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

September 17, Creative Workshop on Questioning Nature: Abstract Impulses in 20th-Century American Landscape Painting. Art history course led by Roberta Schwartz explores works by Homer, Hopper, O'Keefe, Benton, and others. Fee: $46. Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

September 18, Creative Workshop on Questioning Nature: Abstract Impulses in 20th-Century American Landscape Painting. Art history course led by Roberta Schwartz explores works by Homer, Hopper, O'Keefe, Benton, and others. Fee: $46. Memorial Art Gallery, 10:15 a.m.

September 24, Creative Workshop on Questioning Nature: Abstract Impulses in 20th-Century American Landscape Painting. Art history course led by Roberta Schwartz explores works by Homer, Hopper, O'Keefe, Benton, and others. Fee: $46. Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

September 25, Creative Workshop on Questioning Nature: Abstract Impulses in 20th-Century American Landscape Painting. Art history course led by Roberta Schwartz explores works by Homer, Hopper, O'Keefe, Benton, and others. Fee: $46. Memorial Art Gallery, 10:15 a.m.

September 26, Exhibition Preview Party: Latitudes and Attitudes. Explore the latitudes and attitudes of our continent as seen by a new generation of landscape painters. Live music, specialty drinks, and decadent desserts. Tickets $10 per person, call 473-7720. Memorial Art Gallery, 8 p.m.

September 26, Earth Ball Burning. Vincent Massaro's Earth Ball sculpture pays homage to a man who was killed because of his efforts to save the rain forest. The artist will return the work to nature by burning it. Memorial Art Gallery back lawn, 9 p.m.

September 28, Peace Garden Tour (Self-guided). Individuals are invited to visit gardens in the community on their own. Maps available at gallery's admission desk. 1 p.m.

EXHIBITS

September 27 through November 16, Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas. Seventy-three works of the past decade show how landscape painting has evolved in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The artists range from the famous -- Wolf Kahn, Rackstraw Downes, Janet Fish -- to young, emerging talents.

Through October 26, Bless the Beasts. Casual observers and ardent animal lovers alike will find much to enjoy in this exhibition of prints and drawings from the permanent collection. Artists include Rufino Tamayo, Morris Graves, Francesco Clemente, and Joseph Raffael.

Through November 9, Decorative Bindings from the Tioga Point Museum. Although he never finished high school, utilities magnate George N. Tidd had a passion for beautiful books. When he died in 1952, he willed an extraordinary collection of them to the tiny Tioga Point Museum in his hometown of Athens, PA. Thirty of the finest are on exhibit.

FILM

September 19, Con Air. Hoyt Hall, 7 p.m., 9:45 p.m., and 12:30 a.m. Tickets $2.75 in advance, $3 at the door.

September 20, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Hoyt Hall, 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets $2.75 in advance, $3 at the door.

September 21, The Princess Bride. Hoyt Hall, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets $2 at the door.

September 26, Batman and Robin. Hoyt Hall, 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Tickets $2.75 in advance, $3 at the door.

September 27, Dirty Dancing. Hoyt Hall, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Private Parts. Midnight. Tickets $2.75 in advance, $3 at the door.

September 28, Love! Valour! Compassion! Hoyt Hall, 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Tickets $2 at the door.

MUSIC

September 15, What Makes It Great? The Samuel Adler Series. Eastman faculty members David Headlam and Ken Grant on the music of Berg and Brahms. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

September 17, Faculty Artist Recital. For the Love of Chamber Music featuring Rebecca Penneys, piano; and friends. Music by Mahler, Brahms, and Schubert. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

September 19, Eastman Philharmonia. Works by Schubert and Bartók. David Effron, conductor. Tickets $6; free to University of Rochester community with ID. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

September 20, Eastman Virtuosi. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

September 21, Commemorative Concert for Catherine Tait. Works by Ursula Malok, Augusta Read Thomas, David Liptak, Fauré, Beethoven, and Stravinsky. Eastman Theatre, 3 p.m.

September 21, Community Education Division Faculty Recital. Alla Kuznetsov, piano. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.

September 22, Eastman Wind Ensemble. Featuring David Duiven, saxophonist, with Donald Hunsberger, conductor. Works by Schindler and Milhaud. Tickets $6; free to University of Rochester community with ID. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

September 23, Eastman Wind Orchestra. Works by Husa and Strauss. Donald Hunsberger, conductor. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

September 24, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Works by Barber, Schumann, and Prokofiev. David Effron, conductor. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

September 25, Honoring Milton Babbitt. Chamber music by one of America's foremost living composers with Eastman faculty members John Graham, viola; Nicholas Goluses, guitar; Alan Feinberg, piano; and Ramon Ricker, saxophone. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

September 26, A Celebration of Gospel. Two performances presented by the Eastman School of Music Community Education Division. Old Ship of Zion with Horace Boyer, 7 p.m. Rochester Gospel Choirs in Concert with Rev. Alvin Parris, conductor, 8:30 p.m. Tickets $7.50 (covers admission to both concerts), call 222-5000. Eastman Theatre.

September 27, A Celebration of Arthur Farewell and American Music. Day-long program of events features pianists Russell Miller, John, Sheridan, and Jean Barr; cellist Pamela Frame, oboist Richart Killmer, flutist Marjorie Roth, and singers from the Eastman Voice Department.

September 28, Eastman-Ranlet Concert. The Ying Quartet presents Autobiography. Works by Beethoven, Zipper, and Smetana. Tickets $5 to $15; call 222-5000. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

September 29, Gibbs Chamber Players. Donald Hunsberger, conductor. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

RELIGION

RC INTERFAITH CHAPEL

September 21, Interdenominational Worship Service. Upper level, 3 p.m.

September 21, Protestant Chapel Service. Upper level, 5 p.m.

September 28, Interdenominational Worship Service. Upper level, 3 p.m.

September 28, Protestant Chapel Service. Upper level, 5 p.m.

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

September 18, School of Medicine and Dentistry Opening Convocation for Faculty, Medical Students, and Graduate Students. Whipple Auditorium, 4 p.m.

September 19, Department of Chemistry Organic Seminar. Francine Wincott will speak on Development and Optimization of Ribozyme Based Therapeutics. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 9:30 a.m.

September 22, Department of Chemistry Ph.D. Defense. Liaohai Chen will speak on Amplification of Fragmentation and Photooxidation Reactions Through Tandem Chain Processes Initiated by Photoinduced Electron Transfer. Room 200, Hutchison Hall, 1 p.m.

September 24, Department of Chemistry Ph.D. Defense. Xinhe Wu will speak on Synthetic Studies Toward Zaragozic Acid A. Room 203, Hylan Hall, 2 p.m.

September 26, Department of Chemistry Organic Seminar. Robert DeVita will speak on Growth Hormone Secretagogues. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 9:30 a.m.

SPORTS

September 19, Women's Tennis, Ithaca, 4 p.m.

September 20, Field Hockey, SUNY Geneseo, 1 p.m.

September 21, Women's Tennis, Carnegie Mellon, 10 a.m.

September 21, Men's Soccer, Emory 11 a.m.

September 21, Women's Soccer, Emory, 1:30 p.m.

September 23, Field Hockey, Houghton, 7 p.m.

September 24, Men's Soccer, R.I.T., 7 p.m.

September 27, Football, St. Lawrence, 1 p.m.

AND MORE

September 27, Twenty-fifth Rochester International Book Fair. Sponsored by Friends of the University of Rochester Libraries, featuring antiquarian and good used books, maps, posters, postcards, and prints. Free for students, $4 for the public. New York State Armory, 145 Culver Road, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Strong Reruns. The store is in the process of relocation. Please save donations until later this fall, when Reruns will reopen.

Back-to-School Computer Sale. University of Rochester Computer Sales is holding a sale for students, faculty, staff, and departments until October 10. Receive Apple Computer rebates for purchasing Apple computers and/or printers.

Daybreakers Club. The Daybreakers Club of Toastmasters International meets from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. every first and third Thursday of each month in the Seneca Room in Strong Hospital. Guests are welcome. Call Jim Newell at 784-8321.

For Smokers Only: A Breath of Fresh Air. Three informational meetings are scheduled to help smokers quit smoking comfortably. Attending these meetings does not mean you intend to quit smoking. Times are Wednesday, October 1 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Gowen Room in Wilson Commons and from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Room 4-162 Dewey Hall, and Thursday, October 2 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Room K-307 at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Lexis/Nexis coaching sessions. Learn to search the legal or news portions of this popular database. Rush Rhees Reference, Tuesdays at noon. Through early December.