BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations//Tendenci Codeba se MIMEDIR//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.\nEvent det ails subject to change. ---\nhttps://www.nyemmys.org/events/125/\n\nEvent Title: The Writing Code\nStart Date / Time: Aug 28, 2007 14:00 PM US/Easte rn\nLocation: NY NATAS\nSpeaker: \nReception: 6:00 –\; 6:30 PM ~ Prog ram: 6:30 - 8:30 PM (Q&\;A to Follow) RESERVATION REQUIRED due to LIMIT ED SEATING. Please RSVP via EMAIL info@nyemmys.org \nAll attendees must be listed on our guest list due to building security. \n \n"The Writing Code " (Programs One and Two will be screened):\n \n\nThis is a preview of a ma jor new series of films for Public Television on the most important invent ion in the history of mankind. Something even more important than the whe el. It is what created civilization. It is the incredible communication system we know as Writing. Even though writing is both our most creative technology and our greatest art form, nobody has made films about it befor e. The Writing Code is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanitie s, The National Science Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, a nd the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation. These films of special intere st to people who care about documentary film making. \n \nThe films are of special interest, also, because they follow the hugely successful PBS ser ies of films, by the same producers, on language. The Human Language is n ow seen as a “\;basic text”\; and is being used in over 3,000 co lleges. The distinguishing qualities of the human species are th at we walk upright, that our bodies don’\;t have hair, and that we ha ve large brains. The asset that made us top creature was that we acquired language. The asset that gave us civilization was the invention of writi ng. It happened a mere five thousand years ago. The first of these films shows where and how it happened.\nProgram One, The Greatest Invention, Th e distinguishing qualities of the human species are that we walk upright, that our bodies don’\;t have hair, and that we have large brains. Th e asset that made us top creature was that we acquired language. The asse t that gave us civilization was the invention of writing. It happened a m ere five thousand years ago. The first of these films shows where and how it happened.Program Two, The Art and The Craft, is about writing in stone \; how papyrus was made\; how Gutenberg changed the world\; how the post o ffice works\; the life and death of the typewriter\; the invention of spac es between words\; how to make paper out of blue jeans\; and about how wri ters write –\; with crime writer Elmore Leonard, poet Quincy Troupe, and author Margaret Atwood who says that “\;Call me Ishmael”\; i s the best opening line she has ever read. The Writing Code shows that we are totally dependent on writing in the “\;civilized world”\; t oday.\nProgram Three, The Literate Society. Clay school tablets in Sumer, Egyptian scribes, Irish monks putting spaces between words…\; Democr acy brings the goal of universal literacy, from the one room schoolhouse t o today’\;s overcrowded, multi-cultural public schools. Learning to r ead and write has never been easy. With the rise of the internet in this i nformation age, the new literacy includes an “\;economy of attention, ”\; knowing what to throw away.\n\n\n\n\n--- This iCal file does *NOT * confirm registration.Event details subject to change. ---\n\n--- By Tend enci - The Open Source AMS for Associations ---\n UID:uid125@nyemmys.org SUMMARY:The Writing Code DTSTART:20070828T180000Z DTEND:20070828T203000Z CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20260406T165539Z TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 LOCATION:NY NATAS X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Event Title: The Writing Code

https://www.nyemmys.org/events/125/

When: Aug 28, 2007 14:00 PM US/Eastern
Speaker:

Reception: 6:00 –\; 6:30 PM ~ Program: 6:30 - 8:30 PM (Q&\;A to Follow)
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RESERVATION REQUIRED due to LIMITED SE ATING.
Please RSVP via EMAIL inf o@nyemmys.org

All attendees must be listed on our gues t list due to building security.
 \;
"The Writing Code" (Programs One and Two will be screened ):
 \;
This is a preview of a major new ser ies of films for Public Television on the most important invention in the history of mankind.  \;Something even more important than the wheel.&n bsp\; It is what created civilization. \; It is the incredible communi cation system we know as Writing. \;
 \;
Even though writing is both our most creative technology and our greatest art form, nobody ha s made films about it before.  \;The Writing Code is funded by the Nat ional Endowment for the Humanities, The National Science Foundation, The A rthur Vining Davis Foundations, and the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundati on. These films of special interest to people who care about documentary f ilm making.
 \;
The films are of special intere st, also, because they follow the hugely successful PBS series of films, b y the same producers, on language.  \;The Human Language \;is now seen as a “\;basic text”\; and is being used in over 3,000 colle ges. \;
 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;&n bsp\;
The distinguishing qualities of the human species are that we wal k upright, that our bodies don’\;t have hair, and that we have large brains. \; The asset that made us top creature was that we acquired la nguage. \; The asset that gave us civilization was the invention of wr iting. \; It happened a mere five thousand years ago. \; The first of these films shows where and how it happened.

Program One, The Greatest Invention, The d istinguishing qualities of the human species are that we walk upright, tha t our bodies don’\;t have hair, and that we have large brains. \; The asset that made us top creature was that we acquired language. \; The asset that gave us civilization was the invention of writing. \; It happened a mere five thousand years ago. \; The first of these film s shows where and how it happened.

Program Two, Th e Art and The Craft, is about writing in stone\; how papyrus was made\ ; how Gutenberg changed the world\; how the post office works\; the life a nd death of the typewriter\; the invention of spaces between words\; how t o make paper out of blue jeans\; and about how writers write –\; with crime writer Elmore Leonard, poet Quincy Troupe, and author Margaret Atwo od who says that “\;Call me Ishmael”\; is the best opening line she has ever read.  \;The Writing Code shows that we are totally depen dent on writing in the “\;civilized world”\; today.

Program Three, The Literate Society. \; Clay school ta blets in Sumer, Egyptian scribes, Irish monks putting spaces between words …\; Democracy brings the goal of universal literacy, from the one roo m schoolhouse to today’\;s overcrowded, multi-cultural public schools . Learning to read and write has never been easy. With the rise of the int ernet in this information age, the new literacy includes an “\;econom y of attention,”\; knowing what to throw away.

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