Fit for a king The elegant a cappella choral group the King’s Singers returns to Hodgson Hall for a concert Nov. 12. Founded at King’s College in Cambridge in 1968, the King’s Singers are known throughout the world for presenting diverse programs encompassing a wide range of repertoire. They have performed around the globe in the major concert halls—London, New York, Paris, Rome, Salzburg, Vienna, Amsterdam, Budapest, Berlin, Munich, Beirut, Taipei, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo and Mexico City. This extraordinary vocal ensemble is equally at home singing Renaissance madrigals, transcriptions of orchestral classics, folk music in various languages and popular songs. Their wide-ranging repertoire is reflected in the ensemble’s more than 70 recordings, which have won several Grammy nominations. The King’s Singers have explored new music since their inception. During the past three decades they have commissioned more than 200 new works from a host of prominent contemporary composers. American composer Libby Larsen wrote a set of songs entitled A Lover’s Journey for them; they premiered it at their 2001 Valentine’s Day concert in New York City and it is scheduled to be presented on their Athens program. They will also sing madrigals from Renaissance England, romantic music from Germany, and contemporary music from South Africa. A pre-concert lecture will be given by Mitos Andaya, professor of choral studies in the School of Music. The lecture begins 45 minutes prior to the performance and is free and open to the public. —Bobby Tyler

Art exhibitions.
Regal Bodies, Royal Splendor: Reflections on Velázquez and Philip IV of Spain. Through Nov. 14. 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.

Etchings by Rembrandt from the S. William Pelletier Collection. Through Nov. 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.

Traditional African-American Gardens of the South: Photographs by Vaughn Sills. Through Nov. 28. 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.

Sills is assistant professor of photography at Simmons College in Boston. He began this series of photographs 16 years ago in Athens when he was visiting the home of a friend. From its beginnings in Athens, the series has taken Sills to other areas of Georgia, including Greene, Oglethorpe, Morgan and Wilkes counties.

Sills says, “These gardens speak a certain language—a language, I’m convinced, that is about the earth, about beauty and about spirit.” The toned silver prints underscore the almost mystical quality of the images. The depth, sheen and crispness of this format emphasize the artist’s desire to represent the dignity and soul she sees in these deeply personal gardens.

Sills’s work has appeared in many exhibitions around the county and at the Atlanta Photography Gallery, Brenau University, the Columbus Museum and the Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art. Her photographs have been reviewed in the Village Voice, the Christian Science Monitor, the St. Petersburg Times and the Boston Globe.

Revisiting Portraiture. Through Dec. 3. Broad Street Gallery, 257 W. Broad St., open weekdays, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.

The photography exhibition Revisiting Portraiture features the work of Mona Kuhn, Eric Weeks and Angela West.

Mona Kuhn reconfigures the representation of the nude, dissecting the elements of light and shadow to form shapes, volumes and planes of tonality, while her large chromogenic prints suggest waves of painterly brushstrokes echoing the impressionists.

Known for a series titled “Guys,” Eric Weeks recently turned his camera towards his young wife. His richly saturated color photographs describe the intimate moments of their relationship with sincerity, comfort and familiarity.

Angela West photographs matters close to her heart and native habitat of Dahlonega. Her series “Sweet Sixteen” features gorgeous suburban belles posed against magnolia wallpaper with the stunned expressions of kids gussied up in their prom finest.

Jane Byrd McCall Whitehead’s Idealized Visions about Simple Living and Arts and Crafts. Through Dec. 5. 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.

Classic Ground: Mid 19th-Century American Painting and the Italian Encounter. Through Jan. 2. 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.

Strokes of Genius: Masterworks from the New Britain Museum of American Art I and II. Through Jan. 2. 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 is from the permanent collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art, the oldest museum of American art in this country. Artists whose works are included in the exhibition are Thomas Hart Benton, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, John Singleton Copley, Childe Hassam, Grandma Moses, Georgia O’Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, James McNeill Whistler, Grant Wood and Andrew Wyeth.

A Sense of Place. Through Dec. 3. Tate Student Center Art Gallery. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

A Sense of Place presents the work of Terri Jordan. She uses pastels, oils and acrylics on canvas, wood, mirror, and glass to focus on color and texture.

Exhibit.
FindIt: South Georgia Images. Through Nov. 30. Circle Gallery, G14 Caldwell Hall. Open 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m., weekdays. Sponsored by College of Environment and Design. 542-8292.

FindIt: South Georgia Images illustrates the work that the School of Environmental Design has done to document historic structures in rural Georgia. The photographs are often beautiful in their own right, in addition to the beauty of the subject matter itself—vernacular homes, barns and outbuildings.

Monday, November 8
Employee benefits information session.
Benefits enrollment period is Oct. 12–Nov. 12. 9–11 a.m. Tate Student Center theater. Sponsored by Human Resources. www.hr.uga.edu.

Georgia Poetry Circuit Reading.
Barry Spacks. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Georgia Review. 542-0397.

Guest Artist Recital.
Tama Kott, Berry College. 6 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-2797.

Kott will perform works by Edison Denisov, Liubov Nikolskaya, Petr Kozinsky, Yuri Falik and Vladimir Levit.

Tuesday, November 9
Workshop.
“Flower Arranging Unit 3: Design for Dining Table (2nd series).” $23 (members $20). 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Employee benefits information session.
Benefits enrollment period is Oct. 12–Nov. 12. 1–3 p.m. Tate Student Center theater. Sponsored by Human Resources. www.hr.uga.edu.

CHA Lecture.
“Southern English by the Numbers.” Bill Kretzschmar, English. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

EECP Seminar.
“J.R.R. Tolkien’s Environmental Vision.” Jonathan Evans, English. 5 p.m. Founders House. Sponsored by Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. 542-0935.

Heartsaver CPR Training.
For students, faculty and staff. $25 (two-hour adult CPR class) or $40 (four-hour adult, child and infant CPR class). 5–9 p.m. University Health Center. Sponsored by University Health Center. 542-8695.

The Democratic Process Film Series.
All the President’s Men. 7 p.m. Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by Vinson Institute of Government. 542-6221.

Lecture.
Walid Shoebat. Free tickets: Tate Student Center cashier’s window (open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.). 7:30 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

A former PLO terrorist, Walid Shoebat spent a significant portion of his life involved in many anti-Israel riots and acts of terror against Israel, and was even imprisoned for violence against Israel.

His long history with violence began with his family background. The son of a Palestinian Muslim father and an American Christian mother, Shoebat’s grandfather was friendly with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseni, who allied himself with Adolf Hitler.

In a 2004 interview with FrontPage Magazine, Shoebat said, “Hatred develops like drug addiction, from stone throwing to Molotov cocktails to ending up planting a bomb.”

Shoebat’s life of terror and crime against Jews came to a halt in 1993 when he began reading the Tannach (Jewish Bible) in an attempt to prove through scripture how the Jews had wronged the world. Much to his surprise, he developed a deep love for the tradition that he had spent much of his life attacking.

He now devotes his life to spreading love for the Jewish tradition and teaching “how God intended Israel to be a light unto the nations, and how all of our hatred toward Israel is really evil.”

UGA Concert Choir Concert.
8 p.m. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

This concert will present music entirely from the 20th century. It includes three Latin motets by Pierre Villette, the Requiem of Herbert Howells, a set of Ronsard chansons composed by Thomas Beveridge, and works by Randall Stroope and Leonard Bernstein. Allen Crowell and Gregory Broughton will conduct.

Wednesday, November 10
Diversity Discussion.
“Environmental Justice/Environmental Racism: An Adult Educator’s Perspective.” 11:45 a.m. G23 Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by Dean’s Council on Diversity. 542-6446.

Lunch-in-Theory.
“Ghostwriting? Or Lying in Stone? Inscriptions and Architecture in Roman Provence.” James Anderson, classics. 12:20 p.m. 147 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

IHDD Core Seminar on Disability.
“Medical Aspects of Disability.” Karen Carter, Medical College of Georgia. 2–4 p.m. River’s Crossing Building, 850 College Station Rd. Sponsored by Institute on Human Development and Disability. 542-1290.

Classics Lecture.
“ ‘Holy Wandering’: Historicizing Hellenistic Romance.” Daniel Selden, U.C. Santa Cruz and Emory University. 3:30 p.m. 265 Park Hall. 542-9264.

Safe Space Orientation.
5:30–8:30 p.m. 154 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Student Affairs. 542-9120.

Figure-Drawing Workshop.
$3. 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.

Georgia Brass Concert.
6 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-2797.

The Georgia Brass will perform works by Shostakovich, Debussy, Plog, Wagner and Abreu.

Peabody Collection Screening.
Sesame Street: 35th Anniversary. 7–9 p.m. 148 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. 583-0212.

In commemoration of the 35th anniversary of Sesame Street, the Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection will screen the premiere episode of the ground-breaking children’s television series on the anniversary of its debut. Following the screening, telecommunications professor Alison Alexander, an expert in children’s television, will lead a discussion about the program.

Classic Foreign Film.
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (directed by Volker Schlondorff; 106 minutes, 1975). 7:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Dance Concert.
Young Choreographer’s Stage One Showing. $7 ($5 students). Tickets: Tate Student Center cashier’s window (542-8074, open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.), and at the door. Through Nov. 12. 7:30 p.m. New dance theatre. 542-4415.

Alumni Electronic Concert.
8 p.m. Dancz Center for New Music, music building. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

The Dancz Center will host its first Alumni Electronic Concert in the performance area of the Center. The concert will feature the music of Samuel Burt, Derek Keller, Mitchell Turner, Brian Willke and Steven Yi. Works involving live interaction, Digital Versatile Disc, and traditional stereo electronics will be featured, along with an electroacoustic work for double bass and stereo sound.

Thursday, November 11
Peabody Seminar Public Session.
“Global Implications of Media Industry Consolidation.” 3:30 p.m. 268 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Peabody Center for Media and Society. 542-3787.

CHA Visiting Scholar Lecture.
“E/loco/com/motion.” Bruce Smith, Georgetown University. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Smith is professor of English at Georgetown and former president of the Shakespeare Association of America (1994–95), former member of the PMLA editorial board (2000–02), and current member of the Shakespeare Quarterly editorial board. He will be on campus the week of Nov 8–12.

Smith is author of Ancient Scripts and Modern Experience on the English Stage, 1500–1700 (1988), Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare’s England (1991), Roasting the Swan of Avon: Shakespeare’s Redoubtable Enemies and Dubious Friends (1994), The Acoustic World of Early Modern England: Attending to the O-Factor (1999), which won the 2000 Roland Bainton Prize for Literature, and Shakespeare and Masculinity (2000). He is editor of Twelfth Night: Texts and Contexts (2001). Smith’s most recent work focuses on Native American voices.

Silent Art Auction.
Proceeds fund the ninth Habitat house. 7:30–9:30 p.m. Blue Sky Coffee, downtown. Sponsored by UGA chapter, Habitat for Humanity. 613-6604.

2nd Thursday Concert.
The Seasons. $12 ($7 students), at the box office in the Performing Arts Center, open 9 a.m.–5 p.m. weekdays. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-4400.

Levon Ambartsumian and the Arco Chamber Orchestra perform Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and Tchaikovsky’s “The Seasons.”

Friday, November 12
Provo-Athens Italian Renaissance Sculpture Conference.
Through Nov. 13. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art and Lamar Dodd School of Art. 542-4662.

Thirty scholars of Italian Renaissance sculpture from all over the world will converge in Athens for the fifth Renaissance sculpture conference.

Women’s Studies Friday Speaker.
“Crawl Spaces and Glass Ceilings: Will U.S. Free Trade Agreements Make a Difference for Women in the International Workplace?” Marisa Pagnattaro, legal studies. 12:20 p.m. 250 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies. 542-2846.

Friday Natural History Tours.
4 p.m. Georgia Museum of Natural History. Not suitable for children younger than 5; tour group size is limited. 542-1663.

Volleyball.
vs. Tennessee. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-7954.

Concert.
King’s Singers. $27–$32 (half-price students). 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Music Series I). 542-4400. See story above.

Saturday, November 13
Equestrian Meet.
vs. Ohio State. 2 p.m. Equestrian Center, South Milledge Ave. 542-1231.

Sunday, November 14
Volleyball.
vs. South Carolina. 1:30 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. 542-7954.

Men’s Basketball.
Exhibition vs. Kentucky Wesleyan. 3 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Monday, November 15
Art exhibition.
Benjamin Jones. Through Dec. 17. Main gallery, visual arts building (open 8 a.m.–5 p.m. weekdays). Sponsored by School of Art. 542-0069.

For more than 20 years, Benjamin Jones has created intimate pencil drawings inspired by reactions to world events or his own raw emotions, with his most consistent subject being himself. Each haunting self-portrait reveals the artist’s innermost feelings and insecurities.

An opening reception will be held at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15.

CHA Visiting Scholar Lecture.
“Weakness of Belief.” Myles Burnyeat, Oxford University. 4 p.m. 213 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Burnyeat, former Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University, is now Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He will be on campus Nov. 15–19.

Burnyeat is author of Map of Metaphysics Zeta (2001) and editor or co-editor of numerous books, including Skeptical Tradition (1983), Theaetetus of Plato (1990), Socratic Studies (1994) and Original Sceptics: A Controversy (1997).


He has held 22 endowed lectureships at such institutions as Oxford, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Chicago, Harvard and the University of London.

Visiting Artist Lecture.
Judy Pfaff. 5:30 p.m. 101 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-1511.

International Education Week Celebration.
$8 ($5 students). 6–9 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by International Education and International Student Life. 542-7903.

Lecture and Reading.
William T. Vollmann. 7 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by religion department. 542-5356.

Novelist and journalist William T. Vollmann is the author of 11 critically acclaimed works of fiction, including The Royal Family, The Atlas, Fathers and Crows, The Rainbow Stories and You Bright and Risen Angels.

Vollmann’s most recent work of nonfiction, Rising Up Rising Down (2003) is a mammoth work—3,400 pages in seven volumes—treating the subject of when violence is, if ever, necessary. It was the effort of more than 18 years of theoretical analysis and firsthand research in some of the world’s most dangerous places. It was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Ecco/Harper Collins published this year an abridged version of Rising Up Rising Down in an easily accessible 800 pages. Vollmann will sign copies after his lecture and reading.

UGA Collegium Musicum Concert.
French Baroque. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Coming up
Concert.
O.A.R. with the John Butler Trio. $20 ($12 students), $25/$15 on the day of the show. Tickets: Tate Student Center cashier’s window (542-8074, open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.). Nov. 17, 7 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

University Theatre.
The Christmas Carol, adapted by M.F.A. candidate Joelle Ré Arp-Dunham. $12 ($10 students). 8 p.m. Nov. 17–20 and Dec. 1–4, 2:30 p.m. Nov. 21. Fine Arts Theatre. Sponsored by drama department. Tickets: 542-2838 (box office open noon–5 p.m. weekdays).

Def Poetry Jam.
Poetri, Rives and Bassey. $7 ($4 students), $8/$5 on the day of the show. Tickets: Tate Student Center cashier’s window (542-8074, open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.). Nov. 18, 8 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

Dance Concert.
Young Choreographer’s Senior Exit Concert. $8 ($6 students). Nov. 18–20. 8 p.m. New dance theatre. 542-4415.

Concert.
Manhattan Rhythm Kings. $19–$24 (half-price students). Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Showtime Series). 542-4400.

Big Band Dance Party.
$10 ($5 students). Nov. 19, 8 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. Sponsored by recreational sports and the Ballroom Dance Club. 542-5060.

Franklin College Chamber Music Concert.
St. Lawrence String Quartet. Nov. 20, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.