Prague Symphony Orchestra Pianist Martin Kasik performs with Prague Symphony Orchestra Art The Performing Arts Center presents the Prague Symphony Orchestra Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Hall. The orchestra will perform an all-Beethoven program, concluding with Beethoven’s monumental Fifth Symphony. Today’s Prague Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1934 by the conductor Rudolf Pekárek. He defined the new ensemble’s fields of activity with the words Film-Opera-Koncert, which, as the abbreviation FOK, became part of the orchestra’s title. The FOK Orchestra recorded music for the majority of Czech films in the 1930s and performed regularly in live broadcasts on Czechoslovak Radio. In 1952 the city of Prague followed the model of other European cities by establishing its own professional concert ensemble to represent the city. The traditional acronym FOK was retained, and the new title of the orchestra became Symphony Orchestra of the Capital City of Prague–FOK. In 1957 the orchestra embarked on its first international tour. In 1998 Rastislav Stur was named permanent conductor of the Prague Symphony Orchestra. He is also chief conductor of the Slovak National Theater, a position he has held since 1996. Award-winning Czech pianist Martin Kasik will perform Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto with the Prague Symphony on their Athens program. Kasik has performed in concert halls throughout Europe, Asia and North America, and he has won first prize in a number of international competitions, including the Davidoff Prix in 2000 as the best Czech performer under the age of 28. A pre-concert lecture will be given by Michael Lanford, a graduate student 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.
Beauty and the Beast: Animals on Paper. Through March 20. • Shaping a Collection: Recent Acquisitions in the Decorative Arts. Through March 20. • The Spirit of the Modern: Drawings and Graphics by Maltby Sykes. Through March 13. • High Drama: Eugene Berman and the Legacy of the Melancholic Sublime. Through March 20. • Selections from the Eva Underhill Holbrook Memorial Collection of American Art. Through March 20. • Martin Luther King: A Wood Engraving by Ben Shahn. Through Feb. 27. 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.

Nature Abstracts by Brian Taylor.
Through Feb. 13. 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.

Drawing as a Means of Observation: An Exhibit by Henry Methvin. Through Jan. 28. Circle Gallery, G14 Caldwell Hall. Open 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m., weekdays. Sponsored by College of Environment and Design. 542-8292.

Absolute Value. Through Feb. 3. Tate Student Center Art Gallery. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

Hola Cuba! Images and Impressions. Through Feb. 21. Hill Atrium, Georgia Center. Sponsored by Georgia Center for Continuing Education. 542-9334.

Monday, January 24
Entomology Seminar.
Steve Garczynski, cellular biology. 12:20 p.m. 404A biological sciences building. Sponsored by entomology department. 542-2816.

Men’s Tennis.
vs. William and Mary. 2:30 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.

Regenerative Bioscience Center Symposium.
“Regenerative Medicine Using Interdisciplinary Approaches: Following the NIH Roadmap.” 3 p.m. Complex Carbohydrate Research Center Auditorium. Sponsored by Regenerative Bioscience Center. www.biomed.uga.edu/.

UGA’s Regenerative Bioscience Center will host this symposium to highlight interdisciplinary stem cell research and explore potential avenues for collaboration in light of National Institutes of Health initiatives in medical research.

“The NIH is trying to foster relationships between researchers with diverse backgrounds and encourage them to work together in a common area, like stem cell research,” says Steven Stice, RBC director and professor in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “It is our hope that our symposium will do the same.”

The keynote address will be given by Margaret Goodell, associate professor in the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine. Goodell has worked on stem cells derived from adult tissues for more than 12 years, focusing mainly on human hematopoietic stem cells, which form all the blood cell types in the body. Most notably, Goodell’s work has indicated that adult stem cells can differentiate into bone, cartilage and brain cells in culture.

“Dr. Goodell is a pioneer in the area of adult stem cells, and her talk will address their promises and the limitations,” says Stice.

The RBC symposium is held twice a year in conjunction with UGA’s Human Embryonic Stem Cell Toolbox Workshop, a five-day clinic sponsored by the NIH that gives scientists who anticipate working with embryonic stems cells the most updated information on their derivation, differentiation and use.

Plant Biology Seminar.
“Fundamental vs. Realized Niches of Forest Trees: Competitive Interactions along Environmental Gradients in New England.” Charles Canham, Institute of Ecosystem Studies. 4 p.m. 2401 plant sciences building. 542-3732.

International Forum.
“Dealing with the Tsunami Disaster.” Seema Gahlaut, Anupam Srivastava and Gary Bertsch, Center for International Trade and Security. 4–5 p.m. 102 Moore College. Sponsored by Honors Program. 542-2985.

Lecture.
Benny Andrews. 5 p.m. 117 visual arts building. Sponsored by School of Art. NancyLukasiewicz@co.clarke.ga.us.

Benny Andrews is a painter, printmaker, cultural leader and arts advocate. His work is in the permanent collections of more than 30 major museums, including the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Metropolitan Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institute.

Archaeology Lecture.
“Greek Guys and Dolls: Kouroi and Korai in the Sixth Century B.C.E.” Brunilde S. Ridgway, Bryn Mawr College. 5:30 p.m. 116 visual arts building. Sponsored by classics department. 542-9264.

An internationally noted classicist, Ridgway is the Rhys Carpenter Professor Emerita of Archaeology at Bryn Mawr, where she has taught since 1957. She will give three public lectures while she is visiting UGA. In addition to this lecture, she will speak on Jan. 25 and 26.

Comedy.
Second City Improv. $15 (students $6); $17/$8 on day of show. Tickets: Tate Student Center cashier’s window (542-8074, open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.). 8 p.m. Fine Arts Theater. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

Established in 1959, the sketch comedy that Second City brought to the stage was inspiration for the creation of the smash-hit comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live.

Second City has helped turn improvisation into a true art form by incorporating pre-written sketches with bits of improv and suggestions and help from the audience. Crowds are entertained by scores of jokes about politicians and pop culture.

Tuesday, January 25
Diversity Discussion.
“Brick Walls: LGBT Activism at the University of Georgia, Past and Present.” Noon. G23 Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by Dean’s Council on Diversity. 542-6446.

Ecology Peanut Butter Club.
“Neighborhood Analyses of Forest Ecosystems using Likelihood Methods and Spatially Explicit Modeling.” Charles Canham, Institute of Ecosystem Studies. 12:30 p.m. Ecology seminar room. Sponsored by Institute of Ecology. 542-2968.

Faculty Forum.
Task Force on Student Learning and General Education. 3;30–5 p.m. 213 Student Learning Center. (Student forum is scheduled for Feb. 2.) Sponsored by Vice President for Instruction. 583-0690.

Lecture.
“What Is New in the Study of Greek Sculpture?” Brunilde S. Ridgway, Bryn Mawr College. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art and School of Art. 542-9264.

Ridgway will give three public lectures while she is visiting UGA. In addition to today’s lecture, she will speak on Jan. 24 and 26.

French Film Festival Screening.
Les Invasions barbares (Barbarian Invasions). Directed by Denys Arcand (Canadian, 2003). $1. 8 p.m. Tate Center Theater. Sponsored by Film Studies Program. neupert@uga.edu.

Rémy, an ex-radical professor in his 50s, is dying of cancer. His son, Sébastien, and a host of old friends and even mistresses come to his bedside. Love, betrayal, politics, beauty and the current state of the world are all recalled by the closeknit group. This movie is a follow-up to Arcand’s famous Decline of the American Empire, 1986. Barbarian Invasions has won many awards, including the Academy Award for best foreign film, best actress and screenplay at Cannes, and best film and best director at the French Césares.

Wednesday, January 26
Native Plant Symposium.
“Native Landscaping for Changing Times: Choices and Challenges.” $23 (members $20). 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Callaway Building. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Winter Activities Fair.
Student organizations’ displays, information. 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Student Activities. 542-1884.

Visiting Scholar Lecture.
“The Athena Parthenos in Nashville: What Can We Learn from It?” Brunilde S. Ridgway, Bryn Mawr College. 11:15 a.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by School of Art and classics department. 542-9264.

Ridgway will give three public lectures while she is visiting UGA, on Jan. 24 and 25 and concluding with this one.

Engineering Seminar.
“Development of a Symmetrical Extended-Classroom Facility for Multi-Site Engineering Instruction.” Chi Thai, agricultural engineering. 12:20 p.m. Driftmier auditorium. 542-0866.

Gallery Talk.
Sylvia H. Pannell (drama) on Eugene Berman exhibition. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Safe Space Orientation.
5:30–8:30 p.m. 141 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Student Affairs. 542-9120.

Open Studio: Life Drawing.
$3. Live models; no instruction; 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.

Classic Foreign Film.
Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la bête), by Jean Cocteau; 93 minutes, 1946; in French with English subtitles). 7 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Preview Screening.
“The Miller’s Tale” from the Canterbury Tales. Free tickets required (available at Tate Student Center cashier’s window). 7:30 p.m. Tate Center Theater. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

The screening is one of three in the United States (the others are in Los Angeles and Chicago) designed to launch the BBC’s Canterbury Tales. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with series writer Peter Bowker, one of the UK’s top TV scriptwriters.

It will include guidance for audience members who want to compete in the BBC’s short-story writing competition, “Get Writing with Canterbury Tales.” The competition is open to aspiring writers 18 years of age or older. Each story must be between 1,900 and 2,000 words and inspired by the themes in the Canterbury Tales—either the BBC’s interpretations or Chaucer’s originals. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 21. Entry details are on the Web at bbcamerica.com/ getwriting. An Apple iBook will be awarded to the writer of the best short story entered in the competition.

Guest Artist Recital.
Maggie Snyder, viola. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Thursday, January 27
Public Service and Outreach Conference.
“Service Learning: Linking Academic Study, Civic Engagement, and Scholarship.” Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Co-sponsored by offices of the vice presidents of public service and outreach and for instruction. 542-6125.

Center for Family Research and Community, Ethnicity and Identity in Context Seminar.
“Predictors of Divorce in African-American Couples.” Carolyn Cutrona, Iowa State University. 9:30 a.m. 142 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-6100.

Microbiology Seminar.
“(Lipid) Biomarker Analysis: Methods and Applications for Assessment of Microbial Diversity, Activity or Function.” Roland Geyer, UFZ Leipzig-Halle, Germany. 11 a.m. 404D biological sciences building. 542-1434.

Founders’ Day Lecture.
“Dramatic Moments in the Pursuit of Justice.” Ronald L. Carlson, Emeritus Professor of Law. 3 p.m. chapel. Sponsored by Alumni Association. 542-2251.

Native American Studies Lecture.
“Native American Narratives: Resistance and Survivance.” Gerald Vizenor, University of California, Berkeley. 4 p.m. 101 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Institute of Native American Studies. 542-5356.

Vizenor is a noted Native American writer and professor of American Studies at Berkeley. His talk will cover Native American literature from the Civil War to World War I.

Women’s Basketball.
vs. Florida. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Opera Ensemble Concert.
8 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Ballroom Performance Group Concert.
Ballroom Magic. $12 ($8 students). 8 p.m. Jan. 27–29; 2 p.m. Jan. 29. New dance theatre. 542-4415.
The company of 12 couples dances in a wide range of ballroom and Latin styles. April Layden directs.

Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival Screening.
Through Jan. 30. $10 per film or $60 for all films and discussions (students: $8 or $45), from Classic Center box office (www.classiccenter.com). Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-4972.

Tonight’s film will be Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, with special guest Jane Powell, shown at 8:30 p.m.

Friday, January 28
Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival Panel Discussion.
“They Don’t Make ’Em Like They Used To.” 10:30 a.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-4972.

Classics Lecture.
“How Many Homers?” Glenn W. Most, University of Chicago. 11:15 a.m. Chapel. Sponsored by classics department. 542-9264.

One Homer, who wrote both the Iliad and the Odyssey? Two Homers, one for each epic? Or many Homers, generations of bards and rhapsodes who gradually shaped, perfected and transmitted the poems we know?

Since antiquity the question of how many Homers has involved questions not only of literary criticism and history, but also of personal and cultural identity. This lecture traces out some of the lines of development of this question from antiquity into the 18th century and to our own day.

Glenn W. Most studied classics and comparative literature in Europe and the United States, and has taught at the universities of Yale, Princeton, Michigan, Siena, Innsbruck and Heidelberg. Since 1996 he has been a professor on the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago and since 2001 he has also held the position of professor of Greek philology at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. He has published books on classics, on the history and methodology of classical studies, on literary theory, and on the history of art.

Women’s Studies Friday Speaker.
“Narrative Innovations in Contemporary Caribbean Literature.” Beauty Bragg, Georgia College and State University. 12:20 p.m. 350 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies. 542-2846.

Ecology Seminar.
“A Long-Term Study of Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Stock Structure and Habitat Utilization Along the Middle Georgia Coast.” John H. Schacke, Georgia Dolphin Ecology Program. 12:20 p.m. Ecology auditorium. Sponsored by Institute of Ecology. 542-2968.

Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival Screening.
Triplets of Belleville. $10 (students $8). 1:30 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-4972.

Cinema Roundtable.
“Down with Love: Contemporary Romantic Comedies.” Panelists Antje Ascheid (theatre and film studies), Elizabeth Kraft (English), Jessica Maerz (theatre and film studies), and Nina Martin (Emory University); moderator Richard Neupert (theatre and film studies). 4 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival Screening.
Cinema Paradiso. $10 (students $8). 4:30 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-4972.

Georgia Poetry Circuit Reading.
Chris Forhan and Beth Ann Fennelly. 8 p.m. Little Kings, 223 W. Hancock St. Sponsored by Georgia Review. 542-0397.

Forhan, a member of the Auburn University English department faculty, was awarded the Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize for The Actual Moon, The Actual Stars (2003).

One critic described the book as “Often lit by a playful sense of humor and voice that is truly engaging—[Forhan] creates a landscape that is both intensely physical and filled with the age-old questions.” His first book, Forgive Us Our Happiness, won the Bakeless Prize and was published by the University Press of New England in 1999. He has also published two chapbooks, x and Crumbs of Bread.

Forhan was raised in Seattle and educated at Washington State University, the University of New Hampshire and the University of Virginia. His poetry has won a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, the New England Review, Parnassus, the Georgia Review and other magazines. He teaches both at Auburn University and in the Warren Wilson M.F.A. program.

Fennelly is from Chicago and received her M.F.A. from the University of Arkansas. She was the 1998–99 Diane Middlebrook Fellow at the University of Wisconsin and has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Her poems have appeared in the American Scholar, the Kenyon Review, the Michigan Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, the Georgia Review and TriQuarterly; they have been anthologized in The Pushcart Prize 2001, The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a Classic Tradition in English, Poets of the New Century and The Best American Poetry 1996.

Her first book, Open House, published by Zoo Press, won the 2001 Kenyon Review Prize. Her latest book, Tender Hooks, was published by W.W. Norton in March 2004.

Fennelly is an assistant professor of English at the University of Mississippi. Of Tender Hooks, the musician Lucinda Williams said that “these poems read like little short stories. Beth Ann Fennelly’s perspective on motherhood is the boldest I’ve ever witnessed. She explores areas openly that others only think about in the privacy of their minds. Her poems are brave and beautiful.”

Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival Screening.
Hud, with special guest Patricia Neal. $10 (students $8). 8:30 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-4972.

Saturday, January 29
Men’s Tennis.
vs. Ohio State. 1 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.

Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival Screening.
The Adventures of Robin Hood. Free children’s matinee. 1:30 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-4972.

Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival Screening.
Marlene, with special guest Maximilian Schell, director. $10 (students $8). 4:30 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-4972.

Miss UGA Pageant.
$10 ($8 students); advance tickets at the Tate Student Center cashier’s window (542-8514). 7 p.m. Fine Arts Theater. Sponsored by Student Government Association. 542-8514.

Concert.
Prague Symphony Orchestra, Rastislav Stur, conductor, Martin Kasik, piano. $32–$37 (half-price students). 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Music Series II). 542-4400. See story above.

Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival Screening.
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, with special guest Louise Fletcher. $10 (students $8). 8:30 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-4972.

Sunday, January 30
Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival Screening.
Casablanca, with special guest Stephen Bogart. $10 (students $8). 1:30 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-4972.

Spotlight Tour.
High Drama: Eugene Berman and the Legacy of the Melancholic Sublime. 3 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival Closing Reception.
$40 with festival pass ($50 without pass). 4–6 p.m. Classic Center, downtown. Sponsored by College of Journalism and Mass Communication. 542-4972.

Coming up
UGA Symphony Orchestra Concert.
With guest artist Andrea Hanson, soprano. Feb. 3, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Guest Artist Recital.
Timothy Cobb, principal bass, Metropolitan Opera. Feb. 4, 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Recital.
DaXun Zhang, double bass. $17 (half-price students). Feb. 5, 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Ramsey Series). 542-4400.

Franklin College Chamber Music Concert.
Levon Ambartsumian, violin. Feb. 6, 3 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.