The Frankenstein Film Series begins at 7pm on March 31st at the Dorothy Menker Theater on the Moraine Valley campus. This film is free of charge and open to the public.
The cultural events being held in conjunction with the exhibition, Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature beging this week.
The Frankenstein opening reception will be held Tuesday, March 30th at 6:30pm. We are looking forward to the unveiling of the exhibit and the University of Chicago’s Robyn Schiffman’s lecture “Frankenstein and the Landscape of Letters.” This event is open to the public.
The Art of Rat-Powered Pig Wings: Here is an article that might make good preparatory reading for the upcoming Frankenstein panel discussion Science Portrayed in Art. “…artists Guy Ben-Ary, Ionat Zurr and Oron Catts are engaged in the process of redefining the word bizarre by creating a new artistic palette using tissue engineering and stem cell technologies as the medium for their sculptures.”
From Frankenstein to Frog Steaks (from Wired.com): Scientists are finding ways to create hybrids between organic organisms and inorganic compounds. This calls up many of the questions posed by Mary Shelley in Frankenstein. Here is a piece of the article: “But as researchers continue to explore ways that tiny bits of living tissue can be harnessed to generate nano-engineered products, others are questioning the ways in which they’re blurring the line between organic and inorganic. What is life? Do we have the right to re-engineer it? What are the risks? “
The Moraine Valley library has a list of movies in its collection that can be checked out by students, staff, and faculty. You can view horror movies on the Gothic and Horror Literature guide, and you find Frankenstein films on the Novel Frankenstein research guide.
Frankenstein Resource Pages: The Moraine Valley librarians have compiled an online list of resources about the various themes of Frankenstein. These include books and videos from the library collection, articles from subscription databases, and Web sites.
The Frankenstein exhibit arrived last week, so we are in the process of setting everthing up and getting ready for our upcoming events. Take a look at the photos from some of the set up.
March 11th marks the 186th year since Mary Shelley first published Frankenstein. Check out all kinds of fascinating facts about Frankenstein at the library’s Frankenstein Fact Sheet.
The library still has around a dozen copies of the novel Frankenstein available for checkout. Get your copy while you still can. The bookstore (in the D building) still has copies available for purchase at a very reasonable price.
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