ACTIVITIES PROGRAM
Discounts for 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.
ART
May 6, Especially for Educators. This inservice traces themes from the exhibition Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet: Creating a Circle of Peace. $10 per person, call 473-7720 x3027. Memorial Art Gallery, 4 p.m.
May 6, Viewpoints Lecture. Exhibition designer John King will speak on his installation for Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet: Creating a Circle of Peace. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 5:30 p.m.
May 6, Introduction to Tantra: Why, What, and How? Paul Nietupski will speak on Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet: Creating a Circle of Peace. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.
May 6, Evening Tour of the Collection. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.
May 9, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.
May 11, Family Day. Everyone is invited to celebrate the exhibition Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet: Creating a Circle of Peace. Event includes Tibetan monastic and folk arts; music, chanting, and dance; family art activities; and guided tours. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, noon.
May 11, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 2 p.m.
May 13, Viewpoints Lecture. Katherine Harrigan will speak on the work of Emma Lambert Cooper. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 5:30 p.m.
May 13, Lecture: Sacred Females and Divine Couples in Buddhist Art. Miranda Shaw will speak in conjunction with Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet: Creating a Circle of Peace. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.
May 13, Evening Tour of the Collection. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.
May 14, The Practice of Work: Part I. The first of a three-part series on how Buddhist principles can help us improve the quality of life in the workplace. Includes personal exploration and group discussion. Free with admission, but registration required; call 473-7720 x3073. Memorial Art Gallery, 7 p.m.
May 16, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, Admission Desk, 2 p.m.
May 18, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, Admission Desk, 2 p.m.
May 19, Lecture: A Conversation with Sidney Piburn and Tenzin Yignyen. Piburn is program director and Tenzin is a monk at Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca. Offered in conjunction with Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. $7 includes lunch. Call 232-7140. Downtown Community Forum, 151 St. Mary's Place, 12:10 p.m.
May 20, Viewpoints Lecture. Charles Collins will speak on Guan-Yin, the Chinese Bodhisattva of compassion. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.
May 20, Lecture. Georges Dreyfus will speak on
Historical Perspectives on the Political Situation in Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.
May 20, Evening Tour of the Collection. Admission Desk, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.
May 23, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, Admission Desk, 2 p.m.
May 23, Poetry Reading. Poet Anne Waldman and poet, translator, and essayist Andrew Schelling will read from their new book,
Songs of the Sons and Daughters of Buddha. Tickets $10, call 473-2590. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 7 p.m.
May 25, Exhibition Tour: Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet. Free with gallery admission. Memorial Art Gallery, Admission Desk, 2 p.m.
May 25, Reading. One-by-One. A program of music, poetry, and personal stories brings together children of Holocaust survivors and children of the Third Reich. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 3 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.
May 3June 15, Sacred Sand Painting of Tibet: Creating a Circle of Peace. Three monks from the monastery of His Holiness the Dalai Lama will spend six weeks at the Memorial Art Gallery creating the
Kalachakra (Wheel of Time) Mandala. Mandalas are intricate circular sand paintings which symbolize the essential teachings of Buddhism. The monks will answer visitors' questions during the process. Memorial Art Gallery.
May 3June 15, Seven Years in Tibet, 19441951: Photographs by Heinrich Harrer. In 1944, Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer arrived in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa following a harrowing escape from a British POW camp. One of few Westerners permitted entry to the country, he soon became the trusted friend and unofficial tutor of the then teenaged Dalai Lama. His 42 black-and-white photographs are an exceptional visual record of a vanishing way of life. Memorial Art Gallery.
May 3June 15, Living Tibet: Photographs by Bill Warren. Award-winning photojournalist Bill Warren has made three trips to Dharamsala, India, home of the Dalai Lama's government-in-exile. The ten color photographs in this exhibition document efforts of the refugee community there to preserve Tibetan culture. 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.
May 19June 15, School Without Walls Mandala Project. Students from Rochester's School Without Walls will construct their own mandala incorporating symbols of their own design while using traditional tools and techniques.
May 23August 17, Artists' Artists. This collection features self-portraits of artists as diverse as Rembrandt van Rijn and Andy Warhol. The works from the Gallery's collection span 500 years.
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.
LECTURES
May 15, Noon-Hour Health Bites. Career Development for Clerical Staff. Speaker to be announced. Room 3-3235, Medical School, 12 noon.
MUSIC
May 7, Eastman Wind Ensemble/Eastman Wind Orchestra. Donald Hunsberger, conductor. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.
May 9, Eastman Philharmonia/Eastman Chorale/Eastman-Rochester Chorus. William Weinert, conductor. A German Requiem
by Johannes Brahms. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.
May 10, Eastman School of Music Student Recital Series. Juyeon Kang, piano. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 3 p.m.
May 11, Leonard Treash Memorial Tribute. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.
May 24, Jessie Kneisel Memorial Lieder Competition Concert. Featuring the winner of the 1997 Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.
RELIGION
RIVER CAMPUS INTERFAITH CHAPEL
May 6, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.
May 7, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.
May 8, Ascension Thursday
Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 12:30 p.m.
May 11, Roman Catholic Mass. Lower Level, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
May 11, Interdenominational Worship Service. Upper Level, 3 p.m.
May 11, Protestant Chapel Service. Upper Level, 5 p.m.
May 18, Roman Catholic Mass. Lower Level, 10 a.m.
May 24, Roman Catholic Mass. Upper Level, 4:30 p.m.
MEDICAL CENTER INTERFAITH CHAPEL
May 7, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.
May 8, Ascension Thursday Roman Catholic Mass. 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
May 9, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.
May 11, Protestant Worship (Interdenominational). 10:15 a.m.
May 11, Roman Catholic Mass. 11:15 a.m.
May 12, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.
May 14, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.
May 16, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.
May 18, Protestant Worship (Interdenominational).
10:15 a.m.
May 18, Roman Catholic Mass. 11:15 a.m.
May 19, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.
May 21, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.
May 23, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.
May 25, Protestant Worship (Interdenominational). 10:15 a.m.
May 25, Roman Catholic Mass. 11:15 a.m.
May 26, Roman Catholic Mass. 12:30 p.m.
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
May 8, Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds. Steven Barnett, M.D., will speak on Informed Consent: Medical decision-making with a deaf adult who is not fluent in American Sign Language or English. Room K-307, Medical School, noon.
May 14, Center for Nursing Science Research Exchange Discussion Forum. D. Eldredge, T. Olsan, P. Stone, and M. Wilde will discuss
Pre-Doctoral NRSA Process: Trials and Rewards Room 3-W301, Helen Wood Hall, 3:30 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.
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