Calendar of Events

Discounts on 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.

African Lion Safari, 25 percent discount coupon, x5-7942

Alamo Rent-A-Car, $15 off and 50 percent off upgrade charges, x5-7942

Allied Van Line, Preferred Customer Status, 235-3500

Amerks, $9.75 Blue Action Pack Ticket

Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks (RARES), discount card, x5-7942

Best Western (Orlando), golden passport card, x5-7942

BJ's Wholesale card, one day pass with 5 percent surcharge, x5-7942

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

Bristol Harbour, $5 discount on regular price of 18 rounds of golf, call Mike Roeder at 396-2460

Bristol Mountain, several packages available, see distribution sites

Buckman's "Soft Touch" Wash, $5.00

Buena Vista Suites, club membership card, x5-7942

Caesar's Pocono Resorts (RARES), 20 percent off midweek, 10 percent off weekend, x5-7942

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

Cherry Hill Furniture, up to 50 percent discount, x5-7942

Choice Hotels International, travelers' discount card, x5-7942

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

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

Colonial Plaza Inn (Orlando), (800) 321-2323

Comfort Suites (Orlando), (800) 27-SUITE

Days Inn (Lake Buena Vista), magic days club card, x5-7942

Delta Sonic Ticket Packages, prices range from $6.50 - $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

Discovery Zone, $4.25

Dorney Park, discount coupon, x5-7942

Downstairs Cabaret Theatre, $3 discount, show University ID at entrance

Dunham's, 15 percent discount card. x5-7942

Employee Printing Service (RARES), 40 percent off retail prices, x5-7942

Fairport Harbor House (RARES), 10 percent discount on room rentals, call 223-7280

Frontier Cellular, discount rates, call Michael Machonkin at 738-7001

The Garden Store at Ted Collins Associates, 10 percent discount, call Greg Roth at 924-7180

General Cinema Tickets, $5.50 adult, $3.50 children

Genesee Country Museum, $8.75 adult tickets, $5.50 youth tickets, seniors $8.50 at door, open May 10 through October 13

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

Hershey Park, discount hospitality card, x5-7942

Hertz Car Rental, member discount card, x5-7942

Holiday Inn (Orlando), (800) FON-KIDS

Hunt Hollow Ski Club, day lift price $20, night life price $18, call Linda Campbell at 374-5428

Howard Johnson (Orlando), golden passport card

The Inn of the Six Mountains (RARES), 20 percent discount year round, off rack rates, call Guy Rossi at (800) 228-4676

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

Jos. A. Banks, discount with University of Rochester ID, Loehmann's Plaza

KOA Campgrounds (Florida 30 percent off, West Coast 10 percent off),

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

Liberty Travel (RARES), call 544-5500

Little Theatre tickets, $5.25

L & M Financial Services, free educational workshops for companies and individuals, call Randy Callesto at (800) 326-8410

Medical Center Athletic Club, discount rates, call Kelly Walzer/Sandra Dano at x5-2437

Memorial Art Gallery, 1/2 price new membership application, x5-7942

National Car Rental, one car class upgrade or one free weekend day, x5-7942

Print USA (RARES), 40 percent off retail prices, x5-7942

R. C. Shaheen, 20 percent off paint, 25 percent off wallcoverings, 60 percent off window blinds, free in-home decorating service, x5-7942

Rivers Organization/Bonaparte Travel (RARES), call Rick Rivers at 385-6050

Rochester Athletic Club, $100 off membership (offer expires 10/31/97), call Peter at 424-2222

Sam's Club, one year free membership with 5 percent surcharge

Ski Valley, several packages available, see distribution sites

Sony Theatre Tickets, $5

Staub's Cleaners (RARES), 20 percent off dry cleaning, call Patty Burgen at 271-4200

Swain Ski Center, several packages available, see distribution sites

Universal Studios, membership discount card, x5-7942

Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom Club (RARES), discount card, x5-7942

ART

October 28, Viewpoints Lecture. Candace Adelson will speak on Frits Thaulow's The Stream. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, 5:30 p.m.

October 28, Tour of the Collection. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

October 31, Archaeology Lecture. Mark Wilson-Jones will speak on The Enigma of the Pantheon. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, Ballroom, 7:30 p.m.

October 31, Tour of the Collection. Free with gallery admission. Admission desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

November 2, Exhibition Tour. Highlights Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, Admission desk, 2 p.m.

November 4, Viewpoints Lecture. Curt Smith will speak on Politics in America: Then and Now using works from the Gallery's collection. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 5:30 p.m.

November 4, Lecture. Wolf Kahn will speak on Six Excellent Reasons Not to Paint a Landscape with a book signing to follow. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

November 4, Tour of the Collection. Free with gallery admission. Admission desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

November 6, Lecture. Rosalie G. Genovese, affiliated scholar, Susan B. Anthony University Center, will discuss her book, Americans at Midlife: Caught Between Generations. The Meliora, 7 p.m..

November 7, Exhibition Tour. Highlights Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas. Free with gallery admission. Admission desk, Memorial Gallery, 2 p.m.

November 8, Family Performance. Songs and Dances from Turtle Island features indigenous music of the Americas performed by various artists. Tickets available at the door. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 7 p.m.

November 9, Family Workshop. Paulette Davis will lead a workshop for adults and children on Three-Dimensional Landscapes. Call 473-7720 x3056 to register. Creative Workshop, Memorial Art Gallery, 1:30 p.m.

November 9, Exhibition Tour. Highlights Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas. Free with gallery admission. Admission desk, Memorial Gallery, 2 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. Memorial Art Gallery.

November 7 through February 15, Storm Boy and Frog Girl: Tales of the Northwest Coast by Paul Owen Lewis. This exhibition includes six original paintings from children's books by Paul Owen Lewis, and contemporary works by Northwest Coast artisans from a Rochester collection. Memorial Art Gallery.

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. Memorial Art Gallery.

FILM

October 31, Contact. Hoyt Hall, 6:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., and 12:30 a.m. Tickets $2.75 in advance, $3 at the door.

November 1, Nothing to Lose. Hoyt Hall, 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Tickets $2.75 in advance, $3 at the door.

November 2, Blade Runner. Hubbell Auditorium, 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Tickets $2 at the door.

November 7, Air Force One. Hoyt Hall, 7 p.m., 9:45 p.m., and 12:30 a.m. Tickets $2.75 in advance, $2 at the door.

November 8, Hercules. Strong Auditorium, 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and 10 p.m. Tickets $2.75 in advance, $3 at the door.

November 9, Spaceballs. Hubbell, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets $2 at the door.

MUSIC

October 28, Genesee Early Music Society Concert. Call 482-4040 for tickets. Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery, 7 p.m.

October 28, Kilbourn Concert Series: A Schubert Celebration. Natalya Antonova, piano; and friends. Call 222-5000 for tickets. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

October 29, Guest Artist Recital: Rhythm & Brass. Kilbourn Hall, 4 p.m.

October 29, Faculty Artist Recital. Barry Snyder, piano. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

October 30, Eastman Trombone Choir. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

November 2, Guest Artist Recital. Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz. Call 222-5000 for tickets. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

November 3, Eastman Wind Orchestra. Donald Hunsberger, conductor. Works by Husa and J. S. Bach/Leidzen. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

November 5, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Works by Bizet and Dukas. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

November 9, Kilbourn Orchestra. Works by Mussorgsky, Kodaly, and Schumann. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

RELIGION

RIVER CAMPUS INTERFAITH CHAPEL

November 2, Protestant Chapel Service. Upper level, 5 p.m.

November 2, Roman Catholic Mass. Lower Level, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

November 2, Interdenominational Worship Service. Upper level, 3 p.m.

November 9, Protestant Chapel Service. Upper level, 5 p.m.

November 9, Roman Catholic Mass. Lower Level, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

November 9, Interdenominational Worship Service. Upper level, 3 p.m.

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

October 28, Department of Chemistry STC Seminar. Dr. Sam Xu will speak on Surface and Interface Dynamics Probed by Femtosecond Time-resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 4:45 p.m.

October 29, Department of Chemistry Colloquium. Dr. Paul J. Fagan will speak on Some Applications of Synthetic Chemistry at DuPont. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 12 p.m.

October 29, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Mario Livio will speak on Astrophysical Jets. Tea: Room 374, Bausch and Lomb Hall, 3:40 p.m. Talk: Room 109, Bausch and Lomb Hall, 4 p.m.

October 31, Department of Chemistry Organic Seminar. Marina Stanescu will speak. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 9:30 a.m.

November 5, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Azriel Genack will speak on Statistical Optics in Random Media. Tea: Room 374, Bausch and Lomb Hall, 3:40 p.m. Talk: Room 109, Bausch and Lomb Hall, 4 p.m.

November 5, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine Seminar. Douglas Landy will speak on Managed Care and Mental Health. Room 4-W301, Helen Wood Hall, 4 p.m.

SPORTS

October 26, Field Hockey, Lock Haven, 2 p.m.

November 1, Women's Soccer, Skidmore, 5 p.m.

November 1, Football, Carnegie Melon, 1 p.m.

November 8, Football, Buffalo State, 1 p.m.

AND MORE

November 7, First Fridays at the Memorial Art Gallery. Enjoy live music, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, and a chance to meet old and new friends. America's Harvest is this month's theme. For $5 tickets, call 473-7720 x3035. Memorial Art Gallery, 5 p.m.

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 and need not be from the University community to join. Call Jim Newell at 784-8321.

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.

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