Tag: Alvin Sherman Library

Join the Circle of Friends at the NSU Alvin Sherman Library on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 in the Cotilla Gallery on the 2^nd floor for the presentation “The Nights of Our Lives: Why We Sleep & Dream”. Presented by NSU’s own Jamie Tartar, Ph.D., Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, College of Psychology, the event promises to be “eye opening” as we learn about sleep and dreams. Dr. Tartar will share with us her research about the most recent theories and evidence of why we sleep, what happens in the brain during sleep, and the consequences of sleep loss and sleep disorders. Don’t snooze or you will miss this special evening!

5:30 p.m. Circle of Friends Reception – light hors d’oeuvres and drinks

                    Complimentary for Circle of Friends members / $20 for guests.

                    RSVP by February 13, 2019

7:00 p.m. FREE Public Program, Cotilla Gallery, 2^nd floor of the Sherman Library

                    RSVP by February 19, 2019

Have you been “dreaming” about becoming a friend of the library? To join the Circle of Friends, please click here

Please email libdev@nova.edu / call 954-262-4627 for more information about the event or the Circle of Friends.

Thanks to the membership dues and contributions from our members, the Circle of Friends truly makes a difference — by changing the way students study, helping youngsters learn to read, and building a love for reading! Over the years, the funds allocated by the Circle of Friends have resulted in so many positive changes to YOUR Library.  Just look around… The Circle of Friends Collaborative Study Room, the Chihuly Glass Garden, enhancements to the Gallery, Teen Room, Children’s Library and more!

 This past year alone, the Friends helped:

• Sponsor StoryFest: an early literacy event, which has had an average annual attendance of over 5,000. Last year alone the Library gave away over 2,100 books and added more than 600 new library cards. The Circle of Friends has already promised their continued support for 2019!
• Support programs like Surviving Skokie, which brought the issuewas shown in conjunction with a panel discussion and The 10 Days of Connection Initiative
• Provide funding for the Writing Workshop Series, expanded STEM programming, purchased Early Literacy stations, new tables, padded chairs and more!

News Flash! Now, you can join or renew your membership with the Circle of Friends for the NSU Alvin Sherman Library at the very low rate of $25 a year for NSU faculty, staff and students! Enjoy free cocktail receptions and priority seating at events and more. Most importantly, you will know your membership goes a long way in providing vital support of the NSU and Broward County community as well as the NSU Annual Fund!

Click here to start the new year off right by becoming a member of the Circle of Friends!  For more information, contact the Circle of Friends office at 954-262-4593 or email libdev@nova.edu

Join us for a  talk by Dr. Jean- Pierre Isbouts  on In Search of Leonardo’s Last Supper: Could Da Vinci and his workshop have painted a second version?” National Geographic historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts embarks on a thrilling quest across Europe in search of a missing masterpiece. The program will include a presentation of the film  Search for the Last Supper (produced by Pantheon Studios, Inc. of Santa Monica. Duration: 56 minutes. The event is Thursday, January 3, 2019 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Alvin Sherman Library.

In 2014, Dr. Isbouts authenticated a recently discovered canvas as Leonardo da Vinci’s first version of the Mona Lisa, predating the Louvre version by at least seven years, which led to a BBC TV special in 2015. In 2017, Dr. Isbouts discovered records in Florence and Tongerlo, Belgium that show that a full-size copy of Leonardo’s Last Supper fresco, now in the convent of Tongerlo, was actually painted by Leonardo and his workshop for the French King Louis XII. The exceptional quality of the canvas, with two figures arguably painted by Leonardo himself, reveals what the original fresco, now heavily damaged, once looked like. The discovery is described in his book Young Leonardo, published by St Martin’s Press, which inspired a film, The Search for the Last Supper, starring Alessandro Demcenko as Leonardo da Vinci. His next book on Leonardo da Vinci, The Da Vinci Legacy, is timed to coincide with the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death in May, 2019.

Dr. Isbouts is a National Geographic historian and bestselling author who gained worldwide renown with his 2006 book The Biblical World, which became an international bestseller and is now in its fourth print. This success led to a series of National Geographic books, including In the Footsteps of Jesus (2010), The Story of Christianity (2014), The Archaeology of the Bible (2016) and Secret Societies (2017). His 2016 book Ten Prayers that Changed the World won the Best Spirituality Book Award that year.

Link here: http://sherman.library.nova.edu/sites/spotlight/event/in-search-of-leonardos-last-supper/

The extraordinary story of Sylvia Weiner, a Canadian who survived the Holocaust and went on to be a pioneering marathoner. Learn more on Sunday, January 6, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in the Alvin Sherman Library.

Born in Poland, Weiner was only 12 when she was separated from her parents and seven siblings in 1942. Her family was taken to Treblinka camp, never to return, while Weiner was shuttled from Majdanek to Auschwitz and then to Bergen-Belsen. She survived the Holocaust to become a pioneering marathoner, earning the first women’s master’s title in 1975 at age 44 at the Boston Marathon.

For more information, contact Nora Quinlan,  nora@nova.edu or 954-262-4637

Here’s the link : http://sherman.library.nova.edu/sites/spotlight/event/triumph-after-the-camps-sylvia-wieners-journey-of-survival/