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Dancing
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The Moscow Festival Ballet will
perform a full-length Cinderella, with a company
of over 50 dancers and music by Sergei Prokofiev
and choreography by Rostislav Zakharov and Yuri Vetrov,
in the Fine Arts Theatre Feb. 29 at 3 p.m. The performance
is part of the Performing Arts Center’s dance festival
series, and tickets are available at the arts center (542-4400)
for $29–$34.
The Moscow Festival Ballet was founded in 1989 by Sergei
Radchenko, who still serves as the company’s artistic
director. Born in 1944, Radchenko graduated from the Moscow
School of Dance in 1964 and then joined the Bolshoi Ballet,
where he became a legendary principal dancer, performing
the entire Bolshoi repertoire. After 25 years with
the Bolshoi, he wanted to create an independent new company
to combine the highest elements of the Bolshoi and Kirov
ballets while maintaining the framework of Russian classical
ballet.
Since its inception, The Moscow Festival Ballet has completed
two tours of Europe with extraordinary receptions in Italy,
france, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. Two tours
of the United Kingdom, including capacity audiences at
London’s famed Coliseum, resulted in numerous re-engagements
in the last decade. The company has also performed with
great success in Turkey at the Istanbul Festival and in
Greece at the Athens Festval, and recently completed a
two-month tour of Japan, Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The company commissions new works from within Russia and
abroad, and specializes in 20th-century full-length ballets
such as Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, Legend of Love,
Stone Flower and The Golden Age.
A pre-concert lecture will be offered 45 minutes
prior to the performance. The lecture is free and open
to the public and will be given in the Balcony Theatre
of the Fine Arts Building. |
——Bobby
Tyler |
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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.
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.
Landscape and Laughter: British Watercolors from the West Foundation
Collection. Through April 1. 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 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.
This exhibition of the work of Leo Twiggs, accomplished artist,
educator and art administrator, brings a compelling body of work
to the Georgia Museum of Art.
Twiggs, a native of St. Stephen, S.C., received his degree in art
from Claflin University and was the first African American to receive
an Ed.D. in art education from UGA. Since 1964, he has been at South
Carolina State University, where he has chaired the art department
and directed the Stanback Museum and Planetarium. In 1998, he retired
from teaching, and he now devotes himself to his studio work.
Twiggs’s chosen medium is batik painting. The batik process,
an Indonesian method of hand-printing textiles by wax-coating the
parts not to be dyed, results in works that suggest aging artifacts
preserved from a time long past. Among Twiggs’s persistent
themes are familial ties and the perseverance of man in the face
of adversity.
Perhaps Twiggs’s most difficult theme is the Confederate battle
flag. His approach suggests an intense desire to contradict the
traditional use of this symbol. He has transformed the battle flag
emblem and made it his own, reclaiming his heritage as an African
American and a Southerner. The worn and tattered representations
of the flag almost disintegrate before the viewer, revealing a sense
of shared history and unresolved conflict.
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.
Exhibits.
552 Georgians: A Memorial. Through Feb. 28. Tate Student
Center Art Gallery. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.
The exhibit 552 Georgians: A Memorial, created by John
English, is a physical representation of the number of residents
who were lynched in Georgia between 1880 and 1930. Accompanying
the 552 individual hanging nooses is an audio track listing
the names of those residents known to have died by lynching in Georgia.
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.
University Theatre.
The Little Clay Cart by King Sudraka. $12 ($10 students).
8 p.m. Feb. 24–28. Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb
Institute. Sponsored by drama department. Tickets: 542-2838 (box
office open noon–5 p.m. weekdays).
This compelling spectacle, the most famous ancient Sanskrit drama,
uses masks and rich costuming to tell the story of the love of a
Brahman of high standing for a lowly courtesan. The two narrowly
escape death at the hands of the evil and false prince, but are
united when the true prince reclaims his throne. The play is a feast
for the eye and a delight to the mind.
Monday, February 23
Entomology Seminar.
“Science with Practice: Chemical Ecology and Applied Neuroethology.”
Tom Baker, Pennsylvania State University. 12:20 p.m. 404A biological
sciences building. Sponsored by entomology department. 542-2816.
Plant Pathology Seminar.
“Genes Linked to Pathogenicity of Colletotrichum Species.”
Johanna Takach, graduate student. 12:20 p.m. 2401 plant
sciences building. Sponsored by plant pathology department. 542-2571.
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.
French Film.
Alias Betty (2001). $1. 8 p.m. Tate Student Center
Theater. Sponsored by Film Studies Program. 542-3816.
Tuesday, February 24
IHDD Core Seminar on Disability.
“Multicultural Awareness.” Irma Alvarado. 10 a.m.–noon.
River’s Crossing Building, 850 College Station Rd.
Sponsored by Institute on Human Development and Disability. 542-1290.
South Campus Career Expo.
10 a.m.–3 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. Sponsored by Career
Center. 542-8440.
EECP Seminar.
“Toward an Ecosophy: Historic Preservation and Deep Ecological
Norms.” Laura Straehla. 5 p.m. Founders House. Sponsored
by Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. 542-0935.
Black History Month Screening.
Keïta: The Heritage of the Griot. (1995, 94 minutes)
7 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Brown
Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. 583-0212.
This story is based on the Sundjata epic, an important
work of African oral literature. When a djéliba,
a master griot or bard, arrives mysteriously at the home of Mabo
Keïta to teach him “the meaning of his name,” the
boy and griot are inevitably brought into conflict with his Westernized
mother and schoolteacher, who have rejected African tradition. The
griot reveals to Mabo the story of his distant ancestor, Sundjata
Keïta, the 13th-century founder of the great Malian trading
empire. This film from Burkina Faso is a timeless tale of generational
change and the tension between tradition and progress.
Wednesday, February 25
Swimming and Diving.
Southeastern Conference Championships. Meets at 10:30 a.m.
and 6:30 p.m. each day; through Feb. 28. Gabrielsen Natatorium,
Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.
Black History Month Screening.
The Seeds of Perfection. (1981, 25 minutes) Noon.
Adinkra Hall, 407 Memorial Hall. Sponsored by Brown Media Archives
and Peabody Awards Collection. 583-0212.
This program, hosted by Maya Angelou, uses archival photographs
and interviews with historians to look at the struggles and barriers
blacks have had to overcome to achieve equality in education in
the United States.
Engineering Seminar.
“Systems Concepts in Ecological Engineering.” David
Gattie, biological and agricultural engineering. 12:20–1:10 p.m.
Driftmier auditorium. 542-0866.
Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences Symposium.
1:30–5 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing
Education. Sponsored by College of Pharmacy. 542-1911.
The symposium is one of three academic events in celebration of
the College of Pharmacy’s centennial. The final symposium,
on the topic of women’s health, will take place in Augusta
on March 26.
Heading the list of speakers is John Doull, professor emeritus of
pharmacology, toxicology and therapeutics at the University of Kansas
Medical Center. His topic is “Risk-Assessment Milestones.”
Doull is past president of the Society of Toxicology and the American
Board of Toxicology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences and is perhaps best known as the author of the most
widely used textbooks in the field of toxicology.
K.C. Nicolaou will discuss “Total Synthesis and Its Impact
on Biology and Medicine.” Nicolaou has joint appointments
at the University of California, San Diego, and at the Scripps Research
Institute. Nicolaou’s research interests include the chemistry,
biology and medicine of natural and designed molecules. He is a
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member
of the National Academy of Sciences.
The final speaker, Catherine E. Costello, will speak on “The
New Faces of Mass Spectrometry: Explosive Growth and Exciting Opportunities.”
Costello is research professor of biochemistry and the director
of the Boston University Mass Spectrometry Resource and the Cardiovascular
Proteomics Center, one of nine NIH/NHLBI proteomics facilities.
Costello is known for her pioneering work in structural biology
using mass spectrometry. She is past president of the American Society
for Mass Spectrometry.
Spotlight on Latinos in the South.
“ ‘You Can’t Get There from Here’: Transportation
Barriers and Immigrant Adjustment in Georgia.” Stephanie Bohon,
sociology, and Jorge Atiles, housing and consumer sciences. 3:30 p.m.
350 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by sociology department.
542-2421.
In the last decade of the 20th century the population of Latino
immigrants to the Southeast United States almost tripled (from less
than 700,000 to almost 2 million). Latinos have immigrated
to the region not only for jobs in agro-industry, but in distribution
centers, construction and the service sector. This growth in a geographic
region with little history of Latino presence is challenging public
institutions. It is also changing existing racial, ethnic, and social
processes in ways we are only beginning to understand. With the
goal of understanding the opportunities and challenges presented
by Latino immigration, the sociology department is sponsoring this
series of public lectures by social scientists working on these
issues. The next presentations in the series are scheduled for March 3
and March 24.
Genetics Seminar.
“Maize Centromeric Chromatin.” Kelly Dawe, plant biology
and genetics. 4 p.m. C127 life sciences building. Sponsored
by genetics department. 542-1441.
Edith House Lecture.
Linda Hamilton Krieger, University of California–Berkeley.
4:30 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by School of Law.
jenibean@uga.edu.
Open Studio: Life Drawing.
$3. Live models; no instruction; participants must provide their
own supplies; ages 17 and youngerr must have parental permission.
5:30 p.m. Forio Studio Classroom. Sponsored by Georgia Museum
of Art. 542-4662.
Poetry Readings.
“Night of Poetry: Readings by Stephen Corey, Judith Ortiz
Cofer and Melissa Crowe.” 7 p.m. Griffith Auditorium.
Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art and Center for Humanities and
Arts. 542-4662.
The evening celebrates the publication of Corey’s new book,
There Is No Finished World. Corey is associate editor of
The Georgia Review. His earlier books include Synchronized
Swimming and All These Lands You Call One Country,
for which he won the Georgia Writer of the Year Award in 1992. Cofer,
Franklin Professor of English at UGA, has a new poetry manuscript
in circulation; Crowe is a doctoral candidate in creative writing.
Oratorical Contest.
“Historically Black Colleges and Universities vs. Predominantly
White Colleges and Universities—The Choice Is Yours.”
Competitors will be UGA students; judges will be Arnett Mace, provost,
and two other staff members. 7 p.m. 101 Student Learning
Center. Sponsored by Black Affairs Council. 542-5773.
Thursday, February 26
Education Policy Seminar.
“Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965.”
Thomas Wolanin, Institute of Higher Education Policy. 2 p.m.
101 Meigs Hall. Sponsored by Institute of Higher Education.
542-0570.
This semester the Institute of Higher Education’s policy seminars
focus on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
The HEA will expire on Sept. 30, 2004, and the 108th Congress
must consider extending, or “reauthorizing,” the HEA
for the eighth time since initial passage of the law in 1965.
Thomas Wolanin has served as senior associate at the Institute for
Higher Education Policy in Washington, D.C., since October 1996.
Wolanin focuses on issues concerning postsecondary education financing,
higher education governance, student access and equity, and international
education. His recent publications include Rhetoric and Reality:
Effects and Consequences of the Hope Scholarship.
Prior to joining the Institute, he served as deputy assistant secretary
for legislation and congressional affairs at the U.S. Department
of Education under Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley.
Wolanin’s career includes service as staff director of the
Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education in the House of Representatives.
In that capacity, he managed the reauthorizations of the Higher
Education Act in 1980, 1986 and 1992. He also served in a variety
of other legislative positions in the Congress and did staff work
on the reauthorizations of the Higher Education Act in 1972 and
1976 and the Middle Income Student Assistance Act in 1978.
Lecture.
“The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century.” Gen.
Eugene E. Habiger. 3:30 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center.
Sponsored by School of Public and International Affairs. 542-2985.
Lanier Poetry Reading.
Peter Gizzi and Joshua Beckman. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall.
Sponsored by English department. 542-2659.
Saye Lecture.
“An Indirect Italian Angle on a Few Big Historical Questions.”
David D. Roberts, history. 4 p.m. Reading Room, Student Learning
Center. 542-6300.
The lecture inaugurates the Albert Berry Saye Professorship in History,
to which Roberts was named earlier this year. He will discuss how
his scholarly effort to come to terms with modern Italian history,
from an outsider’s perspective, illuminates the wider discussion
of contemporary political and cultural issues.
Friday, February 27
Methods and Models Seminar.
“Confirmatory Factor Models for Investigating Method Variance.”
Larry Williams, Virginia Commonwealth University. 10 a.m. 141 Tate
Student Center. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research.
542-1806.
University Lecture.
Rep. Denise Majette. 11 a.m. 105 Student Learning Center.
Sponsored by Office of the President. 542-9167.
Majette currently represents the 4th congressional district in Georgia,
which includes portions of DeKalb and Gwinnett counties. She was
elected freshman class president of the 108th Congress by her Democratic
peers, a term she began serving in January 2004. Majette is a member
of the Budget, Small Business, and Education and the Workforce committees
and the chairperson of the Democratic Caucus’s Task Force
on Jobs and the Economy. She was recently named assistant party
whip.
Prior to being elected to Congress, Majette served the State Court
of DeKalb County for almost 10 years.
In 1972, Majette entered Yale University, one of the first African-American
women to attend that institution. She graduated from the Duke University
School of Law in 1979 and immediately went to work for the Legal
Aid Society of Winston-Salem, N.C.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Majette currently resides in Stone Mountain
with her husband and their two sons.
International Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Hosted
this week by Minority Services and West African Studies Abroad Program;
sponsored by International Student Life. 542-5867.
WSP Friday Speaker.
“Corporeal Identities: Sexuality, Denial and Resistance in
Mayra Santos Febres and Loida Maritza Perez.” Lesley Faracho,
Romance languages. 12:20 p.m. 213 Student Learning Center.
Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2947.
Ecology Seminar.
“Pachyderm Personalities: The Media of Science, Politics,
and Conservation.” Gregg Mitman, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
12:20 p.m. Ecology auditorium. Sponsored by Institute of Ecology.
542-2968.
CHA Lecture.
“In Search of King Solomon’s Ring: Studies on the Cognitive
and Communicative Behavior of Grey Parrots.” Irene M. Pepperberg,
MIT and Brandeis University. 4 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center.
Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.
Pepperberg is research scientist in the Media Laboratory at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and research associate professor
of psychology at Brandeis University. She will give an illustrated
lecture about her work with African grey parrots.
Pepperberg, who earned a Ph.D. in chemical physics at Harvard University,
has devoted her career to studying learning mechanisms and outcomes
in African greys. She is author of The Alex Studies: Cognitive
and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots (2002) and numerous
articles about language acquisition and intellectual development
in greys.
Observatory: Public Viewing.
7:30 p.m. UGA observatory, atop physics building. Sponsored
by department of physics and astronomy. 542-7827.
Opera.
The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini. $15–$45. 8 p.m.
Second performance Feb. 29. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored
by School of Music. 357-4444.
Saturday, February 28
Workshop.
“Winter Pruning Workshop.” $12 (members $10). 1–3 p.m.
State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.
Baseball.
vs. Birmingham Southern. 2 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.
Men’s Tennis.
vs. Georgia State. 2 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.
Sunday, February 29
Swimming and Diving.
Bulldog Invitational. Gabrielsen Natatorium, Ramsey Student Center.
542-1231.
Women’s Tennis.
vs. Auburn. 1 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.
Baseball.
vs. Birmingham Southern. 1 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.
Women’s Basketball.
vs. Kentucky. 2:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.
Dance Concert.
Cinderella: Moscow Festival Ballet. $29–$34 (half-price
students). 3 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. Sponsored by Performing
Arts Center (Dance Festival Series). 542-4400. See story above.
Opera.
The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini. $15–$45. 3 p.m.
Repeat of Feb. 27 performance. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored
by School of Music. 357-4444.
Monday, March 1
Darl Snyder Lecture.
“Scenarios from Africa: Communicating HIV/AIDS Prevention.”
Kate Winskell, Emory University. 3:30 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored
by African Studies Institute. 542-5314.
In 1996, Winskell and her husband set up a non-profit organization,
Global Dialogues, that produces a film series called Scenarios
from Africa. Young people from 25 countries have participated,
making short films about the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa.
Delta Campus Moviefest Finale.
Winners. $1. 7 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by
University Union. 542-6396.
French Film.
Etre Et Avoir (2002). $1. 8 p.m. Tate Student Center
Theater. Sponsored by Film Studies Program. 542-3816.
Coming up
Spring Break.
March 8–12.
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