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Neilly Series, 2005-2006
September 22 - Caraid O'Brien
The Influence of the Yiddish Theater on American Pop Culture. In its heyday in the 20's, the
Yiddish theater had over 11 Broadway style houses in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, the
oldest artists Union in America and a roster of unforgettable talent including Molly Picon,
Ludwig Satz and skat singing pioneer Aaron Lebedev. This lecture will investigate the myriad of
ways the Yiddish theater influenced mainstream American Culture. The first musical version of
George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion starred Menashe Skulnick at the Lyric Theater in Brooklyn in
1932. Rex Harrison learned his style of talk singing from Yiddish actor Joseph Buloff's
unforgettable turn as Ali Hakim in Oklahoma. The Yiddish theater was influenced by German
expressionism, symbolism and the avant garde from the early 1920's which was reflected in
their large scale commercial productions. Ground breaking designers who began their work on
the Yiddish stage include - Lighting Designer Abe Feder, Set Designers Boris Aaronson and Sam Leve and many
others. The lecture will include projected images from the Yiddish stage as well as several musical selections.
Question and Answers to follow with Caraid and the founder of the New York Fringe Festival and the Obie award
winning director of several Yiddish plays in translation, Aaron Beall. Introduction by Rabbi Shamai Kanter. 7 p.m.
Hoyt Auditorium.
October 21 - Ha Jin
Acclaimed novelist and poet Ha Jin will discuss his work, including his latest novel, War Trash,
winner of the 2005 Pen/Faulkner Award. His earlier work, Waiting, won a National Book Award
and the 1999 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
War Trash is based heavily on actual historical accounts and is written in homage to the littleknown stories of the many Chinese POWs who were held captive by Americans during the
Korean War. Set in 1951, War Trash is told in the form of a memoir. The protagonist is a
young Chinese army volunteer, fighting unofficially in Korea when he is captured. His fluency in
English thrusts him into the role of unofficial interpreter in the psychological warfare-- between
the prisoners and teri captors and between rival groups of prisoners-- that defines the oftenvicious world of the POW camp.
Ha Jin is known for his ethical quandaries and personal revelations. The New York Times Book Review stated, "Ha
Jin produces work of extraordinary moral and aesthetic lucidity." Russell Banks, in his review, wrote that War
Trash "is not a large novel, but it is a nearly perfect one."
Ha Jin came to the United States in 1986 as a doctoral student at Brandeis University. Upon completing his
doctorate, he planned to return to China, but changed plans after the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. He
began learning English in his early 20s and writing fiction in his early 30s.Ha Jin is the author of two volumes of
poetry, three volumes of short stories, and several novels. Ha Jin also teaches at Boston University. Introduction
by Greta Niu. 5 p.m. Hubbell Auditorium.
November 10 - William H. Calvin
William H. Calvin will discuss his book, A Brief History of the Mind: From Apes to Intellect and
Beyond. A theoretical neurobiologist with an appointment to Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Calvin will analyze what led to the
"Mind's Big Bang" about 50,000 years ago; it was a creative explosion in comparison with the
trends of the previous 2.5 million years, in which there was little progress. He will also
examine another Homo Sapiens puzzle; whether a big brain is necessary for higher intellectual
functions such as creative structured thought. One reviewer wrote that Calvin "provides a
sensible and accessible reflection on the cognitive roots of many of our confusions and
�failings."
Calvin writes "I talk a lot about ape-to-human evolution and all those abrupt climate changes along the way,
even about civilization's vulnerabilities to abrupt shocks. But mostly I try to extend Darwin's intellectual
revolution to brain mechanisms. What sort of Darwinian brain wiring allows us, in just a split second, to shape up
a better thought? To create quality from mere incoherence?… Ethics, morals, a sense of "what's right" are
possible only because of a human level of ability to speculate about the future and modify our possible actions
accordingly." Introduction by Dr. Robert Joynt. 5 p.m. Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library.
February 23 - Rachel Cohen
"Rachel Cohen has created a masterpiece of variety and balance in her first book" are the
words used to describe A Chance Meeting: Intertwined Lives of American Writers and Artists,
1854-1967. Cohen, who teaches at Sarah Lawrence, selected 30 American artists, mostly
writers, and describes portraits of friendships in a way that is both entertaining and accessible.
The book has been described as "an innovative hybrid of biography, cultural history, [and]
'imaginative' nonfiction" that provides an engrossing read, deftly evoking characters and
bringing them to life. Beginning in 1854 with Henry James and ending in 1967 with Norman
Mailer, she includes artists Edward Steichen and Marcel Duchamp and writers such as Gertrude
Stein and Nora Zeale Hurston. Introduction by Grant Holcomb. 5 p.m. Hawkins-Carlson Room,
Rush Rhees Library.
March 23 - David Rosner
Deceit and Denial: The Deadly Politics of Industrial Pollution, which chronicles the history of
environmental and industrial illness, is authored by David Rosner, Professor of History and
Public Health at Columbia University and Director of the Center for the History of Ethics of
Public Health at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health, and Gerald Markowitz. Rosner will
discuss attempts by the chemical and lead industries to deceive Americans about the dangers
their products pose to workers, consumers, and the public. Journalist Bill Moyers described the
book as "The best detective story I've read in years." In the face of other perceived threats,
industrial pollution may well be overlooked, but it is holds great consequences for public
health.
A February 7, 2005 article in The Nation cites Deceit and Denial as being at the center of a controversy involving
twenty of the biggest chemical companies in the United States. The companies are attempting to discredit Rosner
and Markowitz, and five other academics who recommended that the University of California Press publish the
book as part of a high stakes court case scheduled for September, in which the companies face potentially
massive liability claims. Introduction by Ted Brown. 5 p.m. Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library.
April 20 - Kevin Kling
Humorist and playwright Kevin Kling has expressed himself in many different arenas: theatre,
television, radio, recording, and literature. His plays, such as The Ice Fishing Play and Gravity
vs. Levity, have been seen in national and international festivals, including the Sundance
Institute. Kling has also adapted two favorite books, Lyle, Lyle Crocodile and Lilly's Plastic
Purse for children's theatre. He is a frequent storyteller on National Public Radio's All Things
Considered. Kling's NPR commentary's can be heard on www.npr.com (try Minnesota Bus Ride
or 'Hockey Hair' and Other Buried Memories). Kling's monologues are compelling, poignant and
hilarious, sublimely drawing the listener into his own quirky worldview.
His publicist writes: Kevin Kling grew up in Osseo, Minnesota and graduated from Gustavus
Adolphus College in 1979 with a B. A. in Theatre. He built his reputation in the Twin Cities during the 1990's with
his groundbreaking plays "21A" and "Fear and Loving in Minneapolis," and toured a one man show of "Home and
Away" across the US in the early 1990's. While his writing and performing continue unabated, he has also
become well know for his regular storytelling contributions to NPR's "All Things Considered, " and has three (soon
four) CD collection of his commentaries, "Home and Away," "Stories off the Shallow End," "Wonderlure," and the
forthcoming "Fool's Paradise."
�He has hopped freight trains, joined a circus, been to Mardi Gras and eaten things before knowing what they
were. He loves Mary Ludington, their dogs and motorcycles, in that order. Kling has performed his one-person
play "21A" (based on a South Minneapolis bus route) in Sweden, Louisville, KY, Off Broadway in NYC, Sydney
and Perth, Australia, Edinburgh Scotland, and the Czech Republic. "Lloyd's Prayer" was work-shopped at the
Sundance Institute. His autobiographical play, "Home and Away" has been seen at the Seattle Rep, The
Goodman Theater, Jungle Theater, and the HBO Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado among other venues.
His adaptation of "Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse" continues to be produced in theaters across the US and abroad.
Kling's one-man show "From the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log" continues to play each December at the
Guthrie Theatre.
Kevin Kling's newest play "At Your Service" based on ancient Japanese Kyogen tales, opened with Ten Thousand
Things Theater Company in March of 2004, and played at a variety of theaters, correctional facilities and
shelters. In Spring of 2004 Minnesota Public Radio produced a live variety show by Kevin Kling and Friends, "A
Fool's Paradise," which played for one night only on April fool's Day, 2004. This past August, Kling performed a
new one-man show at the Minnesota Fringe Festival titled "Whoppers," with 5 sold out shows at the Minneapolis
Women's Club. A new one man show titled "Freezing Paradise" is currently in progress with the Guthrie Theater
touring many communities throughout the Midwest February and March of 2005. Kling is also writing a new play
based on the myth of Persephone, which will open in the spring of 2005 with DC's Imagination Stage, a company
who works with a multitude of talents with disabilities. Kevin continues to regularly speak at various health and
medical conferences and events, along with teaching and performing at colleges, and universities throughout the
country. He recently returned from Istanbul and Eastern Europe on a grant awarded to him by the Guthrie
Theater, and also toured a solo show throughout England this past November. 5 p.m. Hawkins-Carlson Room,
Rush Rhees Library.
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<strong>The Influence of the Yiddish Theater on American Pop Culture</strong>: In its heyday in the 20's, the Yiddish theater had over 11 Broadway style houses in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, the oldest artists Union in America and a roster of unforgettable talent including Molly Picon, Ludwig Satz and skat singing pioneer Aaron Lebedev. This lecture will investigate the myriad of ways the Yiddish theater influenced mainstream American Culture. The first musical version of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion starred Menashe Skulnick at the Lyric Theater in Brooklyn in 1932. Rex Harrison learned his style of talk singing from Yiddish actor Joseph Buloff's unforgettable turn as Ali Hakim in Oklahoma. The Yiddish theater was influenced by German expressionism, symbolism and the avant garde from the early 1920's which was reflected in their large scale commercial productions. Ground breaking designers who began their work on the Yiddish stage include - Lighting Designer Abe Feder, Set Designers Boris Aaronson and Sam Leve and many others. The lecture will include projected images from the Yiddish stage as well as several musical selections. Question and Answers to follow with Caraid and the founder of the New York Fringe Festival and the Obie award winning director of several Yiddish plays in translation, Aaron Beall. <br /><br />Introduction by Rabbi Shamai Kanter.<span><br /></span>
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