Calendar

ART

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

March 21--Lecture. Pianist Richard Shuster and Creative Workshop art history instructor Lucy Durkin present images that celebrate Debussy's lyrical preludes. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

March 26, April 2--Sunday Drop-Ins. Participants create their own masterpieces with help from area artists. All ages welcome; children must be accompanied by an adult. Held in conjunction with the Maxfield Parrish exhibit. Fee (does not include gallery admission). Cutler Union, 1-3:30 p.m.

March 26--Lecture. David Brigham, curator of American art at the Worcester Art Museum, speaks on "Gender Ambiguity in the Work of Parrish and His Contemporaries." Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, 3 p.m.

March 28--Lecture. Cheryl Ward, assistant professor of nautical archaeology at Texas A&M at Galveston, speaks on "Diving for Chinese Porcelain in the Red Sea." Free with gallery admission (free to MAG and Archaeological Institute of America members). Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

April 1--Palette to Palate: Stompin' at the Savoy. An evening featuring the food, art, and music of the Harlem Renaissance. Learn to prepare a down-home dinner of new corn chowder, barbecued beef, traditional vegetables, and scratch buttermilk biscuits, followed by assorted Southern desserts. After dinner, Delores Jackson Radney leads a music-filled journey through African-American art, accompanied by a jazz pianist. The evening ends with vintage recordings of top jazz artists and big-band ensembles. Reservations and admission fee required; fee includes dinner, presentations, tax, and gratuities; wine and beer may be purchased by the glass. 6:30 p.m.

ONGOING ART EXHIBITS AND TOURS

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

Gallery Highlights Tour--Features works from the gallery's permanent collection. Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. March 24, 26, 31, 2 p.m.; March 21, 28, 6:30 p.m.

Through March 26--Javaka Steptoe: In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall. Steptoe's picture book includes his illustrations of poems by 12 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 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 planned in conjunction with the About Face installation. Lockhart Gallery.

Through April 30--Maxfield Parrish: 1870-1966. During a career spanning seven decades, Maxfield Parrish was one of America's best-loved and most successful artists. Deeply committed to the popularization of art, he produced works that conveyed a unique vision of fantasy, with overtones of nostalgia, innocence, and humor. This first-ever critical retrospective of his work is the largest and most expensive exhibition ever shown at MAG. More than 130 paintings, drawings, prints, photos, and ephemera are included. The gallery has extended its hours on Friday to 9 p.m. for this exhibition. Grand Gallery.

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. Dorothy McBride Gill Education Center.

At Rush Rhees Library

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. Free and open to the public. Friedlander Lobby. Open during regular 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.

FILMS

University Cinema Group--www.cif.rochester. edu/sa-org/urcg/. All films shown in Hoyt Hall auditorium unless otherwise noted. Tickets available in advance at the Common Market, Wilson Commons. For more information call x5-5911.

March 24--The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc. 8 p.m., 11:30 p.m.

March 25--Toy Story 2. 7 p.m., 9 p.m., 11 p.m.

March 25--Dogma. 7 p.m., 9:45 p.m., 12:30 a.m.

April 1--Being John Malkovich. 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., midnight.

Coming of Age in Japan Film Series--The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures presents this series from the Japan Foundation that deals with the coming-of-age experience of Japanese youths. Free and open to the public. Hoyt Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Call x5-4251 for more information.

March 23--Night on the Galactic Railway. An animated adaptation of the story by poet Kenji Miyazawa--a literary, scientific, and religious fable about acceptance and compassion for young and old alike.

March 30--After Life. A mixture of fiction and documentary that explores the meaning of memory.

MUSIC

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

March 20--Eastman Jazz.* Guest Teo Macero, composer and producer. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m. (free to University ID holders)

March 21--Kilbourn Concert Series.* Richard Killmer and the Ying Quartet. Mozart, Oboe Quartet; Loeffler, Rhapsodies; Takemitsu, Oboe Quintet; Louis Ouzer, Trio. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 22--Faculty Artist Recital. Douglas Humphreys, piano. Music of Schubert and Liszt. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 23--Eastman Trombone Choir. John Marcellus, director. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 24--Musica Nova. Bradley Lubman, conductor. Music of Rouse, Schwantner, S'ankaran, and Eastman School student composers. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 25--Eastman World Music Series.* Trichy S'ankaran, south Indian percussion. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 27--Eastman School Wind Orchestra. Donald Hunsberger, James Ripley, Nancia D'Alimonte, and Evan Feldman, conductors. Music of Mozart, Henze, Gilmore, and Mahr. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 28--Eastman Brass Guild. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 29--Student Woodwind Chamber Music. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 30--Eastman Contemporary Percussion Ensemble. Featuring guest Ward Hartenstein. John Beck, director. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 30-April 2--Eastman Opera Theatre.* Stephen Daigle, director; Benton Hess, conductor. Mozart, Così Fan Tutte. Eastman Theatre. March 30-April 1, 8 p.m.; April 2, 2 p.m. (discounts for University ID holders)

April 2--OSSIA. Alan Pierson, conductor. Music of Lang and Andriessen. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

April 2--Faculty Artist Recital. Don Harry and friends. Music of Stravinsky, Reynolds, Schumann, Beethoven, and Mahler. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

Eastman at Washington Square--Thursday Lunchtime Concerts, First Universalist Church (corner of S. Clinton Ave. and Court St.), 12:15-12:45 p.m. Free admission. Brown-bag lunches welcome. For more information call x4-1400.

March 23--Piano Kaleidoscope. Top talents from the Eastman School's piano department.

River Campus

March 23--University of Rochester Chamber Ensembles. David Harman, conductor. Free admission. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

March 24--A Cappella Concert. The Epsilon Rho Chapter of the Kappa Delta Sorority hosts the 17th annual Shamrock Project, a national fundraiser for the prevention of child abuse. Featuring the Yellowjackets, the Midnight Ramblers, and Vocal Point. Proceeds from the event go to the Mt. Hope Family Center and Prevent Child Abuse America. Tickets available at the Common Market in Wilson Commons; Chowhounds Sub Co., 1330 Mt. Hope Ave.; Fraternity Row of Rochester, 1761 Mt. Hope Ave.; and Starbucks, 1380 Mt. Hope Ave. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

March 25--University of Rochester Choir. Thomas Folan, conductor. Free admission. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

March 31--University of Rochester Chamber Singers. Thomas Folan, conductor. Free admission. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

March 21, 22--Medical Center Spring Blood Drive. All donors welcome. North end of the hospital cafeteria; March 21, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; March 22, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

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 one week in advance. The American Heart Association's manual, required for original courses, is available in Room 2-7520 for a fee.

March 29--Basic Life Support Refresher Course (must attend one three-hour session). Medical Center, Room 2-7539, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

RELIGION

River Campus Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Mass
Daily Mass: March 22, 27, 29, 30, April 3, 12:05 p.m., sanctuary (subject to change; call x5-4321)
Sunday Mass: March 26, April 2, 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., lower level
Penance Service: April 2, 7 p.m., sanctuary

Protestant Chapel Service
March 26, April 2, 5 p.m., sanctuary

Interdenominational Worship Service
March 26, April 2, 3 p.m., sanctuary

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Mass
March 21-23, 27-30, 12:30 p.m.; March 26, April 2, 11:15 a.m.

Roman Catholic Communion Service
March 24, 31, 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship
March 26, April 2, 10:15 a.m.

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

Women's lacrosse--Nazareth, March 25, noon; SUNY Geneseo, April 1, noon.

Men's and women's track and field--SUNY Fredonia, Buffalo, and Alfred, March 25, 2 p.m.; St. Lawrence, Ithaca, and SUNY Brockport, April 1, 2:15 p.m.

Softball--Buffalo State, double-header, April 1, 1 p.m.

Baseball--RIT, double-header, April 1, 2:30 p.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

March 22--Women's Issues in the New Century. NOW president Patricia Ireland gives a lecture and takes part in a panel discussion, "Women's Issues in Presidential Politics." The speech is free to University students with ID; general admission fee for others. The panel discussion is for the University community and is free. Panel discussion, Gamble Room, Rush Rhees Library, 3 p.m.; lecture, Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

March 23--Scandling Lecture Series: New Directions in Teaching and Teacher Education. Marilyn Cochran-Smith of Boston College speaks on "The Future of Teacher Education: Questions that Matter." Free and open to the public, but reservations required. Sponsored by the Warner School. Room 1-101, Dewey Hall, 7 p.m. Call x5-7428 for reservations.

March 30--The Foundations of Epistemology. Presented by Gilbert Harman, philosophy professor and director of graduate studies at Princeton University. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy. Free and open to the public. Room 1-101, Dewey Hall, 3:30 p.m. Reception follows in Room 501, Lattimore Hall.

MEDICAL CENTER LECTURES

March 23--Descriptive Statistics and the Genetics of Wilms Tumor: Lessons from the National Wilms Tumor Study Group. Norman Breslow of the University of Washington presents this Charles L. Odoroff Memorial Lecture. Room K-207 (2-6408), Medical Center, 3 p.m.

March 24--Insuring All New York's Children. Presented by Judith Arnold, New York State deputy commissioner of health. Room K-207 (2-6408), Medical Center, noon-1:30 p.m. For more information call x5-0165.

MISCELLANY

Native Voices 2000 Events--Presentations and performances celebrating contemporary Native American life and culture. Call x5-3157 for more information.

March 30--Sharon Burch. Navajo folk singer and songwriter. Hubbell Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, 8-10 p.m.

March 31--Celluloid Indians. Videos and films by Native American artists, with discussion and commentary. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 9-11 a.m.

March 31--Surviving Columbus. Diane Reyna (Taos Pueblo) discusses her award-winning PBS documentary about the Spanish and Anglo invasion of the homeland of the Pueblo peoples of the Southwest. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

March 31--Research Presentations. Native American graduate students present their work. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 1:30-5 p.m.

March 31--Joy Harjo. The internationally known Muscogee poet and musician performs. Special guest poet Rainy Ortiz. Room 107, Schlegel Hall, 8-10 p.m.

April 1--Building the Base 2000: Educational and Cultural Retention Issues. Speakers: Beatrice Medicine (Lakota), professor emeritus of anthropology at California State University at Northridge, and Lula Stago (Navaho), a consultant and trainer. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 9-10:30 a.m.

April 1--Neverland: Native Women in Nontraditional Roles. Speakers: Elouise Cobell (Blackfeet), founder of Blackfeet National Bank in Montana, and Lori Arviso Alvord (Navaho), assistant professor of surgery and associate dean for student and minority affairs at Dartmouth Medical School. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

April 1--Dancing with the Mind: Creative Women. Speakers: dancer and choreographer Rosalie Jones (Pembina Chippewa), and artist and filmmaker Diane Reyna (Taos Pueblo). Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 2-4 p.m.

April 1--A Celebration of Native American Women: Past, Present, and Future. Presented by Lloyd Elm (Onondaga), founder and former principal of the Native American magnet school in Buffalo. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 4-5 p.m.

Soup, Salad, and Stories: Women of Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow--A series celebrating women's heritage to encourage conversations for women and about women across spiritual and faith backgrounds. In addition to a discussion, a light dinner is served. Free and open to the University community. River Campus Interfaith Chapel, 5-7 p.m. For more information call x5-4321.

March 23--Conversations with Women of the Early Church.

March 30--Rights and Roles of Islamic Women.

March 23--Sketches of Ordinary People. Poet, playwright, and actress Sarah Jones performs a series of characters linked by similar experiences: They have each been victims or perpetrators of hate. Cosponsored by the African Caribbean Cultural Club and Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. Free and open to the public. Common Grounds Café, Wilson Commons, 8 p.m. For more information call 279-0015.

March 23-26--SIMCON XXII. Rochester's largest simulation gaming convention. Wilson Commons. March 23, 7:30 p.m.-midnight; March 24, 6 p.m.-March 26, 7 p.m. (open for 49 straight hours). For more information call x5-6186 or visit www.simcon.org.

March 24--Annual University Day in Genetics. University scientists researching a wide range of genetics questions will present their work in two poster sessions. Helen Wood Hall Lounge, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. For more information call x5-3837 or visit www.rochester.edu/college/bio/GeneticsDay.

March 26--Heyen Collection Program. Poet William Heyen and his wife Hannelore discuss their collection of writings by 20th-century poets and novelists. Free and open to the public. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 2 p.m.; reception, Department of Rare Books, library, 3 p.m.

March 30--Mark Strand. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and past Poet Laureate reads from his works as part of the Donald R. Clark Enrichment Program in Contemporary Writing, sponsored by the Department of English. Lander Auditorium, Hutchison Hall; reception, 6:30 p.m.; reading, 7 p.m.

April 1--Mela 2000 South Asian Cultural Celebration. Sponsored by the Association for the Development of Interest in the Indian Subcontinent. Tickets available at the Common Market, India Market, or India Palace. Held on the River Campus; locations to be announced. Cultural show, 4 p.m.; dinner, 6:30 p.m.; dance party, 11 p.m. For more information call x4-4942.

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 Susan B. Anthony Hall on the River Campus. The Eastman School and Memorial Art Gallery carry movie theater tickets only. For further information check the University Activities Program flier or call x5-7942.

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