[Peace] Film, Performance and Discussion @ The Urbana Free Library

[Carol Inskeep]

There are some great cultural and political events at the Urbana Free Library this February - including a performance by poet/activist/percussionist Amira Davis & a discussion with an outspoken Moroccan Muslim author who was featured on Bill Moyers...  Full details for all four events below - Please Forward to anyone who might be interested.






Black History Month Kick-Off

Featuring Winners of the 2009 Martin Luther King & Abraham Lincoln Essay Contest

Sunday, February 1 at 2pm  

Celebrate Black History month at the
Urbana Free Library.  Hear some of the winners of this year's essay
contest read excerpts from their winning essays and enjoy music
performances by our special guests, Soul Premiere and the Urbana High School
Choir.  
Cosponsored by the University of Illinois Lincoln 
Bicentennial Committee. 

   

The Power of Heresy 

Lecture and Discussion with
Anouar Majid 

Thursday, February 5 at 7pm 

Anouar
Majid believes that both the United
  States and the Islamic world need
self-criticism, intellectual freedom and just policies.  He will speak about the importance of
questioning all orthodoxies - religious, economic, and political.  Join us for this timely and provocative
discussion.  Anouar Majid is a novelist,
a professor of English at the University 
 of New England and the
author of A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent
is Vital to Islam and America.  He
has been a frequent guest on NPR and Air America .  He was also recently featured on Bill Moyers
Journal.   

Co-Sponsored
by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, the Center for Global
Studies, and the Illinois 
Network on Islam and Muslim Societies 

   

ALT Flicks presents
“Basquiat” 

Sunday, February 8 at
2pm 

Urbana Free Library, Lewis Auditorium

Basquiat
tells the story of the meteoric rise of youthful artist Jean-Michel
Basquiat, son of a Haitian father and Puerto
Rican mother. Starting out as a street artist,
living in Tompkins 
 Square Park 
in a cardboard box, Jean-Michel is "discovered" by Andy Warhol's art
world and becomes a star.  "Basquiat"
uses extraordinarily creative imagery and film-making to raise compelling
questions about the art world, about racism, and about creativity and
self-destruction.  The "who's who" of memorable performances
include Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Hopper, Christopher
Walken, Courtney Love and David
Bowie (as Andy Warhol). Introduced by Melissa Bushnick from the University of Illinois.
 

   

UFLive! presents
“Women, Rhythm & Word” 

Sunday, February 15th at 2pm 

Urbana Free Library,
Lewis Auditorium 

A very special
performance featuring poet, activist and percussionist Amira Davis and her
multi-talented daughters Rukiya and Nailah. 
“Women, Rhythm and Word” is a multilayered performance which combines
African percussions, chants, proverbs, spoken word and images.



      
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