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Radhanika
(Cheryl Binnie, on left), Charudatta (James Simmons,
center) and Maitreya (Jonathan Shore) are surprised
to discover evidence of a thief in the house in the
drama department’s production of the Little
Clay Cart. (Photo by Kara Cantrell) |
Little
Clay Cart opens Feb. 18 at Seney-Stovall Chapel |
University Theatre will present
a dramatic masterwork of ancient India next on the schedule.
King Sudraka’s tale of love, deception and justice,
Little Clay Cart, will run Feb. 18–21
and 24–28 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m.
at the Seney-Stovall Chapel.
Farley Richmond, professor of drama and director of the
Center for Asian Studies, directs this compelling spectacle,
the most famous ancient Sanskrit drama, using masks and
rich costuming to tell the story of love and deceit.
“It has been described as a fantasy,” says
Richmond. He says its appeal is universal, entertaining
for children and adults alike. He describes the play as
a comedy, and promises “it should provide laughter
to people of all ages.”
According to scholar Joan Cook Wilson, “Crime and
detection are central to the plot.” The noble Brahman,
Charudatta, is framed for a murder he did not commit by
a ruthless pretender to the throne, while his love, the
beautiful courtesan Vasantasena, is spirited away by the
enemy. But love, truth, justice and a fair number of high
jinks along the way win out in the end. The Brahman is
reunited with his paramour through the kind acts of friends
and strangers, the impostor prince is deposed and the
rightful prince is restored to the throne.
“It
helps us to better understand who we are,” Richmond
says, “as well as exposes us to different ways to
perceive the world.”
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——Kara
Cantrell |
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Art exhibitions.
The Landscape of Us. Through Feb. 24. Circle Gallery,
ground floor, Caldwell Hall. Open 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m.,
weekdays. Sponsored by College of Environment and Design. 542-8293.
Small Cups and Tangible Gems. Through March 5. Broad
Street Gallery, 257 W. Broad St., open weekdays, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.
Natural Forces. Through Feb. 20. Main gallery, visual
arts building (open 8 a.m.–5 p.m. weekdays). Sponsored
by School of Art. 542-1511.
The Art of Leo Twiggs. Through March 28. 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.
Faculty Choice: UGA Graphic Design Student Exhibition 2004.
Through Feb. 19. Front foyer gallery of visual arts building
and two floors of Tanner Building (open 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
weekdays). Sponsored by School of Art. 542-1646.
Exhibits.
Exploring Garden Transformations: 1900–2000. Through
Feb. 22. 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.
552 Georgians: A Memorial. Through Feb. 28. Tate Student
Center Art Gallery. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
An Exhibition of Science and Art. Through April 30.
Second floor, Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by College of Education.
jcalkin@coe.uga.edu.
Darl Snyder Retrospective. Through Feb. 23. Hargrett Rare Book
and Manuscript Library, third floor, main library (open 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
weekdays, 1–5 p.m. Saturdays) and main library lobby.
Sponsored by UGA Libraries. 542-7123.
Monday, February 16
Winter Evolutionary Biology Symposium.
“Understanding Organismal Design in Nature: The Physiology-Life
History Connection.” Martin Wikelski, Princeton University.
11:15 a.m. C127 life sciences building. Sponsored by department
of genetics. 5421417.
Staff Recital.
Anatoly Sheludyakov, piano. 6 p.m. Ramsey Hall. 542-3737.
Concert Band Concert.
8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Tuesday, February 17
CHA Lecture.
“The Balanchine Legacy: The Dancer, Musician, Choreographer,
Teacher and Artist.” Robert Barnett. 11 a.m. New Dance
Theater, dance building. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and
Arts. 542-3966.
Robert Barnett performed many principal roles in dances choreographed
by George Balanchine and now recreates Balanchine ballets for the
Balanchine Trust. Barnett was an original member of the Ballet Russe
and the New York City Ballet. In 1963 he became artistic director
for the Atlanta Ballet, where he stayed until his retirement in
1994.
Sport Business Lecture.
Jeremy Foley, director of athletics, University of Florida. 1:30 p.m.
Rankin Smith Academic Center. Sponsored by College of Education.
www.geocities.com/sportbusinessclub/sportbusinessclub.html.
IHDD Core Seminar on Disability.
“Recreation/Leisure Activities for Individuals with Disabilities.”
John Dattilo. 2–4 p.m. River’s Crossing Building,
850 College Station Rd. Sponsored by Institute on Human
Development and Disability. 542-1290.
Debate.
“The Experts Weigh In: A Debate on Same-Sex Marriage.”
4 p.m. 102 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by School
of Law. colinw@uga.edu.
Two nationally renowned legal scholars will debate this controversial
issue. Lynn Wardle, a law professor and legal commentator from Brigham
Young University, will argue against the legality of same-sex marriage;
Evan Wolfson, executive director of Freedom to Marry and a leading
gay-rights attorney, will argue that there is legal standing for
such marriages.
Budget
Presentation.
For UGA faculty and staff. President Michael F. Adams. 4 p.m.
Mahler Auditorium, Georgia Center. Sponsored by President’s
Office. 542-1214.
Baseball.
vs. East Tennessee State. 4 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.
Black History Month Screening.
School: The Story of American Public Education. “No.
103: A Struggle for Educational Equality: 1950–1980.”
(2001, 55 minutes) 7 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center.
Sponsored by Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection.
583-0212.
Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony Concert.
8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Guest Artist Recital.
Aiman Musakhodjaevaq, violin. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored
by School of Music. 542-3737.
Sneak Preview.
The Girl Next Door. Free tickets available beginning 9 a.m.
Feb. 17 at the Tate Student Center cashier’s window.
8 p.m. Tate Center Theater. Sponsored by student activities.
542-6396.
Men’s Basketball.
vs. Florida. 9 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.
Wednesday, February 18
LGBTQ Film Series.
Happy Together (Hong Kong). 12:10 p.m. 135 River’s
Crossing (850 College Station Rd.). Sponsored by adult education
department (in conjunction with EADU 8610). rjhill@coe.uga.edu.
Engineering Seminar.
“Bioinformatics in the Realm of Structural Genomics.”
Homayoun Valafar. 12:20–1:10 p.m. Driftmier auditorium.
542-0866.
Baseball.
vs. East Tennessee State. 4 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.
Lecture.
“You Can’t Do That on Broadway.” Philip Rose,
theater and film producer. 4 p.m. African-American Cultural
Center, 4th floor, Memorial Hall. Sponsored by drama department.
542-2102.
Figure Drawing Workshop.
$3. Instruction by Brian Baugh, beginner to advanced levels. Participants
must provide their own supplies; ages 17 and younger must have parental
permission. 5:30 p.m. Forio Studio Classroom. Sponsored by
Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.
Black History Month Discussion.
“Blacks in Media.” 6 p.m. 148 Student Learning
Center. Sponsored by Abeneefoo Kuo Honor Society. 542-8468.
Concert Band Concert.
8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
CHA International
Symposium Keynote Address.
“Globalization and Human Rights in Africa.” Gertrude
Mongella, Tanzanian ambassador. 8 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia
Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by Center for Humanities
and Arts. 542-3966.
University Theatre.
Little Clay Cart by King Sudraka. $12 ($10 students). 8 p.m.
Feb. 18–21 and 24–28, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 22.
Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by drama department.
Tickets: 542-2838 (box office open noon–5 p.m. weekdays).
See story above.
Thursday, February 19
Seminar.
“Effective Seminar/Conference Marketing.” Ralph Elliott.
Through Feb. 20. 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Sponsored by
Georgia Center for Continuing Education. 542-2134.
CHA International
Symposium Opening Address.
“Globalization and Human Rights in Africa.” Winston
Nagan, University of Florida. 9 a.m. Masters Hall, Georgia
Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
CHA International
Symposium Ambassadors’ Roundtable.
10:45 a.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center. Sponsored by Center
for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
CHA International
Symposium Roundtable.
“Human Rights, Development, and Democratization in the Age
of Globalization.” 2 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center.
Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Teleconference.
Student civic engagement. 2–3 p.m. 205 Student Learning
Center. Sponsored by Academic Affairs. 542-6777.
Women’s Tennis.
vs. UNC–Charlotte. 2:30 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.
Geology Lecture.
“Reporting on the Environment: Pitfalls and Challenges.”
Charles Seabrook, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 3:30–5 p.m.
200A geology-geography building. Sponsored by geology department.
542-2384.
During his three-decade-long career at the AJC, Seabrook
has covered science, medicine, politics, technology, business, Southern
culture and the environment. Since 1986, he has been the paper’s
environmental writer, and for the past decade he has written a weekly
column for the paper, called “Wild Georgia.”
His path-breaking look at Georgia’s kaolin industry led to
his book Red Clay, Pink Cadillacs and White Gold: Georgia’s
Kaolin Chalk Wars. Seabrook is also the author of Cumberland
Island: Strong Women, Wild Horses, published in 2002.
His writing has won more than two dozen major awards for excellence.
Dedication
Ceremony.
Student Learning Center. 4 p.m. Student Learning Center. Sponsored
by President’s Office. 542-1214.
Romance Languages Colloquium.
“Multiculturalism and Literature: What’s Happening Now?”
Barbara McCaskill (English), Doris Kadish (French) and Katia Santos
(Portuguese). 5–6 p.m. 320 Gilbert Hall. Sponsored
by department of Romance languages. 542-3177.
Wind Ensemble Concert.
Contemporary Music by Women Composers. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall.
Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.
Guest Artist Recital.
Matthew Michelic, viola. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School
of Music. 542-3737.
CHA International
Symposium Dance Concert.
African Cultural Dance Company. 8 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia
Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Friday, February 20
Graduate Student Interdisciplinary
Conference.
Conference free; $10 for keynote luncheon. Through Feb. 21.
Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Graduate Student Association.
www.uga.edu/gsa/ggsic.
This will be the fourth annual Georgia Graduate Student Interdisciplinary
Conference, featuring research presentations by graduate and professional
students from across Georgia. Topics range from the design of electronic
noses to children’s acquisition of language; the research
bridges the customary boundaries between separate academic disciplines.
Workshop.
“Five-Star Fund Raising.” 8:25 a.m.–4 p.m.
137 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Terry College of Business.
425-0331.
This full-day workshop deals with planning for and raising the necessary
funds for a successful nonprofit endeavor. A speakers’ panel
of local funders will be part of the presentation.
CHA International
Symposium Roundtable.
“Culture in the Age of Globalization.” 9 a.m. Masters
Hall, Georgia Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts.
542-3966.
CHA International
Symposium Roundtable.
“Religion in the Age of Globalization.” 10:45 a.m.
Masters Hall, Georgia Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities
and Arts. 542-3966.
International Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Hosted
this week by the Chinese Student Union; sponsored by International
Student Life. 542-5867.
HACE Seminar.
“Measuring Risk Preference: Re-Examination of Grable and Lytton’s
13-Item Questionnaire.” Lily Yang, doctoral student. 12:20–1:10 p.m.
310 Dawson Hall. Sponsored by department of housing and consumer
economics. 542-4758.
WSP Friday Speaker.
“Gender and Women’s Studies in English-Speaking Sub-Saharan
Africa: Research Issues in the Social Sciences.” Josephine
Beoku-Betts, Florida Atlantic University. 12:20 p.m. 213 Student
Learning Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2947.
CHA/BHSI Bioethics Lecture.
“Why Justice Is Good for Our Health.” Norman Daniels,
Harvard School of Public Health. 2 p.m. Ecology auditorium.
Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts & Biomedical and
Health Sciences Institute. 542-3966.
Celebration:
Decade of South African Democracy.
2–5 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center. Sponsored by African
Studies Institute. 542-9453.
South Africa celebrates a decade of democracy and freedom in 2004;
the university will commemorate this milestone with an African celebration.
The keynote address will be delivered by Mbulelo Mzamane, former
UGA professor and chancellor of the University of Fort Hare in South
Africa, and now a visiting professor and acting director in the
Eskia Mphahlele Institute of African Studies at the University of
Venda in South Africa. Other speakers include ambassadors from South
Africa and Tanzania. UGA faculty, staff and students will also contribute
to the program, through speeches, dance and music.
Men’s Tennis.
vs. Furman. 2:30 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.
After Hours at GMOA.
7 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of
Art. 542-4662.
Franklin College Chamber Music Concert.
Levon Ambartsumian, violin. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored
by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.
The program for the concert includes Beethoven’s Sonata No. 10
in G Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 96; Strauss’s
Sonata in E-flat Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 18; Tchaikovsky’s
Meditation, Op. 42, No. 1; Prokofiev’s Five Melodies
for Violin and Piano, Op. 35; and Bartók’s Rhapsody
No. 2.
Born in Moscow in 1955, Levon Ambartsumian began to study violin
at the age of three. He attended the Moscow Central Music School
and then graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In
1977 he won first prize in the Zagreb International Violin Competition,
two years later he was a prizewinner in the Montreal International
Competition, and in 1981 he won the All-Union Violin Competition
in Riga. In 1988 Ambartsumian was recognized as an Honored Artist
of Armenia and in 1997 he was recognized as an Honored Artist of
Russia.
Ambartsumian has served on the faculty of the Moscow Tchaikovsky
Conservatory and for two years he was a visiting professor at Indiana
University School of Music. In 1995 he accepted the position of
Franklin Professor of Violin at UGA.
Dawgs after Dark.
$5 (students free). 10 p.m.–2 a.m. Tate Student
Center. Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-6396.
Saturday, February 21
Art Exhibitions.
Landscape and Laughter: British Watercolors from the West Foundation
Collection. Through April 1. • Leaving for the
Country: George Bellows at Woodstock. Through May 16.
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.
Dance Marathon.
Benefits Children’s Miracle Network. 10 a.m. Feb. 21
through 10 a.m. Feb. 22. Volleyball arena, Ramsey Student
Center. Sponsored by Office of Greek Life. 542-4612.
Book Signing.
Vince Dooley and Loran Smith: Dooley’s Dawgs. 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
University Bookstore. 542-3171.
Women’s Tennis.
vs. TCU. Noon. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.
Workshop.
“Winter Tree Identification.” $12 (members $10). 1–4 p.m.
State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.
Men’s Basketball.
vs. Tennessee. 2 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.
Equestrian.
vs. Oklahoma State. 2 p.m. Equestrian Center, South Milledge
Ave. 542-1231.
Concert.
Norman Blake, guitar. $20 (half-price students). 8 p.m. Hodgson
Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Traditions Series). 542-4400.
The Performing Arts Center presents legendary guitarist Norman Blake.
The performance was originally scheduled for Ramsey Hall but has
been moved to the larger Hodgson Hall venue to accommodate ticket
demand.
Although Blake has been performing for more than 50 years, he recently
became well-known to millions of Americans because of his work on
the Grammy Award–winning, multi-platinum soundtrack to the
film O Brother, Where Art Thou? His considerable talents
can now be heard on another motion picture soundtrack, Cold
Mountain.
Monday, February 23
Black History Month Lecture.
Margo Candalerio, artist and poet. 6 p.m. Adinkra Hall (407 Memorial
Hall). Sponsored by African-American Cultural Center. 542-8468.
Coming up
Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium.
Feb. 25, 1:30–5 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center
for Continuing Education. Sponsored by College of Pharmacy. 542-1911.
Dance Concert.
Cinderella: Moscow Festival Ballet. $29–$34 (half-price
students). Feb. 29, 3 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. Sponsored
by Performing Arts Center (Dance Festival Series). 542-4400.
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