January 24, 2005

Jan. 24-Feb. 6 — 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
• Exhibits
• Performances
• Lectures
• Crimson Tide Sports
• UA African-American Heritage Month Activities Set

Activities

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

The 19th Annual Sakura Festival

The 19th Annual Sakura Festival Committee at The University of Alabama is accepting the haiku from residents throughout Alabama and Japan. The theme for the 2005 Sakura Festival Haiku Contest is Hana (Japanese) or Flower (English). Haiku is a traditional Japanese poetry form comprised of three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, respectively. Entries may be written in either English or Japanese and winners are selected for four categories: 1-3 grade, 4-6 grade, 7-12 grade, and adult. Information and entry forms are available from the UA Japan Program at 348-5312, or http://bama.ua.edu/~jprogram/sakura. Winners receive cash prizes, and the deadline is March 1.

Entries should be mailed to UA Japan Program
Box 870254
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487

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.

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.

• Jan. 25/Feb. 1/15 — Survival English, 10 a.m., free
• Jan. 25/Feb. 1/15 — Tea Ceremony, 11:30 a.m., $2.50
• Jan. 25/Feb. 1/15 — Kimono Appreciation, 1 p.m., $2.50
• Jan. 27/Feb. 23 — Calligraphy, 3:30 p.m., $2.50
• Jan. 27/Feb. 23 — Manners in Japan, 3:30 p.m., free
• Feb. 2/9/16 — Origami, 3:30 p.m., $2.50
• Feb. 11 — Promotional Booth at Ferguson Center, 11:30, free
• Feb. 17/24 — A Taste of Japan, 3:30 p.m., $1
• Feb. 17 — Japanese Gift Wrapping and Box-Making, 1 p.m., $2.50
• Feb. 17 — Tie-dyeing, 2 p.m., $2.50 plus cost
• Feb. 17 — Film Night, 5 p.m., free
• Feb. 17 — Go, 5 p.m., free

International Center for Students

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

Discovering Alabama

Discovering Alabama with Dr. Doug Phillips announces four new shows, which have aired on Alabama Public Television, and corresponding videos: Alabama Black Belt (Part I), Alabama Black Belt (Part 2), Covington County, and Lee County. Watch for future airings on Alabama Public Television. Featuring Dr. Doug Phillips, the series airs each Sunday at 6:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Alabama Public Television. For information about buying videos, call 348-2039.

Events

UA Church Music Conference, School of Music

UA's Church Music Conference will feature lectures, masterclasses, reading sessions in all areas of church music including organ, choral, handbells, and children's choral music. Faculty and clinicians for the conference include International Concert Organist, Christopher Herrick; UA Professor of Voice, Susan Fleming; UA Associate Professor of Organ, Faythe Freese; UA Interim Director of Choral Activities, John Ratledge; Samford University Professor of Music, Paul Richardson; UA Associate Professor of Music Education and Director of the Birmingham Children's Choir, Julie Skadsem; and University of Southern Mississippi Professor of Voice and Director of Music at The First Presbyterian Church of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Larry Smith. This conference is sponsored by the School of Music.

The conference will be held on Jan. 29 from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. in the Moody Music Building . Cost for the conference is Early Bird Registration — $50, after Jan. 21 — $60. An organ concert featuring Christopher Herrick will take place at 3:30 p.m. featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach. The cost of admission is $5 for the general public at the door and is free for conference participants, UA Faculty and students with ID. For more information contact Alexis Clark at 348-7111 or aclark@music.ua.edu.

Nightingale Day — Capstone College of Nursing

This event is for high school seniors and parents to visit campus and learn more about the UA's Capstone College of Nursing. The event is sponsored by the Capstone College of Nursing.
The event is Feb. 5 at 8 a.m. in Ferguson Theatre. The cost is free. There will be two sessions — morning and afternoon, 60-person capacity each session. For more information contact Pat McCullar at 348-2613 or pmcculla@bama.ua.edu.

Capstone Leadership Assembly for Student Success (CLASS)

This event is a Leadership Conference for high school and college students from across the state of Alabama . The event is sponsored by Student Leadership, Alumni Affairs, SGA, CCSO. The event will be Feb. 5 at 8:30 a.m. in the Bryant Conference Center. The cost is free. For more information contact Corrie Harris or Erin Green at 348-5036 or charris@sa.ua.edu or leadgrad@bama.ua.edu.

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 Gallery, 1st and 2nd Floors, 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

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

• Cris Gianakos and William Hall: A 25-Year Collaboration
  Cristos Gianakos has been a working New York sculptor for the past 25 years. He has also worked in the medium of printmaking with Master Printer and university alumnus Bill Hall. This exhibition highlights their collaboration and Gianakos' preoccupation with the exchange between exterior and interior spaces. This exhibit will run through Feb. 13. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekdays and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. For further information, contact the gallery at 348-1891 or go to www.art.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.

Performances

School of Music

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

• Jan. 30 — Guest Recital: Edward White, Jr., bass baritone; Katherine White, mezzo soprano; and L. Jeffries Binford, piano, 2 p.m.
• Feb. 3/4/5/6 — Alabama Honor Band Festival, All Day
• Feb. 4 — Spectrum Concert, 7:30 p.m.
• Feb. 5 — Alabama Wind Ensemble, 7:30 p.m.
• Feb. 6 — Alabama Honor Band Concert, 1 p.m.

Lectures

Center for Mental Health and Aging Scientific Seminar Series

"A Strength-based Intervention for Caregivers of Older Seriously Mentally Ill Individuals." This seminar is sponsored by the Center for Mental Health and Aging. The seminar will begin at noon , Monday, Jan. 24 in room 111 AIME. The speaker will be Gordon MacNeil, Ph.D. The cost is free and lunch is included. For more information contact Megan O'Laughlin at 348-7518 or molaughl@sw.ua.edu.

Book Talk and Signing with Warren St. John

Book talk and signing with Warren St. John, Alabama native and author of Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer: A Journey into the Heart of Fan Media. In addition to talking about his book, St. John will discuss his current postion as a reporter for the New York Times. This event is sponsored by University Libraries and will be held Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. on the second floor of the Gorgas Library. The cost is free and the public is invited. For more information contact Betty Bryce at 348-3913 or bbryce@bama.ua.edu.

Lecture and Reading — Frye Gaillard

Lecture and reading by Frye Gaillard, author of Cradle of Freedom: Alabama and the Movement That Changed America, published by The UA Press. Cradle of Freedom puts a human face on the story of the black American struggle for equality in Alabama during the 1960s. While exceptional leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph Abernathy, John Lewis, and others rose up from the ranks and carved their places in history, the burden of the movement was not carried by them alone. It was fueled by the commitment and hard work of thousands of everyday people who decided that the time had come to take a stand. Go to www.uapress.ua.edu/NewSearch2.cfm?id=131738 for more information about the book.

This lecture is sponsored by the Parker-Adams and Harris Living-Learning Communities. The lecture will be held Feb. 1 at 3:30 p.m. in Morgan Hall Auditorium. The cost is free. For more information contact Ann Webb at 348-8547.

Center for Mental Health and Aging Scientific Seminar Series

Basic Concepts for Assessing Older Persons' Competence to Consent to Treatment — this seminar is sponsored by the Center for Mental Health and Aging and will begin at noon , Friday, Feb. 4, in room 111 AIME. The speaker will be Thomas Grisso, Ph.D. The cost is free and lunch is included. For more information contact Megan O'Laughlin at 348-7518 or molaughl@sw.ua.edu.

Dinoff Lecture

Dinoff Lecture presented by Tom Grisso. This lecture is sponsored by the UA Department of Psychology, and will be held Saturday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in 351 Gordon Palmer Hall. The cost is free. For more information contact Becky Allen at 348-9891 or rsallen@bama.ua.edu.

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.

Women's Basketball

• Jan. 30 — UA vs. Mississippi State, 2 p.m.
• Feb. 3 — UA vs. Georgia, 7 p.m.
• Feb. 6 — UA vs. Florida, 2 p.m.

Men's Basketball

• Jan. 29 — UA vs. Georgia, 7 p.m.

Gymnastics

• Feb. 4 — UA vs. Auburn, 7:30 p.m.

 Men's Tennis

• Jan. 28 — UA vs. Birmingham Southern, 1 p.m.
• Jan. 28 — UA vs. Central Florida, 6 p.m.
• Jan. 30 — UA vs. Furman, 10 a.m.
• Jan. 30 — UA vs. Troy State, 3 p.m.

Softball

• Feb. 4/5/6 — Bama Bash!, All Day

UA African-American Heritage Month Activities Set

The University of Alabama will host a number of events to recognize February as African-American Heritage Month. The events will culminate Feb. 28 at 4 p.m. in the Anderson Room (with what?). The following is a list of campus events that can also be accessed at www.sa.ua.edu/dos/aahm.htm:

Feb. 1 — African-American Heritage and Health: Nutrition and Diabetes Information Table, sponsored by Russell Student Health Center Health Education and the Counseling Center , 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Ferguson Center and Burke Hall

Feb. 3 — Storyteller DWe Williams will perform at the Bean Brown Theatre, Shelton State Community College, 7 p.m., part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream program sponsored by UA, Stillman College and Shelton State.

Feb. 7 — African-American Read-In (part of a national event; public readings of works by African-American female authors), sponsored by the Women's Resource Center and the Alliance for Women of Color, 7 p.m., Starbucks; African-American Heritage and Health: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day Information Table, sponsored by RSHC Health Education and the Counseling Center, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Ferguson Center

Feb. 8 — Trailblazers: People and Events That Touched a Nation, Part 1, sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 7 p.m., Location: TBA; Dr. Stacy Morgan, assistant professor of American studies, will present a public lecture, "Transnational Dimensions of African-American Art." Morgan has recently published Rethinking Social Realism: African American Art and Literature, 1930-53 ( Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2004), 7 p.m., 125 ten Hoor Hall

Feb. 10 — Queen Quet of the Gullah Island, sponsored by Student Affairs Outreach, 7 p.m., Ferguson Theatre

Feb. 11 — Black History Month Trivia contest with Think Fast and win $200, sponsored by University Programs, 7:30 p.m., Ferguson Center

Feb. 13 — NAACP Founder's Day, sponsored by the NAACP, 4 p.m., 360 Ferguson Forum

Feb. 15 — Trailblazers: People and Events That Touched a Nation, Part 2, sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., 7 p.m., 309 Ferguson Center

Feb. 16 — Gary Taylor, UA professor of English and author will present a lecture (based on his new book) on "Is Anybody in this Room White? When and Why Europeans Decided They Were White," sponsored by the Coalition for Diversity and Inclusiveness (CDI) and co-sponsored by several other groups, 7:30 p.m., 110 Bidgood.

Feb. 17 — State of the Black Union Address, sponsored by NAACP, 7 p.m., 301 Ferguson Center

Feb. 18 — The School of Social Work will host its annual African-American Heritage Month Speaker — Cleophus Thomas Jr., attorney, UA Trustee Emeritus, and CEO and chairman of the board of A.G. Gaston Corp., 2 p.m., 223 Little Hall

Feb. 18-19 — Gaylon and Susan McCollough Medical Scholars Forum, the keynote speaker is Dr. Todd Savitt, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences

Feb. 20 — "A Time for Justice: America's Civil Rights Movement," a film by Charles Guggeheim, sponsored by the Wesley Foundation, 7 p.m., Wesley Foundation - 505 9th Street (On Hackberry across from Burke Hall)

Feb. 21- 25 — Exhibit: The Quilts of Yvonne Wells (nationally known African-American folk artist), 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Carmichael Rotunda

Feb. 22 — Soul Food Lunch and Dinner at Fresh Foods; Southern Cusine at its finest, Lunch and Dinner, sponsored by Bama Dining, Ferguson Food Court; Trailblazers: People and Events That Touched a Nation, Part 3, sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., 7 p.m., 309 Ferguson Center.

Feb. 23 — Minority Symposium, sponsored by NAACP, 6 p.m., 360 Ferguson Forum

Feb. 24 — Reception with Yvonne Wells, sponsored by the Women's Resource Center and the Alliance for Women of Color, 7 p.m. , Carmichael Rotunda; March to the Schoolhouse Door , sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha and NAACP, 5 p.m., start at the Ferguson Center to march to Foster Auditorium

Feb. 24-27 — "Ray" the movie, sponsored by University Programs, Thursday through Saturday, 7 p.m., 9 p.m., 11 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.

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