Archives
Events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from April 19 through May 6
Released
4/13/2007
lectures
19 Thursday
“A Global Perspective on Socially Responsible Entrepreneurship.”
Wu Qing, Beijing, China. 4 p.m. 2 Education Building. Women and Gender
in Global Perspective, Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Supercomputing
Applications.
“Cosmopolitan, Native, Vernacular: Toward a More Inclusive American
Art History.” Janet C. Berlo, UI. 7:30 p.m. Spurlock Museum, Knight
Auditorium. Art History and MillerComm.
20 Friday
“Villa of the Damned: Excavations at the Villa of Maxentius on
the Via Appia in Rome.” Diane Conlin, University of Colorado,
Boulder. 3 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building.
Classics, History, Archaeological Institute of America and Illinois
Program for Research in the Humanities.
“Imagining the New Media Encounter.” Alan Liu, University
of California, Santa Barbara. 4 p.m. 314b Illini Union. Liberal Arts
and Sciences and MillerComm.
23 Monday
“Campaign Ethics: The Vices of Misinformation and Manipulation.”
Dennis Thompson, Harvard University. 7:30 pm Beckman Institute auditorium.
Richard G. and Carole J. Cline Symposium/Center for the Study of Democratic
Governance.
26 Thursday
“Women in Science at MIT: A Generation of Change (1971-2001).”
Nancy Hopkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Noon. Beckman
Institute auditorium. Office of the Provost.
“Pathways of Adolescent Risk and Resilience.” Rand Conger,
University of California, Davis. 7 p.m. Knight Auditorium, Spurlock
Museum. Pampered Chef Family Resiliency Program/Human and Community
Development.
29 Sunday
“Real Age: Are You As Young As You Can Be?” Michael F. Roizen,
author. 2 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. The Center for
Healthy Minds/Career Center.
colloquia
19 Thursday
“Structure, Assembly and Function of Type III Secretion Systems
(injectosomes) of Salmonella.” Jorge E. Galan, Yale University
School of Medicine. 8:30 a.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory.
Microbiology.
“Nano-Bio Hybrid Optoelectronic Devices for Molecular Diagnosis
and Therapeutics in Cancer Cells and Optofluidic Microdevices.”
Gang Logan Liu, University of California, San Francisco. 10 a.m. 1000
Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory. Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“Role of Molecular Chaperones in Steroid Receptor Mobility and
Chromatin Exchange.” Donald B. DeFranco, University of Pittsburgh.
Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. Molecular and Integrative
Physiology.
“Market Women Mothers and Daughters: Politics and Mobility in
the New Bolivia.” Isabel Scarborough. UI. Noon. 101 International
Studies Building. Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
“Comparative Urban Design Changes Generated by Planning Policy
in the 20th and 21st Century.” Lynne Dearborn and Kevin Hinders,
UI. Noon. 1104 National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Supercomputing
Applications.
“The Quests of Indigenous People to Maintain Cultural Continuity:
Benefits of Hunting Lifestyles Among the Innu of Canada.” Colin
Samson, University of Essex. 3 p.m. 336 Lincoln Hall. Sociology.
“Designing Ultrasonic Imaging Systems From Statistical Descriptions
of Objects and Images.” Mike Insana, UI. 4 p.m. 151 Everitt Lab.
Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“The State of the Stars: Modjeska and the Warsaw Imperial Theater.”
Beth Holmgren, Duke University. 4 p.m. 101 International Studies Building.
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center.
“Youth Language in France.” Francoise Gadet, University
Paris 10. 4 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building.
Linguistics, French and European Union Center.
“The Salmonella Type III Secretion System: The Making of a Protein-
Delivery Nanomachine.” Jorge E. Galan, Yale University School
of Medicine. 4 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. Microbiology.
“The Synthesis of Molecules Containing Quaternary Stereogenic
Centers Via the Intramolecular Asymmetric Heck Reaction.” Eric
Gillis, UI. 4 p.m. 116 Roger Adams Lab. Organic Chemistry.
Art and Design Visitors Series. “Research in Art and Design.”
Ellen Lupton, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, N.Y. 5 p.m. Plym
Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall. Art and Design and Krannert Art Museum.
20 Friday
“The Role of Manifold Learning in Human Motion Analysis.”
Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University. 11 a.m. 3269 Beckman. Beckman Institute.
“DNA Translocation in a Replicative Hexameric Helicase.”
Leemor Joshua-Tor, Keck Structural Biology Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor,
N.Y. Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab auditorium. Biochemistry.
“Polar Kerr Effect Measurements of Novel Superconductors: Evidence
for Broken Time Reversal Symmetry in the Superconducting States.”
Aharon Kapitulnik, Stanford University. 1 p.m. 151 Loomis Lab. Physics.
“Feature Extraction and Selection.” Esther Resendiz and
Myra Nam, UI. 2 p.m. 3169 Beckman Institute. Electrical and Computer
Engineering.
23 Monday
“End-User Service Composition in Ubiquitous Computing Environments.”
Mark W. Newman, University of California, Berkeley. 10 a.m. 2405 Siebel
Center. Computer Science.
“Understanding Violence Against Women Within Cultural Context:
The Community of Chari in Southern Peru.” Paola Leon, UI. Noon.
101 International Studies Building. Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
and Democracy in a Multiracial Society.
“Anthropogenic Influences on Coral Black Band Disease.”
Bruce Fouke, UI. Noon. 80 Small Animal Clinic. Translational Biomedical
Research Seminar/Veterinary Medicine.
Art + Design Visitors Series. “Comics Storytelling.” Scott
McCloud, author and comics artist. 5 p.m. Krannert Art Museum Auditorium.
Art and Design and Krannert Art Museum.
24 Tuesday
“The Pakistan Earthquake 2005: Assessing Disasters Within a Disaster.”
Irfan Ahmed and Arif Masud, UI. Noon. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign
Languages Building. South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
“Determinants and Effects of Engagement in Adulthood.” Jeanine
Parisi, UI. Noon. 210A Education Building. CSTL Division/Education.
“Polyolefin Catalysts From Milligrams to Tank-Truck Scale: How
Catalysts Manage the Beautiful Complexity of Carbon and Hydrogen.”
James C. Stevens, Dow Chemical. 4 p.m. 112 Chem Annex. Inorganic Chemistry.
“The
Neurobiology of Recollection.” Howard Eichenbaum, Boston University.
4 p.m. 1005 Beckman. Neuroscience Program.
25 Wednesday
“Aging and Cancer: Are Telomeres and Telomerase the Connection?”
Jerry Shay, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Noon. B102 Chemical
and Life Sciences Lab. Cell and Developmental Biology.
“Engineering Hip Hop: Crossfaders, Mixers and Digital Turn.”
Rayvon Fouché, UI. Noon. Call 333-2595 for location. Engineering
and Technology Studies.
Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program Seminar. Gale Summerfield,
UI. 1:30 p.m. Christopher Hall, 904 W. Nevada St., Urbana. Women and
Gender in Global Perspectives.
“Eishi Sakuta: Contemporary Japanese Calligraphy.” 2 p.m.
Krannert Art Museum 20th Century Gallery. Krannert Art Museum and Japan
House.
“Experimental Studies of Low Temperature Reactive and Inelastic
Collisions: Astrochemical Applications.” Ian Sims, University
of Rennes 1. 4 p.m. 112 Chemistry Annex. Physical Chemistry.
“Comprehensive Metabolic Analysis Applied to Diabetes and Obesity
Mechanisms.” Christopher B. Newgard, Duke University Medical Center.
4 p.m. Monsanto Room, Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Library. Nutritional Sciences.
26 Thursday
“Evaluation of Critical Spatial Elements for Animal Disease Surveillance
in Illinois.” Marilyn Ruiz, UI. Noon. 1104 National Center for
Supercomputing Applications. Supercomputing Applications.
“Navigating Borders of Race and Gender: Mobile Haitian Women in
the Dominican Republic.” Jennifer Shoaff, UI. Noon. 101 International
Studies Building. Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
“Formation and Regulation of the Ovarian Follicle: Insights From
Studies of Inhibin and Activin.” Kelly Mayo, Northwestern University.
Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. Molecular and Integrative
Physiology.
“Historical Approaches to Network Dynamics: Sequencing of Network
Positions and Genealogies of Cohesive Groups.” Balazs Vedres,
Central European University, Budapest. 2 p.m. 1040 National Center for
Supercomputing Applications. Age of Networks/Supercomputing Applications.
“N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: New Applications in Materials Chemistry.”
Chris Bielawski, University of Texas. 4 p.m. 116 Roger Adams Laboratory.
Organic Chemistry.
27 Friday
Title: TBA. Larry Etherton, Norfolk Southern. 11:45 a.m. 335 Grainger
Engineering Library. Railroad Engineering Program/Civil and Environmental
Engineering.
“Global Inference and Learning: Towards Natural Language Understanding.”
Dan Roth, UI. Noon. 1005 Beckman Institute. Beckman Institute.
“MicroRNAs Are Important Regulators In Embryonic Stem Cells.”
Yangming Wang, University of California, San Francisco. Noon. B102 Chemical
and Life Sciences Lab Auditorium. Biochemistry.
ECE 590C Computer Vision Seminar: “Statistical Generative Models:
Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA).” Gang Wang and Theodore Ha,
UI. 2 p.m. 3169 Beckman Institute. Electrical and Computer Engineering.
“Increasing Volatility and Vulnerability for Poor People in Poor
Countries? Evidence From Grassroots Investigations in India, Kenya,
Uganda and Peru.” Anirudh Krishna, Duke University. 3 p.m. 336
Lincoln Hall. Political Science, Geography, Urban and Regional Planning
and Global Studies.
“Biocompatible Polymeric Materials for Protein Separations.”
Milton Lee, Brigham Young University. 4 p.m. 116 Roger Adams Lab. Analytical
Chemistry.
30 Monday
“The Spatial Dynamics of Infectious Disease.” Bruce Hannon,
UI. Noon. 80 Small Animal Clinic. Translational Biomedical Research
Seminar/Veterinary Medicine.
“Dirac Femions and Electronic Inhomogeneity and Defects in High-Tc
and in Graphene.” Alexander Balatsky, LANL, Los Alamos, N.M. Noon.
280 Materials Research Lab. Physics.
“What To Do When Density Functional Theory Fails? Beyond DFT to
Improved Descriptions of Materials Behavior.” Emily A. Carter,
Princeton University. 1 p.m. 161 Noyes Lab. Physical Chemistry.
“Where Are We? New Work in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies.”
Cris Mayo, Richard T. Rodriguez and Mary Unger. 8 p.m. IPRH, 805 W.
Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana. Criticism and Interpretive Theory.
1 Tuesday
“An Introduction to Perceptual Control Theory: A Show and Tell
About a Copernican View of Behavior and Its Implications for Research.”
Gary Cziko, UI. Noon. 210A Education Building. CSTL division/Education.
“Decentralized Search, Cascading Behavior and the Structure of
On - Line Communities.” Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University. 2 p.m.
1404 Siebel Center. Computer Science and Age of Networks/Supercomputing
Applications.
“Researching a Vanishing Behavior: Geographical Variation and
Evolution of Egg Powdering in the North American Leafhopper Genus Cuerna.”
Roman Rakitov, UI. 3:30 p.m. 1005 I-Building, Research Park. Natural
History Survey.
“Explorations of a ‘Simple’ Olfactory System.”
John Hildebrand, University of Arizona. 4 p.m. 5602 Beckman. Neuroscience
Program.
2 Wednesday
“Harvesting Knowledge From Social Networks.” Bernardo A.
Huberman, Stanford University. 2 p.m. 1040 NCSA. Age of Networks/Supercomputing
Applications.
3 Thursday
“Winin Across Nation: Calypso Dancing and Transnationalism.”
Cynthia Oliver, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Latin
American and Caribbean Studies.
“Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.” Uday Shanbhag,
UI. Noon. 1104 NCSA. Supercomputing Applications.
“Pathogenicity of and Host Response to Cryptococcus Neoformans,
Histoplasma Capsulatum and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.” Arturo
Casadevall, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. 2 p.m. B102 Chemical
and Life Sciences Laboratory. Microbiology.
“Transnational Immigrant Organizations and National Development:
A Conceptual Analysis.” Alejandro Portes, Princeton University.
3 p.m. 336 Lincoln Hall. Florian Znaniecki Lecture/Sociology.
4 Friday
“Patch-Based Face Analysis.” Simon Lucey, Carnegie Mellon
University. 11 a.m. 3269 Beckman Institute. Image Formation and Processing/Beckman
Institute.
theater
19 Thursday
“On the Rocks.” 9 p.m. Amphitheatre, Krannert Center. Annual
evening of one-act plays written and acted by UI students. Admission
charge. Krannert Center Student Association.
20 Friday
“Whispers of Bedlam.” 7:30 and 11:45 p.m. 160 Armory. In
Bethlam Asylum in 1684, a place deemed not suitable for rats to live
in, Nathaniel finds himself struggling between who he once was and who
he is becoming. Armory Free Theatre.
“On the Rocks.” 9 p.m. Amphitheatre, Krannert Center. Annual
evening of one-act plays written and acted by UI students. Admission
charge. Krannert Center Student Association.
21 Saturday
“Third.” Nagle Jackson, guest director. In celebration of
Wendy Wasserstein’ work, the department of theater offers a reading
of her final play that addresses issues of politics and higher education.
Admission charge.
“Whispers of Bedlam.” 7:30 p.m. 160 Armory. In Bethlam Asylum
in 1684, a place deemed not suitable for rats to live in, Nathaniel
finds himself struggling between who he once was and who he is becoming.
Armory Free Theatre.
“On the Rocks.” 9 p.m. Amphitheatre, Krannert Center. Annual
evening of one-act plays written and acted by UI students. Admission
charge. Krannert Center Student Association.
26 Thursday
“Aida.” 7:30 p.m. Assembly Hall Star Theatre. Classic tale
of love, loyalty, betrayal and courage with a Tony and Grammy Award-winning
score by Elton John and Tim Rice. Admission charge.
music
19 Thursday
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, and Anne-Marie McDermott, piano. 7:30
p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
20 Friday
Graduate Recital. Ann Zettervall, cello. 11:30 a.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall.
Jazz Forum. Noon. 25 Smith Hall.
UI Trombone
Choir. Elliot Chasanov and Jim Pugh, conductors. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger
Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Jooeun Cho, violin. 7:30 p.m. Music
Building auditorium.
Senior Recital. Kyra Saltman, cello. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall.
21 Saturday
Undergraduate Recital. Emily Nash, violin. 11 a.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. J. Michael Holmes, saxophone. 2 p.m.
Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Undergraduate Recital. Wilson Wong and Anthony Misrata, trombone, 2
p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Master of Music Recital. YooJin Kim, soprano. 4:30 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Junior Recital. Shawnita Tyus, violin. 5 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
UI Wind Symphony and UI Symphonic Band I. James Keene and Kenneth Steinsultz,
conductors. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission
charge. School of Music.
Graduate Recital. Tzuhan Lin, violin. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall.
22 Sunday
Senior Recital. Bill Prokopow, composition. 2 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
UI Philharmonia. Louis Bergonzi, conductor. With Michael Ewald and Ronald
Romm, trumpet. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Works
by Berio, Vivaldi and Respighi. Admission charge. School of Music.
Undergraduate Recital. Jim Spigner and Lis Troyer, saxophone. 4:30 p.m.
Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Master of Music Recital. Kyung Sun Lee, clarinet. 5 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
UI Symphonic Band II and UI Concert Band I. Peter Griffin and Daniel
Neuenschwander, conductors. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall. A program
of newer music and old favorites. Admission charge. School of Music.
Concert Choir. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
23 Monday
Illini Strings. Karin Hendricks, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Hwajung Yoo, voice. 7:30 p.m. Memorial
Room, Smith Hall.
24 Tuesday
Voice Division Recital. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Tokyo String Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center.
Music of Haydn, Schumann and Beethoven. Admission charge.
Jazz Combos. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
School of Music.
Illini Women and University Chorus. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
25 Wednesday
“Raj Rang: Musical Colors of the Indian Desert.” 7 p.m. Knight Auditorium,
Spurlock Museum. Featuring tribal folk musicians from the western Indian
state of Rajasthan. Spurlock Museum.
British Brass Band. Peter Griffin, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great
Hall, Krannert Center. An evening of traditional music you would expect
to hear in London. Admission charge. School of Music.
UI Steel Band. Ricardo Flores, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse,
Krannert Center. Calypso, soca, jazz and other styles of music are on
the program. Admission charge. School of Music.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Hye Young Kim, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
26 Thursday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Chia-Jen Chang, violin. 2 p.m. Memorial
Room, Smith Hall.
Dena Vermette: “Lady Sings Sinatra.” 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. An evening of Sinatra tunes sung from a woman’s
perspective. Admission charge.
UI Concert Bands IIA and IIB. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert
Center. A concert of classics and new music played primarily by non-music
majors from throughout the university. Admission charge. School of Music.
Faculty Recital. Dana Hall, jazz drums. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse,
Krannert Center. An evening of exciting tunes and harmonies. Admission
charge. School of Music.
27 Friday
Jazz Forum. UI Grubbs Combo and UI Carrillo Combo. Noon. 25 Smith Hall.
Sinfonia da Camera. Ian Hobson, music director and conductor. 7:30 p.m.
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With Alicia Cordoba Tait, English
horn. A season finale of “Legendary Music.” Admission charge.
Student Performance Project: 6:45 p.m. Lobby.
Dena Vermette: “Lady Sings Sinatra.” 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. An evening of Sinatra tunes sung from a woman’s
perspective. Admission charge.
28 Saturday
Senior Recital. Kathleen Drown, clarinet. 11 a.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall.
Master of Music Recital. Laura Johnson, oboe. 11 a.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Junior Recital. Keelin Eder, harp. 2 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Trombone Studio Music Education Majors Recital. 2 p.m. Music Building
auditorium. Students of Elliot Chasanov.
Balinese Music and Dance Concert. 3 p.m. Spurlock Museum. Spurlock Museum
and School of Music.
Senior Recital. Scott Mitchell, percussion. 5 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
Undergraduate Recital. Allen Chen, trumpet. 5 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall.
UI Varsity Men’s Glee Club. Barrington Coleman, conductor. 7:30
p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. A program of traditional
favorites with special guests The Other Guys. Admission charge. School
of Music.
Concert Jazz Band. Chip McNeill, leader. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse,
Krannert Center. Classical jazz charts balanced by some of the world’s
newest jazz ideas. Admission charge. School of Music.
Dena Vermette: “Lady Sings Sinatra.” 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. An evening of Sinatra tunes sung from a woman’s
perspective. Admission charge. Afterglow: Craig Russo Latin Jazz Project.
Lobby, after the show.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Rebecca Johnson, flute. 7:30 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Hyunjung Choi, violin. 7:30 p.m. Memorial
Room, Smith Hall.
29 Sunday
Junior Recital. Robin Thomas, trumpet. 1:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
Junior Recital. Travis Knapp, percussion. 1:30 p.m. 25 Smith Hall.
Junior Recital. Jessica Veldman, cello. 2 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Jazz Combos. 3 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Student jazz combos.
Admission charge. School of Music.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Brent Shires, horn. 4:30 p.m. Music
Building auditorium.
Master of Music Recital. Casey Dierlam, piano. 5:30 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
Latin Jazz Ensemble–Rumba Urbana. Ricardo Flores, director. 7:30
p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Repertoire is a combination of
the Americas, fusing American jazz with mozambique rhythms of Cuba,
calypso from Trinidad, the Haitian souk, and samba and bossa nova from
Brazil, to name a few. Admission charge. School of Music.
Brass Chamber Music Recital. 7:30 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Mei-Huei Wei, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
30 Monday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Sunhye Shim, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
1 Tuesday
Illinois Brass Quintet. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center.
Michael Ewald and Ronald Romm, trumpet; Kazimierz Machala, horn; Elliot
Chasanov, trombone; and Mark Moore, tuba. A 50-year tradition, this
group offers a mix of standards and newer music from the brass ensemble
repertoire. Admission charge. School of Music.
Jazz Trombone and Jazz Guitar Ensembles. Jim Pugh, Dave Dickey and Matt
Warnock, directors. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. An
evening of rhythm and tunes. Admission charge. School of Music.
Master of Music Recital. Josh McCormick, percussion. 7:30 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
2 Wednesday
Studio Recital. 5 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Students of Sylvia
Stone.
UI Symphony Orchestra. Donald Schleicher, director. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger
Great Hall, Krannert Center. The final concert of the season. Admission
charge. School of Music.
UI Jazz Band III. Marcus Wolfe, leader. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse,
Krannert Center. An evening of jazz standards and new works. Admission
charge. School of Music.
Master of Music Recital. Yukiko Kaneko, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
An Evening of Songs and Arias. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Students of Jerold Siena.
3 Thursday
UI Jazz Band II. Jim Pugh, leader. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert
Center. An evening of jazz standards. Admission charge. School of Music.
Senior Recital. Hio Teng Wong, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
4 Friday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Mi Hyn Jang, viola. 1 p.m. Memorial
Room, Smith Hall.
Senior Recital. Michael Hickey, tenor. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
Guest Artist Recital. Jack Quartet (string quartet). 7:30 p.m. Music
Building auditorium.
5 Saturday
Master of Music Recital. Matt Guschl, oboe. 2 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall.
Studio Recital. 5 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Piano students of
So-Hee Hur.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Daniela Broderick, piano. 7:30 p.m.
Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
6 Sunday
Doctor of Musical Arts Project Recital. Chu-Chun Liang, piano. 11 a.m.
Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Min-Li Hwang, cello. 2 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Project Recital. Suzanne Crookshank, clarinet.
5 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Brad Paisley. 7:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. With special guests Taylor Swift,
Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler. Admission charge.
opera
26 Thursday
“The Scarecrow.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor. 7:30 p.m.
Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s
story, “Feathertop,” this work tells the story of a New
England witch who brings a scarecrow to life to conjure up mischief
and mayhem. Admission charge. School of Music.
27 Friday
“The Scarecrow.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor. 7:30 p.m.
Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of
Music.
28 Saturday
“The Scarecrow.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor. 7:30 p.m.
Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. Libretto:
6:30 p.m. Krannert Room. School of Music.
29 Sunday
“The Scarecrow.” Eduardo Diazmunoz, conductor. 3 p.m. Tryon
Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. Libretto: 2 p.m.
Krannert Room. School of Music.
dance
19 Thursday
Studiodance II. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Curated concert
of student works featuring choreography by department of dance students
and performed by the artists’ fellow students. Admission charge.
20 Friday
Studiodance II. 7 and 9 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission
charge.
21 Saturday
Studiodance II. 7 and 9 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission
charge.
films
19 Thursday
“Beautiful Resistance” and “Beyond the Mesas.”
Allan Holzman, Emmy Award-Winning filmmaker; Lorene Sisquoc, Sherman
Indian Museum; and Stewart Bruce Koyiyumptewa, Hopi Cultural Preservation
Office.
6:30 p.m. 112 Huff Hall. Native American House.
25 Wednesday
“Paris, je t’aime.” Olivier Assayas and Frederic Auburtin,
directors. 7:30 p.m. 134 Temple Buell Hall. Landscape Architecture.
sports
(to confirm times, go to www.fightingillini.com)
20 Friday
Softball. UI vs. Ohio State University. 6 p.m. Eichelberger Field. Admission
charge.
21 Saturday
Softball. UI vs. Ohio State University. Noon. Eichelberger Field. Admission
charge.
Men’s Tennis. UI vs. University of Minnesota. Noon. Atkins Tennis
Center. Admission charge.
22 Sunday
Softball. UI vs. Pennsylvania State University. 11 a.m. (DH) Eichelberger
Field. Admission charge.
Men’s Tennis. UI vs. University of Iowa. Noon. Atkins Tennis Center.
Admission charge.
24 Tuesday
Baseball. UI vs. Eastern Illinois University. 6:05 p.m. Illinois Field.
Admission charge.
27 Friday
Baseball. UI vs. University of Minnesota. 6:05 p.m. Illinois Field.
Admission charge.
28 Saturday
Softball. UI vs. DePaul University. Noon. (DH) Eichelberger Field. Admission
charge.
Baseball. UI vs. University of Minnesota. 3:05 p.m. Illinois Field.
(doubleheader) Admission charge.
29 Sunday
Baseball. UI vs. University of Minnesota. 12:05 p.m. Illinois Field.
Admission charge.
et cetera
20 Friday
Conference. “Interfaces and Visualizations: A State-of-the-Art
Conference on the Humanities in Post-human Times.” 8 a.m. 407
Illini Union. To register, visit http://www.french.uiuc.edu/schehr/conference/.
French, Center for Advanced Study, Liberal Arts and Sciences, English,
Speech Communication, Library and Information Science, Illinois Program
for Research in the Humanities and Criticism and Interpretive Theory.
“The Cross, The Sword and the Flag: Multidisciplinary Reflections
on Faith and the Narration of Violence.” 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 314B
Illini Union. Religion and Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities.
“Lace for the Lady and the Gentleman, Too.” Karen Thompson,
historian. 4 p.m. Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum. This event is
held in conjunction with the Campbell Gallery exhibit “Why Knot.”
The exhibit is co-sponsored by the Champaign-Urbana Spinners and Weavers
Guild and the Spurlock Museum Guild. It is sponsored in part by the
Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Spurlock Museum.
Bike Trip: Wisconsin Rail Trail. April 20-23. Visit www.campusrec.uiuc.edu
or call 333-8747 for more information and reservations. Admission charge.
Campus Recreation.
21 Saturday
“The End of the Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse, the Rise of the
Franks and the Beginning of France: A Symposium on the Occasion of the
1500th Anniversary of the Battle of Vouille.” Karen-edis Barzman,
Binghamton University, SUNY. 9 a.m. Reading Room, First floor, Levis
Faculty Center. Medieval Studies, Classics, French, Germanic Languages
and Literatures and History.
Spanish Time at Public Libraries. 1 p.m. Douglass Meeting Room at the
Douglass Branch Library, 504 E. Grove St., Champaign. Latin American
and Caribbean Studies.
“Here and Now.” 3-4:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Improvised
dance and music event. Krannert Art Museum.
Doodle for Wildlife Auction. 6-10 p.m. Round Barn Banquet Centre. Sixth
Annual Doodle for Wildlife Auction to benefit the College of Veterinary
Medicine Wildlife Medical Clinic. Veterinary Medicine, Wildlife Medical
Clinic.
GSLIS Storytelling Festival. 7 p.m. 126 Graduate School of Library and
Information Science. Come celebrate a night of stories from near and
far told by faculty, students and alumni. Refreshments will be served
during a brief intermission. This is a storytelling event meant for
adults. As such, some material may not be appropriate for children.
Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
22 Sunday
Sunday Brunch. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Allerton House Dining Room. For reservations,
call 333-3287. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
24 Tuesday
Open Class. “Special Topics in Design: Japanese Aesthetics.”
Kimiko Gunji, Jennifer Gunji-Ballsrud and Daniel Goscha, UI. 4 p.m.
20th Century Gallery, Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.
25 Wednesday
Japanese Calligraphy Workshop. Eishi Sakuta, calligrapher. 5:30 p.m.
Japan House, 2000 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana. Japan House.
26 Thursday
“Fueling Change With Renewable Energy.” 8:30 a.m. ACES Library,
Information and Alumni Center. For more info, visit http://www.renewable-energy.uiuc.edu/.
Illinois Renewable Energy Initiative.
27 Friday
Horseback Riding Clinic. 1-3 p.m. Lodge, Ill. Visit www.campusrec.uiuc.edu
or call 333-8747 for more information and reservations. Admission charge.
Campus Recreation.
Poetry Recital Meeting. Paul Borgeson Jr., poet. 6 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge,
1080 Foreign Languages Building. Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
28 Saturday
“Petstravaganza!” 9 a.m.-4 p.m. UI Stock Pavilion. A day
for families to learn about companion animals in an interactive setting.
For more info, call 333-6462. Animal Sciences.
Third Annual Allerton Plant Sale. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Allerton Park Diversified
Farm. Allerton Park.
Container Gardening. 10 a.m. Allerton Park Diversified Farm. Registration
required; call 244-1035 or e-mail allertoninfo@illinois.edu. Admission charge.
Allerton Park.
Kids @ Krannert. 10 a.m.-noon. Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion.
Fun-filled events for the entire family with demonstrations, hands-on
art projects, dance, music, and storytelling. Krannert Art Museum.
Canoe/Kayak Day Trip. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit www.campusrec.uiuc.edu or
call 333-8747 for more information and reservations. Admission charge.
Campus Recreation.
29 Sunday
Third Annual Allerton Plant Sale. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Allerton Park Diversified
Farm. Allerton Park.
2 Wednesday
Third International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. 8 a.m. Illini Union
and Levis Faculty Center. For more info, visit http://www.qi2007.org/.
Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, Global Studies, Illinois Program
for Research in the Humanities, Bureau of Educational Research, Criticism
and Interpretive Theory, Center for Advanced Study, Asian American Studies,
Supercomputing Applications and Democracy in a Multiracial Society.
Reception: Designing Our Dreams, A Collaboration Between Architecture
and Dance. 5-7 p.m. Temple Buell Hall. View architectural renderings
by four UI graduate students of a new ecologically sustainable building
for dance. Architecture and Dance.
5 Saturday
Kayak Clinic. 10 a.m.-noon. Visit www.campusrec.uiuc.edu or call 333-8747
for more information and reservations. Admission charge. Campus Recreation.
Kids Kayak Clinic. Noon-2 p.m. Register at Champaign Park District,
706 Kenwood Road, Champaign. Visit www.campusrec.uiuc.edu or call 333-8747
for more information. Admission charge. Campus Recreation.
Textile Conservation Workshop. 1-4 p.m. Spurlock Museum. An afternoon
of textile identification and conservation tips. Admission charge. Spurlock
Museum and the Champaign-Urbana Spinners and Weavers Guild.
exhibits
“Graduating Library Student Workers”
Main hallway, Library.
“Have Books, Will Travel: Bringing Libraries to the People, 1915-1957”
On view May 1.
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“Why Knot”
Campbell Gallery.
Through Aug. 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; Noon-4 p.m. Sunday.
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“Symagery”
Through May 11.
IPRH, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana. 8:30 a.m.-
5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
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“Commerce and Consumption: Works From the Permanent Collection”
Through May 13.
“A History of New”
Through July 29.
“Secrets Revealed=Secrets Shared”
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition
On view April 18.
“An Architect Collects: Robert D. Kleinschmidt and A Lifetime
of Fine Arts Acquisitions”
On view April 20.
Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
On view May 5.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday,
until 9 p.m. Thursday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission; $3donation suggested.
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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 April 19 issue of Inside
Illinois, the faculty-staff newspaper at the UI.
