Pianist Terrence Wilson joins Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for UGA concert UGA’s Performing Arts Center presents the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on April 9 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Robert Spano, music director, will conduct the Atlanta Symphony along with guest pianist Terrence Wilson (right) in a program showcasing American composers. Tickets, $43 (orchestra/front balcony) and $38 (rear balcony), are half price for UGA students with valid IDs. The Atlanta Symphony’s Athens program will open with Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, composed in 1932. Following the premiere of Rhapsody in Blue, Gershwin was hailed as an American genius, a new breed of composer who fused American jazz with classical music. Gershwin visited Havana during the wide-open days of the 1930s and became fascinated with the rhythms of Latin music and with the instruments used in Cuba. Next on the program is the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra by John Corigliano. Praised by Aaron Copland as “the real thing, one of the most talented composers on the scene today,” Corigliano won the Pulitzer Prize for his Symphony No. 2 and an Academy Award for his score for The Red Violin. The all-American program also includes a newer piece, Impressions from The Garden of Cosmic Speculation, composed in 2004 by Massachusetts native Michael Gandolfi. Inspired by the innovative design of a garden in Scotland, this 23-minute work has four movements, taking their titles from aspects of the garden. The Atlanta Symphony’s program concludes with Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. A pre-concert lecture will be given by Carrie Allen, a graduate student in music at UGA. The lecture begins at 2:15 p.m. and is free and open to the public. —Bobby Tyler

Art exhibitions.
Richard Weisman’s Andy Warhols. Through April 20. 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.

Master of Fine Arts Candidates. Through April 30. An exhibition of works by the 16 M.F.A. candidates of spring 2006. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

The Power of Observation, paintings by Margaret Morrison. Through April 28.
Broad Street Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m., weekdays. 542-0069.

Artists of Prominence from the Permanent Collection. Through May 7. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Feeling the Familiar Pull: Andrew T. Crawford. Through May 21. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Dear Diary: The Autobiographical Comic Book. Through May 28. Athens Institute for Contemporary Art. (160 Tracy St.). Open 6-9 p.m. Thursday, 3-6 p.m. Friday, and 1-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 542-8077.

Curated by Mary Jessica Hammes of UGA’s public affairs office, the exhibition features original pages, mini-comics, artists’s books and animation.

Ten Years of Acquisitions, 1996-2006. Through June 4. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Exhibit.
“Power to the People—Rural Electrification in Georgia.” Through Sept. 30. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., weekdays; Saturday, 1-4:45 p.m. Russell Library.

Monday, April 3
Kickoff Festival
Week of Soul celebration. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Plaza, Tate Student Center. 542-6396.

Heartsaver CPR Training.
Advance registration required. $25 (CPR on adults); $40 (CPR on adults, children and infants).1-5 p.m. University Health Center. 542-8695.

Panel Discussion.
“What Is Right About Natural Selection?” Moderator: Francis Assaf, Romance languages. Panelists: Mark Farmer (cellular biology), Claiborne Glover (biochemistry and molecular biology), Ed Larson (history), Barry Palevitz (plant biology) and David Smilde (sociology). 4 p.m. 148 Student Learning Center. 542-3966.

Lecture.
“African-American Literary Jazz: The European Connection,” Jurgen E. Grandt, UGA alumnus and visiting professor, Germany’s Universität Bayreuth. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. 542-5157.

Swing Lessons.
$1. 7 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Sponsored by the UGA Swing Club.

classics Lecture.
“Captain Francis Beaufort: An Early Visitor to Pompeii,” R. Lindley Vann, University of Maryland. 7:30 p.m.117 Visual Arts Building.

Vann will discuss midshipman Francis Beaufort, who, while serving on his first tour of duty in the British navy, visited Pompeii and Herculaneum in 1792.

Tuesday, April 4
International Booths.
Noon-3 p.m. Plaza, Tate Student Center. In conjunction with Asian Heritage Month.

George S. Parthemos Lecture.
“Collective Memory in African-American Political Life,” Frederick Harris, University of Rochester. 3:30 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center. 542-4147.

Harris earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from UGA in 1985 and his master’s and Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He directs both the Center for the Study of African-American Politics and the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies at the University of Rochester.

Candidate Visit.
Marcia Isaacson, one of the candidates for the directorship of the Lamar Dodd School of Art, will visit campus and present a lecture. 5:30 p.m. 114 Visual Arts Building.

Athens Poverty Discussion Panel.
6-7:15 p.m. 207 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by UGA Habitat for Humanity.

Baseball.
vs. Gardner Webb. 6:30 p.m. Foley Field.

Mary Frances Early Lecture.
“Remembering Our Past, Securing Our Future: African-American Leadership in the 21st Century,” Michael Eric Dyson.
7 p.m. Chapel. Reception and book signing will follow. In conjunction with Week of Soul celebration.

Film.
Wings. Directed by Larisa Shepitko (1966, 90 minutes). 7 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center. Russian Film Series. 542-7090.

Concert.
ARCO Chamber Orchestra. Tenth anniversary concert featuring Evgeny Rivkin and Levon Ambartsumian. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. 542-3737.

Wednesday, April 5
Alumni-Employees Breakfast.
7:30 a.m. Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. 542-3672.

All-Campus Blood Drive.
11 a.m.-5 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center.

Lecture.
Speaker: Richard C. Harwood, founder and president, Harwood Institute for Public Innovation. 1 p.m. Classic Center. Morris W.H. Collins Jr. Distinguished Practitioner Lecture. Sponsored by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government and the School of Public and International Affairs. 542-6221.

Harwood is the author of Hope Unraveled: The People’s Retreat and Our Way Back. For nearly two decades, he has led efforts to redeem public trust in politics and develop new kinds of leaders and civic-minded organizations across the country. His past experience includes service on the policy staffs of U.S. presidential and congressional election campaigns and as director of issues research for Public Agenda, a non-profit organization.

Staff Council Meeting.
2 p.m. 150 Student Learning Center. 542-0043.

David McCord Wright Lecture.
“The Great Contraction and Great Depression: A Story of Three Personalities and an Apparition,” Richard H. Timberlake Jr. 3:30 p.m. Chapel. 542-3970 or 542-3569.

Timberlake is Terry College of Business professor emeritus and libertarian economist. His lecture will examine the Federal Reserve System’s policy-making structure between 1922 and 1933 and its disastrous consequences.

The author of several books on monetary policy, including Monetary Policy in the United States: An Intellectual and Institutional History, Timberlake is an expert on the Federal Reserve and the history of central banking. He also is the author of They Never Saw Me Then, a memoir of his experiences as a B-17 co-pilot with the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

Genetics Seminar.
“Active Learning Increases Student Achievement in Biology,” Scott Freeman, Department of Biology, University of Washington. 4 p.m. B118 Life Sciences. 542-8000.

Discussion.
“Fixing the Moon: The Story of the First Presidential Pilot and Aviation Pioneer: Lt. Col. Henry Tift Myers,” Bonne Cella. Reception and book signing will follow. 4:30 p.m. Richard B. Russell Library. 542-0628.

Gallery Talk.
“MFAs Speak.” Candidates for the master of fine art degree talk about their works in the exhibition. 5:30 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Concert.
UGA Steel Band and Salsa Band. 6 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall. Tenth Anniversary Concert. 542-2711.

Habifest.
Through April 6. $15. 7 p.m. 248 Student Learning Center.

Overnight sleepout includes a poverty banquet, a scavenger hunt, a candle light luminary vigil, construction of cardboard houses and live entertainment. Admission price includes all the building supplies for the house, dinner, breakfast, entertainment, activities and an event T-shirt.

Concert.
Alumni Electronic Music Concert. 8 p.m. Dancz Center for New Music. Tenth Anniversary Concert. 542-3737.

Soulful Styles Fashion Show.
$2 (free for UGA students). 8 p.m. Ballroom, Memorial Hall. In conjunction with Week of Soul celebration. 542-6396.

Thursday, April 6
Soul Food Feast.
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Plaza, Tate Student Center. In conjunction with Week of Soul celebration. 542-6396.

Gallery Talk.
By Richard Weisman. 2 p.m. Book signing and reception: 6:30-8 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

Healthcare Provider CPR Training.
$45. For persons in the medical field required to have documentation of CPR certification for treating adults, children and infants. Advance registration required. 5-9 p.m. University Health Center. 542-8695.

Cultural Infusion Show.
7 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. In conjunction with Asian Heritage Month.

Lecture.
“Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Why They Matter,” Tom Regan, North Carolina State University. 7:30 p.m. 101 Student Learning Center.

Concert.
Classic City Jazz. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Tenth Anniversary Concert. 542-3737.

Bowling.
“Midnight Bowling.” $1. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Showtime Bowling Center (555 Macon Highway). In conjunction with Week of Soul celebration. 542-6396.

Friday, April 7
Equestrian: SEC Championships.
Through April 8. Milledge Avenue Sports Complex.

Spec Towns Team Invitational.
Track and field competition. Through
April 8. Spec Towns Track.

Annual State Science and Engineering Fair.
Through April 8. High school students from across Georgia—finalists representing their Congressional districts—display their winning science and engineering projects. Classic Center.

Local Bands Live.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Plaza, Tate Student Center. 542-6396.

NEH Information Session.
With Douglas Arnold, senior program officer, National Endowment for the Humanities Education Division. 10:30 a.m.-noon. 265 Park Hall.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS.
Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards will kick off the inaugural Working in the Public Interest Law Conference at the School of Law by delivering the keynote address on April 7.

This student-led conference will bring together eminent practitioners in their respective fields as well as students and faculty to discuss practical approaches to the legal profession that can best serve the underprivileged. 

“The practical methods of challenging poverty are often not covered in traditional law school courses,” says Vanessa E. Vols, conference organizer and third-year law student. “This conference seeks to remedy that and to provide dynamic, creative ways to combat poverty through the vehicle of the law.”

The two-day conference will include a variety of panel discussions and roundtables on issues relating to poverty law, addressing topics such as immigration, health care, homelessness, education, community economic development, indigent defense and government benefits.

The conference will start with Edwards’s address, “Restoring the American Dream: Fighting Poverty and Expanding the Middle Class,” and will be delivered in the Chapel at 11 a.m. The former senator and 2004 vice-presidential candidate practiced law for 20 years and currently serves as the director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Former Georgia Gov. Roy E. Barnes, a School of Law alumnus, will introduce Edwards. The official welcome ceremony will be held that same evening at 7 p.m. and will be followed by a reception. The panel discussions, roundtables and a career networking reception will be held April 8.

The conference is open to the public, but registration is required. More information is available online (www.law.uga.edu/wipi).

International Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall. In conjunction with Asian Heritage Month. Hosted by UGA’s Asian-American Student Association.

Concert.
UGA Steel Drum Band. Noon-1 p.m. Herty Field. Terry Tunes Outdoor Concert Series. 583-0873.

women's studies Lecture.
“Ordination, Women’s Ministry and the AME Zion Church, 1890-1915,” Sandy Martin, religion. 12:20-1:10 p.m. 350 Student Learning Center. Friday Speaker Series. 542-0066.

Lecture.
“Walter Benjamin,” Gerhard Richter, University of California-Davis. 12:30-2:15 p.m. 274 Student Learning Center. 542-2442.

24th Annual Center for Family Research Colloquium.
“Prevention of HIV Infection Among Adolescents and Young Adult Women in the U.S. and Africa,” Ralph DiClemente and Gina Wingood, Emory University. 1-3 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center 542-6100.

Dedication.
The Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences. 2 p.m.

Discussion.
“Networks and Culture in Brazilian Student Movements,” Ann Mische, Rutgers University. 3:30-5:30 p.m. 114A Baldwin Hall.

Women’s Tennis.
vs. Mississippi State. 4 p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Comedy Performance.
Charlie Murphy, brother of actor-comedian Eddie Murphy. 8 p.m. In advance: $10 ($8 students); day of show: $12 ($10 students). Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. In conjunction with Week of Soul celebration. 542-6396.

Charlie Murphy is known for his role on the sketch/variety program Chappell’s Show on the Comedy Central television network.

Concert.
UGA Wind Ensemble. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Tenth Anniversary Concert. 542-3737.

Dawgs After Dark.
$5 (students free with UGACard). 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Tate Student Center. 542-6396.

Saturday, April 8
Gymnastics.
NCAA Regionals: UGA, Nebraska, Missouri, West Virginia, North Carolina, North Carolina State University. 6 p.m. $12 ($8 youth). Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231.

LAW Conference.
Working in the Public Interest. 8 a.m.- 6 p.m. School of Law.

Annual Run/ Walk for Wishes 5k.
To raise enough money to grant a wish for a child through the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Pre-race registration $15; $20 the day of the race. 8:30 a.m. Stegeman Coliseum.

Nature Walk.
Invasive Plants Ramble. 9 a.m. Lower parking lot arbor, State Botanical Garden. 542-6156.

Family Day.
Spring festival to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Performing and Visual Arts Complex. 10 a.m.-noon. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662.

8th Annual International Street Festival.
Noon-5 p.m. College Avenue, downtown Athens. 542-5867.

Softball.
Doubleheader vs. Mississippi State. 1 p.m. Women’s Athletic Complex, South Milledge Ave.

Football.
G-Day Spring Game. 2 p.m. Sanford Stadium.

Gallery Reception.
First in Design, Naturally. A juried exhibit featuring the best in landscape architecture by the undergraduate class of the School of Environmental Design. 2:30- 4 p.m. Circle Gallery, G14 Caldwell Hall. 542-8292.

Hispanic Student Association Spring Gala.
$25. 7 p.m. Holiday Inn, (197 East Broad St).

Celebration and recognition of the 2005-2006 programs and events organized by UGA’s Hispanic Student Association. The keynote speaker will be Alberto Padilla, business anchor for CNN en Español. Business attire is required.

Soccer.
Through April 9. UGA hosts Clemson and Region III ODP U-17s. UGA vs. ODP U-17s at 6 p.m.; Clemson vs. ODP U-17s at noon April 9. Women’s Athletic Complex, South Milledge Ave.

Sunday, April 9
Softball.
vs. Mississippi State. 1 p.m. Women’s Athletic Complex, South Milledge Ave.

Concert.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano, director, Terrence Wilson, piano. $38-$43 (half-price students). 3 p.m. Hodgson Hall. 542-4400.

Women’s tennis.
vs. Mississippi. 4 p.m. Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Monday, April 10
CURO Symposium.
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tate Student Center. 542-0530.

Lecture.
“Speaking Creole in Today’s Caribbean: Issues of Status and Use,” Silvia Kouwenberg. 4 p.m. 148 Student Learning Center. Visiting Scholar Lecture. 542-3966.

Poetry Reading.
Albert Goldbarth. 7 p.m. Upstairs, Tasty World (312 East Broad Street). Sponsored by the Georgia Review and the Georgia Poetry Circuit. 542-0397.

The only living two-time winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry and the author of some 30 volumes of poetry and prose, Goldbarth is touring for the Georgia Poetry Circuit, a consortium of colleges and universities around the state which has been featuring nationally and internationally known writers for more than 20 years.

Goldbarth has written nearly two dozen poetry collections, a handful of essay collections and a novel.

Several of his books were first published by the UGA Press, including Heaven and Earth: A Cosmology (poems), winner of the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award.

Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Wichita State University since 1987, Goldbarth has earned three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and one from the Guggenheim Foundation as well as the Center for the Study of Science Fiction Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

Coming up
Bulldog Breakfast Club.
April 13. Speakers: Helen Mills, William Keith McNeely, Grant Tribble and Sheriff Ira Edwards. $10 Alumni Association members ($5 student members). 7:45 a.m. Reading Room, Student Learning Center. 542-8199.

Annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture.
April 14. “Sexism, Feminism and Lesbians in Sport: Unlocking the Locker Room Closet,” Pat Griffin, University of Massachusetts. 12:20-1:10 p.m. Georgia Museum of Art. 542-0066.