January 10, 2002
Briefly
Burke welcomes storytellers
“Stories of Exploration and Adventure” is the theme for this year’s Winter Storytelling Festival at the Burke Museum, to be held on Thursday evenings and weekend days throughout January. The stories range from Tsimshian history to legends of Kyrgyzstan, and are told by visiting and local storytellers.
Storytelling performances are at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. On Thursday evenings, members of the Seattle Storytellers Guild will perform from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Hands-on art activities for children will be offered all day on weekends from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. All performances and activities are included with museum admission.
The Thursday evening schedule includes Antoinette Botsford and Allison Cox tonight, Pat Peterson and Cherie Trebon on Jan. 17 and Naomi Baltuck and Kevin Cotter on Jan. 24.
The weekend schedule includes Mique’l Askren and David Robert Boxley presenting “Adax” Our Tsimshian History on Jan. 12 and 13; Maggie Bennett with European Lore, Legends and Lyrics on Jan. 19; Nancy Calos-Nakano with Asian-Pacific Stories on Jan. 20; Elmira Kocumkulkizi, presenting Folktales of Kyrgyzstan on Jan. 26; and Merna Hecht with Jewish and Eastern European Stories on Jan. 27
The Burke is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and until 8 p.m. Thursdays. Admission is $6.50 general; $5 senior; $3 youth. The Burke is free to members and UW students, faculty, and staff.
Afghan photos presented
Photographs taken at the Pakistan/Afghanistan border just weeks before the Sept. 11 attacks are the focus of a lecture and slide show to be given on cam-pus by photographer Phil Borges. The event, titled The Face of Pakistan, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16 in 210 Kane.
Borges’ previously published collections of photographs include Enduring Spirit and Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion. Examples of his work can be viewed at http://www.philborges.com.
The event is sponsored by University Libraries, the South Asia Center and the School of Art Photography Program. For further information contact Cassandra Hartnett, 206-685-3130
Professorship established
Emeritus Sociology Professor S. Frank Miyamoto has been honored by the establishment of the S. Frank Miyamoto Endowed Professorship in Sociology. The professorship is the result of a gift from Miyamoto’s family.
Miyamoto has been associated with the UW Sociology Department since his undergraduate years in the 1930s. He also earned a master’s here. He served as chair of sociology from 1965 to 1970 and as associate dean of social sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences from 1975 to 1980. He also was acting dean of the college in 1978 and 1979.
Miyamoto’s teaching and research focuses on social psychology, collective behavior and race and ethnic relations.
