Calendar of Events
Events scheduled for Monday, January 11 (after 5 p.m.) through Monday, January 25 (before 5 p.m.)
ART At Memorial Art Gallery--473-7720; www.rochester.edu/MAG
January 21, Third Thursdays. Single? Over 40? Mix and mingle in a sophisticated setting at this new, monthly event. Enjoy light jazz by the Michael Collins Trio, hors d'oeuvres and cash bar. Bausch & Lomb Parlor, 6-9 p.m. For details, call the gallery at ext. 3035.
Creative Workshop--10-week session, which began January 9, features more than 90 courses in all media for adults, teens, and children as young as 2-1/2. Art history courses include Eloquent Testimony: 5000 Years of Art and Cultural History, Mondays, beginning January 11, 9:30-11:30 a.m., or 7-9 p.m. Explore the breadth of the gallery's collection with distinguished faculty from the Rochester area and around the world. Class fees vary from course to course. For a free catalog, call the Creative Workshop at 473-7720, ext. 3056.
Viewpoints Lectures (free with gallery admission, Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.)
January 12, Dale Davis, executive director of the New York State Literary Center, will give a 30-minute lecture titled "Likeness with the Skin Removed," on Gaston Lachaise's Female Torso.
January 19, Janet Wolff, professor of art history of visual and cultural studies, will give a 30-minute lecture on "Kitaj and the Concept of Diasporist Art."
Other Art Lectures
January 14, Vicki Goldberg, photography critic for The New York Times, will explore the rise of photography to the level of art form, as evidenced by its inclusion in museum collections, in "Photography Storms the Gates of Art." Tickets required. Auditorium, 7 p.m. (reception 5:30 p.m.).
ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS At Memorial Art Gallery--473-7720; www.rochester.edu/MAG
Tours of the Collection--Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. January 12, 19, 24, 7:30 p.m.
Gallery Highlights Tours--Highlights works from the gallery's permanent collection. Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. January 22, 2 p.m.
Exhibition Tours--Highlights works from the exhibit Living with Art: Rochester Collects. Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. January 15, 17 (last day to tour this exhibition), 2 p.m.
Through January 17, Living with Art: Rochester Collects. From Egyptian antiquities to American folk art, from Japanese prints to modern master paintings, this holiday show is a rare opportunity to see important works that usually remain "behind closed doors."
Through January 31, Leslie Wu's Bijou, Bonbon & Beau: The Kittens Who Danced for Degas. Rochester artist Leslie Wu created a series of Degas-like pastels to illustrate a new children's book. The subject is three kittens who take shelter in a Parisian theater known for its ballet and the famous artist who comes there to sketch. Her delicate drawings are exhibited together with preparatory sketches, finished designs not included in the book, and photographs of local people posing for the illustrations.
Through January 31, Faith and Practice: Religious Objects from Diverse Traditions. Five of the world's great religions--Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism--are represented in this exhibition of objects used in the practice of faith. Included are works from private and congregational sources, as well as rarely seen pieces from the MAG collection. Together, they explore the instinct that leads us to create beautiful objects for the practice of our most deeply held beliefs.
Through February 7, Ronald Kitaj: In Our Time. Although he has been associated with the pop-art movement, Kitaj's work derives from a much wider range of pictorial and literary sources. All prints from his 1969 portfolio use photorealistic images of books to touch on subjects of vital concern to the artist, including controversial topics in cultural and political history.
Through October 31, Fabulous Footwear: New Sculpture by Marilyn Gillespie. The 65 trompe l'oeil sculptures survey the history of footwear from 2,500 BCE to the present, from ancient Egypt to Elizabethan England, Imperial China to flapper-era America.
FILMS Portrait of the Artist Film Series--New series on artists both in front and behind the camera. Co-sponsored by MAG and George Eastman House. Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman House, 8 p.m. (tickets required)
January 14, Painters Painting (U.S. 1972), a documentary featuring interviews with such postwar New York artists as Johns, de Kooning, Stella, and Warhol.
January 19, The Moon and Sixpence (U.S. 1942), with George Sanders in a thinly disguised portrait of Gauguin.
MUSIC Eastman School of Music--www.rochester.edu/Eastman (* tickets required)
January 11, Faculty Artist Concert. Mark Kellogg, trombone; Joseph Werner, piano; and assisting artists. Music of Bellini, Monaco, Britten, Bozza, Persichetti, and selected jazz compositions. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.
January 12, Faculty Artist Concert. Arthur Haas, harpsichord. Music of Bach, Purcell, Storace, Scarlatti, Couperin, and Forqueray. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.
January 16, Eastman Virtuosi. Orchestral works by Haydn, Mozart, and Rouse. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.
January 17, Faculty Artist Concert. "In memoriam: Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)." Oleh Krysa, violin, with Eastman Virtuosi and special guest Irina Schnittke, piano. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.
January 19, Kilbourn Concert Series.* Nicholas Goluses, guitar, with the Ying Quartet and Bonita Boyd, flute. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.
January 20, Faculty Artist Concert. Jeffrey Campbell, double bass. Program to include classical and jazz selections. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.
January 22, Faculty Artist Concert. Peter Kurau, horn. Music of Beethoven, Janácek, Rheinberger, and Sampson. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.
January 24, New Eastman Symphony. Bradley Lubman, conductor. Music of Mendelssohn, Ravel, and Schumann. Eastman Theatre, 3 p.m.
January 24, Faculty Artist Concert. Kathleen Bride, harp. Music of Handel, Hoffman, Debussy, Ravel, and Connor. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.
RELIGION River Campus Interfaith Chapel
Roman Catholic Mass
January 18-21, 25, 12:30 p.m.; January 24, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.Protestant Chapel Service
January 17, 24, 5 p.m.Interdenominational Worship Service
January 17, 24, 3 p.m.Medical Center Interfaith Chapel
Roman Catholic Mass
January 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 12:30 p.m.; January 17, 24, 11:15 a.m.Interdenominational Protestant Worship
January 17, 24, 10:15 a.m.
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE Chemistry Department Seminars and Colloquia
Faculty Candidates:
January 14, David Arnett of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. "Ultrafast and Ultraslow Processes in Bacterial Photosynthesis." Hutchison Hall 473, 4 p.m.
January 18, Scott Handy of Stanford University. "New Directions in Practical Organic Synthesis: 'Catalytic' Solvents and Shotguns." Hutchison Hall 473, 4 p.m.
January 21, Michal Ben-Nun of the University of Illinois. "Ab initio Molecular Dynamics Studies of Photoinduced cis-trans Isomerization." Hutchison Hall 473, 4 p.m.
January 25, Paul Maslen of the University of California, Berkeley. "The Local Treatment of Electron Correlation." Hutchison Hall 473, 4 p.m.
SPORTS--www.cc.rochester.edu:80/student-srvcs/sports/ICsports/ Men's and women's track and field, Alfred State and RIT, January 23, 12 noon.
Squash, Navy, January 23, 10 a.m. Wesleyan, January 23, 2 p.m.
Men's and women's swimming and diving, Sprint Invitational, January 23, diving: 10 a.m., swimming: 1 p.m.
MISCELLANY Weight Watchers at Work Program, Wednesdays, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Medical Center, room 2-8513. Taking registration now for the next session. For more information, call Lindy at 1-800-234-8080.
The Better Breather's Club, a support group offering guidelines for better breathing for people who suffer from asthma, emphysema, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), or other forms of lung disease. January 22, February 5 and 19, 1-2 p.m., Rehabilitation Center. For more information, call x5-2421.
ACTIVITIES PROGRAM Discounts for activities are available to all University staff, faculty, and students through the University Activities Program. All tickets are available at the Hospital Cashier's Office and the Customer Service Center in the SBA building on the River Campus. The Eastman School and MAG carry theater tickets only. Discount cards/brochures are available at the Customer Service Center on the River Campus and across from the bookstore in the Hospital. For further information, check the University Activities Program newsletter or call x5-7942.
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