Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

Feb. 17-March 2 -- 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 events.ua.edu.

Activities
Exhibits
Events
Performances
Lectures
Crimson Tide Sports

African American Heritage Month Continues

Activities

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

Programs:

Feb. 18 -- Kimono Sewing or Obi-tying, 1-2 p.m., $2.50
Feb. 19 -- Origami, 3:30-4:30 p.m., $2.50
Feb. 20 -- Calligraphy, 3:30-4:30 p.m., $2.50
Feb. 20 -- "Manners in Japan," 3-4 p.m., free
Feb. 20 -- Japanese Cooking Hour, 3:30-4:30 p.m., $1

Japanese Language Classes:

Feb. 18 -- Survival English, 10:30-11:30 a.m., free
Feb. 20, 27 -- Japanese Language for Intermediates I, 4-4:45 p.m., $60

International Center for Students
121 B.B. Comer

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

Discovering Alabama
Featuring 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.

Women's Resource Center Feast and Focus Series

Feb. 19 -- Creative Garnishing, Ferguson Forum, noon-1 p.m.
Feb. 26 -- Creative Solutions to Your Fashion Emergency, Ferguson Forum, noon-1 p.m.

Women's Resource Center Violence Education/Support Group
Call 348-5040 for location and more information.

Feb. 17 -- Emotional and Psychological Abuse
Feb. 24 -- Why Women Stay and Hope For Change

Exhibits

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

Alabama Museum of Natural History
Smith Hall, 348-7550

Through May 2 -- Birds in Flight Exhibit, 10:30 a.m.

The Gorgas House
On UA campus, 348-5906

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.

Black Warrior Review

The Black Warrior Review is a nationally respected literary magazine that publishes the best in contemporary fiction, poetry and essays.

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 Feb. 28 -- Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary

Ferguson Center Art Gallery
Ferguson Center, 348-7525

Through Feb. 28 -- Student Art Show: Interpretations of the Human Body

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

Cartographic Research Laboratory
324 Farrah Hall

Also see alabamamaps.ua.edu.

Capstone Medical Center
700 University Boulevard East, 553-7897

Through March 12 -- Paintings by Tuscaloosa-University Women Painters

Events

The Crimson Calendar at http://events.ua.edu is UA's campus-wide events calendar. Crimson Calendar displays each day's events, is searchable, and links to other related information and sites. Anyone may submit an event to the Crimson Calendar.

Feb. 19 -- Girls State Reunion, Maxwell Hall, 3 p.m.
Feb. 27 -- Lowder Lecture Series: Kay Wallace, Alston Hall, 8 a.m.
Feb. 27-28 -- University Programs Film: When We Were Kings, Ferguson Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
March 1 -- "Run for the Roses" 5K Race and 1 Mile Fun Run

Performances

Call 348-7111 for information about performances scheduled to be held in the Moody Music Building. 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

Feb. 21-22 -- South Central Society for Music Theory
Feb. 25 -- Alabama Women's Chorale and University Chorus
Feb. 26-27 -- Opera Production "The Tragedy of Carmen," admission charged

Theatre
Allen Bales Theatre, 348-3400

Feb. 25-March 2 -- "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" by Tennessee Williams; performances are at 7:30 p.m., Sunday performance at 2 p.m., admission charged

Dance
Morgan Hall Auditorium, 348-3400

Feb. 20-23 -- Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre; performances are at 7:30 p.m., Sunday performance at 2 p.m., admission charged

Lectures

The Bankhead Series of English and History Lectures and Presentations

This year's history series is "Terrorism and Counter Insurgency: Historical Perspective on the American Experience." Each talk will examine a portion of the historical background that adds perspective to today's current events.

Feb. 18 -- Bankhead Lecture Series -- Native Americans on the Great Plains. Paul Hutton, professor of history at the University of New Mexico and executive director of the Western History Association, is author of, among other books and articles, Phil Sheridan and His Army (1985) and The Custer Reader (1992) -- 30 ten Hoor Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 20 -- Bankhead Visiting Writers Series -- Robert Creeley. Robert Creeley, one of the most influential American poets of the 20th Century, will read a selection of his latest poetry -- 205 Smith Hall, 7:30 p.m. Creeley will also lead an informal discussion with students at noon in 301 Morgan Hall on Friday, Feb. 21.

Feb. 19 and 26 -- Civil Rights In Alabama: Understanding The Movement Through Film. In celebration of African American Heritage Month, the department of history proudly presents a film series on the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama. The third film in the series is "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," a behind the scenes documentary look at Alabama Gov. George Wallace's 1963 stand in the schoolhouse door -- 30 ten Hoor Hall, 7 p.m.

Crimson Tide Sports

Information is available via The University of Alabama official athletic Web site at www.rolltide.com. The site includes information about all sports, schedules, pricing information on faculty/staff tickets as well as tickets available to the public. General information on schedules and other news from Alabama athletics is also available at the site. The Dialog listing below includes only home events this issue.

Gymnastics

March 1 -- UA vs. Auburn, Tuscaloosa, 7 p.m.

Men's Basketball

Feb. 18 -- UA vs. Georgia, Tuscaloosa, 8 p.m.
March 2 -- UA vs. Ole Miss, Tuscaloosa, 1 p.m.

Women's Basketball

Feb. 23 -- UA vs. Kentucky, Tuscaloosa, 2 p.m.
Feb. 27 -- UA vs. Auburn, Tuscaloosa, 7 p.m.

Women's Tennis

Feb. 20 -- UA vs. West Virginia, Tuscaloosa, 1 p.m.
Feb. 28 -- UA vs. LSU, Tuscaloosa, 3 p.m.
March 2 -- UA vs. Arkansas, Tuscaloosa, 1 p.m.

Softball

Feb. 28-March 2 -- Crimson Classic, UA vs. Kansas, Penn State, Texas-Arlington in Tuscaloosa

Baseball

Feb. 19 -- UA vs. Centenary, Tuscaloosa, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 21 -- UA vs. SE Missouri, Tuscaloosa, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 22 -- UA vs. SE Missouri, Tuscaloosa, 4 p.m.
Feb. 23 -- UA vs. SE Missouri, Tuscaloosa, 2 p.m.
Feb. 26 -- UA vs. Miss. Valley St., Tuscaloosa, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 28 -- UA vs. Rhode Island, Tuscaloosa, 6:30 p.m.
March 1 -- UA vs. Rhode Island, Tuscaloosa, 4 p.m.
March 2 -- UA vs. Rhode Island, Tuscaloosa, 1 p.m.

African American Heritage Month Continues

African American Heritage Month poster The University of Alabama, its campus organizations, and other groups and divisions will provide a wide variety of activities to celebrate African American Heritage Month during February. The Office of Student Affairs is coordinating the schedule, which has established the official Web site with activities and information: www.sa.ua.edu/dos/aahm.htm. A sampling of remaining activities planned for the event include:

All Month

University Libraries will exhibit books about or authored by African Americans, 1st floor exhibit case, Gorgas Library, Capstone Drive side.

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary: An exhibit on the life of the scholar, activist and Alabama native.

Feb. 19

Film "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," 30 ten Hoor Hall, 7 p.m., sponsored by the department of history. Go to the Internet Movies Data Base Web site at www.us.imdb.com/Title?0263238 to see more about the film.

Feb. 21

Lecture on the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, by Dr. Shirley Wesley King, sister of the late Cynthia Wesley, one of the four girls killed -- 223 Little Hall, 1 p.m.

Feb. 26

March to the School House Door, 4:30 p.m. starting at the Ferguson Center to Foster Auditorium. Sponsored by AKA.

Film "Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom," 7 p.m., room 30 ten Hoor Hall, sponsored by the department of history.

SGA Closing Black History Convocation with keynote by the honorable Alabama State Senator Charles Steele Jr., Ferguson Theater, 7 p.m.