Archives
Events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from Feb. 19 through March 7
2/13/04
lectures
20 Friday
“Democracy and Human Rights: The Nature of the Relationship.”
Belden Fields, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.
23 Monday
“The Remains of the Name: The Origins of the Harlem Renaissance
in the Discourse of Egyptology, 1922-1925.” Robert A. Hill, University
of California, Los Angeles. 4 p.m. Third floor, Levis Faculty Center.
Afro-American Studies & Research, African Studies and MillerComm.
24 Tuesday
“Academic Freedom Under Fire.” John Wilson, author. Lunch
11:55 a.m.; speaker 12:05 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your
University.
“Lawyers as Upholders of Human Dignity (When They Aren’t
Busy Assaulting It).” David J. Luban, Georgetown University Law
Center. 4 p.m. Max L. Rowe Auditorium, College of Law. Paul M. Van Arsdell
Jr. Memorial Lecture/Law.
25 Wednesday
“Cross-Currents Between Film and Concert Music.” Don Davis,
composer and conductor, Los Angeles. 4 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Music and MillerComm.
27 Friday
“Cross-cultural Theology.” Rachel Bundang, Union Theological
Seminary. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.
“Far Afield: Experiencing Landscape.” Lucy Lippard, independent
writer and activist. 3:30 p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Hoyne Buell Hall.
Landscape Architecture and MillerComm.
1 Monday
“Medicare’s Future as an Entitlement Program.” Marilyn
Moon, American Institutes for Research and Urban Institute, Washington,
D.C. 12:30 p.m. Auditorium, Law Building. Elder Law Lecture/Law.
2 Tuesday
“Jazz Threads With Cecil Bridgewater and Company.” Lunch
11:55 a.m.; speaker 12:05 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your
University.
3 Wednesday
“Foul Ball: My Life and Hard Times Trying to Save an Old Ballpark.”
Jim Bouton, former New York Yankee. 4 p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Hoyne
Buell Hall. Book signing hosted by the Illini Union Bookstore immediately
following lecture. Urban and Regional Planning, and Fine and Applied
Arts.
“The Impact of Race on Theatre and Culture.” Woodie King,
Jr., New Federal Theatre, New York. 5 p.m. Third floor, Levis Faculty
Center. Theatre and MillerComm.
5 Friday
“Completing the American Revolution in Your Neighborhood.”
Clayton Daughenbaugh, author. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday
Forum.
colloquia
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.
“The Kinetics of Side Chain Stabilization During Protein Folding.”
Carl Frieden, Washington University, St. Louis. Noon. B102 Chemical
and Life Sciences Auditorium. Biochemistry.
23 Monday
“Picasso, Braque and Cubism.” Marcel Franciscono, UI. Noon.
Trees Gallery, Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.
“Our Dream Hong Kong: Recovering Film History Through News Media.”
David Desser, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. East Asian
and Pacific Studies.
“Crystal Structure of Integrins: New Insights Into Integrin Activation
and Signaling.” M. Amin Arnaout, Harvard Medical School. 3 p.m.
3269 Beckman Institute. Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group/Beckman
Institute.
“Question Answering and Semi-Structured Text.” W. Bruce
Croft, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 4 p.m. 1320 Digital Computer
Lab. Computer Science.
24 Tuesday
“Sezen Aksu as Cultural Icon.” Martin Stokes, University
of Chicago. Noon. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building.
South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
“Overview of Programs in the Division of Elementary, Secondary
and Informal Education at National Science Foundation.” Umesh
Thakkar, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Va. Noon. 3269 Beckman
Institute. Imaging Technology Group/Beckman Institute.
25 Wednesday
“The Sojourners for Truth and Justice: A Radical Black Feminist
Organization During the Early 1950s.” Erik S. McDuffie, UI. Noon.
Gender and Women’s Studies, 911 S. Sixth St., Champaign. Gender
and Women’s Studies.
“Integrating Across Continuums: Applying Ecological Principles
to Fisheries Management.” Dave Wahl, UI. 4 p.m. B102 Chemical
and Life Sciences Laboratory. Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
“Interactions of Botanical Dietary Supplements With Drug Metabolizing
Enzymes.” Richard B. van Breemen, UI. 4 p.m. 150 Animal Sciences
Lab. Nutritional Sciences.
“Diplomacy at NATO: The Secretaries General and the Use of Force
in Bosnia.” Ryan Hendrickson, Eastern Illinois University. 4 p.m.
356 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.
26 Thursday
“Lifelike Characters in User Interfaces.” Hans Peter Graf,
NEC Labs, Princeton, N.J. 10 a.m. 3405 Siebel Center. Computer Science.
“Pleistocene Super-island ‘Santacruzae’ and Interisland
Dispersals of Galapagos Land Animals.” Donald Lee Johnson, UI.
Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Latin American and Caribbean
Studies.
“Three Port Operation of a Novel Transistor.” Milton Feng,
UI. 4 p.m. 151 Everitt Lab. Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“Charlie Chaplin and Soviet Avant-garde Art of the 1920s.”
Yuri Tsivian, University of Chicago. 4-5:30 p.m. 101 International Studies
Building. Russian and East European Center.
“Biomaterials and How They Change Our Lives.” Robert Langer,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 8 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life
Sciences Lab. Nelson J. Leonard Lecture/Chemical Sciences.
27 Friday
“Urban Sprawl and the Loss of Agricultural Soils.” Bob McLeese,
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Noon. W-109 Turner Hall.
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
“Novel Biomaterials.” Robert Langer, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. 4 p.m. 116 Roger Adams Lab. Nelson J. Leonard Lecture/Chemical
Sciences.
1 Monday
“Why Do Latina Women Die Faster From Breast Cancer? An Examination
of Lives in Context.” Lydia Buki, UI. Noon. 101 International
Studies Building. Women and Gender in Global Perspectives.
2 Tuesday
“Investigation of Neuronal Cytoplasmic Membrane Movements With
the Atomic Force Microscope.” Stas Rubakhin, UI. Noon. 3269 Beckman
Institute. Imaging Technology Group/Beckman Institute.
“Representing Collectivization Emically: Eyewitness Accounts From
Uzbekistan.” Russell Zanca, Northeastern Illinois University.
Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Russian, East European and
Eurasian Center.
3 Wednesday
“Title: TBA.” Sara Hotchkiss, University of Wisconsin. 4
p.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory. Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology.
“Pancreatic Beta Cell Calcium Regulation in an Animal Model of
Naturally Occurring Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.” Thomas Graves,
UI. 4 p.m. 150 Animal Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.
“Bioterrorism and Public Health.” Abigail Salyers, UI. 4
p.m. 356 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament and International
Security.
4 Thursday
“Mixed Methods Research Designs.” John Creswell, University
of Nebraska, Lincoln. Noon. 242 Education Building. Bureau of Educational
Research.
“Self-Reconfiguring Robots.” Daniela Rus, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. 4 p.m. 151 Everitt Lab. Electrical and Computer
Engineering.
5 Friday
“Urban Wildlife in Illinois: More Than Just Squirrels.”
Phil Mankin, UI. Noon. W-109 Turner Hall. Natural Resources and Environmental
Sciences.
theater
19 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.
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.
4 Thursday
“A Raisin in the Sun.” Shirley Basfield Dunlap, director.
7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Lorraine Hansberry’s
American classic, part of the year-long Brown v. board of Education
commemoration. Admission charge.
5 Friday
“A Raisin in the Sun.” Shirley Basfield Dunlap, director.
7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Ceneter. Lorraine Hansberry’s
American classic, part of the year-long Brown v. board of Education
commemoration. Admission charge.
6 Saturday
“A Raisin in the Sun.” Shirley Basfield Dunlap, director.
7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Ceneter. Lorraine Hansberry’s
American classic, part of the year-long Brown v. board of Education
commemoration. Admission charge.
music
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.
23 Monday
Guest Artist Recital. Gloria Cheng, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall. With David Feruzeig, piano.
24 Tuesday
Voice Division Recital. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
25 Wednesday
UIUC Composers Festival: Concert IV. Zack Browning and Stephen Taylor,
co-directors; Don Davis, guest composer/conductor, and Vinko Globokar,
guest composer. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission
charge. School of Music.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Jae-Eun Park, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
26 Thursday
UI Oratorio Society, UI Chamber Singers, UI Chamber Orchestra. Fred
Stoltzfus, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center.
Admission charge. School of Music.
Senior Recital. Bomi Lim, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
27 Friday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Wei-Chun Berndatte Lo, piano. 4 p.m.
Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
UIUC Composers Festival: 21st Century Piano Commission Competition Recital.
Brad Decker, composer, and Soohyun Yun, piano. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger
Great Hall, Krannert Center. With the UI New Music Ensemble. Admission
charge. School of Music.
Master of Music Recital. Chad Hull, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Chin-Fei Chan, flute. 7:30 p.m. Memorial
Room, Smith Hall.
28 Saturday
International Festival: A World of Culture Under One Roof. 11:45 a.m.-4
p.m. Lobby, Krannert Center. Community and campus arts groups join together
for this family-oriented event sampling worldwide arts and culture.
Music Education Senior Recital. Matthew Tipton, trombone. 2 p.m. Music
Building auditorium.
Graduate Recital. Tyne Steele, bassoon. 4 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Illini Statesmen Barbershop Chorus. 7 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert
Center. The program is titled, “The Return of the Music Man.”
Admission charge.
Senior Recital. Kris Becker, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
29 Sunday
Faculty Recital. Mark Moore, tuba. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert
Center. With Eric Dalheim, piano. Admission charge. School of Music.
1 Monday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Kyung-Hee Kwon, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
Guest Artist Recital. Vinko Globokar and Friends. 7:30 p.m. Music Building
auditorium.
2 Tuesday
Illini String Orchestra. Geoffrey Clift, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
Studio Recital. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Flute students
of Jonathan Keeble.
3 Wednesday
Tokyo String Quartet. Ian Hobson, piano. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great
Hall, Krannert Center. Martin Beaver, and Kikuei Ikeda, violin; Clive
Greensmith, cello; and Kazuhide Isomura, viola. Admission charge.
Music Education Senior Recital. Tricia Dannenfeldt, percussion. 7:30
p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
4 Thursday
Liszt Symposium. 10:30 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Opening address:
William Kinderman, UI. Symposium continues through Saturday. A complete
schedule is available at www.music.uiuc.edu/news.php.
School of Music.
5 Friday
Traffic Jam: Metta Quintet. 5 p.m. Lobby, Krannert Center. The resident
quintet of the Brooklyn-based JazzReach program surveys jazz history.
Master of Music Recital. Jin-Kyung Lim, organ. 7:30 p.m. Grace Lutheran
Church, 313 S. Prospect Ave., Champaign.
6 Saturday
Java and Jazz: Cecil Bridgewater. 10 a.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert
Center. With Jazz Threads, Chambana and the UI Lab Band. Champaign native
Bridgewater and his special guests provide a family-friendly, informal
performance and conversation about jazz.
7 Sunday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Bouna Kim, piano. 3 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Chamber Music Recital. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Katherine
Cameron, violin; Maureen Murchie, viola; Jennifer Wright, cello; and
Kris Becker, piano.
Concerto Urbano. Charlotte Mattax, director. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great
Hall, Krannert Center. School of Music.
Cecil Bridgewater. 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center.
With Clark Terry, trumpet; Ron Bridgewater, saxophone; and the UI Concert
Jazz Band. Admission charge.
Afterglow: Chambana. 9:30 p.m. Lobby, Krannert Center. This group includes
founder Maurice McKinley, drums; Nathaniel Banks, trumpet; Ron Bridgewater,
saxophone; and Barrington Coleman, piano and vocals, and a guest bass
player.
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.
28 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.
29 Sunday
“Sweeney Todd.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor; Stephen Fiol,
director; and Sara Lampert Hoover, movement specialist. 3 p.m. Tryon
Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
dance
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
24 Tuesday
“War.” 7:30 p.m. 101 Armory. Russian Cinema After Communism
Film Series/Russian East European and Eurasian Center.
25 Wednesday
IPRH Film Series. “The Year of Living Dangerously.” Peter
Weir, director. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum auditorium. Illinois Program
for Research in the Humanities.
26 Thursday
“Red Rain.” 5:30 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Gender and
Women’s Studies Program.
28 Saturday
“Insect
Fear Film Festival.” 6 p.m. Foellinger Auditorium. Exhibits,
a petting zoo and a children’s art contest in addition to several
films are all part of the festival. . Entomology Graduate Student Association.
5 Friday
“The Way Home.” (Korea) 7:47 p.m. Latzer Hall, University
YMCA. Reel World International Film Series/University YMCA.
sports
(to confirm times, go to www.fightingillini.com)
21 Saturday
Women’s Gymnastics. UI vs. Ball State University. 7 p.m. Huff
Hall. Admission charge.
22 Sunday
Wrestling. UI vs. Purdue. 1 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.
26 Thursday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Wisconsin. 7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission
charge.27 Friday
Men’s Gymnastics. UI vs. Temple University. 7 p.m. Huff Hall.
Admission charge.
Women’s Gymnastics. UI vs. Illinois State University. 7 p.m. Huff
Hall. Admission charge.
28 Saturday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Northwestern. 11:30 a.m. Assembly Hall.
Admission charge.
29 Sunday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Iowa. Noon. Assembly Hall. Admission
charge.
et cetera
21 Saturday
Nature ABCs and 123s: “B is for Bear.” 10-11 a.m. Visitor’s
Center, Allerton Park. Ages 2-5. Admission charge. 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.
24 Tuesday
Panel discussion: “Turkey Between East and West.” 3 p.m.
Humanities Lecture Hall, IPRH, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana. Illinois
Program for Research in the Humanities.
28 Saturday
“Colors in the Sky.” 10-11:30 a.m. Visitor’s Center,
Allerton Park. All ages. Admission charge. Allerton Park and Conference
Center.
“Stories and Stars.” 7-8:30 p.m. Visitor’s Center,
Allerton Park. Admission charge. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
29 Sunday
Trail Trekkers, Meadow Trail. 1-3 p.m. Visitor’s Center, Allerton
Park. Donations. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
4 Thursday
“Planning Institute: Innovative Community Planning.” 7:30
a.m. Illini Union. Keynote speaker: Mary Kay Peck, AICP. For a complete
schedule, visit http://www.urban. uiuc.edu/ce/04Events/Schedule.htm.
Urban and Regional Planning, and Fine and Applied Arts.
5 Friday
March Ally Meeting. “Bridging the Gap Between Men and Women in
the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Movement.” Lydia Khuri,
facilitator. Noon-1:30 p.m. 217 Illini Union.
“Constructing Race: The Built Environment, Minoritization and
Racism in the United States.” Levis Faculty Center. Center on
Democracy in a Multiracial Society and Landscape Architecture, Fine
and Applied Arts.
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.
•This
calendar is excerpted from the Feb. 19 issue of Inside Illinois, the
faculty-staff newspaper at the UI.
