Calendar

Events scheduled for Monday, April 30 (after 5 p.m.), through Monday, May 21 (before 5 p.m.)

MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

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

May 1--What's Up. Cindy Campbell, curatorial assistant, speaks on the gallery's Alexander Calder mobile, which once stood in Charlotte Whitney Allen's Rochester garden. The talk is followed by a question-and-answer session. Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. 5:30 p.m.

May 1--Art of the Finger Lakes Poetry Reading. Poet Robert Creeley reads from his work exploring connections between visual art and contemporary writing. The Samuel P. Capen Professor of Poetry at SUNY Buffalo, Creeley is a past recipient of the Frost Medal, the Shelley Memorial Award, and the Bollingen Award. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.; booksigning follows.

May 4, 11, 18--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. to noon. Call the gallery at ext. 3056 to register.

May 4--First Fridays at the MAG: "The Last Friday." After eight years, First Fridays is ending to make way for new programs and events. The farewell event features music by the Outkasters and the Jim Nugent Trio, cash bar, and other refreshments. Also enjoy a free gallery tour and a first chance to see the coffin of Pa-debehu-Aset, an Egyptian nobleman of the 4th century B.C.E. Advance tickets are available at the admission desk or by calling 473-7720, ext. 3035. 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; tours at 6:30 and 7 p.m.

May 8--Lecture. "Reading a Landscape." The speaker is Alan Singer, artist, RIT professor, and past president of the Print Club of Rochester. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

May 13--Society For Chamber Music In Rochester. "A Mother's Day Gift" featuring the Ying Quartet with Steven Doane, cello. Admission charge; student discount; for tickets, call 586-3429. 8 p.m.; preconcert talk at 7:30 p.m.

May 15--Lecture. Writer, artist, and Rochester Professor Janet Berlo reads from her new memoir Quilting Lessons. Berlo's Serendipity Quilt is one of 81 works in this year's Rochester­Finger Lakes Exhibition. Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.; booksigning follows.

May 18--Jazz Concert. "Meet the Artist" benefit concert features the Joyce DiCamillo Trio (Joyce DiCamillo, piano; Rick Petrone, bass; and Joe Corsello, drums). Admission charge. For more information, call the gallery, 473-7720, ext. 3019. Auditorium, 7 p.m.

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. May 1, 8, 15, 6:30 p.m.

Exhibition Tour--Highlights of the 58th Rochester­ Finger Lakes Exhibition. Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. May 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 2 p.m.

Through June 3--Neil Welliver: The Prints. Included are some two dozen woodcuts, serigraphs, lithographs, and etchings by the noted Maine-based artist.

Through June 24--58th Rochester­Finger Lakes Exhibition. The biennial exhibition showcases area talent in painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, ceramics, and other media.

Through 2001--About Face: Copley's Portrait of a Colonial Silversmith. An interactive installation about Colonial American portrait painter John Singleton Copley and silversmith Nathaniel Hurd. Dorothy McBride Gill Education Center.

Long-term installation--New Acquisitions for a New Millennium. Showcases 21 masterworks acquired during the last four years.

At Hartnett Gallery--(Wilson Commons) x5-5911; www.rochester.edu/College/AAH/hartnett Gallery hours: Monday­Friday, 11 a.m.­8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.

Through May 17--By Now You Know. A master of fine arts thesis exhibition by Mary Shannon Johnstone, a student in RIT's Fine Arts Photography program.

At Rush Rhees Library

Through May 2001--150 Treasures from the Libraries. Showcases artifacts from collections of the River Campus libraries, the Sibley Music Library, and the Edward G. Miner Medical Library. Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation. Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Through May 2001--A Century of Women. Chronicles 100 years of contributions made by the women at the University. Great Hall. Open during regular library hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday noon to 1 a.m.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Noon Hour Health Bites--Informal monthly series of health-/wellness-related topics; sponsored by the Strong Employee Assistance Program. No fee or preregistration is required. Brown bag lunches welcome. For more information call x5-4987 or visit www.urmc.rochester. edu/eap/eap. html.

May 8--A Brief Introduction to Divorce, Separation, Custody, and Child Support. Mark Chauvin Bezinque, an attorney and counselor at law for Davidson, Fink, Cook, Kelly and Galbraith, discusses matrimonial law and the mechanics behind a divorce. Gowen Room, Wilson Commons.

MUSIC

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

April 30--Collegium Musicum. Paul O'Dette and Christel Thielmann, directors. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

May 1--Cornucopia. Presented in collaboration with the Genesee Early Music Society. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

May 2--Eastman Wind Orchestra. Nancia D'Alimonte and Evan Feldman, conductors. Music of Bernstein, Mahler, and Wagner. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

May 3--Musica Nova and OSSIA. Brad Lubman, conductor. Music of Stravinsky, Babbitt, Lubman, and Reich. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

May 4--Eastman Chorale and Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. William Weinert, conductor. Dvorák, Stabat Mater. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

May 10--Marian McPartland Jazz Series.* Roberta Picket, guest pianist. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

May 19--Jessie Kneisel Lieder Competition. Winner's Concert. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

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

May 3--Cellos⁴. The 'Cello Divas perform an eclectic program of music spanning the globe and the centuries.

May 10--Der Lindberghflug. Students of Jane Gunter McCoy perform Kurt Weill's opera about the flight of Charles Lindbergh.

May 17--American Art Song. Community Education Division faculty members Cecile Saine (soprano) and Howard Spindler (piano) in a program of songs by Samuel Barber.

River Campus

May 1--University Chamber Orchestra, University Choir and Chamber Singers, Nazareth College Choir and Chamber Choir. David Harman, Tom Folan, and Mark Zeigler, conductors. The groups will collaborate to perform pieces including Mass in B-flat, by Hummel, Te Deum, by Haydn, and Ave Verum Corpus, by Mozart. Free and open to the public. Upper Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

RELIGION

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

Roman Catholic Mass
Sunday Mass: May 6, 13, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., River Level
Mass: May 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21 12:15 p.m., Sanctuary

Interdenominational Worship Service
May 6, 13, 3 p.m., Sanctuary

Protestant Chapel Service
May 6, 13, 5 p.m., Sanctuary

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Mass
May 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 12:30 p.m.
May 6, 13, 20, 11:15 a.m.

Roman Catholic Communion Service
May 4, 11, 18, 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship
May 6, 13, 20, 10:15 a.m.

THEATER

May 3, 4, 5, 6--The Grapes of Wrath. Mervyn Willis, director. A stage adaptation of John Steinbeck's landmark, Pulitzer Prize­winning novel about Oklahoma farmers forced to become migrant workers in California. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, or reserved online at www.rochester.edu/College/ENG/theatre or by calling x5-4088. Todd Theater; 8 p.m. on May 3, 4, 5, 6; 2 p.m. on May 5, 6.

MISCELLANY

May 4--Issues. Luncheon talk featuring former CBS White House correspondent Robert Pierpoint, who will reflect on covering presidents from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush. Tickets are $20 a person. Space is limited. For reservations or more information, contact the Office of Alumni Relations and Development, x3-5888. Memorial Art Gallery. 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.

May 11--University Women's Club Annual Meeting and Luncheon. Features a lecture by Russell Peck, professor of English, on "Cinderella and Modern Culture." Business meeting and presentation of a check for $5,000 for the University's Susan B. Anthony Scholarship Fund, 10:40 a.m.; talk by Peck, 11 a.m.; social time, noon; luncheon, 12:30. Guests are welcome. Call 624-5095 for cost, reservations, and further information; reservation deadline is May 7. Century Club, 566 East Ave.

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.

May 6--George W. Bush: The First 100 Days. With former CBS News White House correspondent Robert Pierpoint, author of At the White House: Assignments to Six Presidents.

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 Activities brochure can be accessed at www.rochester.edu/working/services/auxops/Activities1.htm.

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