St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre performs Giselle The Performing Arts Center will present the St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre performing Giselle on Feb. 27 in the Fine Arts Theatre. Tickets are available ($29–$34) at the box office in the Performing Arts Center. The full-length story ballet Giselle was first performed at the Paris Opera on June 28, 1841, with a score by French composer Adolph Adam. It was the first ballet score to use all new composition and it enjoyed immediate success, leading to international performances beginning in London in 1842 and Milan in 1843. The original Paris production was choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot. Marius Petipa remounted a production in Russia in 1850 under Perrot’s supervision, and over the next 40 years Petipa made his own revisions. The St. Petersburg State Ballet’s production of Giselle incorporates choreography from Coralli, Perrot and Petipa. The ballet tells the story of a peasant girl, Giselle, who has fallen in love with Count Albrecht. The count has led Giselle to believe that he is a villager named Loys, but Giselle’s mother tries to discourage her daughter from marrying Loys, hoping that Giselle will marry the forester, Hilarion. Giselle’s mother recounts the legend of the Wilis, ghosts of young girls who have been jilted and die before their wedding day; to avenge themselves, the Wilis dance to death any man who crosses their path between midnight and dawn. In the end, Giselle’s love transcends death in the grandest tradition of romantic ballet. The St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre is under the leadership of artistic director Yuri Petkhov, who has been honored with the title People’s Artist of Russia. A pre-concert lecture will be given in the Balcony Theatre, located upstairs in the Fine Arts Building. The lecture begins 45 minutes prior to the performance and is free 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.

Faculty Choice: UGA Graphic Design Student Exhibition 2005. Through Feb. 23. Front foyer gallery and hallways, visual arts building. Sponsored by graphic design department. 542-1646.

Hola Cuba! Images and Impressions. Through Feb. 28. Hill Atrium, Georgia Center. Sponsored by Georgia Center for Continuing Education. 542-9334.

Present Progressive: Poetry and Paintings by Elena and Fausto Sarmiento. Through Feb. 28. Circle Gallery, G14 Caldwell Hall. Open 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m., weekdays. Sponsored by College of Environment and Design. 542-8292.

Social Patterns: Paintings by Helen Klebesadel. Tate Student Center Art Gallery. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

University Theatre.
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. $10–$12. 8 p.m. Feb. 22–26; 2:30 p.m. Feb. 20. Seney-Stovall Chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute. Sponsored by drama department. Tickets: 542-2838 (box office open noon–5 p.m. weekdays).

Oscar Wilde’s delightfully verbose farce focuses on the on-agains and off-agains of Jack and his beloved, Gwendolen, as they overcome overbearing aunts, mistaken identities and mixed messages to finally get engaged. M.F.A. candidates David Limbach, Maggie Surovell and Henry Bazemore Jr. will star in this production which will serve as their thesis projects.

Monday, February 21
Memorial Service.
For Martin J. Hillenbrand, political science. 11 a.m. Catholic Center, Lumpkin St.

Entomology Seminar.
“Shaping Environmental Policy at Southern Company: An Unexpected Career Path for a Bug Doctor.” Robert Woodall Jr., environmental health science. 11:15 a.m. 404A biological sciences building. Sponsored by entomology department. 542-2816.

Plant Pathology Seminar.
“Biotechnological Tools and Technologies Involved in Breeding for Resistance to Plant Diseases.” Nakisha Harris, graduate student. 12:20 p.m. 2401 plant sciences building. Sponsored by plant pathology department. 542-2571.

Federalist Society Lecture.
Joe D. Whitley, general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 12:30 p.m. Law classroom A. Sponsored by law school. 372-1361.

Whitley’s lecture will focus on the structure and function of the Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act.

Whitley became chief legal adviser of DHS in August 2003. He oversees approximately 1,500 lawyers from 22 different agencies, including the Secret Service, the Coast Guard, Border and Transportation Security, the Transportation Security Administration, Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, and Emergency Preparedness and Response.

Previously Whitley was U.S. associate attorney general, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Georgia and U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. He was also a partner at the law firm Alston and Bird, where he led the government enforcement and investigations group. Whitley received his undergraduate and law degrees from UGA.

Dean candidate seminar.
D.C. Coston, Oklahoma State University. 1:30 p.m. Location to be determined. Sponsored by Academic Affairs. 542-8100.

IBR Seminar.
“Perception, Memory and Self--Reflection in Rhesus Monkeys.” Doug Bachtel, Emory University. 3:35 p.m. 248 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1806.

Plant Biology Seminar.
“Biosynthesis of Cell Walls: An Interface Between Biochemistry and Development in Plants.” Ken Keegstra, Michigan State University. 4 p.m. 2401 plant sciences building. 542-3732.

Black History Month Theater.
Platanos and Collard Greens. $5 (students free). 7:30 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Minority Services and Programs. 542-5773.

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

Tuesday, February 22
Future Teacher Support Series.
“English Literacy for Spanish Speakers.” Jere Beard. 601 Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by College of Education. 583-8269.

Black History Month Screening.
The American Experience: Roots of Resistance, A Story of the Underground Railroad. 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.; movie will play continuously. Adinkra Hall, Memorial Hall. Sponsored by African-American Cultural Center. 542-8468.

Baseball.
vs. Mercer. 4 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

EECP Seminar.
Kleiner and Feighner Awards Presentation. 5 p.m. Circle Gallery, Caldwell Hall. Sponsored by Environmental Ethics Certificate Program. 542-0935.

Workshop.
“Cooking the Garden: Sushi for Dummies.” Shelia Bradley, Garden Room Café. $25 (members $22). 6:30–8:30 p.m. Garden Room Café. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Concert Band and Symphonic Band Concert.
8 p.m. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

French Film Festival Screening.
Carnages. Directed by Delhine Gleize (2002). $1. 8 p.m. Tate Center Theater. Sponsored by Film Studies Program. neupert@uga.edu.

Carnages traces the bizarre, often magical, effects that a 1,000-pound bull has on a disparate group of characters. Romero the bull is killed after a tragic bullfight, and his body is cut into pieces and distributed across Europe. The 28-year-old Gleize offers a loose “web-of-life” narrative that follows a cluster of characters who may, or may not, meet up by the end. This French-Spanish co-production is both thought-provoking and amusing, and features Chiara Mastroianni (Catherine Deneuve’s daughter)—a great example of new European cinema.

Wednesday, February 23
Engineering Seminar.
“Stratospheric Channels and Tropospheric Windstorms: Research in Atmospheric Dynamics.” John Knox, geography. 12:20 p.m. Driftmier auditorium. 542-0866.

History Lecture.
“From the Old Reich to the New Germany: Historical Traditions of German Statehood.” Wolf Gruner, University of Rostock. 3:35 p.m. 101 LeConte Hall. Sponsored by UGA-Rostock Exchange Program. 542-2528.

Gruner is the Jean Monnet Professor of History and European Studies at Rostock and a leading expert on the place of Germany in Europe over the past three centuries. Though he insists on a long-term view, he has been especially attuned to recent developments as the European Union has expanded and now may (or may not) be poised to play a new role in world affairs.

Crop and Soil Sciences Seminar.
“Punching Out Phosphorus: Aeration to Reduce P Loss from Surface-Applied Manures.” Dave Butler. 3:30 p.m. 2401 plant sciences building. Sponsored by crop and soil sciences department. 542-0900.

ArtBeat.
“Pop Art and American Nostalgia.” Patricia Lichter, Georgia Museum of Art. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

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.
Woyzeck, by Werner Herzog; 82 minutes, 1978; in German with English subtitles). 7 p.m. Griffith Auditorium. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Werner Herzog took playwright Georg Büchner’s extraordinary Woyzeck, a caustic tragedy of an ordinary man’s plunge into madness and murder, and filmed it with a stunning clarity, punctuated by bursts of devastating lyricism. In the title role, Klaus Kinski delivers a harrowing and unforgettable performance, as sharp as the razor with which the hero carries out his chilling destiny.

Men’s Basketball.
vs. Mississippi State. 7:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Evergreen Concert.
Georgia Woodwind Quintet. Reservations required. 7:30–9 p.m. Conservatory. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6130.

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

Thursday, February 24
Dean candidate seminar.
Sonny Ramaswamy, Kansas State University. 2:15 p.m. Location to be determined. Sponsored by Academic Affairs. 542-8100.

Workshop.
“Flower Arranging Unit 4: Fruit and Vegetable.” Celia McQuaid Brown, Garden Club of Georgia. $23 (members $20). 6:30–8:30 p.m. Conservatory, Classroom A. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Black History Month Reading.
The Poetic Repercussion. Mark Anthony Thomas. Noon–2 p.m. Adinkra Hall, Memorial Hall. Sponsored by African-American Cultural Center. 542-8468.

Thomas was editor-in-chief of the Red and Black while he was a UGA student. He will read from his newly released book The Poetic Repercussion.

Spanish Discussion.
“Surviving State Terror in Argentina: A Conversation with a Former Desaparecido.” 4:15–5:30 p.m. 253 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by department of Romance languages. bkaplan@uga.edu.

The discussion will be held in Spanish. Mario Villani, who “disappeared” during Argentina’s 1970s military dictatorship and who is among few survivors of the ESMA concentration camp, will talk about his experience.

Lecture.
“The Effects of Sprawl on Wildlife.” Liz Kramer, ecology. 7 p.m. 251 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Speak Out for Species. 542-1137.

Black History Month Screening.
Tyson. 7–9 p.m. Athens–Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St. Sponsored by Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. 583-0212.

This documentary from 2003 is a hip and stylish exploration of the troubled life and dazzling career of the boxing champion.

Educational Movie Night.
Dead Poets Society. 7 p.m. 418 Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by College of Education Student Ambassadors. jcoats@uga.edu.

Friday, February 25
Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving.
Bulldog Invitational. Through Feb. 26. Gabrielsen Natatorium, Ramsey Student Center. 542-1231.

International Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Sponsored by Minority Services and Programs. 542-5773.

Women’s Studies Friday Speaker.
“Women’s Career Trajectories.” Kecia Thomas, psychology. 12:20 p.m. 350 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies. 542-2846.

Ecology Seminar.
“Managing the Matrix for Native Bird Conservation: Lessons from Seattle and Plans for Atlanta.” Roarke Donnelly, Oglethorpe University. 12:20 p.m. Ecology auditorium. Sponsored by Institute of Ecology. 542-2968.

CHA Lecture.
“Guerrilla Film Making: Hit the Ground Running.” Monte Markham. 4 p.m. 101 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966.

Television and film actor, director and documentary producer Monte Markham, who obtained his B.F.A. and M.F.A. in drama at UGA, will be on campus the week of Feb. 21 working on a project in theatre and film studies. He will give this CHA Lecture while he is here.

Markham has directed the feature films Neon City and Defense Play. He has acted in films, television movies, and television episodes of Baywatch and other shows.

Markham has produced and directed more than 100 documentaries for A&E Networks and the History Channel. His production company received the New York Festival’s Gold and Silver Medallions for the series The Great Ships and the two-hour special The Killer Storm.

During his visit, the university will screen many of his documentaries, films, and television episodes on the university channel (channel 15 on Charter and University Cablevision). Most will air at 3 and 8 p.m. Monday through Sunday; included are The Killer Storm, which deals with the storm of October 1991 dramatized in the movie The Perfect Storm, as well as Chinatown, Air America: The CIA’s Secret Airline, Ben Franklin, Michelangelo, Sail 2000, The Cutting Edge, China’s Great Dam, The Imperial Japanese Navy, The Great Ships: Submarines and Red Flag. The daily announcements page on channel 15 will list each scheduled film, and the Web site has the complete schedule (www.isd.uga.edu/cabletv/#monthlyschedule).

Jack Davis Visiting Artist Lecture.
C.F. Payne. 5:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by School of Art. 542-1511.

C.F. Payne is one of the most in-demand humorous illustrators in the business. His work has been included in Time, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, Mad magazine, Esquire, GQ, National Geographic, Spy and many others. He also did a series of stamps of famous singers for the U.S. Postal Service and recently illustrated the children’s book The Remarkable Farkle McBride, written by actor John Lithgow, which has received rave reviews.

Gymnastics.
vs. Utah. 7:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra Concert.
Duruflé’s Requiem. 8 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 185 Hancock Ave., Athens. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Comedy.
Mitch Hedberg. $15 (students $8); $17 and $10 on day of show. Tickets: Tate Student Center cashier’s window (542-8074, open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.). 9 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

Without an agent, Mitch Hedberg landed his first televised appearance on MTV’s Comikaze by walking into the producer’s office and pitching himself. The industry caught on and he was soon booked for A&E’s Comedy on the Road, Comedy Central’s Comedy Product and NBC’s Comedy Showcase, hosted by Louie Anderson.

In 1996, Hedberg was invited to perform at the prestigious Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, where he secured a deal with a studio and landed an invitation to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman. In 1997, he entered the Seattle Comedy Competition and took home the grand prize.

Saturday, February 26
5K Human Race.
$18. Registration: 7 a.m. Race: 9 a.m. Start at Catholic Center, Lumpkin St. Sponsored by Catholic Center. 543-2293.

Schumann Symposium.
10:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Edge Hall, music building. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-2706.

The symposium will address various topics related to the great German romantic composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife, Clara Wieck Schumann. There will be four nationally known speakers. All sessions are free and open to the public.

Robert Schumann was one of the great composers of the romantic era. He was also a leading music journalist of his time, which put him in the thick of artistic controversy in the mid 19th century. This wide-ranging musician was also interested in providing compositions of quality for young piano students. Schumann’s mature piano works are today still pinnacles of the keyboard repertoire.

Alan Walker, the keynote speaker, is one of the world’s leading experts on romantic music and author of the definitive three-volume biography of Franz Liszt. He will speak at 10:30 a.m. and at 4 p.m.

Gregor Benko is founder of the International Piano Library, now housed at the University of Maryland. He is one of the today’s foremost authorities on recorded classical piano music. He will speak at 11 a.m. and again at 3:15 p.m.

Lora Deahl, Texas Tech University, has published widely on Robert Schumann’s Album for the Young and on the teaching insights on this work passed down from Clara Schumann, the composer’s wife. She will speak at 11:45 a.m. and at 1:30 p.m.

Robert Hallquist, University of Northern Colorado, has done recent research in Leipzig on the various versions of Schumann’s Symphonic Etudes for piano. He will speak at 2 p.m.

There will also be open master classes given by UGA piano faculty for student attendees from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

For further information, lunch reservations and master class participation, contact Richard Zimdars at rzimdars@uga.edu or 542-2706.

Schleyer Lecture.
1:15–5:15 p.m. 400 chemistry building. Sponsored by department of chemistry. 542-0364.

Men’s Tennis.
vs. UC Irvine. 2 p.m. Magill Tennis Complex. 542-1231.

Baseball.
vs. Georgia Southern. 3 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

Sunday, February 27
Georgia Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.
Through March 1. 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Tate Student Center and Holiday Inn. Sponsored by Office of Academic Special Programs. 542-0453.

Baseball.
vs. Georgia Southern. 1 p.m. Foley Field. 542-1231.

Women’s Basketball.
vs. Vanderbilt. 2 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

Dance Concert.
Giselle with the St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre. $29–$34 (half-price students). 7:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center (Dance Festival). 542-4400. See story above.

Winter Evolutionary Biology Symposium.
“Family, Friends and Community: The Environment Selection in a Highly Social Species.” Jeanne Altmann, Princeton University. 7:30 p.m. Ecology auditorium. Sponsored by department of genetics. 542-7001.

Monday, February 28
Winter Evolutionary Biology Symposium.
“Behavior for a Changing Environment.” Jeanne Altmann, Princeton University. 12:20 p.m. Ecology auditorium. Sponsored by department of genetics. 542-7001.

Achieving Diversity Forum.
12:30-3 p.m. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Institutional Diversity. 583-8195.

International Forum.
“Global Understanding in a Global Society: UGA’s Responsibilities and Opportunities in a Global Society.” Betty Jean Craige, Lioba Moshi and Gary Bertsch. 4–5 p.m. 102 Moore College. Sponsored by Honors Program. 542-2985.

Faculty Recital.
Kenneth Fischer, saxophone. 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-3737.

Coming up
Concert.
Better than Ezra with Angie Aparo. $15 (students $10); $17 and $12 on day of show. Tickets: Tate Student Center cashier’s window (542-8074, open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.). March 2, 8 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by University Union. 542-6396.

Core Concert Dance Company Concert.
Spring Collection. $12 ($8 students). Tickets: Tate Student Center cashier’s window (542-8074, open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.) or at the door. March 2–5. 8 p.m. New dance theatre. 542-4415.

Concert.
The Jekyll and Hyde Tour: P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Schickele. $19–$24. March 4, 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.

Recital.
Anton Belov, baritone. $17. March 5, 8 p.m. Ramsey Hall. Sponsored by Performing Arts Center. 542-4400.