Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

April 20-May 4 -- 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

Activities

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

Programs:

April 23 -- Origami, 3:30 p.m., $2.50
April 24 -- "Manners in Japan," 3 p.m., free
April 24 -- Calligraphy, 3:30 p.m., $2.50
April 28 -- Japanese Cooking Hour, 3:30, $1

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.

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

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

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

Through April 30 -- The Photography of Sally Mann

Cartographic Research Laboratory
324 Farrah Hall

Also see alabamamaps.ua.edu.

Events

The Crimson Calendar at http://events.ua.edu is UA's campus-wide events calendar. The 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.

April 21 -- Bama Jama: The Original Spring Throwdown, Riverside Amphitheater, 7 p.m.
April 22-24 -- University Programs Film, "Marnie," Ferguson Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
April 26 -- Unity Feast, Riverside Amphitheater, All Day
April 26 -- Alabama Junior Panhellenic Association's Easter Egg Hunt, President's Mansion lawn, 11:30 a.m.
April 28-30 -- University Programs Film, "Touch of Evil," Ferguson Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
April 30 -- Library Annex Open House, Corner of 14th St. and 12th Ave., 2 p.m.
May 2 -- C&BA Graduation Picnic, Quad, noon

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

April 21 -- Alabama Contemporary Ensemble, Concert Hall, 5:30 p.m.
April 21 -- Alabama Jazz Combo, Recital Hall
April 22 -- Electronic Music, Recital Hall
April 23 -- Opera Scenes, Choral/Opera Room, 4 p.m.
April 23 -- Alabama Chamber Music, Recital Hall, 5:30 p.m.
April 24 -- Alabama Wind Ensemble
April 27 -- Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra, 2 p.m.
April 29 -- Alabama Chamber Singers

Theatre
Marian Gallaway Theatre, 348-3400

April 22-27 -- "West Side Story" by Jerome Robbins, performances at 7:30 p.m., Sunday performance at 2 p.m., admission charged

Lectures

April 22 -- University Libraries Book Talk, Rodgers Science and Engineering Library, 3 p.m.

Dr. William Keel, UA professor of astronomy, will talk about his recently published book, "The Road to Galaxy Formation."
April 24 -- Bankhead Visiting Writers Series: Robert Hass, Bryant Conference Center, 8 p.m.

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass is the author of "Field Guide," "Praise," "Human Wishes" and "Sun Under Wood." He has also written a book of essays, translated many works by Nobel Prize winning poet Czeslaw Milosz, and edited volumes of poetry. He is the founder of River of Words, an organization dedicated to the promotion of environmental and arts education. A one-time recipient of the Yale Younger Poets Prize, he is a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Hass will read from his new and selected poetry.
April 25 -- Bankhead Visiting Writers Series: Robert Hass, Lecture, 301 Morgan Hall, noon
April 28 -- Impaired Financial Abilities in Patients with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment, 104 Little Hall, noon-1:30 p.m., lunch provided, Center for Mental Health and Aging Seminar Series
April 30 -- Lowder Lecture Series: Robert E. Lowder, Alston Hall, 8 a.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

April 24-26 -- NCAA Championships, Lincoln, Neb., time TBA

Softball

April 23 -- UA vs. UT-Chattanooga, Tuscaloosa, 6 p.m.
April 26 -- UA vs. Georgia Tech (2), Tuscaloosa, noon

Baseball

April 23 -- UA vs. UAB, Tuscaloosa, 6:30 p.m.
April 25 -- UA vs. Arkansas, Tuscaloosa, 6:30 p.m.
April 26 -- UA vs. Arkansas, Tuscaloosa, 4 p.m.
April 27 -- UA vs. Arkansas, Tuscaloosa, 2 p.m.
April 30 -- UA vs. Samford, Tuscaloosa, 6:30 p.m.