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Two of the most prominent figures in black history are coming to Colorado Springs as part of Black History Month, an annual recognition each February of the significant contributions people with African heritage have made and continue to make to education, sports, medicine, art, culture, public services, economic development, politics and human rights.

Eminent national humanities and Chautauqua scholar Charles Everett Pace will portray Frederick Douglass or Malcolm X during this year’s program, teaching how marginal outsiders become influential insiders. This year’s program will consist of at least six Chautauqua-format living history presentations – two per day – of approximately one hour each. Presentations are organized for high school students or the general public.

2008 Program: February 19-21, 2008

Chautauqua Presentations will take place at the following Colorado Springs Schools:
West Middle School
Sabin Middle School
Mitchell High School
Spring Creek Youth Services Ctr.
Wasson High School

For more information and times contact:
Betty Jo Brenner, Program Coordinator
Colorado Humanities
303-894-7951, ext. 17
brenner@coloradohumanities.org

Pakistan: Past, Present and Future

When: January 24 — Monthly Luncheon

Time: 11:30 A.M.

Location: Broadmoor West – Rocky Mountain Ballroom

Speaker: Peter Kovach, Diplomat in Residence, UCLA

Peter Kovach of Bethesda, Maryland joined the Foreign Service in 1980. He has been Director of the Department of State’s Office of Public Diplomacy, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, since March 2003. Prior to that, he was the Director of the State Department’s Foreign Press Centers, Director of the (IPI) Secretariat charged with coordinating U.S. Government-wide communication efforts directed at foreign audiences, and also Director of the former United States Information Agency’s (USIA) Office of Strategic Communications. Earlier, he was the Policy Officer in USIA’s Office of Near Eastern, North African and South Asian Affairs and Branch Chief for the International Visitor Program.

World Affairs Council Bibliography January 2008

The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor by William Langewiesche, 2007.
Benazir Bhutto: From Prison to Prime Minister by Libby Hughes, 1990.
Breaking the Curfew: A Political Journey through Pakistan by Emma Duncan, 1989.
Conflict Unending: India-Pakistan Tensions Since 1947 by Sumit Ganguly, 2001.
The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan’s Ancient Pleasure District by T. Louise Brown, 2005.
Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography by Benazir Bhutto, 1989.
Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons by Adrian Levy, 2007.
Engaging India: Diplomacy, Democracy, and the Bomb by Strobe Talbott, 2004.
The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan by Yasmin Khan, 2007.
In the Line of Fire: A Memoir by Pervez Musharraf, 2006.
In the Name of Honor: A Memoir by Mukhtar Mai, 2006.
India-Pakistan in War and Peace by Jyontindra Nath Dixit, 2002.
Interviews with Muslim Women of Pakistan by Chiara Angela Kovarik, 2004.
Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin by Akbar S. Ahmed, 1997.
Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace by Sumantra Bose, 2003.
The Land of War Elephants: Travels Beyond the Pale: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India by Mathew J. A. Wilson, 2003.
Pakistan: Eye of the Storm By Owen Bennett Jones, 2002.
Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan by Mary Anne Weaver, 2002.
Pakistan from 1947 to the Creation of Bangladesh compiled by the editorial staff of Keesing’s Contemporary Archives, 1973.
Pakistan’s Relations with India, 1947-1966 by Golam Wahed Choudhury, 1968.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations–One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson, 2006.
Veer-Zaara by Yash Chopra, 2005. DVD

Websites
BBC News – Country Profiles– Pakistan http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1157960.stm
CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html
Official Web Gateway to the Government of Pakistan http://www.pakistan.gov.pk/

Would you like to exhibit your artwork at the Library?

The Pikes Peak Library District Art Evaluation Committee will be jurying hanging art to exhibit in Library galleries. Interested artists are asked to submit five pieces of art – exactly as they would look in a show (matted,framed, and wired). Where: East Library Community Meeting Room When: Wednesday, January 30 Drop off: 8 a.m. – noon Pick up: 4:30 – 6 p.m.

Artwork is approved based on the quality of each individual artist’s talent. Applicants will receive a letter within two weeks if the Committee has approved their work for exhibit.

Contact Cathy Genato at 531-6333, x2338 for more information.

El Paso County Nature Centers announce a Logo Design Contest for its 2008 “No Child Left Indoors” Campaign. We never outgrow our need to play outdoors. All citizens of El Paso County, especially our children need the companionship of birds, plants, water, animals, trees, and flowers to maintain their health, balance, and joy for living! The logo should embody the ideals of “No Child Left Indoors.”

Any medium will be considered. The artist of the winning logo will receive a cash prize, recognition in the Nature Centers’ newsletter, and an invitation to the Fall Art Show & Sale Preview at Fountain Creek Nature Center.

Entries should be submitted in jpg form by March 31, 2008 to nancybernard@elpasoco.com.

For more information call Nancy Bernard at 520-6745 or visit www.elpasoco.com/parks for complete contest rules and key concepts of the “No Child Left Indoors” Campaign.

FOOD CHAINED PRESENTS:
Joel Salatin, who has been called “the most innovative farmer in the nation,” will discuss his firsthand success in sustainable local agriculture within the context of the national organic food movement at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24 in Shove Memorial Chapel, 1010 N. Nevada Ave., on the Colorado College campus. The event, sponsored by Food-Chained, is free and open to the public.

Salatin, the ‘high priest of pasture’ observes, that for the first time in history most of our food is consumed without an awareness of or responsibility to its place, heritage, social or spiritual implications (New York Times, 2005). As a third-generation alternative farmer who owns and operates Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Salatin is a highly innovative farmer and articulate speaker whose holistic approach is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable.

Salatin is author of “Holy Cows and Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer’s Guide to Farm Friendly Food,” “Salad Bar Beef,” “You Can Farm” and “Everything I Want to Do is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front.” He has been featured in Smithsonian, National Geographic and Gourmet magazines.

For more information, directions or disability accommodation, members of the public should call (719) 389-6607.

Sponsored by: The Linnemann Memorial Fund, Venture Grant Fund, the Carnivore Club, Slow Food, the CC Farm Club, Outdoor Recreation Club, Environmental Action club.

About Food-Chained
A two-year student initiated series at Colorado College, Food-Chained explores the ways social conditions, ecosystems, and the health of the planet are inextricably linked to complicated chains of food production and consumption. Sponsored by EnAct, CC’s environmental group and oldest student organization.

The goal of the Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project is to designate the best of the region’s poets as Poet Laureate and to support programs that connect poets and poetry with the community in El Paso and Teller counties.

The selected poet will serve a two-year term and take his or her work throughout the region to business gatherings, colleges campuses, K-12 schools, community centers, and more.

Anyone can make a nomination or apply. Nomination forms and application instructions are available on the Project’s website at www.pikespeakpoetlaureate.org or by calling COPPeR at (719) 634-2204.
Completed forms may be mailed to: Pikes Peak Poet Laureate Project, c/o COPPeR, PO Box 190, Colorado Springs, CO 80901 or emailed to info@pikespeakpoetlaureate.org.
They may also be delivered to the COPPeR office at 102 S. Tejon Street.

A public award ceremony presenting the first Poet Laureate will be held in April during National Poetry Month.

The Project’s presenting partners are Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado College, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPeR) and Poetry West, a nonprofit organization fostering poetry in the region.

Individuals are invited to become a “Founding Muse” of the Project by making a contribution of $50 or more by March 31. Founding Muses will receive recognition on the Poet Laureate Project website, recognition in the award ceremony program, and an opportunity to meet the new Poet Laureate at a special Founding Muses reception. Opportunities for special recognition are available for businesses contributing $250 or more, and corporations contributing $500 or more. Donations will continue to be accepted throughout the Project’s term.

Donations may be sent to: PPLD Foundation, PO Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO, 80901 with “Poet Laureate Project” written in the memo field of the check. Donations received by March 31 will be acknowledged at the kickoff event. For more information visit www.pikespeakpoetlaureate.org, email info@pikespeakpoetlaureate.org, or call COPPeR at (719) 634-2204.