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Miami Dade Public Library System
2100 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
(305) 535-4219
November 7 at 2 p.m.
"The Undying Legacy: The Stories of I.B. Singer, or The Jewish World of I.B. Singer."
Join us for an afternoon of stories and songs for the whole family presented by Judy Gail in English, Yiddish and Hebrew in honor of the centennial of Isaac Bashevis Singer's birth. Judy Gail is a nationally recognized folk-singer, writer and storyteller who has performed for decades in South Florida and across the country.
Isaac Bashevis Singer, a 100th Birthday Film Tribute.
November 4 at 7 p.m.
Join us for a showing of two films adapted from Singer's writings.
THE CAFETERIA depicts a young woman who frequents a cafeteria on upper Broadway in Manhattan. There she meets a man, and they become romantically involved. She reveals that she has survived the Holocaust and, later, that she has seen Hitler and his lieutenants in the cafeteria.
ISAAC SINGER'S NIGHTMARE AND MRS. PUPKO'S BEARD points out the thin line between story and reality in a film that combines real-life views of Singer in his home with the intrusion of fictional characters from his stories.
November 10 at 7 p.m.
Join us for a showing of two films to celebrate the centennial of Singer's birth.
ZLATEH THE GOAT, filmed in Prague and northern Bohemia, is based on a Singer short story about prewar Poland. The film follows the adventures of Aaron and his beloved goat on their way to the butcher. It portrays the interdependence of man and nature and shows the need of all living things for one another.
ISAAC IN AMERICA: A JOURNEY WITH ISAAC BASEHVIS SINGER presents a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author as he converses with friends in a popular cafeteria, responds to post lecture questions and addresses visitors in his study. The film also includes documentary footage from the 1978 Nobel ceremonies and actor Judd Hirsch reading excerpts from Singer's stories.
Nova Southeastern University
Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center
3100 Ray Ferrero, Jr. Blvd.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33314
954-262-5475
July 1: Exhibit Opening: Singer's Florida
An exhibit of Singer's time and life in Florida, including press clips, photo images, and publications.
July 14: Children's Program: Happy Birthday, Mr. Singer
A celebration of Singer's 100th birthday with stories and crafts for pre-schoolers.
July 19: Children's Program: Stories and folktales with professional storyteller Judy Gail for children ages 6-11.
September 1: Exhibit Opening: Singer's Heroes
Exhibit highlights heroes and anti-heroes in Singer's works.
September 30: Educational Exhibit: Jewish Women and Education, sponsored by Hadassah, Florida Broward Region
A celebration of changes in educational opportunities for women during the past 100 years.
October 1: Exhibit Opening: Singer's Monsters
Exhibit of materials illustrating and celebrating Singer's golems, demons, and devils focusing on the theme of Man playing the Creator.
October 7: Thursday Movies @ ILR (Institute for Learning in Retirement): Creature Features — From Golems to Cannibals — films and discussion.
November 1: Exhibit Opening: The Holocaust and Its Literature
An exhibit featuring literary themes (both in Adult and Young Adult literature) influenced by the Holocaust, with a special emphasis on Singer's Enemies: A Love Story.
November 8: Art Exhibit Opening: Soul Reflections: A Personal Odyssey in Poetry and Paintings
Reading with Pulitzer Prize nominee Dr. Miriam Jaskierowicz Arman
November 9: Ruth E. Cohen Jewish Book Review Series: Enemies: A Love Story
November 11: Thursday Movies @ ILR: Enemies: A Love Story — film and discussion
November 16: Guest Faculty Lecture: "Singer, the Man," with Dr. Sanford Pinsker of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
November 18: Books Over Biscotti: Enemies: A Love Story
University of Central Florida Libraries
P.O. Box 16266
Orlando, Florida 32816
(407) 823-2562
September 9 at 7:30 p.m.
University of Central Florida Libraries, Main Library, Room 223
"Singer in the Shtetl, the Shtetl in Singer: The Influence of the East European Jewish Village in the Writings of a Nobel Laureate": Lecture given by Dr. Henry Abramson, Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies and University Library Scholar of Judaica Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida
Athens-Clarke County Library
2025 Baxter Street
Athens, GA 30606
706-549-4192
July 13, 2004 from 7:30-9 p.m.
"An Evening with Isaac Bashevis Singer: A Multimedia Presentation Through Video, Music and Dramatic Presentation" with music by Calliope Fair and dramatizations by Town & Gown Players.
July 15, 2004 at 10 a.m.
Storytelling with Jackie Elsner, Children's Librarian: "Why Noah Chose the Dove."
July 22, 2004
Book discussion group: In My Father's Court.
July 25, 2004 at 3 p.m.
Professor Katarzyna Jerzak, Assistant Professor in the Comparative Literature department of the University of Georgia, will present a lecture on the works of Isaac Bashevis Singer. A reception will follow the lecture.
August 15, 2004 at 5:30 p.m.
Food, Film, and Fun! Spend the afternoon and early evening watching the movie Enemies: A Love Story, then join us for an appetizing dinner and discussion.
Enoch Pratt Free Library
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
410-396-5283
October 10 at 2 p.m.
Reisterstown Road Branch Library
6310 Reisterstown Rd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21215
Dramatic Readings from the Best-Loved Short Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer presented by Stan Weiman: "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" and "Taibele and Her Demon." Mr. Weiman is a member of the Resident Acting Company of Everyman Theatre where he was last seen as Mr. Glas in Slow Dance on the Killing Ground and Wilhelm Furtwangler in Taking Sides.
October 12 at 6:30 p.m.
Central Library
Call 410-396-5484 to register.
Reading and discussions of Isaac Bashevis Singer's writing, led by Dr. Arthur Lesley, Associate Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at Baltimore Hebrew University. Participants will receive a free copy of Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. The discussion will focus on two stories: "Gimpel the Fool" and "The Little Shoemakers." Light refreshments will be served.
October 27 at 6:30 p.m.
Reisterstown Road Branch
Call 410-396-0948 to register.
Reading and discussions of Isaac Bashevis Singer's writing, led by Dr. Arthur Lesley, Associate Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at Baltimore Hebrew University. Participants will receive a free copy of Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. The discussion will focus on two stories: "Gimpel the Fool" and "The Little Shoemakers." Light refreshments will be served.
October 17 at 1:30 p.m.
Central Library, Wheeler Auditorium
400 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
An Afternoon with Isaac Bashevis Singer: three dramatizations of Singer's stories and a documentary portrait on film:
Zlateh the Goat, directed by Gene Deitch (Czechoslovakia, 1972)
Isaac in America:A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer, directed by Amran Nowak (United States, 1986)
The Cafeteria, directed by Amran Nowak (United States, 1984)
Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs. Pupko's Beard, directed by Bruce Davidson (United States, 1973)
Everett Library of Queens University of Charlotte
1900 Selwyn Avenue
Charlotte, North Carolina 28274
704-337-2400
A display in honor of Issac Bashevis Singer's centennial birthday. Includes books, photographs, films in VHS format (Yentl, The Magician of Lublin, Enemies: A Love Story, and Isaac in America) along with short biographic information on Mr. Singer's childhood, his years in Warsaw, his move to the United States and his recognition after winning the Nobel Prize.
Charleston County Public Library
68 Calhoun Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29401
843-805-6821
May 3 at 2:30 p.m.
Film screenings of Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer and Isaac Bashevis Singer — Great Writers followed by a lecture by Nan Morrison, Ph.D. on the life of Singer and comments on the films.
May 29 at 1:00 p.m.
Lecture by David Allen, Ph.D., The Citadel, who has taught the life and works of Singer, followed by a showing of the film Yentl and discussion with the scholar.
Divinity Library, Vanderbilt University
419 21st Ave., South
Nashville, Tennessee 37240
615-322-2865
October 14 at 7 p.m.
Hillel Center, Vanderbilt University
"Isaac Bashevis Singer: Personal Reminiscences": A public lecture about Singer's writings by nationally known Singer scholar, Professor Robert King, Rapoport Chair of Jewish Studies, University of Texas.
October 11 through January 10, 2005
An exhibit in the public entryway to the Divinity and Central Libraries, Vanderbilt University, on the life and works of Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Radford University McConnell Library
Box 6881
Radford, Virginia 24142
540-831-5686
All events will be held in the McConnell Library's Radford Room.
October 6 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Isaac Bashevis Singer—An Introduction
A presentation on the life and works of Singer will be given by Dr. Jeffrey Saperstein, professor of English. Singer's masterpiece, "Gimpel the Fool," will then be brought to life through a dramatic reading performed by Lucinda McDermott Piro, actor, playwright, and professor of theatre.
November 3 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Isaac Bashevis Singer—The Old World and the New
Singer's many works explore traditional Yiddish culture and post-Holocaust modernism along with the ways of life in Singer's Old Country, Poland, and America. These themes will be explored during a Reading Group Discussion of two of Isaac Bashevis Singer's best short stories, "The Destruction of Kreshev" and "A Day in Coney Island." Discussion will be led by Dr. Jeffrey Saperstein, professor of English.
December 1 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Enemies, A Love Story—Singer on the Screen
Set in 1949 New York, Enemies follows a Holocaust survivor who makes a living as a ghostwriter for a Jewish rabbi and finds himself involved with three women: his current wife, a married woman, and his long-vanished wife who he believed was killed in the war yet who suddenly reappears. The film, rated R, is by director Paul Mazursky and stars Ron Silver, Lena Olin, and Angelica Houston. Dr. Jeffrey Saperstein, professor of English, will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterwards.