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Columns::January 22, 2002

UGA Guide

Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Scott Belville/Judy Jones: Paintings. Through Jan. 31. Studio 2 Gallery, 257 West Broad Street. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.

Imagining Cities: Drawing and Sketching and Urban Design. Through Feb. 7. SED Gallery, G-14 Caldwell Hall. Sponsored by School of Environmental Design. 542-8292.
Peter Drey and Company has focused on innovative architecture and urbanism since 1989, working in cities on the East Coast and in Asia. The urban context is often an incredibly rich setting: complex forms, colors, textures and patterns, rich in cultural influences and with many layers of infrastructure overhead and underground. These can all be diagrammed and rationally analyzed, but sketching is a most useful way to comprehend the environment holistically and intuitively, helping improve the fit of new projects into the existing city. The sketches displayed show a variety of projects in diverse locations, executed in a variety of media. The drawings vary from quick thumbnail sketches to carefully plotted perspective illustrations. They are “snapshots” of the design idea at various points in the process of development from concept to final design. Peter Drey, M.L.A. 1981, is now based in Atlanta. Among many projects, he is currently working on the Wray-Nichols House on Hull Street in Athens.

Impact: New Faculty in the Lamar Dodd School of Art. • Maps and Arts of the Savannah River Valley. Through Feb. 3. • Muirhead Bone. Through March 17. • Works with a Georgia Focus from the Permanent Collection. Through March 31. 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.
Challenge to Change. Through Feb. 1. Tate Student Center Art Gallery, open 8 a.m.-midnight daily. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
This exhibit is offered in conjunction with the celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Photos and memorabilia from the integration of UGA in the 1960s will be on display.

Tuesday, January 22
MLK Celebration Film Screenings.
Journeys: Remembering Dr. King. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., shown continuously. Main library, lobby outside first-floor student lounge. Sponsored by Peabody Awards collection. 583-0212.

Science Library Orientation.
11-11:50 a.m. Science library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0696.

Portuguese Lecture.
“The Poetry of Marian Colasanti.” Cristina Ferreira-Pinto Bailey. 4 p.m. 145 Park Hall. Sponsored by Romance languages department. 542-3161.

Visiting Artist Lecture.
Carl Chiarenza. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.
An artist, art historian and critic, Chiarenza is the Fanny Knapp Allen Professor Emeritus of Art History and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Rochester. He has lectured and led workshops at more than 90 institutions in 30 states since 1966. His photographs have been seen in more than 70 one-person exhibitions and in more than 200 invitational group exhibitions since 1957. His works are in numerous public and private collections including those of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Chiarenza will give a second public lecture on Jan. 24.

East Asian Film Club Screening.
Yi Yi. 7:05-10 p.m. Seventh-floor screening room, main library. Sponsored by East Asian Film Club. eafc_uga@hotmail.com.
From Taiwanese director Edward Yang, this critically acclaimed film deals with family relationships in a time of crisis. In Mandarin with English subtitles.

1900+ Concert.
“Music from Paris.” 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Many composers, French and of other nationalities, have worked in Paris. This concert presents works by two Frenchmen, an American and a Russian.
Erik Satie embodies the avant-garde, bohemian Parisian spirit of the 1880s to the early 1920s. The concert will open with his lyrical and quirky piano duo “Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear,” performed by junior piano performance majors Amy Nelson and Carter McMullen.
Three graduate students--pianists Lydia Wu and Joanna Kim and soprano Jennifer Ford--join forces with tenor Gregory Broughton from the School of Music faculty for “Four Dialogues” by Ned Rorem. In this “cantata” on texts by Frank O’Hara, boy meets girl on the subway.
Igor Stravinsky’s Duo Concertant is intended as an Apollonian homage to the bucolic poets of antiquity. It will be performed by Sara Lee, violin, and Mark Polesky, piano.
The concert will close with two études (XI and XII) by Maurice Ohana, “Mingled Sounds” and “Imitations-Dialogues,” in which a huge battery of percussion instruments are controlled by one performer (Matthew Weyer) with assistance from the piano (Mark Polesky).
The performers will present a concert preview an hour before the concert begins.

Wednesday, January 23
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. 7-11 a.m. Wellness Clinic, second floor, pharmacy building. Sponsored by College of Pharmacy. 542-7400.

Native Plant Symposium.
“Wildflowers, Natives, and Water Conservation.” $20 ($18 members). 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

MLK Celebration Film Screenings.
MTV’s BIORhythm: Martin Luther King. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., shown continuously. Main library, lobby outside first-floor student lounge. Sponsored by Peabody Awards collection. 583-0212.

Engineering Seminar.
“Biomass, Bioenergy and Biobased Products in the USA.” Helena Chum. 12:20-1:10 p.m. Driftmier Engineering Center conference room. Sponsored by Faculty of Engineering. 542-0866.

MLK Celebration: Ecumenical Service.
Speaker: Derrick P. Alridge, education. 3 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Campus Ministry Association. 542-5773.

CHA Provocative Conversation.
“Ethics of Cloning.” David Puett, biochemistry and molecular biology, will lead the roundtable discussion with Brad Bassler, philosophy; Victoria Davion, philosophy; John McDonald, genetics; and Steve Stice, animal science. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

ArtBeat.
Asen Kirin, art history. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
Kirin is an expert on Byzantine art and architecture and Russian art. Today’s discussion will focus on works in the GMOA collection.

Open Studio: Life Drawing.
$3. Live models; no instruction; participants must provide their own supplies. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Forio Classroom, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Career Seminar.
“Advice from the Big Dawgs.” 6 p.m. Classic Center. Sponsored by Career Center. 542-6648.

Men’s Basketball.
vs. Arkansas. 7:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Forte Concert.
Koresh Dance Company. $10-$12 ($5-7 students), available at cashier’s desk, Tate Student Center, open weekdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (542-8074). 8 p.m. Fine Arts Theater. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
The Koresh Dance Company features a blend of ballet, modern, jazz and middle-eastern folk idioms with a company of dancers who are selected for their spirit, sensitivity and technical capacity.
The choreographer for the company, Ronen Koresh, came to the United States in 1983 to study with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, and since then the 34-year-old Koresh has performed in all areas of dance.
With energetic and sensuous choreography, Koresh tells stories through his dance--stories that people can relate to, stories that educate, that communicate truths, that ask the audience to confront issues of society, ethics or morals.
The company has received numerous grants and awards since its inception in 1991 and continues to improve upon its highly polished, stunning technique that draws interest nationally with sold-out performances.

Thursday, January 24
MLK Celebration Film Screenings.
Memphis Dream. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., shown continuously. Main library, lobby outside first-floor student lounge. Sponsored by Peabody Awards collection. 583-0212.

Spring Career Fair.
Noon-5:30 p.m. Classic Center, downtown Athens. Shuttles from campus. Sponsored by Career Center. 542-3375.

Charter Lecture.
“The Problem of Peace in the Midst of War: 1863-1865.” James M. McPherson, Princeton University. 4 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Academic Affairs. 542-0015.

Visiting Artist Lecture.
Carl Chiarenza. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.
This is the second public lecture by Chiarenza during his visit to UGA. See the listing under Jan. 22 for details.

MLK Celebration: Screening.
At the River I Stand. 7 p.m. 117 visual arts building. Sponsored by Peabody Awards collection. 542-5773.
At the River I Stand is a documentary from the Peabody Awards collection about the Memphis sanitation strike of 1968. The screening will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the producer, Allison Graham.

Concert.
BBC Concert Orchestra of London, $35-$39 (half-price students). 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. (Music Series I.) Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.
Formed in 1952, the BBC Concert Orchestra is touring in honor of its 50th anniversary and in celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee. Principal conductor Barry Wordsworth leads the orchestra, whose permanent home is the Hippodrome in Golders Green, North London.
The orchestra is featured on BBC Television and on BBC Radio’s weekly program, Friday Night Is Music Night, and has recorded the soundtracks to numerous films. In addition to performing regularly throughout the United Kingdom, the BBC Concert Orchestra has performed throughout Europe, Asia and North America.
Wordsworth also serves as principal conductor of the Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra and is a frequent guest conductor with many of the major British orchestras, including the London Symphony and the London Philharmonic. He has served as music director of the Royal Ballet and has conducted with the Paris National Opera Ballet and the Danish Royal Ballet.
A pre-concert lecture will be given by Michael Heald, a faculty member in the School of Music. The lecture begins 45 minutes prior to the concert.
The program for the evening includes Elgar’s Cockaigne Overture and Enigma Variations; The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams; and Eric Coates’s London Suite.

Friday, January 25
Henry D. Green Symposium for the Decorative Arts.
“The Savannah River Valley of 1735-1865: Fine Arts, Architecture, and Decorative Arts.” Through Jan. 26. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-0463.
The first Henry D. Green Symposium for the Decorative Arts will explore the fine arts, architecture and decorative arts of the Savannah River Valley before 1865 by looking at the historical events, cultural traditions and topographical features that shaped the arts. Scholars from several disciplines will present research on this often-overlooked area of Southern history, with topics ranging from the early Spanish presence in the region and the daily lives of African-American women in Wilkes County to the refined architecture of Augusta. Call 542-4662 for reservations and lecture schedule.

Ecology Graduate Student Symposium.
Through Jan. 26. Ecology auditorium. Sponsored by Institute of Ecology. 542-6013.
All presentations in this eighth annual symposium are free and open to the public. Presentations begin at 9 a.m. on Jan. 25 and 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 26.
Student presentations will feature research and service projects conducted locally, nationally and internationally by doctoral and master’s degree students in all phases of graduate training. Topics include the impact of urbanization on Georgia’s marshes, invasive species, water quality, biodiversity, and regional land-use trends.

MLK Celebration Film Screenings.
Selma, Lord, Selma. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., shown continuously. Main library, lobby outside first-floor student lounge. Sponsored by Peabody Awards collection. 583-0212.

Campus Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Hosted this week by First Assembly Church and Redeemer Presbyterian Church; sponsored by International Student Life. 542-5867.

Women’s Studies Noon Speaker.
“Biodiversity through a Feminist Lens.” Virginia Nazarea, anthropology. 12:20 p.m. 140 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2846.

Workshop.
“Diagnosis, Treatment, and Care in Alzheimer’s Disease.” 1:30-4:15 p.m. Athens Community Council on Aging, 135 Hoyt St., Athens. Sponsored by Gerontology Center. 542-3954.

Basic Behavioral and Bio-Behavioral Processes Seminar.
“A Discussion of Translational Research: Ideas and Possible Direction.” Steve Beach and Nader Amir, psychology. 2 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Friday Tours.
2 and 4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History, natural history building. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Natural History. 542-1663.
Tours last approximately one hour. Groups larger than eight should call in advance. Tours are not recommended for children under the age of five.

Men’s Swimming and Diving.
vs. Georgia Tech. 6 p.m. Gabrielsen Natatorium, Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.

Saturday, January 26
Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving.
vs. Tennessee. Gabrielsen Natatorium, Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.

Garden Ramble.
“Tropical Ramble.” Ed Kegel, garden staff. 9 a.m. Conservatory, State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

Women’s Tennis.
vs. BYU. Noon. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.

Ecology Graduate Student Symposium Plenary Address.
“Biomes of North America from the Perspective of a Nitrogen Atom Caught in a Nutrient Spiral.” Jack Webster. 4:15 p.m. Ecology auditorium. Sponsored by Institute of Ecology. 542-6013.
The annual symposium concludes with a plenary address by Jack Webster, professor of ecology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. An undergraduate poster session and reception will follow.
Webster received his doctorate in ecology from UGA in 1975. His work concerns nutrient and organic matter dynamics in streams and he has written over 100 scientific publications. Most of his research has been conducted at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory.

Sunday, January 27
Evolutionary Biology Lecture.
“The Pace of Life in the Last Few Million Years.” Jeremy Jackson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 7:30 p.m. C-127 life sciences building. Sponsored by Institute of Ecology. 542-1417.

Monday, January 28
Evolutionary Biology Lecture.
“Unnatural Oceans.” Jeremy B.C. Jackson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 11:10 a.m. C-127 life sciences building. Sponsored by department of botany. 542-1417.

Science Library Orientation.
11:15 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Science library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0696.

IBR Seminar.
“Opportunities and Obstacles in Private Foundation Funding: Russell Sage Foundation Support for Research on Multiracial Households.” Steve Holloway, geography. 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

MLK Celebration: Keynote Address.
Louis A. Castenell Jr. 7 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by King Day committee. 542-5773.
Castenell is dean of the College of Education and acting associate provost for institutional diversity. He is also chair of the board of directors for the American Association for Teachers Education. He is a member of the executive board of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and serves on the Georgia Board of Regents Academic Advisory Committee on Educator Preparation. He holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Illinois.

Coming up
MLK Celebration: Gospelfest.
Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum Freedom Singers, directed by Rutha Harris. Jan. 30, 7 p.m. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by King Day committee. 542-5773.

Public Service and Outreach Conference.
“Bridging Research and Outreach for a Better Georgia and Nation.” $40. Jan. 31, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Public Service and Outreach. 542-4643.

Dance Concert.
Ballroom Magic 2002, with UGA Ballroom Performance Group. Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at 8 p.m.; Feb. 3 at 2 p.m. New Dance Theatre, dance building. Sponsored by dance department. 542-4415.

Franklin College Chamber Music Concert
Carmina Quartet. Feb. 1, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.

Concert.
Harmonia: Gypsy Music. $15-$19 (half-price students). Feb. 2, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. (Showtime Series.) Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.