February 6, 2006

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• Activities
• Exhibits
• Events
• Performances
• Lectures
• Crimson Tide Sports
• African American Heritage Month 2006

Activities

Japan Culture and Information Center, 121 B.B. Comer Hall, 348-5311

• 141 B.B. Comer Hall, 348-5311 Visit the Web site for a list of programs for the month. http://bama.ua.edu/~jprogram/ jcic/calendar.htm.

International Center for Students

• 121 B.B. Comer — Capstone International Coffee Hour, every Friday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Exhibits

UA Museums

Alabama Museum of Natural History, Smith Hall, 348-7550

• Harper Photo Exhibit and Symposium
  “Botanical Bonanza: Photographs by Roland Harper” will be on display through March 17. The exhibit showcases 22 rare photographs of Alabama plants and landscapes taken by Roland McMillan Harper between 1911 and 1951. Harper (1878-1966) served as botanist and phytogeographer for the Alabama Geological Survey from 1905 until his death. Although not a member of the UA faculty, generations of students and scientists called upon Harper in his office located at the Geological Survey in Smith Hall on the University campus. Operating hours for UA’s Museum of Natural History are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $2 for adults and $1 for children and retirees.

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

Bounds Law Library, 101 Bryant Drive, 348-5925

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

• Faces and Places: Selected 19th and 20th c. Photographs of African-Americans from the Wade Hall Collection
  An exhibition of 19th and 20th century photographs of African-American subjects selected from the Wade Hall Photographs Collection, part of the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library’s collections. This exhibit will run Feb. 1 through March 17. Admission is free. This exhibition is held in conjunction with UA’s campuswide celebration of African-American Heritage Month.

• Made By Hand: An Exhibition of Handmade Books & Ephemera from some of the nation’s finest University Book Arts Programs
  An exhibition of handmade books and artists’ books from 20 institutions across the United States. This exhibit is sponsored by the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library/MFA Program in the Book Arts, School of Library and Information Studies. This exhibit will run through Feb. 17. Admission is free.

• To Kill a Mockingbird: An exhibit of books, photographs, and other materials relating to Harper Lee’s legendary novel.
  The exhibition includes photographs from Lee’s days as a UA student, along with several editions of her stellar work, which are housed in the Alabama Collection in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library. This exhibit will run through March 17. Admission is free.

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

• Department of Art Faculty Exhibition 2006
  This annual exhibition features works of art created by the current studio faculty and emeritus faculty members of the UA Department of Art. Works include photography, sculpture, printmaking, painting, drawing and ceramics and range from the contemporary to the figurative to the design-based. The exhibit runs through Feb. 26.

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.

Events

Career Fair

Feb. 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Bryant Conference Center. Free. Business attire. For more information contact Angela Kelley, Career Center, at 348-5851 or akelley@sa.ua.edu.

St. Valentine’s Day Dinner

The fifth annual St. Valentine’s Day Dinner with music and dancing will be sponsored by the Alabama Museum of Natural History/the UA Arboretum Feb. 14, from 6:30- 8:30 p.m. in the Grand Gallery, Alabama Museum of Natural History, Smith Hall. Cost is $55 per person. For reservations contact Carolyn Averett at 348- 7551 or caverett@bama.ua.edu by Feb. 9. Visa and Mastercard accepted. Seating is limited. Tables for two available on request.

Lectures

‘Love and Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family’

Sarah Wiggins will discuss her work, “Love and Duty: Amelia and Josiah Gorgas and Their Family,” Feb. 13 at 5:10 p.m. at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, second Floor Mary Harmon Bryant Hall. She also will sign copies of her book. Admission is free. The Gorgas Family Papers are part of the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library. A small exhibition of materials from the collection will be on display in conjunction with the event. For more information contact Jessica Lacher-Feldman, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, at 348-0500 or at hooleinfo@bama.ua.edu.

Book Talk and Signing with Rick Bragg

University Libraries continues its spring 2006 Book Talks series with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Rick Bragg Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. in Gorgas Library, second floor. Bragg, who joined the UA communications faculty during fall 2005, has worked as a reporter for the Anniston Star, the Birmingham News, the St. Petersburg Times, the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1996 in feature writing for his stories about contemporary America. Bragg is author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling “It’s All Over but the Shoutin’” (New York: Pantheon Books, 1997), a memoir that recounts his days growing up poor in rural Alabama. The University Libraries Lecture Series is sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Lakey Tolbert. For more information contact Betty Bryce at University Libraries at 348-3913 or bbryce@bama.ua.edu.

Performances

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

• Feb. 7 — Capstone Quartet
• Feb. 10 — Convocation – noon
• Feb. 10 — The Huxford Symphony Orchestra Concerto and Aria Concert
• Feb. 12 — Guest Recital: Alabama All-State Orchestra – 1 p.m.
• Feb. 14 — Guest Recital: Jay Evans, Trombone
• Feb. 15 — Lecture: Janet Page, Endowed Chair – 4 p.m. Recital Hall
• Feb. 17 — Convocation – noon

String Quartet Concert

The American String Quartet will perform at 4 p.m. Feb 19 in the Concert Hall of the Moody Music Building. The String Quartet Society of Tuscaloosa offers the program with sponsorship by Gene Beatty Dean and the Gloria Narramore Moody Foundation. The concert will feature music by Mozart, Brahms and Ravel. Tickets for the concert are $15 and can be purchased at the door. Admission is free for persons 18 and under and for all students with valid student identification cards. For further information, call 759-4781.

Piano Soloist Joins TSO for Valentine’s Performance

The Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra will perform “A Symphonic Valentine” Feb. 13 in the Moody Music Building at 7:30 p.m. under the baton of maestro Shinik Hahm. Pianist Stephen Hough will be featured on the concerto. Tickets are $5-35 and are available from the TSO office or the box office the day of the concert. The performance is sponsored by Alabama Power.

The 11 a.m. matinee, sponsored by University Mall and West Alabama Neurosurgery & Spine, PC, again will be available to patrons at reduced prices of $5 for adults and $2 for children. For more information call 752- 5515 or go to www.tsoonline.org for ticket information.

Department of Theatre and Dance
Marian Gallaway Theatre (Rowand-Johnson Hall); Allen Bales Theatre (Rowand-Johnson Hall); Morgan Auditorium (Morgan Hall); 348-3400

‘Major Barbara’

With sparkling wit and urbane wordplay, Shaw couches serious issues amidst humor and memorable characters in what is often called his greatest play. Performances are Feb. 7-11 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. in the Allen Bales Theatre (Rowand-Johnson Hall). Admission is $5.

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.

Men’s Basketball

• Feb. 8 — Vanderbilt 7 p.m.
• Feb. 18 — Tennessee 3 p.m.

Women’s Basketball

• Feb. 9 — Georgia 7:30 p.m.
• Feb. 19 — Tennessee noon

Gymnastics

• Feb. 10— Georgia 7:30 p.m.

Softball

• Feb. 10-12 — Hampton Inn BAMA BASH! TBA

Baseball

• Feb. 10 — Winthrop 6:30 p.m.
• Feb. 11 — Winthrop 4 p.m.
• Feb. 12 — Winthrop 2 p.m.
• Feb. 14 — Samford 6:30 p.m.
• Feb. 17 — Kent State 6:30 p.m.
• Feb. 18 — Kent State 4 p.m.
• Feb. 19 — Kent State 2 p.m.

Men’s Tennis

• Feb. 10 — Oklahoma 5 p.m.
• Feb. 12 — Michigan noon

Women’s Tennis

• Feb. 18 — Georgia Tech 1 p.m.
• Feb. 19 — Texas Tech 11 a.m.

African American Heritage Month 2006

Monday, Feb. 6
17th National African American Read-In
Ferguson Center TV Lounge, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by UA Women’s Resource Center
Contact: 348-5040

Tuesday, Feb. 7
Forum: Black Student Life at UA
Location TBA, 6 p.m.
Sponsored by Black Student Union
Contact: (256) 322-0557 or hulle002@bama. ua.edu
(Held again on Feb. 14, 21 and 28)

Thursday, Feb. 9
Forum Series: Moving Forward
Ferguson Center, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.
Contact: 317-1028
(Held again on Feb. 16 and 23)

Friday, Feb. 10
Bryan Stevenson, executive director,
Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama
223 Little Hall, 2 p.m.
Lecture sponsored by the School of Social Work
Contact: 348-3924

Sunday, Feb. 12
NAACP Founder’s Day
300 Ferguson Center, 5 p.m.
Contact: 348-0667

Monday, Feb. 13
African-American Heritage Month Art Exhibition
223 Little Hall, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sponsored by the School of Social Work
Contact: 348-3924

State of the Black Union Heritage Room
322 Ferguson Center, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by NAACP 348-0667

Wednesday, Feb. 15
Brown Bag Luncheon and Viewing of “And Still I Rise”
Ferguson Forum, noon
Sponsored by UA Women’s Resource Center
Contact: 348-5040

Tribute to Trailblazers
Ferguson Center Forum, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by NAACP 348-0667

Forum: Save Foster Auditorium
Ferguson Center, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by Black Faculty and Staff Association
(317) 250-7962

“A Conversation with Clarence Norris,”
WVUA 90.7 FM, 8-10 p.m.
Sponsored by College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education and New College Radio Lab
Contact: 348-6073

Thursday, Feb. 16
Voices of Africa
Ferguson Center Theater, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by UA Women’s Resource Center, NAACP, Housing and Residential Communities, Judicial Affairs, Ferguson Center, Career Center, Healthy Campus, Women’s Studies, African- American Studies and Shelton State Community College
348-5040

Forum: What’s Flava? Defining African-American Culture
Location TBA, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by African-American Graduate Student Association
242-4918

“Alabama Memoirs: Perspectives on Black History,”
WVUA 90.7 FM, 8-10 p.m.
Sponsored by College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education and New College Radio Lab
Contact: 348-6073

Friday, Feb. 17
NAACP Appreciates You Day
Ferguson Center second floor, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Sponsored by NAACP
348-0667

Monday, Feb. 20
Panel Discussion: African American Portrayals in the Media
222 Reese Phifer Hall, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by Capstone Association of Black Journalists
347-3592

Celebrations of Black History
Ferguson Center Theater, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Contact: rober169@bama.ua.edu or 393-0395

Tuesday, Feb. 21
West Alabama Blues Camp Kids featuring Debbie Bond and Willie King
223 Little Hall, 4:30 p.m.
Musical performance sponsored by School of Social Work
348-3924

“Crash” into Race Relations
Ferguson Center Theater, 7 p.m.
Sponsored by University Programs
Contact: 348-7525

Wednesday, Feb. 22
African American Heritage Health and Fitness Fair “Make the Connection…Mind, Body and Spirit”
Student Recreation Center, 3-8 p.m.
Sponsored by Russell Student Health Center Health Education and Wellness Department, Counseling Center, Healthy Campus and University Recreation
Contact: 348-2258 or 348-4930

Thursday, Feb. 23
A Missing Link: Hip-Hop and Poetry
Ferguson Center Theater, 8 p.m.
Sponsored by Creative Campus, Punch Literary Arts Project, College of Arts and Sciences, Coalition for Diversity and Inclusiveness, New College, SGA Financial Affairs Committee, Women’s Resource Center and Community Service Center
Contact: latoyascott925@prodigy.net

Tuesday, Feb. 28
AAHM Culminating Reception
Ferguson Center TV Lounge, 4 p.m.
Sponsored by Crossroads Community Center

Extended events over the month include:
Soul Radio Show: programs dedicated to jazz, rhythm and blues, gospel and hip hop music, New Rock WVUA 90.7 FM Wednesdays, 10 p.m.-midnight

Exhibit: Notable Alabama African-Americans: Did You Know? Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library Sponsored by University Libraries

Exhibit: A Tribute to Sylvester Jones Ferguson Center, Sponsored by the Career Center

“African American Women Who Dared” Flyer Campaign UA Women’s Resource Center

For a full listing of events and more information contact Bettina Byrd-Giles, director of the UA Crossroads Community Center, or Liz Denson, Crossroads program assistant, at 348-6930.

www.sa.ua.edu/dos/aahm.html or 348-6930

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