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Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Ceramics Southeast Exhibition: New Work by Stephen Frazier. Through March 14. Main gallery, visual arts building (open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays). Sponsored by School of Art. 542-1511.
Frazier, a professor at Shorter College in Rome, Ga., produces work reminiscent of geological formations in both coloration and construction. His monolithic forms integrate the figure into ruinous architectural pillars, some over seven feet tall.

Visualizing the Blues: Images of the American South, 1862-1999. Through March 23. 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 exhibition presents a panorama of images that celebrate the rich history and heritage of Memphis and the Mississippi River delta. A photographic journey through the history, culture, people and landscape of the South, Visualizing the Blues features the Civil War images of Matthew Brady and George Barnard, the striking 20th-century work of Walker Evans, Eudora Welty, Dorothea Lange and Margaret Bourke-White, and pictures composed by contemporary artists, including William Eggleston and Huger Foote.

Spirit Yard: Sculptures by Harold Rittenberry. Through March 23. Grounds of 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 collection of welded metal sculptures by Harold Rittenberry Jr., entitled Spirit Yard, will be on view on the grounds of the Georgia Museum of Art. The exhibition will include works such as Totem Pole, a 1992 work over six feet tall, and Moonchaser, 2000, a bench embellished with a mermaid, fish, birds and a full moon.

There Is No Eye: Photographs by John Cohen. Through March 23. 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.
After studying at Yale University with Josef Albers and Herbert Matter, John Cohen moved to New York, where he mixed with a community that included abstract expressionists, beatniks and a wide array of other artists and musicians. He was a founding member of the music group the New Lost City Ramblers in the late 1950s and he had a crucial impact on the folk music revival of the 1960s. He also wrote for and edited Sing Out magazine, and his interviews with such cultural icons and musicians as Harry Smith, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan remain influential documents of American counterculture. Also a highly acknowl-edged filmmaker, Cohen coined the phrase “high lonesome sound” in reference to country music; his film of that title is legendary.

Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection. Through March 23. 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.
Compiled by a private collector in New York, this collection of contemporary American drawings covers the 1960s through the present and includes key groups of drawings by more than 45 artists. The 106 works reflect the wide range of contemporary drawing--from the casual sketch to the elaborate picture, including preparatory studies as well as accomplished, technically labored drawings.

Nature References. Through March 23. Conservatory. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sunday 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-1244.
Nature References features the work of Atlanta-based artist K. Miles-Anderton. The works selected for this show echo associations with the natural world; this show is an eclectic display of paintings created over the last five years. A departure from Miles-Anderton’s usual nonobjective or abstract paintings and assemblages, these works are designed with heavily textured, earthy surfaces, and feature natural images and organic shapes.

Alfred Stieglitz’s America. Through June 15. 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.

Student Photo Show. Through April 11. Room 309 Gallery, Tate Student Center (open 8 a.m.-midnight daily). Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.
The popular annual show, now in its 16th year, offers UGA students the chance to showcase their work in a juried competition. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top six winners.

Lesbian Emergences. Through April 10. Athens Institute for Contemporary Art. Sponsored by Women’s History Month Committee. 542-2846.

Exhibit.
Volim Hrvatska: I Love Croatia. Through March 19. Circle Gallery, ground floor, Caldwell Hall (open 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., weekdays). Sponsored by College of Environment and Design. 542-8293.
This photographic exhibit put on by the Public Service Outreach Program in the College of Environment and Design profiles Croatia. During the summer of 2002, UGA’s Croatia Service Learning Program took UGA students to the former Yugoslavian state. The program is designed as a practicum encompassing heritage conservation, historic preservation and economic development issues in the newly democratic nation.
During the three-week program students focused on two communities in very different regions. Participants spent the majority of their time on the island of Krk in the Adriatic. While on Krk, they studied the architecture, design and economy of the medieval town of Omisalj and developed recommendations as to how the town might preserve its character while developing its economy. Students also spent time in the Zumberak region of northwestern Croatia, which has a rich cultural heritage and tremendous potential for heritage tourism.
The exhibit showcases the diverse history and breathtaking landscape of this emerging democracy. Working closely with the International Centre for Anthropology Motovun, a Croatian non-governmental organization, students evaluated the various factors that influence community and regional development, including Croatia’s history, cultural heritage, current threats and trends in economic development.

University Theater.
An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly. Through March 12, 8 p.m. Cellar Theatre. Sponsored by drama department. 542-2838.
This classic play is set in the decadent Edwardian era in England. When Inspector Goole calls unexpectedly on the prosperous Birling family, his startling revelations not only shatter the very foundations of their lives, but challenge us all to examine our consciences. A haunting thriller, the play expresses a sense of urgency and awareness of human interdependency.

Monday, March 10
CLACS Seminar.
“Mental Health of Refugees from Central America.” Miriam Sabin, social work. 12:15 p.m. CLACS, 290 S. Hull St. Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 583-0619.
Sabin conducted an epidemiological study focused on the mental health of indigenous Guatemalan refugees who have lived in United Nations refugee camps in Chiapas (Mexico) for the past 20 years.

Religion Colloquium.
“The Politics of Cultural Authenticity: The Frazier-Herskovits Debate Revisited.” Jonathan Holloway, Yale University. 3:30 p.m. 219A Peabody Hall. Sponsored by religion department. 542-5356.
Holloway is associate professor of African-American studies and history at Yale. He is the author of Confronting the Veil: Black Intellectuals in the New Deal Era.

IBR Seminar.
“Opportunities for Individual and Collaborative Research on Aging: A Panel Discussion.” Gail Williamson, psychol-ogy; Adam Davey, child and family development; and Pat Parmelee, Emory University. 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Leighton M. Ballew Lecture.
“Spectroscopic Modernism: Machine Vision in Fitzgerald.” Michael North, UCLA. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by department of English. 542-2141.
North is the author of a number of books on English and American writing in the 20th century, including Reading 1922: A Return to the Scene of the Modern, The Dialect of Modernism: Race, Language, and Twentieth-Century Literature, and The Political Aesthetic of Yeats, Eliot, and Pound, and editor of the recent Norton Critical Edition of The Waste Land.

Campus Conversation.
“The First College Year: Orchestrating Support and Challenge for First-Year Students.” Randy L. Swing, Policy Center on the First Year of College. 4 p.m. 101 Meigs Hall. Sponsored by Institute of Higher Education. 542-0579.

Recital.
UGA Philip Glass Ensemble. 5 p.m. (to be repeated March 12). Dancz Center for New Music, music building. Sponsored by School of Music. rtb@uga.edu.

Women’s History Month Keynote Address.
bell hooks. $4 (free students; tickets at cashier’s window, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies and University Union. 542-0066.
hooks (who spells her name without capital letters) is the author of numerous critically acclaimed books and essays on the politics of race, gender, class and culture. Her first book, Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, was named one of the 20 most influential books of the last 20 years by Publisher’s Weekly.

Recital.
UGA Brass Ensembles. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Tuesday, March 11
Art exhibition.
Ackamism. Through April 18. Broad Street Gallery, 257 W. Broad St., Open weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.
The show includes recent paintings by Richmond Teye Ackam, a Fulbright African senior research scholar and the Kumasi program coordinator of the Ghana study-abroad program at UGA. His work combines traditional African coloristic and aboriginal dot elements with European impressionism and pointillism.
There will be an opening reception March 11, 5:30-7 p.m.

Symposium.
“Dismantling Persistent Poverty in the Southeast: The University Challenge.” Free, but registration required (pso@uga.edu). 8:15-11 a.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Public Service and Outreach.

University Woman’s Club meeting.
“The Light Side of the News.” Sylvia Hutcheson. 10 a.m. Central Presbyterian Church, fellowship hall. Sponsored by University Woman’s Club. jdwaters@pop.negia.net.

University Council meeting.
3:30 p.m. Chapel.

Poetry Reading.
Ethan Paquin. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Creative Writing Program. bhenr@uga.edu.
Paquin is the author of the poetry book The Makeshift and founder-editor of the online poetry journal Slope and the book press Slope Editions. He is an assistant professor of English at Medaille College in Buffalo, N.Y.

Environmental Ethics Seminar.
“In the Light of Reverence: Worldviews and the Ways of Life in Conflict.” Peter Hartel (crop and soil sciences) and Will Power (religion). 5 p.m. Founders House. Sponsored by Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. 542-0935.

Baseball.
vs. Austin Peay. 5:30 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

Women’s History Month: Brazilian Women Directors Film.
Bananas Is My Business. 7 p.m. 103 Benson Building. Sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program. refelix@uga.edu.
Director Helena Solberg made the first serious attempt to get beyond the fruit-hat iconic image of Carmen Miranda. Once the best-paid actress in Hollywood, Miranda was “too Latin” for Hollywood and “too Americanized” for Brazil. Solberg shows the life of Miranda as an intersection of sexual politics and cultural colonialism.

Archaeology Lecture.
“Kennewick Man and American Archaeology.” Francis McManamon, National Park Service. 7:30 p.m. 117 visual arts building. Sponsored by Athens Society, Archaeological Institute of America. 542-3839.
Under the reservoir waters behind McNary Dam in Kennewick, Wash., a disarticulated human skeleton was found and recovered. These human remains, now known as Kennewick Man, turned out to be more than 8,000 years old. Found on land administered by a federal agency, the remains had to be handled following professional archaeological methods and techniques, but also according to the legal requirements of a new federal law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The saga of how this very jumbled but important ancient human skeleton was investigated to determine its appropriate treatment and disposition is a legal, political and scientific drama.
Francis McManamon, who is chief archaeologist with the National Park Service, will discuss the NAGPRA’s effect on U.S. archaeology and the value of our ancient past.

University Chorus Concert.
Mitos Anday, director. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Wednesday, March 12
Lunch-in-Theory.
“Female Rockers, Internationalism and Children’s Music in 1990s Cuba.” Susan Thomas, music. 12:20 p.m. 410 journalism building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Africatalk.
“The Evolution of African-Ghanaian Painting Culture.” R.T. Ackam, art. 12:20-1:10 p.m. 325 Holmes-Hunter Building. Sponsored by African Studies Institute. akinloye@uga.edu.

Engineering Seminar.
“An Iron Biosensor: Pyoverdin in Sol-Gel Glass.” Michael Yoder, agricultural engineering. 12:20-1:10 p.m. Driftmier auditorium. 542-0866.

Lothar Tresp Lecture.
“Brown vs. Board of Education.” Cheryl Brown Henderson. 3 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Honors Program. 583-0698.

Baseball.
vs. Austin Peay. 4 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

Recital.
UGA Philip Glass Ensemble. 5 p.m. (repeat of March 10 concert). Dancz Center for New Music, music building. Sponsored by School of Music. rtb@uga.edu.

ArtBeat.
Cheryl Goldsleger. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
Athens artist Cheryl Goldsleger uses wax, pigment and oil in her drawings of intensely executed and layered surfaces. She will lead a discussion on drawing. Goldsleger’s works are included in the current exhibition Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection.

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

Women’s History Month Film.
True-Hearted Vixens. 7:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Peabody Awards collection. 542-2846.
True-Hearted Vixens follows two women during a tour of a start-up Women’s Professional Football League. Jane Russell, director of recreational sports and the Ramsey Student Center, will lead a discussion following the film.

Georgia Brass Concert.
8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Thursday, March 13
Vinson Research Speaker.
“Homelessness: Myths and Facts.” Denise Green and Carlton Bain, Vinson Institute. 11 a.m. Green Room, Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by Institute of Government. pitts@cviog.uga.edu.

Brown Bag Seminar.
“The Role of Local Governments in the Reform of China.” Shangli Lin, Fudan University, Shanghai. “Community-Building in Shanghai.” Jianjian Gu, Shanghai Administration Institute, Shanghai. Noon. 144 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by International Center for Democratic Governance, Vinson Institute of Government. 542-0278.

Romance Languages Colloquium.
“George Sand, Napoleon and Race.” Doris Kadish. 5-6 p.m. 350K Gilbert Hall. Sponsored by department of Romance languages. dbultman@uga.edu.

2nd Thursday Concert.
Epsilon Brass Ensemble. $12 ($7 students). 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-4400. See story above.

Friday, March 14
WSP Friday Speaker.
“Jeannette Rankin as I Knew Her.” Reita Rivers. 12:20 p.m. 140 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-0066.

Center for Family Research Seminar.
“Research on Prevention of Childhood Conduct Problems: Clinical High-Risk versus Public Health and Universal Strategies.” Ron Prinz (University of South Carolina). 1:30 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Men’s Tennis.
vs. Arkansas. 2:30 p.m. Henry Feild Tennis Stadium. 542-1231.

Saturday, March 15
Southeastern Regional Collegiate Sprints Regatta.
7 a.m.-5 p.m. Lake Russell State Park, Elberton. Sponsored by UGA Crew. 425-1913.

Sunday, March 16
Men’s Tennis.
vs. LSU. 1 p.m. Henry Feild Tennis Stadium. 542-1231.

Monday, March 17
Spring break.
No classes; UGA offices open. Through March 21.

Tuesday, March 18
Workshop.
“Attracting Hummingbirds and Managing Their Food Sources.” Paul Thomas. $17 (members $15). 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Conservatory, Classroom A. State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Wednesday, March 19
Women’s Tennis.
vs. Georgia Tech. 2 p.m. McWhorter Courts. 542-1231.

Workshop.
“Here Come the Birds.” For children ages 6-12. $6 (members $5). 4 p.m.-6 p.m. Conservatory, Classroom B. State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Thursday, March 20
SAVMA Symposium.
Through March 22. Classic Center. Sponsored by Veterinary Medicine. 548-0281.

Friday, March 21
Men’s Tennis.
vs. SMU. 4 p.m. Henry Feild Tennis Stadium. 542-1231.

Baseball.
vs. LSU. 7 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

Saturday, March 22
Spring Bird Ramble.
8 a.m. Meet at covered shelter, lower parking lot. State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Family Day.
“Ruffled Feathers.” 10 a.m.-noon. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-0448.

Softball.
Double-header vs. Louisiana State. 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Women’s athletic complex. 542-1231.

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

Women’s Basketball.
NCAA Tournament: First and Second Rounds. Through March 25. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Sunday, March 23
Men’s Tennis.
vs. Pepperdine. 1 p.m. Henry Feild Tennis Stadium. 542-1231.

Baseball.
vs. LSU. 1 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

Softball.
vs. Louisiana State. 1 p.m. Women’s athletic complex. 542-1231.

Monday, March 24
IBR Seminar.
“Funding Opportunities in MEG Research: An Expanding Field for the Social and Behavioral Sciences.” Brett Clementz, psychology. 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

CHA Visiting Scholar Lecture.
“Current Issues in Pragmatics.” Jacob Mey, Odense University. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Coming up
Concert.
Claremont Trio. $17 (students half-price). March 28, 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Ramsey Series). 542-4400. 142 Tate Student Center.