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Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Print x 3. Through Feb. 28. Studio 2 Gallery, 257 West Broad Street. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.
The exhibition includes works by three faculty members in the Lamar Dodd School of Art: Melissa Harshman and Joe Sanders of the printmaking department and Joey Hannaford of the graphic design department.

Student Photo Show. Through Feb. 28. Tate Student Center Art Gallery, open 8 a.m.-midnight daily. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
The 15th annual student photo show offers entrants an opportunity to showcase their work in a juried competition. Cash prizes will be awarded.

Muirhead Bone. Through March 17. • Works with a Georgia Focus from the Permanent Collection. Through March 31. • The Arts and Crafts Movement in North Georgia. Through March 17. 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.
Handcrafted textiles, baskets, furniture and other decorative arts are included in this exhibition of local arts and crafts movement work.
Followers of the arts and crafts movement, which originated in England in the late 19th century, believed in the beauty of natural materials and traditional methods of hand craftsmanship to make household items. Inspired by nature, they promoted the use of obvious construction methods and emphasized the morality of honest work. As the movement spread to America, numerous arts and crafts societies arose throughout the country, especially in metropolitan areas such as Boston and Detroit.
In rural north Georgia, the ideals of the movement appeared in the operation of such educational institutions as the Tallulah Falls Industrial School in Tallulah Falls and the Berry Schools in Rome, both founded in the early 20th century by pioneering women. The influence of the arts and crafts movement is seen in the way of life at these schools, where students continue to perform regular chores and learn traditional crafts. The objects created at these schools from the 1910s to the 1940s, including simple woven coverlets and handcrafted benches, reflect the blending of arts and crafts ideals with the unique cultural traditions of north Georgia.
The Georgia Museum of Art will host lecturer Susan Asbury, curator at Historic Berry, on Feb. 28 at 5:30 p.m. Asbury’s lecture, “With Proper Instructions,” will focus on how Martha Berry used the arts and crafts movement and the colonial revival as a way to preserve the students’ regional customs as well as produce quality furniture that could be sold to interested parties.

University Theatre.
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel. Through Feb. 16. $12 ($10 students); box office, located in the Fine Arts Building, is open noon-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Feb. 13-16 at 8 p.m. Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by drama department. 542-2838.
Paula Vogel won the Pulitzer Prize with this play, one of the most popular contemporary plays in American theatre. How I Learned to Drive uses tension-relieving humor and other skillful dramaturgical conventions to present the unsettling memoir of a woman’s abusive childhood. Both heartfelt and disturbing, the work unfolds in dreamlike layers of childlike memories and lucid reflections, as the main character begins the process of healing a troubled past. Freda Giles directs How I Learned to Drive.

Monday, February 11
Evolutionary Biology Lecture.
“Molecular Clocks, Snowball Earth, the Cambrian Explosion and Colonization of Land by Fungi and Plants.” S. Blair Hedges, Pennsylvania State University. 11:10 a.m. C-127 life sciences building. Sponsored by department of genetics. 542-1715.

Workshop.
“Pruning Workshop.” Mark Rieger, horticulture. $11 (members $10). 1-3 p.m. State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

IBR Seminar.
“Athens Regional Medical Center CAM Project: Opportunities for Partnership with Researchers at IBR.” Richard Panico, ARMC, and Nina Shubert, genetics. 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Tuesday, February 12
Behavioral Health and Human Services Delivery Seminar.
Jack Martin, Indiana University-Bloomington. 2 p.m. 140 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-6100.

Cancelled
CHA Lecture.
“Nature, Human and Other: Bringing Poems Out of the Earth.” Maxine Kumin. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Philosophy Lecture.
“A Theory of Intrinsic Value.” Robert Audi, University of Nebraska. 5 p.m. 205S Peabody Hall. Sponsored by department of philosophy. 542-2823.

Visiting Artist Lecture.
Willie Cole. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.

CPR Classes.
For students, faculty and staff; pre-registration required. $25 for adult CPR (two-hour class) and $35 for adult, child and infant CPR (four-hour class). 5:30-7:30 p.m. Through Feb. 13. University Health Center. Sponsored by University Health Center. 542-8707.

Peabody Awards Collection Screening.
A Tribute to Medgar Evers. 7 p.m. B-2 main library. Sponsored by Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. 542-8468.
Medgar Evers was field secretary of the Mississippi NAACP from 1954 until he was assassinated in 1963. A discussion will follow the screening.

East Asian Film Club Screening.
Too Many Ways To Be Number One. 7:05-9:05 p.m. Seventh-floor screening room, main library. Sponsored by East Asian Film Club. eafc_uga@hotmail.com.
A droll black comedy from Hong Kong, Too Many Ways is the absurd story of Ah-Gau, a not particularly bright gangster, whose life is continually undermined by his ineptitude and bad luck. In Cantonese with English subtitles.

Guest Artist Recital.
Quadra Horn Quartet. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Men’s Basketball.
vs. Florida. 9 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Wednesday, February 13
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.

Workshop.
“Winter Tree Identification.” Bruce Bongarten, forest resources. $11 (members $10). 9 a.m.-noon. State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

Arbor Day: Free Trees.
Bald cypress, dogwood, and red cedar seedlings to the first 350 visitors in celebration of Arbor Day. Through Feb. 15. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Information desk, State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

Lunch-in-Theory.
“Brother Jesus: The Making of a Translation.” Jared Klein and Max Reinhart. 12:20 p.m. 410 journalism building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Engineering Seminar.
“The Role of Metabolic Engineering in Bioprocess Development.” Douglas Cameron. 12:20-1:10 p.m. Driftmier Engineering Center conference room. Sponsored by Faculty of Engineering. 542-0866.

GLOBES Meeting.
Documentary film showing and panel discussion. 7 p.m. 116 visual arts building. Sponsored by GLOBES. 546-4611.
The documentary film Southern Comfort won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2001 Sundance Festival and the Golden Gate Award for best biography at the 2001 San Francisco International Film Festival.
The film is about Robert Eads a 52-year-old female-to-male transsexual who lived in Georgia. When he was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Robert was rejected for treatment by more than two dozen physicians. Southern Comfort follows the final year in his life.

Lecture.
Nikki Giovanni, poet, essayist and lecturer. Free tickets available in advance from cashier’s window, Tate Student Center. 7 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by University Union. 542-8468.

Thursday, February 14
Conference.
Foreign Language Association of Georgia. Through Feb. 16. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. 542-1272.

Valentine’s Day Dinner.
Call for details. Figgie’s Cafe. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-6727.

2nd Thursday Concert.

“Salute to the Big Band,” with UGA Jazz Band I directed by Steve Dancz. $9 ($5 students). 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-4400.
The next 2nd Thursday Concert will be a Valentine’s Day special called “Salute to the Big Band.” The UGA Jazz Band I, directed by Steve Dancz, will be joined by special guests Dub Hudson (saxophone and clarinet) and Fred Mills (trumpet). The program will include tributes to Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and a Glenn Miller medley of “String of Pearls,” “At Last,” “Tuxedo Junction” and “In the Mood.” “Stardust” and tunes by Lionel Hampton and Louie Prima round off the playlist.
Tickets for “Salute to the Big Band” are $9; students and senior citizens are eligible for $5 tickets. Tickets are available at the box office in the Performing Arts Center (542-4400), open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and two hours before performances.

Theater.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Black Theatrical Ensemble. Through Feb. 16. $8 ($5 students; tickets available from cashier’s window, Tate Student Center, 542-8074). 7:30 p.m. Morton Theatre, downtown. Sponsored by African-American Cultural Center. 542-8468.
The play takes place in 1927 in a run-down recording studio in Chicago. Ma Rainey, the legendary blues singer, is due to arrive to record some old favorites. Waiting for her are her black musicians, the white owner of the record company and her white manager.

Friday, February 15
Campus Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Hosted this week by Minority Services and Programs; sponsored by International Student Life. 542-5867.

Women’s Studies Noon Speaker.
“Black Women Writing and Written into Reconstruction in Early 20th-Century Histories.” Carolyn Medine, religion. 12:20 p.m. 140 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2846.

Town and Gown Workshop.
“Elder Law.” 1:30-4:15 p.m. Athens Community Council on Aging, 135 Hoyt Street. Sponsored by Gerontology Center. 542-3954.
Topics for this workshop include probate-avoidance techniques, recent estate-tax law changes, advanced health-care directives, and the Georgia Senior Legal Hotline. Speakers will be Edward D. Spurgeon, Philip A. Holtsberg, Eleanor M. Crosby and Carol Rossiter.

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 and are free and open to the public. Visitors see the bird, fish, insect, mammal and zooarchaeology collections and get a glimpse of the work that goes on at the museum. The tour group size is limited, so groups larger than eight should call in advance. Tours are not recommended for children under the age of five.

Anthropology/Geography Colloquium.
“Development, Modernity, and Biodiversity Conservation in the Colombian Pacific.” Arturo Escobar, University of North Carolina. 3:30 p.m. 265 Baldwin Hall. Part of the joint geography-anthropology colloquium series on “Transformations: Culture and Space in an Era of Globalization.” 542-2332.

CHA Cinema Roundtable.
“Why Hitchcock? Hitchcock’s Importance to Cinema Studies.” 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
More than any other director in film history, Alfred Hitchcock has been a key figure with both movie audiences and cinema scholars. Since the 1950s, when French critics began celebrating Hitchcock as one of Europe’s great “auteur” directors, and through a succession of theoretical approaches, including structuralism, psychoanalysis, feminism, cultural studies, and cognitive studies, Hitchcock’s body of work has remained important.
This spring’s CHA Cinema Roundtable, titled “Why Hitchcock?: Hitchcock’s Importance to Cinema Studies,” brings four UGA scholars together to discuss the amazing career of Alfred Hitchcock from a variety of perspectives. Participants are Charles Eidsvik and Antje Ascheid, drama and film studies; Joel Black, comparative literature; and Nate Kohn, telecommunications. The moderator is Richard Neupert, drama and film studies. Discussion will concentrate on examples from the four most popular Hitchcock films, all listed among the American Film Institute’s “100 Years, 100 Movies” list: Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, and North by Northwest.

Opera.
The Marriage of Figaro. Repeated Feb. 17. $15-$45, at box office in Classic Center. 7:30 p.m. Classic Center, downtown Athens. Sponsored by School of Music. 357-4444. See story above.

Gymnastics.
vs. Alabama. 7:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Saturday, February 16
Art exhibition.
Landscapes of Retrospection: The Magoon Collection of British Drawings and Prints, 1739-1854. Through April 14. 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.
By the end of the 18th century, British landscape painters had rediscovered the picturesque and sublime beauty of England, Scotland and Wales. Although it was frowned upon by the Royal Academy as a lesser form of art, landscape painting grew immensely popular; artists, armed with watercolors, paint brushes, and camera obscuras, turned to rolling meadows, crumbling abbeys, craggy cliffs, and panoramic cityscapes for inspiration. So began a nostalgic revival of interest in local history, one that evolved into an active national industry of travel and tourism. This exhibition of late 18th- and 19th-century British drawings comes from Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and focuses on these important themes. The exhibition covers a wide variety of subjects, from Oxford to London, from the grandeur of Canterbury Cathedral to the commonplace dog kennel.

Saturday Discovery.
“Native Americans.” For children in grades 1-2. $5; advance registration required. 9-11:30 a.m. Natural history building. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Natural History. 542-1663.

Garden Ramble.
“Tree Ramble.” Bruce Bongarten, forest resources. 10 a.m. Meet at covered shelter, Callaway Building parking lot. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

Arbor Day Workshop.
“Family Tree Planting.” Kristen Hood, garden staff. $10 per family (members $8 per family). 10 a.m.-noon. State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

Saturday Discovery.
“Urban Wildlife.” For children in 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.

Men’s Basketball.
vs. Kentucky. 1 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Concert.
Crasdant: Welsh Music and Dance.$15-$19 (half-price students). 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. (Traditions Series.) Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 5424400.
Crasdant was originally scheduled to perform in Ramsey Hall but, because of overwhelming ticket demand, the concert has been moved to Hodgson Hall, the Performing Arts Center’s larger venue.
Crasdant was formed by renowned Welsh triple harpist Robin Huw Bowen, who has brought together what many critics hail as the most exciting new folk band to come out of Wales in the past 20 years. Bowen is the leading exponent of the Welsh national instrument, the triple harp, which has three sets of strings. He is joined by Stephen Rees, a fiddler and accordion player, and Andy McLauchlin, who plays the flute and the pibgorn, which is a hornpipe with a cow’s horn on either end.
The ensemble’s other member is Huw Williams, a guitarist and Welsh clogger.

Sunday, February 17
Opera.
The Marriage of Figaro. Directed by Stephanie Pierce and conducted by Mark Cedel. Repeat of Feb. 15 performance. 3 p.m. Classic Center, downtown Athens. Sponsored by School of Music. 357-4444. See story above.

Women’s Basketball.
vs. Florida. 3 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Monday, February 18
Poster display.
“Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest” for grades K-5. Conservatory, State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

Majors Fair.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Career Center. 542-3375.

Community, Ethnicity, and Identity in Context Seminar.
“The Community Context of Immigrant Adaptation.” Stephanie Bohon, sociology, and Jorge Atiles, housing and consumer economics. Noon. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Coming up
Musical Theater.
Rent. $25-$35 (students $10-$20). Feb. 19-21, 8 p.m. Classic Center, downtown Athens. Tickets available at Tate Student Center cashier’s window (open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays, 542-8074). Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

International Symposium.
“Globalization and Change in Europe.” Feb. 20-22. Feb. 20, 8 p.m: keynote address, Ambassador Kai Eide, Norway. Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Concert.
William Ferguson, tenor. $17-$21 (half-price students). Feb. 22, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. (Music Series II.) Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.