44) -- Be there (3:39) -- A little honey (3:11) -- Say it louder (3:23) -- Hey mama (4:01) -- Babe I know (3:05) -- Intro (4:19) -- Coolin' out (4:02) -- Baby I lost my way, (but I'm going home) (2:55) -- You worry me (3:34) -- Still out there running (4:53) -- Tearing at the seams (5:14).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantasy 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RATHarris, Duchess
Summary: In the early 1800s, white Americans sought out more lands. The 1830 Indian Removal Act allowed the US government to trade lands with Native Americans. But officials often forcibly removed Native peoples from their homelands. This book describes this period of forced removal and its lasting effects.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J975.004 HARBirkerts, Sven.
Summary: "In The Art of Time in Memoir, critic, editor, and memoirist Sven Birkerts examines the human impulse to write about the self. "Memoir is, for better and often for worse, the genre of our times," Birkerts writes. But what makes one memoir memorable and another self-serving? What determines the difference between graceful disclosure and sensational self-exposure? Birkerts argues that the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.93592 BIRFarmer, Art.
Contents: Street of dreams (4:13) -- Rain check (3:37) -- Rue prevail (4:03) -- The sweetest sounds (from "No strings") (4:32) -- My romance (from "Jumbo") (4:52) -- Fly me to the moon (2:51) -- Naima (5:18) -- Ruby (4:33)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mercury 1962
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ FARSummary: Throughout history, one type of individual has instinctively grasped art's power to persuade and manipulate-and indeed, images have become at least as deadly as swords or guns in the hands of political and military leaders. This program revolves around a basic question: when did art mutate from a vehicle of the imagination into a tool of the ruler? Beginning in Britain, the program looks at the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: If the French Revolution had an official painter, it was Jacques-Louis David-although "official propagandist" is a much more accurate term. This program follows David's career from his early ambitions as a Prix de Rome scholar to the actions that defined him, morally and artistically, during the reigns of Robespierre and Napoleon. With The Death of Marat as its centerpiece, the program studies...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Although rendered in stone, the sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini convey a sense of weightlessness perhaps unequalled in the history of Western art. This program illustrates Bernini's nearly miraculous ability to turn marble into a vessel of rapture, both spiritual and sexual. With The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa as his principal focus, presenter Simon Schama examines numerous works by the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Farmer, Art.
Contents: Mox nix -- Fair weather -- Darn that dream -- The touch of your lips -- Jubilation -- Like someone in love -- I love you -- Cold breeze.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Note 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ FARSummary: Life, death, heroism, tragedy-subjects that, until the latter half of the 20th century, propelled the canon of Western art. How do the abstractions of Mark Rothko figure in that tradition? Are they, in a sense, its swan song? This program depicts Rothko's engagement with timeless themes that dominated his thinking long after the mythic grandeur of Abstract Expressionism had yielded to the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Shaw, Art
Summary: On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, 1.5 million men gathered aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the coast of the Japanese island of Okinawa, to launch the largest amphibious assault on the Pacific Theater. then-Major Shaw was the first American officer ashore, a unit commander in the U.S. Army's 361st Field Artillery Battalion of the 96th Infantry Division, nicknamed the Deadeyes. For the next three...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHAW, ART SHASummary: Backed by a Church struggling to connect with the faithful, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio painted images imbued with physical immediacy and in-your-face drama. As this program shows, there was a trade-off: Caravaggio's biblical scenes frequently eschew, in the words of presenter Simon Schama, "any vision of consolation or redemption." Exploring the artist's humble origins, penchant for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Blakey, Art
Contents: In The Basement --Try A Little Tenderness --Little Girl Blue --On The Roof --Minority --Salute to Birdland --Eleanor --Futurity --Simplicity --Strictly Romantic --Hello --Mayreh.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Verve Records 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ BLAPepper, Art
Contents: Wee (Allen's Alley) (7:39) -- Over the rainbow (10:28) -- In the middle of a kiss (8:51) -- Broadway (6:29) -- Girl from Ipanema (10:31) -- Breakdown blues (10:01).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Pablo Records 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ PEPPEArt Institute of Chicago
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Institute 1991
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 748.84 CASPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Contents: Essays. Collecting the image of America : Charles Willson Peale's The artist in his museum and Samuel F.B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre / Judith Russi Kirshner -- Painting the image of America : portraiture and genre in the 19th century / Elizabeth Milroy -- Americans in the landscape / D. Scott Atkinson -- American impressionism / Elizabeth Milroy -- America and the modernist spirit / D....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Terra Museum of American Art 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.73 PROBenoit, Peter
Summary: The story of the forced re-location of five southeastern U.S. Indian nations in the 19th century.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.3 BENSummary: The transient nature of the hospitality industry means that employees are often inexperienced, lacking awareness of the basic skills and good customer service techniques that add up to a smooth-running facility. This program uses input from training experts to define the role of the hospitality coach as well as the key factors for effective coaching in this industry. The video lists the main...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Summary: "Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of full color images, this family-oriented art resource introduces children to more than 50 great artists and their work, with corresponding activities and explorations that inspire artistic development, focused looking, and creative writing. This treasure trove of artwork from the National Gallery of Art includes, among others, works by Raphael, Rembrandt,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 704.153 NATHall, Jake
Summary: "The history of drag has been formed by many intersections: fashion, theatre, sexuality and politics--all coming together to create the show stopping entertainment millions witness today. In this extensive work, Jake Hall delves deep into the ancient beginnings of drag, to present day and beyond. Vibrant illustrations enhance the rich history from Kabuki theatre to Shakespearean, the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Nobrow Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.45 HALHorn, Art
Contents: The people in your (work) neighborhood: The worrier; The controller; The fake; The attention-seeker; The victim; The prisoner -- Hell is not just other people: The transcendence model; Here comes the judge; Our shaky foundations; How we judge -- Moving from fear to freedom: What's your operating strategy?; A case of disidentification; There goes the judge; A way of being; A better way.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Management Association 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 650.13 HORContents: Jake Walk blues -- Roll down the line -- A new salty dog (Allen Brothers) -- Deep elm blues -- Crawdad song -- Just because (Lone Star Cowboys) -- I've got the big river blues --Blow yo' whistle, freight train -- The Nashville blues (Delmore Brothers) -- Weave room blues -- The intoxicated rat - - Down the the old canoe (Dixon Brothers) -- Nine pound hammer is too heavy -- Roll in my sweet...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY AREGarner, Art.
Summary: "Just before high noon on May 30th, 1964, the Indy 500 stopped for the first time in history. Seven cars had crashed in a fiery accident, killing two drivers, and threatening the very future of the 500. In this tight, fast-paced narrative, Art Garner expertly reconstructs the events, circumstances, and fatal decisions leading up to the sport's blackest day. Recalling a bygone era when drivers...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014