Archives
Events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from March 2 through 19
2/23/06
lectures
2 Thursday
“Good Design: Affordable Housing.” Michael Pyatok, Pyatok
Architects, San Francisco. 6 p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Hoyne Buell
Hall. Architecture.
“A Translator Looks at Modern Israeli Literature: A Conversation
With Hillel Halkin.” Hillel Halkin, author. 7:30 p.m. Music Room,
Levis Center. Jewish Culture and Society.
3 Friday
“Right to be Hostile: Schools, Jails and the Production of Public
Enemies.” Erica Meiners, Northeastern Illinois University. Noon.
Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.
“Snowball Earth – Science or Snowjob?” Paul F. Hoffman,
Harvard University. 4 p.m. Natural History Building, 1301 W. Green St.,
Urbana. Illinois State Geological Survey.
6 Monday
“Parallel Systems, Second-Class Citizens: The Failure of Elder
Abuse Legislation.” Laura Watts, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver. 12:30 p.m. Max L. Rowe Auditorium, College of Law. Ann F.
Baum Memorial Elder Law Lecture/College of Law.
“The Prospects for Peace in South Asia.” Rafiq Dossani,
Stanford University. 4 p.m. Third floor, Levis Faculty Center. Center
for Advanced Study/MillerComm, Arms Control, Disarmament and International
Security, and South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
“Yehuda Halevi in The Eyes of The Moderns: From Heine’s
‘Divine Schlemiel’ to Leibowitz’s ‘Racist-Nationalist
Chauvinist.’ ” Hillel Halkin, Israeli author. 7:30 p.m.
Music Room, Levis Center. Jewish Culture and Society.
7 Tuesday
“Adding to History.” Leon Dash and Chris Prom, UI. Noon.
Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your University.
“Fresh Lipstick: Redressing Feminism and Fashion.” Linda
Scott, UI. 7 p.m. Champaign Public Library, 505 S. Randolph St., Champaign.
Champaign Public Library.
10 Friday
“Transparency of the Media.” Bob McChesney, UI. Noon. Latzer
Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.
“Closing Pandora’s Box: Human Rights Conundrums in Cultural
Heritage Protection.” William Logan, Deakin University, Melbourne,
Australia. 4 p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Hoyne Buell Hall. MillerComm.
“Journeying East: Literary Travelers in Eastern Europe.”
Elizabeth Kostova, author. 6 p.m. Music Building Auditorium. Russian,
East European and Eurasian Center.
14 Tuesday
“The Place of Religion in Higher Education.” Richard Layton,
Robert McKim and Brian Ruppert, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA.
Know Your University.
“The Yalta Conference and Ronin Office Ladies: Two Plays Performed
by the Seinendan Japanese Theatre Troupe.” Seinendan Theatre Troupe,
directed by Oriza Hirata, Tokyo. 7:30 p.m. Theatre, Lincoln Hall. MillerComm,
Center for Advanced Study, East Asian and Pacific Studies, East Asian
Languages and Cultures.
16 Thursday
“Serendipity in Practice: Breakthroughs in Nutrition of Animals
and Humans.” David H. Baker, UI. 7:30 p.m. Auditorium, 1404 Siebel
Center. Chancellor’s Office and Center for Advanced Study/MillerComm.
colloquia
2 Thursday
“Nationalism and Corporate Strategy in the Oil Sector: Standard
Oil Co. (New Jersey).” Marcelo Bucheli, UI. Noon. 101 International
Studies Building. Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
“Using iLife 06 in Teaching and Research.” Robert Reece,
Apple Computer. 1 p.m. Auditorium, National Center for Supercomputing
Applications. Computing in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
“Theoretical and Experimental Investigations in Engineering Aesthetics.”
Kristi Schmidt, University of Michigan. 1:30 p.m. 1215A Beckman Institute.
Human Factors Division and Industrial, Enterprise and Systems Engineering.
“The Radio War: U.S. Radar Countermeasures During World War II.”
C. Stewart Gillmor, Wesleyan University. 4 p.m. 151 Everitt Laboratory.
Electrical and Computer Engineering.
4 Saturday
“Cities, Cultures, Commodities and Conflict: Evolution of Wounaan
Basketry and Carvings.” Julie Velasquez-Runk, Institute of Ecology,
Xalapa, Mexico. 2 p.m. Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum. Latin American
and Caribbean Studies.
6 Monday
“Mongolia’s Foreign Policy After the Cold War.” Nyamosor
Tuya, UI. Noon. Room 101 International Studies Building. East Asian
and Pacific Studies.
“Redefining Freedom: Muslim-French Reconfigurations of Autonomy
and Authority.” Mayanthi Fernando, University of Chicago. Noon.
109a Davenport Hall. Anthropology, French, Global Studies, European
Union Center, Program for the Study of Religion, South Asian and Middle
Eastern Studies, and Gender and Women’s Studies Program.
“Towards a Critical and Dialogic Cosmopolitanism: Some Reflections
on Anti-Japanism in Asia.” Leo Ching, Duke University. 3:30 p.m.
Lucy Ellis Lounge,
1080 Foreign Languages Building. East Asian Languages and Cultures.
“Materials and Small Molecules: Toward More Efficient Synthesis.”
D. Tyler McQuade, Cornell University. 4 p.m. 116 Roger Adams Laboratory.
Organic Chemistry.
7 Tuesday
“Archaeological Prospecting: Geophysical Methods Using 3D Modeling
Techniques, Champagne Springs Ruins.” Steven M. DiNaso, Eastern
Illinois University. Noon. 3269 Beckman Institute. Imaging Technology
Group/Beckman Institute.
Lunch and Learn: “Spring Break Travel Safety.” Tony Ortiz,
UI. Noon. CRC-E Meeting Room, 1102 W. Gregory Dr. Urbana. Campus Recreation.
“Global Challenges in Health Care Policy and Practice.”
Robert Rich, UI. 3:30 p.m. 101 International Studies Building. Center
for Global Studies.
“Chemistry of Silver and Gold and Study of Bacterial Metalloregulation
and Virulence Regulation.” Chuan He, University of Chicago. 4
p.m. 112 Chemistry Annex. Inorganic Chemistry.
“Did a Gamma-ray Burst Initiate the Late Ordovician Extinction?”
Adrian Mellott, University of Kansas. 4 p.m. 134 Astronomy Building.
Astronomy.
8 Wednesday
“Documenting Apartheid.” Peter Davis, writer, producer,
director, Villon Films. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. African
Studies.
“How Dangerous is Climate Change? Assessing the Likelihood of
a Collapse of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation.” Michael
Schlesinger, UI. 4 p.m. 370 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament
and International Security.
“Quantum Information 101: What’s All That Physics 214 Stuff
Really Good For?” Paul Kwiat, UI. 5 p.m. 151 Everitt Lab. Electrical
and Computer Engineering.
9 Thursday
“The Telenovela Genre: Melodrama, Folktales and Urban Legends.”
Claudia Quintero. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Latin American
and Caribbean Studies.
“Multicultural Counseling Competence: An Emerging Model for White
Psychology Trainees.” Lisa Spanierman, UI. Noon. 242 Education.
Bureau of Educational Research.
“Scattering of High Frequency Ultrasound by Micrometer Particles,
Cells and Cell Ensembles.” Michael Kolios, Ryerson University.
4 p.m. 151 Everitt Laboratory. Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“What Every Scientist Needs to Know About Intellectual Property
and Is Afraid to Ask.” Lesley Millar, UI. 4 p.m. 112 Chem Annex.
Materials Chemistry.
10 Friday
“Protein Synthesis: An Ancient Process With Unexpected Diversity
Throughout the Living World.” Dieter Soll, Yale University. Noon.
B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. Biochemistry.
“The Formation of Disk Galaxies in a LCDM Cosmology.” Fabio
Governato, University of Washington. Noon. 134 Astronomy Building. Astronomy.
“Can a Simple Model Explain Protein Collapse?” Fernando
Bergasa-Caceres, Endesa, Madrid, Spain. 1 p.m. 171 Roger Adams Lab.
Physical Chemistry.
“Network Science: From the Konisberg Bridge to the Internet Evolution.”
Alex Vespignani, Indiana University. 1:15 p.m. Room D, College of Law.
Center for Advanced Study.
“Insights Into Nanostructuring of Metals From Corrosion Studies.”
Roger Newman, University of Toronto. 4 p.m. 116 Roger Adams Lab. Analytical
Chemistry.
13 Monday
“The Piglet as a Biomedical Model to Develop Therapies to Ameliorate
TPN-induced Abnormalities in Intestinal Structure and Digestive and
Immune Function.” Sharon Donovan, UI. Noon. 2506 Veterinary Medicine
Basic Sciences Building. CVM Translational Biomedical Research Seminar
Series.
Collection in Context Lecture. “Mies van der Rohe.” Marcel
Franciscono, UI. Noon. Trees Gallery, Krannert Art Museum,. Krannert
Art Museum Council.
“Beyond Integration and Recognition: Dialogic Constructions of
Alevi Muslim Identity in the New Europe.” Esra Ozyurek, University
of California, San Diego. Noon. 109A Davenport Hall. Anthropology and
South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
“Facts, Fiction and the Politics of a Nuclear Iran.” Behrooz
Ghamari-Tabrizi, UI. 3:30 p.m. 329 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament
and International Security.
“Literature and the State: A Panel.” Bruce Robbins, Robert
Caserio, Harriet Murray, UI. 8 p.m. Third floor, Levis Faculty Center.
Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory.
14 Tuesday
“Reflecting on the Health of Political Color: 2006 Ukrainian Parliamentary
Elections.” Olena Betlii, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies
Building. Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.
“Neighborhood Networks in the Information City.” Keith Hampton,
University of Pennsylvania. 1 p.m. 1040 NCSA Building. Center for Advanced
Study.
“Social and Ethnic Conflict in Colonial Peru and the Language
Used in Legal Petitions.” Anna Maria Escobar, UI. 2 p.m. 101 International
Studies Bldg, 910 S. Fifth St. Champaign. Latin American and Caribbean
Studies.
15 Wednesday
“New Frontiers of Exclusion: Private Higher Education and Women’s
Opportunities in Kenya.” Oanda Ogachi, African Studies, UI. Noon.
101 International Studies Building. African Studies.
“Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems.” David Ruzic, UI. 4 p.m.
370 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.
“Models of Cellular Remodeling by Pathogenic Bacteria: Working
at the Interface of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Biology.” Steven
Blanke, UI. 4 p.m.
2506 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building. CVM Pathobiology Seminar
Series.
“What is Quantum Information?” Karl Hess, UI. 5 p.m. 151
Everitt Lab. Electrical and Computer Engineering.
16 Thursday
“Gideon Klein’s Terezin Trio OR Shooting the Wild Goose.”
Michael Beckerman, New York University. 4 p.m. 101 International Studies
Building. Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.
TBA. Marilyn Johnston-Parsons, UI. Noon. 242 Education. Bureau of Educational
Research.
TBA. Doug Hall, Notre Dame University. 4 p.m. 151 Everitt Laboratory.
Electrical and Computer Engineering.
17 Friday
“The Response of the Churches to the Environmental Crisis.”
Peter Bakken, Wisconsin Council of Churches. Noon. Lucy Ellis Lounge,
1080 Foreign Languages Building. Program for the Study of Religion.
“Step by Step Progress Towards Understanding Helicase-Catalyzed
DNA Unwinding.” Kevin Raney, University of Arkansas. Noon. B102
CLSL. Biochemistry.
theater
2 Thursday
“A Flea in Her Ear.” Sue Lawless, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell
Playhouse, Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse. A dizzying string of
madcap mix-ups, Georges Feydeau’s farcical piece shines in an
English translation by John Mortimer (creator of the “Rumpole
of the Bailey” series). Admission charge.
3 Friday
“42nd Street.” 7:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. Small-town girl’s
rise from chorine to Broadway star. Admission charge.
“A Flea in Her Ear.” Sue Lawless, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell
Playhouse, Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse. Admission charge.
4 Saturday
“A Flea in Her Ear.” Sue Lawless, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell
Playhouse, Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse. Admission charge.
9 Thursday
“A Flea in Her Ear.” Sue Lawless, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell
Playhouse, Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse. Admission charge.
“Get a Clue – Relationships.” 8 p.m. UI Armory. Armory
Free Theater.
10 Friday
“A Flea in Her Ear.” Sue Lawless, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell
Playhouse, Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse. Admission charge.
“Get a Clue – Relationships.” 8 p.m. UI Armory. Armory
Free Theater.
11 Saturday
“A Flea in Her Ear.” Sue Lawless, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell
Playhouse, Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse. Admission charge.
“Get a Clue – Relationships.” 8 p.m. UI Armory. Armory
Free Theater.
12 Sunday
“A Flea in Her Ear.” Sue Lawless, director. 3 p.m. Colwell
Playhouse, Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse. Admission charge.
13 Monday
“Oklahoma!” 7:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. The show that changed
the American musical forever. Admission charge.
music
2 Thursday
Junior Recital. Lauren Frankovich, soprano. 11:30 a.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Graduate Recital. Josephine Chang, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
3 Friday
Illinois Loyalty Band 100th Anniversary. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great
Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
4 Saturday
Undergraduate Recital. Jason Reiff and Nick Wolny, horn. 2 p.m. Music
Building auditorium.
Master of Music Recital. Leann Sechrest. 5:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
Cirque Eloize: “Rain.” Daniele Finzi Pasca, director. 7
p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. In the backstage world
of a circus troupe rehearsing, the joyful freedom of playing in the
rain is invoked. Recommended for ages 6 and up. Admission charge.
Sinfonia da Camera. Ian Hobson, music director and conductor, and James
Buckland, terz guitar. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center.
Classic works are presented alongside the world premiere of a reconstruction
of Giuliani’s Guitar Concerto, Op. 36, lost since the early 19th
century. Admission charge. Student Performance Project: 6:45 p.m. Lobby,
Krannert Center. Edison Middle School musicians, San Hankins, director.
Sinfonia da Camera.
Afterglow: New Orleans Jazz Machine. 10 p.m. Lobby, Krannert Museum.
This local ensemble brings the swinging, bluesy style of music synonymous
with the city of New Orleans.
5 Sunday
Master of Music Recital. Joshua Hunt, percussion. 11 a.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Master of Music Recital. Suzanne Fleer, piano. 2 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Illini Statesmen Barbershop Chorus. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert
Center. Annual concert of barbershop harmony with Champaign-Urbana’s
Illini Statesmen and guest barbershop ensembles. Admission charge.
UI Music Club. 3:30 p.m. 25 Smith Hall. Members of Music Teachers National
Association.
Senior Recital. Lisa DeAngelis, soprano. 4:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
Junior Recital. Eric Robins, trumpet. 5 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Cirque Eloize: “Rain.” Daniele Finzi Pasca, director. 7
p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. In the backstage world
of a circus troupe rehearsing, the joyful freedom of playing in the
rain is invoked. Recommended for ages 6 and up. Admission charge.
Senior Recital. Brianne Shadensack, bassoon. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room,
Smith Hall.
6 Monday
Wanda and Bruno Nettl Distinguished Lecture in Ethnomusicology. Jeff
Todd Titon, guest lecturer. 4 p.m. 25 Smith Hall. School of Music.
Master of Music Recital. Jing-I Jang, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Menc Minor Instrument Recital. 7:30 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Master of Music Recital. Jeong Yu, jazz piano. 7:30 p.m. 25 Smith Hall.
7 Tuesday
Brass Studies Division: Brass Chamber Recital. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
8 Wednesday
UI British Brass Band, Concert Band I and Wind Symphony. Ken Steinsultz,
Peter Griffin and Joe Manfredo, conductors. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great
Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.
9 Thursday
UI Symphonic Band I and Chamber Winds. James Keene and Thomas Caneva,
conductors. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. An evening
of classical favorites and new works for chamber and concert band. Admission
charge.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Jee-Ean Kim, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
10 Friday
Vienna Philharmonic. Riccardo Muti, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger
Great Hall, Krannert Center. With Rainer Honeck, violin, and Tobias
Lea, viola. Music of Schubert and Mozart. Admission charge.
The Ten Tenors “Larger Than Life” Tour. 7:30 p.m. Assembly
Hall. Internationally-acclaimed Australian singing group. Admission
charge.
11 Saturday
Senior Music Education Recital. Megan Moscato and Catherine Krog, flute.
1:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Tzu-Shan Lin, violin. 2 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Yu-Ju Sun, piano. 5 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra. Steven Larsen, music director and
conductor. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With the
Kurt Elling Trio. Admission charge.
12 Sunday
Junior Recital. David Tribley, saxophone. 2 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Alexander Korbrin, Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Winner.
3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. This 25-year-old Russian
pianist, the 12th Van Cliburn Competition gold medalist, presents a
recital of works by Schumann and Chopin. Ticket prices include light
refreshments served at 2:15 p.m. in the lobby. Admission charge.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Katrina Phillips, clarinet. 3:30 p.m.
Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Master of Music Recital. Clinton McCanless, tuba. 5 p.m. Music Building
auditorium.
Concerto Urbano. Charlotte Mattax, director. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great
Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
Senior Recital. Daniel Mayo, baritone. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
13 Monday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Terence Mayhue, percussion. 7:30 p.m.
Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Master of Music Recital. Hsin-Huei Poo, harp. 7:30 p.m. Music Building
auditorium.
Senior Recital. Leigh Meador, jazz piano. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall.
14 Tuesday
Voice Division Recital. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Senior Recital. David Cohn, trumpet. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Guest Artist Recital. Kris Becker, piano. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall.
15 Wednesday
UI New Music Ensemble. Eduardo Diazmunoz, music director, and Zack Browning
and Steve Taylor, co-conductors. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert
Center. With the Pacifica Quartet. An evening of the newest in art music.
Admission charge.
16 Thursday
UI Symphony Orchestra. Donald Schleicher, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger
Great Hall, Krannert Center. With Yao-Tsu Lu, violin, winner of the
UI Student Concerto Competition. Admission charge.
Master of Music Recital. Sung Sin Kim, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
17 Friday
Senior Recital. Colleen Potter, harp. 5 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
dance
9 Thursday
Studiodance I. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Works by graduating
MFA candidates Buffy Barfoot, En-Nig Chuang and Denise Posnak. Admission
charge. Department of Dance.
10 Friday
Studiodance I. 7 and 9 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Works by
graduating MFA candidates Buffy Barfoot, En-Nig Chuang and Denise Posnak.
Admission charge. Department of Dance.
11 Saturday
Studiodance I. 7 and 9 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Works by
graduating MFA candidates Buffy Barfoot, En-Nig Chuang and Denise Posnak.
Admission charge. Department of Dance.
15 Wednesday
DanceBrazil. Jelon Vieira, artistic director. 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival
Theater, Krannert Center. This group fuses traditional Afro-Brazilian
movement, capoeira martial arts and modern dance in their performance.
Recommended for ages 10 and up. Admission charge. Concert Prep: Gabriel
Solis, speaker. 6:45 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall.
films
2 Thursday
Social Justice Film Festival: “This Revolution Will Not Be Televised.”
6:30 p.m. Room B, Law Building. College of Law.
9 Thursday
IPRH Film Series: “The Manchurian Candidate.” (1962). John
Frankenheimer, director. 5:30 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum Room. Illinois
Program for Research in the Humanities.
16 Thursday
Social Justice Film Festival: “Thin Blue Line.” 6:30 p.m.
Room B, Law Building. College of Law. Room B. College of Law.
et cetera
2 Thursday
Panel Discussion: “Politics of the Real.” 3 p.m. Humanities
Lecture Hall, IPRH Building, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana. Panelists:
Lawrence Rinder, California College of the Arts; Conrad Bakker, Brett
Kaplan, Joel Ross and Matti Bunzl, UI. Illinois Program for Research
in the Humanities.
Symposium: “Celebration of the Andrei Codrescu Collection.”
4:15 p.m. 100 Gregory Hall. Romanian author and commentator Andrei Codrescu
will visit campus to celebrate the gift of his Romanian book collection
to the University Library. Reception follows. UI Library.
Jewish Studies Workshop. Hillel Harkin, independent commentator and
translator. 4:30 p.m. 107 English Building. Jewish Culture and Society.
“Life Drawing: A Gallery Talk of Uninterrupted Flux: Hedda Sterne,
A Retrospective.” Lawrence Rinder, California College of the Arts,
San Francisco. 7 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Illinois Program for Research
in the Humanities and Krannert Art Museum.
4 Saturday
Bookbinding Workshop. “Working With Leather: Exposed Sewn Binding.”
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Room 20, Noble Hall. For workshop fee and more information,
call
244-2751 or visit www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/book-arts.html. Graduate
School of Library and Information Science.
5 Sunday
Bookbinding Workshop. “Working With Leather: Exposed Sewn Binding.”
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Room 20, Noble Hall. For workshop fee and more information,
call
244-2751 or visit www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/book-arts.html. Graduate
School of Library and Information Science.
8 Wednesday
“Around the World Wednesdays.” 9:30 a.m.-noon. Rowe Learning
Center, Spurlock Museum. For children and their parents. For more info:
www.spurlock.uiuc.edu. Spurlock Museum.
Second Turkish Studies Symposium. “Turkey and Europe.” 1-5
p.m. 210 Illini Union. Robert Pahre, Sultan Tepe and Burcu Ucaray, UI;
Resat Kasaba, University of Washington. South Asian and Middle Eastern
Studies, and Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.
9 Thursday
Symposium. “Celebration of the Crawford Audio Archives. 4 p.m.
100 Gregory Hall. Bob Crawford, political reporter and journalist, will
visit campus to celebrate his gift of more than 58 hours of historic
audiotape to the University Library. The collection documents Chicago
politics from 1968 to 2004 and also includes commentary by state and
national politicians and public figures. Reception follows. UI Library.
10 Friday
Symposium: “Law in the Age of Networks: Implications of Network
Science for Legal Analysis.” 8:30 a.m. Room D, Law Building. For
more info: http://www.cas.uiuc.edu/networkslaw.html. Center for Advanced
Studies.
2006 Engineering Open House. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Engineering Campus. Over
160 exhibits. For more info: http://eoh.ec.uiuc.edu/. College of Engineering/Engineering
Council.
Illinois State Geological Survey Centennial Open House. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Natural Resources Building, 615 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign. For more
info: http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/centennial/centennial.htm. Illinois State
Geological Survey.
Spurlock Museum Kids Program. “Culture Contact.” Celebrate
a day off school with stories, games, and crafts from around the world.
Grades K-6. session one:
9-10:30 a.m. Session Two: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Pre-registration is required
at 244-3355 or e-mail ksheahan@uiuc.edu. Children must be accompanied
by an adult. Admission charge. Spurlock Museum.
11 Saturday
2006 Engineering Open House. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Engineering Campus. Over
160 exhibits. For more info: http://eoh.ec.uiuc.edu/. College of Engineering/Engineering
Council.
Nature ABCs & 123s. “N is for Nest.” 10-11 a.m. Allerton
Park Visitor Center. Children ages 2 - 5 and their parent(s) come play
while learning about nature at Allerton Park. Each program focuses on
different letter, and includes stories, songs, hands-on exploration.
For more info and to register: www.allerton.uiuc.edu. Admission charge.
Allerton Park.
Illinois State Geological Survey Centennial Open House. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Natural Resources Building, 615 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign. For more
info: http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/centennial/centennial.htm. Illinois State
Geological Survey.
12 Sunday
Second Sunday Gallery Tour. 1 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Judith Hoos
Fox leads the tour. Krannert Art Museum.
14 Tuesday
Nature ABCs & 123s. “N is for Nest.” 10-11 a.m. Allerton
Park Visitor Center. Children ages 2 - 5 and their parent(s) come play
while learning about nature at Allerton Park. Each program focuses on
different letter, and includes stories, songs, hands-on exploration.
For more info and to register: www.allerton.uiuc.edu. Admission charge.
Allerton Park.
Panel Discussion: “Aesthetics of the Real.” 4 p.m. Humanities
Lecture Hall, IPRH, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana. Panelists: Hamza
Walker, University of Chicago; Luke Batten, Kevin Hamilton, Kathleen
Harleman, Laurie Hogin and Matt Hart, UI. Illinois Program for Research
in the Humanities.
“He Say - She Say - Cliche: Gender Communication.” Counseling
Center Paraprofessionals. 7 p.m. 209 Illini Union. Counseling Center/Student
Affairs.
15 Wednesday
“Around the World Wednesdays.” 9:30 a.m.-noon. Rowe Learning
Center, Spurlock Museum. For children and their parents. For more info:
www.spurlock.uiuc.edu. Spurlock Museum.
16 Thursday
Panel Discussion: “Literatures of the Real.” 3 p.m. Humanities
Lecture Hall, IPRH Building, 805 W. Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana. Panelists:
Andrea Goulet, Naomi Reed, Robert Rushing and Joe Valente, UI. Illinois
Program for Research in the Humanities.
exhibits
“Citizen Writers in Romania Today: Selections From the Andrei
Codrescu Collection”
Through March 31.
Main hallway, Library.
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“Fanfare for an Uncommon Man: Paul Martin Zonn”
Through April 14.
“Would the Real Chief Illiniwek Please Stand Up?”
Through May 19.
“Portraying American Femininity Through Melody and Art”
“The Long Good-Bye”
Ongoing.
Sousa Archives and Center for American Music,
236 Harding Band Building, 1103 S. Sixth St., Champaign.
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“Rain Forest Visions”
Through July 30.
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; Noon-4 p.m. Sunday.
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“Uninterrupted Flux: Hedda Sterne, A Retrospective”
Through March 26.
“Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator”
Through April 9.
“Project 66: An Exploration of Utopia”
Through July 30.
“Sacra Imago: Devotional Art of the Middle Ages”
“Canvas: An Electronic Gallery”
Ongoing.
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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of the UI School of Art and Design.
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calendar is excerpted from the March 2 issue of Inside Illinois, the
faculty-staff newspaper at the UI.
