Calendar

Events scheduled for Monday, April 15 (after 5 p.m.), through Monday, April 29 (before 5 p.m.)

MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

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

April 17--Art À La Carte. Elizabeth Brayer, Eastman biographer and author of MAGnum Opus: A History of the Memorial Art Gallery, speaks on "George Eastman and the Art that Got Away." Call x3015 for reservations. Lecture, noon; luncheon, 1 p.m.; optional tour, 2 p.m.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

At Memorial Art Gallery

Gallery Highlights Tour--Free with admission. Meet at the admission desk. April 16, 23, 26, 28, 6:30 p.m.

Exhibition Tour--Free with admission. Meet at the admission desk. April 19, 21, 2 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 Hartnett Gallery

Through May 11--Searchworks. A photo-based art exhibition by Sue Lloyd, University of Toronto, comprised of images showing two different realms in each picture. Free and open to the public. Hartnett Gallery, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.

At Rush Rhees Library

Through August 2002--Beauty for Commerce: Publishers' Bookbindings 1830-1910. This exhibit chronicles the aesthetic and technical changes in English and American cloth bookbindings. Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation.

FILMS

Africa Video and Film Series--A biweekly screening and discussion of video and documentaries capturing Africa's past and present. Free and open to the public. Lunch provided. Morey Hall, 302, 12:30-2 p.m.

April 24--Our Friends at the Bank.

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 21--Ever After: A Cinderella Story.

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 19--Ali. 8, 11 p.m.

April 20--In the Bedroom. 8, 11, p.m.

April 26--Beautiful Mind. 7, 9:30, midnight.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

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

April 17--Genetic Implications for Aging. Victor McKusick of Johns Hopkins University. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Anne Francione at 760-6375. Auditorium, 11 a.m. to noon.

April 18--Improving Your Memory: How to Remember What You Are Trying to Forget. Part two of a four-part 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 16--Basic Life Support Refresher Course, 1-5 p.m.

April 18--Basic Life Support Original Course, 9 a.m. to noon.

April 24--Basic Life Support Refresher Course, 5-9 p.m.

April 25--Basic Life Support Original Course, 9 a.m. to noon.

MUSIC

April 19-- Golisano Children's Hospital Fundraiser. A concert featuring Lou Gramm, former lead singer of Foreigner, and some of Rochester's best local, will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, April 19, at Water Street Music Hall. Proceeds benefit the Bright Eyes Fund, which supports children who have brain tumors. Tickets cost $8. A limited number are available by calling x3-5948.

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

April 22--Eastman World Music Series. Gamelan Lila Muni. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 23--Early Music Concert. "Hesperus." Copresented with the Genesee Early Music Society. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 24--Eastman Jazz Lab Band. Ike Sturm and Brian Shaw, directors. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

April 25--Woodwind Chamber Music. Kilbourn Hall, 7 p.m.

April 26--Eastman Jazz & New Jazz Ensemble. Jim McNeely, pianist and guest conductor; Fred Sturm and Dave Rivello; directors. Music of McNeely. Eastman Theatre, 8 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 18--The Sound of Beauty. Soprano Julia Izzo presents a program of songs for voice and piano by composers Mozart, Brahams, and Weber.

April 25--Zenith Cello Quartet. This virtuoso ensemble, composed of Eastman students Nicole Hanson '03 and graduate students Benjamin Hughes, Johannes Strydom, and Keiko Forrey, presents music from around the world.

River Campus

April 20--University Symphony Orchestra. David Harman, director. This last concert of the season features the music of Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

April 28--Faculty Recital. Zora Mihailovich, piano, David Harman, director. Lower Strong Auditorium, 2 p.m.

April 28--University Wind Symphony. Cindi Johnson-Turner, director. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

April 29--University Choral Finale. The University Choir, the Chamber Singers, Vocal Point, the Yellowjackets, and Midnight Ramblers perform. L. Brett Scott, director. Free and open to the public. For more information, call the Department of Music at x5-2828. Strong Auditorium, 7 p.m.

RELIGION

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

Roman Catholic Mass

Sunday Mass: April 21, 28, 10:30 a.m., and 7 p.m., River Level.
Tuesday Mass: April 16, 23, 5:30 p.m., Sanctuary.
Wednesday Mass: April 17, 24, 10 p.m., Friel Lounge.

Jewish Services

Conservative: April 19, 26, 6 p.m., River Level; April 20, 27, 10:30 a.m., Commons Room.
Orthodox: April 19, 26, 6 p.m., Conference Room; April 20, 27, 10 a.m., River Level.
Reform: April 19, 26, 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 21, 28, 3 p.m., Sanctuary.
Protestant Community Chapel: April 21, 28, 5 p.m., Sanctuary.

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Communion Service

April 19, 26, 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship

April 21, 28, 10:15 a.m.

SPORTS

Baseball--Utica, April 17, 3 p.m.; RPI (2 games), April 20, 1 p.m.; Vassar (2 games), April 21, noon; Keuka (2 games), April 23, 2 p.m.

Golf--Fred B. Kravitz Invitational, Irondequoit/ Oak Hill East, April 26.

Lacrosse--William Smith, April 20, 1 p.m.; Nazareth, April 24, 7 p.m.

Softball--Cazenovia (2 games), April 16, 3 p.m.; Fredonia (2 games) April 24, 3 p.m.; St. Lawrence (2 games), April 27, 1 p.m.; RPI (2 games), April 28, 1 p.m.

THEATER

April 19--Off Broadway On Campus. Student-run musical theater group performs No Day But Today, with selections from Kiss Me, Kate!, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Chicago, Suburb, and many more Broadway and off-Broadway hits. Tickets can be purchased at the Common Market, located in Wilson Commons and at the door prior to the show. For more information, contact Kary Haddad at x4-2395, Robert Weinstein at x4-2628, or visit www.sa.rochester.edu/oboc. Lower Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

April 25-May 4--The Visit. The International Theater Program presents Friedrich Durrenmatt's The Visit, a tragi-comedy set in a small Central European town. Nigel Maister, director. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, reserved online at www.rochester.edu/College/ENG/theatre, or by phone at x5-4088. Todd Theater, April 25, 26, 27, May 2, 3, 4, 8 p.m.; April 28, 3 p.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

April 17--The Teaching of Science as a Subversive Activity. Pervez Hoodbhoy, Islamabad University, Pakistan. Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Departments of Physics and Astronomy and Religion and Classics. Call x5-5378 for more details. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 7 p.m.

April 18--Mary E. Young Alumni Lecture Series. David Noble, professor of history at York University, Toronto, will speak on "Beyond the Promised Land." Free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of History, x5-2052. Gamble Room of Rush Rhees Library, reception, 4:45 p.m.; talk, 5:30 p.m.

April 18--The Creative Plunge: From Impulse to Form. Actor Mario Romano speaks about the relationship between the imagination and the body as a theater performer. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Dance Program at x3-5150. Dance Studio, Spurrier Hall, 7:30 p.m.

April 19--Riker Prize for Political Science. Norman Schofield, Washington University, receives the second William H. Riker Prize for his contributions to research on social choice, political economy, and democracy. Schofield presents "Heresthetics and the Evolution of the United States Constitution." Free and open to the public. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 3:30 p.m.

April 23--Plutzik Memorial Series. J. M. Coetzee, novelist and two-time winner of the Booker Prize, reads from his work. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact the English Department at x5-4092 or english@mail.rochester.edu. Hubbell Auditorium of Hutchison Hall, 8 p.m.

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

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

April 22--TBA. William Snell, University of Texas, Southwestern. Noon-1 p.m.

April 25--Intraflagellar Transport Defect Causes Retinal Degeneration and Polycystic Kidney Disease. Gregory Pazour, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2-3 p.m.

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

April 15--Rational Synthesis and Processing of Colloidal Nanocrystals. Physical seminar: Xiaogang Peng, University of Arkansas, 4:45 p.m.

April 17--Unusual Transition Metal Complexes of C₆₀ and the Higher Fullerenes. Colloquium: Michael Baird, Queen's University, noon.

April 19--Biomimetic Synthesis Applied to Chemistry and Biology. Organic seminar: Matthew Shair, Harvard University, 9:30 a.m.

April 19--Part I: A Refined Synthetic Route to a Key Synthon for(+)-Laurencin.

Part II: Studies Toward Development of a General Method for Stereocontrolled Construction of Conjugated (E)-Enyne Subunit Required for (+)-Laurencin. Ph.D defense: Robert Udal, Department of Chemistry, 1 p.m.

April 23--Expression, Characterization, and Dynamics of Thermophilic 'Hydrogenobacter Thermophilus' Cytochrome c₅₅₂. Ph.D. defense: Elizabeth Karan, Department of Chemistry, 1 p.m.

April 29--New Luminescent Compounds and Their Use in OLEDs, Sensors, and Catalysis. Inorganic seminar: Suning Wang, Queen's University, 4:45 p.m.

Department of Physics and Astronomy--x5-4351

April 15--Molecules, Rings, Jets, and Other Features of the Red Giant-White Dwarf Transition. Astronomy/Astrophysics seminar: Patrick Huggins, New York University. Tea, Bausch & Lomb 271, 3:30 p.m.; talk, Bausch & Lomb 106, 3:45 p.m.

April 17--Time Delay. Colloquium: H. M. Nussenzveig, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Tea, Bausch & Lomb 374, 3:30 p.m.; talk, Bausch & Lomb 106, 3:45 p.m.

April 18--The Cloud Absorption Mystery. Quantum optics seminar: H. M. Nussenzveig, Federal University of Rio do Janeiro. Tea, Bausch & Lomb 271, 3:30 p.m.; talk, Bausch & Lomb 106, 3:45 p.m.

April 18--Developments in Understanding the Spin of the Proton. Special particle physics seminar: Purvez Hoodbhoy, University of Islamabad. Tea, Bausch & Lomb 271, 3:30 p.m.; talk, Bausch & Lomb 372, 3:45 p.m.

Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation--Free and open to the public. For more information, call x5-4477.

April 16--That Most Miserable Muslin: Or, How 19th-Century Book Covers Became a Great Success. Sue Allen, foremost authority on 19th-century American publishers' book bindings, speaks. Rush Rhees Library, 7:30 p.m.

April 17--The Vitality of Fritz Kredel's Book Illustrations. Greer Allen speaks on the works of Kredel (1900-1973), a German-American illustrator. A small exhibition of Kredel's work will accompany the talk. Rush Rhees Library, 7:30 p.m.

Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies--x5-7235.

April 18--Visiting Speakers Series. Angela Dillard, New York University, speaks on "From Lonely Pioneer to Damaged Goods: James H. Meredith, the 'Conservative Turn,' and the Boundaries of the American Historical Imagination." Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 4:30 p.m.

April 25--Visiting Speakers Series. Frank Wu, Howard University Law School, presents "Civil Rights and Race Relations in the New Millennium." Free and open to the public. Reception follows. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 2:30 p.m.

Laboratory for Laser Energetics--LLE Coliseum, noon to 1 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

April 19--Science and Technology Seminar Series. Neil Greenberg, Manager of Regulatory Affairs and Clinical Chemistry Systems at Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, presents "Thin Film Clinical Chemistry."

April 26-- Science and Technology Seminar Series. Thomas Hahn, department of English, presents "Robin Hood Lives--(? or !)."

Program in Visual and Cultural Studies--For more information, call x5-9249.

April 24--Under Construction: Media Culture Series. Kari Andén-Papadopoulos, Stockholm University, presents "Global Icons, Parochial Perspectives? Photo Journalism, Visual Culture and the September 11 Attacks." Free and open to the public. Management Library Conference Room, Rush Rhees Library, 12:30-2 p.m.

MISCELLANY

April 21--5K Run/Walk for Women in Afghanistan. The University Women's Caucus holds its third annual race to raise money for health care and education for Afghan women and girls. Entry fee; donations accepted. For more information, call x5-5911 or visit sa.rochester.edu/womencauc/regform.html. Registration, 10 a.m., Hirst Lounge, Wilson Commons; race start, 11 a.m.

April 24--Simon School MBA Programs Information Reception. Schlegel Hall, 5:30 p.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 17--Making Web Graphics.

April 18--Search Services On and Off Campus.

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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