May 2, 2005
May 2-31 — 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
Japan Culture and Information Center, 121 B.B. Comer Hall, 348-5311
- May 3/17 — Survival English, 10 a.m., free
- May 3/17 — Tea Ceremony, 11:30 a.m., $2.50
- May 3 — A Taste of Japan, 3:30 p.m., $1
- May 3/17 — Kimono Appreciation, 1 p.m., $2.50
- May 3/17 — Tie-dyeing, 2 p.m., $2.50 plus cost
- May 3 — Japanese Dancing, 3 p.m., $60/8 lessons
- May 3 — Japanese Language, 3:30 p.m., $60/8 lessons
- May 5 — Children's Day, 3 p.m., free
- May 5 — Calligraphy, 3:30 p.m., $2.50
- May 5 — Manners in Japan, 4 p.m., free
- May 5 — Go, 5 p.m., free
- May 5 — Film Night, 5 p.m., free
- May 6/26 — A Taste of Japan, 1 p.m., $2.50
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.
Exhibits
Alabama Museum of Natural History, Smith Hall, 348-7550
- Skulls and Skeletons
The Alabama Museum of Natural History at UA will host this new traveling exhibit featuring mounted skeletons and model reconstructions. "Skulls and Skeletons" is an interactive educational exhibit designed to inform viewers about the various and unique ways in which animals, plants, and other organisms deal with gravity. This exhibit will run through May 15. Cost of admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children and retirees. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tue.-Sat. To schedule a guided tour for a group, or for more information, call 348-7550 or visit www.amnh.ua.edu.
- Cherokee Phoenix: Advent of a Newspaper
The Cherokee Phoenix was published in northern Georgia from 1828 to 1834. The exhibit describes the beginning, and demise, of the newspaper, as well as the production of a limited edition, letterpress book on the subject. Exhibits: Moundville Archaeological Park, through May 8, 2005. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children and retirees. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tue.-Sat. To schedule a guided tour for a group, or for more information, call 205/348-7550 or visit www.amnh.ua.edu.
The Gorgas House, on UA campus, 348-5906
Moundville Archaeological Park and Museum, Highway 69 South, 205/371-2572
- Moundville Archaeological Park Indian Summer Day Camp
Indian Summer Day Camp is a weeklong program teaching children, ages 9 to 13, Southeastern Indian lifeways. Located at Moundville Archaeological Park, children learn about archaeology, studies in nature and Native American arts, crafts and technologies. Activities include park, museum and archaeological laboratory tours, videos, nature hikes, sampling Indian foods and playing Native American games. Children create pottery, baskets and gourds containers.
Two identical sessions are offered: June 6-10 and July 25- 29. A van leaves Smith Hall (the Alabama Museum of Natural History) at 8:30 a.m. for Moundville Archaeological Park. The van returns by 4:30 each afternoon. The $150 per child fee includes all materials, transportation and snacks. Children need to bring their own lunch with drink. Members of the Alabama Museum of Natural History have a discounted fee of $130 per child. For more information, call (205) 371-2234 or email Monique Billeaud at mbeo@bama.ua.edu or write: Indian Summer Day Camp, Attn: Monique Billeaud, Moundville Archaeological Park, Box 870340, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
- Fusing Red Earth: Moundville Pottery Gathering and Expo
Dozens of the country's finest Southeastern Indian potters will gather at UA's Moundville Archaeological Park for "Fusing Red Earth," Moundville's annual pottery gathering and expo, Wednesday — Saturday, June 15-18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. The purpose of this gathering is to highlight the significance of ceramics created by prehistoric, historic and modern Southeastern Indians who did or still do inhabit our region. Registered participants will see indigenous collections and hear presentations on the evolution of Native American ceramics by museum associates, guest artists, and scholars. "Fusing Red Earth" will also include field trips to pottery collections curated by the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Cobb Institute of Archaeology (Mississippi State University) and UA's Office of Archaeological Research.
The cost is $45 per person. Student rates and other discounts are available. To register, phone UA's Moundville Archaeological Park at 371-2234. Boxed lunches will be available for registered participants on Saturday for $5. The Saturday expo is open to the visiting public and includes demonstrations by Native Americans and other experts as they hand make and fire pottery using a variety of techniques. The nation's best historic and prehistoric pottery reproductions, as well as modern art works based on Southeastern Indian art traditions, will be available for purchase during the exposition. Admission to the park during the expo is $6 for adults and $4 for students. Children, ages five and under, are free. Group rates are available. For more information, call 205-371-2234 or email Monique Billeaud at mbeo@bama.ua.edu.
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, 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
- The Antebellum Architecture of Tuscaloosa: Images and Text
from the 1929 Thesis of Sydnia Keene Smyth
This exhibition features images and text from the 1929 Masters' Thesis by UA student Sydnia Keene Smyth. The photographs of antebellum homes and structures include homes and structures that survive and have been restored, structures in disrepair, and some homes that have not survived. Exhibit by Katie McAllister, Jessica Lacher- Feldman, and Kiya Holmes. This exhibit is held in conjunction with the Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society's celebration of Heritage Week 2005.This exhibit will run May 5 through Sept. 30. For more information contact Jessica Lacher-Feldman at 348-0500 or hooleinfo@bama.ua.edu.
Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, 103 Garland Hall, 348-1891
- Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Exhibition, Vernon Fisher:
Notes for a New Novel
The UA Sarah Moody Gallery of Art presents the 2005 Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Exhibition through June 15. This year's exhibition will feature work by internationally- acclaimed, Texas-based artist Vernon Fisher. 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.
Lectures
It is the policy of The University of Alabama Supply Store to offer books and other materials associated with colloquia, symposia, lectures and other activities held at the University. For information about availability, contact John McGaugh, book department of the SUPe Store, at 348-6126.
Center for Mental Health and Aging Scientific
Seminar Series
Sara J. Czaja, Ph.D., Professor will present "The Potential Role
of Technology in HealthCare Delivery for Older Adults," May 3, noon-1:30
p.m. in 111 AIME. Cost is free and lunch is provided. For more information
contact Megan O'Laughlin at 348-7518 or molaughl@sw.ua.edu.
Events
Canoe Trip — Cahaba River
Join Museum Naturalists on a guided canoe trip to enjoy a leisurely trip
on the Cahaba River to see the spectacular Cahaba Lilies: Saturday,
May 14, 8 a.m. - 6:30 pm, Cahaba River. This is a Naturalist Guided
Canoe Trip. The cost is $25 per person. For more information contact
Judy Everett at 348-2136 or museum.programs@ua.edu.
Capstone Engineering Society Golf Tournament
Golf tournament sponsored by the Capstone Engineering Society to raise
funds for engineering scholarships. May 3, 11 a.m., Bent Brook Golf
Course. Cost is $125 per player. For more information contact Carol
Sanders at 348-7674 or csanders@coe.eng.ua.edu.
Libraries' Benefactor's Luncheon
Luncheon honors donors and supporters of the University Libraries. May
20, 12:30 p.m. Location TBA For more information contact the Libraries
Development Office at 348-1416 or caltemar@bama.ua.edu.
Capstone Summer Nursing Academy
At the Academy, students will explore firsthand the educational and career
opportunities in the nursing profession. They will live on campus,
learn basic nursing skills and visit several health care facilities
in the area. Hospital observations, lectures, discussions, computer
simulations and orientation related to the history, education and practice
issues of nursing are part of a funfilled week. For high schools juniors.
Minimum 3.0 GPA. For more information and applications, go to: http://nursing.ua.edu/summer_academy.htm.
This event will run May 30-June 4, all day. For more information contact
Pat McCullar at 348-2613 or 1-800-313- 3591 or pmcculla@bama.ua.edu.
UA Community Music School Schedules Summer
Activities
The CMS is an outreach program of the School of Music (Moody Music Bldg).
Designed to enrich the quality of life through exposure and study of
the arts, students of all ages and abilities are invited to participate.
Teachers include UA faculty, area professionals with advanced music degrees,
graduate students, and carefully selected undergraduate music studentsFor
more information call 348-6741, e-mail: commusic@bama.ua.edu or
visit our website: www.music.ua.edu/cms.
Kindermusik — Try a free Kindermusik class for you and your infant or toddler at the UA School of Music: May 9 - 12. Call 348-6741 to reserve your space. Parent/caregiver attends 45 minute session with child. Location: Moody Music Building on UA campus. Songs, dances, simple rhythm instruments, scarves and more to stimulate your infant, toddler, or young child. Try a Kindermusik class because "A good beginning never ends!" Options include morning, afternoon, and early evening classes.
- Newborn-17 months: Peek-A-Boo I Love You, Cowboy Baby, or Have A Ball!
- 18 months-3 years: Zoo Train, Pony Ride, or 1, 2, 3, Octopus & Me.
- 3-5 years: On The Road, Noodles from Scratch, or Let's Go!
- 4-7 years: Adventures Around the World: 1-week camp (Monday-Friday)
Summer Music Classes/Camps: June 1 -July
PRIVATE LESSONS: all ages, all instruments, variable rates and times.
- June 1-July 28, enrollment open now. BEGINNER CAMPS — Explore an instrument this summer! Enrollment limited.
- Piano Camp: Ages 5-7 & 8-10, July 11-15, 10:00 a.m.-Noon
- Guitar Camp: Ages 7-9 & 10-12, July 11-15, 10:00 a.m.-Noon
Life — Legacy of UA Alumnus, 'Voice
of The New York Yankees' Mel Allen Celebrated at Hoole Library
The new book How About That! The Life of Mel Allen, about the
former UA alumnus, was recently introduced by the author and is now part
of an exhibit at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library. The exhibition
will be on display through Sept. 30.
Stephen Borelli, author of the book, is an assistant news director at USAToday.com and has written extensively on baseball and sports. His book is the first biography ever written on perhaps the most famous sports broadcaster in American history. The book is available at the SUPe store in Ferguson Center. Borelli conducted extensive research for his book at the Hoole Library, which houses the Mel Allen Papers.
Mel Allen was born Melvin Avrom Israel in Birmingham in 1913 to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. He lived in Johns, Ala., before entering UA as a freshman at the age of 15. Earning both undergraduate and law degrees at UA, he began what was to be a stellar broadcasting career on the UA campus. Before moving to New York in 1937 to begin his radio career at CBS, he was a play-by-play announcer on Birmingham radio station WBRC in 1933. A legend in sports and in broadcasting, he is a member of both the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Radio Hall of Fame. For more information, visit http://www.lib.ua.edu/libraries/hoole/ or contact Jessica Lacher-Feldman at jlfeldma@bama.ua.edu or 348-0500.
Performances
School of Music
All performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody Music Building
Concert Hall unless otherwise indicated.
- May 14 — Will Fraser, Organ, 3 p.m.
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 Tennis
- May 13-15 — NCAA Regionals, TBA, all day
- May 19-28 — NCAA Championships, Athens, Ga., all day
Men's Tennis
- May 13-15 — NCAA Regionals, TBA, all day
- May 20-June 2— NCAA Championships, College Station, Texas, all day
Baseball
- May 4 — UA vs. UAB, 6:30 p.m.
- May 13— UA vs. Arkansas, 6:30 p.m.
- May 14 — UA vs. Arkansas, 4 p.m.
- May 15 — UA vs. Arkansas, TBA
Softball
- May 6 — UA vs. Arkansas, 6:30 p.m.
- May 7 — UA vs. Arkansas (doubleheader), 1 p.m.
- May 12-15 — SEC Tournament, Gainesville, Fla, TBA
- May 20-22 — NCAA Regionals, TBA
- May 27-28 — TBA
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