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Columns::August 13, 2001

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That’s the ticket
Performing Arts Center offers priority purchasing for faculty, staff, students

Beginning Aug. 20, the Performing Arts Center is offering UGA faculty, staff and students a priority purchase period to order

Guitarist Leo Kottke

single tickets for the 2001–2002 season. Tickets will go on sale to the general public starting Aug. 27.
The upcoming season features some of the finest music and dance from around the world, including the BBC Concert Orchestra of London, the Boys Choir of Harlem, Russia’s Grigorovich Ballet in Swan Lake, the Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company, and the gold medal winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is back with new music director Robert Spano and the San Francisco Western Opera Theater returns with a concert version of Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte. The season opens on September 21 with an Athens native: famed 12-string guitarist Leo Kottke.
The center offers six subscription series: Music Series I, Music Series II, Showtime, Traditions, a Dance Festival and the Ramsey Concert Hall Series. Season subscriptions have been on sale since April and are still available at savings of up to 26 percent off single-ticket prices. The center anticipates another record-breaking year, with at least two series projected to set records for season subscription sales.
Many of the Performing Arts Center’s concerts are recorded for broadcast on National Public Radio’s Performance Today, the most popular classical music program on public radio, with 1.5 million listeners around the country.
For ticket information, call the Performing Arts Center box office at 542-4400. The box office is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and is located at 230 River Road in the Performing and Visual Arts Complex.
The Performing Arts Center’s Web site is www.uga.edu/pac.

—Bobby Tyler

Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Annual LSA Exhibition: Sculpture, fabric arts, mixed media, photography, painting and stained glass by library staff and faculty. Through Aug. 30. Main library. Sponsored by Libraries Staff Association. Online at www.libs.uga.edu/lsa/5lsa2.html. 542-5432.

Southern Mushrooms: Discoveries from the Fifth Kingdom. Through Sept. 2. Conservatory, State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.
This exhibit consists of mushroom “portraits” by award-winning nature photographer Debra H. Davis. Often overlooked in the grand scheme of nature, mushroom species number in the thousands, with many yet to be discovered. Davis uses photography to inspire a greater appreciation for a kingdom that is vitally important to our environment.

Vibrant Excursions: Paintings by Thomas Paquette. Through Sept. 2. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.

Master Paintings from the Scottish National Gallery. Through Sept. 9. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.

A Tribute to Scotland. Through Sept. 9. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
The works in this exhibition include prints, watercolors and Chinese porcelain from the permanent collection at the Georgia Museum of Art, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Master Paintings from the Scottish National Gallery.

Recent Acquisitions. Through Sept. 9. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.
This exhibition of recent acquisitions in the Martha and Eugene Odum Gallery of Decorative Arts demonstrates the growing variety of the permanent collection at the Georgia Museum of Art, from colonial portraits to Victorian vases to a contemporary Japanese plastic anime figure.

Monday, August 13
Orientation.

New Faculty Colloquium.
8:15 a.m.–6 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Office of Instructional Support and Development. 542-0415.

Big Dog Welcome.
Concert: Everything and Jump, Little Children. 8 p.m. Legion Field. Sponsored by Student Affairs. bcrews@uga.edu.

Big Dog Welcome.
Film: Happy Gilmore. 8 p.m. Tate Student Center Theater. Sponsored by Student Affairs. bcrews@uga.edu.

Tuesday, August 14
Advisement.

Teaching and Lab Assistant Orientation.
Required for all new graduate teaching and lab assistants who have instructional responsibilities. 1:30–5 p.m. Fine Arts Auditorium. Sponsored by Office of Instructional Support and Development. 542-1355.

Big Dog Welcome.
Film: Friday. 8 p.m. Tate Student Center Theater. Sponsored by Student Affairs. bcrews@uga.edu.

Big Dog Welcome.
“Midnight Madness.” 10 p.m.–2 a.m. Through Aug. 15. Sponsored by Student Affairs. bcrews@uga.edu.
Athens Transit buses will run from Tate Student Center and Russell Hall to businesses on the Atlanta Highway and back.

Wednesday, August 15
Big Dog Welcome.
Cookout with Housing. 5:30 p.m. Legion Field. Sponsored by Student Affairs. bcrews@uga.edu.

Big Dog Welcome.
Comedians Tracey Morgan (Saturday Night Live) and Aries Spears (Mad TV). 8 p.m. Legion Field. Sponsored by Student Affairs. bcrews@uga.edu.

Big Dog Welcome.
Film: Tommy Boy. 8 p.m. Tate Student Center Theater. Sponsored by Student Affairs. bcrews@uga.edu.

Thursday, August 16
First day of classes.

Symposium.
“The Future of American Agriculture.” Through Aug. 17. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. 542-2134 or 542-1585.

Main Library Orientation.
2:15–3 p.m. Main library, Instruction Lab A. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0654.

Saturday, August 18
Garden Ramble.
“Native Warm Season Grasses.” Elaine Nash. 9:30 a.m. Meet at covered shelter at Callaway Building parking lot. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Saturday Discovery.
“Trees.” For grades 3–5. $5; advance registration required. 12:30–3:30 p.m. Natural history building. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Natural History. 542-1663.

Art Exhibition.
Park Soo-Chul. Through Sept. 9. Georgia Museum of Art. Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Wednesday; and 1–5 p.m. Sunday. 542-4662.

Monday, August 20
Main Library Orientation.
10:10–11 a.m. Main library, Instruction Lab A. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0654.

Illustrated Lecture.
“Great Gardens of Southwest England.” Allan M. Armitage, horticulture. 7–9:30 p.m. Callaway Building. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

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