January 2007 New Acquisitions

The January new acquisitions list is up, here.

The books, as usual, are in the faculty lounge.

CURRENT EVENTS IN TOLEDO AND SURROUNDING AREAS

EXHIBITIONS:
Now - July 8, 2007 By Presidential Design: History of the Hayes Home - Hayes Presidental Center, Fremont, Monday - Saturday 9 am - 5 pm, Sunday noon - 5 pm

Now - January 21, 2007 The End: Mortality and Remembrance - Toledo Museum of Art, Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm, Sunday 11 am - 5 pm

Now - January 28, 2007 In Stabiano: Exploring the Ancient Seaside Villas of the Roman Elite - Toledo Museum of Art, Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm, Sunday 11 am - 5 pm

Friday's January 19, 26 and February 2 Glassblowing Demonstration, Toledo Museum of Art
7:30 pm and 9 pm

Sunday's January 21, 28 and February 4 Glassblowing Demonstration, Toledo Museum of Art 1 and 2:30 pm

January 19-21, January 26-28 and February 2-4 Docent-Led Tours: Glass Pavillon Experience, Toledo Museum of Art Friday 6:30 and 8 pm, Saturday 2 pm and Sunday 2 and 3 pm

January 25-28 Greater Toledo Auto Show, SeaGate Convention Centre Thursday 3-9 pm, Friday 11 am - 9 pm, Saturday 10 am - 9 pm, Sunday 10 am - 5 pm

January 26 - April 14 Jacob Lawrence Prints, 1963-2000: A Comprehensive Survey, Toledo Museum of Art Closed Mondays, Tuesday - Thursday 10 am - 4 pm, Friday 10 am - 10 pm, Saturday 10 am - 4 pm, Sunday 11 am - 5 pm

January 26 - February 24 Imperfect Beauty, Space 237 Tuesday - Friday 11 am - 5 pm Saturday Noon - 4 pm

January 26 - 28 2007 Fun Afloat Boat Show, Erie Street Market Friday Noon- 8 pm, Saturday 11 am- 5 pm, Sunday Noon - 5 pm

February 2 - 4 Lucas County Camp & Travel Show, Lucas County Recreation Center

COLLECTORS / CRAFT SHOWS:
January 19-21 Country Peddler Craft Show, Lucas County Recreation Center Friday 3-8 pm, Saturday 9 am - 5 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm

January 27 and 28 Maumee Valley Antiques Show & Sale, Maumee Valley Historical Society - Wolcott House Museum Saturday 11 am - 7 pm, Sunday 11 am - 4 pm

MUSIC:
January 19 and 20 The Planets, Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theatre 8 pm

Tuesday, January 23 BGSU Concert: Winter Wonders, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Manor House 7:30 pm

Thursday, January 25 Andre Watts in Recital, Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theatre 8 pm

Saturday, January 27 Symphonic Poem, Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theatre 11 am

Tuesday, January 30 BGSU Concert: Musical Arts Showcase, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Manor House 7:30 pm

Friday, February 2 Club Friday Music: Fulton County Bluegrass Band, Toledo Museum of Art 6 and 9:30 pm

February 2 and 3 Dvorak New World, Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theatre 8 pm

Friday, February 2 Spur in Concert, Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts 8 pm

NATURE:
Friday, January 19 Oak Openings Research Forum Keynote Event, Oak Openings Preserve 4:30 -9 pm

Saturday, January 20 Travel Circle: Washington State National Park, Oak Openings Preserve 1 - 3:30 pm

Sunday's January 21 and 28 Sunday Program, Oak Openings Preserve, Buehner Center 3 - 5 pm
Sunday, January 21 Helping Hands, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Ward Pavillion 2 - 4 pm

Tuesday, January 23 Volunteers in Parks Restoring the Oak Openings, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Ward Pavillion 7 pm

January 26 and 27 Interpretive Naturalist Field Training, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Metz Visitor Center Friday 9:30 to noon, Saturday 1 - 1:30 pm

Saturday, January 27 Travel Circle: Spring on the Blue Ridge & Smokey Mountains, Secor Metropark, Nature Photography Center 1 - 3:30 pm

Friday, February 2 Full Moon Walk, Swan Creek Preserve Glendale Ave. 7:30-8:30 pm

Saturday, February 3 Helping Hands, Oak Openings Preserve, Buehner Center 2 - 4 pm

Saturday, February 3 Travel Circle: Touring Turkey, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Ward Pavillion 1 - 3:30 pm

THEATER:
Now - January 28 The Phantom of the Opera, Stranahan Theater

January 18-21 and 25-27 The Best Man, The Village Players Theatre Thursday - Saturday 8 pm, Sunday January 21 only 2:30 pm

January 19 - 21 and 25 - 28 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Toledo Repertoire Theatre Thursday, January 25 only 8 pm, Friday and Saturday 8 pm, Sunday 2:30 pm

Sunday, January 21 Cashore Marionettes Simple Gifts, Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts 2 pm

Thursday, January 25 Motown Magic, Valentine Theatre 8 pm

January 26 and 27 Over the River and Through the Woods, Oregon Community Theatre 8 pm

Sunday, January 28 Man of La Mancha, Valentine Theatre 3 pm

February 2 - 4 Over the River and Through the Woods, Oregon Community Theatre Friday and Saturday 8 pm, Sunday 3 pm

MISCELLANEOUS:
Friday, January 26 Opening Reception: Children of Children, Toledo Museum of Art 5 - 7 pm

Saturday, January 27 American Adventure: Wines of California, Michigan, Ohio and Washington, The Toledo Zoo 7-9 pm in the African Lodge

Thursday, February 1 Toledo After Hours, Valentine Theatre 6 - 10:30 pm

Now - March 31 A-Mazing Sea Maze!, The Toledo Zoo 10 am - 4 pm

January 20 and 21, 27 and 28, February 3 and 4 Cabin Fever Feeds, The Toledo Zoo 10 am - 4 pm

Saturday's January 20, 27 and February 3 Ice Carving Demonstrations, The Toledo Zoo 11 am - 2 pm

Sunday, January 21 and Thursday's January 23 and 25 Family Center: Discover Mark Rothko, Toledo Museum of Art, Sunday 11 am - 4:30 pm, Thursday's 10 am - 3 pm

Saturday, January 27 Woodland Indian Skills Day, Ft. Meigs State Memorial Park 8 am - 4 pm

January 28, 30 and February 1 Family Center: Clay Play!, Toledo Museum of Art 28th 11 am - 4:30 pm, 30th and 1st 10 am - 3 pm

Saturday, February 3 Wildwood Kids! Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Metz Visitor Center 1 - 2:30 pm

Sunday, February 4 Family Center: Write with Hieroglyphs, Toledo Museum of Art 11 am - 4:30

Pentagon Official Criticizes Legal Profession

New York Times reporter Neil Lewis on Saturday reported on an outrageous attack on the legal profession by a senior Pentagon official. You can read the entire article here . Here are excerpts from the report:

The senior Pentagon official in charge of military detainees suspected of terrorism said in an interview this week that he was dismayed that lawyers at many of the nation’s top firms were representing prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and that the firms’ corporate clients should consider ending their business ties.

The comments by Charles D. Stimson, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, produced an instant torrent of anger from lawyers, legal ethics specialists and bar association officials, who said Friday that his comments were repellent and displayed an ignorance of the duties of lawyers to represent people in legal trouble....

The same point appeared Friday on the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal, where Robert L. Pollock, a member of the newspaper’s editorial board, cited the list of law firms and quoted an unnamed “senior U.S. official” as saying, “Corporate C.E.O.’s seeing this should ask firms to choose between lucrative retainers and representing terrorists.”...

Mr. Stimson, who is himself a lawyer ... said, “I think, quite honestly, when corporate C.E.O.’s see that those firms are representing the very terrorists who hit their bottom line back in 2001, those C.E.O.’s are going to make those law firms choose between representing terrorists or representing reputable firms, and I think that is going to have major play in the next few weeks. And we want to watch that play out.”

In an interview on Friday, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said he had no problem with the current system of representation. “Good lawyers representing the detainees is the best way to ensure that justice is done in these cases,” he said.

Neither the White House nor the Pentagon had any official comment, but officials sought to distance themselves from Mr. Stimson’s view. His comments “do not represent the views of the Defense Department or the thinking of its leadership,” a senior Pentagon official said. He would not allow his name to be used, seemingly to lessen the force of his rebuke. Mr. Stimson did not return a call on Friday seeking comment.