Calendar

Events scheduled for Monday, October 21 (after 5 p.m.), through Monday, November 4 (before 5 p.m.)

MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

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

October 21--Especially for Educators. Enjoy a private viewing of "Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion." This evening also includes a presentation, refreshments, and Degas-related materials for later classroom use. Tickets required. For reservations and information, call Margaret McCarthy, 473-7720, ext. 3072. 5-9 p.m.

October 24--Degas Lecture Series. Ann Dumas Speaks on "Degas, Painter/Sculptor: In Search of the Fugitive Pose." A curator at the Royal Academy, London, Dumas is a contributor to the catalogue for Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion. 7:30 p.m.

November 1--Preschool Workshop. You and your child can enjoy an art project, story reading, and gallery tour, all with a unified theme. For ages 2 1/2 to 5 with adult. Registration fee required. For reservations, call 473-7720, ext. 3056. Creative Workshop, 10:30 a.m. to noon.

November 3--Degas Family Day. The whole family can enjoy "Make It and Take It Workshops" with artists Elizabeth Durand, Warren Mianecke, Giacomo Sciarrone, and Robin Whiteman; performances by storyteller Jay Stetzer and Rochester City Ballet; and tours of the permanent collection. Family activities are free. For information, call 473-7720, ext. 3027.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

At Memorial Art Gallery

Gallery Highlights Tour--Free with admission. Meet at the admission desk. October 24, 31, 6:30 p.m.; October 25, 27, 18, 20, November 1, 3, 2 p.m.

Through November 4--Creative Workshop Adult Student Show. This exhibit features work by adult students 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 French impressionist master Edgar Degas. The works, from the gallery's permanent collection, are by such masters as Toulouse-Lautrec, Cassatt, Mucha, Renoir, and Rodin.

Through January 5--Edgar Degas: Figures in Motion. The works of this legendary impressionist include one of the icons of world art--Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen. Paintings, pastels, and prints from such major collections as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Clark Art Institute; period photos of Paris; turn-of-the-century couturier costumes and furniture; and decorative arts.

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 May 2003--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 November 10--First Comes Love. Canadian-born artists Cecilia Berkovic and Katharine Mulherin project notions of failure and hope, sentimentality and sarcasm through photography-based work with quirky narratives. Free and open to the public.

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.

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

FILMS

Funny Bones: Comedy Films about the Health Care Profession--Refreshments provided. Discussion follows. Sponsored by the Cluster for Health and Human Values and Division for Medical Humanities at the School of Medicine and Dentistry. Free and open to the public. Case Method Room, 5:30 p.m. For details, call x5-5800.

October 21--The Hospital.

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

October 25--Eight Legged Freaks. 7, 9, 11, p.m.

October 26--It Came From Outer Space. 7, 9, 11 p.m.

November 1--Austin Powers in Goldmember. 7, 9:30, midnight.

November 2--Road to Perdition. 7, 9:30, midnight.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

The Center for Lifetime Wellness--Monroe Community Hospital, 435 E. Henrietta Road, 760-6660.

October 24, 31--Rise-n-Shine. Learn a unique series of exercises that target all the muscles and joints involved in getting up from the floor. Barb Battle instructor. Registration fee required. Education Room, 1-2 p.m.

October 23, 25--Ski Fit. Learn agility, balance, coordination, and injury prevention in preparation for the ski season. Registration fee required. For registration and information, call Kathy at 760-6600. 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 28--Basic Life Support Refresher Courses, 5-9 p.m.

MUSIC

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

October 21--Eastman Wind Orchestra. Music of Burke, Gregson, Rodrigo, and van der Roost. Mark Scatterday, Paul Shewan, and Cindi Johnston-Turner, conductors. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

October 23--Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Music of Bartók and Beethoven. Neil Varon, conductor. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

October 25--Eastman Philharmonia. Music of Grieg, Bruch, and Britten. Neil Varon, conductor. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

October 28--Eastman Wind Ensemble. Music of Morris, Schwantner, and Graham. Mark Scatterday and Donald Hunsberger, conductors. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

October 29--Eastman Percussion Ensemble. John Beck, director. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

October 31, November 1, 2, 3--Eastman Opera Theatre. Rossini's The Turk in Italy, (sung in English). Benton Hess, conductor; Steven Daigle, director. Tickets required. Discounts for University ID holders. Kilbourn Hall, October 31, November 1, 2, 8 p.m.; November 3, 2 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 welcome during performance.

October 24--Jazz in the Afternoon. Newly appointed CED jazz piano instructor Paul Hofmann performs with jazz guitarist Bob Sneider.

October 31--Hidden Treasures for Cello and Piano. Rose Shlyam Grace, pianist, and Rosemary Elliott, cellist, perform works by composers Amy Beach, Robert Muczynski, and Reinhold Glière.

River Campus

October 25--Gospel Choir. Reverend Alvin Parris III, director. Admission fee. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

October 31--Chamber Ensembles Recital. David Harman, facilitator. Free and open to the public. Lower Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

RELIGION

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

Roman Catholic Mass

October 27, November 3, River Level, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
October 22, 29, Sanctuary, 5:15 p.m.
October 23, 30, Friel Lounge, 10 p.m.

Jewish Services

Conservative: October 25, November 1, River Level, 6 p.m.; October 26, November 2, River Level, 10:30 a.m.
Orthodox: October 25, November 1, Conference Room, 6 p.m.; October 26, November 2, Commons Room, 10 a.m.
Reform: October 25, November 1, Commons Room, 6 p.m.

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

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

Protestant Services

University of Rochester Christian Fellowship: October 27, November 3, 3 p.m., Sanctuary.
Protestant Community Chapel: October 27, November 3, 5 p.m., Sanctuary.

Sikh Services

Rahiras: October 23, 30, 7 p.m. Meditation Room

Medical Center Interfaith Chapel

Roman Catholic Communion Service

October 25, November 1, 12:30 p.m.

Interdenominational Protestant Worship

October 27, November 3, 10:15 a.m.

SPORTS

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

Field Hockey--Ithaca, October 23, 4 p.m.; St. Lawrence, October 25, 4 p.m.; Hamilton October 26, 2 p.m.

Football--Washington, November 2, noon.

Men's Soccer--Brockport, October 30, 7 p.m.; Brandeis, November 2, 6:30 p.m.

Women's Soccer--Brockport, November 2, 4 p.m.; Brandeis, November 2, 4 p.m.

Women's Volleyball--St. John Fisher, October 22, 7 p.m.; Nazareth, October 29, 7 p.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

October 29--Is it Bigger than a Breadbox? A History of the Size of the Universe. Lecture by Provost Charles Phelps. For more information or to RSVP, contact Richard Peek at x5-4477. Plutzik Library, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

October 30--Reconciliation. Is it Possible? Is it Desirable? Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel guest speaker. For more information, contact Hillel of Rochester at x5-4323. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

October 30--Plutzik Memorial Series. Carl Phillips, acclaimed author of six books of poems, most recently Rock Harbor and The Tether, will read from his work. Welles-Brown Room in Rush Rhees Library, 8 p.m.

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

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

October 28--Identification of a Yeast Palmtoyl Indicates General Role for the DHHC-CRD Protein Family in Protein Palmitoylation. Nicholas Davis, Wayne State University, 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 21--Metal Catalyzed Routes to Heterocyclic and Amino Acid-Based Products: From Mechanistic Studies to One-Pot, Multicomponent Syntheses. Inorganic seminar: Bruce Arndtsen, McGill University, 4:45 p.m.

October 23--Infrared and Electrochromic Materials: Semiconductor Colloid Quantum Dots. Colloquium: Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, University of Chicago, noon.

October 25--C-H Bond Activation in Complex Organic Synthesis. Organic seminar: Dalibor Sames, Columbia University, 9:30 a.m.

October 28--Monolayers and Multilayers of the Manganese Oxo Cluster, Mn-12. Inorganic seminar: Sarah Stoll, Oberlin College, 2 p.m.

October 28--2002 Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lectures: Design, Synthesis, and Applications of Dendrimers. Jean Fréchet, University of California at Berkley. Lander Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, 4 p.m.

October 29--2002 Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lectures: Living Radical Polymerization and Combinatorial Chemistry. Jean Fréchet, University of California at Berkley. 4 p.m.

October 30--2002 Victor J. Chambers Memorial Lectures: Functional Macromolecules: From Biochips to Polymer Therapeutics. Jean Frechet, University of California at Berkley. Noon.

Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies--Free and open to the public. For more information, call x5-7235 or e-mail FDI@troi.cc.rochester.edu.

October 25--FDI Visiting Speakers Series: The Double Life of Sit In: Network Documentary and the Civil Rights Movement, 1955-1965. Sasha Torres, University of Western Ontario. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 4 p.m.

October 31-- FDI Visiting Speakers Series: Uncle Tom and Hollywood. Barbara Tepa Lupack speaks on literary adaptations in cinema and on other aspects of American literature, film, and culture. Gamble Room, Rush Rhees Library, 4:30 p.m.

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

October 25-- 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 25--Charity Auction. This silent charity art auction is sponsored by the School of Medicine and Dentistry's Student Enrichment Programs to benefit Rochester's Alternatives for Battered Women. For more information, contact Adrienne Morgan at x5-7203. Sarah Flaum Atrium, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

October 31--Scare Fair. Annual event includes music, readings, tours, and costume contest. Rush Rhees Library, 2:30-5 p.m.

October 31, November 7--Spanish for Health Care Professionals NSG 300. A first step process toward achieving proficiency in Spanish for individuals who are interested in working with Spanish-speaking clients in a health-related area. To register, call Andrea Chamberlain at x5-8832. Helen Wood Hall, School of Nursing, 8 a.m. to noon.

November 1--Book Reception. The Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies hosts the event for Randall Stone, associate professor of political science and associate at the center, from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Welles-Brown Room of Rush Rhees Library. Free and open to the public. For more information, call x5-9898.

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 22--Advanced Powerpoint.

October 23--Creating Web Forms.

October 24--Web Site Traffic Log Reports.

October 29--Desktop Publishing with InDesign--Going Beyond Word.

October 30--Secure Web Services.

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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