Two bassoon recitals.
Two guest artists--bassoonists--will visit the School of Music this week to work with UGA student musicians.

They will each give a free public recital in Ramsey Hall at the Performing Arts Center. Keith Sweger, who teaches at Ball State University, will perform March 9 at 8 p.m., and Edwin Lacy of the University of Evansville will perform March 10 at 6 p.m. For more information, call 542-3737.

Updike presentation.
Acclaimed writer John Updike will read from his latest novel, Toward the End of Time, and answer questions from the audience at 7:30 p.m. March 10 in Georgia Hall of the Tate Student Center.

Updike has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the American Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Admission is $4 ($2 students); tickets can be purchased at the Tate Student Center cashier's window (542-8074, open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.). For more information, call 542-6396.

Ceramics on display.
Ceramics Southeast, the annual ceramics show sponsored by the ceramic department at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, is on exhibit in the main gallery of the visual arts building through March 27.

This year's show, called Divergent Traditions, includes works by 10 artists from around the country. For more information, call 542-1511.

Cayman Islands.
The SED Gallery is currently showing African-Caribbean Land Use in the Cayman Islands, an exhibition put together by Richard Westmacott of the School of Environmental Design.

The gallery is located on the ground floor of Caldwell Hall and is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. This exhibition will close March 20. Call 542-8292 for further information.

French choral music.
The Athens Chamber Singers will perform at the Georgia Museum of Art at 7:30 p.m. March 10. The program is called "Love with a French Twist: The French Chanson in the 16th Century." An instrumental ensemble of recorders, lute, cello and harpischord will accompany the singers. Admission is free. For more information, call 542-4662.

Renaissance band.
The next concert in the Franklin College Chamber Music Series will bring the ensemble Calliope to Hodgson Hall in the Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. on March 14. The members of Calliope, calling themselves a Renaissance band, perform early music on authentic instruments. They have appeared in the Franklin College series several times before, always to audience acclaim. The concert is free. For more information, call 542-4400.

Chamber jazz.
The String Trio of New York and saxophonist Joe Lovano will perform in Hodgson Hall of the Performing Arts Center March 13 at 8 p.m.

The trio--Diane Monroe, violin; James Emery, guitar; and John Lindberg, bass--is celebrating its 20th anniversary by collaborating with saxophone great Lovano, whose composition "Myths and Legends" was commissioned for this tour. Tickets are $20 to $24 (students half-price) at the arts center box office, 542-4400, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and two hours prior to the performance.