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March 18, 2002

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Calendar

March 18-31 - Dialog welcomes help from readers in compiling a comprehensive calendar.  All calendar material must be submitted for consideration by Wednesday, eight working days prior to publication dates. Send mail to: Dialog, Box 870144; call 348-5320; or send email to shibbard@ur.ua.edu. For general information about activities, events and special announcements of upcoming calendar entries, go to http://events.ua.edu.


Activities

Japan Culture and Information Center
210 Research Drive, 348-5311

  • March 19 -- Obi-tying, 1-2 p.m., $2.50
  • March 19 -- Japanese Gift Wrapping and Box Making Class, 2-3 p.m., $2.50
  • March 19 -- "Cooking Night" for Japan Club, 6-9 p.m., $2.00
  • March 20 -- Origami, 3:30-4:30 p.m., $2.00
  • March 21 -- Calligraphy, 3:30-4:30 p.m., $2.50
  • March 23 -- Sakura/Cherry Blossoms Festival, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, 11 a.m.-4:15 p.m.

Japanese Language Classes

  • March 19 -- Survival English, 10:30-11:30 a.m., free
  • March 19 -- Japanese Language Class for Beginners, 4:15-5 p.m., $40
  • March 20 -- Japanese Language Class for Intermediate Level, 2-2:45 p.m., $40

International Center for Students
121 B.B. Comer

  • Capstone International Coffee Hour -- every Friday, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Alabama Museum of Natural History
For more information on the Alabama Natural History Society, please visit the Web site http://amnh.ua.edu, or call Kelli Harris at 348-9473.

Outdoor Recreation Trips
University Recreation, 348-4949

  • March 19 -- Leave No Trace Clinic, SRC, fee and pre-trip meeting required
  • March 23-30 -- Spring Break: Georgia Hiking and White Water Rafting, Chattanooga, TN, fee and pre-trip meeting required

First Interdisciplinary Writing Group Spring Colloquium

  • March 19, 2 p.m., Mortar Board Room, Ferguson Center, free

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Exhibits

For more information, visit specific web sites or call the telephone numbers below.

UA Museums

Alabama Museum of Natural History
Smith Hall, 348-7550

River Walk Exhibit and Related Activities: The exhibit, River Walk: A Journey Toward the Future of Southern Rivers, runs through May 5. For details about other activities, call Judy Everett at 348-9473 or email programs@bama.ua.edu.

Mosasaur: The exhibit will run through March 22. The fossilized remains of the Green County Mosasaur, "Bossie" is considered to be one of the most complete fossils discovered along the banks of the Tombigbee River.

River Talk: Saving Rivers by nature photographer Beth Maynor Young, 205 Smith Hall, March 21, 7 p.m.

The Gorgas House
On UA campus, 348-5906

Discovering Alabama

Featuring Dr. Doug Phillips, airs each Sunday at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Alabama Public Television. For information about buying videos, call 348-2039.

Moundville Archaeological Park and Museum
Highway 69 South, 205/371-2572.

Paul W. Bryant Museum
300 Bryant Drive, 348-4668

Alabama Heritage Magazine
348-7467

The Web site provides information about the current issue of Alabama Heritage magazine, subscriptions, collecting back issues, the location on campus and more.

The University of Alabama Press
20 Research Drive, 348-5180

The UA Press will provide tours of its publication house and a current catalog upon request.

Bounds Law Library
101 Bryant Drive, 348-5925

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library
208 Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, 50 Hackberry Lane, 348-0500

Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
103 Garland Hall, 348-1891

Cartographic Research Laboratory
324 Farrah Hall

Also see http://alabamamaps.ua.edu.

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Performances

For information about performances to be held in the Moody Music Building, call 348-7111. All concerts are in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building and start at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Music
Moody Concert Hall, 348-7111 -- Web calendar

  • March 18-20 -- Alabama Bandmasters Association Festival
  • March 21 -- Percussion Ensemble, free

Dance
Morgan Hall Auditorium, 348-3400, admission TBA

  • March 19 -- Doug Varone Dance Concert

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Lectures

A&S September 11th Lecture Series

  • March 19 -- CNN Journalist Peter Bergen on Osama bin Laden and Terrorism, 7 p.m., Morgan Auditorium, free

Feast and Focus Lecture Series

  • March 19 -- Spring Gardens, noon-1 p.m., 360 Ferguson Center, free

Bankhead Lecture Series in History

  • March 20 -- "Rewriting Cromwell: A Case of Deafening Silences," Dr. John Morrill, Professor British and Irish History, University of Cambridge, 7:30 p.m., Ferguson Theater

College of Education

  • March 21 -- James P. Curtis Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Howard Gardner, Harvard University, 7 p.m., Sellers Auditorium

Bankhead Visiting Writers Series

  • March 21 -- Melanie Rae Thon, writer, 7:30 p.m., Morgan Auditorium

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Crimson Tide SportsCrimson Tide Sports

Men’s Tennis

  • March 23 vs. Columbia, New York, noon
  • March 29 vs. Florida, Gainesville, 2:30 p.m.
  • March 31 vs. South Carolina, Columbia, 2 p.m.

Women’s Tennis

  • March 22 vs. Coastal Carolina, Tuscaloosa, noon
  • March 29 vs. Florida, Tuscaloosa, 2 p.m.
  • March 31 vs. South Carolina, Tuscaloosa, 1 p.m.

Gymnastics

  • March 23 -- SEC Championship, Birmingham, 7 p.m.

Baseball

  • March. 20 vs. Jacksonville State, Tuscaloosa, 6:30 p.m.

Softball

  • March 19 vs. Florida (2), Tuscaloosa, 5 p.m.
  • March 20 vs. Florida, Tuscaloosa, 1 p.m.
  • March 23 vs. Tennessee (2), Tuscaloosa, 1 p.m.
  • March 24 vs. Tennessee, Tuscaloosa, 1:30 p.m.
  • March 27 vs. Centenary, Tuscaloosa, 1:30 p.m.

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