The Outside Speakers Committee will present an evening with actor James Earl Jones at 7 p.m., on Sunday, February 23 in Eastman Theatre.
Jones, who has won both the Emmy Award and the Tony Award, has one of the best-known voices in Hollywood. Moviegoers who first heard him provide the voice of Darth Vader in the popular Star Wars trilogy 20 years ago will hear it again on the big screen this winter when the movies are reissued.
An Academy Award nominee, Jones has starred in many other films, such as Field of Dreams, The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, The Lion King , and Sommersby.
Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for faculty and staff and may be purchased beginning Friday, January 31 in the Main Lounge of Wilson Commons. Tickets for the public go on sale February 3 for $10 through Ticket Express.
An informational meeting for the Employee Assistance Program's stop-smoking program called A Breath of Fresh Air is scheduled for Thursday, February 20, at 5 p.m., in Conference Room A of the Am bulatory Care Facility. The course teaches smokers how to quit; the meeting answers questions about the course.
For more information, call x3-5876.
The Department of Ophthalmology's Project Eye Care provides free eye examinations to about 2,000 people a year in local homeless shelters, community centers, housing facilities for the elderly, and soup kitchens. Department residents, staff, faculty, and volunteers donate their time to provide this service. Through a partnership with LensCrafter, the uninsured clients with prescriptions receive glasses at no charge.
The program needs ongoing financial support, in the way of donations, to continue to maintain service. For more information, call x5-4499.
The multidisciplinary Human Values Cluster is sponsoring a Creative Excellence Award competition. The award will go to a University student who submits the best work in any mediumpoetry, fic tion, fine art, etc.that deals with issues of human values in health care. The winner will receive $200 and a plaque. Submissions are due by April 11.
All black and white portraits scheduled and photographed this month at Medical Center Photography will be billed at 20 percent of the usual price. A formal portrait includes the sitting, proofs, nega tives, and one print.
For more information, call x5-3319.
The third offering in a new University series, Exploring the Creative Process, will feature co-directors of a New York City dance and performance group.
Lynn Brown and Lynn Marie Ruse, directors of Freefall, will talk about how they explore creativity through their work at 8 p.m., Wednesday, February 12, in Spurrier Gym Dance Studio. Admission is free and open to the community.
Brown and Ruse will show that creativity at work in two dance performances of The Tracking of Expectations the following weekend, Friday, February 14 and Saturday, February 15. Both performances will be held at 8 p.m. in the Spurrier Gym Dance Studio. Admission is $4 for students and $6 for the public.
The University's Gospel Choir will perform its annual Black History Month concert at 8 p.m., Sunday, February 16, in Strong Auditorium.
In addition to the University's gospel choir, this special concert will feature local church and college choirs, as well as gospel singers from the Rochester church community.
The concert will spotlight the history of gospel music, from hymns and spirituals to jubilee songs and contemporary gospel, and will be directed by Rev. Alvin Parris.
Admission is $2 for students with ID and $3 for the public.
For more information, call x5-2828.
The Pan African Exposition, a celebration of African culture sponsored by the Black Students' Union, will be held Saturday, February 15 in Wilson Commons. Members of the community, faculty, students, and staff are invited to attend.
Participants can choose from a variety of free activities slated from noon to 5 p.m., including workshops, cultural vendors, presentations, and performances.
Dinner features a multimedia presentation of Songs of My People given by one of the co-creators, photojournalist Dudley Brooks of the Washington Post. Also featured is the jazz ensemble Grey Mayfield. The program begins at 7 p.m. in the May Room of Wilson Commons.
The Songs of My People project has included a book, Smithsonian traveling exhibit and an HBO special. Tickets for the dinner may be purchased for $13 at the Common Market.
On Thursday, February 20, from 1-3 p.m., PBS Adult Learning Satellite Service will distribute via satellite transmission a videoconference titled Fair Use Guidelines for Educational MultimediaThe Final Document. Anyone interested may view the live videoconference from either of two locations: Upper S-Wing, Room 3-7619, Medical Center, or River Campus, Room G-113, Rush Rhees Library. The videoconference will cover issues surrounding copyrighted multimedia use in the classroom setting.
For more information, call x5-3363 or x3-5009.
The Reproductive Endocrinology Unit and Menopause Center at the Medical Center seek women to participate in a research study.
Volunteers must be healthy, post-menopausal women between the ages of 40 and 65. After a physical examination, women will be randomized to one of 8 treatment groups and receive various com binations of an estrogen and/or progestin, or placebo.
During this one-year study, volunteers are seen every three months. Benefits to volunteers include free Pap smears and lab tests, free mammogram, and possible relief of menopausal symptoms based on the study medication(s) they receive. Compensation of $450 is available. Women who have had a hysterectomy are not eligible.
For more information, call x5-7891.
The Employee Activities Program is now being conducted by the Office of Conference and Special Events, x5-7942. All printed activities informationbrochures, flyers, etc.is distributed from Room 152, Administration Building. A satellite distribution point is located outside the Medical Center Bookstore, near the ATM machine.
Ticket sale locations are: the Medical Center Cashier's Office and the Bookstore, the River Campus Parking Office and Bursar's Office, the Eastman School Business Office, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
The Mt. Hope Family Center is conducting a research project with children between the ages of nine and 12 and their mothers. One interview is required, and participating families receive $20 for their time.
For more information, call x5-2991.
The Medical Center needs speakers of languages other than Spanish to volunteer as interpreters.
For more information, call x5-4778.
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