"the periodic table after primo levi"
An exhibit entitled "the periodic table after primo levi" will be on display from November 1st 2008 through February 28, 2009 at the National Yiddish Book Center, 1021 West Street, Amherst, MA 01002. This exhibit is a series of narrative works on paper created by Claudine Mussuto in response to Primo Levi's memoir "The Periodic Table." The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Contact: 413-256-4900, or go to www.yiddishbookcenter.org for more information.

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Appropriating Art Into Dress
Curator Stella Schwartz ‘11 examines how patterns and motifs from certain early 20th-century European art movements filtered into everyday American dress by comparing three American dresses from the 1920s with artwork of the time. This project is the culmination of a research project proposed by Ms. Schwartz and Professor Kiki Smith and supported this summer by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The project involved the study and conservation of twenty-one garments from the Smith Historical Clothing Collection, an archive of over 1000 objects donated by college alumnae and friends. Through January 31, 2009.

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Film: "The Rules of the Game" Part of the "Make Me Bitter" series of French Jewish Memory
As part of the "Make Me Bitter" series of French Jewish Memory, there will be a showing of the film "The Rules of the Game"on Sunday, January 18 at 2 p.m. at the National Yiddish Book Center, located on the campus of Hampshire College. Admission is $6.00.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's masterpiece is a scathing critique of corrupt and racist French society cloaked in a comedy of manners. (1939; 106 min.; French w/ English subtitles)
For further information call 413-256-4900, or email programs@bikher.org

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