Waverly Consort to perform medieval Christmas music in Hodgson Concert Hall The Performing Arts Center will present the Waverly Consort in The Christmas Story Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets are $28, $23 or half-price for UGA students. Hailed as “one of the joys of the season” by The Chicago Tribune, The Christmas Story premiered in the Medieval Sculpture Garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1980 and later moved to the Cloisters, the branch of the Metropolitan Museum devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. In the timeless spirit and pageantry of the medieval church dramas and mystery plays, the Waverly Consort recounts the events of Christmas in an uplifting and moving celebration of ritual drama and song. The ensemble’s singers and musicians, performing on reproductions of medieval instruments, present a program combining solemn and festive music, processions and simple gestures, to dramatize the Biblical narrative as conveyed by music manuscripts and illuminated miniatures of the Middle Ages. The Waverly Consort was founded in 1964 by Michael and Kay Jaffee to explore the sounds and styles of early musical repertories. Since then, the Waverly Consort’s tours, radio and television appearances and recordings have created a worldwide audience for its music. A pre-concert lecture will be given at 2:15 p.m. by Thomas Taylor Dickey, a UGA doctoral student in orchestral conducting. The lecture is free and open to the public. —Bobby Tyler

Art exhibitions.
Southern Tableau, landscape paintings by Joe M. Ruiz. Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. Through Nov. 25. (706) 542-1244.

Forming Content, works by Cecile L.K. Martin, College of Environment and Design. Circle Gallery, G14 Caldwell Hall. Through Dec. 11. (706) 542-8292, rds@uga.edu.

Snapshots: Selections from the M.E. Thompson Collection, correspondence, speeches, photographs, memorabilia and audiovisual material about Georgia’s first lieutenant governor. Through Dec. 15. Russell Library. (706) 542-5788.

UGA Football, 1892-1969, images and artifacts related to UGA football marking the 80th anniversary (Oct. 12) of the first game played in Sanford Stadium. Third floor, main library. Through Dec. 31. (706) 542-7123.

Measuring Deliberate Speed: Georgians Face School Desegregation and With All Deliberate Speed: The AP in Little Rock, exhibitions about the 1957 desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., and related riots as well as the impact on Georgia’s public schools. Richard B. Russell Library. Through Feb. 26. (706) 542-5788, jlevinso@uga.edu.

Monday, November 23
Strategic planning forum.
To gather staff input on the draft university strategic plan for the coming decade. 1–3 p.m. Fourth floor, Dean Rusk Hall.

Students’ Thanksgiving Holiday.
Through Nov. 27.

Tuesday, November 24
Men’s basketball.
vs. UNC-Asheville. $15, $2 UGA students. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. CSS-TV. (706) 542-1231, www.georgiadogs.com.

Wednesday, November 25
Furlough Day.
Only essential campus services will operate. www.uga.edu/furlough.

Women’s basketball.
vs. Alabama State. $5; $3 children; free for faculty, staff and students. 6 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. (706) 542-1231, www.georgiadogs.com.

Thursday, November 26
Thanksgiving Holiday.
Offices closed through Nov. 27.

Friday, November 27
Men’s basketball.
vs. Jacksonville State. $15, $2 UGA students. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. (706) 542-1231, www.georgiadogs.com.

Monday, November 30
Recitals.
UGA Tuba Euphonium Ensemble, 3:35 p.m. Ramsey Hall; Hodgson String Quartet, 6 p.m. Ramsey Hall; String Chamber Recital, 8 p.m. Edge Hall. www.music.uga.edu.

Tuesday, December 1
Child and Family Policy Initiative Lecture.
“Partnerships that Promote Healthy and Stable Marriages through Premarital Education,” Ted Futris, family and consumer sciences, and Ph.D. student Desiree Seponski. Noon–1 p.m.
138 Tate Student Center. rachjoy@uga.edu.

Women’s basketball.
vs. UAB. $5; $3 children; free for faculty, staff and students. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. (706) 542-1231, www.georgiadogs.com.

Wednesday, December 2
Strategic planning forum.
To gather faculty input on the draft university strategic plan for the coming decade. 1–3 p.m. Fourth floor, Dean Rusk Hall.

Staff Council Meeting.
2:30 p.m. 201 Pharmacy South.

Bulldog Book Club Meeting.
A discussion of Lawrence Lessig’s Free Culture. 3:35 p.m. Jittery Joe’s, Miller Learning Center. fteague@uga.edu.

Genetics Seminar.
“Imaging Seizures at the Brain-scale in Larval Zebrafish Transgenic for the Cameleon Calcium Indicator,” Andrew Sornborger, mathematics. 4 p.m. B118 Davison Life Sciences. (706) 542-1127.

Men’s basketball.
vs. St. Louis. $15, $2 UGA students. 7 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. Also a clothing drive for Project Safe. (706) 542-1231, www.georgiadogs.com.

Thursday, December 3
A Taste of home.
$7.95 breakfast, $10 lunch and $14.45 for dinner. UGA dining commons.

Science Career Symposium.
9 a.m. Complex Carbohydrate Research Center. Register at www.gsps.uga.edu.

University Council Meeting.
3:30 p.m. Grand Hall, Tate Student Center. (706) 542-6020.

Discussion.
“Let’s Talk about It! Equal Rights Policy and Legislation.” 6:30 p.m. 153 Miller Learning Center. (706) 542-4160, jmiracle@uga.edu.

Second Thursday Concert.
The UGA Symphony Orchestra performs holiday favorites. $15 ($7 students). 8 p.m. Also Dec. 4. Hodgson Hall. www.uga.edu/pac.

Dance Performance.
Informal Showing. $7 ($5 students). 8 p.m. Through Dec. 4. New Dance Theater, Dance Building. Young Choreographer’s Series. (706) 542-8579.

Friday, December 4
Campus Coffee Hour.
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Sponsored by International Student Life, Department of Intercultural Affairs. (706) 542-5867.

Consortium Webcast Program.
“Detecting and Diagnosing Model Misspecification,” Deborah Bandalos, educational psychology and instructional technology. Noon. 509 Boyd Graduate Research Center.
(706) 542-6100, sgary@uga.edu.

Strategic planning forum.
To gather student input on the draft university strategic plan for the coming decade. 1-3 p.m. North Psychology-Journalism Auditorium.

Romance Languages Colloquium.
“A Phenomenology of the Fantastic,” Kenneth Widgren, Romance languages. 3:30 p.m. 360 Gilbert Hall. dbultman@uga.edu.

Swimming and Diving.
UGA Invitational. 9:30 a.m. Dec. 5; 5 p.m. Dec. 6: 3 p.m. Gabrielsen Natatorium, Ramsey Student Center. (706) 542-1621, www.georgiadogs.com.

Saturday, December 5
Family Day.
Make holiday ornaments or sing carols with the Meridian Women’s Choir. 10 a.m.–noon. State Botanical Garden. (706) 542-4662, www.uga.edu/gamuseum.

Sunday, December 6
Holiday Open House.
2–5 p.m. Visitor Center, State Botanical Garden. (706) 542-1244, garden@uga.edu.

Women’s basketball.
vs. Georgia Tech. $5; $3 children; free for faculty, staff and students. 2:30 p.m. Stegeman Coliseum. CSS-TV. Also clothing drive for Project Safe. (706) 542-1231, www.georgiadogs.com.

Performance.
The Waverly Consort: The Christmas Story. $23 or $28. 3 p.m. Hodgson Concert Hall. (706) 542-4400, www.uga.edu/pac. (See story, above).

Coming up
A Cook’s Holiday Luncheon.
Dec. 17–18. $14.45. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. The Village Summit, Joe Frank Harris Commons. www.uga.edu/foodservice/holiday.