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Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Bound Round: Metal, Plastic, Leather, Fabric, Wood and Other Non-Traditional Bookbindings. Through Sept. 24. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library gallery, third floor, main library (open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 1-5 p.m. Saturdays). Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-7123.

Paintings by Michelle Penland and Bryan Dodson. Through Sept. 26. Room 309 Gallery, Tate Student Center (open 8 a.m.-midnight daily). Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.

Tarbaby, the Tyranny of Expectancy. Through Sept. 27. Broad Street Gallery, 257 W. Broad St., open weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.

Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, London. Through Sept. 29. 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.

The Bold and the Beautiful: Portraits by Gerald Leslie Brockhurst. Through Sept. 29. 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.

The Art of the Book: Twenty Years of Art and Design from the UGA Press. Through Sept. 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.
Since its founding in 1938, the primary mission of the University of Georgia Press has been to support and enhance the university’s reputation as a major research institution by publishing outstanding works of scholarship and literature by scholars and writers throughout the world as well as the university’s own faculty. The University of Georgia Press is one of the largest publishing houses in the South. It publishes 80-90 titles each year, in a range of academic disciplines as well as books of interest to the general reader, and has nearly a thousand titles in print. This exhibition focuses on the art and design of book covers published by the University of Georgia Press over the past two decades.

Of Age: 21 Years of Books at the Green Street Press. Through Sept. 30. Foyer gallery, visual arts building. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-1511.
The Lamar Dodd School of Art has invited 21 alumni artists to exhibit bookwork for this exhibition. Organized by Rick Johnson and Joe Sanders, associate professors of art, the exhibition includes a wide range of conceptual book projects, from the traditional codex form to book objects. The artists, who were students or instructors with the Green Street Press, include Charles Morgan, Joe Sanders, Melissa Harshman, Joey Hannaford, Rick Johnson, Joni Mabe, Bill Kitchens, Kitty McChessney, Anne Jenkins, Greg Shelnut, Tobin Hines, Berwyn Hyung, Frank Saggus, Corey George, Meredith Re and Jack Cheatham.

At Home and Abroad: Japan and Japonisme. Through Oct. 6. 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.
Throughout the 19th century, all things Japanese were the rage in London, Paris and New York. While art dealers and collectors began to amass Japanese prints, devotees also purchased kimonos, fans and screens in fashionable shops. Japonisme, as this new interest was called, quickly influenced artists and designers.
At Home and Abroad features a selection of Japanese prints by artists like Hokusai and Hiroshige, alongside European and American paintings and prints by Whistler, Toulouse-Lautrec and Cassatt, among others, that reveal the lasting impact of Japanese culture on printmaking and the decorative arts.

Bunzlauer Style: German Pottery from Jugendstil to Art Deco. Through Oct. 6. 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.
Bunzlauer pottery developed out of traditional utilitarian ceramic forms produced in eastern Germany in the
18th and 19th centuries. This ware takes its name from the primary center of its production, the Silesian town of Bunzlau, now the Polish town of Bolestawiec. Though little known in America today, Bunzlauer pottery was widely popular throughout Europe in the first half of the 20th century and was exported in large amounts to the United States.
Through a selection of functional pottery, including plates, bowls, pitchers, and vases from a private American collection, this exhibition presents the history of Bunzlauer pottery, focusing on how it reflects changing design principles in early 20th-century Germany. Early wares were often decorated with brightly colored sponged patterns in blue, orange and green, showing the influence of Germany’s interpretation of art nouveau, or Jugendstil. Later pottery was decorated with airbrushed geometric designs in the modern art deco style. This exhibition reveals changes in both design and technology.

Photographs by Rinne Allen. Through Oct. 20. Conservatory, State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.

Perilously Close. Through Oct. 11. Main gallery, visual arts building, open weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.
Perilously Close features the work of fiber artist Ursula McCarty. McCarty’s work examines the historical context of fiber arts, both celebrating and criticizing this domestic tradition.
McCarty often combines screen printing, resist-dying and installation with embroidery, crocheting and stitching to challenge stereotypes about “women’s work” and to question the effects on the modern woman. McCarty reprimands a culture which has historically confined women to narrow paths. Her work is simultaneously unflinching and alluring, combining subversive feminist content with the familial texture of a well-worn quilt.
McCarty lives and works in Milledgeville. She received an M.F.A. in textile design from the University of Kansas in 1991 and an M.A. and B.F.A. in fiber art from the University of Iowa. She is currently a professor of art at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville.

Exhibit.
Legends of the Deadball Era: Vintage Baseball Cards from the Richard B. Russell Collection. Through Nov. 22. Russell Library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-8079.

Monday, September 23
Science Library Orientation.
11:15 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Science library interactive center, second floor. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0696.

Blood Drive.
Noon-5 p.m. Memorial Hall. Sponsored by Army ROTC. 546-0681, ext. 225.

Presentation.
“Modern Translations of the Bible: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” Dan Orme, pastor, University Church. 12:15-1:15 p.m. Room 501, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry. Sponsored by Christian Faculty Forum. 542-9034.

IBR Seminar.
“New Directions in Literacy Research.” Jim Baumann and Donna Alvermann, reading education. 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Community Return-To-School Workshop.
Overview of ANSERS program and pre-college courses, consultations. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by ANSERS. 542-6400.

Tuesday, September 24
Science Library Orientation.
9:30-10:20 a.m. Science library interactive center, second floor. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0696.

Religion Colloquium.
“(Mis)Perceptions on the Social Setting of the Apocalypse to John.” Thomas B. Slater. 3:30 p.m. 205C Peabody Hall. Sponsored by department of religion. religion@uga.edu.

Choral Day Concert.
High school students from across the state conclude a day of rehearsals and recitals with UGA faculty and choral ensembles. 3:30 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-2797.

Hispanic Heritage Film.
Expulsion and Memory: Descendants of the Hidden Jews. 5:30 p.m. B-2 main library. Repeated Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m., Athens-Clarke County Library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 583-0212.

Visiting Artist Lecture.
Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, SUNY New Paltz. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art and School of Art. 542-1511.
Gray’s art challenges traditional ideas of household forms and their functions, using metals to create provocative statements that recall the history of metalworking in the decorative arts, memorialize the lives and culture of socially prominent women, and embody past domestic rituals surrounding such elegant objects as cream pitchers, sugar bowls, candlesticks, serving spoons and other objects little used today. Gray teaches metalsmithing at the State University of New York in New Paltz.

CHA-Peabody Conversation.
The Execution of Private Slovik. Screening followed by discussion. William Link with Horace Newcomb. 7:30 p.m. Tate Center Theater. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Wednesday, September 25
Wellness Clinic.
$50. Call for appointment. 7-11 a.m. Wellness Clinic, second floor, pharmacy building. Sponsored by College of Pharmacy. 542-7230.

Genetics Seminar.
“Homeobox Gene Regulation of Pituitary Development and Disease.” Sally Camper, University of Michigan. 11:10 a.m.-12:10 p.m. C-127 life sciences building. Sponsored by genetics department. 542-1441.

Blood Drive.
Noon-5 p.m. Russell Hall lobby. Sponsored by Russell and Creswell communities. 546-0681, ext. 225.

Lunch-in-Theory.
“History, Myth and Race in O Brother, Where Art Thou?” Hugh Ruppersburg, English. 12:20 p.m. 411 journalism building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Digital Brown Bag.
Panel Discussion: Graduate programs in technology. 12:20-1:10 p.m. Bank of America Building, fifth floor, downtown. Sponsored by New Media Institute. 227-7179.

Dean Rusk Center 25th Anniversary Lecture.
“Democracy beyond Nation-State: World Trade Organization and European Union.” Eric Stein, University of Michigan. 3:30 p.m. Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom, third floor, Hirsch Hall. Sponsored by Rusk Center. 542-5211.

Charter Lecture.
“Vigilantism and Childnapping in the Arizona Territory: Race and Family.” Linda Gordon, history, New York University. 4 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Academic Affairs. 542-0015.

Film.
Road Scholar (1993), by Andrei Codrescu, who will give a public lecture Sept. 26 at 4, 7 and 10 p.m. Tate Theater. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Open Mike with Mike.
President Michael F. Adams. 6 p.m. Brumby Rotunda.

ArtBeat.
“Benjamin Franklin.” Douglas Anderson, English. 6:15 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Film.
“Best of the 26th Annual Atlanta Film Festival.” $4. 7:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Opera.
UGA Opera Ensemble: Scenes from The Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, Lakme, Candide, and the one-act opera A Hand of Bridge. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Thursday, September 26
Science Library Orientation.
11-11:50 a.m. Science library interactive center, second floor. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0696.

Research Brown Bag.
“Budgeting Basics: Preparing Budgets for Proposals.” Ginny Lyman and Sarah Tate, Sponsored Programs. Noon-1 p.m. 144 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Office of the Vice President for Research. 542-5969.

Music in the Day Chapel.
Classical piano. Noon-2 p.m. Day Chapel. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6195.

CHA Lecture.
“Radio Messiah.” Andrei Codrescu. 4 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966. See story above.

Student and Faculty Recognition Reception.
4-5 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by department of disability services. 542-8719.

Genealogy Talk.
“Ancestor Detectives: Clues for Researching Your Family History in Archives and Libraries.” Linda Aaron, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library; Susan Field, government documents librarian, UGA; and Laura W. Carter, Heritage Room specialist, Athens-Clarke County Library. 5:30 p.m. Athens-Clarke County Library, Baxter Street. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-0664.

Friday, September 27
Women’s Studies Noon Speaker.
“Story of Self, History of Non-Self: Buddhist Nuns in Korea.” Hyangsoon Yi, comparative literature. 12:20-1:10 p.m. 139 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2846.

Basic Behavioral and Bio-Behavioral Processes Seminar.
“The Potential Role of Corticofugal Projections in Somatosensory Transmission in the Human Orofacial System.” Richard Andreatta, communication sciences and disorders. 2 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

CHA Visiting Artist Lecture and Demonstration.
“Modern Traditions.” Carlos Orta. 4 p.m. New Dance Theatre, dance building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966. See story above.

Lanier Poetry Reading.
Lyn Hejinian. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by department of English. dpafunda@yahoo.com.
Poet, essayist, and translator, Lyn Hejinian will read from her own work. She is the author or co-author of 14 books of poetry, including A Border Comedy, The Beginner, Happily and Sight, with Leslie Scalapino. Her honors include a writing fellowship from the California Arts Council, a grant from the Poetry Fund, and a translation fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Friday Tours.
4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History. Not suitable for children younger than age five; groups larger than eight should call in advance. 542-1663.

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

Guest Artist Recital.
Rebecca Rischin, clarinet, Ohio University. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Saturday, September 28
Football.
vs. New Mexico State. Sanford Stadium. 542-1231.

Sunday, September 29
Soccer.
vs. Duke. 2 p.m. Women’s athletic complex. 542-1231.

Concert.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, conductor, Vardan Mamikonian, piano. $35-$39 (half-price students). 3 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Music Series II). 542-4400.
Spano is recognized internationally as one of America’s outstanding conductors, acclaimed for leading vital, musically distinguished performances as well as for the breadth of repertoire he explores and his consistently imaginative programming.
He has conducted nearly every major North American orchestra, as well as orchestras and opera companies throughout Europe and Asia. In 1998 Spano became director of the prestigious conducting fellowship program at the Tanglewood Music Center, and he has been featured on the PBS series City Arts, A&E’s Breakfast with the Arts, CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman, and CBS Sunday Morning.
French-Armenian pianist Vardan Mamikonian studied at the Central Music School of the Moscow Conservatory and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
In 1981 he won first prize at the Balis Dvarionas Soviet Piano Competition, and in 1992 he won first prize at the World Music Masters Competition in Monte Carlo, exclusively reserved for the winners of other international competitions.
The program opens with Last Round, composed by Osvaldo Golijov, a native of Argentina. The composition is Golijov’s homage to Argentine performer and composer Astor Piazzolla, renowned for bringing the tango into the concert hall. Mamikonian and the orchestra will perform Rachmaninoff’s first piano concerto and the concert will conclude with Sibelius’s second symphony.
A pre-concert lecture by Nick Jones, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra program annotator, will be offered 45 minutes prior to the performance; the lecture is free and open to the public.

Monday, September 30
Main Library Orientation.
12:20-1:10 p.m. Instruction lab A, first floor, main library. Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-1114.

Faculty Chamber Ensembles Concert.
Wind and brass faculty celebrate the composer Paul Hindemith. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Art Exhibition.
Jeffrey Whittle. Through Nov. 7. Room 309 Gallery, Tate Student Center (open 8 a.m.-midnight daily). Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.
Whittle creates mixed media drawings and paintings. He uses direct observation, photographs and memory, and then reacts to what happens on the canvas. A recent portrait series incorporates maps.

Coming Up
University Theatre.
Violet, by Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crowley. $15 ($12 students) at the box office in Fine Arts. Oct. 2-5, 8 p.m.; Oct. 6, 2:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. Sponsored by drama department. 542-2838.

Concert.
Cowboy Envy. $17-$21 (half-price students). Oct. 4, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Traditions Series). 542-4400.

Recital.
Courtenay Budd, soprano. $17 (half-price students). Oct. 5, 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Ramsey Series). 542-4400.