Calendar

Events

Business After Hours Event
As part of the Bryant Conference Center’s 20th Anniversary, the College of Continuing Studies is hosting the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce “Business After Hours” Nov. 13, 5-7 p.m., Bryant Conference Center. Contact: Jennifer Kidwell, jkidwell@ccs.ua.edu, 348-3002.

Lectures

Spanish Author to Speak
Marina Mayoral, a Spanish writer and scholar, will give a talk titled “Cómo nace, vive y muere un personaje de novella,” Nov. 12, 3 p.m., 205 Gorgas Library. After her talk, she will offer a roundtable discussion (in English) about the creative process. Refreshments will be served. This event is sponsored by the department of modern languages and classics, Capstone International Center, the Creative Campus Initiative, and the College of Arts and Sciences. Contact: Ana Corbalan, acorbalan@bama.ua.edu, 348-7151.

Dreams of Africa in Alabama
Dr. Sylviane Diouf, noted historian and author, will talk about her latest book, Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America (Oxford University Press, 2007), Nov. 13, 4:30 p.m., Gorgas Library. Diouf is a curator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City and recipient of 2007 Wesley-Logan Prize in African Diaspora History of the American Historical Association. Contact: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, jlfeldma@ua.edu, 348-0500, www.lib.ua.edu/events.

Performances

Theatre and Dance
Marian Gallaway Theatre, Rowand-Johnson Hall
348-3400, www.as.ua.edu/theatre

Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre
The pre-professional dance company of UA comes to life this fall with a concert choreographed by the dance faculty. From ballet to jazz, from modern to folk, the Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre offers a diverse array of the traditional and the avant-garde. Performances: Nov. 13-15, 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 16, 5:30 p.m. Tickets: $13 adults, $11 UA faculty/staff and senior citizens, and $9 students.

School of Music
Moody Music Building, 348-7111 www.music.ua.edu/calendar/

Nov. 12
The USAF Academy Falconaires, 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall

Nov. 13
University Singers, 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall

Nov. 15
Alabama Jazz Combo, 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall

Nov. 16
TSO Youth Concerts, 9 a.m., Concert Hall

Nov. 16
Convocation, noon, Concert Hall

Nov. 18
Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, 2 p.m., Concert Hall. Tickets: $5-$35, www.tsoonline.org, 752-5515

Sports

www.rolltide.com

Football

• Nov. 17 UA vs. Louisiana Monroe TBA

Women’s Basketball

• Nov. 18 UA vs. Arkansas State 2 p.m.

For more events, please visit the Crimson Calendar at http://events.ua.edu.