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Ongoing
Art exhibitions.
Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition. Through May 4. 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 annual exhibition features work by 13 students in the M.F.A. program at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. It provides an opportunity to view the work of groundbreaking contemporary artists; most have already exhibited across the United States and, in many instances, in Europe as well.
Artists included are Bob Abernathy, drawing and painting; Samantha Barnum, drawing and painting; Brian Blevins, sculpture; Bridget Conn, photography; James Grimsley, ceramics; Jill Johnson, drawing and painting; Kelly King, ceramics; Sang-Wook Lee, fabric design; Jennifer Lyon, fabric design; Ryan Roth, drawing and painting; Roxie Veasey, drawing and painting; Charles Warnock, drawing and painting; and Mike Wsol, sculpture.

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.
Alfred H. Stieglitz, an innovator in the new art of photography and mentor, financier and friend to a diverse group of artists, photographers, writers and patrons, fundamentally shaped the look and principles of American modernism during the first half of the 20th century.
This exhibition of 52 works is drawn from the permanent collection of the Georgia Museum of Art and the Lamar Dodd School of Art and offers a window into the modern world that Stieglitz’s followers and contemporaries constructed through various media. Stieglitz featured group exhibitions in his New York-based 291 Gallery, including works from George Bellows, Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove and Alfred Maurer.

Alfred H. Maurer: American Modern. 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.
Alfred Maurer, often referred to as “the first American modern,” was one of the most prolific and progressive artists of the period. Apprenticed in his father’s lithography shop in New York, Maurer was inspired by this artistic environment at an early age. He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York and with William Merritt Chase, the well-known American impressionist. Maurer exhibited in New York at the infamous 1913 Armory Show and at Alfred Stleglitz’s 291 Gallery.
The exhibition includes a full range of his Fauvist landscapes and still lifes, Cézannesque watercolors, bold nudes, haunting portraits, and delicate drawings. The Weisman’s collection is considered the single largest holding of Maurer’s work.

CURO Symposium Works. Through April 27. Room 309 Gallery, Tate Student Center (open 8 a.m.-midnight daily). Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.

Paintings by Donna Bland. Through April 27. 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.

University Theatre.
Georgia Repertory Theatre: Our Father by Luigi Lunari. $10 ($8 students) at the box office in Fine Arts. April 16-18, 22-25, 8 p.m.; April 19 and 26, 2:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. Sponsored by drama department. 542-2838.
This production is the U.S. premiere of Italian playwright Luigi Lunari’s new play Our Father, translated by Stanley V. Longman of the department of drama. The production is directed by Del Hamilton, artistic director of Seven Stages Theatre in Atlanta.
Our Father is the story of the psychologically damaged children of two great political leaders--one Italian, one American. They meet in a kind of limbo for a period of days, in order to reconcile themselves to their pasts and look towards the future. This fantasy about the effects that demanding fathers have on their children has been translated into English for the first time by Longman, director of University Theatre.
Lunari’s play, Nel Nome del Padre has found success in Europe and beyond, having been translated into French, German and Japanese. This production marks the world premiere of Longman’s translation. Longman has translated a dozen plays from Italian to English for production in the United States and in Europe, including Six Characters In Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, and King Stag by Carlo Gozzi. All three were produced by University Theatre.

Monday, April 21
IBR Seminar.
“What Teachers Think and What Teachers Do: Concordance between Teacher Rating Scales and Behavioral Observation of Student-Teacher Interactions.” Claire Hamilton. 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month Film Screening.
Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity. 4-6 p.m. Tate Student Center Theater. Sponsored by University Health Center. 542-8690.

Film Lecture.
Ayoka Chenzira, Spelman College. 4 p.m. 201 Fine Arts Building. Sponsored by drama department. 542-2102.
Chenzira is the first Cosby Professor of Communication Arts at Spelman College and former chair of the department of media and communication arts at the City College of New York. She will discuss her career as a film director and pioneering African-American woman animator.
Chenzira’s feature-length film, Alma’s Rainbow, is listed in Billboard magazine as one of the top home video rentals of 1997-98, and her animated short, Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People, was voted one of the top 50 films to assist educators with discussions of race. A reel of examples from her work will accompany her talk.

Earth Week Radio Program.
Earth, Air, Fire and Water: Rick Bass. 4:30-5 p.m. WUGA-FM 92.7/97.9. 542-1939.
WUGA-FM is airing this locally produced series of radio programs during Earth Week. The five-part series features nationally known nature writers reading from and talking about their works. It airs daily, April 21-25, at 4:30 p.m.
Each segment explores the works of an author known for the study of, and appreciation for, nature and the environment. The programs provide revealing looks at the authors’ lives and insight into their works.
Monday’s program features Rick Bass, Montana author of The Sky, the Stars, the Wilderness. Tuesday’s program highlights Janisse Ray, Georgia author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood. Wednesday’s program focuses on Virginia writer Christopher Camuto. Thursday’s program introduces North Carolina’s Jan DeBlieu. Friday’s program presents Franklin Burroughs, Maine and South Carolina author of The River Home: A Return to the Carolina Low Country.
Earth, Air, Fire and Water was produced by Mary Kay Mitchell, WUGA news director, and David Bryant, public relations director for the Georgia Sea Grant Program at UGA.

Tuesday, April 22
Art exhibition.
Cravings: A Photographic Installation by Robin Assner. Through June 27. Broad Street Gallery, 257 W. Broad St., open weekdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.

Administrative Professionals Day Conference.
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. 542-2134.
The conference will feature two half-day professional workshops and a banquet luncheon. Author Connie Glaser will present the morning session, “Swim with the Dolphins: How Women Can Succeed on their Own Terms.” The afternoon address, “Designing and Defining Success,” will be presented by businesswoman and radio personality Elizabeth Dalton.

UGAMail Orientation.
10 a.m.-noon. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by EITS. www.ugamail.uga.edu.

Earth Day Celebration.
Displays and information tables; vegetarian food, live music, bike repairs. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Herty Field. Sponsored by Students for Environmental Awareness. hibiscuswave@hotmail.com.

Blood Drive.
11 a.m.-4 p.m. Lobby, Brumby Hall. Conducted by American Red Cross; sponsored by University Health Service. 546-0681, extension 225.

CHA Lecture.
“Down with Progress! The Crisis of Modernity in Imperial Russian Central Asia.” Jeff Sahadeo, University of Tennessee. 3:20 p.m. 101 LeConte Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and the Arts. 542-2538.

Earth Week Radio Program.
Earth, Air, Fire and Water: Janisse Ray. 4:30-5 p.m. WUGA-FM 92.7/97.9. 542-1939.

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

Wednesday, April 23
Engineering Seminar.
“Ethanol from Biomass.” Gregory Luli, BC International Corp. 12:20-1:10 p.m. Driftmier auditorium. 542-0866.

Africatalk.
Mamadou Diawara, history. 12:20-1:10 p.m. 325 Holmes-Hunter Building. Sponsored by African Studies Institute. akinloye@uga.edu.

Blood Drive.
1-6 p.m. Oglethorpe House. Conducted by American Red Cross; sponsored by University Health Service. 546-0681, extension 225.

Honors Day Convocation.
2 p.m. (undergraduate classes cancelled 1:25-4:25 p.m.). Ramsey Student Center. Sponsored by Academic Affairs. 542-0015.

Earth Week Radio Program.
Earth, Air, Fire and Water: Christopher Camuto. 4:30-5 p.m. WUGA-FM 92.7/97.9. 542-1939.

Softball.
Double-header vs. Georgia Southern. 5 and 7 p.m. Women’s athletic complex. 542-1231.

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.

Film.
Carícias (“Caresses”). 7:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Co-sponsored by Romance languages department. 542-2846.
A darkly intelligent, wordy and distinctly non-cinematic take on the trials of urban love, Carícias is daring in both theme and treatment. Eleven interlocking stories portray different encounters in a large city in the course of a single night; each involves two characters, one of whom then passes forward into the next until the chain clicks neatly into a circle at the end. Directed by Ventura Pons; in Catalan with English subtitles. For mature audiences only.

Thursday, April 24
Last day of law school classes.

Digital Workshop.
“Putting Multimedia into Web Pages.” 10 a.m.-noon. 124B Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by Digital Language Research Laboratory. 583-8128.

Vinson Research Speaker.
“Regional Solutions 2000.” Jim Youngquist, 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.
Nino Maziashvili, Gori Information Center and Gori State University, Gori, Georgia. Kateryna Sochka, Institute for Public Administration and Regional Development, Uzhgorod, Ukraine. Noon. 144 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by International Center for Democratic Governance, Vinson Institute of Government. 542-0278.

Faculty Seminar on French History and Culture.
“Homosexuality in Early Modern France.” Bryant Ragan, Fordham University. 12:30 p.m. Russell Library Auditorium. Sponsored by Faculty Seminar on French History and Culture. jcole@uga.edu.
Ragan is the editor, with Jeffrey Merrick, of Homosexuality in Early Modern France: A Documentary Collection (2001) and Homosexuality in Modern France (1996).

Ribbon-cutting and ice cream social.
To celebrate the completion of the first phase of the conversion of D.W. Brooks Drive to a pedestrian mall. 2 p.m. Sponsored by Office of University Architects.

Discussion.
“Commitment to International Education in Times of Financial Hardship.” Mark Lusk, International Affairs; Fausto Sarmiento, International Education; and Andrea Kiely, Study Abroad. 2:30-3:30 p.m. G10 Conference Room, Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by College of Education. 542-1154.

Open Forum for Faculty on Promotion and Tenure.
3:30-5 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Academic Affairs.

Poetry Reading.
David Lehman. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Creative Writing Program. 542-2659.
Poet and critic David Lehman is the author of five books of poetry, most recently The Evening Sun, and five books of criticism, including The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets.
He is also the founder and senior editor of the popular Best American Poetry series.

Earth Week Radio Program.
Earth, Air, Fire and Water: Jan DeBlieu. 4:30-5 p.m. WUGA-FM 92.7/97.9. 542-1939.

Day of Soul Concert.
T.I., Pastor Troy, and Lil’ John and the Eastside Boyz. $25 ($15 students), at Tate Student Center ticket office. 6:30 p.m. Legion Field. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

Screening: Peabody Winners.
The Compleat Angler. 7-9 p.m. Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-5038.
Through several centuries, countless fishermen have considered Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Angler the bible on subjects like the fine art of choosing and casting correct flies, the spring migration patterns of river trout and why fishing can be so integral to living a full and “compleat” life.
This documentary from ESPN and Lake Champlain Productions, enhanced by exquisite shots of British waterways, takes us with James Prosek, then an undergraduate student at Yale University working on his senior essay, on a journey--more personal than might be first imagined--of a young man seeking to incorporate Walton’s philosophy into his own life.

Friday, April 25
Conference.
“Practical Artificial Intelligence Workshop for Business and Industry.” $80. 8:15 a.m.-5 p.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Artificial Intelligence Center. www.ai.uga.edu/PAIW2003.html.
The workshop will include a morning of tutorial presentations on a range of artificial intelligence technologies followed by an afternoon of demonstrations and research presentations. Each tutorial will introduce the basic concepts of the technology, discuss applications of the technology in a business environment, and consider the steps for completing a project using the technology.
The keynote presentation will be given in the afternoon “AI and Electronic Commerce” by Steven Kimbrough of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Collins Distinguished Practitioner Lecture.
Norman Underwood. 10 a.m. Seney-Stovall, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by Vinson Institute of Government and School of Public and International Affairs. 542-6221.
Norman Underwood, former Gov. George Busbee’s chief of staff, is a distinguished judicial official and attorney. He brings a broad perspective on public service to the second Collins lecture on April 26.
He is a partner with the Atlanta law firm of Troutman Sanders, where he practices public law. From 1991 to 1999, Underwood was chairman of the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission, which screens nominees for all state judicial positions. Prior to that, he was chief of staff to Gov. George Busbee from 1975 to l979, a member of the Georgia Court of Appeals from 1979 to 1980, and a gubernatorial candidate in 1982.
In addition to representing private clients at Troutman Sanders, Underwood has been special assistant attorney general for various public agencies and has been appointed special master by the Georgia Supreme Court to review allegations of judicial misconduct.
He also counsels public officials in proceedings before the State Ethics Commission. He is the recipient of the State Bar of Georgia’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award.

Campus Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Sponsored by International Student Life. 542-5867.

Terry Tunes.
UGA Trombone Choir. Noon-1 p.m. Herty Field. Sponsored by College of Business. 542-3210.

WSP Annual Open Meeting.
12:20 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-0066.

Band concert.
Local bands. 12:30-2:30 p.m. Tate Plaza. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

Town and Gown Workshop.
“Gardening for Life.” 1-4 p.m. Athens Community Council on Aging, 135 Hoyt St. Sponsored by Gerontology Center. 425-3223.
This Town and Gown Workshop addresses the benefits of lifelong gardening and features interactive lectures with William Shell on Japanese Maple propagation, Vicki Burnly on water gardening and aquaculture, Lisa Knighton with garden-specific exercises to generate flexibility, Toby Brown on garden design and raised bedding, and, finally, Andrea Fischer on the history of the State Botanical Garden and how older adults can get the most out of the gardens.

AI Workshop Keynote Address.
“Artificial Intelligence and Electronic Commerce.” 2 p.m. Steven Kimbrough, University of Pennsylvania. Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Artificial Intelligence Center. www.ai.uga.edu/PAIW2003.html.

Basic Behavioral and Bio-Behavioral Processes Colloquium.
2 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-6100.

Friday Humanities Faculty Colloquium.
“Nomadism, Globalism and Cultural Studies: A Deleuzean Perspective.” Ronald Bogue, comparative literature. 2:30 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Humanities Faculty Colloquium. bhanssen@uga.edu.

Friday Tours.
4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History. Not suitable for children younger than five; tour group size is limited.
542-1663.

Earth Week Radio Program.
Earth, Air, Fire and Water: Franklin Burroughs. 4:30-5 p.m. WUGA-FM 92.7/97.9. 542-1939.

Saturday, April 26
Family Workshop.
“Explore a Rock Outcrop.” Jennifer Ceska, garden staff. Families with children 6 and older. $5 (members $4). 9 a.m.-noon. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Workshop.
“Native American Skills at the Earthlodge.” Scott Jones. $44 (members $40). 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Conservatory, Classroom A. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

UGAPalooza.
Accidentals. $7 adults ($5 students). 7:30 p.m. Morton Theatre, downtown. Sponsored by School of Music. 613-3771.

Sunday, April 27
Recital.
Orion Weiss, piano. $17 (half-price students). 3 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Ramsey Series). 542-4400.

Monday, April 28
IBR Seminar.
“Moderated Structural Equation Modeling II: The Saga Continues.” Bob Vandenberg. 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Coming up
Last day of classes.
May 1. Classes will operate on a Monday schedule.

Concert.
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. $25-$29 (students half-price). May 2, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Music Series II). 542-4400.

Franklin College Chamber Music Concert.
Rossetti String Quartet. May 3, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.

Final Exams.
May 5-9.