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15 Thursday
“Brilliant Futures for America’s Children.” B. Joseph White, UI. 7 p.m. Alice Campbell Alumni Center. Pampered Chef Family Resiliency Program.

16 Friday
“The Importance of Being Pakistan, and What Should the U.S. (and India) Do About It?” Stephen P. Cohen, Brookings Institution. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

17 Saturday
“The Dark Side of the Universe: Shadow Matter and Antigravity.” Brian Fields, UI. 10:15-11:30 a.m. 141 Loomis Lab. Saturday Physics Honors Program.

19 Monday
Artist Lecture. Shimon Attie. Krannert Art Museum Auditorium. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum.

“An Evening with Michael Mel.” 7 p.m.  Spurlock Museum. Mel is the leading spokesperson for the Papua New Guinea arts today. Spurlock Museum.

20 Tuesday
“There is No Acoustic Relation: Considerations on Sound and Image in Kira Muratova’s ‘The Sentimental Policeman.’ ” Lilya Kaganovsky, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.
“UI Histories: A 150-Year Trip Through the University’s History.” Kalev Leetaru, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your University.

22 Thursday
19th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture: “Isolation and Information Famine Stifling Africa’s Growth.” Ellen Tise, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. 4 p.m. 126 Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Mortenson Center for International Library Programs.
“Mindsets: Understanding Motivation and Achievement.” Carol Dweck, Stanford University. 7:30 p.m. Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum. MillerComm.
“Format and Function: The Legacy of the Book in the Design of Information Spaces.” Johanna Drucker, University of California, Los Angeles. 7:30 p.m. Humanities Lecture Hall, IPRH, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Illinois Informatics Institute.

23 Friday
“U.S. Climate Change Policy in the Obama Era: A Progress Report.” Ron Burke, Union of Concerned Scientists. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

26 Monday
Author’s Roundtable. Frank Donoghue, author of “The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities” (Fordham, 2008). 8 p.m. Third floor Levis. Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory.

27 Tuesday
“Sustainable Agriculture on the South Farms – the Bottom Line.” David Kovacic, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your University.

29 Thursday
Gallery Conversation. Ryan Griffis, UI; Steven Wagner, UI; and David Wilson, UI. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum.

30 Friday
“Teaching to Save: How the U.S. Can Help Low-Income Families.” Min Zhan, UI. Noon, Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

31 Saturday
“Understanding Complex Systems.” Alfred Hubler. UI. 10:15-11:30 a.m. 141 Loomis Lab. Saturday Physics Honors Program.

3 Tuesday
“The University YMCA – No Pool, No Gym. Then What?” Mike Doyle, University YMCA. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your University.

6 Friday
“The Recession and Recovery (?) in the State of Illinois.” Fred Giertz, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

15 Thursday
“The Irrelevance of India’s Rise as a Military Power.” Stephen P. Cohen, Brookings Institution. Noon. Second floor General Lounge, Illini Union. Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.
“Assembly, Structure and Evolution of Virus Capsids.” Roger Hendrix, University of Pittsburgh. 4 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. Microbiology.
Religion and Environmental Thought Series: “Climate Changes: Planetary, Religious and Theological.” Michael S. Hogue, Meadville Lombard Theological School. 4 p.m. 209 Illini Union. Religion.
“Portable Graveyards: Russian and Polish Albums in the Romantic Culture of Memory.” Justyna Beinek, Indiana University. 5 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge,
1080 Foreign Languages Building. Slavic Languages and Literatures.
“Siderophore Stealth.” Kenneth Raymond, University of California, Berkeley. 8 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. John C. Bailar Jr. Lectures.

16 Friday
“Can the Rural Poor Profit From Climate Change? The Case of the Mexican National Payment for Ecosystem Services Programs.” Elizabeth Shapiro. Texas A&M University. 2:30 p.m. 5602 Beckman. Social Dimensions of Environmental Policy Initiative/Beckman, Geography.
“Supramolecular Metal-ligand Clusters as Chiral Flasks and Synthetic Enzymes.” Kenneth Raymond, University of California, Berkeley. 4 p.m. 112 Chem Annex. John C. Bailar Jr. Lecture.
“Protein Dynamics: Insights From Multiscale Computations.” Ivet Bahar, University of Pittsburgh.
4 p.m. Levis Faculty Center. Biochemistry.

19 Monday
“Integration of MAP Kinase and Progesterone Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer Models.” Carol Lange, University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center. Noon.  1000 Micro and Nano Laboratory. Veterinary Medicine, Biomedical Sciences.
“The Golden Age of Aging – and its Disconents.” Peter H. Schuck, Yale Law School. 12:30 p.m. College of Law Max Rowe Auditorium. Reception to follow in Peer and Sarah Pedersen Pavilion. Elder Law Journal.
“Challenges of Multi-Core Processor Architecture Performance.” Faye Briggs, Intel Corp. 4 p.m. 1404 Siebel Center for Computer Science. Parallel@IL and Computer Science.
“The Gods and the Senate in Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses.’ ” Allesandro Barchiesi, University of Siena at Arezzo and Stanford University. 4 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. Classics.
“Synthetic Biology – A Dual Edge Sword, Impact on Biosecurity.” William Laegreid, UI.  4 p.m. 162 Noyes Lab. Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.

20 Tuesday
“Humanitarianism, Neoliberalism and the West: A Postcolonial Feminist Critique.” Inderpal Grewal, Yale University. 4 p.m. Asian American Cultural Center Lounge, 1210 W. Nevada. Gender and Women’s Studies.
“Probing Circumstellar Envelopes with Scattering Polarization and the Zeeman Effect.” Richard Ignace, Eastern Tennessee State University. 4 p.m. 134 Astronomy. Astronomy.
INHS Seminar: “Exotic Brown Treesnakes on Guam: Where Are We After Two Decades of Research?” Julie Savidge, Colorado State University. 4 p.m. 1005 Forbes Natural History Building, 1816 S. Oak St. Illinois Natural History Survey.
“Boron-Containing Heterocycles.” Warren Piers, University of Calgary. 4 p.m. 112 Chemistry Annex. Inorganic/Organic Chemistry

21 Wednesday
“Gene Regulatory Logic of Neuronal Specification in c. Elegans.” Oliver Hobert, Columbia University Medical Center. Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Science Lab. Cell and Developmental Biology.
“Bone as Structural and Biological Material.” Beckman Institute Director’s Seminar. Iwona Jasiuk, UI. Noon. 1005 Beckman Institute. Beckman Institute.
“Imaging Chemical Reactions: Exploring Reaction Pathways with Isomeric Selectivity.” David Osborn, Sandia National Laboratories. 4 p.m. 112 Chem Annex. Physical/Analytical Chemistry.
“Literary Listening and Congolese Music’s ‘World.’ ” John Nimis, UI. 5 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. French.  

22 Thursday
“The 2009 Latin American Business Environment: Waiting for the Recovery.” Terry McCoy, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
“It’s OK to Be Different: New Players in the Campylobacter Jejuni Pathogenesis Cycle.” Erin Gaynor, University of British Columbia. 4 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. Microbiolgy.
“Gay, Kind-of-Gay and Pseudo-Gay in Anime and Manga: What’s the Point?” Patrick Drazen, author of “Anime Explosion! The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation.” 4-6 p.m. 163 Noyes Lab. East Asian Languages and Cultures, East Asian and Pacific Studies, LGBT Resource Center,  Comparative and World Literature.

23 Friday
“Quantum Mechanical Analysis of Donor-Acceptor Interactions in Organomettallic Complexes.” Charity Fleener, UI. 10 a.m. 433 Roger Adams Lab. Inorganic Chemistry.
“The ‘Tricky Business’ of Oxygen Activation in Enzymes.” Judith Klinman, University of California, Berkeley. Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab.  Chemical Biology.
“A Regular Year at the American School at Athens: Why You Should Know and Why You Should Go.” Karl Goetze, UI. 2 p.m. 4080A Foreign Languages Building. W. M. Calder III, Classics.

26 Monday
“The Quantum Leap from Micro- to Nanoelectronics.” Klaus von Klitzing, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics, Stuttgart. 4 p.m. 1025 Beckman Institute. Beckman Institute, Engineering, Physics, Center for Advanced Study, Computer and Electrical Engineering.
“Legal Implications of Synthetic Biology for Research and Biosecurity.” Jay Kesan, UI. 4 p.m. 162 Noyes Lab. Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security 

27 Tuesday
Virtual Worlds: The Business and Recreation of Gaming Culture. Panel discussion with panelists Guy Garnett, Kevin Hamilton and Lisa Nakamura, with moderator Mimi Thuy Nguyen, all UI. 4 p.m. Humanities Lecture Hall, IPRH, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities.

28 Wednesday
“Lipids and the Inflammasome.” Gregory Freund, UI. 4 p.m. 150 Animal Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.

29 Thursday
“Single Molecule Biophysics.” Taekjip Ha, UI. Noon.  B102 CLSL . Molecular and Integrative Physiology.
“Astrophysics Colloquium.” Alycia Weinberger, Carnegie Institution of Washington. 4 p.m. 134 Astronomy. Astronomy.
“A Structural Analysis of Clostridium Difficile Toxin A.” Borden Lacy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. 4 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab.
“Who Owns Your Scholarship: Copyright, Publication Agreements and Good Practice.” Kenneth Crews, Columbia University. 4 p.m. Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom. CAS/MillerComm, University Library and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

30 Friday
Tinker Workshop. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 101 International Studies Building. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
“Mechanisms of Transmembrane Receptors and Sensory Transduction.” Gerald Hazelbauer, University of Missouri, Columbia. Noon.  B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab.
“The Remarkable Chaperone SecB and its Multiple Binding Partners.” Linda Randall, University of Missouri, Columbia. 2 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. Biochemistry.
“The Gods in Aristophanes.” Carl Anderson, Michigan State University. 2 p.m. 4080A Foreign Languages Building. Classics.

3 Saturday
Tinker Workshop. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 101 International Studies Building. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

2 Monday
“Regulation of the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein FMRP.” Stephanie Ceman, UI. Noon. 100 Micro and Nano Laboratory, 208 N. Wright St. Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
“Forensics and Microbiologists as Sleuths.” Abigail Salyers, UI. 4 p.m. 162 Noyes Lab. Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.

3 Tuesday
“(Re)creating Community: Conversion to Orthodoxy in Buriatiia, 1860-1917.” Jesse Murray, UI. Noon, 101 International Studies Building. Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.
“Chemically Templated Nanofabrication for Nanoelectronic Circuits.” John N. Harb, Brigham Young University. 1 p.m. 116 RAL. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.
 “Imaging and Spectroscopy With the James Webb Space Telescope.” George Sonneborn, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. 4 p.m. 134 Astronomy. Astronomy.

4 Wednesday
“Cloning Mammals and Related Technology.” George Seidel, Colorado State University. Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. Cell and Developmental Biology.
“The Impact of Lifestyle Intervention for Free-Living Adults on Bone-Related Knowledge and Behavioral Indicators.” Karen Plawecki, UI. 4 p.m. 150 Animal Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.
“Buddhism in Japanese History: Rethinking Practice, Buddhas/Kami, and Salvation.” Brian Ruppert, UI. 5:30 p.m. Japan House, Japan House.

5 Thursday
“Venezuelan Communications Policy in the Fifth Republic: Notes From the Ground.” Richard Potter, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
“Molecular Genetics of Mycobacteria: Insights Into DNA Exchange, Secretion and Virulence of M. tuberculosis.” Keith Derbyshire, New York State Department of Health. 4 p.m. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory. Microbiology.

6 Friday
“How Hybrid Mass Spectrometers With Multiple Analyzers and Dissociation Methods Will Transform Protein Sequence Analysis.” Joshua Coon, University of Wisconsin. 4 p.m. 116 Roger Adams Lab. Analytical Chemistry.
“The Dead Mother Plot: The Family and Authority in Early Modern Texts.” Mary Beth Rose, UIC. 4 p.m. Humanities Lecture Hall, IPRH, 805 W. Pennsylvania Ave. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities.

15 Thursday
“The Hip-Hop Project: Insight Into the Hip-Hop Generation.” Aaron Todd Douglas, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Dancers, poets, graffiti artists and emcee B-Boy All Star expose the political, social, economic and religious truths lived by the hip-hop generation. Admission charge.
“Buried Child.” Lisa Gaye Dixon, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
“SHOES: some sore feet, and a new pair of eyes.” A journey offering glimpses of issues that arise around cultural diversity. 8 p.m. Armory Free Theater. For more information, visit innervoices.illinois.edu. Counseling Center, McKinley Health Center, Theater.

16 Friday
“Buried Child.” Lisa Gaye Dixon, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
“The Hip-Hop Project: Insight Into the Hip-Hop Generation.”Aaron Todd Douglas, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
“SHOES: some sore feet, and a new pair of eyes.” 8 p.m. Armory Free Theater. For more information, visit innervoices.illinois.edu. Counseling Center, McKinley Health Center, Theater.

17 Saturday
“The Hip-Hop Project: Insight Into the Hip-Hop Generation.” Aaron Todd Douglas, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
“Buried Child.” Lisa Gaye Dixon, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

18 Sunday
“Buried Child.” Lisa Gaye Dixon, director. 3 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. Dessert and Conversation: 2 p.m. Krannert Room, Krannert Center.
“The Hip-Hop Project: Insight Into the Hip-Hop Generation.” Aaron Todd Douglas, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

20 Tuesday
“SHOES: some sore feet, and a new pair of eyes.” 8 p.m. Townsend A, Illinois Street Residence Hall. For more information, visit innervoices.illinois.edu. Counseling Center, McKinley Health Center, Theater.
21 Wednesday
“SHOES: some sore feet, and a new pair of eyes.” 8 p.m. Oglesby Dining Hall, Florida Avenue Residence Hall. For more information, visit innervoices.illinois.edu. Counseling Center, McKinley Health Center, Theater.

22 Thursday
“The Hip-Hop Project: Insight Into the Hip-Hop Generation.” Aaron Todd Douglas, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
“SHOES: some sore feet, and a new pair of eyes.” 8 p.m. Peabody Private Dining Hall, Peabody Residence Hall. For more information, visit innervoices.illinois.edu. Counseling Center, McKinley Health Center, Theater.

23 Friday
“The Hip-Hop Project: Insight Into the Hip-Hop Generation.” Aaron Todd Douglas, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

24 Saturday
“The Hip-Hop Project: Insight Into the Hip-Hop Generation.” Aaron Todd Douglas, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

25 Sunday
“The Hip-Hop Project: Insight Into the Hip-Hop Generation.” Aaron Todd Douglas, director. 3 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

29 Thursday
“Camelot.” 7:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge. Visit uofiassemblyhall.com for more information.
“Street Beat.” A raw mix of industrial drum corps, break dancing and audience interaction. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
“The Crucible.” Robert G. Anderson, director. Arthur Miller’s chilling commentary on community rituals, public reputation and intolerance. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Theatre. Admission charge.

30 Friday
“Street Beat.” A raw mix of industrial drum corps, break dancing and audience interaction. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
“The Crucible.” Robert G. Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Theatre. Admission charge.

31 Saturday
“The Crucible.” Robert G. Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Theatre. Admission charge. Dessert and Conversation: 6:30 p.m. Krannert Room, Krannert Center.

4 Wednesday
“The Crucible.” Robert G. Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Theatre. Admission charge.

5 Thursday
“The Crucible.” Robert G. Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Theatre. Admission charge.

6 Friday
“The Crucible.” Robert G. Anderson, director. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Theatre. Admission charge.

7 Saturday
“The Crucible.” Robert G. Anderson, director.7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Theatre. Admission charge.

8 Sunday
“The Crucible.” Robert G. Anderson, director. 3 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Theatre. Admission charge. Dessert and Conversation: 2 p.m. Krannert Room, Krannert Center.

15 Thursday
Thursdays at 12:20 Concert. 12:20 p.m. Beckman Institute atrium. Erin Sullivan, bassoon. School of Music.
Faculty Recital. Timothy McGovern, bassoon. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.

16 Friday
Hot 8 Brass Band. 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. This New Orleans group offers an energizing fusion of familiar parade songs, the occasional modern funeral march and inspired brass covers.  Recommended for ages 10 and up. Admission charge.
UI Symphony Orchestra. Donald Schleicher, conductor, with Mark Moore, tuba. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. A diverse evening of classics and new music. Admission charge. School of Music.

17 Saturday
Illini Marching Band Festival. 8 a.m. Memorial Stadium. Admission charge.
Master of Music Recital. Hye Suk Lim, piano. 5 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: “Old Friends and New Faces.” Steven Larsen, music director and conductor. With Paul Vermel, guest conductor, and Dmitry Kouzov, cello. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Selections include Hugo Alfvén’s Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, “Midsummer Vigil”; Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major,
Op. 107; and George Chadwick’s Symphonic Sketches. Admission charge.

18 Sunday
Marching Illini in Concert. Peter Griffin, conductor.
3 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.
UI Philharmonia. Louis Bergonzi, conductor. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. An evening of music from the masters. Admission charge. School of Music.
Student Composers Recital. 5 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

22 Thursday
Thursdays at 12:20 Concert.  Graduate Saxophone Quartet. 12:20 p.m. Beckman Institute atrium. School of Music.
UI Wind Symphony and UI Symphonic Band I. 7:30 p.m. Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.

23 Friday
UI Latin Jazz Band. Noon. Krannert Center Lobby.
Marvin Hamlisch and Michael Feinstein. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Two singular entertainers take a stroll through the great American songbook. Admission charge.
Senior Recital. Sara Kohnke, flute. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

24 Saturday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Erin Sullivan, bassoon. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

25 Sunday
“One of America’s Musical Women.” Carol Jantsch, principal tuba of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and members of the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra perform and offer a master class for this celebration of American Music Month. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
UI Black Chorus. Ollie Watts Davis, conductor. 4 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

28 Wednesday
O.A.R. with Special Guest Elmwood. 7:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge. Visit uofiassemblyhall.com for more information.

29 Thursday
Thursdays at 12:20 Concert. Matt Jacklin, marimba. 12:20 p.m. Beckman Institute atrium. School of Music.

30 Friday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Justin Vickers, tenor. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
“Global Transfer Afterglow: Fareed Haque and the Flat Earth Ensemble.” Voted Best World Guitarist by Guitar Player magazine in 2009, Fareed Haque fuses his classical, jazz and global talents with the folk strains of the Flat Earth Ensemble for a planetary jam session. 9:30 p.m. Krannert Center Lobby. Krannert Center.

31 Saturday
Illinois Brass Quintet: Halloween Concert. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.
UI Steel Band. Ricardo Flores, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.

1 Sunday
UI Percussion Ensemble. William Moersch, director. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Yi-Wen Chen, clarinet. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

3 Tuesday
Faculty Recital. James Pugh, UI, trombones; with Walter Blanton and “8 and More.” 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

4 Wednesday
Matisyahu. 8 p.m. Foellinger Auditorium. Reggae/hip-hop/rock. Tickets on sale Oct. 12. Visit star-course.com/ and matisyahuworld.com for more information. Star Course.
ProHa Clarinet Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. School of Music.

5 Thursday
Thursdays at 12:20. Chen-Yu Huang, harp. 12:20 p.m. Beckman Institute atrium. School of Music.
Vladimir Feltsman and Pacifica Quartet. Vladimir Feltsman, piano; Simin Ganatra, violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, violin; Masumi Rostad, viola; Brandon Vamos, cello. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. School of Music.

6 Friday
UI Oratorio Society and Brass Choir: Music for Multiple Choirs and Brass. Matthew Leese and Elliot Chasanov, conductors. Works for choir and brass by Bach, Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Pachelbel and Purcell. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. School of Music.
Guest Artist Recital: “Mysterious Morning: Spiritual Music of Asia and the Americas.” John Sampen, saxophone, Bowling Green State University. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. School of Music.

7 Saturday
Master of Music Recital. Douglas M. Olenik, tuba.2 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. School of Music.
Staff Recital. Tracy Parish, trumpet. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. School of Music.
Sinfonia da Camera: Exploring the New World. Ian Hobson, conductor and music director; Henry Skolnick, contrabassoon; Jim Pugh, trombone. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

8 Sunday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Matt Jacklin, percussion. 1 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. School of Music.
UI Brass Choir. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. School of Music.
UI Women’s Glee Club. Chester Alwes, conductor. 5 p.m.  Recital Hall, Smith Hall. School of Music.
UI Baroque Ensemble. Charlotte Mattax Moersch, director. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. School of Music.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Jonathan Ustin, jazz drums. 7:30 p.m. Room 25 Smith Hall. School of Music.

16 Friday
“Mahomet Aquifer Project.” Jennifer Monson and dancers. 5 p.m. Northeast Terrace, Krannert Center.

28 Wednesday
Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

15 Thursday
“A Face in the Crowd.” 5:30 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities.
Documentary Screening. “A Kingdom Reborn: Treasures From Ukrainian Galicia.” 7 p.m. Monsanto Room, ACES Library. Russia, East European and Eurasian Center.
Polish-in-the-Slavic-Context / Central European Conversation Table and Movie. 7:30 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. For speakers and students of Polish, Czech and Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian-Montenegrin. Slavic Languages and Literatures.

20 Tuesday
Slavic + Film Series: “Assa” (Russian).  7 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. Slavic Languages and Literatures and Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.

26  Monday
“Art:21 – Art in the Twenty-First Century.” Public screenings of the new season of the award-winning PBS series before they are aired. A special guest will introduce the artists and lead a discussion. 5 p.m. 107 Art + Design. Art + Design and Krannert Art Museum.

27 Tuesday
Slavic + Film Series: “Katyn” (Polish). 7 p.m. G30 Foreign Languages Building. Slavic Languages and Literatures and Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.

29 Thursday
“The Great Dictator.” 5:30 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities.
Polish-in-the-Slavic-Context / Central European Conversation Table and Movie. 7:30 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. For speakers and students of Polish, Czech, and Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian-Montenegrin. Slavic Languages and Literatures.

3 Tuesday
Slavic + Film Series: “Better than Escape” (Serbian). 7 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. Slavic Languages and Literatures and Russian, East European and Eurasian Center.

5 Thursday
Polish-in-the-Slavic-Context / Central European Conversation Table and Movie. 7:30 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. For speakers and students of Polish, Czech and Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian-Montenegrin. Slavic Languages and Literatures.

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16 Friday
Volleyball. UI vs. Minnesota. 6:30 p.m. Huff Hall.
Men’s Basketball. “Illinois Madness.” 6:30 p.m. Assembly Hall.

17 Saturday
Champaign County Flatlanders Rugby Club. 1 p.m. Po’ Boys, 1901 S. Highcross Road, Urbana. Admission charge.

22 Thursday
Soccer.  UI vs. Ohio State. 6 p.m. Soccer Stadium. Admission charge.

23 Friday
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country. Illini Open. 4:30 p.m. Track Stadium. Admission charge.

25 Sunday
Men’s Basketball. “Orange and Blue Scrimmage.” 4 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

30 Friday
Soccer. UI vs. Michigan State. 7 p.m. Soccer Stadium. Admission charge.
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Missouri Southern. 4 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

31 Saturday
Football. UI vs. Michigan. 2:30 p.m. Memorial Stadium. Admission charge.

6 Friday
Volleyball. UI vs. Michigan.  7 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.

7 Saturday
Volleyball. UI vs. Michigan State. 7 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.

8 Sunday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Quincy. 4 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

15 Thursday
“The Teaching Philosophy Statement.” 4 p.m.
428 Armory Building. Registration required; visit www.cte.illinois.edu, click on events calendar. Center for Teaching Excellence.
“Social Entrepreneurship Showcase.” 5:30 p.m. Business Instructional Facility atrium. College of Business.
SPEAK Café. “My Mic Sounds Nice, Come Check.” Aaron Ammons, UI, moderator. An open-mic space for hip-hop and Black Power expression. 7-9 p.m. Palette Café. African American Studies, Krannert Art Museum, Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center and 40 North/88 West.

16 Friday
Illinois Summit on Early Childhood and Healthy Beginnings. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Alice Campbell Alumni Center. For more information and to register, call 265-0334 or visit frc.illinois.edu/Summit. Family Resiliency Center and Pampered Chef Program.

19 Monday
“Free Enterprise, Economic Crisis and the Politics of Regulatory Reform.” 3 p.m. 314 Illini Union.
 UI and John Freeman, University of Minnesota. Roundtable discussion and public forum, part of “Morality, Markets, and the Future of American Capitalism” symposium. Cline Center for Democracy.
“American Democracy in an Era of Global Markets.” 7:30 p.m. Alice Campbell Alumni Center Ballroom. John Freeman, University of Minnesota. Keynote address of “Morality, Markets, and the Future of American Capitalism” symposium. Cline Center for Democracy.

20 Tuesday
“Academic Integrity.” Workshop will look at definitions of academic integrity and ways to maintain a classroom environment that promotes and values such integrity. Noon. 428 Armory. Registration required. Center for Teaching Excellence.
Public Planning Meeting. To receive ideas and planning related to proposed future uses of Mumford House. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monsanto Room, ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center. For more information, contact Melvyn Skvarla, 265-6133, mskvarla@illinois.edu.

21 Wednesday
EU Day. “State of the European Union.” Jonas Hafstrom, ambassador of Sweden to the United States. 10 a.m. “Careers & Professionalism in Europe: Scandinavia.” Magnus Harviden, Embassy of Sweden; Tomas Norling, Swedish Trade Council. 2 p.m. “Green Sweden Symposium.” Panelists Harviden; Peter Sylwan, University of Lund; Torbjorn Fagerstrom, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Paula Femenias, Chalmers University of Technology. 3:30 p.m. Alice Campbell Alumni Center. For more information visit euc.illinois.edu. European Union Center.
“ TA-to-TA: Learning from Experienced TAs - Get Them Talking: Facilitating Discussions in Discussion Sections.” Aimee Rickman, UI. 7 p.m. 428 Armory. Registration required; visit http://cte.illinois.edu/, click on event calendar. Center for Teaching Excellence.

23 Friday
VOICE. Readings by Dana Burchfield, Heather Salus and Eric Tanyavutti, UI. 3:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Creative Writing Program, Krannert Art Museum.

26 Monday
Author’s Corner. John Griswold, UI. Griswold, well-known as blogger Oronte Churm, will read from his novel “Democracy of Ghosts”; Steve Davenport, host. 4:30 Illini Union Bookstore. English.

 27 Tuesday
“Strategies for Successful Submission.” Lizanne DeStefano, UI. Noon. 1000 Micro and Nanotechnology Lab. Session will define an optimal strategy for finding funding opportunities and crafting a competitive grant application. For more information, visit biomedical.illinois.edu/page.aspx?site=ourprograms&page=FacultyDevelopment. Division of Biomedical Sciences Faculty Development Program.
“Minority Languages in Greece.” 6-7 p.m. 1080 Foreign Language Building. Pre-workshop session of “Teaching Greek as a Second Language. School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics; Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education; European Union Center.

28 Wednesday
“Teaching Greek as a Second Language.” 1 p.m. 1080 Foreign Languages Building. Workshop. For more information, contact Marina Terkourafi, mt217@illinois.edu. Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education, European Union Center.

29 Thursday
Annual Book Sale. 9 a.m. Marshall Gallery, east foyer of Main Library. UI Library.

31 Saturday
“Gruesome, Gory, and Ghastly Ghosts and Ghouls.” 2 p.m. Spurlock Museum. This afternoon family event will feature multicultural ghost stories appropriate for children grades K-8 told in the museum’s galleries. For more information, contact ksheahan@illinois.edu, 244-3355. GSLIS, Center for Children’s Books. Admission charge.
“So You Think You’ve Heard Ghost Stories.” 7:30 p.m.  Spurlock Museum. This is the ghost story concert for the strong of heart, for adults only (age 16 and above).  For more information, contact ksheahan@illinois.edu, 244-3355. GSLIS, Center for Children’s Books. Admission charge.

4 Wednesday
“ Learning Theories...and Teaching.” Sandy Finley, UI. Noon. 428 Armory Building. Registration required; visit http://cte.illinois.edu/, click on event calendar. Center for Teaching Excellence.

5 Thursday
Arctic Symposium: “Global Security, Climate Change and the Arctic.” Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway, University of London; Michael Byers, University of British Columbia; Ingrid Lundestad, Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies; William Chapman, UI. 3 p.m. 314 Illini Union. For more information, visit eucenter@illinois.edu. European Union Center, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.
“Cultural Intelligence: Implications for the College Classroom.” 4 p.m. 428 Armory Building. Registration required; visit http://cte.illinois.edu/, click on event calendar. Center for Teaching Excellence.

7 Saturday
Natural Areas Restoration: Allerton Allies. 9 a.m. Allerton Music Barn, 588 Allerton Road, Monticello. For more information, visit allerton.illinois.edu.

“Homecoming Comeback Guests”
First floor, Library.
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“Fire Safety: From the Fireground to Campustown”
Through Oct. 31.
Marshall Gallery, Main Library.
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“One in a Million: An Exhibition of Eleven Landmark Acquisitions at the University of Illinois”
Through Dec. 18.
Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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“The Transforming Arts of Papua New Guinea”
Through Jan. 31.
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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“The Morrill Act: The Land Grant Roots of a Great University”
Through Oct. 31.
“On-Screen: Global Intimacy”
“Gestures in Space and Light”
“Effacement: Huang Yan’s China in the 21st Century”
“Vivid Lines in Graphic Times”
Through Jan. 3.
“Under Control”
On view Oct. 23 through Jan. 3.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission; $3 donation suggested.
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“Everybody! Visual Resistance in Feminist Health Movements, 1969-2009”
“The Glue Factory, a Broadside Project Regarding the Fear of Growing Old”
Through Oct. 10.
I space, 230 W. Superior St., Chicago. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
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