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NEWS
INDEX
2001
2002
September
Events at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from Oct. 3 through 20
9/27/02
lectures
3 Thursday
"Gardens in Japanese Contemporary Art: Isamu Noguchi and Shusaku
Arakawa." Koji Takahashi, Nihon University, Tokyo. 5 p.m. Japan
House, 2000 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana. Japan House.
4 Friday
"Multi-Culturalism in 2002: The Expansion or the Reduction of a
Culture?" Nathaniel Banks, UI. Noon. Latzer Hall, University YMCA.
Friday Forum.
7 Monday
"The Idea of Race - in Shakespeare’s Times and Ours."
Ania Loomba, UI. Noon. Music room, Levis Faculty Center. Center for
Advanced Study.
8 Tuesday
"Be Opinionated, Fair and Accurate: The Success of Independent
Media." Danielle Chynoweth, Urbana-Champaign Independent Media
Center. Lunch 11:55 a.m.; speaker 12:10 p.m. Latzer Hall, University
YMCA. Know Your University.
"The Role of Science and Technology at a Research University in
Combating Terrorism." Lewis Branscomb, Harvard University. 4 p.m.
141 Loomis Lab. William Schowalter Science and Technology Policy Seminar/Engineering.
9 Wednesday
"How Universities Think." Susanne Lohmann, University of California
at Los Angeles. 7:30 p.m. Third floor, Levis Faculty Center. Center
for Advanced Study.
10 Thursday
"Parking Lot Nation." James Howard Kunstler, author. 4:30
p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Hoyne Buell Hall. Center for Advanced Study
and Urban and Regional Planning.
"Facing Atrocity: Revenge, Justice and Reconciliation in Bosnia
and Herzegovina." Svetlana Broz, physician and author. 7:30 p.m.
Third floor, Levis Faculty Center. Russian and East European Center
and Center for Advanced Study.
11 Friday
"Living and Loving in a Gay/Lesbian Relationship in America: Current
Realities." Mary Lee Sargent, Parkland College. Noon. Latzer Hall,
University YMCA. Friday Forum.
12 Saturday
"Quarks, Leptons and the World’s Biggest Microscope."
Kevin Pitts, UI. 10:15-11:30 a.m. 141 Loomis Lab. Saturday Physics Honors
Program.
14 Monday
"A New Kind of Science." Stephen Wolfram, UI and Wolfram Research
Inc., Champaign. 4 p.m. Foellinger Auditorium. Arnold O. Beckman Lectures
in Science and Innovation/Center for Advanced Study.
15 Tuesday
"Top10 Medical Issues for UI Students." Robert Palinkas, UI.
Lunch 11:55 a.m.; speaker 12:10 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know
Your University.
16 Wednesday
"Recovery as Innovation: Lessons From a Trading Room in the World
Financial Center." David Stark, Columbia University. 7:30 p.m.
Third floor, Levis Faculty Center. Center for Advanced Study.
17 Thursday
"Breaking the Ramparts: Liberating the Study of E(nglish)-Literatures."
Edwin Thumboo, National University of Singapore. 1:30 p.m. General Lounge,
Illini Union. Linguistics and The Center for Advanced Study.
"Scenes From the Pacific Rim: Gender, Globalization and the Asian
Diaspora." Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Brown University. 4 p.m. 314 Illini
Union. MillerComm and Women and Gender in Global Perspectives.
"Written Language, Standard Language, Global Language." Michael
A.K. Halliday, University of Sydney. 7:30 p.m. Third floor, Levis Faculty
Center. Linguistics and The Center for Advanced Study.
18 Friday
"The Fog of Environmental War: A Proposal for a Moral Geography
in America." John Opie, New Jersey Institute of Technology. Noon.
Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.
colloquia
3 Thursday
"Assessment and Accountability Implications of ‘No Child
Left Behind.’ " Lizanne DeStefano, UI. Noon. 242 Education
Building. Bureau of Educational Research.
"MyLifeBits: Fulfilling the Memex Vision." Jim Gemmell, Microsoft
Research, San Francisco. 3 p.m. 2240 Digital Computer Lab. Computer
Science.
"Institutions and Technology for Food Security: Peril and Progress."
William Masters, Purdue University. 4 p.m. ACES Library. Women and Gender
in Global Perspectives.
"Green Destiny: A 240-Node Computer Cluster in One Cubic Meter."
Wu-chun Feng, Los Alamos National Laboratory. 4 p.m. 5602 Beckman Institute.
National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
"Anti-Saracenism: The Reinvention of the Muslim Enemy in America."
Yvonne Haddad, Georgetown University. 4 p.m. 217 Noyes Lab. Russian
and East European Center; South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; and
International Programs and Studies.
4 Friday
"Good Science Ain’t Always Good Enough!" Susan McRory,
Alberta Justice, Special Prosecutions, Edmonton, Alberta. Noon. 2251
Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building. Veterinary Biosciences.
"Life on CO and CO2: Crystallograhic Studies of the CO Dehydrogenase/Acetyl-CoA
Synthase." Catherine L. Drennan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab. Biochemistry.
7 Monday
"Art as Theater: The High Baroque in Italy, Part I." Marcel
Franciscono, UI. Noon. Trees Gallery, Krannert Art Museum. Krannert
Art Museum Council.
"Chinese History As an Asset Rather Than a Burden in Future Democratization."
Victoria Tin-bor Hui, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building.
East Asian and Pacific Studies.
"Love Your Panzer Tank: The Vexed Story of the Poem Card."
Cary Nelson, Stephanie Foote and Trish Loughran, UI. 8 p.m. Levis Faculty
Center. Criticism and Interpretive Theory.
8 Tuesday
"The Beckman Institute Proudly Announces a New Addition: The Biomedical
Imaging Center." Tracey Wszalek, UI. Noon. 3269 Beckman Institute.
Imaging Technology Group/Beckman Institute.
9 Wednesday
"Control of Invasive Behavior of Epithelial Cell in vivo."
Denise Montell, Johns Hopkins University. Noon. B102 Life Sciences auditorium.
Cell and Structural Biology.
10 Thursday
"Once Upon a Time When We All Could Read: A Critical Race Theory
Allegory on the Illusions and Delusions of Teacher Education."
Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin. Noon. 242 Education
Building. Bureau of Educational Research.
11 Friday
"The Ubiquitous C2 Domain: A Conserved Calcium Sensor That Regulates
Membrane Signaling Events." Joseph J. Falke, University of Colorado.
Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory. Biochemistry.
"PCB Congener Profiles Reveal Lexposure Histories." Larry
Hansen, UI. Noon. 2251 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building.
Veterinary Biosciences.
14 Monday
"Multiprocessors, Cache Coherence and Synchronization." James
Goodman, University of Wisconsin. 4 p.m. 1320 Digital Computer Lab.
Computer Science.
15 Tuesday
"Prayer of the Heart: Embodied Personhood in Greek Orthodox Christianity."
Angela Shand, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Russian
and East European Center.
"Extending the Flexibility of Multiphoton Microscopy for Multidisciplinary
Research: Optimization of Femtosecond Pulse Duration and New Approaches
to Precision Beam Control." Karl Garsha, UI. Noon. 3269 Beckman
Institute. Imaging Technology Group/Beckman Institute.
16 Wednesday
"Epistolarity, Publicity and Sensibility: Julie de Krudener’s
Valerie." Stephanie Hilger, UI. Noon. Women’s Studies Building,
911 S. Sixth St., Champaign. Feminist Scholarship Series/Women’s
Studies.
"Mitochondrial Gateway to Apoptosis." Stanley Korsmeyer, Dana
Farber Cancer Institute, Boston. Noon. B102 Life Sciences auditorium.
Cell and Structural Biology.
"Food for Thought: Modulation of Memory Formation by Fluctuations
in Circulating and Brain Glucose Levels." Paul Gold, UI. 4 p.m.
150 Animal Sciences. Nutritional Sciences.
17 Thursday
"Pig-Breeding and Other ‘Goyish’ Topics in Soviet Yiddish
Literature." Gennady Estraikh, Oxford University. 4 p.m. 101 International
Studies Building. Russian and East European Center.
18 Friday
Title: TBA. Ewa Gregoraszuk, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
Noon. 2251 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building. Veterinary Biosciences.
"Some New Approaches to Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy: QSAR Investigations."
Eric Oldfield, UI. Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory.
Biochemistry.
theater
3 Thursday
4 by Beckett. Sara Lampert Hoover, director. 8 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. A quartet of Samuel Beckett’s short plays which
explore a landscape of human experience in simple scenes of movement
and stillness, going and coming, gesture and melody. Admission charge.
4 Friday
4 by Beckett. Sara Lampert Hoover, director. 8 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. Admission charge.
5 Saturday
"Grease." 7:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. Revisit the classic rock
’n’ roll sounds of the ’50s. Admission charge.
SITI Company: "bobrauschenbergamerica." 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival
Theater, Krannert Center. By Charles L. Mee; Anne Bogart, director.
This work mixes up a mosaic of New York cafes and rural farmhouse, business
schemes and shootings, chicken jokes and checkers, and embodies the
inquisitive spirit of the iconic American artist who inspired it. Recommended
for mature audiences. Admission charge.
4 by Beckett. Sara Lampert Hoover, director. 8 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. Admission charge.
9 Wednesday
4 by Beckett. Sara Lampert Hoover, director. 8 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. Admission charge.
10 Thursday
4 by Beckett. Sara Lampert Hoover, director. 8 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. Admission charge.
11 Friday
Dad’s Night Out Variety Show. 4:30 p.m. Lincoln Theater. For more
information, call 384-6746 or e-mail bhetzer@uiuc.edu. Admission charge.
Atius-Sachem Leadership Honoraries.
4 by Beckett. Sara Lampert Hoover, director. 8 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. Admission charge.
12 Saturday
4 by Beckett. Sara Lampert Hoover, director. 8 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. Admission charge.
13 Sunday
4 by Beckett. Sara Lampert Hoover, director. 3 p.m. Studio Theater,
Krannert Center. Admission charge.
music
3 Thursday
Faculty Recital. Danwen Jiang, violin. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall,
Krannert Center. A program of mostly Baroque music performed with School
of Music faculty and students. Admission charge.
5 Saturday
Sinfonia da Camera: "Romance From Russia." Ian Hobson, music
director and piano. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With
David Murray, double bass. Music by Borodin, Koussevitzky, Shchedrin
and Rachmaninoff will be performed. Admission charge.
6 Sunday
Miami String Quartet. Ivan Chan and Cathy Meng Robinson, violin; Chauncey
Patterson, viola; and Keith Robinson, cello. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great
Hall, Krannert Center. The program includes Haydn’s String Quartet
in D major, Op. 20, No. 4; George Rochberg’s String Quartet No.
5; and Grieg’s String Quartet in G minor, Op. 27. Admission charge.
8 Monday
Voice Division Recital. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Hyunjung Lee, piano. 8 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.
9 Wednesday
Faculty Recital. "Favorites From France." Ann Yeung, harp.
8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With Danwen Jiang, violin;
Kazimierz Machala, horn; Jonathan Keeble, flute; and Timothy McGovern,
bassoon. Admission charge. School of Music.
10 Thursday
Cher. 7:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. The only artist in music history to have
a top 10 hit in four different decades, Cher performs hits from her
entire career in this farewell tour. Cyndi Lauper will be the special
guest. Admission charge.
The Cleveland Orchestra. Franz Welser-Möst, music director. 8 p.m.
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. The centerpiece of the program
is Beethoven’s "Pastoral" Symphony, paired with H.K.
Gruber’s "Frankenstein!" and Suppé’s Poet
and Peasant Overture. Concert Prep: Ed Hafer and Robin Kearton. 7:15
p.m. AV Room, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
11 Friday
Guest Artist Master Class. James Umble, saxophone.
8:30 a.m. 25 Smith Memorial Hall.
Guest Artist Recital. The Cleveland Duo. 10 a.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall. Stephen Warner, violin, and Carolyn Gadiel Warner, piano, with
James Umble, saxophone.
UI Chorale. Fred Stoltzfus, conductor. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall,
Krannert Center. Works of Hindemith, Brahms and Hall make up this program
of choral music. Admission charge. School of Music.
12 Saturday
Annual Dad’s Day Concert: UI Varsity Men’s Glee Club. Barrington
Coleman, conductor. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With
the UI Women’s Glee Club and The Other Guys. A concert of sacred
and secular songs and a few surprises. Admission charge. School of Music.
13 Sunday
Second Sunday Concert. "Beethoven With a Twist."
2 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Robin Kearton, violin and viola; Dorothy
Martirano, violin; Barbara Hedlund, cello; Tim Johnson, guitar; William
Kinderman, piano; and Julia Cortinas, accordion. Broadcast live on WILL-FM
(90.9; 101.1 in Champaign).
Guest Artist Recital. James Doing, tenor. 7 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
14 Monday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Eunjin Lee, piano. 8 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall.
16 Wednesday
Interval: Lively Arts and Lunch. Rocky Maffit and Chad Dunn. Noon. Lobby,
Krannert Center. Neal Robinson, keyboard. Hear drumming traditions from
Brazil to the Middle East as well as modern innovations such as the
ocean drum, the electronic Wavedrum and the Handsonic.
Faculty Recital. Elliot Chasanov, trombone. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great
Hall, Krannert Center. An evening of original works and transcriptions
for trombone. Admission charge. School of Music.
18 Friday
Graduate Recital. Pai-Yu Jessica Chiu and Megan Lu, piano. 5 p.m. Memorial
Room, Smith Hall.
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra. Steven Larsen, music director and
conductor. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With Lee Chin,
violin. Take a musical tour of sunny Spain, led by a distinctly non-Spanish
group of composers: American Carter Pann’s "Two Portraits
of Barcelona," Frenchman Edouard Lalo’s Symphonie Espagñol,
and "Summer Night in Madrid" and "Capriccio Espagñol"
by the Russians Glinka and Rimsky-Korsakov. Admission charge.
19 Saturday
32nd Annual Illini Marching Band Festival. Peter J. Griffin, director.
8 a.m. Memorial Stadium. Featuring 60 of the top high school marching
bands throughout the state of Illinois in parade and field show competition.
School of Music.
Vision 20/20: Christian Music Celebration. 6 p.m. Assembly Hall. A contemporary
Christian music celebration featuring Avalon, Ray Boltz, Mark Schultz,
Rachael Lampa, FFH, Bob Carlisle and Carman. Admission charge.
Marcus Roberts Trio. 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center.
Ranging through the past, present and future of jazz, pianist Marcus
Roberts is joined by Roland Guerin, bass, and Jason Marsalis, percussion.
Admission charge.
UI Symphony Orchestra. Donald Schleicher, conductor. 8 p.m. Foellinger
Great Hall, Krannert Center. This ensemble presents Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 6, Bernstein’s Divertimento for Orchestra, Verdi’s
Overture to "Nabucco," and Taylor’s "In the Balance."
Admission charge. School of Music.
20 Sunday
Illini Symphony. Jack Ranney, conductor. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall,
Krannert Center. With Josh Davis, bassoon, winner of the School of Music’s
Fern and John Armstrong Award for Undergraduate Performance. Works include
Saint-Saën’s "Dance Bacchanale" from "Samson
and Delilah" and "March Militaire Francaise." Admission
charge. School of Music.
Guest Artist Recital. Sherri Jones, piano. 7 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall.
dance
11 Friday
Shanghai Ballet: "The White-Haired Girl." Muti Ha, music director.
7 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. The ballet, based on
a real 1940s event, is both a love story and a liberation story. Prelude:
"The White-Haired Girl in the Shifting Political Context of China."
Isabel Wong, UI. 6 p.m. Orchestra Rehearsal Room, Krannert Center. Admission
charge.
12 Saturday
Shanghai Ballet: "Coppélia." 7 p.m. Tryon Festival
Theater, Krannert Center. This comedic work, based on an E.T.A. Hoffmann
story with music by Léo Delibes, mixes youthful life and fantastic
mechanical dolls and can be enjoyed by the whole family. Admission charge.
13 Sunday
Shanghai Ballet: "Coppélia." 3 p.m. Tryon Festival
Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.
films
4 Friday
"Amelie." 7:47 p.m. University YMCA. The second of four international
films. Reel World International Film Series/University YMCA.
9 Wednesday
"37 Stories About Leaving Home." Noon. 101 International Studies
Building. Asian Educational Media Service/East Asian and Pacific Studies.
16 Wednesday
"Chain of Love." Noon. 101 International Studies Building.
Asian Educational Media Service/East Asian and Pacific Studies.
"True Stories." 5:30 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Illinois
Program for Research in the Humanities.
sports
4 Friday
Volleyball. UI vs. Pennsylvania State University. 7 p.m. Huff Hall.
Admission charge.
Women’s Soccer. UI vs. University of Wisconsin. 7 p.m. Illinois
Soccer Field. Admission charge.
6 Sunday
Women’s Soccer. UI vs. University of Minnesota. 2 p.m. Illinois
Soccer Field. Admission charge.
12 Saturday
Football. UI vs. Purdue University. Time: TBA. Memorial Stadium. Dad’s
Day. Admission charge.
18 Friday
Women’s Soccer. UI vs. Purdue University. 7 p.m. Illinois Soccer
Field. Admission charge.
Volleyball. UI vs. Indiana University. 7 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.
19 Saturday
Volleyball. UI vs. Ohio State University. 7 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission
charge.
20 Sunday
Women’s Soccer. UI vs. Indiana University. 2 p.m. Illinois Soccer
Field. Admission charge.
et cetera
3 Thursday
"Rethinking Terrorism." 7:30 p.m. 180 Bevier Hall. Keynote
address: "Rethinking Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Since 9/11."
Bruce Hoffman, author and director of the Center for the Study of Terrorism
and Political Violence, Washington, D.C. For more information, visit
www.ips.uiuc.edu/terrorism.
Continues through Saturday. Russian and East European Center and European
Union Center.
4 Friday
"Landscape and Vision." 9 a.m. Temple Buell Hall, 611 E. Lorado
Taft Drive, Champaign. Keynote speaker: Martin Jay, University of California,
Berkeley. For more information, send e-mail to lasymp@uiuc.edu
or go to www.landarch.uiuc.edu/vision/index.htm.
Continues through Saturday. Landscape Architecture.
Conference: "Women’s Rituals in Context." 5 p.m. Lucy
Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. Opening lecture: "The
Scandal of Women’s Ritual." Deborah Lyons, Johns Hopkins
University. For more information, send e-mail to lsroka@uiuc.edu.
Continues on Saturday beginning at 9 a.m. Classics.
9 Wednesday
Migration Studies Workshop. Susan Moynihan, UI. Noon-1:30 p.m. Asian
American Studies Program building, 1208 W. Nevada St., Urbana. For more
information, send e-mail to sankaran@uiuc.edu.
Asian American Studies.
Faculty/Student Nutrition Bowl. 4 p.m. Second floor, Bevier Hall Cafeteria.
For more information, send e-mail to lbarenth@uiuc.edu
or call 333-4177. Nutritional Sciences.
Artist Talk. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum auditorium. Christine Hiebert,
artist, will discuss her work. Fine and Applied Arts.
A Taste of Japan: Haiku. 7 p.m. Japan House, 2000 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana.
Reservations required. For more information, call 244-9934 or visit
www.art.uiuc.edu/galleries/japanhouse/.
Japan House.
10 Thursday
"Conversations With and Beyond Michael Kimmelman." Michael
Kimmelman, New York Times. 3:30 p.m. 112 Gregory Hall. Frances P. Rohlen
Visiting Artists Fund/Fine and Applied Arts.
11 Friday
Open Forum. Michael Kimmelman, New York Times.
10 a.m. 20th Century Gallery, Krannert Art Museum. Frances P. Rohlen
Visiting Artists Fund/Fine and Applied Arts.
Night Hike and Campfire. 7-9 p.m. Environmental Learning Field Station,
Allerton Park. Put on your hiking boots for a nocturnal search of the
Schroth Trail followed by hot chocolate and roasted marshmallows around
a campfire. $5 per person. For more information, send e-mail to kpetzing@uiuc.edu
or call 762-2721. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
Third Annual Paul W. Borgeson Poetry Recital.
7:30 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. For more
information, visit http://gateway.library.uiuc.edu/mdx/Borgeson/enterhere.htm.
12 Saturday
Nature ABCs and 123s: "C is for Colors." 10 a.m. Visitor Center,
Allerton Park. Stories, songs and hands-on exploration. Ages 2-5; $3
per child. For more information, send e-mail to kpetzing@uiuc.edu
or call 762-2721. Also offered on Oct. 15. Allerton Park and Conference
Center.
13 Sunday
Second Sunday Gallery Tour. "Drawings of Choice From a New York
Collection." 1 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Join a guided tour of
the exhibition prior to the WILL-FM Second Sunday Concert. Krannert
Art Museum.
Conference Center Open House. 2-6 p.m. Conference Center, Allerton Park.
Allerton House will be open to the public. Guests can learn about the
history of the house and the man behind the gift. $5 per person. For
more information, send e-mail to kpetzing@uiuc.edu
or call 762-2721. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
16 Wednesday
"A Taste of Japan: The Art of Japanese Sweets." A. Doyle Moore,
UI. 7 p.m. Japan House, 2000 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana. Reservations required.
For more information, call 244-9934 or visit www.art.uiuc.edu/galleries/japanhouse/.
Japan House.
17 Thursday
"Gender and Transnational Networks." 4 p.m. 314 Illini Union.
For more information, call 333-1994 or visit http://www.ips.uiuc.edu/wggp/
for a complete schedule. Continues through Saturday. Women and Gender
in Global Perspectives.
18 Friday
50th Midwest Solid State Physics Conference and Workshop on Solid State
Quantum Computation. Noon. Loomis Laboratory. Continues through Sunday.
For a complete schedule, visit http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/Conferences/Mwssc/.
Physics.
19 Saturday
Fall Open House. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Japan House, 2000 S.
Lincoln Ave., Urbana. Guest musicians David Wheeler and Yoko Hiraoka,
bamboo flute, 13-string zither and 3-string lute at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
For more information, call 244-9934 or visit www.art.uiuc.edu/galleries/japanhouse/.
Japan House.
"Going Batty." 10 a.m. Visitor Center, Allerton Park. Joyce
Hoffman, Illinois Natural History Survey, will discuss the biology and
natural history of bats (no live ones will be present). For all ages;
$5 per person. For more information send e-mail to kpetzing@uiuc.edu
or call
762-2721. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
World Englishes Today Symposium. 1-6 p.m. Illini Union, General Lounge,
Room 210, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. A symposium to honor Professor
Braj B. Kachru, emeritus director of Center for Advanced Study, Center
for Advanced Study Professor of Linguistics, and Jubilee Professor of
Liberal Arts and Sciences, who pioneered and shaped the scholarly field
of world Englishes. For a full schedule, abstracts, or more information,
call 333-3563. Linguistics and the Center for Advanced Study.
exhibits
"UI Museum of Natural History"
"Horowitz Collection of Brass Rubbings"
Five galleries featuring the cultures of the world.
Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana.
Noon-8 p.m. Tuesday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Friday;
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
"Government Documents Library-How We Can Help You"
Government Documents Library, main hall wall cases.
"La Habana, magia de mi ciudad"
Latin American and Caribbean Library.
"The Illinois Natural History Survey Biological Collections"
Main hall display cases, Library.
"Evolution 2002"
Mueller case, east foyer, Library.
"Saving for the Future: The Library Friends Preservation Gift Fund
at Work"
Rare Book and Special Collections Library.
Through Oct. 31.
"The Dream of the Audience: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982)"
Through Oct. 27.
"Drawings of Choice from a New York Collection"
Through Nov. 3.
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.
"Claire Wolf Krantz: Java, in Time and Memory"
"Les Christensen: Sculpture"
Through Oct. 12.
I space, 230 W. Superior St., Chicago. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
@art gallery. Online exhibit of the UI School of Art and Design. www.art.uiuc.edu/@art.
This
calendar is excerpted from the Oct. 3 issue of Inside Illinois, the
faculty-staff newspaper at the UI.
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