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Calendar of Events

Events scheduled for Monday, January 26 (after 5 p.m.) through Monday, February 9 (before 5 p.m.)

ART

January 27, Especially for Educators. Siobhan LeGros Holcomb will lead an inservice for area educators focusing on the art of the Northwest Coast. Memorial Art Gallery, 4 p.m.

January 27, Lecture. Award-winning artist/illustrator Paul Owen Lewis will speak on his own work in the Storm Boy and Frog Girl exhibit. Free with Gallery admission. Auditorium, Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m.

Viewpoints Lectures

All are held at 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium and are free with Gallery admission.

January 27, Dr. Richard Chodosh will speak on his collection of Northwest Coast art.

February 3, Bob Koch will speak on the William Hogarth prints in the Gallery's collection.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

At Memorial Art Gallery­473-7720

Gallery Highlights Tours­Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk. January 30, February 1, and February 6 at 2 p.m.

Tours of the Collection­Free with Gallery admission. Admission Desk. January 27 and February 3 at 7:30 p.m.; February 8 at 2 p.m.

Through 1998, Form and Glaze: Fulper Pottery from the Donald S. Hall Collection. Fulper ware, a prized American art pottery from the early 20th century, is highlighted in this collection of more than 50 objects collected over the past 20 years by Donald S. Hall, former director of the Strasenburgh Planetarium.

Through February 8, 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.

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.

At Hartnett Gallery­x5-4188

Through February 15. Casting. This exhibition of abstract photograms is a solo show by Cynthia Young, a Rochester-based photographer and writer. Call x5-4188 for more information.

At Rush Rhees Library­x5-4477.

HEALTH

February 4, Cholesterol Screening. Stop by table before dinner and return in 20 minutes for results, $5 charge. Outside Danforth Dining Center, 5 to 7 p.m.

February 4, Blood Pressure Screening. Free screening offered by members of MERT. Outside Danforth Dining Center, 5 to 7 p.m.

LECTURES

January 29, History Department Verne Moore History Seminar Series. Richard Rorty will speak on Does Postmodernism Matter to Politics? Room 2-162, Dewey Hall, 4:30 p.m.

MUSIC

January 27, Kilbourn Concert Series: The Anonymous Four. The Miracles of Sant'Iago, A Twelfth Century Spanish Pilgrimage. Call 222-5000 for tickets. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

January 28, Eastman Wind Ensemble. Donald Hunsberger, conductor. Works by Bach, Persichetti, and Husa. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

January 29, Organ Plus. Chamber music with Kilbourn Hall's historic Aeolian-Skinner organ. Kilbourn Hall, 7 p.m.

January 30, Eastman Philharmonia. Dora Serviarian Kuhn, guest piano soloist. Works by Gershwin and Khatchaturian. Call 222-5000. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

February 2, Eastman Wind Orchestra. Andrew Boysen and James Ripley, conductors. Works by Piston and Gould. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 3, Eastman Percussion Ensemble. John Beck, director. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

February 4, Eastman School Symphony Chamber Orchestra. Bradley Lubman, conductor. Works by Strauss, Stravinsky, and Schubert. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 6, Evening of Jazz with McCoy Tyner and Eastman School of Music Studio Orchestra. Call 222-5000. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

February 7, Eastman Virtuosi. Giora Bernstein, guest conductor. Works of Strauss, Mozart, and Schoenberg. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

Faculty Artist Recitals

All are held in Kilbourn Hall.

February 5, Charles Castleman, violin; Thomas Schumacher, piano. Works by Beethoven and Fauré, 8 p.m.

February 8, Lynn Blakeslee violin; George Taylor, viola. New and Old Duos for Violin and Viola, 3 p.m.

RELIGION

RC INTERFAITH CHAPEL

Protestant, Catholic, and interdenominational worship. Call x5-4321 for schedule.

MC INTERFAITH CHAPEL

Roman Catholic Mass

January 26, 28, and 30, 12:30 p.m.

February 2, 4, 6, and 9, 12:30 p.m.; February 8, 11:15 a.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship

February 8, 10:15 p.m.

SCIENCE AND MEDICINE

January 30, Department of Chemistry Organic Seminar. Andrea Cuppoletti will speak on The Mechanism of the "Sharpless" Dihydroxylation Reaction. Room 473, Hutchison Hall, 9:30 p.m.

SPORTS

January 28, Swimming and Diving (Women), William Smith, 7 p.m.

January 30, Swimming and Diving, Ithaca, 1 p.m.

January 31, Ice Hockey, Binghamton, 7:30 p.m.

February 4, Squash, Hobart, 4 p.m.

February 6, Women's Track, University of Rochester Invitational, 4:30 p.m.

February 6, Ice Hockey, Syracuse, 7:30 p.m.

AND MORE

January 30, Friends of Strong Memorial Hospital Wine Tasting. Tickets $30; call 275-2420. Hyatt Regency Rochester, 7 p.m.

February 6, First Fridays at the Memorial Art Gallery. Enjoy live music, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, and a chance to meet old and new friends. Call 473-7720 x3035 for tickets. Memorial Art Gallery, 5 p.m.

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 33A, Administration Building. For further information, see the Employee Activities Program newsletter or call x5-7942.

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