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McEnery
FEMININE FIGURES--The Hartnett Gallery will present an exhibition of the work of Kathleen McEnery, an early 20th-century artist who was featured in the controversial International Exhibition of Modern Art--"The Armory Show"--in 1913. The exhibition, which includes Woman in a Turban (1925), above, begins Monday, March 17, during Women's History Month, and ends Saturday, April 26.

Events scheduled for Monday, March 17 (after 5 p.m.), through Monday, March 31 (before 5 p.m.)

MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

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

March 21--Art and Soul. Celebrate the first day of spring with the Gallery Council. Tickets required. Seating is limited; reservation deadline is March 14. Call 473-7720, ext. 3014. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

At Memorial Art Gallery

Gallery Highlights Tour--Free with admission. Meet at the admission desk. March 20, 27, 6:30 p.m.; March 21, 23, 28, 30, 2 p.m.

Through March 23--Dimensions In Pop. This exhibition uses both 2-D and 3-D work from the permanent collection to examine the Pop Art movement.

At Rush Rhees Library

Through March 18--Remembrance: A Tribute to and Journey through Two Lives. Works by photographers Marianne Pojman and Sharon Turner. Free and open to the public. The Gallery at the Art and Music Library, x5-9249.

Through May 10--The Several Lives of Frederick Douglass. The exhibition includes historically important materials and images related to abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). Free and open to the public. Department of Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation, x5-4477.

Through May 13--Senior Thesis Exhibition. Seven undergraduates display their artwork at the Gallery at the Art and Music Library and AsIs gallery at Sage Art Center. Free and open to the public.

At Wilson Commons

Through April 26--The Art of Kathleen McEnery. The show, curated by Janet Wolff, former University professor of art history and associate dean at the Columbia University School of the Arts, presents the work of Kathleen McEnery, an early 20th-century realist painter who made her name in New York City before coming to Rochester. Opening reception March 21, 5 to 7 p.m. Wolff lecture, Memorial Art Gallery, April 24, 7:30 p.m. Hartnett Gallery.

FILMS

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

March 21--Roger and Me. 7, 9, 11.

March 22--Bowling for Columbine. 7, 9:30, midnight.

March 28--Star Trek: Nemesis. 7, 9:15, 11:30.

March 29--Star Wars: Episode II. 7, 9:30, midnight.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

The Center for Lifetime Wellness--Monroe Community Hospital, 435 E. Henrietta Road, Education Room, 760-6600. Registration fee required.

March 18, 20, 25, 27--Golf Fit Conditioning. Increase strength and power and decrease the risk of injuries through golf-specific training. Taught by Barb Battle. Classes continue on Tuesdays and Thursday through March 27. Registration and fee required. 6 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.

March 27--Basic Life Support Refresher Course, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

March 19--Basic Life Support Original Course, 5 to 8 p.m.

The Medical Center Athletic Club--x5-1442

March 19--Medical Aesthetics. Theresa Wichtowski, a trained experienced aesthetician, will discuss skin care, scar, and stretch mark reduction, dermabrasion, waxing, facials, and aromatherapy. Natapow Room 1-9545, 11:30 a.m.

MUSIC

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

March 18--Kilbourn Concert Series. Sanford Sylvan, baritone, with David Breitman, piano. Schubert's Winterreise. Tickets required. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 19--Eastman Chamber Jazz Ensemble. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 20--Eastman Trombone Choir. Music of Mahler, Britten, Holst, Purcell, and Defaye. Kilbourne Hall, 8 p.m.

March 21--OSSIA. New jazz and chamber music. Music of Schindler, Fortner, and Mengelberg. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 23--Eastman-Ranlet Series. Ying Quartet. Music of Rorem and Yi. Tickets required. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

March 23--Chamber Music Society. Music of Prokofiev and others. Kilbourn Hall, 7 p.m.

March 24--Eastman Brass Guild. Kilbourn Hall,
8 p.m.

March 25--Faculty Artist Series. Steven Doane, cello, with Barry Snyder, piano. Sonatas by Fauré, Magnard, and Franck. Tickets available at the door (free with University ID). Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 26--Eastman Horn Choir. Music of Shostakovich, Babcock, Barsom, and Handel. David Cripps, guest conductor. Kilbourn Hall,
8 p.m.

March 27--World Music Series. Muzsikás with Márta Sebestyén. Folk music of traditional Eastern Europe. Tickets required (free with student ID). Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 28--Eastman Chorale. William Weinert and Sun Min Lee, conductors. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 29--Eastman Virtuosi. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 31--Eastman Chamber Orchestra. Music of Shostakovich, Zwilich, and Mozart. Neil Varon, conductor. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

River Campus--Free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

March 20--Enter the Haggis. Celtic rock band plays at the Hive in Wilson Commons. 9 p.m.

March 29--The Get Up Kids. Punk rock group performs with special guest Hot Rod Circuit. Tickets required. Alexander Palestra, 8 p.m.

March 30--Gospelfest 2003. The University Gospel Choir performs. Alvin Parris, director. Admission fee at the door. Interfaith Chapel, 3 p.m.

RELIGION

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

Roman Catholic Mass

March 23, 30, River Level, 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
March 18, 25, Sanctuary, 5:15 p.m.
March 19, 26, Friel Lounge, 10 p.m.

Jewish Services

Conservative: March 21, 28, River Level, 5:15 p.m.; March 22, 29, Commons Room, 10:30 a.m.
Orthodox: March 21, 28, Conference Room, 5:15 p.m.; March 22, 29, River Level, 10 a.m.
Reform: March 21, 28, Commons Room, 5:15 p.m.

Muslim Services--All prayers will be held in Meditation Room 220 unless otherwise specified.

Daily Prayers: Fajr, 5:30 a.m. (Commons Room); Thuhr, 1:30 p.m.; Asr, 3 p.m.; Magrib, sunset; Isha, 7:30 p.m.; Jumma, Friday, 1:15 p.m. (Commons Room).

Protestant Services

University Christian Fellowship: March 23, 30, Sanctuary, 3 p.m.
Protestant Community Chapel: March 23, 30, Sanctuary, 5 p.m.

Sikh Services

Rahiras: March 19, 26, Meditation Room, 7 p.m.

Hindu Study Group

March 23, 30, Meditation Room, 11 a.m.

Sangha

March 17, 24, Commons Room, 8 p.m.

Agape

March 19, 26, Conference Room, 9 p.m

SPORTS

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

Baseball--Fredonia, March 26, 1 p.m.

Lacrosse--Cortland, March 20, 4 p.m.

Outdoor Track--St. Lawrence, Brockport, Buffalo State, March 22, noon.

Tennis (Men's)--Nazareth, March 20, 4 p.m.; Hobart, March 22, 1 p.m.; RIT, March 22, 7 p.m.; Kenyon, March 28, 7 p.m.; Bates, March 29, 6 p.m.; Bowdoin, March 30, noon.

Tennis (Women's)--Niagara University, March 19, 4 p.m.; Kenyon, March 28, 4 p.m.; Bowdoin, March 30, 9 a.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

March 27--Neilly Lecture Series: Bruce Whiteman. Writer, reviewer, and librarian presents "The Forger as Male Head Case: Constantine Simonides and Some Other Rogues." Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 5 p.m.

Chemical Engineering Seminar Series--Wednesdays at 2 p.m., Gavett Hall, Room 202 (unless otherwise noted). www.che.rochester.edu/Events/Seminars.html

March 21--Dimensional Stability of Polyester Films. Jehuda Greener, Eastman Kodak Company.

March 26--The Chemistry and Art of Forming Nanostructures. Younan Xia, University of Washington.

Department of Chemistry--Hutchison Hall, Room 473 (unless otherwise noted), x5-8286, www.chem.rochester.edu/Colloquia/March2003.html

March 18--Does Pentavalent Iron Exist in Biology and Coordination Chemistry? Hutchison Memorial Lecture: Karl Weighardt, Max-Planck-Institut fur Strahlenchemie, 4 p.m.

March 19--Galactose Oxidase: Nature's Blueprint for Catalytic Aerobic Oxidation of Primary Alcohols. Hutchison Memorial Lecture: Karl Weighardt, Max-Planck-Institut fur Strahlenchemie, noon.

March 28--How Molecules Conduct? Physical seminar: Abraham Nitzan, Tel Aviv University, 1:30 p.m.

March 31--Exiton-Polaritons in Microcavities Containing Disordered Organic Semiconductors. Physical seminar: Vladimir Agranovich, University of Texas, 4:45 p.m.

Department of English--x5-4092

March 18--Reading by Novelist Edward Desautels. Gamble Room, Rush Rhees Library, 5 p.m.

March 20--Jazz Age Rococo: The Imaginary Eighteenth Century of the 1920s. Terry Castle of Stanford University talks. Sponsored by the George H. Ford Fund for Visiting Scholars in the Graduate Program of the Department of English. Her talk is and is free and open to the public. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 5 p.m.

Department of History--x5-2052

March 20--A Stone of Hope: Prophetic Religion, Liberalism, and the Death of Jim Crow. David Chappell '92 (PhD) of the University of Arkansas to speak as part of the Mary Young Lecture Series. Free and open to the public. The Gamble Room in Rush Rhees Library, 5:30 p.m.

March 21--The Debate Over Race and Rights Since the 1960s. David Chappell '92 (PhD) of the University of Arkansas to speak as part of the Mary Young Lecture Series.

Department of Physics and Astronomy--
x5-4351, www.pas.rochester.edu

March 19--Physics at the Other SLAC (Small Liberal Arts College). Rexford Adelberger, editor of the Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics, Guilford College. Bausch & Lomb, 3:45 p.m.

Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies

March 19--Faculty Research Seminar. Rosemary Kegl, Department of English, Lattimore 540, 12:30 p.m.

March 26--Ladies Cinch Your Waist! On How a Nineteenth-Century Japanese Authoress Taught Her Characters to Wear the Bustle Style and Then Reproved Them. Rebecca Copeland, Washington University. Location TBA, 6 p.m.

MISCELLANY

March 19--Skalny Luncheon Seminar. Amila Buturovic of York University speaks on "The Poetics of Tombstones as the Poetic of Identity: Mak Dizdar on Medieval Bosnian Cemeteries." Sponsored by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies and the Department of Religion and Classics. Lunch provided. RSVP x5-9898. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, noon.

March 19--Sister Souljah. Political activist, rap artist, and author will speak about "Inspiring Women in the 21st Century." Tickets required; free with student ID. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

March 26--Michael Moore. The writer and director speaks. Sponsored by the Outside Speakers Committee. (Tickets available for live simulcast.) Strong Auditorium, 9 p.m.

March 27-29--The 2003 Frederick Douglass Conference. Sessions examine the life of abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Registration required. wwww.rochester.edu/College/AAS/newaas/conf_2003.php ww.rochester.edu/College/AAS/newaas/conf_2003.php. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Program of Movement and Dance--x3-5150. All events in Spurrier Dance Studio.

March 19--Body and Dance Workshop. Presented by Deborah Hay. Workshop discusses the relation of consciousness, perception, and creativity to body and dance. Free and open to students only. 5 to 6:30 p.m.

March 19--My Body, The Buddhist. Deborah Hay reads from her book. Tickets required. 7:30 p.m.

March 20--Dance Performance. Deborah Hay performs her work "Beauty," followed by an adaptation of the work by graduate student Kathryn TeBordo. Tickets required. 7 p.m.

March 27--Creative Process Series: Hatmaker Dave Brown. Rochester-based hatmaker speaks about his esoteric art form and preservation of traditional methods of the craft. 7:30 p.m.

William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration--x5-3533 or www.simon.rochester.edu

March 20--Part-time and Executive MBA Programs Information Reception. Registration required. Schlegel Hall, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

ACTIVITY CONNECTION

Discounts for activities are available to all University staff and faculty. Specific discounts also are extended to students (call for details). All tickets are available at the hospital Cashier's Office and the Customer Service Center in the Susan B. Anthony Hall on the River Campus. The Eastman School of Music carries movie theater tickets only. For more information, check the University Activity Connection flyer or call x5-7942. The current discount list can be accessed at www.rochester.edu/working/services/auxops/ActivitiesProg1.htm.



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