Welsh triple harpist Robin Huw Bowen will perform in Hodgson Concert Hall The Performing Arts Center will present Welsh triple harpist Robin Huw Bowen (above) on April 20 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Bowen is recognized internationally as the leading exponent of the Welsh national instrument and ranks among the most important figures that Welsh traditional music has produced. The concert was originally scheduled for Ramsey Concert Hall but has been moved to the larger hall to accommodate ticket demand. Tickets are $15 and $20 (half price for UGA students with valid ID). Discount tickets are available for groups. Of the few harpists worldwide who can play the triple harp, Bowen is the foremost professional now specializing solely in this particular field. At the Machynlleth Festival 2000, he was awarded the Glyndwr Award for “outstanding contribution to the arts in Wales.” In 2002 he received the BAFTA Cymru Award—the Welsh equivalent of the Oscar—in the best original music category for Eldra, a film about Welsh Gypsies. Bowen comes from a Welsh-speaking family based in Anglesey in the North of Wales. In 1979 he received a degree in Welsh language and literature from the University College of Aberystwyth, Mid-Wales, and the following year began his pursuit of the Welsh triple harp while employed at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. He researched the music and techniques of the old Welsh harpers by studying many of their manuscripts and publications. He also was able to learn tunes and techniques from several elderly harpists who shared with him the musical heritage that had been in their own families for generations, thus enabling him to carry on an unbroken musical tradition. Bowen has performed for British royalty and has toured throughout North America, Europe, Australia and the Far East. —Bobby Tyler

Art exhibitions.
Ancestors and Foundlings, featuring the photography of Mary Ruth Moore. Through April 20. Broad Street Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. (706) 542-0069, nwendl@uga.edu.

Wild Ride: Artistic Lessons of Nature by Eric Strauss. Through April 22. 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. (706) 542-4662.
www.uga.edu/gamuseum.

If Walls Could Talk—Then and Now. Through April 30. Owens Library, Caldwell Hall. Sponsored by the School of Environmental Design. (706) 542-4706, jcwaters@uga.edu.

April is Preservation Month @ UGA. Through April 30. Lobby, main library. Sponsored by the School of Environmental Design. (706) 542-4706, jcwaters@uga.edu.

Orchids and Irises: Silk Paintings by Jamie Kirkell. Through April 30. Visitor Center and Conservatory, State Botanical Garden. (706) 542-6130.

Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition. Through May 6. Georgia ­Museum of Art. (706) 542-4662, jmcginty@uga.edu, www.uga.edu/gamuseum.

Volumes, a series of five week-long solo exhibitions featuring the works of master’s and bachelor of fine arts degree candidates from the Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through May 11. Main Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. (706) 542-0069, nwendl@uga.edu,
www.art.uga.edu.

Volume 2, which runs through
April 20, features works by Katherine R. McGuire. A reception in conjunction with the exhibition will be held April 19 from 7–9 p.m.

My World, paintings by David Kontra. Through May 12. 232 Aderhold Hall. Open 7:45 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday–­Thursday and 7:45 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday.

Monday, April 16
conference.
“Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena: Computation and Theory.” Through April 19. Fifth annual International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation Conference. Sponsored by the department of computer science, the UGA Research Foundation, IMACS and the National Science Foundation. (706) 542-3477, thiab@cs.uga.edu, www.cs.uga.edu/~thiab/waves2007.html.

This conference will focus on mostly computational, but also theoretical aspects of nonlinear waves and optical fiber communication systems. Interdisciplinary in nature, it will bring together topics in computational mathematics, applied mathematics and applications in science. Invited speakers will discuss their recent work and identify promising new directions for research in these areas.

15th Annual Albert W. Jowdy Memorial Golf Classic.
UGA Golf Course. $175 per person. Team registrations encouraged; individuals will be placed. Field limited to first 136 to register. Play rain or shine. Sponsored by the College of Pharmacy. (706) 542-5303.

Blood Drives.
1–6 p.m. in the Russell Hall lobby and 1–6 p.m. in the Brumby Hall rotunda. (678) 227-4650.

BHSI Spring Symposium.
“Climate, Ecology and Infectious Disease.” Through April 17. Keynote speaker: Ali Khan, acting deputy director, CDC National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric Diseases. 2 p.m. Paul D. Coverdell Center. Sponsored by the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and the College of Public Health. (706) 542-5922, www.biomed.uga.edu

Act! Speak! Build! Week Discussion Panel.
To discuss the impact UGA has upon poverty in Athens. 6–7 p.m. 248 Student Learning Center. (864) 903-1308, ugahabifest@gmail.com.

Concert.
UGA Concert Bands. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. (706) 542-3737, www.music.uga.edu.

Tuesday, April 17
Blood Drives.
1–6 p.m. in the Oglethorpe House ­basement and 1–6 p.m. in the Hill Atrium of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. (678) 227-4650.

Ecology Seminar.
“Forest Insect Outbreaks: Synchrony and Spatiotemporal Dynamics,” Ottar Bjornstad, Penn State University. Reception at 3:30 p.m.; seminar at 4 p.m. Ecology Auditorium. (706) 542-6013, anisaj@uga.edu.

Lecture.
Jillian Kinzie, associate director, Center for Postsecondary Research at the National Survey of Student Engagement Institute. 9 a.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. 2007 Student Affairs Lecture Series. (706) 542-3564.

Lecture.
“Healing the Trauma of America’s Past: Restorative Justice and Ethnic Cleansing,” Howard Vogel, Hamline University. 4 p.m. 102 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by the Institute of Native American Studies. (706) 542-5356.

Wildflower Ramble.
5 p.m. Shade Garden Arbor, State Botanical Garden. (706) 542-6156, dbmitchl@uga.edu.

environmental ethics seminar.
Erik Reece, author of Lost Mountain: A Year in the Vanishing Wilderness. 5 p.m. Ecology Auditorium, (706) 542-0935, dorindad@uga.edu.

Film.
The Swamp directed by Lucrecia Martel (2001, 103 minutes). 7:30 p.m. 171 Student Learning Center. Latin American Film Series. Sponsored by the UGA libraries media department. (706) 542-7090, knowlton@uga.edu, www.titletk.com/latinamericanfilm.

concert.
The Takács Quartet. 8 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall. Franklin College Chamber Series. Sponsored by the UGA Performing Arts Center and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. (706) 542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac.

The performance also is the third annual Payne Memorial Concert, honoring the former dean of the Franklin College, William Jackson “Jack” Payne, who was instrumental in creating the Franklin College Chamber Music Series in 1978.

Gabor Takács-Nagy, Károly Schranz, Gabor Ormai and András Fejér formed the Takács Quartet in 1975 while all four were students at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. Schranz and Fejér are still with the quartet, now in its 32nd year.

The Takács Quartet is based in Boulder, Colo., where it has been quartet-in-residence at the University of Colorado since 1983.

Wednesday, April 18
Act! Speak! Build! Week Habifest Night.
Through April 19 from 7 p.m.–7 a.m. $15. 407 Memorial Hall, Tate Student Center Plaza. Sponsored by the UGA Habitat for Humanity. (864) 903-1308, ugahabifest@gmail.com.

Green Bag Lunch Series.
“Green Schools Program,” Stacee Farrell, executive director, Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful. 12:15–12:45 p.m. Classroom A, Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. (706) 542-6156, dbmitchl@uga.edu.

Apero Africana Brown Bag Lecture Series.
Closing reception: 12:20–1:10 p.m. African-American Cultural Center (fourth floor, Memorial Hall). Sponsored by the Institute for African-American Studies, the African Studies Institute and the African-American Cultural Center. fsgiles@uga.edu.

Blood Drive.
1–6 p.m. Chi Phi Fraternity, 290 South Lumpkin St. (678) 227-4650.

George S. Parthemos Lecture.
“Racism and Distribution in the United States: An Explanation of ‘American Exceptionalism,’ ” John Roemer, Yale University. 3:30 p.m. 148 Student Learning Center, reception will follow. Sponsored by the department of political science. (706) 542-4147, bobgraf@uga.edu.

Genetics Seminar.
“Anxious Mice and Nervous Stem Cells,” Brian Condie, genetics. 4 p.m. B118 Life Sciences. (706) 542-1127.

Softball.
Doubleheader vs. Furman. 4 p.m. Softball Stadium, S. Milledge Ave.

seminar.
“Nanoscale Sensing in Food Safety and Biosecurity,” Bosoon Park, USDA. 4 p.m. 404 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by the UGA Faculty of Engineering.

First Aid Certification Course.
Open to faculty, staff and students. 5–9 p.m. University Health Center. $25. Class size limited. Call early to register. (706) 542-8695.

Mary Frances Early Lecture.
Elaine Brown, civil rights activist. 7–9 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by Graduate and Professional Scholars. (706) 542-5437.

Baseball.
at Georgia Tech. Sport South TV. 7:06 p.m.

University Theatre.
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone. $12 ($10 UGA students and senior citizens). Through April 21 at 8 p.m. and April 22, 2:30 p.m. Fine Arts Theatre. Sponsored by the department of theatre and film studies. www.drama.uga.edu.

Thursday, April 19
Ecology and Forestry Joint Seminar.
“From the U.S Great Plains to Central Mexico’s Transvolcanic Fir Forests: Can Monarch Butterfly Migration Survive as a Biological Phenomenon?,” Lincoln P. Brower, Sweet Briar College and University of Florida (emeritus). Reception at 3:30 p.m.; seminar at 4 p.m. Ecology Auditorium. Sponsored by the Institute of Ecology and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. (706) 542-6013, anisaj@uga.edu.

Lecture.
“The Continuous and the Infinitesimal,” John Bell, University of Western Ontario. 5 p.m. 205S Peabody Hall. Heather and Scott Kleiner Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. (706) 542-2823.

groundbreaking ceremony.
For the Tate Student Center Expansion Project. 2 p.m. Tate Student Center.

Concert.
UGA Tuba Euphonium Ensemble. 3:30 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. (706) 542-3737, www.music.uga.edu.

Workshop.
“Mindfulness for Health.” 4:15–5:30 p.m. 139 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by the University Health Center. djennette@uhs.uga.edu.

Annual Memorial Service.
6 p.m. Chapel. A candle will be lit and the Chapel bell will be rung in memory of each student, faculty and staff member who has died during the 2006–2007 academic year.

Workshop.
“Flora Hydroponics: Indoor Gardening.” $20 ($18 members). 6:30–8:30 p.m. Callaway Building, State Botanical Garden. (706) 542-6156, dbmitchl@uga.edu.

dance performance.
The Willson Center for Humanities and Arts will sponsor internationally acclaimed tap dance virtuoso Heather Cornell April 16–20 in a five-day residency with the department of dance. Cornell will perform with Athens jazz bassist Chris Enghauser at UGA’s New Dance Theatre April 19 at 7 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public.

Cornell collaborated twice with the late jazz bass icon Ray Brown, performing in concert with his trio at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in 1997.

Cornell’s residency fosters collaboration between jazz musicians and tap dancers at all stages of their training and performance. Band, chorus and orchestra directors as well as studio dance teachers, and students of tap dance and jazz music are especially encouraged to attend the performance.

“All fans of jazz music and tap dance will enjoy the April 19 performance,” said Mark Wheeler, UGA professor of dance who organized Cornell’s residency here.

Cornell developed her style as an apprentice to six of the first generation of American tap masters and performed in New York, Los Angeles and across Canada with Buster Brown, in Paris and New York with Eddie Brown, at the Apollo Theater in New York with the Copasetics and Silver Belles, at New York’s Lincoln Center with Cookie Cook, at the Village Gate Jazz Club with Steve Condos and at New York’s Town Hall with Chuck Green. Her TV credits include choreographic commissions and performances on a national KQED special with Honi Coles, Gregory Hines’ Tap Dance in America for Great Performances on PBS and the Canadian Television jazz series Sounds Impressive.

Concert.
UGA Concert Bands. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. (706) 542-3737, www.music.uga.edu.

Friday, April 20
Free Speech and Hearing Screenings.
Call for an appointment. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. 593 Aderhold Hall. Sponsored by the UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic. (706) 542-4598, cjedward@uga.edu.

Free screenings of speech, language, voice, resonance, fluency and hearing available for adults and children ages 3 and older.

Campus Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Hosted by the Turkish Student Association. (706) 542-5867, careyk@uga.edu.

Terry Tunes Lunchtime Concert.
UGA Salsa Band. Noon–1 p.m. Herty Field. www.terry.uga.edu/musicbusiness.

End-of-the-Year Meeting.
Institute for Women’s Studies. 12:20 p.m.–1:10 p.m. 248 Student Learning Center. (706) 542-2846.

Lecture.
“Plato on the Soul,” Luc Brisson, National Center for Scientific Research, Paris. 3:30 p.m. 205S Peabody Hall. Heather and Scott Kleiner Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. (706) 542-2823.

Baseball.
vs. Arkansas. 6 p.m. Foley Field.

Second Annual Filipino Culture Show.
“Pinoy Ako,” an evening of food, music, singing and dancing. 7–10 p.m. Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center. $7 ($5 UGA students with valid ID). Sponsored by the Filipino American Student Association. eyabut@uga.edu.

Performance.
Robin Huw Bowen, triple harp. $20. 8 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall. Sponsored by the Performing Arts Center. (706) 542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac.

Children’s Literature Conference.
Through April 21. Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center. (706) 542-4305, jtaxel@uga.edu, www.coe.uga.edu/gcba/.

Saturday, April 21
Workshop.
“Wildflower Identification.” $65 ($60 members). 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. Session 4 of 4. Sponsored by the State Botanical Garden. (706) 542-6156, dbmitchl@uga.edu.

Workshop.
“Unit 5 Installing Bees: Spring Buildup.” 1–3 p.m. Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. Beekeeping Beginner Series. (706) 542-6156, dbmitchl@ uga.edu.

Baseball.
vs. Arkansas. 2 p.m. Foley Field.

Softball.
Doubleheader vs. Mississippi State. 2 p.m. Softball Stadium, S. Milledge Ave.

Campus Visit.
U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson. 2–3 p.m. 101 Student Learning Center. Sponsored by the College Republicans and the Dawgs for Israel. dballard85@gmail.com.

Pops Concert.
UGA Symphony Orchestra Chorus and soloists present an evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein favorites to benefit Hugh Hodgson School of Music scholarships. Mark Cedel, conductor. $35 (tickets: Performing Arts Center box office, [706] 542-4400). 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. (706) 542-3737, www.music.uga.edu.

Sunday, April 22
Baseball.
vs. Arkansas. 1 p.m. Foley Field.

Softball.
vs. Mississippi State. 2 p.m. Softball Stadium, S. Milledge Ave.

Monday, April 23
Earth Day Celebration.
8 a.m.–5 p.m. Tate Student Center Plaza. (706) 542-7493, kbcrowe@uga.edu.

Coming up
April 24. Bulldog Brass Society Quintet. 3:30 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall Performing Arts Center. (706) 542-3737, www.music.uga.edu.