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MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

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

February 23--Jazz Fridays at the MAG. Start the weekend at the gallery with live jazz and extended exhibition hours. See works by legendary artists such as Monet, Renoir, Homer, and O'Keeffe. This week's event features the Vince Ercolamento Trio. Grab a drink, coffee, or dessert at the cash bar. Enjoy dinner at Cutler's Restaurant before or after visiting the gallery. Admission charge; free to gallery members and students with University ID. Pavilion, 6-8:30 p.m.

February 25--Sunday Fundays: Arts of Asia. Explore the arts of Asia at a family-friendly celebration that includes music, a Japanese tea ceremony, a fashion show, tours of the collection, and hands-on origami and calligraphy workshops. Reduced admission charge; free to members and children 5 and under. Noon-5 p.m.

February 27--Lecture: Modernism & Abstraction. David Walsh, associate professor of art history, speaks on "The Memorial Art Gallery: A School for Painting." A well-respected painter, Walsh discusses the techniques and materials used to create selected works in the gallery's permanent collection. Auditorium; lecture at 2 p.m., reception follows.

March 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.

March 2--First Fridays at the MAG. Enjoy live music, hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar, a free gallery tour, and a chance to meet friends old and new. Music by the Ike Sturm 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.

March 4--Lecture: New Acquisitions for a New Millennium. Gallery director Grant Holcomb and collections registrar Monica Simpson speak about the gallery's year 2000 acquisitions, which are currently on display. They also give a sneak preview of one of the most significant acquisitions in the gallery's history: a pair of Egyptian coffins from the 4th century B.C. Free with gallery admission.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

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

Gallery Highlights Tours--Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. February 27, 6:30 p.m.

Exhibition Tours--Tours highlight Modernism & Abstraction: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Meet at the admission desk. Free with gallery admission. February 27, 6:30 p.m.; March 2 and 4, 2 p.m.

Through March 4--Woodblock Prints by James Havens: A Centennial Celebration. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Havens (1900­1960), 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 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 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 Hartnett Gallery--(201 Wilson Commons) x5-4188; www.rochester.edu/College/AAH/hartnett. Free and open to the public. Gallery hours: Monday through Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon-6 p.m.

Through March 2--Child's Play. Digital artist Sharon Switzer combines photographic fragments with digital imaging to create a space of interaction between the past and the present. Included in the exhibition are a digital color photographic mural, a 90-second video-animation loop, and a hanging sound piece.

At Rush Rhees Library

Through March 12--Keepings & January Boxes. Nancy L. Topolski. Keepings is a personal piece for which the artist chooses objects and tries to evoke emotional responses. January Boxes explores the colors and forms of objects and how they relate. 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.

Through March 15--Works by Area "Medieval" Artists. An exhibition of new paintings created in the medieval medium of egg tempera explains the process and illustrates the tools and materials used in this art form. The style incorporates brilliant pigments, egg yolk, and 23-carat gold to create jewel-like panes that portray sacred, secular, and personal images. Robbins Library. Hours: Monday and Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

MUSIC

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

February 19--Eastman Repertory Singers.* Kilbourn Hall, 7 p.m.

February 20--Kilbourn Concert Series. Steven Isserlis, cello, with Ian Brown, piano. Music of Shostakovich, Britten, Janácek, and Martinu. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 20--Eastman Percussion Ensemble. John Beck, director. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

February 23--Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Nancia D'Alimonte and Christine Myers, conductors. Music of Glass and Britten. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

February 24--A Day and Night of Jazz. Features a series of activities that are free and open to the public: clinic presentations on improvisation (1:15-2:15 p.m.); master classes with Eastman jazz faculty members Clay Jenkins, Harold Danko, Ray Ricker, Rich Thompson, Bob Schneider, Jeff Campbell, and guest artist Phil Sims (2:30-3:30); a presentation/discussion titled "the Music of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra" by Tom Hampson (3:45-4:45 p.m.); a performance by the Eastman New Jazz Ensemble, conducted by Jim Doser (5:00 p.m.). Walk-in registration for the sessions begins at noon in Eastman's Main Hall. For information, call x4-1440.

February 24--Will Moyle Memorial Concert.* As part of the "Day and Night of Jazz," the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra performs. The concert is presented in memory of the late Will Moyle, a well-known and beloved Rochester jazz advocate. Tickets are available at Ticket Express, 100 East Ave. (222-5000) or at Eastman Theatre's box office one hour before the concert. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

February 24--Faculty Recital. George Taylor, viola. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 25--Eastman-Ranlet Series.* The Ying Quartet. Music of Pann, de Rivera, Bolcom, and Dvorák. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

February 25--Eastman Chorale. William Weinert, conductor. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 26--Saxology. Ramon Ricker, director. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 27--OSSIA. Music of Fitkin, Chuck, Forshee, and Birtwistle. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

February 28--Eastman Wind Orchestra. James Ripley and Evan Feldman, conductors. Music of Strauss, Thorne, and Barnes. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

March 1--Collegium Musicum. Paul O'Dette and Christel Thielmann, directors. Program to be announced. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 2--Eastman Philharmonia. William Eddins, guest conductor. Music of Tchaikovsky, Mahler, and Beethoven. Eastman Theatre, 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.

February 22--Shall We Dance? Students of Thomas Schumacher present an array of keyboard dances--ancient to modern, from Poland, France, Spain, and elsewhere, in a display of how great composers approach an activity as old as civilization itself.

March 1--Caravaggio String Quartet. Eastman students Sonya Williams, Heather Badke (violins), Leanne Rabesa (viola), and Kasia Bielak-Hoops (violoncello) play three string quartet masterworks--one classical one romantic and one modern.

Other

February 24--University Chamber Orchestra. David Harman, director of orchestral activities and professor of music at the University, conducts the orchestra in works that include Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, Kodaly's Galanta Dances, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 2. Free and open to the public. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

February 25--University Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Conducted by James Ripley. The program includes Fanfare and Grand March by Timothy Mahr, Louis Jadin's Ouverture pour Harmonie Militaire, J. S. Bach's O Mensch, Bewein Dein Sunde Gross, Guy Woolfenden's Illyrian Dances, and Karl King's Invictus March. Free and open to the public. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.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.

February 23--Little Nicky, 7 p.m., 9 p.m., 11 p.m.

February 24--Legend of Drunken Master, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., midnight

2001 Black History Month Films Series--Sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies and the Black Students' Union.

February 28--Bamboozled. A release that deals with the various stereotypes portrayed in society. A faculty-led panel discussion follows the screening. Hoyt Hall, 8 p.m.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Nutrition Week Lectures

In recognition of March as National Nutrition Month, the Medical Center's Department of Food and Nutrition presents daily activities in the House of Six Nations Cafeteria from noon to 1 p.m., February 26 through March 2. Visitors to the cafeteria can register to win prizes. Visitors are welcome to bring a lunch.

February 26--Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Our Supersize World. With Thomas A. Pearson, Albert D. Kaiser Professor and chair of the Department of Community and Preventive Medicine.

February 27--Eating Green: A New Look at Vegetarian Diets. With Allyson Prace of Lori's Natural Foods.

February 28--What Makes Us Eat? Lecture by David A Levitsky, Stephen A. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University.

March 1--Adolescents: From Eating Too Much to Eating Too Little, Can We Make a Difference? With Richard E. Kreipe, chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine; Patricia A. Stewart, nutrition manager of the Clinical Research Center; and Nellie Wixom, director of the Weight Management Center.

March 2--The Fitness Side of Health and Cooking and Tasting Demonstration: "Healthy Home Cooking in Minutes." Anita M. Spoor, director of the Medical Center Athletic Facility, discusses fitness. Christopher Sherry, executive chef, and Thomas Campagna, chief clinical dietitian, offer a cooking demonstration.

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

February 28--100 Meridian Centre, Suite 125, 6 p.m.

Other

February 23--Toning Your Body. Sponsored by the University Health Service. Goergen Athletic Center, 6:30-7:15 p.m. Includes a demonstration of the equipment in the Fitness Center, 7:15-8:30 p.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

February 19--Department of Philosophy Colloquium. Eamonn Callan, professor of education at Stanford University, speaks on "Autonomy, Child Rearing, and Good Lives," about topics relating to his study of civic and moral education. Followed by a discussion period. Free and open to the public. Room 203, Meliora Hall, 5 p.m. Reception follows in Room 501, Lattimore Hall.

February 21--The Untragic, Unbearable Greatness of Achilles. Part of a lecture and discussion series called "Great Books and What to Do with Them: Greek and Roman Epic: The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Aeneid." Presentations explore the poems' connections to their own times and audiences as well as the poems' place in current culture. Specific passages for lecture and discussion announced in advance. For information, call x5-5664. Drama House on Fraternity Quad, 7 p.m.

March 1--Transnational Black Intellectuals. Presented by Michelle Stephens, assistant professor of English at Mt. Holyoke College. Part of the Frederick Douglass Institute's Distinguished Visiting Speakers Series. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 3:30 p.m.

RELIGION

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

Roman Catholic Mass
Sunday Mass: February 25, March 4, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., River Level
Mass: February 22, 26, March 1, 5, 12:15 p.m., Sanctuary.

Interdenominational Worship Service
February 25, March 4, 3 p.m., Sanctuary

Protestant Chapel Service
February 25, March 4, 5 p.m., Sanctuary

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Mass
February 21, 26, 28, March 5, 12:30 p.m.
February 25, March 4, 11:15 a.m.

Roman Catholic Communion Service
February 23, March 2, 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship
February 25, March 4, 10:15 a.m.

SPORTS

Women's basketball--Case Western Reserve, February 24, 2 p.m., Palestra

Men's basketball--Case Western Reserve, February 24, 4 p.m., Palestra

MISCELLANY

Perfectly Clear--Hosted by Curt Smith, senior lecturer in English, Perfectly Clear is a public affairs program that airs at 11 a.m. Sundays on WROC TV Channel 8. Cosponsored by the College.

February 25--Panelists include Morris Pierce, adjunct assistant professor of history and University Energy Manager.

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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