NEWS INDEX 2002 2003 November

Events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from Dec. 4 through Jan. 25, 2004

11/26/03

lectures
4 Thursday
“Gender and Terror in Gerhard Richter’s ‘October 18, 1977’ and Don DeLillo’s ‘Baader-Meinhof.’ ” Karin Crawford, UI. 5:15 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. Germanic Languages and Literatures.

6 Saturday
Saturday Physics: “The Elusive Neutrino: Why Something That Does So Little Matters So Much.” Mats Selen, UI. 10:15-11:30 a.m. 141 Loomis Laboratory. Saturday Physics Honors Program.

8 Monday
“The Significance of Holiday Traditions for Family Resiliency.” Evan Imber-Black, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. 7 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Pampered Chef Family Resiliency Program/Human and Community Development.

Jan 22 Thursday
“Evolutionary Infrastructure: Landscapes As Dynamic Urban Infrastructures–Boston’s Back Bay Fens.” Kathy Poole, Poole Design, Charlottesville, Va. 7 p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Hoyne Buell Hall. Landscape Architecture.

colloquia
4 Thursday
Title: TBA. Allison Ryan, UI. Noon. 242 Education Building, 1310 S. Sixth St., Champaign. Bureau of Educational Research.
“Vision is a Chicken-Egg Problem.” Yiannis Aloimonos, University of Maryland. 4 p.m. 151 Everitt Lab. Electrical and Computer Engineering.

8 Monday
“The Reality of Race: Forgetting the Past, Without Moving Beyond History.” Marlin Paschal, UI. Noon. Afro-American Studies and Research Program, 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana. Afro-American Studies and Research Program.
“The Eyes Have It: User Interfaces for Information Visualization.” Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland. 4 p.m. 1320 Digital Computer Lab. Computer Science.

10 Wednesday
“mTOR and Skeletal Muscle Growth: Upstream Signaling and Downstream Functions.” Karyn Esser, UI. Noon. B102 Chemical and Life Sciences auditorium. Cell and Structural Biology.
“Alcohol and Breast Cancer: Update and Mechanisms of Action.” Keith Singletary, UI. 4 p.m. 150 Animal Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.
“Assembly Manufacturing at the Micro and Nano Scales.” John Randall, Zyvex Corp. 4 p.m. Coordinated Science Laboratory auditorium. Nanoscale Science and Technology.
“Fin-de-Siecle St. Petersburg: Modernity and Its Discontents.” Mark Steinberg, UI. 4 p.m. 101 International Studies building. Russian and East European Center.

theater
12 Friday
“The Nutcracker.” 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Champaign-Urbana Ballet, Sinfonia da Camera and the Central Illinois Children’s Chorus present E.T.A. Hoffman’s story with music by Tchaikovsky. Admission charge.

13 Saturday
“The Nutcracker.” 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

14 Sunday
“The Nutcracker.” 2 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

music
4 Thursday
Twelve Twenty Concert Series. UI Trombone Ensemble. Elliot Chasanov, conductor. 12:20-12:50 p.m. Beckman Institute. Music and Beckman Institute.
UI Jazz Band II. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Music ranging from the Swing Era to today’s contemporary bands. Admission charge. School of Music.

5 Friday
Student Recital. 4 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Piano students of Waejane Chen.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Young Kim, piano. 5 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra. Steven Larsen, music director and conductor. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Margaret Carlson, vocals; Frank Mantooth, piano; The Chorale; and Parkland Chorus. Admission charge.
UI Concert Jazz Band. Chip McNeill, leader. 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center. A concert packed with big-band jazz. Admission charge. School of Music.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Yanghee Park, 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.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Charles W. Lynch, harp. 7:30 p.m. Music Building auditorium.

6 Saturday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Dennis Yeh, violin. 11 a.m. Music Building auditorium.
UIUC Saxophone Quartets. 2 p.m. Music Building auditorium. Coached by Debra Richtmeyer.
UI Trumpet Ensemble. Jared Gray and Tracy Parish, directors. 5 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Harpsichord Studio Recital. 5:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Students of Sonia Lee.
Jazz Threads with Cecil Bridgewater. 7:30 p.m. Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center. Champaign native Bridgewater joins in a program featuring vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and the UI Concert Jazz Band. Admission charge.
Freshman Flute Studio Recital. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Flute students of Jonathan Keeble.
Graduate String Quartet. Cristina Lixandru, violin; Jan Matthews, violin; Rose Wollman, viola; and Diana Flesner, cello. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

7 Sunday
Senior Recital. Katherine Cameron, violin. 11 a.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Music Education Senior Recital. Alexander Rivera, euphonium. 1 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Master of Music Recital. Jennifer Wright, cello. 2 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Annual Carol Concert. Joe Grant, conductor. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Features short groups of seasonal pieces, interspersed with traditional carols and holiday songs. To be followed by the holiday tree lighting ceremony in the lobby of Krannert Center. Admission charge. School of Music.
German Choir Christmas Concert. 3 p.m. Chapel of St. John the Divine, 1011 S. Wright St., Champaign. Choral and instrumental works by Scheidt, Schutz, Telemann, Ahle, Cruger and Franck will be performed using original instruments.
Music Education Senior Recital. Eric Weisseg, tuba. 3 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Music Education Senior Recital. Suzanne Hermany, clarinet. 5:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
UI Jazz Combos. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Features talented students of the Division of Jazz, coached by Chip McNeill, Ron Bridgewater and graduate assistants. Admission charge. School of Music.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Sharon Hudson, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Student Showcase. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Voice students of Sylvia Stone.

8 Monday
Studio Recital. 7:30 p.m. Room 25, Smith Hall. Voice students of Debra Marsch.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Jung-Hyun Kim, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Studio Recital. 7:30 p.m. Music Building auditorium. Students of Michael Cameron.

9 Tuesday
Voice Division Recital. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
UI Steel Band, UI World Percussion Ensemble, I Pan. Ricardo Flores, director. 7:30 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. A concert of the music of the steel bands of Trinidad and the West Indies. Admission charge. School of Music.
UI Trombone Choir. Elliot Chasanov, conductor. 7:30 p.m. Music Building auditorium.

10 Wednesday
Kurt Elling with the Laurence Hobgood Trio. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Jazz vocalist Elling joins Urbana native Hobgood in this performance. Admission charge.
UI Concert Bands IIA and IIB. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. A traditional evening of band favorites. Admission charge. School of Music.
Music Education Senior Recital. Chad Cygan, tenor. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

11 Thursday
Discovery Class Recital. 3 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Coached by Ronald Hedlund.
UI Symphony Orchestra. Donald Schleicher, conductor; Robert Mirakian, graduate student conductor; and Amy Olipra, mezzo-soprano. 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Program includes two arias from “Samson et Dalila” by Camille Saint-Saens along with Symphony No. 3 by Roy Harris and Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony (no. 3). Admission charge. School of Music.
Kurt Elling with the Laurence Hobgood Trio. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Jazz vocalist Elling joins Urbana native Hobgood in this performance. Admission charge.
Master of Music Recital. Chad Hull, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

12 Friday
Junior Recital. Ari Vilhjalmsson, violin. 5 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Junior Recital. Emilie Finn, clarinet. 5 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital – Vocal Coaching and Accompanying. Dana Jones Milan, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Kurt Elling with the Laurence Hobgood Trio. 7:30 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Jazz vocalist Elling joins Urbana native Hobgood in this performance. Admission charge.
Afterglow. LaMonte Parsons Experience. 9:30 p.m. Lobby, Krannert Center. Jazz musicians from C-U.

14 Sunday
Illini Jazz Lab Band. 2 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Gilles Vonsattel, piano. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Winner of the 2002 Naumburg International Piano Competition, Vonsattel, a Swiss native and Juilliard student, presents works by Bach, Liszt, Bartok, Schumann and Ravel. Onstage seating includes light refreshments served at 2:15 p.m. Admission charge.
Undergraduate Recital. Dewayne Jerome Pinkney, bassoon. 5 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Master of Music Recital. Waejane Chen, piano. 7:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Orange Graduate Brass Quintet. 7:30 p.m. Music Building auditorium.

21 Sunday
A German Christmas Concert. 7:30 p.m. Holy Cross Church, 405 W. Clark St., Champaign. Baroque Artists of Champaign-Urbana.

Jan 25 Sunday
Brentano String Quartet: “Points/Counterpoints–The Art of Fugue, Bach and Beyond.” 7:30 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall. New pieces by today’s musicians are interwoven with originals from Bach’s “Art of Fugue.” Admission charge.

dance
Jan 20 Tuesday
Moscow Festival Ballet: “Cinderella.” Sergei Radchenko, artistic director. 7 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. With choreography by Rostislav Zakharov and music by Sergei Prokofiev, this family classic combines elegant dancing, comical miming, rich costumes and colorful scenery. Admission charge.

Jan 21 Wednesday
Moscow Festival Ballet: “Cinderella.” Sergei Radchenko, artistic director. 7 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. With choreography by Rostislav Zakharov and music by Sergei Prokofiev, this family classic combines elegant dancing, comical miming, rich costumes and colorful scenery. Admission charge.

Jan 22 Thursday
Moscow Festival Ballet: “Cinderella.” Sergei Radchenko, artistic director. 7 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. With choreography by Rostislav Zakharov and music by Sergei Prokofiev, this family classic combines elegant dancing, comical miming, rich costumes and colorful scenery. Admission charge.

films
4 Thursday
“Bend It Like Beckham.” Gurinder Chadha, director. 5:30 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Gender and Women’s Studies.

5 Friday
“Black Orpheus (Brazil).” 7:47 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Reel World International Film Series.

9 Tuesday
“Niebelungenfestspiele/Worms.” 7:30 p.m. 101 Armory. Medieval Studies.

10 Wednesday
IPRH Film series: “The Thin Blue Line.” Errol Morris, director. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities.
“Golden Eye.” Martin Campbell, director. 7:30 p.m. 101 Armory. St. Petersburg 300th Anniversary Film Series/Russian and East European Center.

sports
6 Saturday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. University of Arkansas. 11 a.m. United Center, Chicago. Admission charge.
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Illinois State University. Time: TBA. United Center, Chicago. Admission charge.

10 Wednesday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Bradley University. 7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

11 Thursday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. University of Maryland, Eastern Shore. 7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

13 Saturday
Wrestling. UI vs. University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. 1 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Memphis. 8 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

14 Sunday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Pepperdine University. 2 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

21 Sunday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Alabama State University. 2 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

Jan 3 Saturday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Illinois State University. 2 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

Jan 7 Wednesday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Ohio State University. 8 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

Jan 8 Thursday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Ohio State University. 7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

Jan 10 Saturday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Purdue University. 3:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

Jan 11 Sunday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Purdue University. 2 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

Jan 17 Saturday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. University of Iowa. 11 a.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

Jan 21 Wednesday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Pennsylvania State University. 8 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

Jan 22 Thursday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Indiana University. 7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

et cetera
6 Saturday
Krannert Art Museum Family Festival. 10 a.m.-noon. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.
Dulcimer Playing Workshop. 1-3 p.m. Visitor’s Center, Allerton Park. An introductory course. For more information and to register, call 244-1035 or send e-mail to allertonpark@uiuc.edu. Admission charge.
Holiday Dulcimer Concert. Mike Anderson, singer and storyteller. 7 p.m. Visitor’s Center, Allerton Park. Admission charge.
“The Japanese Kimono: History and Development Through the Ages.” John Marshall, fiber artist. 7 p.m. Knight auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana. Japan House.

7 Sunday
Workshop: Creating Your Own Design with Japanese Traditional Fabric Dye.” John Marshall, fiber artist. 1-5 p.m. Japan House1200 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana. Japan House.

9 Tuesday
Panel Discussion. “Alien Invaders – Invasive Plant Species.” 7 p.m. Visitor’s Center, Allerton Park. Allerton Park and Conference Center.

10 Wednesday
Faculty Art Exhibition. “Sculptures.” Melissa Pokorny, UI. Noon. Krannert Art Museum.

13 Saturday
“Trail Trekkers, Fu Dog Trail.” 8-10 a.m. Visitor’s Center, Allerton Park. Allerton Park and Conference Center.
Nature ABCs and 123s. “ ‘D’ is for Deer.” 10-11 a.m. Visitor’s Center, Allerton Park. Allerton Park and Conference Center.

14 Sunday
Second Sunday Concert. Amasong. 2 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.
Second Sunday Gallery Tour. The eShow.” Barry Blinderman. 1 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.

15 Monday
Nature ABCs and 123s. “ ‘D’ is for Deer.” 10-11 a.m. Visitor’s Center, Allerton Park. Allerton Park and Conference Center.

17 Wednesday
Faculty Art Exhibition. “Foundations.” Gerald Guthrie, UI. Noon. Krannert Art Museum.

Jan 11 Sunday
Second Sunday Gallery Tour. “Whistler and Japonisme.” Roxanne Stanulis. 1 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.
Second Sunday Concert. East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra. 2 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.

exhibits
“Luxurious Layers: Kimonos of the Heian Court”
Through Dec. 13.
“Korean Dolls: A Celebration of Life”
Through March 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.
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“The eShow”
Featured Works XIV. “Anna Pottery: Plagiarism as Art”
School of Art and Design Faculty Art Exhibition
Through Jan. 4.
“Whistler and Japonisme: Selections From the Permanent Collection”
Through March 28.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday; 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission to the museum is free; a donation of $3 is suggested.
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@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 Dec. 4 issue of Inside Illinois, the faculty-staff newspaper at the UI.