Calendar

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

MEMORIAL ART GALLERY EVENTS

Memorial Art Gallery--x5-3081; http://mag.rochester.edu

March 18--Saint-Gaudens Lecture. Joyce Schiller, curator of 19th- and early 20th-century art at the Delaware Art Museum, speaks on "Augustus Saint-Gaudens: Sculpting the Image of America." Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

March 19--Art and Soul. Celebrate the first day of spring with the Gallery Council. Tickets required; lunch included. Seating is limited. Reservation deadline is March 12. Call 473-7720, ext. 3014. 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

March 25--Archaeology Lecture. Michael Fuller, professor of anthropology at Saint Louis Community College, speaks on "Sacred Symbols and Martyrs at Tell Tuneinir, Syria." Free with gallery admission. Auditorium, 5 p.m.

ONGOING EXHIBITS AND TOURS

Memorial Art Gallery

Gallery Highlights Tour--Free with admission. Meet at the admission desk. March 18, 25, 6:30 p.m.

Exhibition Tour--Free with admission. Tour highlights Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Guilded Age. March 19, 21, 26, 28, 2 p.m.

Through April 11--Augustus Saint-Gaudens: American Sculptor of the Guilded Age. This exhibition features 68 works in bronze, plaster, and marble.

Through 2004--Protected for Eternity: The Coffins of Pa-debehu-Aset. Showcases the decorated inner coffin of an Egyptian official of the fourth century B.C.E. and other artifacts.

River Campus

Through April 8--An Ostentatious Body of Work. This exhibition highlights Gina Cacioppo's exploration of the intersection between art and clothing. Hartnett Gallery, Wilson Commons.

FILMS

Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies

March 17--FDI Society and Film Program: Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property. Cosponsored by the Media Studies Program. Hoyt Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.

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

March 19--Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. 6:30 p.m., 9:15 p.m., midnight.

March 20--21 Grams. 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., midnight.

March 26--In America. 7 p.m., 9 p.m., 11 p.m.

March 27--Bad Santa. 7 p.m., 9 p.m., 11 p.m.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

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

March 16, 23--Basic Life Support Original Course, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

March 25--Basic Life Support Refresher Course, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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

March 22 through April 14--Gearing Up For Golf. This class is designed to increase strength and power while decreasing the risk of injuries common to golf. Taught by Barb Battle. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:15 p.m.

March 25--Fitting in Fiber. Learn easy tricks to "bulk up" your meals. Taught by Maria Justice, noon to 1 p.m.

Medical Center Fitness and Wellness Center--Call x5-2437 for information.

March 17, 24--Meditation Interest Group. Nondenominational and no prior experience is necessary. Free and open to the public. For more details, e-mail Paul Puri at paul_puri@urmc. rochester.edu. Spa Room. 5:30 p.m.

March 18, 25--Traditional Hatha Yoga. Free to members of the center or $5 per class for nonmembers; walk-ins welcome. Medical Center, G-5680, 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Highland Hospital Family Classes--Call 473-2229 to register. www.stronghealth.com/services/womenshealth/resources.cfm

Through March--Childbirth Classes. Classes focus on the process of labor, birth, and postpartum; breathing and relaxation techniques; the hospital stay; special situations such as Cesarean birth; and a tour of the Family Maternity Center. Fee: $75/couple. Registration required. Visit www.stronghealth.com/services/womenshealth/Classes/schedule.cfm to view class schedules.

March 15--Infant Care and Safety: Class Three. Expectant parents learn the basics of preparing the home and family for a new baby. Fee: $50/couple for three-week miniseries. Registration required. 1 to 3 p.m.

March 16, 20, 23, 27--Exercising for Childbirth. Registration and health care provider permission required. March 16, 23: 7:15 to 8:15 p.m.; March 20, 27: 9 to 10 a.m.

March 17--Breastfeeding. Basics of breastfeedingtaught by certified lactation consultants. Fee: $35/mom and support person. Registration required. 9 a.m. to noon.

March 20--Big Brothers- and Sisters-to-Be Class. The "ins and outs" of being a big brother or sister. Fee: $15/couple. Registration required. 10 to 10:45 a.m., 11 a.m. to noon.

March 27--Infant and Child CPR. Training for parents, grandparents, and child care providers taught by certified American Red Cross instructors. Fee: $40/person. Registration required. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

MCAG Brown Bag Lunch--www.urmc.rochester.edu/urmc/MCAG/bbl04.html

March 18--Different Personalities in the Workplace: How to Effectively Communicate. A lecture presented by Ginny Hronek, president of Dynamix Training & Consulting, LLC. All are welcome. Ambulatory Care Facility, Conference Room A&B, noon to 1 p.m.

MUSIC

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

March 16--Faculty Artist Series. Phillip Ying, viola, with Elinor Freer, piano. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 17--Eastman Chamber Jazz. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 17--Eastman Horn Choir. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

March 19--Eastman Jazz Ensemble and Studio Orchestra. Bill Dobbins, director. Eastman Theatre, 8 p.m.

March 20--Morning Chamber Music. Kilbourn Hall, 11 a.m.

March 21--Faculty Artist Series. David Liptak, composer, with Kris Bezuidenhout, piano; Tarab Cello Ensemble; Pia Liptak, violin; Sylvie Beaudette, piano; William Sharp, voice. Tickets required (free with University ID). Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

March 21--Chamber Music Society. Kilbourn Hall, 9 p.m.

March 22--World Music Series. Shashank, bamboo flute. Tickets required. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 23--Kilbourn Concert Series. Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor, with Warren Jones, piano. Tickets required. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 24--Eastman Jazz Lab Band. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 25--Eastman Trombone Choir. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 26--Eastman School Symphony Orchestra. Neil Varon, conductor. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

March 28--Eastman-Ranlet Series. Peterson Quartet. Tickets required. Kilbourn Hall, 3 p.m.

March 28--Eastman Brass Guild. Kilbourn Hall, 8 p.m.

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

March 18--Voices Raised in Song. Karen Sorenson, soprano, and Marina Voronina, mezzo-soprano, perform duets of Purcell, Mendelssohn, and Delibes. Yin-Min Chang, pianist.

March 25--Friends in Jazz. Chris Azzara, piano; Mark Kellogg, trombone; and Bob Sneider, guitar, perform jazz standards and original compositions.

River Campus

March 19--Jazz Mandolin Project. Performance by improvisational jazz group. Admission charge. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

March 20--Symphony Orchestra. David Harman, conductor. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

March 28--Gospel Choir. Alvin Parris III, director. Strong Auditorium, 8 p.m.

RELIGION

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

Roman Catholic Mass

March 21, 28, River Level, 10:30 a.m., 7 p.m.

March 22, 29, Sanctuary, 12:10 p.m.

March 16, 23, River Level, 10:30 p.m.

March 17, 24, Friel Lounge, 10 p.m.

Jewish Services

Conservative: March 19, 26, River Level, 5:15 p.m.; March 20, 27, Commons Room, 10:30 a.m.

Orthodox: March 19, 26, Conference Room, 5:15 p.m.; March 20, 27, River Level, 10 a.m.

Reform: March 19, 26, Commons Room, 5:15 p.m.

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

Daily Prayers: Fajr, 5 a.m. (Commons Room); Thuhr, 1:30 p.m.; Asr, 5:30 p.m.; Magrib, sunset; Isha, 10 p.m.; Jumma, Friday only, 1:15 p.m. (Commons Room).

Protestant Services

University Christian Fellowship: March 21, 28, Sanctuary, 3 p.m.

Protestant Community Chapel: March 21, 28, Sanctuary, 5 p.m.

Sikh Services

Rahiras: March 17, 24, Meditation Room, 7 p.m.

Hindu Study Group

March 21, 28, Meditation Room, 11 a.m.

Sangha

March 15, 22, Commons Room, 8 p.m.

Agape

March 17, 24, Conference Room, 9 p.m.

SPORTS

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

Baseball--Medaille, March 28, noon and 2:30 p.m.

Tennis (Men's)--Niagara University. March 27, 2 p.m.; Nazareth College, March 28, 11 a.m.; RIT, March 28, TBA.

Tennis (Women's)--Niagara University, March 27, 11 a.m.

RIVER CAMPUS LECTURES

March 16--Skalny Lecture. Norman Neureiter discusses international science cooperation. Sponsored by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 7:30 p.m.

March 17--Current Events and Regime Change in Haiti. Discussion of the rebellion and current events in Haiti in light of Haitian history, slavery, and economics and French and U.S. occupations. Sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies. 302 Morey Hall, noon.

March 17--Department of Chemistry Colloquium. Ka Yee Lee of the University of Chicago presents "Lipid-Protein Interactions at Interfaces: From Lung Surfactant to Membrane Sealing Poloxamer." Hutchison Hall 473, noon.

March 17--Chemical Engineering Department Seminar. Nadrian Seeman of New York University presents "Structural DNA Nanotechnology." Gavett Hall 202, 2 p.m.

March 17--Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium. Mark Raizen of the University of Texas. Tea: Bausch & Lomb lobby, 3:30 p.m.; talk: Bausch & Lomb 109, 3:45 p.m. (www.pas.rochester.edu)

March 18--Department of Chemistry/Seymour Rothchild Lecture. Robert Grubbs of the California Institute of Technology presents "The Synthesis of Large and Small Molecules Using Olefin Metathesis." Hutchison Hall, Lander Auditorium, 4 p.m.

March 18--Vichy France Sixty Years After. Presentation by Robert Paxton, Mellon Professor of Social Science, Emeritus, at Columbia University. Sponsored by the Department of History. Gamble Room, Rush Rhees Library, 8 p.m.

March 19--Department of Chemistry Organic Seminar. Ke Chen presents "Asymmetric Schmidt Reaction of Hydroxyalkyl Azides with Ketones." Hutchison Hall 473, 9:30 a.m.

March 19--Science and Technology Seminar Series. Tony Vodacek of Rochester Institute of Technology presents "Remote Sensing of Great Lakes Water Quality in Water Optical Property Measurements and Spectral Image Processing Techniques." Sponsored by the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. LLE Coliseum, noon.

March 19--Philosophy Department Colloquium. Robert Howell and Bradley Armour-Garb of SUNY Albany present "Understanding the Liar." Dewey 2110-D, 3:30 p.m. Reception follows in Lattimore 501.

March 21--Tea Talks. Abram Loft, professor emeritus and former chair of the Eastman School of Music's string department, gives a personal account of a musician's life from his new book, How to Succeed in an Ensemble. Free and open to the public. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 2 p.m.

March 22--Department of Chemistry Physical Seminar. Ifor Samuel of St. Andrews (UK) presents "Snowflakes, Butterfly Wings, and Plastics: New Materials for Optoelectronics." Hutchison Hall 473, 4:45 p.m.

March 23--Street Car Colleges: A History of Minority Access To Higher Education. Warner School Professor Harold Wechsler discusses the experiences of first- and second-generation Americans who attended college before 1960. Refreshments provided. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

March 24--Department of Chemistry Colloquium. Joan Broderick of Michigan State University presents "Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Biological Radical Catalysis." Hutchison Hall 473, noon.

March 24--Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies Work in Progress Seminar Series. Jessy Moore presents "A Desire to Resist." Lunch provided. FDI Conference Room, Morey 302, 12:30 p.m.

March 24--Neilly Series. Marc Pachter speaks on "The Making of an American Icon: George Washington and Gilbert Stuart." Introduction by Grant Holcomb, director of the Memorial Art Gallery. Hoyt Hall, 5 p.m.

March 25--Susan B. Anthony Institute Research Seminar. Ernestine McHugh presents "Shifting Boundaries and Global Desires: Feminine Identity in a Transnational Realm." Sponsored by the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies. Lattimore 540, 12:30 to 2 p.m.

March 25--Program in Visual and Cultural Studies Lecture. Harry Benshoff of the University of North Texas presents "Beyond the Valley of the Classical Hollywood Cinema: Rethinking The Loathsome Films of 1970." Cosponsored by the Program in Film and Media Studies, the Susan B. Anthony Institute in Gender and Women's Studies, the Pride Network, and the Graduate Organizing Group. Lander Auditorium, Hutchison Hall, 6 p.m.

March 26--Department of Chemistry Organic Seminar. Jeff Johnston of Indiana University presents "The Development of New Reactions and Reagents for Alkaloid Total Synthesis: The Advent of Chiral Proton Catalysis." Hutchison Hall 473, 9:30 a.m.

March 26--Science and Technology Seminar Series. John Howell from the Department of Physics presents "Why Quantum Computing?" Sponsored by the Laboratory for Laser Energetics. LLE Coliseum, noon.

March 28--Janet Heidinger Kafka Award Ceremony and Reading. Presented by Joyce Hackett, author of Disturbance of the Inner Ear. Followed by reception and book signing. Welles-Brown Room, Rush Rhees Library, 4 p.m.

March 29--Department of Biology Donut Talks. Jacques Côté of Laval University Cancer Research Center presents "Multiple Functions of the NuA4 Histone Acetyltransferase Complex in Eukaryotes." Hutchison Hall 473, noon.

March 29--Department of Chemistry Physical Seminar. Huixiang Li presents "High Selective Detection for DNA Sequences Based on Electrostatic Interaction between DNA and Gold Nanoparticles." Hutchison Hall 473, 4:45 p.m.

MISCELLENY

March 17--Wilson Commons Wednesdays. This month's selection of food and music revolves around the theme of St. Patrick's Day. Hirst Lounge, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; lunch (pay on site) from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

March 18--Daybreakers Toastmasters Club. Seneca Room (1-2604), Strong Memorial Hospital, 7:30 to 9 a.m.

March 18--Part-time and Executive MBA Programs Information Reception. Registration required. Sponsored by the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration. For more details, call x5-3439 or visit www.simon.rochester.edu. Schlegel Hall, 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.

March 19--Student Research and Social Policy: A Story about Nutrition and Hunger Fieldwork in Philadelphia Corner Stores. Rachel Reynolds of Drexel University. Report on how teams of student researchers participated in the Philadelphia Food Access and Affordability Survey. Sponsored by the Department of Anthropology. Lattimore Hall 441, 2 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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