Calendar

ART

At Memorial Art Gallery--x5-3081; www.rochester.edu/MAG

January 24--Computer Workshop. "The Internet and I" uses state-of-the-art equipment to provide a nuts-and-bolts guide to Internet tools. Fee/registration required. Creative Workshop, 7-10 p.m. Call the gallery at ext. 3056 to register.

January 25--Artist Lecture. Rochester native Daniel Graves, whose work is featured in the exhibition New Realism for a New Millennium, speaks on his artwork. Graves is currently director of the Florence Academy of Art in Italy. Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Free with gallery admission.

January 28--Preschool Family Workshop. This workshop, led by Paloma Nunez-Regueiro, is for children ages 2-5 with an adult and includes a story and an exploratory tour of the gallery. Adults and children work together to create an art project. Fee/registration required. Creative Workshop, 10:15-11:45 a.m. Call the gallery at ext. 3056 to register.

January 28, 30--Exhibition Tour. Highlights works from the exhibition New Realism for a New Millennium. Meet at the admission desk, 2 p.m. Free with gallery admission.

January 30--Sunday Funday. Features tours, readings by local poets, and hands-on workshops with Javaka Steptoe, whose exhibition is currently on view in the Children's Corridor. Cutler Union, 1-4 p.m.

January 31--Computer Workshop. In "Digital Photography," participants learn how to make and manipulate high-quality images on almost any computer. Fee/registration required. Creative Workshop, 7-10 p.m. Call the gallery at ext. 3056 to register.

February 1--What's Up. Susan Nurse, visual resource coordinator, gives an informal talk on Francesco Solimena's Judith with the Head of Holofernes. Followed by a question-and-answer period. Auditorium, 5:30 p.m. Free with gallery admission.

February 1--Artist Lecture. Javaka Steptoe, whose exhibition is currently on view in the Children's Corridor, speaks on his work. Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Free with gallery admission.

February 4--Preschool Family Workshop. This workshop, led by Mimi Smith, is for children ages 2-5 with an adult and includes a story and an exploratory tour of the gallery. Adults and children work together to create an art project. Fee/registration required. Creative Workshop, 10:15-11:45 a.m. Call the gallery at ext. 3056 to register.

February 4--First Fridays at the MAG. This month's theme is "The Heat is On." Enjoy live music, hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar, and a chance to meet people. Features music by Djoliba and Deja Vu. 5-8 p.m. Tickets required. Call the gallery at ext. 3035 for tickets.

ONGOING ART EXHIBITS AND TOURS

At Memorial Art Gallery--x5-3081; www.rochester.edu/MAG

Tour of the Collection--Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. January 25, February 1, 6:30 p.m.; February 6, 2 p.m.

Gallery Highlights Tour--Features works from the gallery's permanent collection. Meet at the admission desk. February 4, 2 p.m. Free with gallery admission.

January 28-March 29--Larry Rivers: The Boston Massacre Portfolio. At the Boston Massacre of 1770, British soldiers fired on an unruly mob and killed five colonists, including a former slave named Crispus Attucks. Artist Rivers revisits the attack in his work. The exhibit is shown in celebration of Black History Month (February), and is planned in conjunction with the About Face installation. Lockhart Gallery.

Through January 30--New Realism for a New Millennium. This exhibition showcases 41 nationally recognized artists who are using such classic genres as the landscape, the still life, and the portrait to put their own spin on realism. The artists, born mostly after WWII, include three who hail from this region: Maureen Brilla, Christine Henehan, and Sydney Licht.

Through March 26--Javaka Steptoe: In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall. Steptoe's picture book includes his illustrations of poems by African-American writers--including Rochester's David Anderson--that celebrate the relationship African-American fathers share with their children and grandchildren. MAG is the first museum to exhibit these illustrations. Children's Corridor.

Through 2001--About Face: Copley's Portrait of a Colonial Silversmith. In this interactive installation, families can learn about John Singleton Copley, the most famous portrait painter in Colonial America, and his friend, silversmith Nathaniel Hurd, whom Copley painted. The installation offers a view of life in Colonial Boston. At the Dorothy McBride Gill Education Center.

At Hartnett Gallery--(Wilson Commons) x5-4188; www.rochester.edu/College/AAH/hartnett

Through February 6--The Recompense of Saint Orenthal. Works by Shawn Dunwoody exploring the African-American experience. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon-6 p.m. Free and open to the public.

At Rush Rhees Library

Through February 29--A Sampling of Presidential Letters and Documents. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, 2nd floor. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Desperadoes and Daredevils: Books and Manuscripts by and about the Notorious and Brave. Great Hall, 2nd floor. Open during regular library hours. Both exhibits are free and open to the public. Library hours: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-1 a.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, noon-1 a.m.

Through March 31--Black Authors: A Voice for the People. An exhibition of portraits and biographical sketches of famous African-American authors, including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka, Rita Dove, August Wilson, Richard Wright, and John A. Williams, whose archive is housed at Rochester. Friedlander Lobby. Open during regular library hours. Free and open to the public.

FILMS

University Cinema Group--Movie hot line, x5-6743; www.cif.rochester.edu/sa-org/urcg/ (tickets required). All films are shown in Hoyt Auditorium unless otherwise noted. For more information call x5-5911.

January 28--Double Jeopardy. 7 p.m., 9:15 p.m., 11:30 p.m.

January 29--For Love of the Game. 7 p.m., 9:45 p.m., 12:30 a.m.

February 1--Lovers/Butterfly Lovers. 8 p.m.

February 2--Tai Chi Master. 8 p.m.

February 4--Dead Poets Society. 7 p.m., 9:45 p.m., 12:30 a.m.

February 5--Three Kings. 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., midnight

DANCE

January 29--Klezmer Dance Extravaganza. The popular 12 Corners Klezmer Band performs and demonstrates steps to circle and line dances that everyone can participate in. Spurrier Hall. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Tickets available at the Common Market. Call x3-5150 for more information.

MUSIC

Eastman School of Music--x4-1110; www.rochester.edu/Eastman (* tickets required)

January 26--William Warfield Birthday Celebration.* Eastman Philharmonia. Mendi Rodan, conductor; William Warfield, narrator. Featuring Joseph Schwantner's New Morning for the World and Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

January 27--Eastman World Music Series.* Balfa Toujours. Cajun music. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

January 29--Musical Elevenses. Jay Stetzer, narrator. "Young Composers--the Under 18 Crowd." Kilbourn Hall, 11 a.m.

January 30--Peabody Trio.* Violaine Melançon, violin; Thomas Kraines, cello; Seth Knopp, piano. Featuring Beethoven's Trio Op. 70 #2 in E-Flat Major, Brahms's Trio in B Major, and Zhou Long's Spirit of Chimes. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m. (This concert replaces the one originally scheduled with the New Eastman Trio.)

February 1--Kilbourn Concert Series.* Eastman Brass. Music of Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Wilder, and Tilson Thomas. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 2--Eastman Philharmonia.* Yuri Temirkanov, guest conductor. Featuring Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m. (Free to students and University ID holders.)

February 3--Faculty Artist Concert. Charles Castleman, violin. Music of J.S. Bach, Ysaÿe, and Bartók. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 4--Health Association Benefit Concert.* Special guest Bobby McFerrin with Eastman Ensembles. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m. For tickets call 222-5000.

February 5--Faculty Artist Concert. Barry Snyder, piano. "All-American Music from the '70s-'90s." Music of Bolcom, Crumb, Rzewski, Freund, Pann, and Reynolds. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 6--Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Emily Freeman Brown, conductor. Music of Sibelius and ESM student composers. Eastman Theatre, 3 p.m.

February 6--New Eastman Symphony. Chamber music. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

CPR Classes--Offered by the Office for Educational Resources through June. To register and for more information call x5-7666 as soon as possible, as classes fill up quickly. Payment is required 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.

January 24--Basic Life Support Refresher Course (must attend one three-hour session). 5:30-8:30 p.m.

February 2--Cholesterol and Blood Pressure Screening. Open to all members of the University community. Fee. Susan B. Anthony Hall, in hallway outside Danforth Dining Center, 4:30-6:30 p.m. For more information call University Health Service, x3-5770.

RELIGION

River Campus Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Mass
Daily Mass: January 25, 26, 31, February 1, 2, 7, 12:05 p.m., sanctuary (subject to change)
Sunday Mass: January 30, February 6, 10 a.m. & 5 p.m., lower level

Protestant Chapel Service
January 30, February 6, 5 p.m., sanctuary

Interdenominational Worship Service
January 30, February 6, 3 p.m., sanctuary

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Mass
January 26, February 2, 7, 12:30 p.m.; January 30, February 6, 11:15 a.m.

Roman Catholic Communion Service
February 4, 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship
January 30, February 6, 10:15 a.m.

SPORTS--www.rochester.edu/student-srvcs/sports

Women's track and field--Rochester Invitational, February 4, 5 p.m.

Men's track and field--Rochester Relays, February 5, 11 a.m.

Squash--Hobart, February 2, 4 p.m.; St. Lawrence, February 6, TBA

Women's basketball--Washington (MO), January 28, 6 p.m.; Chicago, January 30, 3 p.m.; Emory, February 4, 6 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon, February 6, 3 p.m.

Men's basketball--Washington (MO), January 28, 8 p.m.; Chicago, January 30, 1 p.m.; Emory, February 4, 8 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon, February 6, 1 p.m.

Ice hockey--SUNY Cortland, January 29, 7:30 p.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

January 28--Time and Temporal Parts. Presented by Theodore Sider, professor of philosophy, Syracuse University. Dewey 2-110D, 3:30 p.m. Reception to follow in Lattimore 501. Part of the Department of Philosophy's Colloquium Series.

February 2--Revisiting the Holocaust Perpetrators: A Look at New Evidence. Christopher Browning, Frank Porter Graham Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presents the second of this year's Verne Moore Lectures in History. Hubbell Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, 7 p.m. A reception immediately follows the lecture in the Rotunda in Schlegel Hall. Free and open to the public. For more information call x5-2052.

MEDICAL CENTER LECTURE

January 28--Rochester Health Care: The Rochester Health Care Forum and Next Steps. Presented by Sarah Trafton, Albert Charbonneau, and Barbara Rothenberg for the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine. Helen Wood Hall Lounge, noon-1:30 p.m. Call x5-0773 for more information.

MISCELLANY

January 26--Warner School Conference. The theme of the daylong conference is helping school counselors find community resources to meet students' needs. Featured speaker: Rose Bell, senior community investment associate, United Way of Greater Rochester. Open to elementary, middle, and secondary school counselors. Wilson Commons. Networking session, 9 a.m., followed by workshops. Conference includes lunch. Fee. For more information or to register, call x5-7833.

February 4--Friends of Strong Ninth Annual Gala Wine Tasting. All proceeds benefit the Friends of Strong's patient care program. Hyatt Regency Rochester, 7-9:30 p.m. Ticket requests must be made by February 2. Call x5-2420 for ticket information.

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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