Calendar

Events scheduled for Monday, September 10 (after 5 p.m.), through Monday, September 24 (before 5 p.m.)

MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

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

September 11--Woven Passion: Textile Nourishment for the Soul. Roger Cavanna, a respected authority on oriental rugs, presents the lecture in conjunction with an exhibition of rugs from his collection. Free with gallery admission, 7:30 p.m.

September 18--Panel Discussion. Artists Andrea Gill, John Gill and Anne Currier speak about their work in the field of ceramic arts. Free with gallery admission, 7:30 p.m.

September 21--Preschool Family Workshop. Weekly thematic workshops where adults and children can enjoy story reading, gallery tour, and art projects. The workshops continue through November. Admission fee and registration required, 10:30-noon.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

At Memorial Art Gallery

Through October 7--Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000. This collection from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents 200 vessel forms and large-scale sculptures by internationally acclaimed artists Robert Arneson, Adrian Saxe, Wayne Higby, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, and John and Andrea Gill. From its roots in pure functionalism to the modern emphasis on concept over craft, the exhibition is a visual journey through the last 50 years of ceramic history.

Exhibition Tour--Guided tour highlights Color and Fire. Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. September 14, 16, 21, 23, 2 p.m.

Gallery Highlights Tours--Free with gallery admission. Meet at the admission desk. September 11, 18, 6:30 p.m.

Long-term installations

Through 2001--New Acquisitions for a New Millennium. Showcases 21 masterworks acquired during the last four years, including one of the most significant acquisitions in gallery history--the Inner Coffin of Pa-debehu-Aset, an Egyptian official of the 4th century BCE.

Through 2002--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.

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.

September 10-October 7--Along the Strand. Features the works of artist Pat Bacon who attempts to make sense of the human genome project and the effects of DNA research on everyday life. Free and open to the public.

September 12--Opening Reception. Pat Bacon gives an artist's talk. Hartnett Gallery, 5-7 p.m.

At Rush Rhees Library

September 19--The Neilly Series: Joan Shelley Rubin. Known for her research on American cultural and intellectual history, Rubin discusses the controversy between John Ciardi, poetry editor of the Saturday Review, in the 1950s, and his readers after Ciardi attacked the poetry of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Charles Lindbergh. This lecture is part of a larger area of research that Rubin is involved in concerning American readers' uses of poetry. Welles Brown Room, 4 p.m.

Through September 28--The Man who Purchased Alaska: William Henry Seward's 200th Birthday. The exhibition displays correspondence from Seward and his political contemporaries, including President Lincoln's letter to Seward offering him the position of secretary of state. Also shown is a dramatic entry in the diary kept by Seward's daughter, Fanny, describing in detail the attempt on her father's life the same night that Lincoln was assassinated. Monday through Friday in the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details call x5-4477.

FILMS

University Cinema Group--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.

September 7--Along Came a Spider, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 12 a.m.

September 8--Sexy Beast, 7 p.m., 9 p.m., 11 p.m.

September 14--The Mummy Returns, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 12 a.m.

September 15--A.I., 8 p.m., 11 p.m.

September 21--Bridget Jones' Diary, 7 p.m., 9 p.m., 11 p.m.

September 22--Moulin Rouge, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 12 a.m.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Noon Hour Health Bites--Informal monthly series of topics related to health and wellness. Sponsored by the Strong Employee Assistance Program. No fee or pre-registration is required. Feel free to bring a lunch. For more information call x5-4987 or visit www.urmc.rochester.edu/eap/eap.html.

September 11--Addictions in the Workplace: How to Intervene. Sherry Nau, Strong Employee Assistance Program Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, and Peg Lee, Human Resources manger, discuss research that shows the significant impact of addictions on the workforce and the procedures and policies that managers and supervisors must use for intervention. Rooms A&B, Ambulatory Care Facility, URMC.

MUSIC

Eastman School of Music--24-hour music line x4-1100, www.rochester.edu/Eastman. Events are free unless otherwise noted.

September 11--Gateways Festival 2001. Marcus Thompson, violist. Chamber music. Kilbourn Hall, 8:30 p.m.

September 15--Eastman Virtuosi. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

September 16--Faculty Artist Series. Eastman Brass performs music of Reynolds, Dvorák, and Shostakovich. General admission tickets are available at the door. Admission fee required; University employees admitted free with ID. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

September 20--Arts Leadership Program. Catherine Filene Shouse, keynote lecturer; John Pitcher, music critic for Democrat & Chronicle. Kilbourn Hall, 3:30 p.m.

September 21--Eastman World Music Series. Music of Zimbabwe: Beauler and Cosmas, mbira. Admission fee required. Discounts for faculty and staff, free to full-time students with ID. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

RELIGION

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

Roman Catholic Mass

Sunday Mass: September 16, 23, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m., River Level
Tuesday Mass: September 11, 18, 5:30 p.m
Wednesday Mass: September 12, 19, 10 p.m., Friel Lounge.
Thursday Mass: September 13, 20, 12:15 p.m.

Jewish Services

Conservative: September 14, 21, 5:15 p.m., River Level; September 15, 22, 10:30 a.m., Commons Room
Orthodox: September 14, 21, 5:15 p.m., Conference Room; September 15, 22, 10:00 a.m., River Level
Reform: September 14, 21, 5:15 p.m., Commons Room

Muslim Services

Daily Prayers: Fajr, Dawn-6:45 a.m.; Zuhr, 12:20-3 p.m. (Monday-Thursday, 12:30-2 p.m., Conference Room); Asr, 3:30 p.m.-Sunset; Magrib, Sunset; Isha, 7 p.m.; and Jumma, Friday, 1:10 p.m., Commons Room

Protestant Services

Interdenominational Worship Community: September 16, 23, 3 p.m., Sanctuary
Protestant Community Chapel: September 16, 23, 5 p.m., Sanctuary

Yoga/Meditation

Buddhist Meditation: Monday/Friday, TBA
Sangha: Wednesday, TBA
Siddha Yoga: Saturday, TBA

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Mass

September 12, 17,19, 24, 12:30 p.m.
September 16, 23, 11:15 a.m.

Roman Catholic Communion Service

September 14, 21,12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship

September 16, 23, 10:15 a.m.

Jewish holidays when Shabbat-observant students may not be attending classes: September 17, and after sundown, September 18, 19. For more information, call the Hillel office at x5-4323.

SPORTS--www.rochester.edu/living/athletics/

Field Hockey--Skidmore, September 21, 4 p.m.; Union, September 22, 10:30 a.m.

Football--Johns Hopkins, September 15, 1 p.m,; St. Lawrence, September 22, 1 p.m.

Soccer (men's)--Ithaca, September 12, 7 p.m.

Soccer (women's)--SUNY Cortland, September 10, 7 p.m.

Volleyball (women's)--D'Youville, September 11, 7 p.m.

Tennis (men's)--University of Rochester Tournament, September 15-16, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

Chemistry and Colloquium seminars--Free and open to the public. Hutchison Hall, Room 473.

September 12--Competing Bond Fission Channels of Isomerically Selected Hydrocarbon Radicals. Colloquium. Laurie J. Butler, University of Chicago, 12 p.m.

September 17--Proton Transfer between Carbon Acids and Methoxide: Gas Phase and Microsolvation Methods. Physical seminar. Vincent DeTuri, Ithaca College, 4:45 p.m.

September 19--The Aromatic Directed Metalation Reation: High Time for Streit Wieser and Heathcock? Colloquium. Victor Snieckus, Queens University, 12 p.m.

September 24--Models of Hydrophobicity. Physical Seminar. Professor Benjamin Widom, Cornell University, 5 p.m.

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 current list can be accessed at www.rochester.edu/working/services/auxops/Activities1.htm.

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