Master’s degree candidates put their best foot forward in a current art exhibition The Master of Fine Arts degree program at the Lamar Dodd School of Art will be highlighting 17 candidates in its annual degree candidates exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art until April 27. After preparing for at least two years, the candidates showcase their art through this display held in the galleries of the museum. The exhibition features various media of self-expression: ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, photography, drawing and painting, metal work, fabric design, interior design and printmaking. “Each artist expresses himself or herself in the way he or she finds most appropriate,” said Augusta Hyland, curatorial intern, American art department. The annual exhibition, which dates back to 1945, is a collaboration between the art school and the museum. Lamar Dodd, namesake and one-time head of the art school, made a point of featuring MFA candidates at the museum, and the relationship will only grow stronger as the art school moves to the Performing and Visual Arts Complex, which houses the museum. —Ebuni Ogbechie

Art exhibitions.
The Other Man from Plains: Billy Carter’s Wardrobe Revealed. Through April 11. Barrow Hall Gallery, second floor Barrow Hall. jblanco@uga.edu.

2008 Master of Fine Arts Degree Candidates Exhibition. Through April 27. Georgia Museum of Art. (706) 542-1511, http://ugamfa.com. (See story, at right).

New Discoveries in Georgia Painted Furniture. Through April 27. Georgia Museum of Art. (706) 542-4662, www.uga.edu/gamuseum.

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Georgia Decorative Arts Highlights. Through April 27. Georgia Museum of Art. (706) 542-4662, www.uga.edu/gamuseum.

Collecting European Art. Through April 27. Georgia Museum of Art. (706) 542-4662,
www.uga.edu/gamuseum.

Southern Memories, paintings by UGA alumna Mary Padgelek. Through Aug. 31. 232 Aderhold Hall. (706) 542-5889, mdchilds@uga.edu.

Monday, April 7
Ramsey Lecture.
“Physical Inactivity: The Biggest Public Health Problem of the 21st Century,” Steven Blair, University of South Carolina. 4 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center. (706) 542-4387, kcureton@uga.edu.

CPR class.
Adult CPR with AED certification. $25 students, faculty and staff; $35 alumni. 6–10 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. Certified by the American Heart Association. Register in advance. (706) 542-5060, www.recsports.uga.edu.

Concert.
UGA Concert Bands I and II. 8 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall.

Tuesday, April 8
Exhibition.
Learning to Love the Species. Atlanta-based artist Susan Seydel Cofer’s sculptural portraits of figures from prominent Atlanta creative, cultural and intellectual circles. Opening reception: April 12, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Broad Street Gallery. (706) 542-0069, www.art.uga.edu.

Panel Discussion.
“The Future of Student Housing,” Charles Perry, Ambling University Development Group; Gerry Kowalski, head of student housing at UGA; and a student panel. Tour of East Campus Village residence halls will be offered. 8 a.m. East Campus Village. (706) 549-6800, lscott@athenschamber.net to R.S.V.P.

Induction ceremony.
For the Sigma Pi Kappa Honor Society. 11 a.m. Demosthenian Hall. (404) 405-6407, slayne@uga.edu.

Annual Preservation Month Barbecue.
Noon. $7 per plate. Founders Memorial Garden. Sponsored by the College of Environment and Design, Sigma Pi Kappa, Student Historic Preservation Organization. slayne@uga.edu.

Bulldog Book Club.
A discussion of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. 12:30 p.m. Student Lounge, Main Library. fteague@uga.edu.

Baseball.
vs. Winthrop University. $6. 5 p.m. Foley Field.

Preservation Month Lecture.
“Buying Time for Heritage,” Myrick Howard, Preservation North Carolina. Reception following. 5:30 p.m. Chapel. Sponsored by the College of Environment and Design, Sigma Pi Kappa Honor Society and Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation. (404) 405-6407, slayne@uga.edu.

R.E.A.L. Talk Tuesday.
“Do My Actions Speak Louder Than Your Words? Disability in the Diversity Dialogue.” 6–8 p.m. 137 Tate Student Center. (706) 583-0271.

Evergreen Concert Series.
Southern Wind Quintet. 7–8 p.m. Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. Sponsored by the Friends of the State Botanical Garden and the Grassroots Arts Program. (706) 542-6014, sbgevent@uga.edu.

Film.
The Silver Chainletter. A lo-fi compilation of video art organized by Miranda July, independent filmmaker and performance artist. Refreshments served. 7:30 p.m. Media department screening room (seventh floor, Main Library). Women’s Vision Film Series. (706) 542-0902, lpfinnig@uga.edu.

Concert.
UGA Symphonic Band. 8 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall.

Wednesday, April 9
apero brown bag Lecture.
“Learning About Africa’s Distant Past: What Can We Learn from Fossil Skulls?,” Norman Thomson, mathematics and science education. 12:15 p.m. African-American Cultural Center (fourth floor, Memorial Hall). fsgiles@uga.edu.

Getzen Lecture.
“Government Accountability,” Lee Hamilton, co-chair, Iraq Study Group, and president, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 2 p.m. Chapel. (706) 542-7849.

Lecture.
“Emerson, Romanticism and Classical American Pragmatism,” Russell Goodman, University of New Mexico. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. (706) 542-2823.

Lecture.
“The Aesthetic of Science,” Michael Oliveri, Lamar Dodd School of Art. 4–6 p.m. 214 Student Learning Center. (706) 542-7825, aflurry@uga.edu.

First Aid Class.
$15 students, faculty and staff; $25 alumni. 6–10 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. (706) 542-5060, www.recsports.uga.edu.

cooking class.
“Savory and Sweet Showers,” Learn to prepare delicious and easy dishes. $27 (members $24). 6:30–8:30 p.m. Classroom A, Visitor Center, State Botanical. (706) 542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu.

Thursday, April 10
Debate.
“The U.S. should boycott the Beijing Olympics due to China’s human rights abuses.” Demosthenian Hall. Sponsored by Demosthenian Literary Society and the Georgia-China Alliance. mkantor@uga.edu.

Relationship Seminar.
“Silent Victims: What Men are Afraid to Talk About.” Noon. 407 Memorial Hall. (706) 542-7233.

Archaeology Seminar.
“Rethinking the Archaeology of the Gullah-Geechee,” Theresa A. Singleton, Syracuse University. 3:30–4:30 p.m. 248 Student Learning Center. (706) 542-1464; ereitz@uga.edu.

Literary Discussion.
The Georgia Writers Hall of Fame Writer’s Salon and Literary Discussion. 4 p.m. Masters Hall, Georgia Center. RSVP to (706) 542-3879, lnessel@uga.edu.

Lecture.
Nina Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, art historian. 5:30 p.m. 117 Visual Arts Building. (706) 542-1511, artinfo@uga.edu.

2nd Thursday Concert Series.
“Famous Foursomes.” Frederick Burchinal, Wyatt and Margaret Anderson Professor of Voice, and the UGA Opera Ensemble. $15 ($7 students). 8 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. (706) 542-4400, www.music.uga.edu.

University Theatre Performance.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. April 10–12, 16–19. 8 p.m. April 20, 2:30 p.m. $15 ($12 students and those older than 60). Fine Arts Theatre. (706) 542-2832, dinac@uga.edu.

Dance Repertory Project 2008.
Contemporary dance featuring works by dance faculty, guest artists and the UGA Ballet Ensemble. $15 ($10 UGA students and those older than 60). 8 p.m. New Dance Theatre, Dance Building. (706) 542-4415, ugadance@uga.edu.

Film Festival.
Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival. Through April 13. $10 per film ($8 for students), $60 for all events ($45 for students). April 11 matinee is free. Classic Center. (706) 542-5038, murrayd@uga.edug.

Friday, April 11
Induction Ceremony.
Bailey White, author and NPR commentator, and author Calder Willingham (posthumous), inducted into the Georgia Writers’ Hall of Fame. 10:30 a.m. Frank Daniel Foley Jr. Rotunda (fourth Floor, Student Learning Center). (706) 542-3879, lnessel@uga.edu.

Campus Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Hosted by International Student Life. (706) 542-7911.

IWS Friday Speaker Series.
“Great Words Teach. . . : Learning to Resist in Sophocles’ Antigone,” Brett Rogers, classics. 12:20–1:10 p.m. 148 Student Learning Center. momolly@uga.edu.

Conner Hall Centennial Celebration.
2–4 p.m. Conner Hall, 147 Cedar Street. (706) 542-3924l, kphipps@uga.edu.

Philosophy Lecture.
“Entering the Native Land of Truth: The Advent of Self-Consciousness in Hegel’s Phenomenology,” Robert Berman, Xavier University (New Orleans). 3:30 p.m. 205S Peabody Hall. Heather and Scott Kleiner Lecture Series. (706) 542-2823, sebaker@uga.edu.

Saxophone Recital.
Claude Delangle, visiting artist. 6:30 p.m. Edge Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. (706) 542-3966, jdingus@uga.edu.

Baseball.
vs. University of Kentucky. $6. 6:30 p.m. Foley Field.

Corduroy Road at Flinchum’s Phoenix.
Bluegrass music, pizza and beverages. Benefit for the natural resources, recreation and tourism major in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. $7. 6:30–8:30 p.m. Flinchum’s Phoenix, Whitehall Forest. nrrt@warnell.uga.edu.

Performance.
The Performing Arts Center will present award-winning mezzo soprano Sasha Cooke April 11 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. Tickets are $18 and half-price for UGA students.

Cooke was awarded the university’s inaugural Performing Arts Center Prize at the 2007 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York, resulting in her Athens debut engagement.

Cooke has been praised by The New York Times for “combining the outward purity of a Renaissance angel and a voice of powerful warmth and excellent musicality.” Earlier this season she appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut. She also performed with the Met Chamber Ensemble and James Levine at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. This summer she will travel to Tel Aviv, Israel, for performances as Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Evgeny Onegin with the Israeli Opera.

A native of Texas, Cooke received her bachelor’s degree from Rice University and her master’s degree from the Juilliard School. During her time at Juilliard, she was a frequent soloist in premiere performances by the New Juilliard Ensemble.

The Performing Arts Center will sponsor an educational residency with Cooke in conjunction with her recital. She will travel to south Georgia for educational programs in Tifton in addition to offering programs for students at Oconee County and Winder Barrow high schools.

Cooke will be accompanied by pianist Pei-Yao Wang, a native of Taipei and the youngest pianist ever to win the Taiwan National Piano Competition. (706) 542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac.

Saturday, April 12
Wilderness First Aid.
8 a.m.–5 p.m. $150 ($140 for students). Ramsey Student Center. Sponsored by Georgia Outdoor Recreation. choppie2@uga.edu.

Flower Garden Ramble.
Shelly Prescott unveils the flower garden, the newest addition to State Botanical Garden. 10 a.m. Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. (706) 542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu.

Women’s Tennis.
vs. University of Tennessee. Noon. Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

International Street Festival.
Noon–5 p.m. Downtown Athens. Sponsored by International Student Life. (706) 542-7911.

Privet Pull and Wildflower Ramble.
Heather Alley leads an informal walk to see the effects that privet, a highly invasive species, has on native plants, including spring wildflowers. 1–4 p.m. Shade Garden Arbor, State Botanical Garden. (706) 542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu.

Baseball.
vs. University of Kentucky. $6. 4 p.m. Foley Field. FSNS-TV.

Pajama Jam 2008.
Proceeds benefit the March of Dimes. $15. 9:06 p.m. Volleyball Arena, Ramsey Student Center. Sponsored by the Zeta Pi chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (706) 296-5278, nineteenix@gmail.com.

Performance.
The Performing Arts Center will present Concertante on April 12 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall as the final concert of the Franklin College Chamber Music Series’ 30th anniversary season.

The performance is this year’s Payne Memorial Concert, which honors William Jackson “Jack” Payne, former dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Payne established the university’s popular chamber music series in 1978.

Concertante is comprised of six virtuoso string players, each of whom has won major national and international music competitions. The members of Concertante are cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach, violinist and violist Ara Gregorian, cellist Zvi Plesser, violinist Ittai Shapira, violist Rachel Shapiro and violinist Xiao-Dong Wang. The group will be joined by guest pianist Shirley Irek for a special performance of the Brahms Piano Quintet. www.uga.edu/pac.

Sunday, April 13
Student Transitional Retreat.
8 a.m.–4 p.m. State Botanical Garden. Sponsored by the African-American Cultural Center. (706) 542-8468.

Baseball.
vs. University of Kentucky. $6. 2 p.m. Foley Field.

Monday, April 14
Golf Classic.
16th Annual Albert W. Jowdy Memorial Golf Classic. Entry fee: $175 per person. Limited to first 132 players registered. Team registration encouraged. Play will proceed rain or shine. Check-in begins at 8 a.m.; tournament starts 10 a.m. UGA Golf Course. Sponsored by the College of Pharmacy. Register at (706) 542-5303, fax (706) 542-5269.

Coming Up
Digital plant Photography Class.
April 18–19. Day 1: “Digital Photography Basics.” Day 2: “Photography in the Field.” $28 (members $25). Callaway Auditorium, State Botanical Garden. (706) 542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu.

UGA Night at Six Flags.
April 18. Park will be open only to UGA alumni, students, faculty, staff, friends and family. Tickets: $27 until April 18 and $32 at the gate. Free for children younger than 2. 6 p.m.–midnight. Six Flags Over Georgia. Sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association and Campus Life. (706) 542-8074, www.alumni.uga.edu/alumni.

Performance.
April 18. Chanticleer. Tickets $23/$28. 8 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Sponsored by the Performing Arts Center. (706) 542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac.