Calendar of Events
Events scheduled for Tuesday, July 6 (after 5 p.m.), through Monday, July 26 (before 5 p.m.)
ART At Memorial Art Gallery--473-7720; www.rochester.edu/MAG
July 24--Moondance. Celebrate the summer season with one of MAG's biggest parties of the year. Kick back with the cool jazz of Bob DeRosa and the Lunar Rovers and swing the night away with Diana Leigh & Crazy Rhythm. On the front lawn, sway with Joliba to West African pop, traditional drum, and reggae. There also will be a show by EstroFest, an all-woman comedy troupe. Light refreshments included, or purchase cocktails and desserts. 8 p.m.-midnight. For tickets call the gallery at ext. 3510.
July 25--Curators Comment. Candace Adelson, curator of European art, speaks on "Good Wishes from China: The Wanderings of MAG's Taoist Wall Painting." A question-and-answer period follows. Meet in the Asian Gallery, 3 p.m. Free with gallery admission.
Summer Smorgasbord Lectures--Weekly series of five lectures on varied subjects. Pay at the door for individual lectures or register in advance for the entire series. For information call the Creative Workshop at the gallery at ext. 3056. Auditorium, 10:15-11:45 a.m.
July 14--Marlene Hamann-Whitmore, assistant curator of education, speaks on "John Singer Sargent."
July 21--Marlene Hamann-Whitmore presents "Learning to Look: A Preview of Buffalo's Monet Exhibition."
ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS At Memorial Art Gallery--473-7720; www.rochester.edu/MAG
Tour of the Collection--Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. July 6, 13, 20, 7:30 p.m.
Through July 25--John Wenrich: The French Paintings. In the autumn of 1917, a 23-year-old art student named John Wenrich left Rochester for the battlefields of France. After his discharge, he spent several months touring the war-torn countryside and produced a remarkable series of paintings. This exhibition marks the first time since the 1950s that his "French paintings" have been exhibited as a group.
Through August 8--57th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition. Every two years, Rochester's oldest and most prestigious juried exhibition showcases works by emerging artists of the region. Eighty-two works by 79 artists were chosen this year.
Through August 8--Look Homeward: Douglas Gorsline Illustrates Thomas Wolfe. The exhibition includes 62 drawings by Rochester-born artist Douglas Gorsline for his first illustrated book: the 1947 edition of Wolfe's first novel, Look Homeward, Angel. Also included are three drawings for a 1952 edition that targeted the college audience.
Through August 8--Print Club of Rochester Juried Exhibition. The exhibition includes works on paper or fabric by members of the Print Club. Among the techniques represented are etching, engraving, lithography, and silk screening. The juror is Sandra Olsen, director of the Buscaglia-Castellani Art Gallery, Buffalo.
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.
At the Art Library, lower level of Rush Rhees Library
Through July 28--Rochester artist Cinda Kelly is exhibiting three large-scale works. In the exhibit, called "Paper Forms," Kelly has used large sheets of photographic paper, brown wrapping paper, and shiny white paper to create shapes that emphasize the qualities of the materials and their texture. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. (closed Monday, July 5); Saturday, July 10, 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS CPR Classes--Basic Life Support Refresher Courses. Offered by the Multidiscipline Laboratories from July through December. To register and for more information call x5-3285 as soon as possible, as classes fill up quickly. Payment is required at least one week in advance. Medical Center, Room 2-7539.
July 19--9 a.m.-noon.
July 22--1-4 p.m.
MUSIC Eastman School of Music--www.rochester.edu/Eastman
Community Education Division Summer Concert Series (* tickets required).
July 7--Bob Sneider, jazz guitar. Joined by Tony Padilla (Latin percussion), Harold Danko (piano), Jeff Campbell (bass), and Rich Thompson (drums) to present a program of classic jazz standards, original music, and selections from Sneider's recent CD. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 8--Jazz Studies Combo Concert. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 9--High School String Camp Final Concert. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.
July 9--Middle School String and Choral Camp Final Concert. Kilbourn Hall, 6 p.m.
July 9--Jazz Studies Final Concert. Room 120, ESM, 7:30 p.m.
July 9--Middle School Band Camp Final Concert. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.
July 12--Petar Kodzas, guitar. Music of Tarrega, Tedesco, Turina, Weiss, and others. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 14--Gene Bertoncini, jazz guitar.* A solo concert presented as part of ESM's "Jazz Fantasy Camp," a weeklong program (July 11-16) for adult jazz lovers. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 15--Jazz Fantasy Camp Combo Night. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 16--Jazz Fantasy Camp Concert.* Closing concert features former Count Basie vocalist Marlena Shaw, who will perform sets with the student "campers" and the camp faculty as well as her own music with a jazz big band. Eastman Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
July 16--Fiddle, Fret, and Folk Contra Swing and Folk Dance and Jam Sessions. ESM, Room 120, 8 p.m.
July 17--Fiddle, Fret, and Folk Concert.* Highlight of Eastman's first-ever "Fiddle, Fret, and Folk" weekend, which includes workshops, jam sessions, and other events with some of the world's finest fiddle and fold musicians. Features fiddlers Jay Under and Liz Carroll, guitarist Molly Mason, and others. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 19--High School Summer Wind Ensemble Faculty Concert. ESM, Hanson Hall, 3:30 p.m.
July 19--Tony Caramia, piano. "Happy 100th Birthday" concert honors Duke Ellington, Hoagy Carmichael, Francis Poulenc, and Fred Astaire. Caramia also performs several rags written 100 years ago, including Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 21--Linda Hsu, violin. Music of Beethoven, Boulanger, Ravel, and others. Accompanied by pianist Carl Anthony. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 24--High School Summer Wind Ensemble Chamber Music Program. ESM, Room 120, 4 p.m.
July 24--High School Summer Wind Ensemble Final Concert. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Eastman-Rochester "Summer Sings"--Open choral reading sessions, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m., donation suggested.
July 6--Bach, St. Matthew Passion, Part II (participants sang Part I last week). Bill Weinert, conductor.
July 13--Haydn, St. Cecilia Mass. Thomas Folan, conductor.
July 20--Durufle, Requiem; Mozart, Coronation Mass. Roger Wilhelm, conductor.
(The Eastman-Rochester Chorus will hold auditions by appointment throughout the summer. For an appointment, experienced singers should call x4-1440. No prepared solo is necessary.)
RELIGION River Campus Interfaith Chapel
Roman Catholic Mass
July 11, 18, 25, 10 a.m., lower levelMedical Center Interfaith Chapel
Roman Catholic Mass
Fr. Matt is on vacation; no Sunday mass on July 11, 18, 25Interdenominational Protestant Worship
July 11, 18, 25, 10:15 a.m.
RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES Summer Institute in Art History and Visual Studies Evening Lecture Series--Gowen Room, Wilson Commons, 8:15 p.m., free and open to the public. For more information call x5-9249.
July 7--Of Origins Known and Unknown. Michael Ann Holly, Visual and Cultural Studies, the College.
July 8--Declarations of Absence: The Non-Compositional Drive in Twentieth-Century Art. Yve-Alain Bois, Fine Arts Department, Harvard University.
July 12--Post-War German Art and Frankfurt School Aesthetics. Benjamin Buchloh, Department of Art History, Barnard College and Columbia University.
July 13--Foucault and Photography. Norman Bryson, Fine Arts Department, Harvard University.
July 14--The Language of Things. Kaja Silverman, Department of Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley.
July 19--The Feminine in Modern Art: Benjamin, Simmel, and the Gender of Modernity. Janet Wolff, Visual and Cultural Studies, the College.
July 21--Face Value: Andy Warhol's Blow Job. Douglas Crimp, Visual and Cultural Studies, the College.
July 26--Double Exposures. Mieke Bal, Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam.
Chemistry Department Seminars
July 13--Sequence Dependence of Stabilities and Structures of Tandem Mismatches and Watson-Crick Base Pairs in RNA. Tianbing Xia, Ph.D. defense. Hutchison Hall 138, 10 a.m.
July 19--Physical Seminar. Title TBA. Pei Wang. Computer Studies Building 209, 4:45 p.m.
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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