{"id":49859,"date":"2013-09-15T11:30:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=49859"},"modified":"2013-09-14T10:13:34","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T14:13:34","slug":"utica-library-cultural-spotlight-2013-islamic-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=49859","title":{"rendered":"Utica Library Cultural Spotlight 2013: Islamic Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/TAJ-5.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-49860\" alt=\"TAJ 5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/TAJ-5.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/TAJ-5.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/TAJ-5.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>(Utica, NY \u2013 Sept. 2013) This October, through the benefit of a special grant made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association, the Utica Public Library\u2019s annual Cultural Spotlight will focus on Islamic Culture.\u00a0 The Kick-Off for this 3 event program is \u201cAn Evening of Islamic Cuisine\u201d which will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Oct. 22 the library will have a special screening of Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World at 6:30 p.m.\u00a0 This stunning documentary traces the astonishing beauty and splendor of Islamic art and architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The grant also provides for a 5-part book\/discussion group entitled Let\u2019s Talk About It: Muslim Journeys.<\/p>\n<p>Five books will be given to registered participants of the reading groups, which will be helmed by Shoshana Keller, Ph.D., from Hamilton College. The groups will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 25, Oct. 9, 23 and Nov. 6 and 20. To register for the reading groups, please contact the library at 735-2279 or inquire at the Information Desk in the main lobby.\u00a0 All events of the Cultural Spotlight are free to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Support was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Utica, NY \u2013 Sept. 2013) This October, through the benefit of a special grant made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association, the Utica Public Library\u2019s annual Cultural Spotlight will focus on Islamic Culture.\u00a0 The Kick-Off for this 3 event program is \u201cAn Evening of Islamic Cuisine\u201d which will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-cYb","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}