Calendar

Events scheduled for Monday, April 1 (after 5 p.m.), through Monday, April 15 (before 5 p.m.)

MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

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

April 2--What's Up. Docent Libby Clay speaks on two sculptures that symbolize Buddhist ideals--the Japanese Bodhisattva Kannon and the Chinese Bodhisattva Guan-yin. Free with admission. Asian Gallery, 5:30 p.m.

April 9--Lecture. Einar and Jamex De La Torre talk about their use of hot glass and found material to create distinctive sculptures that incorporate Mexican and American culture. Free with admission. Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

April 11--Art in Bloom. A biennial celebration of gardens and gardening sponsored by the Gallery Council. Admission fee includes a luncheon and lectures.

April 14--Lecture. Sandy Skoglund speaks about her exhibit Breathing Glass, on view at MAG through April 21. Tickets required plus Gallery admission. Auditorium, 2 p.m. Exhibition tour immediately following the presentation.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

At Memorial Art Gallery

Gallery Highlights Tour--Free with admission. Meet at the admission desk. April 2, 9, 6:30 p.m.

Exhibition Tour--Free with admission. Meet at the admission desk. April 5, 7, 12, 2 p.m.; April 14, 3 p.m.

Through April 21--Eye Contact. The exhibition by Ken Aptekar features six paintings inspired by works in the gallery's collection and includes a computer station where visitors can create their own "pictures with text" for a display wall.

Through April 21--Breathing Glass. The exhibition by Sandy Skuglund features mosaic-encrusted mannequins floating upside down above a blue floor. The backdrop is 50 deep panels, each studded with dozens of handmade glass dragonflies and miniature marshmallows that vibrate on wire filaments.

Through June 2--Art in Bloom: A Bouquet from the Permanent Collection. A showcase of ceramics, paintings, and works on paper from the 19th century to present day.

Long-term installations

Through 2002--New Acquisitions for a New Millennium. Showcases 21 masterworks acquired during the last four years, including the Inner Coffin of Pa-debehu-Aset, an Egyptian official of the fourth century B.C.E.

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 Wilson Commons

Through April 7--Out of the Icebox. Juried exhibition of undergraduate art. Hartnett Gallery.

FILMS

Colors of Empathy--The Cluster of Health and Human Values and the Division for Medical Humanities present movies that depict life from a variety of different perspectives. Free and open to the public. Medical School, Case Method Room 1-9576, 7 p.m.

April 9--Charly.

Fairytales and Desire: Variations on Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast--Film series in connection with Professor Russell Peck's course Myth, Fairytale, and the Didactics of Popular Culture. Sponsored by the Office of Student Activities and the Department of English. Free in the Gowen Room, Wilson Commons, 7:30 p.m.

April 7--The Company of Wolves.

April 14--The Hunger.

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.

April 5--Not Another Teen Movie. 7, 9, 11, p.m.

April 6--Amelie. 7, 9:30, midnight.

April 12-13--Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. 7:30, 11, p.m.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

April 13--YMCA Healthy Kids Day. Family physical activities, healthy food, and safety information. Free and open to people of all ages. Sponsored by Strong Memorial Hospital's Project Believe.

The Center for Lifetime Wellness--Monroe Community Hospital, 435 E. Henrietta Road, 760-6600.

April 9--Improving Your Memory: How to Remember What You Are Trying to Forget. In this four-part self-help program, learn how memory works, factors that affect memory, and easy techniques to improve memory. Registration fee required. Education Room, 6:30-8 p.m.

CPR Classes--Classes are offered by the Office for Educational Resources (OER) from January through June. Registration fee required. All classes held in the OER Department (2-7500 area of the Medical Center). To register, call x5-7666.

April 11--Basic Life Support Original Course, 9 a.m.-noon.

Noon Hour Health Bites--Informational 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.

April 9--Adventures in Water Gardening. Larry Nau, owner, Bergen Water Gardens and Nursery, will explain the basics of adding a water feature to the garden. Ambulatory Care Facility Rooms A & B (2-1322 & 2-1218).

MUSIC

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

April 1--Musica Nova. Brad Lubman, conductor; Courtney Orlando Scherzinger, violin. Music of Reich, Woolf, Scherzinger, and Lubman. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 2--Contemporary Percussion Ensemble. John Beck, conductor. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 3--Eastman Wind Ensemble. Donald Hunsberger, conductor. Music of Morris and Barkin. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 4, 5, 6, 7--Eastman Opera Theatre and Eastman Philharmonia. Puccini's La Boheme. Steve Daigle, director. Benton Hess, conductor. Tickets required (discounts for University ID holders). Eastman Theatre, April 4-6, 8 p.m.; April 7, 2 p.m.

April 7--Eastman Chamber Orchestra. Neil Varon, guest conductor. Music of Respighi, Beethoven, and Haydn. Hochstein School of Music, 3 p.m.

April 8--Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Neil Varon, guest conductor. Music of Schubert, Wieniawski, and Nielsen. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

April 9--Faculty Artist Series. Oleh Krysa, violin; Tatiana Tchekina, piano. Music of Mozart, Schnittke, and Mendelssohn. Tickets required (one free ticket per University ID holder). Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 10--Eastman Wind Orchestra. Evan Feldman, Paul Shewan, and Cindi Johnston-Turner, conductors. Music of Debussy, Grant, Bozza, and Grainger. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

April 11--Eastman World Music Series. Alhambra. Sephardic songs of love, courtship, and weddings. Tickets required (discounts for University faculty and staff; free to full-time students with ID). Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 12--Eastman Chorale and Repertory Singers. Gregory Ristow and Sun Min Lee, conductors. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 14--Eastman Virtuosi. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

Eastman at Washington Square--"Thursday Lunchtime Concerts" at the First Universalist Church, corner of South Clinton and Court Streets, 12:15-12:45 p.m. Brown bag lunches are welcome during the performance.

April 4--Canadian-American Musings. Toronto-based pianist Lisa Iwasaki returns to Rochester to present a program of music by North American composers.

April 11--Penneys' Piano Potpourri. Students from the class of Eastman professor Rebecca Penneys present a piano concert.

River Campus

April 4--University Chamber Ensembles. David Harman, director. Music of Beethoven, Ravel, and others. Free and open to the public. Lower Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

April 5--Midnight Ramblers. Brad Hartman, director. Tickets required. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

April 6--University Choir. L. Brett Scott, director. Tickets required. Interfaith Chapel, 8 p.m.

April 12--Vocal Point. Julie Lloyd, director. The all-female a cappella group holds its annual spring concert. Tickets required. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

April 14--River Jazz Ensemble. Jamey Simmons, director. Lower Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

RELIGION

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

Roman Catholic Mass

Sunday Mass: April 7, 14, 10:30 a.m., and 7 p.m., River Level.

Tuesday Mass: April 2, 9, 5:30 p.m., Sanctuary.

Wednesday Mass: April 3, 10, 10 p.m., Friel Lounge.

Jewish Services

Conservative: April 5, 12, 6 p.m., River Level; April 6, 13, 10:30 a.m., Commons Room.

Orthodox: April 5, 12, 6 p.m., Conference Room; April 6. 13, 10 a.m., River Level.

Reform: April 5, 12, 6 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: April 7, 14, 3 p.m., Sanctuary

Protestant Community Chapel: April 7, 14, 5 p.m., Sanctuary

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Communion Service

April 5, 12, 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship

April 7, 14, 10:15 a.m.

SPORTS

Baseball--Cazenovia (2 games), April 7, noon; Cortland, April 11, 3:30 p.m.

Lacrosse--Clarkson, April 12, 4 p.m.; St. Lawrence, April 13, 7 p.m.

Softball--St. John Fisher (2 games), April 2, 3:30 p.m.; Brockport, April 3 (2 games), 3 p.m.; Keuka College (2 games), April 13, noon; D'Youville (2 games), April 14, 1 p.m.

Tennis (women's)--William Smith, April 3, 4 p.m.; Hamilton, April 13, 1 p.m.; Skidmore, April 14, 1 p.m.

Track and Field--Tournament, April 6, 2 p.m.; Invitational, 10 a.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

April 3--Neilly Series. Mark Cuddy, artistic director of GEVA Theatre. Free and open to the public. Welles-Brown Room, 4 p.m.

April 3--History of the American Indian Religious Freedom Movement. Christopher Vecsey and Timothy Byrnes, Colgate University. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Religion and Classics at x5-5378. Welles-Brown Room, 7 p.m.

April 4--Verne Moore Lecture Series. James McPherson presents, "The American Civil War: Its Meaning for the New Millennium." Free and open to the public. Rush Rhees Library, Welles-Brown Room, 8 p.m.

April 5--Anthropology Conference. Roger Sanjek presents "A World City? New York Before and After 9/11/01" as part of the fourth annual conference on community issues. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Anthropology at x5-8614. Welles-Brown Room, 4:30 p.m.

April 11--Department of English Lecture. Mary Poovey, New York University, presents "Writing about Finance in Victorian England: Disclosure and Secrecy in the Culture of Investment." Free and open to the public. For more information contact the English Department at x5-4092. Welles-Brown Room, 7 p.m.

April 11--Dancemaking: A Personal Journey. Wallie Wolfgruber, dancer and choreographer, lectures on the art of solo performance. Free and open to the public. For details, call the Dance Program at x3-5150. Dance Studio, Spurrier Hall, 7:30 p.m.

April 12--McKenzie Lecture. Robert Barrow, Harvard University, discusses religion and economics. Free and open to the public. Schlegel Hall 207, 4 p.m.

April 12--The Making of Sign City. Producer Irene Taylor discusses her story about the deaf community in Rochester. Part of the ASL Forum series of the American Sign Language Program, x3-5165. Dewey 1-101, 3 p.m.

Department of Biology--x5-3837

April 12--University Day in Genetics. University scientists involved in both basic and clinical research dealing with a wide range of genetic questions will present their work in two poster sessions. For more information, email lole@mail.rochester.edu or call x5-3837. Flaum Atrium, Kornberg Medical Building, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.

Department of Biology Donut Talks--Hutchison Hall, Room 473.

April 4--Genetics, Eugenics, and the Medicalization of Human Behavior: Lessons from a Historical Perspective. Garland Allen, Washington University. 2-3 p.m.

April 8--Heterochromatin Domains and Boundary Elements in Yeast. Xin Bi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Noon-1 p.m.

April 15--Insights into Salivary Gland Function from Genetic Manipulation of Chloride Transport Pathways. James Melvin, Center for Oral Biology. Noon-1 p.m.

Department of Chemistry--Hutchison Hall, Room 473 (unless otherwise noted), x5-8286, www.chem.rochester.edu/Colloquia/April2002.html.

April 1--Synthesis and Coordination Properties of Unsymmetrical 9-Bora and 9-Phosphafluorenes. Inorganic seminar: Rudi Wehmschulte, University of Oklahoma, 4:45 p.m.

April 3--Controlling Chemistry with Tailored, Strong-Field Laser Pulses. Colloquium: Robert Levis, Wayne University, noon.

April 5--Exploring New Methods for Carbohydrate Synthesis. Organic seminar: David Gin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 9:30 a.m.

April 8--Optical Probes of Organic Light Emitting Diodes. Physical seminar: Paul Lane, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, 4:45 p.m.

April 15--TBA. Physical seminar: Xiaogang Peng, University of Arkansas, 4:45 p.m.

Department of Philosophy--x5-4105

April 5--A Shocking Idea about Meaning. Colloquium: Michael Devitt, City University of New York. Dewey 2110-D, 3:30 p.m.

Department of Physics and Astronomy--x5-4351

April 1--A Close-up View of a Merger System: Molecular Gas and Star Formation in the Antennae. Astronomy/astrophysics seminar: Christine Wilson, McMaster University. Tea, Bausch and Lomb, 271; talk, Bausch and Lomb, 106, 4 p.m.

April 10--Electroweak Unification and Neutrinos. Colloquium: Kevin McFarland, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Tea, Bausch and Lomb 374, 3:40 p.m.; talk, Bausch and Lomb 106, 4 p.m.

April 10--Charge Transfer and Injection Barrier at the Metal-Organic Interfaces. Ph.D. defense: Li Yan, Department of Physics and Astronomy. Bausch and Lomb 375, 7:45 a.m.

Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies--Work in Progress Seminar Series. Multidisciplinary seminars on topics related to African culture. For more information, call x5-7235.

April 3--Work in Progress Seminar Series. "Demolition in Detroit: The City as Canvas and Stage for Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project." Odetta Norton, Graduate Program of Visual and Cultural Studies. Refreshments provided. Frederick Douglas Conference Room, Morey 302, 12:30-2 p.m.

April 10--Work in Progress Seminar Series. "A Pidgin and Creole Language Primer." Carla Hudson, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Frederick Douglas Conference Room, Morey 302, 12:30-2 p.m.

Laboratory for Laser Energetics Science and Technology Seminar Series--LLE Coliseum, noon to 1 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

April 12--Science as the Focus in Early Childhood Education. Lucia French, Warner School. Sandwiches provided.

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences--

April 11--Breaking Down Barriers. Missy Cummings, one of the Navy's first female fighter pilots, gives a presentation. Hubbell Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

MISCELLANY

April 2--Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development Open House. Reservations required. Call x5-8940 or e-mail warner@rochester.edu to register. Welles-Brown Room, 4 p.m.

April 10--Simon School MBA Programs Information Reception. Schlegel Hall, 11:45 a.m.

Information Technology Services--No registration is required. Seating is on a first- come, first-served basis. Briefings will be held in Rush Rhees G113, noon to 1 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

April 3--Basic Graphics and Scanning.

April 4--Secure Web Services.

April 10--Intro to Photoshop.

April 11--Converting Office Documents for the Web.

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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