
Visiting artist
Suddenly, Last Summer
In conjunction with the Georgia Museum of Art's exhibition of collages by Fritz Bultman, the museum will present the film Suddenly, Last Summer at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16. Tennessee Williams, a friend of Bultman's, based some of his characters on members of the Bultman family and used Bultman's childhood home in New Orleans as the setting. The 1959 film stars Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift. Admission is $3. For further information, call the museum at 542-4662.
Black History Quarter
The African-American Cultural Center in Memorial Hall is sponsoring several events and activities as part of Black History Quarter. An exhibit in the center's Adinkra Hall demonstrates this year's theme, "Africa: It's Not the Jungle!" The university community is invited to sample foods of East Africa on Jan. 21 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Adinkra Hall; foods from other regions of Africa will be presented later in the quarter. The annual Liberation Lecture is scheduled for 4 p.m. Jan. 15 in Georgia Hall of the Tate Student Center. For additional information, call the center at 542-8468.
On Jan. 24 at 10:30 a.m., the Georgia Museum of Art will present puppeteer Akbar Imhotep with a program of African folktales from the Center of Puppetry Arts in Atlanta. The clever and humorous tales are suitable for all ages and will be followed by refreshments and an art activity. Admission is $2. For more information, call the museum at 542-4662.
Imaginary landscapes
An exhibition of works by Martha Petty, Oil on Paper, can be seen in the gallery at the Tate Student Center through Jan. 30. Petty paints imaginary landscapes meant to suggest elements of human relationships. The opening reception is Jan. 15 from 6 to 7 p.m. Call University Union at 542-6466 for further information.
Charleston's gardens
The current exhibition in the SED Gallery is Gardens of Historic Charleston, from the book by that title by James R. Cothran, a landscape architect and urban planner in Atlanta and an alumnus of the School of Environmental Design. The gallery is located in Caldwell Hall. Call 542-8492 for more information.
Italian film series
The Georgia Museum of Art and the department of Romance languages are presenting a series of Italian films in the auditorium at the museum. Each is in Italian with English subtitles and begins at 7:30 p.m. for an admission fee of $3. The first is Seduced and Abandoned, a humorous 1964 film by Pietro Germi, on Jan. 14. Michelangelo Antonioni's The Red Desert will be screened on Jan. 21.
Caribbean symposium
The annual international symposium sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Arts, focusing this year on "The Postmodern Caribbean," will take place in Mahler Auditorium of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education beginning Jan. 21 and continuing through Jan. 23. The symposium is intended to encourage a frank exchange of ideas among scholars, artists and representatives of national governments. Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat will give the keynote address at 8 p.m. Jan. 21. For a full schedule of the lectures and discussions, or information about the many participants, call the Center for Humanities and Arts at 542-3966. All events are free and open to the public.
Land planning in Bermuda
Roger Steffens, landscape architect and planner for the government of Bermuda, will deliver a lecture on "Bermuda--A Sense of Place" on Jan. 22 at 3:30 p.m. in room 501 Caldwell Hall. For more information, call the School of Environmental Design at 542-8292.
Beethoven and Chopin
Pianist Emanuel Ax, winner of numerous Grammy Awards, will perform in Hodgson Hall as part of the Performing Arts Center's music series on Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. The program includes Beetho-ven's Polonaise in C Major and his Pastoral and Waldstein sonatas, in addition to five pieces by Chopin.
Born in Lvov, Poland, Ax captured public attention in 1974 when, at the age of 25, he won the first Artur Rubinstein International Piano Competition.
Concert tickets are $24-$28 and are available at the box office at the Performing Arts Center, 542-4400, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and two hours prior to performances.