Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

May 13-June 6 -- 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
Exhibits
Events
Performances
Crimson Tide Sports

Activities

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

May 14 -- Kimono Sewing, 1-2 p.m., $2.50
May 14 -- Tie-dying, 2-4 p.m., $2.50 plus cost
May 16 -- Tea Ceremony, 10-11:30 a.m., $2.50
May 16 -- Japanese Gift Wrapping and Box Making Class, 1-2 p.m., $2.50
May 16 -- Film Night: "Summer Vacation 1999", 7-9 p.m., free
May 28 -- Obi-tying, 1-2 p.m., $2.50
May 28 -- Kimono Sewing, 2-3 p.m., $2.50
May 29 -- Origami, 3:30-4 p.m., $2.50
May 30 -- Calligraphy, 3:30-4:30 p.m., $2.50 plus cost

Japanese Language Classes

May 16, 23, 30 -- Japanese Language Class for Beginners, 4:15-5 p.m., $40
May 14, 28 -- Survival English, 10:30-11:30 a.m., free

Alabama Museum of Natural History
For more information on the Alabama Natural History Society, visit the Web site http://amnh.ua.edu, or call Kelli Harris at 348-9826.

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

Mosasaur: The exhibit will run through May 19. 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.

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.

The Black Warrior Review

The Black Warrior Review is a nationally respected literary magazine that publishes the best in contemporary fiction, poetry and essays. Started in 1974 by graduate students in the MFA Creative Writing Program at the UA, the BWR has published work from Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners; stories and poems from the BWR have been reprinted in many anthologies.

Bounds Law Library
101 Bryant Drive, 348-5925

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

Through May 17 -- Lafcadio Hearn Works
Through July 26 -- Press Work: Paul Moxon, Book Arts

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

Through June 7 -- Judy Pfaff: A Residency/Installation Project

Cartographic Research Laboratory
324 Farrah Hall

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

Events

UA Astronomy Public Viewing Night

May 15 -- View Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon, 8 p.m., Gallalee Hall

Outdoor Recreation Trips
348-4949

May 20-25 -- Canoe, Bike and Rock Climb, Hico, W.Va., pre-trip meeting (required) is May 13, 6-8 p.m., SRC
May 31-June 2 -- Cabin and Ocoee Rafting, Ducktown, Tenn., pre-trip meeting is May 26, 6-8 p.m., SRC

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

May 14 -- Tuscaloosa Community Singers, admission charged

Crimson Tide Sports

Baseball

May 17 vs. LSU, Baton Rouge, 6:30 p.m.
May 18 vs. LSU, Baton Rouge, 2 p.m.
May 19 vs. LSU, Baton Rouge, 1 p.m.
May 22-26 -- SEC Tournament, Birmingham (Hoover Met)
May 31-June 2 -- NCAA Regionals, Campus Sites
June 14-22 -- College World Series, Omaha, Neb.

Softball

May 16-19 -- NCAA Regionals, Campus Sites
May 23-27 -- College World Series Oklahoma City

Women's Track and Field

May 10-13 -- SEC Tournament, Starkville, Miss.
May 17-18 -- Georgia Tech Invitational, Atlanta
May 29-June 1 -- NCAA Championships, Baton Rouge, La.

Men's Track and Field

May 18 vs. Last Chance, Atlanta
May 29-June 1 -- NCAA Championships, Baton Rouge, La.