Calendar of Events

ACTIVITIES PROGRAM

Discounts for these activities are available to all University staff and faculty through the Employee Activities Program. All tickets are available at the Hospital Cashier's Office, the Medical Center Bookstore, and the River Campus Parking Office. The Eastman School, MAG, and Bursar's Office carry theater tickets only. Discount cards/brochures are available at the River Campus Parking Office and the Conference and Events Office, Room 152, Administration Building. For further information, see the Employee Activities Program newsletter or call x5-7942.

Alamo Rent-A-Car, 10 percent discount

Allied Van Line, Preferred Customer Status, 235-3500

Amerks, $9.50 Blue Action Pack Ticket

Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks (RARES), discount card

B.J.'s Wholesale card, pass with 5 percent surcharge

Bock Tours (RARES), 10 percent off selected tours, 244-7925

Bristol Mountain, several packages available, see distribution sites

Buckman's Car Wash Superseal, $6.25

Caesar's Pocono Resorts (RARES), 20 percent off midweek, 10 percent off weekend

Cellular One, University Plan, call Betsy Reddington at 732-7201

Choice Hotels, 10 percent discount

Citibank's Corporate Mortgage Program, call 334-1482/383-5300

Clarion Essex Park Hotel, University Rate, call 800-567-2233

Delta Sonic Ticket Packages, prices range from $3.75 - $32.50

Designs by RAS (RARES), 50 percent off all screen and art charges, call Chuck Leone at 482-9790

Dine-A-Mate Book, $20

Dinner and Theatre Book, $8

Discovery Zone, $4.25

Dorney Park, discount coupon

Downstairs Cabaret, $3 discount

Dunham's, 15 percent discount card

Employee Printing Service (RARES), 40 percent off retail

Entertainment Books, $25

Fairport Harbor House (RARES), call 223-7280

Fantastic Baskets (RARES), 10 percent discount, call 293-1930

Fun Services (RARES), free reception canopy booth with program of $500 or more, call 254-4770

Gallo and Iacovangelo (RARES), discounts on real estate closings and will writing, call 454-7145

General Cinema Tickets, $5 adult, $3 children

Gitlin Optical, 15 percent discount on eyeglasses, call 442-1720

Hertz Car Rental, member discount card

Hoselton Chevrolet, factory order direct at invoice, call 586-7373

Hunt Hollow Ski Center, Day/Night $20, Night $18

The Inn on the Lake (RARES), 25 percent off rack rates, call 394-7800

Island Jake Music Services, $50 off 4 hour music and light show, call 387-9858

KOA Campgrounds (Florida and West Coast), 20 percent discount

Lafayette Moving and Storage, discount programs, call 334-0770

Liberty Travel (RARES), call 544-5500

Little Theatre tickets, $5.25

Melrose Nursery, 15 percent off store and florist shop, call 624-4754

Memorial Art Gallery, 1/2 price new membership application

National Car Rental, 10 percent off discount card

Print USA (RARES), 40 percent off retail prices

R.C. Shaheen, 20 percent off paint, 25 percent off wallcoverings, 60 percent off window blinds, free in-home decorating service

Rivers Organization/Bonaparte Travel (RARES), call 385-5060

Sam's Club, free membership with 5 percent surcharge

San Diego-Zoofari (RARES), 20 percent off admission

Ski Valley, several packages available, see distribution sites

Sony Theatre Tickets, $5

Staub's Textile Services, Inc. (RARES), 20 percent off dry cleaning, call 271-4200

Swain Ski Center, several packages available, see distribution sites

Universal Studios, member discount card

Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom Club (RARES), discount card

ART

May 27, Lecture. Daniel Cozort will speak on Sacred Circles: The Mandala and Enlightenment. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

May 27, Evening Tour of the Collection. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

May 28, The Practice of Work: II. Offered in conjunction with Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet: Creating a Circle of Peace. Workshop explores how Buddhist principles can help us to improve the quality of life in the workplace. Call 473-7720 to register. Memorial Art Gallery, 7 p.m.

May 30, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

June 1, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

June 3, Viewpoints Lecture. Merlin Dailey will speak on a selected work from the Gallery's Asian collection. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 5:30 p.m.

June 3, Panel Discussion on Turning Points: Violence Transformed. Robert Koch will host presentations by five members of the Rochester community whose lives have been touched and transformed by violence. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30.

June 3, Evening Tour of the Collection. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

June 6, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

June 6, MAGnificent Friday Family Night. Features light supper, music, hands-on art activity, and tours of the exhibition Leagues Apart: The Men and Times of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Admission: $5 with supper, $1 without. Call 473-7720. Memorial Art Gallery, 5:30 p.m.

June 8, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

June 10, Viewpoints Lecture. Susan Nurse will speak on Francesco Solimena's Triumph of Judith. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 5:30 p.m.

June 10, Lecture. William Shannon will speak on Thomas Merton and the East. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

June 10, Evening Tour of the Collection. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

June 13, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

June 14, Celebrate the Circle at the MAG. A spirited celebration of world peace as East meets West at the Memorial Art Gallery. Enjoy live music, sample specialty coffees and desserts. Admission $10 per person, call 473-7720, x3021.

June 15, Closing Celebration: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. In keeping with Buddhist tradition, the three monks who have constructed the mandala will ritually dismantle it and return it to nature for its next cycle of existence. The community is invited to watch the dismantling and join the procession to disperse the sand into the waters of the Genesee River. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, 12 p.m.

EXHIBITS

April 1­July 6, Leagues Apart: The Men and Times of the Negro Baseball Leagues. This show is the story of the men of the old Negro Leagues. Included are 15 original pastels for the book of the same name by Lawrence Ritter, as well as uniforms, photographs, and other artifacts from an extensive collection of Red Wings memorabilia. Memorial Art Gallery.

May 3­June 15, Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet: Creating a Circle of Peace. Three monks from the monastery of His Holiness the Dalai Lama will spend six weeks at the Memorial Art Gallery creating the Kalachakra (Wheel of Time) Mandala. Mandalas are intricate circular sand paintings which symbolize the essential teachings of Buddhism. The monks will answer visitors' questions during the process. Memorial Art Gallery.

May 3­June 15, Seven Years in Tibet, 1944­1951: Photographs by Heinrich Harrer. In 1944, Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer arrived in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa following a harrowing escape from a British POW camp. One of few Westerners permitted entry to the country, he soon became the trusted friend and unofficial tutor of the then teenaged Dalai Lama. His 42 black-and-white photographs are an exceptional visual record of a vanishing way of life. Memorial Art Gallery.

May 3­June 15, Living Tibet: Photographs by Bill Warren. Award-winning photojournalist Bill Warren has made three trips to Dharamsala, India, home of the Dalai Lama's government-in-exile. The ten color photographs in this exhibition document efforts of the refugee community there to preserve Tibetan culture. Memorial Art Gallery.

Through May 18, The Painterly Print. This exhibition shows how 20th century printmakers have combined the dynamic elements of painting with the methodical techniques of lithography, serigraphy, and intaglio. Features works of Marc Chagall, Edvard Munch, Larry Rivers, and Helen Frankenthaler. Memorial Art Gallery.

May 19­June 15, School Without Walls Mandala Project. Students from Rochester's School Without Walls will construct their own mandala incorporating symbols of their own design while using traditional tools and techniques. Memorial Art Gallery

May 23­August 17, Artists' Artists. This collection features self-portraits of artists as diverse as Rembrandt van Rijn and Andy Warhol. The works from the Gallery's collection span 500 years. Memorial Art Gallery.

May 27­June 20, Visually Literate II: Art by Library Staff. Exhibition features Balkan beadwork, Pysanki decorated eggs, and photography by staff of the River Campus Libraries. Art Library Gallery, Rush Rhees Library.

Continuing, Henry David Thoreau Collection. This exhibition showcases a rare, complete, and extremely valuable collection of Thoreau's works, donated to the University of Rochester Libraries by Raymond R. Borst. It includes first editions of all Thoreau's writings and other materials. Department of Rare Books, Rush Rhees Library.

RELIGION

RIVER CAMPUS INTERFAITH CHAPEL

June 8, Roman Catholic Mass. Lower Level, 10 a.m.

June 15, Roman Catholic Mass. Lower Level, 10 a.m.

MEDICAL CENTER INTERFAITH CHAPEL

May 28, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.

May 29, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

May 31, Department of Chemistry Symposium Honoring Richard H. Schlessinger. Room 140, Hutchison Hall, 11:30 p.m. For information on individual lectures, call x5-4231.

AND MORE

Strong Reruns. Across from Medical Center Post Office, open for sales Mon. 11 to 3 p.m.; Tues., noon to 3 p.m.; Wed. 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m. to noon. Leave donations anytime.

June 13, Alive at the Memorial Art Gallery. Enjoy live music, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, and a chance to meet old and new friends. Don't miss this annual party on the lawn. Admission $5. Front lawn, Memorial Art Gallery, 5 p.m.