Monday, November 9, 1998
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		Ongoing Art exhibitions. Elements of Style: The Legacy of Arnocroft. Through Jan. 3. 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. Arnocroft, which is located on Milledge Avenue, was built in 1903 and remodeled in 1933. The Junior League plans to make the house into a museum, to be open for tours within the next year. Rembrandt: Treasures from the Rembrandt House, Amsterdam. Through Jan. 10. 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. Organized by the museum in association with the Rembrandt House, the exhibition includes 82 etchings and two copper plates, giving a thorough view of Rembrandt’s printmaking. The house, which became a museum in 1911, now owns and houses 260 of Rembrandt’s 300 etchings. Preview By or After Rembrandt. In conjunction with Rembrandt: Treasures from the Rembrandt House, Amsterdam. Through Jan. 10. 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. Autumn Splendor. Mixed-media juried exhibit by Athens Art Association members. Through Nov. 22. State Botanical Garden visitor center, open 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday. 542-1244. Ambiguous Iron. William J. Thompson Gallery, Thomas Street Art Complex. Through Nov. 13. Gallery hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. 542-2468. An exhibition of cast-iron works by John Lloyd, produced during a one-year residency at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wis. These elegantly constructed pieces serve as “cartoons” of function and sex. Sculpture by Sergio Dolfi. Main Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. Through Nov. 13. Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 542-1629. Dolfi, a native of Italy and a retired executive from Coca-Cola, has arranged in his will to donate his original sculpture to UGA. This exhibition will serve as an introduction to his work. Preview Computer animation by Chris Wells. Through Nov. 30. African-American Cultural Center, 406 Memorial Hall, open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 542-8468. The Awakening of Turtle Island. Tate Student Center Gallery, open from 8 a.m. to midnight daily. Through Dec. 9. A documentary series designed to enhance appreciation for Native-American culture through photographic images and text. The exhibit includes a life-size holographic-style video mask display of an elder speaking to the exhibit viewers. 542-6396. Video. Rembrandt: Painter of Men. Rembrandt’s first and last self-portraits were created 40 years apart. This short video examines the range of styles and poses throughout this body of work. Dudley Audio-Visual Theater, Georgia Museum of Art. Preview Monday, November 9 Faculty recital rescheduled. Milton Masciadri’s recital, originally announced for this date, has been postponed to Nov. 19. 542-3737. Preview Concert. University Chorus. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by the School of Music. 542-3737. The 60-member chorus, under the direction of Grace Kingsbury Muzzo and accompanied by a brass ensemble and chamber orchestra, will perform several psalm settings and Mozart’s “Solemn Vespers.” All UGA students (regardless of major), faculty and staff are eligible to participate in the chorus. Lecture. “Elizabeth Bishop: Painter and Poet,” William Benton. 4:30 p.m., 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by the English department and the Helen S. Lanier Reading Series. 542-9262. Benton, himself a poet who has published half a dozen collections and whose work has appeared in such places as the New Yorker and the Paris Review, is also author of Exchanging Hats: The Paintings of Elizabeth Bishop. Bishop (1911-79) is considered one of the greatest American poets of the 20th century. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be illustrated with slides. Seminar.“If You Think Life Used to Be More Fun--You Are Probably Right! Age-Related Changes in Sensitivity to Reward,” Gail Tripp, University of Otage (New Zealand). 3:30 p.m. 106 Barrow Hall. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1809. Lecture. “Christmas in the ’50s,” Philip Lee Williams. 10-11:30 a.m. Callaway Building, State Botanical Garden. Sponsored by the Learning in Retirement Program. 549-3256. Tuesday, November 10 Lecture. Susan Hauptman, artist and Lamar Dodd Professor of Art. 11 a.m. Georgia Museum of Art. Sponsored by University Woman’s Club and Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662. Volleyball. vs. Georgia Southern. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. Men’s Basketball. vs. Athletes in Action. 7:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231. Wednesday, November 11 University Theatre. All in the Timing. $10 ($7 students). Evening performances at 8 p.m. Nov. 11-14, Nov. 17-20 and Dec. 1-5; matinees Nov. 15 and 22 at 2:30 p.m. Cellar Theatre, Fine Arts Building. 542-2836. See story at right. Preview Lecture. “The Religion of the Future,” Frederick Turner. 4 p.m. 265 Park Hall. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966. Preview Scholar, poet, environmental activist and cultural critic, Turner is Founders Professor of Arts and Humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas and visiting scholar in comparative literature at UGA this week. He has recently turned his attention to ecology and serves as adviser to the Society for Ecological Restoration. He is the recipient of the Milan Fust Prize, the Levinson Poetry Prize (awarded by Poetry), the Missouri Review essay prize, the Benjamin Franklin Book Award and an Emmy. J.W. Fanning Lecture. “Forces Shaping the Roles of Public Research and Extension in the 21st-Century Food System,” Larry G. Hamm, head of the department of agricultural economics, Michigan State University. 11 a.m. Mahler Auditorium, Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Sponsored by the department of agricultural and applied economics and the Agricultural Economics Association of Georgia. 542-0753. Poetry reading. Margaret Gibson. 4:30 p.m. Room B-2 main library. Sponsored by the English department, the creative writing program, the Georgia Review, the UGA libraries and the Women’s Studies Program. 542-3481. Gibson, the author of five highly regarded collections of poems, will read from her work in the presentation at 4:30. Earlier in the day, from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m., she will conduct a question-and-answer session in 261 Park Hall. Both events are open to the public and free. Winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize for Long Walks in the Afternoon (1982) and a finalist for the National Book Award for The Vigil (1993), Gibson is most centrally concerned with exploring women’s sensibilities, the large and small grandeurs of the natural world and the importance of various kinds of spirituality in human life. She teaches at the University of Connecticut. Lecture. “Brazilian Literary History from the Colonizer’s Point of View,” Luiz Roberto Velloso Cairo, Universidade Estadual Paulista-Assis. 4 p.m. 360 Gilbert Hall. Sponsored by Romance languages and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. 542-1075. Lunch-in-Theory. “Slavery Remembered: The Cultural Legacies of Slavery in Egypt,” Eve Powell, history. 12:10 p.m. Russell Library. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. 542-3966. Wednesday Film. The Icicle Thief. Parody-satire, written and directed by Maurizio Nichetti. $3. 7:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662. Lecture. “Managing Stress: Survival Tactics for the 21st Century,” James F. Calhoun, psychology. 8:30-10 a.m. Callaway Building, State Botanical Garden. Sponsored by the Learning in Retirement Program. 549-3256. Lunch and Learn. Male-Female Relationships. Noon. 145 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Counseling and Testing Center. 542-3183. Thursday, November 12 Physical Master Plan presentations. 10 a.m., Chapel; 2 p.m., Georgia Hall, Tate Student Center; 7 p.m., Chapel. 542-3605. Story 2nd Thursday Concert. Percussion Extravaganza. $9 ($5 students). 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. Sponsored by School of Music. 542-4400. Thomas McCutchen and Arvin Scott will join the UGA Percussion Ensemble, the Steel Band and the UGA Hand Drum Ensemble in this extravaganza. Lecture. Thomas Savage, curator and director of the museum division of the Historic Charleston Foundation. Focusing on Southern decorative arts and the Southerner’s eclectic style of collecting. 1 p.m. Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. Lunch at noon, $10, reservations required. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662. Lecture. “Medieval Answers to Post-Modernism,” Jonathan Evans, English. 12:30 p.m. Room 501, Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry. Sponsored by Christian Faculty Forum. Friday, November 13 Environmental Ethics Symposium. “Is Urban Sprawl Bad?” Arthur C. Nelson, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Frederick Steiner, Arizona State University. 2-4 p.m. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Center for Humanities and Arts. Each of the participants in this year’s symposium will begin with a 10-minute illustrated presentation. They will then discuss urban sprawl with each other and with the audience. Steiner is an expert in ecological planning and author of numerous publications, most recently To Heal the Earth. He is the recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, the President’s Citation from the Soil and Water Conservation Society and two national awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects. Nelson, who holds joint appointments in the colleges of management and engineering at Georgia Tech, specializes in farm and forest preservation, urban containment and the relationship between metropolitan governance structures and economic development. He is the author of several books. The discussion will be moderated by Richard Westmacott of environmental design. Lecture. “Virtually Equal? On-Line Classroom Discussions and Gender,” Karen Weekes, English. 12:20 p.m. 140 Tate Student Center. Sponsored by Women’s Studies Program. 542-2846. Colloquium. “The Geopolitics of Labor: The AFL-CIO, the Cold War and Worker Housing in Latin America,” Andrew J. Herod, geography. 3:30 p.m. 200C geography building. 542-2350. International Student Coffee Hour. The university community is invited. Hosted this week by Christian Campus Fellowship. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Sponsored by International Student Life Office. 542-5867. Film. Short Attention Span Theater. 7:30 p.m. Griffith Auditorium, Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662. Now in its seventh year, the Short Attention Span Theater, created by San Francisco’s Beth Hall, is a collection of shorts each lasting two minutes or less, the work of 61 artists, filmmakers and technicians. The subjects range from raucous comedy to thoughtful commentary and deeply disturbing pieces that may never be seen anywhere else. 2 hours. Colloquium. “Rational Choice Theory and the Lessons of Feminism,” Ann Cudd, University of Kansas. 3:30 p.m. 205-S Peabody Hall. Sponsored by philosophy department. 542-2823. Volleyball. vs. South Carolina. 7 p.m. Ramsey Student Center. Men’s Basketball. vs. Mercer. 7:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. 542-1231. Saturday, November 14 Concert. Assad Brothers, classical guitar. $20 and $24. 8 p.m. Hodgson Hall, Performing Arts Center. 542-4400. Recognized across the globe for their technical virtuosity, uncanny precision and musical and stylistic sensitivity, Sergio and Odair Assad are considered the foremost guitar-duo team in the world. The Brazilian-born brothers have been credited with “double-handedly” reviving contemporary music for the guitar. Among the many composers who have dedicated pieces to the Assads are Brazilians Radames Gnattali, Marlos Nobre, Edino Krieger and Francisco Mignone; Russian Nikita Koshkin; Argentinean Astor Piazzola; Frenchman Roland Dyens; Cuban Leo Brouwer; and American Terry Riley. The Assad brothers have over a dozen recordings to their credit, including recent collaborations with such internationally renowned artists as Yo-Yo Ma, Dawn Upshaw and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. They regularly perform in recital and with orchestras throughout Europe, Latin America and Asia. Born in Sao Paulo into a musical family, Sergio and Odair studied with Monina Tavora, a student of Andres Segovia. Their shared musical education and experience have given them a remarkable unified sound. A free pre-concert lecture will be given by John Sutherland, guitarist in UGA’s School of Music, at 7:15 p.m. in Ramsey Hall. Preview Family Day. “Rembrandt.” 10 a.m. Participants can explore the Rembrandt exhibition and then create a masterpiece to take home. Refreshments will be served. Sponsored by Georgia Museum of Art. 542-4662. Preview Nature Sculpture Workshop. Susan Carlton Smith Cavanagh. $10 (members $9). 9:30-11:30 a.m. Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. 542-6156. Garden Ramble. Geology Ramble. 10 a.m. Garden Rambles are informal walks focusing on seasonal items. Meet at the covered shelter by the lower parking lot. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by State Botanical Garden. 542-6156. Sunday, November 15 Opera. La Traviata. $28 and $32. 7:30 p.m. Hodgson Hall. 542-4400. Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata is set in and around Paris in the 1890s and is based on Alexandre Dumas’s La Dame aux camélias, with libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. The opera tells the tragic love story of Violetta, a beautiful Parisian socialite, and the sacrifices she makes for her beloved Alfredo. This performance by the San Francisco Western Opera Theater will be a concert version, with the Western Opera Theater Orchestra onstage behind the singers. It will be sung in Italian with English supertitles projected above the stage. The conductor will be Joseph Colaneri, who has conducted more than 60 performances for the New York City Opera and was chorus master for City Opera’s Grammy Award-winning recording of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. Western Opera Theater was founded 31 years ago with the first opera touring grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. A pre-concert lecture will be given by M.A. Barnes, writer for the Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald. The lecture begins at 6:45 p.m. in Ramsey Hall and is free and open to the public. Preview Monday, November 16 Lecture. “An Honest Discussion of Herbal Medications,” Coy A. Gibson, professor emeritus, pharmacy. 10-11:30 a.m. Callaway Building, State Botanical Garden. Sponsored by the Learning in Retirement Program. 549-3256. Art exhibition. Sculpture by David Carrow. Through Dec. 4. Main Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art. Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 542-1629. Men’s Basketball. vs. College of Charleston--NIT Tournament. TBA. Stegeman Coliseum. ESPN-TV. 542-1231. Coming up William A. Owens Jr. Lecture. “What We Didn’t Know Then: Teenage Childbearing in Historical Perspective,” Frank Furstenberg, University of Pennsylvania. Nov. 18, 2 p.m., Tate Student Center. Refreshments follow the lecture. Sponsored by Institute for Behavioral Research. 542-1809. Concert. Paul Winter Consort. World music and jazz. $20 and $24. Nov. 20, 8 p.m., Hodgson Hall. 542-4400. Forte performance postponed. Oscar Wilde: Diversion and Delights, originally scheduled for Nov. 18, has been postponed by the producers. Rescheduling information will be announced as soon as available. 542-6466.
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