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MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

MAG--x5-3081; www.rochester.edu/MAG

January 23, 24, 26--Palette to Palate. "Gauguin in Tahiti"--a cooking demonstration, gourmet dinner, and art history lecture features a menu that blends the best of Polynesian and French cuisine, demonstrated by Johanna Heise and prepared by Cutler's Restaurant. After dinner, Lucy Durkin introduces you to Gauguin's art. Admission charge includes dinner, presentations, tax, and gratuities. Beer and wine may be purchased by the glass. Call 473-7720, ext. 3056 for reservations. 6 p.m.

January 26, February 2--Preschool Family Workshop. For children ages 2-1/2 to 5 with an adult. Participants view works from the gallery's permanent collection, followed by a discussion and a chance to make their own inspired masterpieces. Fee/registration required. Creative Workshop, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Call the gallery at ext. 3056 to register.

January 26--Jazz Fridays at the MAG. Start the weekend at the gallery with live music and extended exhibition hours. See works by legendary artists, listen to live music, sip a cocktail, or enjoy dinner at Cutler's Restaurant, before or after visiting the gallery. Admission fee; free to students with University ID.

This week's event features the Bob Sneider Trio. Pavilion, 6-8:30 p.m.

January 27--Exhibition Preview Party. Celebrate the opening of Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum with a mix of live music, including rollicking rockabilly and vintage swing by Bobbie Henrie and the Goners, hot, straight-ahead jazz by Toronto's Steve Koven Trio, and uplifting Renaissance choral music of Musica Spei. Delight in a cappella wordsong performed by F'loom. Also available: swing dance lessons with Richard Newman and Esther Brill, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, specialty coffees, and desserts. Reservations and tickets required; call the gallery at ext. 3510. Nonmember tickets are also available at local Starbucks stores and Parkleigh. 8 p.m.-midnight.

January 28--Free Admission Day. Bring a friend to the opening day of Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Enjoy free admission, a free lecture, and a free exhibition tour. Noon-5 p.m.

January 28--Lecture. Virginia M. Mecklenburg, senior curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, speaks on the new exhibition, Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. A specialist in 20th-century American art, Mecklenberg is co-author of Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York and director of an award-winning video, American Abstraction: 1930-45: The Artists Speak. Admission is free. Reception follows. Auditorium, 2 p.m.

January 30--Exhibition Walkthroughs. Gallery staff and docents help you get to know the paintings in Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free with gallery admission. 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m.

February 2--First Fridays at the MAG. Enjoy live music, a new martini bar, a free gallery tour, and a chance to meet friends old and new. Music by Perfect World and the Josh Rutner Trio. Tickets available from the gallery at ext. 3035, from the admissions desk during open hours, or at the door. Event 5-8 p.m.; gallery tours at 6:30 and 7 p.m.

February 4--Society for Chamber Music in Rochester. "Triumph of the Spirit: Remembering the Holocaust" features chamber works by Dmitri Shostakovich and Olivier Messiaen. For tickets, call 586-3429. Auditorium, 8 p.m.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

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

Gallery Highlights Tour--Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. January 23, 26, 2 p.m.

Exhibition Tours--Tours highlight Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Meet at the admission desk. Free with gallery admission; admission is free on January 28. January 28, 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m.; February 2, 2 p.m.; February 4, 2 p.m.

January 28-March 25--Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The 20th century was a time of dramatic transformations in art. This exhibition charts the ways in which American artists attempted to break from the past by developing new modes of expression, including cubism, expressionism, futurism, and constructivism. The 61 paintings, from one of the world's great museums, are by such masters as Josef Albers, Stuart Davis, Willem de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Hans Hofmann, Robert Motherwell, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Robert Rauschenberg. Grand Gallery.

Through February 4--Crèches from Around the World: The Earl Kage Collection. The manger scene by its many names--French crèche, Italian presepio, German Krippe, Spanish belèn, or Southwest American nacimiento--has for hundreds of years been part of family Christmas celebrations. And for hundreds of years artists have been adding their own endearing touches to nativity scenes set in their own day and time. Again this holiday season, art collector Earl Kage treats gallery audiences to an exhibit of crèches from his extensive collection. The four dozen examples--from Latin America, Europe, the Far East, and the United States--include three works that are new to the Kage collection.

Through March 4--Woodblock Prints by James Havens: A Centennial Celebration. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Havens (1900-1960), one of Rochester's best loved and most influential printmakers. Trained in art at the University and at RIT, Havens was particularly well known for his atmospheric woodblock prints. This exhibition features 40 prints from the collections of the gallery and the Strong Museum. Pavilion.

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.

Long-term installation--New Acquisitions for a New Millennium. Showcases 21 masterworks acquired during the last four years. Among the treasures on view are a 17th-century Dutch church interior, a 19th-century painting by British artist Walter Goodman, a gold wreath from ancient Greece, contemporary glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly and William Morris, and one of Joseph Cornell's acclaimed boxes.

At Rush Rhees Library

Through January 24--Recent Work by Kitty Hubbard. Hubbard teaches photography at the University, is an adjunct lecturer in SUNY Brockport's art department, and is assistant program coordinator at Visual Studies Workshop. Art and Music Library Gallery, ground floor. Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, noon-10 p.m.

January 26-February 16--Rooting About. By Martha O'Connor. O'Connor describes this piece as a search for yearning. Her artwork is sculptural, predominantly using clay but can incorporate leather, silver, burlap, laundry lint, and copper leaf. Art and Music Library Gallery, ground floor. Gallery hours: see above.

Through January 31--Camelot 2000: A Millennial Exhibition. Arthurian books, art, and artifacts from the collection of Alan Lupack and Barbara Tepa Lupack. The exhibit occupies 33 cases in the Friedlander Lobby, the Great Hall, the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, and the Robbins Library. It demonstrates the range of Arthurian material by displaying everything from 16th-century books to comic books, from original letters to movie memorabilia, from paintings and drawings to advertisements and toys. Robbins Library hours: Monday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Rare Books and Special Collections: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The Great Hall and Friedlander Lobby: Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-1 a.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday, noon-1 a.m.

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

Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon-6 p.m.

Through January 28--Durable Goods. Features linoleum block prints and sculptural work by Allen C. Topolski, associate professor of art and studio coordinator at the University.

MUSIC

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

January 23--Faculty Artist Series. Jean Barr, piano, and friends. Music of Robert and Clara Schumann. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

January 28--Eastman Chamber Orchestra. Ilya, Kaler, conductor. Music of Prokofiev, Debussy, and Haydn. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

January 29--Eastman Philharmonia. Mendi Rodan, conductor. Music of Rachmaninoff and Bruckner. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

January 30--Faculty Artist Series. Eastman Brass. Music of Lutoslawski, Rouse, and Hindemith. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

January 31--Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Mendi Rodan, conductor. George Taylor, viola. Music of Kodály and Berlioz. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

February 1--Faculty Artist Series. Rebecca Penneys, piano. Music of Bartók, Beethoven, Cage, and Bolcom. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 4--Eastman-Ranlet Series.* Tokyo Quartet. Music of Mozart, Schubert, and Beethoven. Hochstein Performance Hall, 3 p.m.

February 4--PRISM Brass. With Chris Vadala, saxophone. 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.

January 25--Cerulean Quintet. Enjoy works for wind quintet by Barber, Arnold, Danzi, and Villa-Lobos.

February 1--The Publick Musick. Members of Rochester's Baroque ensemble explore the next era with the music of Mozart. Some of upstate New York's finest period instrumentalists play one of the great works for piano quartet.

Other

February 1--Everclear. Sponsored by University Concerts. Tickets are available at the Record Archive, Lakeshore Record Exchange, Tickets.com, and the Common Market in Wilson Commons. For information, call the Wilson Commons Information Desk, x5-5911. Alexander Palestra, Goergen Athletic Center, 7:30 p.m.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Informational Seminars on Laser Vision Correction--Scott MacRae, medical director of StrongVision, offers an open question-and-answer session. Sponsored by Strong Vision. Free. Call x3-2020 to make a reservation.

January 31--100 Meridian Centre, Ste. 125, 6 p.m.

DANCE

January 26, 27--Seán Curran Company. Praised for its eclectic repetoire, this young, New York City-based dance group consists of nine dancers and founder Seán Curran. Set against scores that range from traditional Irish mouth music and early 20th-century chamber music to contemporary composers such as Sheila Chandra and Seamus Egan, Curran's inventive choreography ranges from humorous to poignant to introspective. Tickets available at the Common Market in Wilson Commons or at the door. For information, call x3-5150. Dance Studio, Spurrier Hall, 8 p.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

January 26--Julian Bond: "Civil Rights, Now and Then." The civil rights leader delivers the inaugural Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Address. Bond is chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and is a Distinguished Professor at American University in Washington, D.C., and a history professor at the University of Virginia. His talk is sponsored by the College Diversity Roundtable and the President's Office. Free and open to the public. Strong Auditorium, 6 p.m.

February 1--Cultures of Piety and the Moral Meaning of Disability in the United States. A lecture by Nancy L. Eiesland, assistant professor of sociology of religion at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University. Eiesland's research explores the social and historical sources of relationships between religious groups and people with disabilities. Admission is free. Light refreshments will be available. For information, call x5-3010. Gamble Room, Rush Rhees Library, 12:30-2 p.m.

RELIGION

River Campus Interfaith Chapel--x5-4321; www.rochester. edu/chapel/services.html

Roman Catholic Mass
Sunday Mass: January 28, February 4, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., River Level
Mass: January 23, 30, 5:15 p.m., River Level; January 25, 29, February 1, 5, 12:10 p.m., Sanctuary

Interdenominational Worship Service
January 28, February 4, 3 p.m., Sanctuary

Protestant Chapel Service
January 28, February 4, 5 p.m., Sanctuary

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Mass
January 24, 29, 31, February 5, 12:30 p.m.
January 28, February 4, 11:15 a.m.

Roman Catholic Communion Service
January 26, February 2, 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship
January 28, February 4, 10:15 a.m.

SPORTS

Men's and women's track and field--UR Invitational, February 2, 4:30 p.m., Fieldhouse

Squash--Wesleyan College, February 3, time to be announced, Goergen Athletic Center Courts

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 Susan B. Anthony Halls 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. The 2000 Winter Brochure for the Activities Program can be accessed at www.rochester.edu/working/services/auxops/Activities1.htm.

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