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Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Lepidoptera: Silk Hangings by Margaret Agner. Through Oct. 14. Conservatory, State Botanical Garden. Open 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday. 542-1244.

Lithographs by Alvar. Through Oct. 21. • John Whalley, American Realist. Through Oct. 28. • Crafting Utopia: The Art of Shaker Women. Through Dec. 22. 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.

Exhibit.
Frontier Twins: The Early Days of UGA and Athens, 1785-1830. Through Sept. 30. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, third floor, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-8709.
To help celebrate the 200th birthday of Athens, the Hargrett Library has assembled a tantalizing array of maps, manuscripts, photographs, engravings, portraits and second-hand building materials.

University Theatre.
Buried Child, by Sam Shepard. Through Sept. 26. $10 ($8 students). Sept. 24-26 at 8 p.m. Cellar Theatre, Fine Arts Building. Sponsored by drama department. 542-2838.
Before becoming a well-known actor on the silver screen, Sam Shepard was an accomplished playwright. Deeply enthralling and provocative, his work often deals with the mysteries and inner tensions of American life. Buried Child is his bold 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winner about a family both torn and bound by a terrible secret.

Monday, September 24
Forum.
“Humanistic Values in a Time of Crisis.” Betty Jean Craige, moderator; panelists: Bob Burton (philosophy), Nancy Felson (classics), Alan Godlas (religion) and Eve Troutt Powell (history). 12:20 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Main Library Orientation.
2:30-3:20 p.m. Instruction lab A, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0654.

IBR Seminar.
“Mapping Theoretical Structures in Social Research.” Pat Horan (IBR). 3:30 p.m. 111 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Lecture.
“U.S.-Chinese Relations in the New Bush Administration.” Richard Weixing Hu, University of Hong Kong. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for International Trade and Security. 542-3966.

Tuesday, September 25
Verse Festival.
Through Sept. 26. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Creative Writing Program. 542-3434. See story above.

EECP Seminar.
“Between Heaven and Earth: The Plight of the Chesapeake Watermen.” 5 p.m. Founders Garden House. Sponsored by Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. 542-0935.
The seminar will begin with the showing of a new video documentary illustrating how a University of Wisconsin graduate student used faith-based conflict resolution to help mediate a decades-long conflict between environmentalists and Chesapeake Bay watermen. A discussion, led by EECP faculty members Peter Hartel and William Power, will follow.

Film.
Flowers of Shanghai (Taiwan, 1998, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien). 7 p.m. Main library, 7th floor screening room. Sponsored by East Asian Film Club. jdgreene3@hotmail.com.

Committee for Black Cultural Programming Comedy Show.
Rickey Smiley and Wanda Smith. $6 ($4 students). 7:30 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
Rickey Smiley’s career began at an amateur night competition at the Comedy Club in Birmingham, Ala. A graduate of Alabama State University, Smiley has toured with such acts as Steve Harvey, George Wallace, Mark Curry, the Ohio Players, Will Downing, Dottie Peoples and Najee. His clean repertoire of characters includes “Ms. Bernice Jenkins,” a 90-year-old churchwoman, and “Li’l Darryl.” He has appeared on Showtime at the Apollo, Apollo Comedy Hour, Def Comedy Jam, and, most recently, as host of BET’s Comicview.
Wanda Smith--or “Sexy” Wanda Smith--is a native of Miami and has appeared on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam and BET’s Comicview. She currently appears every morning on the Frank Ski Morning Show on the Atlanta-based radio station V-103. She also hosts Karaoke Night at Club Mirage and Comedy Night at the Aquarium.

Wednesday, September 26
Wellness Clinic.
Screenings available: bone density, blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, spirometry, body weight, body fat percentage, skin condition. Call for appointment; fee based on screenings. 6:30-9 a.m. Wellness Clinic, second floor, pharmacy building. Sponsored by College of Pharmacy. 542-7400.

Christian Faculty Forum Meeting.
“Academic Honesty at UGA.” Ann Crowther, Academic Affairs. Noon-1 p.m. 501 chemistry annex. Sponsored by Christian Faculty Forum. 542-4503.

Brown-Bag Series on Public Service and Outreach in Developing Democracies.
“A Faculty Exchange in China: Academic and Personal Insights.” Jerry Legge, political science. 12:15-1:30 p.m. Saye Room, third floor, Baldwin Hall. Sponsored by International Center for Democratic Governance (Institute of Government). 542-2736.

Lunch-in-Theory.
“Gender, Empire, and Identity in Soviet Central Asia.” Douglas Northrop, history. 12:20 p.m. 411 journalism building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

CHA Provocative Conversation.
“Promotion Standards in Literary Studies.” 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
The fall semester CHA Provocative Conversation will focus on the proposal by Lindsay Waters, Harvard University Press humanities editor, to shift the tenure criteria in literary studies from monographs to significant articles.
Jim Nagel (English) will conduct a roundtable discussion with panelists Elizabeth Preston (philosophy), Barbara Ras (UGA Press), Hugh Ruppersburg (English and Arts and Sciences) and José Alvarez (Romance languages).
Copies of Waters’s essay, “A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Books of the Members of the MLA from Being a Burden to Their Authors, Publishers, or Audiences,” which appeared in the May 2000 issue of PMLA, are available from the Center for Humanities and Arts (ctrha@uga.edu).
Waters’s “modest proposal” is founded upon his observation that many first books of young scholars are highly specialized, directed toward small audiences, and non-marketable. The average sales volume for such books is now about 275 copies worldwide, down from 1,250-1,500 in the early 1970s, when most libraries automatically purchased university press books. “Why should tenure be connected to the publication of books that most of the profession do not feel are essential holdings for their local libraries?” Waters asks. It would be better for both the scholar and the institution, he argues, for tenure to be based on two or three “high-impact” articles, articles that make a difference in their fields of inquiry because they generate a significant audience.

Main Library Orientation.
4:40-5:30 p.m. Instruction lab A, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0654.

Thursday, September 27
Workshop.
“Organic Vegetable Gardening II.” Dan Miller, Heirloom Organics. $15 ($13 members). 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Conservatory. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Academic regalia sale.
One-day sale on academic regalia. 9-5 p.m. University Bookstore. 542-3171.

Supplemental Retirement information meeting.
For TIAA-CREF members. 2-4 p.m., Masters Auditorium, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Employee Benefits. 542-1814.

CHA Forum.
The Wind Done Gone. 4 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Main Library Orientation.
6:30-7:20 p.m. Instruction lab A, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0654.

Dance Concert.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. $25-$29 (half-price students). 8 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. (Dance Series.) Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.
Founded as a multicultural dance company in 1982, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company emerged onto the international scene with the world premiere of Intuitive Momentum, with legendary drummer Max Roach, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Extensive touring quickly followed, taking the company to prestigious houses such as Sadler’s Wells in London, Theatre de la Ville in Paris, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Cultural Center of the Philippines and the Jerusalem Theater in Israel. Since then, the company has appeared in 30 countries and more than 100 American cities and has performed under the aegis of the United States Information Agency throughout Asia.
The company’s work has often been described as a fusion of dance and theater. The company has been the subject of many television specials, including a BBC documentary, a documentary by Bill Moyers, and several PBS Great Performances features.
Bill T. Jones, the artistic director, is the recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship and several New York Dance and Performance Awards (“Bessies”). His memoirs, Last Night on Earth, were published by Pantheon Books in 1995.
A pre-concert lecture will be given by Bala Sarasvati of UGA’s dance department. The lecture begins 45 minutes prior to the concert and is free and open to the public.
Jones did all the choreography for the evening’s program, scheduled to include Duet (set to traditional music of Madagascar, Persia and the Ivory Coast), Just You (set to music by Frank Loesser, Cole Porter and others), and La Spectre de la Rose (set to music by Hector Berlioz).

Friday, September 28
New Women Faculty Reception.
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2846.

Campus Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Hosted this week by American Language Program; sponsored by International Student Life. 542-5867.

Terry Tunes.
Kevin Hyde Jazz Trio. Noon-1 p.m. Herty Field. Sponsored by Terry College of Business. 542-3210.

Supplemental Retirement information meeting.
For VALIC contributors. 2-4 p.m., Mahler Auditorium, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Employee Benefits. 542-1814.

CHA Cinema Roundtable.
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Women, Swords, and the Hong Kong Cinema.” 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
A panel of UGA film scholars will evaluate the story, style and cultural contexts for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and engage the audience in open discussion.
This Hong Kong action-romance has become the most successful foreign language film ever released in the United States, earning $200 million in its theatrical first run.
Director Ang Lee has said that his movie is “a kind of dream of China, a China that probably never existed, except in my boyhood fantasies.” He and writer-producer James Schamus chose to mix the most popular of genres, the Hong Kong action film, with Taoism, the highest form of meditation on the martial arts. The result is a movie that owes as much to the American Western as to the chivalric Hong Kong martial arts genre films. But one of the most interesting aspects of Crouching Tiger is the narrative significance of its women characters. Thus the panel will consider possible similarities to Lee’s other films, including The Wedding Banquet, The Ice Storm, and Sense and Sensibility.
Panelists will be Kam-Ming Wong (comparative literature), Freda Scott Giles (drama), Antje Ascheid (film studies) and moderator Richard Neupert (film studies).

Blue Key Awards Banquet.
$25. 6 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Blue Key Society. 583-0698.

Volleyball.
vs. Tennessee. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.

Soccer.
vs. Eastern Michigan. 7 p.m. Women’s athletic complex. 542-1231.

Dawgs after Dark.
8 p.m.-2 a.m. Tate Student Center and Legion Field. Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.
Free activities for students: Andy Griggs, Legion Field, 8-9 p.m.; Lonestar, Legion Field, 9:30-11 p.m.; Viva Las Tate, Reception Hall, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; Steven Jackson, Bulldog Café, 10-11 p.m.; Teddy Goldstein, Bulldog Café, 11:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.; Anne Heaton, Bulldog Café, 1-2 a.m.; foosball, Tate Plaza, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; movie Moulin Rouge, Tate Theater, midnight-2 a.m.; billiards and table tennis, gameroom, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; caricature artist, fortune teller, temporary tattoos, spin frisbees, balloon sculptures, face painting, Tate Center, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

UGA Contemporary Chamber Ensemble Concert.
Richard Zimdars, director. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Saturday, September 29
Art Exhibition.
The West Foundation Collection. Through Dec. 30. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by 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 extensive collection on loan to the Museum contains more than 100 American and British paintings and works on paper from the 19th century. Significant paintings from the Hudson River School, such as Mount Washington from the Saco River by Sanford Robinson Gifford, will be on display, along with Victorian watercolors and sketches by J.M.W. Turner.

Garden Ramble.
“Heritage Garden Ramble.” Ryan McNeill, garden staff. 9 a.m. Meet at covered shelter, lower parking lot. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Football.
vs. Arkansas. 6:30 p.m. Sanford Stadium. Televised on ESPN2. 542-1231.

Sunday, September 30
Volleyball.
vs. Kentucky. 2 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.

Swing Dance Lessons and Open Dancing.
7 p.m. Lessons $3; open dancing is free and begins at 9 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Sponsored by UGA Swing Club. fer_hump@hotmail.com.

Franklin College Chamber Music Concert.
Takács String Quartet. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.
The Takács Quartet was formed in 1975 at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. The ensemble first received international attention in 1977, winning first prize and the Critics’ Prize at the International String Competition in Evian, France. The quartet has also won the gold medal at the 1978 Portsmouth and Bordeaux competitions and first prizes at the Budapest International String Quartet Competition in 1978 and the Bratislava Competition in 1981. In 2001 the quartet was awarded the Order of Merit of the Knight’s Cross of the Republic of Hungary.
The Takács Quartet--Edward Dusinberre (violin), Károly Schranz (violin), Roger Tapping (viola) and András Fejér (cello)--serves as the resident ensemble at the University of Colorado and is also resident quartet at the Aspen Music Festival and School and visiting fellow at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
They will perform Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74, Harp; Britten’s String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94; and the String Quartet Op. 51, No. 2, by Brahms.

Monday, October 1
D.W. Brooks Lecture.
Michael J. Phillips, executive director, Food and Agricultural Section, Biotechnology Industrial Organization, Washington, D.C. 11 a.m. Mahler Auditorium, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. 542-3924.

Supplemental Retirement information meeting.
For VALIC investors. 2-4 p.m., Mahler Auditorium, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Employee Benefits. 542-1814.

CHA Lecture.
“Jumonville’s Death: Nation and Race in 18th-Century France.” David Bell, Johns Hopkins University. 3 p.m. Russell Library Auditorium. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Atmospheric Sciences Seminar.
“Potential Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Southeastern U.S. Crop Yield.” Greg Carbone, University of South Carolina. 4 p.m. 202 physics building. Sponsored by Atmospheric Sciences Program. 583-0156.

CHA Lecture.
“Africa in the Era of Globalization: Subject or Object?” Ali M. Mazrui. 4 p.m. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Ali M. Mazrui, Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University, will deliver a lecture Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. on “Africa in the Era of Globalization: Subject or Object?” The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place in Reception Hall in the Tate Student Center. Mazrui is visiting UGA as a distinguished scholar with the Center for Humanities and Arts.
A world-renowned Africanist, Mazrui is the author of the novel The Trial of Christopher Okigbo (1971) and numerous books on African politics: most recently, The Power of Babel: Language and Governance in Africa’s Experience (with Alamin M. Mazrui, 1998); The Political Culture of Language: Swahili, Society, and the State (with Alamin M. Mazrui, 1995); and Cultural Forces in World Politics (1990).
Mazrui is also the author and narrator of the nine-part public television documentary The Africans: A Triple Heritage, aired around the world in the mid-1980s and accompanied by an English-language text of the same title.
He is the recipient of many awards, including the AFRICARE Distinguished Service Award (1988), the Distinguished Africanist Award from the African Studies Association of the United States (1993), and the Marcus Garvey-W.E.B. DuBois Award (1998). He is the subject of the volume The Global African: A Portrait of Ali A. Mazrui, edited by Omari H. Kokole.

Soccer.
vs. Georgia State. 7 p.m. Women’s athletic complex. 542-1231.

Coming up
Russell Symposium.
“The United States, NATO and International Security in the 21st Century.” Oct. 3, 9 a.m.-noon. Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Center for International Trade and Security.
542-2985.

Forte concert.
Nicholas Payton’s Louis Armstrong Centennial Celebration. $14-$18 ($6-10 students), available at cashier’s desk, Tate Student Center, open weekdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (542-8074). Oct. 3, 8 p.m. Classic Center Theater, downtown Athens. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

Concert.
Leon Bates, piano. $23-$27 (half-price students). Oct. 5, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.