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Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
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.

Carol Mickett/Robert Stackhouse: A Collaboration. Through April 4. Studio 2 Gallery, 257 West Broad Street. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0068.
The work in this exhibition is by painter-sculptor (and UGA faculty member) Robert Stackhouse and poet Carol Mickett. Prints produced last May in Cortona, Italy, during the 2001 International Print Symposium are featured; they were produced in collaboration with master printer Dennis O’Neil of Hand Print Workshop International.

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.
Featuring 111 watercolors, engravings, pencil, ink, and charcoal drawings, and other media on paper, Landscapes of Retrospection offers viewers a survey of English prints and drawings from the 18th and 19th centuries.
The rapid industrialization, urbanization and modernization of Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries gave rise to optimism, patriotism and nostalgia. Artists grappled with how to respond to such significant transformations. In response to the increasing urbanization in England, and although frowned upon by London’s 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. As loyalists and patriots, they covered a wide variety of subjects in their paintings and drawings, from Oxford to London, from grand architecture to simple scenery.
Landscapes of Retrospection is a traveling exhibition from Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Organized primarily from the extensive collection of drawings and prints of American minister and philanthropist Elias Magoon, the exhibition highlights the sense of historical identity and natural beauty depicted by British artists over more than 100 years. The works serve as illustrative narratives, promoting historical awareness about the natural landscape and the inscriptions of the past.
The Magoon Collection has been preserved in albums for over 130 years, retaining the vibrant colors of the drawings and prints. The works reveal the spirit and imagination of England at the start of the industrial revolution and range from watercolor landscapes by J.M.W. Turner to architectural views by Augustus Charles Pugin to design drawings by Sir John Soane.

Sculpture by Trish Ramsay. Through April 12. Tate Student Center Art Gallery, open 8 a.m.-midnight daily. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
Ramsay, who recently moved to Athens from Syracuse, N.Y., creates abstract metal sculpture intended to inspire emotional and intellectual inquiry. Her works vary from wall pieces making use of aerial topography to works in multiple units in which the same thing is said many ways.

Revelations of a Watercolor Garden. Through March 31. 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.
Nicole Brink’s artwork is inspired by the outside world. She sees flowers as exquisite, abstract designs filled with endless, creative possibilities. She is fascinated by their beauty and by the small details that often go unnoticed. A native of Holland, Mich., she holds degrees in interior decorating and design as well as a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting from UGA.

Poses. Through April 7. Hill Atrium, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Georgia Center. 542-9334.
Poses features pastels by local artist Cliff Probst. A native of New Orleans, Probst graduated from Stanford University with a degree in creative writing and received an M.A. in English literature from Tulane. Probst later continued his studies as a teaching fellow at Vanderbilt University, and is currently studying drawing and painting in the community education programs department at the Georgia Center. Probst’s work has been exhibited in a variety of venues in Athens and has been acquired by private collectors across the United States.

Portraits in the Age of Rembrandt. Through April 30. 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.

Journey to the Undreamed Alternative: A Design Odyssey. Through April 12. SED Gallery, G-14 Caldwell Hall. Sponsored by School of Environmental Design. 542-8292.
The exhibit demonstrates the design philosophy of William Ramsey, who argues that “designs result from evolutionary processes.”

Raw Womyn. Through April 6. Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Chase Street Warehouses Unit 4 (open Thursday-Saturday, 12:30-6 p.m.). Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. www.athica.org.

Exhibit.
A Flag for Athens. Through April 20. Lyndon House Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Art. 769-2000.
A Flag for Athens features ceremonial flag designs created by local 6th-12th grade students, historic flags from Cortona, Italy, and photographs of flags by Italian photographer Giorgio Lamentini. The exhibition honors the mayor of Cortona, Emanuele Rachini, making his first trip to Athens, Cortona’s “Sister City.” The sister-city relationship dates back to 1978, growing broadly out of UGA’s studies-abroad program in Cortona, established in 1969. In celebration of this long friendship, the art education department of the School of Art and local artist Susan Colangelo have organized a juried competition for the design of a ceremonial flag for Athens; 158 students from Athens-Clarke, Oconee, Jackson, Oglethorpe, and Madison counties are participating.

Crusaders for the Rights of Women, 1840-1920: Reformers, Radicals and Reactionaries. Through March 31. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, third floor, main library (open weekdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 1-5 p.m.). Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-8079.

Monday, March 25
Education Symposium.
“If We Didn’t Have Today’s Schools, Would We Create Today’s Schools?” Tom Carroll, executive director, National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future. 11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. G-5 Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by Learning and Performance Support Laboratory. 542-3157.
Our schools are becoming hubs in networked learning communities. How can we use these powerful technologies to support leaders who are developing new designs for learning that build on what we know about how people learn?

Lecture.
“Ritual vs. Transmission: Revisited and Revised Views on the Nature of Communication.” James Carey. Noon. Chapel. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 583-8220. See story above.

IBR Seminar.
“A Discussion of Support Services in OVPR.” Gina Smith, Office of the Vice President for Research. 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

South Asian Documentary Films Festival.
Through March 29. 7-10 p.m. 116 visual arts building. Sponsored by Center for Asian Studies. 583-0627.
The festival offers screenings of 15 documentary films from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Tuesday, March 26
Behavioral Health and Human Services Delivery Seminar.
“Prejudice, Discrimination, and Problem Drinking among African Americans.” Jack Martin, Indiana University-Bloomington. 2:30 p.m. 140 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-6100.

Baseball.
vs. Georgia Tech. 6:30 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

A Cappella Concert.
The Accidentals (UGA) and the Talisman (Stanford University). 6:30 p.m. Edge Recital Hall, music building. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

East Asian Film Club Screening.
Christmas in August. 7:05-9:05 p.m. Seventh-floor screening room, main library. Sponsored by East Asian Film Club. eafc_uga@hotmail.com.
The South Korean film Christmas in August is a poignant love story about a man who falls in love with a meter maid during the last stages of his terminal disease. In Korean with English subtitles.

Wednesday, March 27
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.

Peabody Awards announcement.
Press conference broadcast live via satellite from Georgia public television headquarters in Atlanta; Webcast at www.peabody.uga.edu. 10:30 a.m. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-8983.

Christian Faculty Forum Meeting.
“Objections to the Use of Human Embryos for Stem Cell Research.” Russ Carlson, biochemistry and molecular biology. Noon-1 p.m. 501 Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry. Sponsored by Christian Faculty Forum. 542-4503.

Engineering Seminar.
“Characterization of Three-Dimensional Collagen Gels for Functional Cell-Based Biosensing.” William Kisaalita. 12:20-1:10 p.m. Driftmier Engineering Center conference room. Sponsored by Faculty of Engineering. 542-0866.

Africatalk: Brown Bag Lecture.
“Educating through Imagination: Life in Another Country on Another Continent.” Michelle Commeyras, reading education. 12:20 p.m. 503 journalism building. Sponsored by African Studies Institute. 542-5314.

Graduate Student Association Lecture.
“Looking Beyond the Ph.D.” Timothy Dore. 5-6 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Graduate Student Association. 542-1924.

ArtBeat.
Asen Kirin, art history. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

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

Film.
Miss Fat and Beautiful. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-0066.
Jerusalem-born documentarian Tali Shemesh’s film follows three contestants in the 1997 Miss Fat and Beautiful contest held in Be’er Sheba, the capital of Israel’s Negev Desert. Twenty contestants, weighing between 176 and 308 pounds, compete for the title. This was Shemesh’s first feature-length film and was shown in prime time on commercial TV in Israel. A discussion will follow the film. In Hebrew with English subtitles.

Thursday, March 28
Men’s Swimming and Diving.
NCAA Championships. Through March 30. Ramsey Student Center, Gabrielsen Natatorium. 542-1231.

CHA Lecture.
“The State of Sober Drunkenness: Politics and Parody at the Court of Peter the Great.” Ernest Zitser, Harvard University. 101 LeConte Hall. Sponsored by history department. 542-2538.

Menendez Lecture.
Alexander Dalgarno. 4 p.m. 202 physics building. Sponsored by physics and astronomy department. 542-8501.
Alexander Dalgarno, known as the “father of molecular astrophysics,” is Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. He is also a physicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the editor of the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
He received his education at University College, London, earning a Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1951. From 1951 through 1967, he rose from assistant lecturer to professor at Queen’s University, Belfast, and then joined the Harvard department of astronomy in 1967.
He has held the positions of acting director of Harvard College Observatory, chairman of the department of astronomy, associate director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and director of the Institute for Theoretical Atomic and Molecular Physics.
Dalgarno’s research covers three main areas: theoretical atomic and molecular physics, astrophysics and aeronomy (the study of the upper atmosphere). He is author of more than 600 publications. Sir David Bates wrote in 1988 that “There is no greater figure than Alex in the history of atomic physics and its applications.” In the 1950s, he laid the foundations for long-range atomic interaction studies which are of critical importance for today’s interest in Bose-Einstein condensates.
His work has been recognized by many awards, including the prize of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Sciences, the Davidson-Germer Prize of the American Physical Society, the Meggers Award of the Optical Society of America and the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, the American Geophysical Union and the American Physical Society and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. In 1998, Asteroid 6941 was named Asteroid Dalgarno.
The annual lecture is named for Manuel Gaspar Menendez (1935-91), who was a member of the department of physics and astronomy at UGA and served as department head for six years. He was elected a Fellow in the American Physical Society, an honor reserved for the top 10 percent of the members.

Lecture.
Tom Sokolowski, director, Andy Warhol Museum. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Lecture.
“Lesson from Grandfather.” Arun Gandhi. $1 (students free). 7:30 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
Arun Gandhi is the grandson of Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of India’s nonviolent struggle for independence. In this lecture he will reflect on the teachings of peace and nonviolent dispute resolution which his grandfather instilled in him in childhood.
Arun Gandhi is founder of the Center for Social Unity, an organization working to end poverty and caste discrimination in India. He has worked as a journalist and written several books, including Testament to Truth. In 1991 he established the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. He recently edited the anthology World without Violence: Can Gandhi’s Vision Become Reality?

Friday, March 29
Women’s Tennis.
vs. Ole Miss. 3 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.

African Night.
6 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by African Studies Institute. 542-5314.

Baseball.
vs. Tennessee. 6:30 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

Reception and Speech.
“An Evening with John Wooden.”$25-$50 speech only; $100 speech and reception. Reception 6:30 p.m.; speech 8 p.m. Classic Center. Sponsored by UGA men’s basketball. 357-4444.
The legendary basketball coach, now age 91, who guided UCLA to an unprecedented 10 NCAA championships in the 1960s and ’70s, offers his comments.

Opening Reception.
For Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition. 7:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Saturday, March 30
Art exhibition.
Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition. Through May 5. 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 annual exhibition features work by students in the master of fine arts degree program at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Organized by professors Andy Nasisse and Ed Lambert at the art school, and curated in-house by Greg Benson, the museum’s chief preparator, this exhibition provides an opportunity
to view the work of young artists as they finish their education in studio art.
This year’s 15 M.F.A. students are Jennifer Anderson, printmaking; Nell Bender, drawing and painting; Misty Bennett, drawing and painting; Roger Bowersox, jewelry and metalwork; Ashley Carlisle, sculpture; Larry Cooper, printmaking; Vicki Eaton, fabric design; Chris Fennell, sculpture; Corey George, photography; Jennifer Graff, ceramics; Joseph Lupo, printmaking; Meredith Ré, fabric design, Kathryn Refi, drawing and painting, John Rudel, drawing and painting; and Susan Watson, drawing and painting.
Many of these artists, though still students, have begun to establish themselves in galleries and museums throughout the United States and Europe in solo, group, and juried exhibitions.

Baseball.
vs. Tennessee. 2 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

Sunday, March 31
Women’s Tennis.
vs. Mississippi State. 1 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.

Baseball.
vs. Tennessee. 2 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

Monday, April 1
Teaching and Learning with Advanced Technologies Conference.
1 p.m. April 1 through 4 p.m. April 2. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by University System of Georgia. alt.usg.edu/tlat/.

Reading.
Lucha Corpi. 4 p.m. Park Hall. Sponsored by department of Romance languages. 542-1075.
This is the first of two readings by award-winning Chicana poet and novelist Lucha Corpi. It is aimed at an English-speaking audience. The second reading will be aimed at a Spanish-English bilingual audience and will take place at the Tate Center on April 2.
Corpi was born in Veracruz, Mexico. She has been actively engaged with the San Francisco Bay Area creative arts scene for over 25 years. Her poetry, written in Spanish and published in bilingual format, (Noon Words/Palabras de Mediodõa) and Variations on a Storm/Variaciones sobre una Tormenta) has been widely praised as being in the tradition of Octavio Paz.
Her mystery novels written in English (Eulogy for a Brown Angel, Cactus Blood, Black Widow’s Wardrobe) feature Gloria Damasco, a Chicana feminist sleuth. Corpi’s novels are the subject of program 71 of the National Public Radio program sponsored by the Modern Languages Association. Program 71 focuses on the manner in which Corpi dynamically incorporates information about the Chicano/a movement into her tightly woven plots. The recipient of numerous awards for both her poetry and her fiction, Corpi is a member of Sisters-in-Crime, an international organization of mystery writers.

Coming up
Symposium.
“Conservation, Heritage, Law 2002.” April 3-6. Rusk Hall. Sponsored by Rusk Center. 542-5138.

Lecture.
Ambassador Wyche Fowler. Sponsored by School of Public and International Affairs. Georgia's former U.S. Senator, now ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, speaks on the topic “America and the War Against Terrorism.” April 4 at 2 p.m. Chapel. 542-2057.

University Theatre.
Amadeus by Peter Shaffer. Through April 7. $12 ($10 students). April 3-6 at 8 p.m.; April 6 and 7 at 2:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. Sponsored by drama department. 542-2838.

Dance Concert.
Giselle, with the UGA Ballet Ensemble. $12 ($8 students), available at the box office in the Tate Student Center
(542-8074). April 4-6 at 8 p.m.; April 7 at 2 p.m. New Dance Theatre, dance building. Sponsored by dance department. 542-4415.

Concert.
Vassilis Varvaresos, piano. $17 (half-price students). April 5, 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. (Ramsey Hall Series.) Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.

Concert.
James Dapogny’s Chicago Jazz Band. $17-$21 (students half-price). April 6, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. (Showtime Series.) Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.