September 7, 2004

Sept. 8-19 — 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
• Performances
• Events
• Lectures
• Exhibits
• Crimson Tide Sports

Activities

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

Traditional Japanese Dance. Learn traditional Japanese dance. Mariju Fujima, who has studied the Fujima style of traditional Japanese dance, will offer weekly lessons. Days and times will be arranged to fit individual schedules. Cost will be $60 for eight lessons.

Pottery Display. A display of pottery can now be viewed at JCIC. The exhibit of handcrafted pottery includes a variety of pieces for everyday, home use and decoration: rice bowls, serving dishes, vases, soy sauce containers, tea pots, and more. The pieces reflect both traditional and modern styles in glazed and unglazed forms.

Japanese Language classes are offered regularly at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Days and times will be arranged to fit individual schedules. Call JCIC to make arrangements. Cost will be $60 for eight lessons.

• Sept. 7 — Survival English, 10 a.m., free
• Sept. 7 — Tea Ceremony, 11:45 a.m., $2.50
• Sept. 7 — Kimono Sewing or Obi-tying, 1 p.m., $2.50
• Sept. 16 — Japanese Gift Wrapping and Box Making, 1 p.m., $2.50
• Sept. 16 — Tie-dying, 2 p.m., $2.50 plus cost
• Sept. 16 — Film Night, TBA, 5-7 p.m., free
• Sept. 16 — Go Game, 5 p.m., free
• Sept. 21 — Survival English, 10 a.m., free
• Sept. 21 — Kimono Sewing or Obi-tying, 1 p.m., $2.50
• Sept. 22 — Origami, 3:30 p.m., free
• Sept. 23 — Calligraphy, 3:30 p.m., $2.50
• Sept. 23 — Manners in Japan, 2:30 p.m., free
• Sept. 24 — Japanese Cooking Hour, 3 p.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 6:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Alabama Public Television. For information about buying videos, call 348-2039.

Performances

All performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody Music Building Concert Hall unless otherwise indicated.

• Sept. 10 — Celebrity Series — Take 6
• Sept. 16 — Susan Fleming, mezzo soprano
• Sept. 23 — Brass Quintet of the Band of the US Air Force, 5:30 p.m.
• Sept. 23 — Faculty Chamber Music Recital

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. 7-10 — Student Involvement, Ferguson Center, All Day
• Sept. 8 — Get On Board Day, UA Quad, 10 a.m.
• Sept. 14 — Women's Resource Center — EveryWoman Book Club, 6 p.m. WRC Library. Featured book will be Women Folks, Growing up Down South by Shirley Abbott. For more information call 348-5040.
• Sept. 15 — Brown Bag Luncheon, noon, 309 Ferguson Center. Lecture will be on "Yoga: An Introduction and Explanation." For more information call 348-5040.

Lectures

Sept. 21/22 — Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Carl Wieman

Nobel Prize winning physicist Carl Wieman will present a public lecture and meet with faculty and administrators at UA. Wieman was the first physicist to achieve a new form of matter called the Bose-Einstein condensate, a discovery that won him the Nobel Prize in 2001. He will give a presentation on the work that won him the Prize, "Bose-Einstein Condensation: Quantum Weirdness at the Lowest Temperature in the Universe," on Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. in 107 Shelby Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

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

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

• A Legacy of Warmth and Vitality: The Mansion, the Presidents, and Their Families at The University of Alabama — The exhibit features photographs, artifacts, manuscript materials, and published materials relating to UA's past presidents and current president, as well as historical materials from the University's rich past through today. An online exhibition of the Presidents' Portraits housed at Hoole can be viewed at www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/hoole/digital/presidents/index1.html. This exhibit will run through Sept. 17. For more information about the exhibit, or about the Hoole Library, contact Jessica Lacher-Feldman at archives@bama.ua.edu or at 348-0500.

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

• Helen Altman: Patch of Blue runs through Sept. 26. No admission. For more information contact Vicki Rial at 348-1891 or vrial@art.as.ua.edu.

Ferguson Center Art Gallery, 348-3250

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.

Crimson Tide Sports

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.

Kickoff on the Quad — Come out to the Quad three hours before home football games between the Crimson Tide and opponents to experience Kickoff on the Quad, UA's "official tailgate party." Kickoff on the Quad festivities include a variety of food vendors, interactive game area, and Legends Autograph tent. Fans can also see Eli Gold and Kenny Stabler at the Crimson Tide Sports Network pregame show site and browse Crimson Tide clothing and souvenirs from the Supe Store. Then, join the Million Dollar Band for the Elephant Stomp to the stadium, which begins about an hour before the game. Visit the Web site at www.ua.edu/features/kickoff.html.

Football

• UA vs. Ole Miss, 8 p.m.
• UA vs. Western Carolina, 6 p.m.

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