Calendar

Events scheduled for Monday, October 7
(after 5 p.m.), through Monday, October 21 (before 5 p.m.)

MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

MAG--x5-3081; http://mag.rochester.edu

October 8--Poetry Reading. Lucille Clifton reads from her work. For more information, call 546-3410. Auditorium, 7-9:30 p.m.

October 13--Exhibition Opening. Opening day for Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion, noon to 5 p.m.

October 13--Chamber Concert. Society for Chamber Music in Rochester presents "Impressionism: Degas, Debussy and Ravel" featuring violinist Shannon Nance, cellist Stephen Reuss, and pianist Joseph Werner. For tickets call 244-3895. Auditorium, pre-concert talk, 7:30 p.m.; concert 8 p.m.

October 17--Degas Lecture Series. Noted art historian Eunice Lipton speaks on "Naked, Not Intimate: Degas in Bronze," 7:30 p.m.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

At Memorial Art Gallery

Gallery Highlights Tour--Free with admission. Meet at the admission desk. October 17, 6:30 p.m.; October 11, 13, 18, 20, 2 p.m.

Through September 30--Creative Workshop Faculty Show. This exhibition features work by faculty at the gallery's Creative Workshop.

Through January 5--Meanwhile: Works by Contemporaries of Edgar Degas. This exhibition includes pastels, prints, watercolors, and sculptures by friends and contemporaries of Edgar Degas. The works, from the gallery's permanent collection, are by such masters as Toulouse-Lautrec, Cassatt, Mucha, Renoir, and Rodin.

October 12 to November 4--Creative Workshop Adult Student Show. This exhibition features work by adult students at the gallery's Creative Workshop.

October 13 to January 5--Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion. The works of this legendary Impressionist on view include Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen--an art world icon. Paintings, pastels and prints from such major collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Clark Art Institute also are included.

At Wilson Commons

Through October 9--Splashes. An installation by artist Masha Ryskin. Free and open to the public. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 6 p.m. on weekends.

October 9-November 10--First Comes Love. Photography-based installation by Canadian-born artists Cecilia Berkovic and Katharine Mulherin. Opening reception and artist's talk from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, October 12. Free and open to the public. Hartnett Gallery.

At Rush Rhees Library

Through October 31--Recent Idiosyncrasies. Rochester artist Anne Havens exhibits a selection of recent sculptures and related work on paper. Free and open to the public. The gallery at the Art and Music Library.

Through February 15--Mid-Century Jazz in Rochester, 1955-1962: Photographic Prints from the Paul Hoeffler Archive. This collection of almost 100 black-and-white photographs includes portraits of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, and Sonny Rollins. Free and open to the public. Hilfiker Gallery and the Seward Room in the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation in Rush Rhees Library. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Through February 15--Scaling the Heights: Rochester's Musical Innovators. An exhibit highlighting the many significant composers and performers who have Rochester connections. Free and open to the public. Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation in Rush Rhees Library.

FILMS

University Cinema Group--All films shown in the Hoyt Hall Auditorium, unless otherwise noted. Tickets available in advance at the Common Market, Wilson Commons.

October 12--Lilo & Stitch. 7, 9, 11, p.m.

October 18--Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones. 6:30, 9:15, midnight.

October 19--Men in Black II. 7, 9, 11, p.m.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

October 12--Thriving After Breast Cancer Conference. An opportunity for women affected by breast cancer to learn more about recovering and share their thoughts, concerns, and questions with health professionals and each other. Lillie Shockney, director of education and outreach at the Breast Center at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, presents. Reservations required. Conference Center at the Medical Center, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call x5-4797 or e-mail kristin_galvinburwick@urmc.rochester.edu.

Domestic Violence Education Seminar--School of Medicine amp; Dentistry, Office of Student Enrichment Programs. Free and open to the public. For information and reservations call x5-7203 or e-mail adrienne_morgan@urmc. rochester.edu.

October 15--Screening for Domestic Violence. Elizabeth Edwardsen and Diane Morse with representatives from Alternatives for Battered Women, will facilitate a workshop on how to best screen and counsel patients on domestic violence. Dinner provided; RSVP. Case Method Room, Medical Center, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

October 16--Keeping Women Healthy and Safe. Jacquelyn Campbell of Johns Hopkins University will describe the physical and mental health effects of domestic violence and the role of medical care in addressing these problems. Lunch provided; RSVP. Case Method Room, Medical Center, noon to 1 p.m.

Health Bites--Informal series of useful and timely health/wellness related topics. For more information, visit www.urmc.rochester.edu/eap/bites.html or call x5-4987.

October 8--Session 1: Money and Kids. Maggie Ridge, financial consultant, gives parents ideas on how to teach children about the basics of money management. Strong Memorial Hospital 2-6408 (K 207), noon to 1 p.m.

October 8--Session 2: Wills, Trusts, and Estates. Financial consultant Maggie Ridge and attorney Ron Axelrod discuss differences between a will and a trust and illustrate the situations where implementing one would make more sense than the other. 300 East River Road Auditorium, 5:15-6:15 p.m.

The Center for Lifetime Wellness--Monroe Community Hospital, 435 E. Henrietta Road. Registration fee required. For registration and information, call Kathy at 760-6600.

October 8--Small Ball Muscle Stretch and Tension Release. Learn to target tension points in the body with relaxation techniques and exercise routine. 6-7 p.m.

October 10--Improving Your Memory: How to Remember What You Are Starting to Forget. Learn how memory works and techniques to improve memory. Education Room, 6:30-8 p.m.

October 9, 11, 16, 18--Ski Fit. Learn agility, balance, coordination, and injury prevention in preparation for the ski season. 6:15-7:15 p.m.

CPR Classes--Classes are offered by the Office for Educational Resources (OER) from September through December 2002. Registration fee required. All classes held in the OER Department (2-7500 area of the Medical Center). To register, call x5-7666.

October 16--Basic Life Support Refresher Courses, 1-5 p.m.

MUSIC

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

October 9--Eastman Chamber Music Society. Kilbourn Hall, 7 p.m.

October 10--Eastman Trombone Choir. John Marcellus, director. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

October 11--Musica Nova. Music of Crumb, Roberts, and Scherzinger. Brad Lubman, conductor. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

October 12--Eastman Virtuosi. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

October 13--Faculty Artist Series. Rebecca Penneys, piano. Music of Mozart, Chopin, Ravel, and Gershwin. Tickets sold at the door (one free ticket per University ID holder). Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m

October 14--World Music Series. Kartik Seshardri, sitar. Tickets required. Discount tickets for faculty and staff; free to all full-time students with ID. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

October 15--Faculty Artist Series. Eastman Faculty Jazz Quartet with guest Walt Weiskopf, tenor sax. Tickets sold at the door (one free ticket per University ID holder). Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

October 17--Eastman Chorale and Eastman Repertory Singers. TBA, conductor. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

October 19--Jazz Department Showcase. Harold Danko and Dave Rivello, directors. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

River Campus

October 11--Music Department Open House. University Chamber Orchestra, David Harman, conductor. Strong Auditorium, 3:30 p.m.

October 12--University Symphony Orchestra. David Harman, conductor. Strong Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

October 13--University Wind Symphony. Cindi Johnston-Turner, conductor. Strong Auditorium, 2 p.m.

October 19--Vocal Point. Concert by University's all-female a cappella group. Tickets required. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

RELIGION

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

Roman Catholic Mass

October 13, 20, River Level, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
October 8, 15, Sanctuary, 5:15 p.m.
October 9, 16, Friel Lounge, 10 p.m.

Jewish Services

Conservative: October 11, 18, River Level, 6 p.m.; October 12, 19, River Level, 10:30 a.m.
Orthodox: October 11, 18, Conference Room, 6 p.m.; October 12, 19, Commons Room, 10 a.m.
Reform: October 11, 18, Commons Room, 6 p.m.

Muslim Services-- All prayers will be held in the Meditation Room, 200 unless otherwise specified.

Daily Prayers: Fajr, Room 200, 5:45 a.m.; Zuhr, 1:30 p.m.; Asr, 3:30-5 p.m.; Magrib, sunset; Isha, 9 p.m.; Jumma, Friday, Room 200, 1:15 p.m.

Protestant Services

University Christian Fellowship: October 13, 20, Sanctuary, 3 p.m.
Protestant Community Chapel: October 13, 20, Sanctuary, 5 p.m.

Sikh Services

Rahiras: October 9, 16, 7 p.m. Meditation Room

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Communion Service

October 11, 18, 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship

October 13, 20, 10:15 a.m.

SPORTS

Athletics and Recreation--www.rochester.edu/living/athletics

Crew--Stonehurst Capital Invitational Regatta, October 13, 9 a.m.

Men's and Women's Cross Country--UR Invitational, October 19, 11 a.m.

Field Hockey--SUNY Brockport, October 15, 7 p.m.; SUNY Geneseo, October, 19, 11 a.m.

Football--Hobart, October 12, 2 p.m.; Union, October 19, 2 p.m.

Men's Soccer--Case Reserve, October 11, 7:30 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon, October 13, 1:30 p.m.; Nazareth, October 16, 7 p.m.; St. Lawrence, October 20, 2:30 p.m.

Women's Soccer--Union, October 8, 4 p.m.; Case Reserve, October 11, 5 p.m.; Carnegie Mellon, October 13, 11 a.m.; Ithaca, October 16, 4 p.m.; William Smith, October 19, 7 p.m.

Women's Tennis--Nazareth, October 8, 3 p.m.

Women's Volleyball--SUNY Geneseo, October 16, 7 p.m.; Medaille, October 17, 7 p.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

October 10--Talk by Todd Havens '92. University alumnus, who's carved out a niche as a reality program casting coordinator, will talk about his undergraduate experiences and describe his work for students and the University community in a talk at 5 p.m. in 203 Meliora Hall. Sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures. For more information, call x5-4251.

October 11--Locke's Offices: Cicero and Locke's Theory of Moral Development. Colloquium: Philip Mitsis, New York University. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy; call x5-4105 for details. Dewey 2110-D, 5 p.m.

October 11--Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Susan B. Anthony Conversations on Contemporary Issues: How Women Lead. This annual public forum includes a panel of government, business, and education experts who will discuss how women lead and use power. Luncheon preceeds. For more information, call the Fairbank Alumni House at x3-5888. Interfaith Chapel, 1:15 p.m.

October 11--Neilly Series. Simon Winchester, author of international best sellers, speaks about his adventures while researching stories. Free and open to the public. Hubbell Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, 5 p.m.

October 12--Plutzik Memorial Series. Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, reads from his work during Meliora Weekend. Free and open to the public. For more information, call x5-4092. Alexander Palestra, Robert B. Goergen Athletic Center, 3:15 p.m.

October 16--Plutzik Memorial Series. Poet Clayton Eshleman reads from his work. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, noon.

Department of Anthropology 2002 Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures--For more information, visit www.cc.rochester.edu:80/College/ANT.

October 16--Culture and Cargo: On Avoiding A History of the Self-Evident and the Self-Interested. Frederick Errington, Trinity College, and Deborah Gewertz, Amherst College. Free and open to the public. Reception follows. Lander Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, 7 p.m.

October 17--Panel Discussion. Joseph Inikori, professor of history; Christine Kray, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Schmidt, executive director of Farm Worker Legal Service of New York; and Robert Foster, associate professor of anthropology, discuss "Economic Globalization: Let Free Trade Rip?" Free and open to the public. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 2 p.m.

October 18--The Life of Expatriates: Setting the Standards. Seminar: Frederick Errington, Trinity College, and Deborah Gewertz, Amherst College. 441 Lattimore Hall, 2 p.m.

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

October 14--Role of RNAi Machinery in Higher-Order Chromatin Assembly. Shiv Grewal, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, noon to 1 p.m.

October 21--Social Conflict in the Bacterium Myxococcus Xanthus. Gregory Velicer, Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, noon to 1 p.m.

Department of Chemistry--Hutchison Hall, Room 473 (unless otherwise noted), x5-8286, www.chem.rochester.edu/Colloquia/October2002.html

October 11--Reactive Natural Products: Opportunities for Synthesis at the Interface Between Chemistry and Biology. Organic seminar: Eric Sorensen, Scripps Institute, 9:30 a.m.

October 14--Redox-Promoted Reactions of Organometallic Complexes. Inorganic seminar: Bernadette Donovan-Merkert, University of North Carolina, 4:45 p.m.

October 15--In Vetro and In Vivo Targeting of RNA in Fungal Pathogens with Oligonucleotides and Small-Molecules. Ph.D. defense: Matthew Disney, Computer Studies Room 209, 2 p.m.

October 16--TBA. Colloquium: Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California at Berkeley, noon.

October 18--Development and Synthetic Applications of Electron Transfer Initiated Cyclization Reactions. Organic seminar: Paul Floreancig, University of Pittsburgh, 9:30 a.m.

October 21--TBA. Inorganic seminar: Bruce Arndtsen, McGill University, 4:45 p.m.

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

October 9--Ramla Bandele, Frederick Douglass Institute, FDI 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.

October 18--Exploring Sicily: A Spectacular Two-Week, Hair-Raising Drive around the Mediterranean's Largest Island. Presented by Robert and Helen Lautenslager. Sandwiches provided.

MISCELLANY

October 8--Information Reception. The Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development hosts an information reception from 4 to 6:30 p.m. about Warner's professional programs in teacher preparation, counseling, and school administration. Free and open to the public. For more information, call x5-3950 or visit www.rochester.edu/warner/recruitment.html.

October 10, 17--Spanish for Health Care Professionals NSG 300. First two of four classes. One academic credit received. To register, call Andrea Chamberlain at x5-8832. Helen Wood Hall, School of Nursing, 8 a.m. to noon.

Information Technology Services--No registration 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.

October 9--Introduction to Photoshop.

October 15--Beginning Powerpoint.

October 17--Converting Office Documents for the Web.

Movement and Dance Program--x3-5150

October 9--Lecture and Demonstration. Felice Wolfzahn, dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Free and open to the public. Spurrier Dance Studio, 7:30 p.m. lecture; demonstration, 9 p.m.

October 12-- Families Dancing. Intergenerational contemporary dance performance. Tickets required. Spurrier Dance Studio, 3 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/ActivitiesProg1.htm

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