Dear Conference Participant,

Thank you for registering to attend the Oral History and Performance Conference.  In this letter, you will find important information about conference locations and logistics.  Please read it carefully.

First, we would like to let you know about two activities on Thursday, March 13, in which you may be interested:

Columbia University is very excited to announce that they will be offering a new multidisciplinary masters degree program in Oral History, starting in the fall of 2008.  On Thursday, March 13, from 4-7 PM, the Oral History MA Program will be hosting an open house on campus.  The location will be room 801 International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street.  See the attached flyer for more details.

(map at http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/international_affairs.html )

(more about the program at http://www.iserp.columbia.edu/education/ohma.html )

Also on Thursday, March 13, the Brooklyn Historical Society will be hosting a panel

in conjunction with the current oral history exhibit: In Our Own Words: Portraits of Brooklyn's Vietnam Veterans, on "The Shape of Public and Private Memory: How do individual memories contribute to historical understanding of complex events?"  The speakers will be Mike Frisch, Kristin Hass, and Amy Starecheski.  The panel will be at the Historical Society from 7-9 PM. 

(See here http://www.brooklynhistory.org/visitor/calendar.html  for details,

and here for directions: http://brooklynhistory.org/visitor/visitors.html )

Performance Event Tickets:

We wanted to let you know that there are still some tickets left for the Friday evening performance, which we can now sell a la carte.  If you would like to buy a ticket, at $10, for a friend who is not attending the conference, please email Connie Beninghove at cbeninghove@navyhistory.org.  You can mail a check, or pay cash for these extra tickets when you pick up your registration packet.

At the Conference:

When you arrive, please check in at the registration table to pick up your registration packet.

The registration table will be open on Friday from 8 AM to 4:45 PM in the lobby of Hamilton Hall, on Columbia's Main Campus.  Friday's plenary will begin at 9 AM, and will be in 501 Schermerhorn Hall.  All of the parallel sessions on Friday are in Hamilton Hall, and all Friday events are on Columbia's main campus. See here for a map:

http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/map/

And here for directions:

http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/directions.html

On Friday there will be affinity group lunches.  Look for sign up sheets at the registration table, and meet there at 12 noon to join up with your group. Each group will have an OHMAR board member or conference organizer to escort you to the restaurant. These are intended to be a chance for you to meet and casually talk with others who share your interests.  Themes will include education, dance, and oral traditions.

On Saturday, the registration table will be in the main entrance lobby of Teachers College, located on 120th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam.  It will be open from 8:30 AM to noon.  All Saturday conference events will be at Teachers College.  See here for a map:  http://www.tc.columbia.edu/abouttc/visit.htm?mapid=Entrance+Level+Map

And here for directions:

http://www.tc.columbia.edu/abouttc/visit.htm?id=Directions

The most updated program for the conference is attached, for your information, along with a condensed, one page version.

If you have any questions, please contact the conference committee at oralhistoryandperformance@gmail.com, or Amy Starecheski, committee chair, at 212-854-8008.  If you need assistance during the conference, you can call OHMAR President John Lonnquest at 703-973-2712.

We look forward to seeing you, and wish you safe travels to the conference.

Sincerely,

Renee Braden, Jeff Friedman, Susan Kraft, Harriet Lynn, and Amy Starecheski