Calendar of Events
Events scheduled for Monday, July 26 (after 5 p.m.), through Monday, August 16 (before 5 p.m.)
ART
At Memorial Art Gallery--473-7720; www.rochester.edu/MAG
August 1--Sunday Funday: Creativity Carnival. There's something for everyone at this second annual midsummer festival. Pack a picnic and come for an afternoon of hands-on art and performing arts workshops, storytelling, roving performers, and family tours of the gallery. In case of rain, the event moves from the gallery grounds to inside the gallery. Noon-5 p.m.
Summer Smorgasbord Lectures--Weekly series of five lectures on varied subjects. Pay at the door for individual lectures. For information call the Creative Workshop at the gallery at ext. 3056. Auditorium, 10:15-11:45 a.m.
July 28--Delores Radney, family and community programmer, presents the third lecture in the series titled "Romare Bearden and the Jazz of the Harlem Renaissance."
August 4--Lucy Durkin, Creative Workshop head of art history, speaks on "Hiroshige Woodblock Prints and Their Influence on European Artists."
August 11--Susan Nurse, visual resources coordinator, wraps up the series with "Mary Cassatt Prints."
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 27, August 3, 10, 7:30 p.m.
July 30-October 24--Homage: Arbit Blatas (1909-1999) and the School of Paris. Impressionism, Cubism, and Dada are a few of the cutting-edge movements that dominated the Paris art scene well into the 20th century. This exhibition includes lithographic portraits of some of the century's most famous artists, today known collectively as the School of Paris. Drawn over three decades by Lithuanian-born Arbit Blatas, the 14 subjects include Bonnard, Braque, Chagall, Matisse, and Picasso. Each portrait is paired with a work by the master represented.
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.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS CPR Classes--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. The American Heart Association's manual, required for original courses, is available in Room 2-7520 for a fee.
July 28, August 5--Basic Life Support Refresher Courses (must attend one 3-hour session). July 28, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; August 5, 9 a.m.-noon.
August 10, 17, 24--Basic Life Support Original Courses (must attend all three scheduled sessions). 1-4 p.m.
MUSIC Eastman School of Music--www.rochester.edu/Eastman
Community Education Division Summer Concert Series (* tickets required).
July 26--David Witten, piano. Music of Haydn, Copland, and others. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 28--Mitzi Collins and friends. World folk music from China, Eastern Europe, and Turkey, plus American folk traditions of the southern United States and Western New York. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 30--Harp Workshop Final Concert. Kilbourn Hall, noon.
July 30--Piano Festival Concert. Marina Lomazov. Music by Beethoven, Chopin, Shostakovich, and Shchedrin. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
July 31--Piano Festival Competition Finals. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
August 1--Faculty Artist Recital. Rebecca Penneys, solo piano. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.
August 2--Xiang-dong Kong, piano. Music of Haydn, Schubert, Chopin, and Liszt. Arrangements of Chinese folk songs. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
August 3--Sophia Gibbs Kim, flute. Assisted by Anthony Franco, clarinet; Irina Lupynis, piano; and Allison Kreiling, oboe. Solo and chamber music for flute. Music of Dutilleux, Saint-Saens, Casella, Bach, and Muczynski. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
August 4--Eugene Albulescu, piano. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
August 5--Pamela Kurau, soprano. Assisted by Joseph Werner, piano; Diane Smith, flute; Robert Taylor, cello; and Grace Wong, harp. Vocal chamber music of Ravel, Britten, and others. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
August 6--Music Horizons Festival Day. Chamber music. Kilbourn Hall, 9 a.m.
August 6--Piano Festival Student Recital. Eastman Theatre, 4 p.m.
August 6--Music Horizons Final Solo Concert. Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m.
August 6--Piano Festival Gala Concert. Eastman Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
Eastman-Rochester "Summer Sings"--Open choral reading sessions, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 p.m., donation suggested.
July 27--Three pieces by Howard Hanson: Lament for Beowulf, Song of Democracy, and Cherubic Hymn. William Weinert, 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
August 1, 8, 15, 10 a.m., lower levelMedical Center Interfaith Chapel
Roman Catholic Mass
July 29, August 2-5, 9-12, 16, 12:30 p.m.; August 1, 8, 15, 11:15 a.m.Interdenominational Protestant Worship
August 1, 8, 15, 10:15 a.m.
RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES Chemistry Department Seminars
July 27--Spectroscopy and Reactivity of Strontium Cation-Polar Solvent Clusters. David Sperry, Ph.D. defense. Computer Studies Building 209, 10 a.m.
Physics and Astronomy Department Seminars
July 28--Observation of Electron Trapping in an Intense Laser Beam. Jan Chaloupka, Ph.D. defense. Bausch & Lomb 375, 9 a.m.
August 11--Spectroscopy of Neutron-rich Nuclei Produced in the Spontaneous Fission of 252cf. Michael Simon, Ph.D. defense. Nuclear Structure Research Laboratory library, 10:30 a.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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