PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 23, No. 6, Sept. 18, 2003

brief notes

Music of Beethoven
Sinfonia celebrates 20th season
Sinfonia da Camera celebrates the music of Ludwig van Beethoven – from the 5th to 9th symphonies – as the orchestra celebrates its 20th season. Guest soloists featured this season are Claude Frank, Sergiu Luca, Awadagin Pratt and Charles Rosen.

The orchestra opens its season at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21 at Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, with Beethoven’s “Coriolan Overture.” Hobson displays his versatility as he conducts the jovial Piano Concert No. 1 in C major from the keyboard. The evening concludes with the dramatic thundering Symphony No. 5. After the concert, guests are invited to join Hobson and members of the orchestra for anniversary cake in the Krannert Center lobby.

Tickets are available at the Krannert Center ticket office. For more information about Sinfonia’s 20th anniversary season, go to www.sinfonia.uiuc.edu.

‘REAL LIFE’ combines cultures
Fall lecture series begins Sept. 18
Eight innovative artists, critics and curators whose work defies categorization will visit the UI this fall as participants in a lecture series titled “REAL LIFE: Expanding Economies of Cultural Production.”

Artist Christine Tarkowski opens the series at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 18 in 62 Krannert Art Museum. Subsequent speakers include Ed Marszewski, organizer of “Lumpen” magazine and Version Fest; Laurie Palmer, an artist, writer and member of the artists’ collective Haha; conceptual artist Dan Peterman; members of Temporary Services, a Chicago-based artists’ collective; Sam Gould of Red 76 Arts Group; Davy Rothbart, editor of “Found” magazine; and critic and curator Mary Jane Jacobs. Dates, times and locations of all talks are available at www.art.uiuc.edu/projects/real/.

The lecture series was organized by Illinois art and design professors Conrad Bakker and Kevin Hamilton, and is sponsored by the Loredo Taft Lecture Fund, the Francis P. Rohlen Visiting Artist Fund, and the School of Art and Design Visiting Artists, Designers and Scholars Committee.

Bakker said the series was designed to engage “artists and critics and cultural producers who locate their practice outside the normative structures of the art world.” Their work, he said, is less about the production of art objects or images, and more about the context and space in which the public experiences the artists’ work – whether that space is a commercial location, public place, Web site or publication. Bakker said series participants are not members of a specific artistic movement; instead, their work is linked by “the fact that they are negotiating social, political and economic spaces.”

Bakker said he is excited by the prospect of exposing art students to individuals who are at the contemporary edge of art and cultural production.

“We have students here who are already engaged in these kinds of projects … who are making art that’s part of a world that is real and vibrant.” Bakker added that speakers in the series cover a wide range of contexts and subjects – from found love letters to the use of technology in urban communities, from faux architectural facades to political activism – and will likely appeal to a broad audience.

College of Medicine
‘Standardized patients’ needed
The “Introduction to Clinical Medicine” and the surgery department at the UI College of Medicine (Urbana campus) seeks men and women of all ages interested in contributing to medical education in a unique way as a standardized patient. A standardized patient is a person who has been carefully coached to simulate an actual patient. This extra-help position entails some evening and weekend work. The ability to memorize information easily and good communication skills are required. For more information, contact Diane Corsaro, standardized patient coordinator, at 383-4610 or dcorsaro@uiuc.edu.

Spurlock Museum
American Indian dance featured
The Spurlock Museum will host an American Indian dance concert from 10:30 a.m. to noon Sept. 27 in the museum’s Knight Auditorium. “Little Wolf and the Wolf Pack: Drum and Dance” will feature American Indian storytelling, dance and singing. The event is free, but tickets are required and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information or to reserve tickets, call the museum’s information desk, 333-2360.

‘A Bridge to Narrow North-South Knowledge Gaps’
Library scholar to speak Sept. 23
Jesus Lau, a prolific author and internationally recognized library and information science scholar, will give the Mortenson Distinguished Lecture for 2003.

His talk on “Information Competencies: A Bridge to Narrow North-South Knowledge Gaps” will begin at 4 p.m. Sept. 23 in Room 126 of the Library and Information Sciences building. The talk and a reception that will follow it are free and open to the public.

Currently University Librarian at the Veracruzana University at Veracruz, Mexico, and coordinator of its Virtual Library Project, Lau previously served as library director, dean of academic affairs and dean of information services and accreditation at Juarez University in Mexico, and before that as library director at the Technological Institute of Durango, also in Mexico.

Lau is the author of four books and more than 100 articles and conference papers, and editor of nine books. He received the National Researcher Award in Mexico four times, and the Librarian of the Year Award of the Border Regional Library Association of Texas in 1997.
The Mortenson Center for International Library Programs was established at Illinois in 1991 to expand the activities of the Mortenson Distinguished Professorship, which began in 1986. The center and the professorship seek to strengthen international ties among libraries and librarians, regardless of geographic location or access to technology.

Illini Union Faculty-Staff Social Committee
Social committee needs volunteers
The Illini Union Faculty-Staff Social Committee for 2003-2004 is seeking volunteers. This committee plans entertainment programs for faculty and staff members, retirees and their families. Events include the “Dinner and Travel Series,” “High Tea,” “Children’s Holiday Party” and “Children’s Spring Festival.”

Contact Trish Saelens, psaelens@uiuc.edu, for more information.

Deputy consul general to speak
Humboldt Association hosts meeting
The Urbana-Champaign chapter of the Alexander von Humboldt Association of America will host its fall chapter meeting at 7:30 p.m. Sept 30 in the Heritage Room of the ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center. Peter Primus, a UI alumnus and the deputy consul general at the German Consulate General in Chicago, will be the guest speaker. Refreshments will follow. The meeting is open to the public. Parking is available in lots F-4, F-14, F-28 and F-29 in the area west of Dorner Drive, between Gregory Drive and Pennsylvania Avenue. RSVP to Jeff White, 333-8876 or white@mrl.uiuc.edu.

This association is the U.S. liaison with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, a non-profit foundation established by the Federal Republic of Germany for the promotion of international research cooperation. For more information about the local chapter, go to www.german.uiuc.edu/events/avh/index.html.

‘From Equality to Diversity’
Baum Memorial Lecture is Oct. 2
Colin Diver, president of Reed College in Portland, Ore., and a former law professor, will deliver the David C. Baum Memorial Lecture on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights at 4 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Max L. Rowe Auditorium at the UI College of Law building.

In his lecture, “From Equality to Diversity: The Detour From Brown to Grutter,” Diver will discuss the relationship between the Supreme Court’s recent Grutter decision, upholding the University of Michigan Law School’s use of race-conscious educational admissions criteria, and its 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, striking down racial segregation in public schools. He argues that the “diversity” rationale used by the Supreme Court to justify race-conscious admissions is not only unconvincing on its own terms, but also incompatible with the spirit of the original Brown decision.

In the mid-1980s, Diver was portrayed as the idealistic hero in the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “Common Ground,” written by New York Times journalist J. Anthony Lukas. The work chronicled the experiences of three families struggling with the citywide desegregation of the Boston public schools during the 1970s.

The Baum Lecture, held during the fall and spring semesters at the UI College of Law, is in honor and memory of David C. Baum, a professor of law from 1963-73. The event is free and open to the public.

Inaugural Alan M. Hallene Lecture
GM exec to speak Sept. 24
Mark T. Hogan, General Motors group vice president for advanced vehicle development will deliver the inaugural Alan M. Hallene Lecture, “Awakening the General: A Passion for Being the Best – Again.” The lecture begins at 5 p.m. Sept. 24 in 100 Noyes Lab. The event is free and open to the public.

His presentation will focus on his leadership role in leveraging technology and business process to drive rapid development of innovative ‘gotta have’ products. Hogan received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance from the UI in 1973 and his MBA from Harvard University in 1977.

The Hallene Lecture was established by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation to the Technology and Management Program in honor of Al Hallene, a 1951 graduate in mechanical engineering.

Nationally ranked squad to sign autographs
Open Skate with Illini Hockey Team
The UI Ice Arena will host an Open Skate session with the Illini Hockey Team from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 4. Players will sign autographs and visit with fans. Admission is $5 with proceeds benefiting the Champaign Don Moyers Boys and Girls Club.
For more information, go to www.illinihockey.com or www.campusrec.uiuc.edu/skating/index.html.

Ally Meeting
Benefits to be discussed by panel
The October Ally meeting will feature a panel discussion on the domestic partner benefits policy at UI’s Urbana campus. Mary Ellen O’Shaugnessey, Academic Human Resources, and Kimberlie Kranich, community activist and co-founder of 85% Coalition (a direct action group for civil rights for Illinois lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered citizens), will discuss UI’s new policy. The discussion will include dialogue about the impact of the policy on the LGBT community.

For more information, contact Jane Reid (jereid@uiuc.edu or 333-3704) or Anita Hund (ahund@uiuc.edu).

Do you worry too much?
Stress clinic offers free treatments
The Stress and Anxiety Clinic is offering free treatment to help adults who are experiencing problems related to excessive worry. Individuals will be participating in research evaluating the causes and treatments of excessive worry.

The worry treatment program is designed for adults who worry about many different things, have been worried for a long time, cannot seem to stop worrying, and are often overwhelmed by worry.

For more information, call 333-0041 or e-mail pscstaff@s.psych.uiuc.edu.

Martirano Memorial Award Concert
Winning compositions featured Sept. 24
Performances of the winning compositions of the 7th Annual Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award will be featured at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Tryon Festival Theater at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. A reception in honor of the composers will immediately follow the concert.

The UI Graduate String Quartet will perform the winning composition “String Quartet,” by Edward Top, a 31-year-old composer from the Netherlands. The UI New Music Ensemble, with co-directors Zack Browning and Stephen Taylor, will perform the other winning compositions as well as two contemporary classics.

The annual composition and award concert is held in memory of Martirano, a professor of composition at the UI from 1963 to 1995.

Tickets are available from the Krannert Center ticket office.

Jazz Threads: Living Art in CU
Seasonlong program focuses on jazz
It’s never been too hard to find jazz music in Champaign-Urbana. Whether it’s been played live in the clubs or concert halls or broadcast on local radio stations, jazz has been part of the musical and cultural background of the community for decades.

Now, thanks to an initiative that’s being launched later this month by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, jazz is moving out of the shadows and into the community spotlight. The official kick-off for Krannert Center’s “Jazz Threads: Living Art in CU,” a seasonlong program of events organized to explore the living art of jazz, takes place on Sept. 23, starting with a “Know Your University” talk by Jazz Threads’ featured artist Cecil Bridgewater at noon at the University YMCA. That evening, Bridgewater, a New York-based jazz trumpeter, composer/arranger and educator who was born and raised in Champaign-Urbana and graduated from the UI, will participate in an open jam session, beginning at 9 p.m. at 02 Main Lounge in downtown Champaign. In addition to Bridgewater and his guests, jammers will include the band Chambana and local professional and student musicians.

Bridgewater and his guests also will present a jazz forum at noon on Sept. 26 in Room 25, Smith Hall. On Sept. 27, Bridgewater will share his experience and enthusiasm with area youths in an event called “Arts for Kids With Cecil Bridgewater,” at 1 p.m. in Krannert Center’s Tryon Festival Theater. The event is free but advanced tickets are required. At 7:30 p.m. in the same theater, Bridgewater and friends perform the first of four concerts scheduled during the 2003-04 academic year. Joining Bridgewater on stage will be Ron Bridgewater, saxophone; Mulgrew Miller, piano; Kenny Davis, bass; and Carl Allen, drums. A talkback with the artists follows the performance.

In addition to the scheduled concerts, a number of other jazz-related activities have been planned to take place throughout the community over the next several months, including clinics and master classes at area schools, jam sessions, conversations and listening experiences, and a jazz crawl at area pubs and clubs.

An up-to-date list of activities planned in association with Jazz Threads is available on the Web at www.krannertcenter.com. The site also includes links to other information about the community’s rich jazz history. For ticket information, contact the Krannert Center ticket office, 333-6280, or kran-tix@uiuc.edu.

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