Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

Sept. 29-Oct. 12 -- 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 campus mail to: Dialog, Box 870144; email shibbard@ur.ua.edu; or call 348-5320. For general information about activities, events and special announcements of upcoming calendar entries, go to events.ua.edu.

Activities
Events
Performances
Lectures
Exhibits
Crimson Tide Sports

Activities

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

Oct. 7 -- Tea Ceremony, 11:45 a.m., $2.50
Oct. 7 -- Kimono Sewing or Obi-tying, 1:15 p.m., $2.50

Japanese Language Classes:

Oct. 7 -- Survival English, 10:30-11:30 a.m., free

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 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.

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.

Sept. 29 and Oct. 7 -- Capstone Idol, Ferguson Plaza, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 30 -- David Coleman "Dating Doctor," Ferguson Plaza, 7 p.m.
Oct. 2 -- Engineering Day, Various Locations, 8 a.m.
Oct. 2 -- Communication Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, NorthRiver Yacht Club, 6 p.m.
Oct. 4-5 -- C&BA Family Weekend, Alston, Hall 10 a.m.
Oct. 7 -- Graduate and Professional School Fair, Stillman College, 9 a.m.
Oct. 9 -- Alabama Nursing Hall of Fame, NorthRiver Yacht Club, 6 p.m.
Oct. 6-11 -- Homecoming, Various Campus Locations

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, School of Music calendar

Oct. 2-4 -- Alabama Honor Reading Choir Festival, All Day
Oct. 2 -- Alabama Wind Ensemble
Oct. 4 -- Alabama Honor Reading Choir Concert, 2 p.m.
Oct. 6 -- Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra
Oct. 7 -- Band of the United States Air Force Reserve

Theatre
Marian Gallaway Theatre, 348-3400

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Theatre production by Dale Wasserman based on the novel by Ken Kesey. Directed by Peder Melhuse. A powerful exploration of both the beauty and danger of being an original. Dates: Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m., and Oct. 5, 2 p.m. Admission is $8, $10, $12.

Lectures

Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies, "Bringing the Globe to Alabama"

The Strode Program is a privately endowed program to promote the study of literature from Skelton to Milton. The endowment provides for lectures and residencies by distinguished scholars, and fellowships for graduate study at UA in the field of English Renaissance Literature. Strode lectures are at 5 p.m. in 301 Morgan Hall.

Sept. 29 -- Paul Yachnin (McGill University)
Oct. 6 -- John Jowett (Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham)

Lowder Lecture Series

Part of Lowder Lecture Series to speak with C&BA undergraduate and graduate students. Alston/Bidgood Hall, Oct. 2, 8 a.m.

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 Jan. 25, 2004 -- Caves: A Fragile Wilderness

The Gorgas House
On UA campus, 348-5906

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

Oct. 1-4 -- Moundville Native American Festival, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.. Designated a Cultural Olympiad Event and named a Top 20 Tourism Event by the Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel, this festival will host Native American performing artists, craftspeople, and musicians, featuring Grammy winner Mary Youngblood and Native American Music Award nominee Darryl Tonemah. Other attractions will include Native foods; children's activities; dance; storytelling; crafts and games; living history re-enactments; an arts market; and demonstrations. Admission charged.

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.

Black Warrior Review

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

Gorgas Library Book Arts Gallery
5th Floor, Gorgas Library

Through Oct. 13 -- Treasures from the Fifth Floor

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 Oct. 12 -- Global Matrix: An International Print Exhibition

Cartographic Research Laboratory
324 Farrah Hall

Also see alabamamaps.ua.edu.

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.

Crimson Tide Sports

Complete 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.

Football

Oct. 11 -- UA vs. Southern Mississippi (Homecoming), time TBA

Soccer

Oct. 10 -- UA vs. Kentucky, 7 p.m.
Oct. 12 -- UA vs. Vanderbilt, 1 p.m.

Softball

Oct. 12 -- Alabama Fall Ball, time TBA