Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

April 26, 2004

April 26-May 9 — 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
Exhibits
Performances
Events
Lectures
Crimson Tide Sports

Activities

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

April 28 — Japanese Dancing, 3-3:45 p.m., $2.50
April 28 — Origami, 3:30 p.m., free
April 29 — Manners in Japan, 2:30 p.m., free
April 29 — Calligraphy, 3:30 p.m., $2.50
April 30 — Japanese Cooking Hour, 3-4 p.m., $1
May 4 — Survival English, 10:30-11:30 a.m., free
May 4 — Tea Ceremony, 11:45 a.m., $2.50
May 4 — Kimono Sewing or Obi-tying, 1 p.m., $2.50
May 5 — Children's Day — a festival for boys and a national holiday throughout Japan. Families with boys put up koinobori or carp streamers in their garden and a display of dolls called gogatsuningyo in a room of the house. We invite you to come and celebrate "Children's Day" with us regardless of your age.
May 7 — Japanese Cooking Hour, 3-4 p.m., $1
May 18 — 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.

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

Transformations in Clay Exhibit — This exhibit features pottery and photographs of the Sasak Potters of Lombok, Indonesia. The display details how the global market for finely crafted pottery has provided an alternative source of income for landless, poor Sasak women who in the past have depended upon men's agricultural labor wages and pottery sales to locals for everyday use. Sponsored by UA's Alabama Museum of Natural History. Through May 22, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Smith Hall. Admission is $1/children and seniors; $2/adults. For more information contact Carolyn Averett at 348-7550 or museum.programs@ua.edu.
The Journey of Lewis and Clark — Exhibit and Publications — In celebration of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, 1803-1806, an exhibit featuring the people, places, and events along the way to the Pacific and the return to St. Louis. Also available is an exhibit of major books for scholars and general readers about the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Sponsored by University Libraries. Through April 30, Gorgas Library, First Floor. Free and open to the public.

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.

Black Warrior Review

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

Marr's Field Journal, 348-7264, MFJ@sa.ua.edu

Gorgas Library Book Arts Gallery, 5th Floor, Gorgas Library

Gorgas Library, 1st Floor, Gorgas Library

Bounds Law Library, 101 Bryant Drive, 348-5925

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

Book of Good Council — A Book Arts MFA Thesis exhibition by Susan Wyssen including a selection of letterpress and binding work featuring her edition of the Hitopadesha. The Hitopadesha was letterpress printed by Wyssen with the illustrations printed on an Indian handmade paper. The edition was bound in quarter leather with a limited edition bound in full leather. The Hitopadesha, or "Book of Good Counsel," will be exhibited along with a retrospective of book work highlighting Wyssen's interest in the historical aspects of her craft, including her take on a colonial prison narrative broadside, Medieval illumination, and historical bindings. Through May 21. For more information contact Jessica Lacher-Feldman at 348-0500 or archives@bama.ua.edu.

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

Art Gallery, Ferguson Center

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 a current catalog upon request.

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.

April 27 — Jazz Standards Combo
May 2 — Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra

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.

Cahaba Lily Canoeing

Enjoy the natural beauty of spring and paddle among rocky islets of rare Cahaba Lilies nestled in the limestone rocks of Hargrove Shoals on the Cahaba River in Central Alabama. Sponsored by UA's Alabama Museum of Natural History. Meet at Smith Hall on the UA campus. Trip will be guided by Museum naturalist guides. May 8, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost is $25. Discounts available for Museum members. Participants must be age 10 or older. Space is limited. For more information contact Judy Everett at 348-7550 or museum.programs@ua.edu.

Lectures

Survival to Very Old Age: Lessons Learned from the Georgia Centenarian Study

Dr. Leonard W. Poon, professor of psychology and director of the Gerontology Center at the University of Georgia, will present. Part of the Center for Mental Health and Aging's 2003-04 Scientific Seminar Series. Sponsored by the Center for Mental Health and Aging. April 24, noon, 104 Little Hall. Lecture is free and open to the public. For more information contact Denise Cleveland at 348-7512.

Palliative and Existentially Augmented Care at the End-of-Life (PEACE): Examining the Role of Legacy Activities on Caregiver and Care Recipient Distress

Dr. Rebecca S. Allen, UA associate professor in the department of psychology, will present. Part of the Center for Mental Health and Aging's 2003-04 Scientific Seminar Series. Sponsored by Center for Mental Health and Aging. May 3, noon, 104 Little Hall. Lecture is free and open to the public. For more information contact Denise Cleveland at 348-7512.

Crimson Tide Sports

Alabama softball and baseball can host birthday parties for $75 at every home game this season. Scheduling is done on a first come, first served basis. Call Adam at 348-7497. The Media Guides can be downloaded from www.rolltide.com.

Complete 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 listing below includes home events only.

Softball

May 1 — UA vs. Georgia, 1 p.m.
May 2 — UA vs. Georgia, 1:30 p.m.

Baseball

April 28 — UA vs. Mississippi Valley State, 6:30 p.m.
May 7 — UA vs. Florida, 6:30 p.m.
May 8 — UA vs. Florida, 4 p.m.
May 9 — UA vs. Florida, noon

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