Archives
Events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from Feb. 5through 22
1/29/04
lectures
5 Thursday
“Mommsen: The Past and Future of Historiography Time.” Leon
Chai, UI. 5:15 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building.
German Department.
6 Friday
“Direct Democracy on the Internet: Putting the Public Back Into
Politics.” Ben Scott, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA.
Friday Forum.
9 Monday
“Preservation in New Bedford: An Environmental Autobiography.”
Kingston Heath, author. 7 p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall. Leonarda
and Alan K. Laing Lecture/Architecture.
10 Tuesday
“A Season to Remember… and Build On.” Janet Rayfield
and soccer players, UI. Lunch 11:55 a.m.; speaker 12:05 p.m. Latzer
Hall, University YMCA. Know Your University.
“Messianic Quest in the Age of Proletariat: Soviet Marxist Theories
of Yiddish Literature, 1918-1941.” Mikhail Krutikov, University
of Michigan. 7 p.m. 1080 Foreign Languages Building. Russian, East European
and Eurasian Center.
12 Thursday
“American Apartheid and the Supreme Court: Understanding the Significance
of the Brown Decision.” Paul Finkelman, University of Tulsa. 4
p.m. 407 Levis Faculty Center. College of Law, Brown v. Board of Education/Office
of the Chancellor.
13 Friday
“Constitutionalism and Democracy in Afghanistan.” Tom Ginsburg,
UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.
“Fragments of the Underworld.” De Haven Solimon Chaffins,
artist. 7:30 p.m. Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory
St., Urbana. Spurlock Museum.
17 Tuesday
“Ten Million and Counting: Where Do We Go From Here?” Paula
Kaufman, university librarian. Lunch 11:55 a.m.; speaker 12:05 p.m.
Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your University.
20 Friday
“Democracy and Human Rights: The Nature of the Relationship.”
Belden Fields, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.
colloquia
5 Thursday
“This Little Kidney Went to Market: Historical Reflections on
Buying and Selling Human Organs.” Susan E. Lederer, Yale University.
Noon-1:30 p.m. 177 Medical Sciences Building. Medical Humanities and
Social Sciences Program.
“Inside Thunder Mountain: A Shaman’s Vision of Knowledge
as Sustenance.” Stephanie Stean, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies
Building. Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
“Modeling Structure in Images: The Image Coding Perspective.”
Michael Orchard, Rice University. 4 p.m. 151 Everitt Lab. Electrical
and Computer Engineering.
“Creolization and Its Discontent.” Stephan Palmie, University
of Chicago. 7:30 p.m. 406 Illini Union. Latin American and Caribbean
Studies.
6 Friday
“Value-added Uses of Discarded Fly Ash, a By-product From Coal
Combustion.” Mei-In Melissa Chou, UI. Noon. W-109 Turner Hall.
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
9 Monday
“A Black Potemkin? Afro-Brazilian Sailors Seized Control of Brazil’s
Navy, November 1910.” Noon. Afro-American Studies and Research
Program, 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana. Afro-American Studies and Research.
“India’s Relations With East Asia.” Rajamohan Gandhi,
UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. East Asian and Pacific
Studies.
“Symbolism and the Fauves.” Marcel Franciscono, UI. Noon.
Trees Gallery, Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.
10 Tuesday
“ ‘Oh Those Turks!’ Music and Interculturality in
the Balkans and Beyond.” Donna Buchanan, UI. Noon. 101 International
Studies Building. Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.
“Djazaïr 2003: A Year of Algeria in France.” Jane Kuntz,
UI. Noon. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. South
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
“The New Department of Bioengineering at UIUC.” Bruce C.
Wheeler, UI. Noon. 3269 Beckman Institute. Imaging Technology Group/Beckman
Institute.
11 Wednesday
“Berryfruit Modulation of Age-Related Decrements in
Neuronal Communication and Behavior.” James A. Joseph, Tufts University.
4 p.m. 150 Animal Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.
“Evolutionary Theories of Aging: Old Problems and New Insights.”
Alex Scheuerlein, University of Missouri. 4 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life
Sciences Laboratory. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
12 Thursday
Title: TBA. Eurydice Bauer, UI. Noon. 242 Education Building. Bureau
of Educational Research.
“Hyperfast Computational Communications: Multiple Engineering
Disciplines to ‘get what you need.’ ” Gerry Labedz,
Motorola Labs. 4 p.m. 151 Everitt Lab. Electrical and Computer Engineering.
13 Friday
“Nutrient Cycling in Urban Ecosystems: The Baltimore LTER.”
Rich Pouyat, USDA Forest Service, Baltimore. Noon. W-109 Turner Hall.
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
16 Monday
“Pastoralized Identities, Global Nationalisms: Emerging Issues
in Trans/National Social Movements.” Kumi Silva, UI. Noon. 101
International Studies Building. South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
17 Tuesday
“HASTAC: The Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Technology, Advanced
Collaboratory.” Allison Clark, UI. Noon. 3269 Beckman Institute.
Imaging Technology Group/Beckman Institute.
“Politicizing Magic: Fairy Tales of Socialist Realism.”
Marina Balina, Illinois Wesleyan University. Noon. 101 International
Studies Building. Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.
18 Wednesday
“Evolution of Plasticity in Development: Causes and Consequences.”
Alex Badyaev, University of Arizona. 4 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences
Laboratory. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
“Identification of Two Key Proteins That Regulate Establishment
of Adult Adipocyte Number.” Paul Cooke, UI. 4 p.m. 150 Animal
Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.
“The Ultimate Transistor: Is It the Silicon MOSFET?” Mark
S. Lundstrom, Purdue University. 4 p.m. Coordinated Science Laboratory
auditorium. Nanoscale Science and Technology.
“Visions of a Japanese Vendetta: Chushingura on Stage and in Prints.”
Henry D. Smith, author. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art
Museum.
19 Thursday
“Microplasma Arrays in Semiconductors, Ceramic and Polymer/Metal
Multilayer Structures: Photonic Devices for Emission and Detection.”
Gary Eden, UI. 4 p.m.
151 Everitt Lab. Electrical and Computer Engineering.
20 Friday
“Urban Greenspace and Healthy Human Functioning: Theory, Evidence
and Applications.” Frances Kuo, UI. Noon. W-109 Turner Hall. Natural
Resources and Environmental Sciences.
theater
12 Thursday
“Twelfth Night.” Robert Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio
Theater, Krannert Center. Shakespeare’s popular comedy explores
love in almost all of its guises. Admission charge.
13 Friday
“Twelfth Night.” Robert Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio
Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
14 Saturday
“Twelfth Night.” Robert Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio
Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
18 Wednesday
“Twelfth Night.” Robert Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio
Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
19 Thursday
“Twelfth Night.” Robert Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio
Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
20 Friday
“Twelfth Night.” Robert Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio
Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
21 Saturday
“Twelfth Night.” Robert Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio
Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
22 Sunday
“Twelfth Night.” Robert Anderson, director. 3 p.m. Studio
Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
music
5 Thursday
Junior Recital. Courtney Huffman, soprano. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
Junior Recital. Leslie Nerisse Damaso, soprano. 11:30 a.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Venice Baroque Orchestra. Andrea Marcon, artistic director. 7:30 p.m.
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With Giuliano Carmignola, violin.
Concertos by Vivaldi. Admission charge.
6 Friday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Yoon-Kyung Nam, cello. 5 p.m. Music
Building auditorium.
Faculty Recital. Chip McNeill, jazz saxophone, with the Chip McNeill
Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Tunes from
American composers Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer and Cole Porter. Admission
charge. School of Music.
Master of Music Recital. Erica Muller, soprano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
7 Saturday
Master of Music Recital. Jared R. Gray, trumpet. 5 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
UI Chamber Singers. Fred Stoltzfus, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger
Great Hall, Krannert Center. Composers represented include Samuel Barber,
Giuseppe Verdi and Orlando Di Lasso. Admission charge. School of Music.
8 Sunday
Second Sunday Concert. UI Faculty Brass Quintet. Elliot Chasanov, director.
2 p.m. Krannert Art Museum.
Faculty Recital. Rudolf Haken, viola. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall,
Krannert Center. Viola concertos by Stamitz, Hoffmeister, Weber, Handel
and J.C. Bach with a chamber orchestra of UI faculty and students. Admission
charge. School of Music.
10 Tuesday
Interval: Weavermania. Noon. Lobby, Krannert Center. Four veteran Chicago
singers recreate The Weavers’ four-part harmonies in with sing-along
favorites.
Guest Artist Recital. University of Georgia Woodwind Quartet. 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
11 Wednesday
Guest Artist Recital. Cristian Niculescu, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
12 Thursday
Junior Recital. Josephine Chang, piano. 11:30 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
UI Symphony Orchestra. Donald Schleicher, conductor; Geoffrey Clift
and Robert Mirakian, graduate student conductors. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger
Great Hall, Krannert Center. With Gerald Wood, horn. Classic works make
up this program, including Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 2,
Mozart’s Concerto No. 4 for Horn and Schubert’s Symphony
No. 5. Admission charge.
14 Saturday
Graduate Recital. Clinton Sims, tuba. 5 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra. Steven Larsen, music director and
Conductor; Alexandre Bouzlov, cello. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall,
Krannert Center. “A Valentine Sampler” with works by Tchaikovsky
and Richard Strauss. Admission charge.
Master of Music Recital. Jing-I Jang, harp. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
15 Sunday
Concertante. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. This collective
of Juilliard graduates presents two String Sextets by Johannes Brahms.
Light refreshments served at 2:15 p.m. Admission charge.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Lissette L. Jimenez, mezzo-soprano.
7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
16 Monday
Doctor of Musical Arts Project Recital. Jie-You Lee, flute. 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
17 Tuesday
MENC Student Recital. Heather Hockenberger, coordinator. 7:30 p.m. Memorial
Room, Smith Hall.
18 Wednesday
UI Wind Symphony and UI Symphonic Band I. James F. Keene and Thomas
E. Caneva, conductors; Maestro Fulvio Creux, guest conductor. 7:30 p.m.
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With Carlo Calcagnini, clarinet;
and Timothy McGovern, bassoon. These ensembles premiere Stephen Taylor’s
“The Surface of Last Scattering.” Admission charge.
19 Thursday
Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. Sergey Kondrashev,
conductor, and Yuri Rozum, piano. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert
Center. Selections include the “1812 Overture,” excerpts
from “Eugene Onegin,” and “Marche Slave.” Concert
Prep: 6:45 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
20 Friday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Daniel Kelly, trumpet. 7:30 p.m. Music
Building auditorium.
21 Saturday
Junior Recital. Roxanne Avila, flute. 5 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Faculty Recital. Karl Kramer, tuba. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
22 Sunday
Undergraduate Recital. Jennifer Nelson, flute, and Garrett Matlock,
clarinet. Noon. Music Building auditorium.
UI Philharmonic. Jack Ranney, conductor, and Geoffrey Clift, graduate
student conductor. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Enjoy
three classic orchestral works: “Roman Carnival” by Berlioz;
“Die Moldau” by Smetana; and the Symphony No. 2 of Brahms.
Admission charge.
UI Symphonic Band II and UI Concert Band I. Peter J. Griffin and Kenneth
Steinsultz, conductors. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center.
A variety of works from the symphonic and concert band repertoires will
be presented. Admission charge.
opera
20 Friday
“Sweeney Todd.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor; Stephen Fiol,
director; and Sara Lampert Hoover, movement specialist. 7:30 p.m. Tryon
Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning
musical thriller about “the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
Admission charge.
21 Saturday
“Sweeney Todd.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor; Stephen Fiol,
director; and Sara Lampert Hoover, movement specialist. 7:30 p.m. Tryon
Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
dance
5 Thursday
Festival 2004. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse. Featuring the choreography
of resident artists Renée Wadleigh, Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Linda
Lehovec, Sara Hook and Luc Vanier. Admission charge.
6 Friday
Festival 2004. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse. Featuring the choreography
of resident artists Renée Wadleigh, Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Linda
Lehovec, Sara Hook and Luc Vanier. Admission charge.
7 Saturday
Festival 2004. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse. Featuring the choreography
of resident artists Renée Wadleigh, Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Linda
Lehovec, Sara Hook and Luc Vanier. Admission charge.
20 Friday
“Capacitor: Within Outer Spaces.” Jodi Lomask, choreography
and artistic director. 7 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. The
gymnasts, martial artists and aerialists of this group collaborate with
physicists, astronomers and motion-capture animators to create a theater
event that entertains as well as sparks intellectual curiosity. Recommended
for kids 12 and older. Admission charge.
21 Saturday
“Capacitor: Within Outer Spaces.” Jodi Lomask, choreography
and artistic director. 7 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Recommended
for kids 12 and older. Admission charge.
films
6 Friday
“Whale Rider.” 7:47 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA.
11 Wednesday
IPRH Film Series. “Bowling for Columbine.” Michael Moore,
director. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum auditorium. Illinois Program
for Research in the Humanities.
sports
(to confirm times, go to www.fightingillini.com)
6 Friday
Wrestling. UI vs. University of Minnesota. 7 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission
charge.
8 Sunday
Wrestling. UI vs. University of Wisconsin. 1 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission
charge.
10 Tuesday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Michigan State. 8 p.m. Assembly Hall.
Admission charge.
13 Friday
Wrestling. UI vs. Ohio State. 7 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.
15 Sunday
Women’s Basketball UI vs. Minnesota. 2 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission
charge.
18 Wednesday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Wisconsin. 7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission
charge.
22 Sunday
Wrestling. UI vs. Purdue. 1 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.
et cetera
5 Thursday
Roundtable discussion: “Modernity and Religion.” 3:30 p.m.
Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, 805 W. Pennsylvania
Ave., Urbana. Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
6 Friday
Conference: “Beyond East and West: Art in a Transnational World.”
David O’Brien and David Prochaska, UI, organizers. Noon-5 p.m.
Plym Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall. Continues Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
7 Saturday
“Birding for Beginners.” 10-11:30 a.m. Visitor’s Center,
Allerton Park. Admission charge. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
Storytelling and Drum Concert: “American Indian Matriarchs Through
History.” Susan K. Power, Kelly Bilbreth and Paula Gunn Allen,
performers. 1 p.m. Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory
St., Urbana. Admission charge. Spurlock Museum.
8 Sunday
Second Sunday Gallery Tour. “Picturing Performance: Japanese Theater
Prints of the Utagawa School, 1790-1868.” Ronald Toby, guest curator.
1 p.m. Krannert Art Museum.
9 Monday
Technical and Medical Book Fair. Noon-8 p.m. General Book Department,
second floor, Illini Union Bookstore. Illini Union Bookstore.
14th Annual Aviation Student/Alumni Career Night. Nathan Butcher, FlightStar;
Dennis Beringer, FAA; Neeley Weaver Casey, Continental Express; Wei
Zheng, Pensacola Aviation. 5:30 p.m. Rooms A, B and C and South Lounge,
Illini Union. Institute of Aviation.
10 Tuesday
Technical and Medical Book Fair. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. General Book Department,
second floor, Illini Union Bookstore. Illini Union Bookstore.
Symposium on Graduate Education: Challenges, Choices, Careers. 1-5 p.m.
Illini Rooms, Illini Union. Register at http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/CareerServices/Symposium/Registration.asp.
Graduate College.
Panel discussion: “Pond Restoration.” 7-8:30 p.m. Visitor’s
Center, Allerton Park. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
11 Wednesday
NRES Internship & Career Fair. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. ACES Library, Information
and Alumni Center. Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences.
Gallery tour: “Beyond West and East.” David O’Brien,
UI. 3:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Illinois Program for Research in
the Humanities.
Jewelry Making Demonstration. Ben Yellowhorse, jewelry maker. 7:30 p.m.
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana. Spurlock
Museum.
16 Monday
Nature ABCs and 123s: “B is for Bear.” 10-11 a.m. Visitor’s
Center, Allerton Park. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
Eduardo Rapiman, Mapuche artist from Chile. Opening reception: 5-7 p.m.
Humanities Lecture Hall, IPRH, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana. Illinois
Program for Research in the Humanities and Latin American and Caribbean
Studies.
21 Saturday
Nature ABCs and 123s: “B is for Bear.” 10-11 a.m. Visitor’s
Center, Allerton Park. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
Instruments for Non-Musicians Workshop. 1-2:30 p.m. Visitor’s
Center, Allerton Park. Ages 10-adult. Join storyteller, singer and musician
Dan Keding for an introductory course learning to play some of the more
unique instruments such as the jawharp, spoons and limber jack. Admission
charge. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
Stories and Music Concert. Dan Keding, storyteller and musician. 7-8:30
p.m. Visitor’s Center, Allerton Park. Admission charge. Allerton
Park and Conference Center.
exhibits
“Fifty Years of African American Achievement in Higher Education:
Quantifying Change Using Government Documents”
Government Documents Library, south main hall wall cases.
“African Caribbean”
Latin American and Caribbean Library.
“Remembering Brown v. Board of Education”
Main hall display cases, Library.
“Edward Said (1935-2003) – Father of Orientalism”
and “J.M. Coetzee – South African Novelist”
Modern Languages and Linguistics Library
“New Acquisitions: Carl Sandburg, Puyol Posters and French Fashion
Plates”
Rare Book and Special Collections Library.
Through Feb.29.
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“Korean Dolls: A Celebration of Life”
Through March 31.
“The American Indian Center of Chicago Celebrates 50 Years of
Powwow”
Through June 26.
Five galleries featuring the cultures of the world.
Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana. Noon-5 p.m. Tuesday; 9
a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-
4 p.m. Saturday.
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“Picturing Performance: Japanese Theater Prints of the Utagawa
School, 1790-1868”
Featured Works XV. “Bon Coiffure: Hair Signs From West Africa”
Through March 21.
“Whistler and Japonisme: Selections From the Permanent Collection”
Through March 28.
“Beyond East and West: Seven Transnational Artists”
Through April 4.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday;
9 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission to the museum is
free; a donation of $3 is suggested.
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“High-rise and Habitat: Proposals for Supertall Buildings for
7 S. Dearborn, Chicago”
“Chicago Architectural Club Members Exhibition”
Through Feb. 28
I space, 230 W. Superior St., Chicago. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
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@art gallery. Online exhibit of the UI School of Art and Design. www.art.uiuc.edu/@art.
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•This calendar is excerpted
from the Feb. 5 issue of Inside Illinois, the faculty-staff newspaper
at the UI.
