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

April 8, Viewpoints Lecture. Germaine Knapp will speak on bas-relief portraits by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 5:30 p.m.

April 8, Evening Tour of the Collection. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

April 11, Gallery Highlights Tour. Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

April 13, Play Ball! Family Day. Celebrates the exhibition Leagues Apart: The Men and Times of the Negro Baseball Leagues and the Rochester Red Wings 1997 Opening Weekend. Former Negro League star and National League coach Buck O'Neil will speak and sign copies of his book. Memorial Art Gallery, 12 noon.

April 13, Exhibition Tour. Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

April 15, Viewpoints Lecture. MAG Docent Thea Tweet will speak on Tara: from India to Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.

April 16, Evening Tour of the Collection. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

April 18, Gallery Highlights Tour. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

April 20, Painting Demonstration. Watch and ask questions as portrait painter John Piesley creates a new work. Free with gallery admission. Pavilion, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

April 20, Exhibition Tour. Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 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.

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.

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.

FILM

April 11, Scream. Hoyt Hall, 7 and 10 p.m., 12:30 a.m. $2.75 Common Market, $3 at the door.

April 12, The People vs. Larry Flynt. Hoyt Hall, 7 and 9:45 p.m. A Clockwork Orange, 12:30 a.m. $2.75 Common Market, $3 at the door.

April 13, Everyone Says I Love You, Hoyt Hall, 7:15 and 10:15 p.m., $2 at the door.

April 18, The English Patient, 7:30 and 11 p.m., $2.75 Common Market, $3 at the door.

LECTURES

April 8, Noon-Hour Health Bites. Dennis Conheady, CSW, will speak on How to Help Children Cope with Stress. Room K-307, Medical School, 12 noon.

April 8, Global-Local Articulation Series. Marc LaForce, M.D.; Mark Utell, M.D.; and Mary Younge, R.N. will speak on TB: The Re-emerging Threat. Room 2-1322, Medical School, 12:30 p.m.

April 8, Department of Chemistry Hutchison Memorial Lecture. J. Fraser Stoddart will speak on Constructing Carbohydrates on the Nanoscale. Lander Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, 4:15.

April 9, African and African-American Studies Seminar Series. Karen Ferguson will speak on Caught in "No Man's Land": The Negro Cooperative Demonstration Service and the Ideology of Booker T. Washington, 1900­1918. Room 301, Morey Hall, 11 a.m.

April 9, Department of Chemistry Hutchison Memorial Lecture. J. Fraser Stoddart will speak on The Nature of the Mechanical Bond. Lander Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, 4:15.

April 12, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies Colloquium: Women, Technology, and Health: Debating Genes and Gender. Helen Wood Hall, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 275-8318 for information.

April 15, Noon-Hour Health Bites. Gail Noble will speak on How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk. Room K-307, Medical School, 12 noon.

April 16, Warner School Scandling Lecture Series. Professor Sharon Nelson LeGall will speak on Conceptualizing Risk and Protective Factors for African-American Children's Academic Achievement: Home and School Contexts in Conflict? Room 210D, Dewey Hall, 7:30 p.m.

MUSIC

April 8, Largely Ludwig. Chamber works by Beethoven performed by Perrin Yang and Shannon Nace, violins; Alexandra Moellman, viola; Ingrid Bock, cello; and Lorraine Van Dine, piano. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 8 p.m. Call 222-5000 for tickets.

April 8, Kilbourn Concert Series. Eastman Brass. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m. Call 222-5000 for tickets.

April 9, Eastman Wind Orchestra. Donald Hunsberger, conductor. Works of Ticheli and Adler. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

April 10, Eastman Opera Theatre/Eastman Philharmonia. Verdi's Falstaff. Jon David Gruett, guest director. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m. Call 222-5000 for tickets.

April 11, Eastman Opera Theatre/Eastman Philharmonia. Verdi's Falstaff. Jon David Gruett, guest director. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m. Call 222-5000 for tickets.

April 12, Eastman Opera Theatre/Eastman Philharmonia. Verdi's Falstaff. Jon David Gruett, guest director. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m. Call 222-5000 for tickets.

April 12, Eastman Virtuosi Chamber Music. Works by Bach, Adler, and de Falla. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 14, Jazz Workshop Ensemble. Contemporary Big Band Perspectives. Jesse Krebs, director. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 17, Eastman Repertory Singers. John Hunter, conductor. Works by Mozart, Brahms, and Ratcliff. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 18, Jazz Lab Band. Big Band Jazz. Jeff Wilfore, director. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 19, World Music Series. Gamelan Lila Muni. Traditional and Modern Music for Balinese Gamelan. Ellen Koskoff, director. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 20, Eastman School of Music Student Recital Series. Deirdre Foley, violin. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 3 p.m.

April 20, Guest Artist Recital. Richard Cionco, piano. Works by Ravel, Liszt, and Beethoven. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

RELIGION

RIVER CAMPUS INTERFAITH CHAPEL

April 8, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.

April 9, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.

April 10, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.

April 13, Interdenominational Worship Service. Upper Level, 3 p.m.

April 13, Roman Catholic Mass. Lower Level, 10 a.m., 5 p.m.

April 13, Protestant Chapel Service. Upper Level, 5 p.m.

April 14, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.

April 15, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.

April 16, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.

April 17, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.

April 20, Interdenominational Worship Service. Upper Level, 3 p.m.

April 20, Roman Catholic Mass. Lower Level, 10 a.m., 5 p.m.

April 20, Protestant Chapel Service. Upper Level, 5 p.m.

April 21, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.

MEDICAL CENTER INTERFAITH CHAPEL

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

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

April 13, Protestant Worship (Interdenominational). 10:15 a.m.

April 13, Roman Catholic Mass. 11:15 a.m.

April 14, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.

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

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

April 20, Protestant Worship (Interdenominational). 10:15 a.m.

April 20, Roman Catholic Mass. 11:15 a.m.

April 21, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

April 8, Department of Chemistry. J. Fraser Stoddart will speak on Constructing Carbohydrates on the Nanoscale. Lander Auditorium, 4:15 p.m.

April 9, The Center for Nursing Science Discussion Forum. Panel on Psychometric Instrumentation. Room 3-W301, Helen Wood Hall, 3:30 p.m.

April 9, Department of Chemistry. J. Fraser Stoddart will speak on The Nature of the Mechanical Bond. Lander Auditorium,, 4:15 p.m.

April 11, University Day in Genetics. Scientists will present their research into genetic questions in two poster sessions. Call 5-3837 for more information. Helen Wood Hall Lounge, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

April 12, Department of Chemistry. Professor Michael Menzinger will speak on Pattern Formation Induced by Differential Transport in the Physical, Biological, and Engineering Sciences. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 4:30 p.m.

April 14, Biology Department Seminar. Dr. David Spector will speak on Nuclear Organization of Gene Expression. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 12 noon.

April 16, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine Seminar. Alvin I. Mushlin, M.D., will speak on Results of the MADIT/Cost-Effectiveness Study. Room 4-W301, Helen Wood Hall, 4 p.m.

April 17, MCAG Professional Development Brown Bag Lunch Series. Speaker to be announced. What's Available in Graduate Level Health Care Education in Rochester. Room 3-3235, Medical School, 12 noon.

April 21, Biology Department Seminar. Dr. David Goldfarb will speak on Movement of Proteins Into and Out of the Yeast Nucleus. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 12 noon.

SPORTS

April 7, The Harlem Wizards. This world-renowned entertainment basketball team is coming to the University of Rochester for two hours of FUN-raising to support cancer research at the University of Rochester Cancer Center. Tickets $10, $8 for students, children, and seniors. Call 273-4143. Palestra, River Campus, 7 p.m.

THEATER

April 12, The Velveteen Rabbit. Rochester Children's Theater. Tickets $7 to $9, call 232-1363. Cutler Ballroom, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

April 13, The Velveteen Rabbit. Rochester Children's Theater. Tickets $7 to $9, call 232-1363. Cutler Ballroom, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

April 19, The Velveteen Rabbit. Rochester Children's Theater. Tickets $7 to $9, call 232-1363. Cutler Ballroom, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

April 20, The Velveteen Rabbit. Rochester Children's Theater. Tickets $7 to $9, call 232-1363. Cutler Ballroom, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.

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.

April 4, First Fridays at the Memorial Art Gallery. Enjoy live music, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, and a chance to meet friends. Tickets $5, call 473-7720. Memorial Art Gallery, 5 p.m.

April 12, Aditi Presents Mela 97. South Asian cultural show followed by dinner and dance with DJ Jiten. Tickets on sale at common market. Call x4-0149.