Calendar of Events

ACTIVITIES PROGRAM

Discounts for many activities are available to 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 33A, Administration Building. For further information, see the Employee Activities Program newsletter or call x5-7942.

ART

December 9, Viewpoints Lecture. Heather Stanford will present a dramatic interpretation of a work in the Gallery's collection. Free with Gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 5:30 p.m.

December 9, Tour of the Collection. Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

December 10, Art À La Carte. Psychiatrist Marto Foss will speak on My Doctor the Artist. Admission of $15 includes reception and lunch. Call 473-7720 x3018. Auditorium and Cutler's Restaurant, Memorial Art Gallery, noon.

December 12, Gallery Highlights Tour. Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

December 12, Exhibition Preview Party. Celebrates New Russian Art: Paintings from the Christian Keesee Collection. Enjoy food, fun, and a blend of music including Russian pop music performed by Lara Melder and Victor Nazimov. Tickets $10, call 473-7720 x3510. Memorial Art Gallery, 8 p.m.

December 14, Family Workshop. Elizabeth King Durand will lead a workshop for adults and children on Experimental Painting: Paint and a Variety of Tools. Admission $6, call 473-7720 x3056. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 1:30 p.m.

December 14, Exhibition Tour. Highlights New Russian Art: Paintings from the Christian Keesee Collection. Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

December 14, Family Concert. Holiday music of many cultures will be performed by children from School 42 choir and the Kingdom Bound gospel choir. Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 3 p.m.

December 16, Viewpoints Lecture. The Twelve Corners Klezmer Band will celebrate the exhibition Festive Lights: Menorahs from Rochester Collections. Free with Gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 5:30 p.m.

December 16, Lecture. Christian Keesee and Georgii Litichevskii will discuss the contemporary Russian art scene. Free with Gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

December 16, Tour of the Collection. Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

December 17, Lecture (In Russian). Artist Georgii Litichevskii will discuss the contemporary Russian art scene. Free with Gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 10 a.m.

December 19, Exhibition Tour. Highlights New Russian Art: Paintings from the Christian Keesee Collection. Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

December 21, Exhibition Tour. Highlights New Russian Art: Paintings from the Christian Keesee Collection. Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

December 28, Exhibition Tour. Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

December 30, Kwanzaa Celebration. Celebrate the African-American cultural holiday with music, dance, feasting, hands-on art activities, and tours of the African collection. Free with Gallery admission. Pavilion, Memorial Art Gallery, 5 p.m.

December 30, Tour of the Collection. Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

EXHIBITS

December 13 through January 25, New Russian Art: Paintings from the Christian Keesee Collection. Forty-five works collected in the early 1990s by Oklahoma businessman Christian Keesee showcase some of the best and brightest young artists now working in the former Soviet Union. No longer dependent upon artists' unions and official sanctions, these artists are free to portray social and economic realities with wit, irony, and often wry humor.

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 February 15, Glorious Warriors and Heavenly Landscapes: The Art of the Japanese Print. This exhibit features 40 color woodblock prints and a rare folding album celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Japanese printmaking giants Ando Hiroshige and Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Assembled by Rochester print collectors Merlin Dailey and Geoffrey Oliver, the prints depict heroes and samurai, poetic landscapes, genre scenes, and portraits of stage performers and courtesans. Memorial Art Gallery.

Through January 18, Festive Lights: Menorahs from Rochester Collections. This exhibition of menorahs from around the world celebrates the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. This year, the focus is on menorahs from the 1960s to the 1990s, including works by Albert Paley and Al Wilson of Rochester. Memorial Art Gallery.

Through January 11, Crèches from Around the World: The Earl Cage Collection. The manger scene by its many names--French crèche, Italian presepio, German Krippe, Spanish belèn, or Southwest American nacimiento--has long been part of family Christmas decorations. Rochester photographer Earl Kage has collected crèches for more than 50 years. This year, he is showcasing works from the latter half of the 20th century. Memorial Art Gallery.

FILM

December 9, Preview of upcoming movie, Still Breathing. Hubbell Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, 9 p.m.

LECTURES

December 10, Human Rights Panel Discussion and Candle Lighting. Features a discussion of the United States' human rights record at home and abroad. Call 256-3232 for more information. Interfaith Chapel, 7:30 p.m.

MUSIC

December 8, Woodwind Chamber Music. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

December 9, Thys Yool. The Genesee Early Music Society presents the Christmas story in chants, carols, drama, and dance. Tickets $7, call 473-7720 x3072. Fountain Court, Memorial Art Gallery, 7 p.m.

December 9, Marimba Ensemble. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

December 9, University of Rochester Chamber Orchestra. David Harman, conductor. Michael Goldberg and Kenneth Grant, clarinetists. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

December 10, Eastman Wind Ensemble. Donald Hunsberger, conductor, works by Mozart and Schuller. Free to University community, $6 general admission, call 222-5000. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

December 11, What Makes It Great? The Samuel Adler Series. Presentation by Robert Kapilow with the Gibbs Street Chamber Players featuring Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

December 12, Eastman-Rochester Chorus, Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman Black Children's Chorus, Nazareth College Youth Choir. Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, William Weinert, conductor. Free to University community, $6 public, call 222-5000. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

December 12, University of Rochester Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Mitchell Robinson, conductor. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

December 13, University Choir and Chamber Singers. Tom Folan, conductor. Interfaith Chapel, 8 p.m.

December 21, Society for Chamber Music in Rochester. James Dunham, viola; Steven Doane, cello; members of the Ying Quartet. Music by Tchaikovsky, Arensky, and Christopher Rouse. Call 586-3429 for tickets. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 8 p.m.

RELIGION

RIVER CAMPUS INTERFAITH CHAPEL

December 14, Protestant Chapel Service. Upper level, 5 p.m.

December 14, Roman Catholic Mass. Lower Level, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

December 14, Interdenominational Worship Service. Upper level, 3 p.m.

MEDICAL CENTER INTERFAITH CHAPEL

December 9, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 10, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 11, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 12, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 14, Protestant Worship (Interdenominational), 10:15 a.m.

December 14, Roman Catholic Mass, 11:15 a.m.

December 15, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 16, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 17, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 18, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 19, Roman Catholic Communion Service, 12:30 p.m.

December 21, Protestant Worship (Interdenominational), 10:15 a.m.

December 21, Roman Catholic Mass, 11:15 a.m.

December 22, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 23, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 24, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 25, Roman Catholic Mass, 11:15 a.m.

December 26, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

December 28, Protestant Worship (Interdenominational), 10:15 a.m.

December 28, Roman Catholic Mass, 11:15 a.m.

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

December 31, Roman Catholic Mass, 12:30 p.m.

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

December 9, Department of Chemistry STC Seminar. Liangbin Lin will speak on Organic Photoconductors: Present and Future. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 5 p.m.

December 10, Department of Chemistry Colloquium. Professor Ken Karlin will speak on Copper-Dioxygen Chemistry and Models for Heme-Copper Oxidases. Room 473, Hutchison Hall 12 p.m.

December 10, Center for Nursing Science and Scholarly Practice Research Exchange. Patricia Stewart will speak on Energy Expenditures and Fat Oxidation in Women after Weight Loss. Cynthia Dunn will lead a discussion of Clinical Trials. Room 3-W301, Helen Wood Hall, 3 p.m.

December 15, Department of Chemistry Ph.D. Defense. Michelle Ann Laci will speak on Studies Toward the Total Synthesis of (-)(S)-Curvularin. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 2 p.m.

December 15, Department of Chemistry Faculty Candidate. Dr. Gregory Friestad will speak on Synthetic Studies Toward Pancratistatin and Calyculin A. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 4:45 p.m.

AND MORE

December 11, Gold Sale. Sponsored by Friends of Strong Memorial Hospital, cash/Visa/MasterCard/payroll deduction. Call 275-2577 for more information. Hospital Lobby.