BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//On Campus//University of Texas at Austin : Office of Public Affairs//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago LAST-MODIFIED:20070903T203945Z BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20070311T080000 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20071104T020000 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE X-WR-CALNAME:OnCampus | Arts & Humanities X-WR-RELCALID:AAAMjkAAGAAAILAAAE@utexas.edu X-WR-CALDESC: University of Texas at Austin - Office of Public Affairs - Arts & Humanities X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8035@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090424T151110 SUMMARY:2009 Borderlands Lecture looks at U.S.-Mexico border issues LOCATION:Texas Union Eastwoods Room DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090501T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090501T113000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090424T151110Z DESCRIPTION:The UT Chicana/o and Latina/o Graduate Student Association presents the 2009 Borderlands Lecture, "Derrumbando Fronteras: Colonial Occupation and Capitalist Crisis in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands," given by Manuel Callahan, Ph.D., assistant professor of ethnic studies, Humboldt State University. Refreshments will be provided, and lecture will be followed by an Academic Professionalization and Community Building Workshop for students, in the Eastwoods Room, 12-1:30 p.m. CONTACT:Christina J Garcia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7772@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090401T134113 SUMMARY:CASETA hosts 2009 Symposium on Early Texas Art LOCATION:AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090501T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090403T102317Z DESCRIPTION:The Center for the Advancement of Early Texas Art (CASETA) will hold its annual symposium May 1-3 in Austin. The mission of the organization is to promote the preservation, study and appreciation of Texas visual arts and its history. The three-day symposium will feature a line-up of impressive and accomplished speakers, engaging panel sessions and lively events. Annette Carlozzi, the Blanton's curator of American and Contemporary Art, will moderate a panel discussion with artists David Bates, Melissa Miller, and Bob Wade on Saturday, May 2, 4-5:30 PM. For more information, a complete schedule, and registration information visit CASETA on the Web. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.caseta.org/fb/news/symposium.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8072@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090429T100124 SUMMARY:Shakespeare at Winedale presents "Twelfth Night" LOCATION:Winedale Theatre Barn DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090501T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090501T214500 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090502T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090430T114039Z DESCRIPTION:Shakespeare at Winedale presents "Twelfth Night"--Shakespeare's gender-bending comedy of mistaken identities, breathless love and musical fools, presented on May 1 and 2. In its thirty-ninth year of bringing Shakespeare to Central Texas, Shakespeare at Winedale is proud to announce the first production of the year, Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," for two nights only. In order to offer the best educational experience and explore divergent interpretations, Loehlin has cast three roles twice: Viola and her twin brother Sebastian, and the Countess Olivia, who falls in love with both twins. One set of students will play the roles Friday night, and the other on Saturday. The performances will take place at the Winedale Theatre Barn, located on at the Winedale Historical Center near Round Top, Texas. For more information or directions please call or email Liz Fisher 512-471-4726, or visit our Web site. CONTACT:Elizabeth F Fisher URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.shakespeare-winedale.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7695@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090327T071715 SUMMARY:Faculty Artist Recital: Miro Quartet performs with Anton Nel, Piano LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall, MRH Building DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090501T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090501T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090501T134108Z DESCRIPTION:The UT Butler School of Music presents the Miro Quartet and Anton Nel, piano, in concert. The program will include String Quartet, op. 77, no. 1 by Haydn; String Quartet, no. 2, "Intimate Letters" by Janacek; and Piano Quintet in A Minor, op. 84 by Elgar. CONTACT:Kathryn A Van Zandt URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=15049 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8010@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090421T132545 SUMMARY:"Into the Woods, Jr." performed at Utopia Theatre LOCATION:Utopia Theatre, School of Social Work (20th & San Jacinto) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090501T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090501T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090421T133114Z DESCRIPTION:"Into the Woods, Jr." written by Stephen Sondheim, is a witty and humorous retelling of several famous fairy tales. Musical adventures of Cinderella and Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, and a Baker and his Wife are sure to delight both children and adults. CONTACT:Andrew A Jones END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6703@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090115T150003 SUMMARY:Members benefit from "Double Discount Shopping Days" LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090509T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090115T150003Z DESCRIPTION:Enjoy the benefits of being a Blanton member! Members receive 20% off purchases in the Museum Shop. CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/www.blantonmuseum.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8073@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090429T100428 SUMMARY:Shakespeare outreach presents "Twelfth Night" performances LOCATION:Winedale Theatre Barn DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090501T134108Z DESCRIPTION:Update: The Saturday Shakespeare Players, an Outreach student group, will perform a scene from "Twelfth Night" at noon. The Shakespeare at Winedale spring class will also perform "Twelfth Night" at 7 p.m., but the official Festival of Play is rescheduled to Saturday, May 16, from noon to 2 p.m. with a family-style Eeyore's Birthday Party from 2-4 p.m. The performances will take place at the Winedale Theatre Barn, at the Winedale Historical Center near Round Top, Texas. For more information or directions, e-mail or call Liz Fisher, 512-471-4726, or visit Shakespeare at Winedale online. CONTACT:Elizabeth F Fisher URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.shakespeare-winedale.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7858@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T143456 SUMMARY:"Birth of the Cool": Public tour offered at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090408T143456Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents for a tour of the exhibition "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8090@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090502T102202 SUMMARY:"Join the MOVEment":Roustabouts Dance Company presents spring show LOCATION:McCullough Theater DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090502T102202Z DESCRIPTION:Roustabouts is an independent pre-professional dance company comprised of college students in the Austin/San Marcos area. The company is full of artists and entertainers, and performances range from University of Texas pep rallies and community events to our annual spring concert. We will perform numerous dance routines of various styles, including jazz, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary and modern. CONTACT:Kristofer Karl Bjerga URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.roustaboutsdancecompany.com/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8011@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090421T132712 SUMMARY:"Into the Woods, Jr." performed at Utopia Theatre LOCATION:Utopia Theatre, School of Social Work (20th & San Jacinto) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090421T133136Z DESCRIPTION:"Into the Woods, Jr." written by Stephen Sondheim, is a witty and humorous retelling of several famous fairy tales. Musical adventures of Cinderella and Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, and a Baker and his Wife are sure to delight both children and adults. CONTACT:Andrew A Jones END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7696@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090327T071944 SUMMARY:UT symphony orchestra and choirs perform Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090502T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090501T083159Z DESCRIPTION:The UT Butler School of Music presents a Butler Dedicatory Series Event featuring the UT symphony orchestra and choirs. The program will include Beethoven's triumphant Symphony no. 9. CONTACT:Kathryn A Van Zandt URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=14568 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7998@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090420T141945 SUMMARY:Blanton Museum Shop holds "Birth of the Cool" trunk show LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090420T141945Z DESCRIPTION:In celebration of "Birth of the Cool," the newly expanded Museum Shop will host a trunk show featuring exquisite jewelry, glassware, hand-made objects and other items with a mid-century look. Come find an early gift for Mother's Day or graduation. Remember, there are discounts for Blanton members! CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8079@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090501T083750 SUMMARY:Landmarks Public Art Tour showcases art on campus LOCATION:Fine Arts Complex on Trinity Street in front of "Amaryllis" statue DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090501T083750Z DESCRIPTION:Landmarks Public Art Tour Student guides lead a tour of Landmarks public arts projects throughout the main campus. The tour is meant to build awareness and appreciation of modern and contemporary art and is free and open to the public. Landmarks is the public art program of The University of Texas at Austin. For more information, contact: Leah Griffin (512) 495-4315. CONTACT:Leah L Griffin URL;VALUE=URL:http://landmarks.utexas.edu/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8012@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090421T132845 SUMMARY:"Into the Woods, Jr." performed at Utopia Theatre LOCATION:Utopia Theatre, School of Social Work (20th & San Jacinto) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T153000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090421T132845Z DESCRIPTION:"Into the Woods, Jr." written by Stephen Sondheim, is a witty and humorous retelling of several famous fairy tales. Musical adventures of Cinderella and Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, and a Baker and his Wife are sure to delight both children and adults. CONTACT:Andrew A Jones END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7859@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T143547 SUMMARY:"Birth of the Cool": Public tour offered at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090408T143547Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents for a tour of the exhibition "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury." CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7455@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T162659 SUMMARY:Sonny Rollins plays UT Performing Arts Center LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090503T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T162659Z DESCRIPTION:Considered by many to be the greatest living jazz improviser, Sonny Rollins is a true innovator of the modern jazz saxophone. Fans and critics of this multiple Grammy winner hail him as jazz's most exacting, exhilarating and inspiring practitioner. "I am convinced that all art has the desire to leave the ordinary." - Sonny Rollins CONTACT:PAC Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/sonny_rollins END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7860@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T143815 SUMMARY:CMAS presents Américo Paredes Literature and Letters Award LOCATION:AT & T Executive Education and Center, Amphitheatre (Room 204) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090505T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090505T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090411T134341Z DESCRIPTION:May 5 will mark the ten-year anniversary of the passing of Dr. Américo Paredes, whose service to the Center for Mexican American Studies, the University of Texas at Austin and the academy spanned more than forty years. To honor his memory, CMAS will present its first ever Américo Paredes Literature and Letters Award. The prize will be awarded, approximately every four years, to an individual whose creative and scholarly contributions have had a significant impact in the field of Mexican American studies. The first recipient of the Américo Paredes Literature and Letters Award is the poet, novelist, short-story writer and essayist Ana Castillo. Long considered one of the leading voices to emerge from the life experiences of Chicanas, Ana Castillo is a prolific author whose work has been critically acclaimed and widely anthologized in the United States and abroad. A reception will follow the program. CONTACT:Luis V Guevara URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/depts/cmas/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8080@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090501T083939 SUMMARY:UTFI 2009 Reading Series presents "The Long Season" LOCATION:Avaya Auditorium {ACES 2.302} DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090505T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090505T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090501T083939Z DESCRIPTION:It all starts here. The University of Texas Film Institute (UTFI) presents the fifth in a series of seven fully cast and rehearsed public readings of student-written feature-length screenplays. The readings feature more than seventy of Austin's finest actors, screenwriters and directors. The reading series is the first step toward turning these scripts into actual Austin-generated and Austin-made feature films. The fifth reading is "The Long Season" written by Steven Moulds, an M.F.A. playwright in the Michener Center for Writers. SYNOPSIS: A journeyman minor league pitcher struggles to turn his new job as a pitching coach into a shortcut to finally making it in the major leagues. The reading is directed by Professor Stephen Gerald and moderated by Yaphet Smith. The UTFI Reading Series is co-sponsored by the Michener Center for Writers. CONTACT:Alex B Smith URL;VALUE=URL:http://utfi.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7967@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090417T093114 SUMMARY:New Music Ensemble to perform work of visiting composer LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall (MRH 3.838) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090505T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090505T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T092940Z DESCRIPTION:The Visiting Composer Series and The University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music presents the New Music Ensemble in concert, concluding its thirtieth season with a visit from one of America's most respected composers, Sebastian Currier, plus the world premiere of a hot new work by a UT student composer. Dan Welcher, artistic director, New Music Ensemble CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=9523 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8081@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090501T084507 SUMMARY:Theatre Design and Technology Spring Showcase is May 6-9 LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090506T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090506T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090505T090313Z DESCRIPTION:The Theatre Design and Technology Spring Showcase 2009 is an exhibition celebrating the work of emerging artists in theatre design and technology spanning scenery, costume and lighting. Please come by to explore the show and join us for the reception on Fri., May 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. Exhibit schedule: Wed., May 6, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Thurs., May 7, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fri., May 8, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Sat., May 9th, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. CONTACT:Theatre and Dance Info Line: 512-471-5793 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=94916511037&ref=mf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6389@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20081105T122614 SUMMARY:Scholars discuss "Can Modern Healthcare and Social Justice Coexist?" LOCATION:School of Nursing, NUR 4.180, 1700 Red River DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090506T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090506T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090224T144950Z DESCRIPTION:Colloquium Speaker: Dr. Linda Yoder, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin CONTACT:Phyllis A Harmon END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8057@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T163229 SUMMARY:Poetry on the Plaza highlights Latin American surrealist poetry LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090506T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090506T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090508T114439Z DESCRIPTION:The Harry Ransom Center presents the Poetry on the Plaza event "Surrealism in Latin America." Inspired by the return of Frida Kahlo's "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" (1940), which has been on loan to museums around the world, the Ransom Center celebrates Latin American surrealist poetry. The Kahlo painting will be on display at the Ransom Center from May 5 through Jan. 3, 2010. Enrique Fierro, associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin, and Meredith Clark, Sean Manning, and Francisco Plata, graduate students in Hispanic literature, will read the poetry of Octavio Paz, Pablo Neruda, Cesar Vallejo and other Latin American surrealists. Refreshments will be served at this free event. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8098@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090505T085650 SUMMARY:UTFI 2009 Reading Series presents "The Mending" LOCATION:Avaya Auditorium {ACES 2.302} DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090506T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090506T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090505T085650Z DESCRIPTION:UTFI 2009 Reading Series presents "The Mending" It all starts here. The University of Texas Film Institute (UTFI) presents the sixth in a series of seven fully cast and rehearsed public readings of student-written feature-length screenplays. The readings feature more than seventy of Austin's finest actors, screenwriters and directors. The reading series is the first step toward turning these scripts into actual Austin-generated and Austin-made feature films. The sixth reading is "The Mending," written by Andrew Dutton, an MFA fiction writer in the Michener Center for Writers. SYNOPSIS: When Thomas-- a high school English teacher--takes over his father's church, he must choose between hiding his father's dark past or protecting his teenage son's future. The reading is directed by Harrison Butler and moderated by Stephen Harrigan. The UTFI Reading Series is co-sponsored by the Michener Center for Writers. CONTACT:Alex B Smith END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7968@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090417T093321 SUMMARY:Wind Symphony performs tonight LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall (MRH 3.838) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090506T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090506T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T093053Z DESCRIPTION:This concert of the Wind Symphony features two works by Carter Pann and one by David Maslanka. Robert Carnochan, conductor Drew Leslie, trombone David Campbell, cello CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=9538 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8082@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090501T084611 SUMMARY:Theatre Design and Technology Spring Showcase is May 6-9 LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090501T084611Z DESCRIPTION:The Theatre Design and Technology Spring Showcase 2009 is an exhibition celebrating the work of emerging artists in theatre design and technology spanning scenery, costume and lighting. Please come by to explore the show and join us for the reception on Fri., May 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. Exhibit schedule: Wed. - Fri., May 6 - May 8, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat., May 9, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. CONTACT:Theatre and Dance Info Line: 512-471-5793 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=94916511037&ref=mf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7861@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T143855 SUMMARY:Art Brief features "Birth of the Cool" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090408T143855Z DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a lunchtime tour of the exhibition "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury." CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8021@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090423T093742 SUMMARY:Longhorn Jazz Band to perform LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall (MRH 3.838) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T093210Z DESCRIPTION:Directed by Michael Hengst and Dennis Llinas, the Jazz Band's repertoire includes "How High the Moon," "April in Paris," "Free Ride," "The Check's in the Mail," "Latin Dance," "Give and Take" and "Kids are Pretty People." Refreshments will be served after the concert. CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=17124 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8092@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090504T084512 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts "Philosophical Potluck" discussion LOCATION:WAG 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090504T084512Z DESCRIPTION:The UT Objectivism Society hosts a "Philosophical Potluck" discussion. Bring a quotation from President Obama or President Washington, Ayn Rand or Immanuel Kant, Barbara Jordan, Che Guevara, or anything else you'd like to discuss and analyze from a philosophical point of view. "What happens here changes the world," is UT's motto, and it could be ours as well. Our organization studies and applies the only fully developed, fully rational philosophy on Earth. Come to a meeting and let us show you what it can do for YOU. The UT Objectivism Society meets every Thursday at 5:30 in WAG 101. UTOS meetings and events are always free and open to the UT community as well as the public. CONTACT:Alan D McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7697@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090327T072238 SUMMARY:Design Lecture Series features Rob Giampietro LOCATION:Art Building (ART) 1.120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090327T072238Z DESCRIPTION:Rob Giampietro is a designer, writer and teacher. He has written essays and design criticism for publications including BusinessWeek, Dot Dot Dot, Design Observer, and Emigre; participated in lectures and panels at the Type Director's Club, Yale University and the School for Visual Arts; and served on several graphic design juries including the 85th Art Directors Club Awards. Giampietro has worked as a designer at Winterhouse, Pentagram, "The New York Times Magazine" and Hearst Publications. From 2003 to 2008, he was co-founder and principal of the award-winning design studio Giampietro+Smith. He teaches at Parson's The New School for Design in New York and in the graduate graphic design program at RISD in Providence, RI. He is the vice president of AIGA/NY for 2008-2009 and is a graduate of Yale University. CONTACT:David Shields URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8036@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090424T151346 SUMMARY:Evening of Chamber Music held at ATT Conference Center LOCATION:ATT Conference Center, Ampitheater, Room 204 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090424T151346Z DESCRIPTION:The AT&T Hotel and Conference Center and The Butler School of Music Division of Chamber and Collaborative music present an evening of chamber music. Come enjoy a short program of works for small ensembles from composers such as Barber, Mozart, and Beethoven, performed by the outstanding musicians from the Butler School. A reception in the Courtyard Gallery will followi the performance. CONTACT:annmarie.francese@attconf.utexas.edu URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/campusclub END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6388@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20081105T122457 SUMMARY:Michener Center offers spring 2009 MCW graduation readings LOCATION:ACES 2.302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20081105T122457Z DESCRIPTION:A reading by the Spring 2009 graduates of the Michener Center's MFA program in writing: Joseph Ahearn, Dale Cannedy, Frances Cowhig, Jesse Donaldson, Will Dunlap, Smith Henderson, Kevin Jones, Shao Wei, Sarah Smith, Ryan Soelberg, and Rebecca Wadlinger. CONTACT:Marla K Akin URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/academic/mcw END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7456@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T162852 SUMMARY:"Flight of the Conchords" performs at Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090507T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T162852Z DESCRIPTION:New Zealand's fourth most popular digi-folk parodists. Grammy-nominated New Zealand folk comedy duo Flight of the Conchords bring their live show to Bass Concert Hall. The tour coincides with the conclusion of the second season of HBO's hit show "Flight of the Conchords" and the release of the duo's as-yet-untitled second full-length album for Sub Pop. For the first time, songs featured in weekly episodes are available for download on iTunes and www.SubPop.com the Monday after they air. Flight of the Conchords' self-titled 2008 full-length album was nominated for a Grammy for best comedy album. This follows their 2007 Grammy win for the EP "The Distant Future" in the same category. CONTACT:PAC Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/flight_conchords END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8105@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090506T081645 SUMMARY:"Race, Knowledge, The Human" topics of graduate student symposium LOCATION:EPS 1.128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090506T081645Z DESCRIPTION:"Questioning Bodies: Race, Knowledge, The Human" This is an all-day graduate student symposium sponsored by the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, the Department of Anthropology and the Department of Sociology. CONTACT:Simone A Browne URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/caaas/events/2009/may/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8104@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090505T124823 SUMMARY:Talk explores impact of migrant deportation LOCATION:BUR 214 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090505T124823Z DESCRIPTION:Nestor Rodriguez, PRC research associate, presents his talk titled: "Deporting Social Capital: Impacts of the Endgame Program of Migrant Removal" as a final installment to the 2009 spring brown bag seminar series. Hosted by the Population Research Center. CONTACT:Sylvia A Celedon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/brownbag/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8106@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090506T081730 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana LOCATION:Cactus Cafe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090506T081730Z DESCRIPTION:The Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana. The Italian Club of the Department of French and Italian meets for the last Tavola of the spring semester at the Cactus Cafe with students and friends of Italian. CONTACT:Antonella D Olson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.geocities.com/circolo_italiano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8083@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090501T084659 SUMMARY:Theatre Design and Technology Spring Showcase hosts reception LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090505T090501Z DESCRIPTION:he Theatre Design and Technology Spring Showcase 2009 is an exhibition celebrating the work of emerging artists in theatre design and technology spanning scenery, costume and lighting. Please come by to explore the show and join us for the reception on Fri., May 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. Exhibit schedule: Wed., May 6, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Thurs., May 7, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fri., May 8, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Sat., May 9th, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. CONTACT:Theatre and Dance Info Line: 512-471-5793 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=94916511037&ref=mf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7897@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090411T135815 SUMMARY:Wind Ensemble performs on campus LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall, MRH Building DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090411T135815Z DESCRIPTION:The University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music presents the Wind Ensemble in concert. Under the baton of maestro Jerry F. Junkin, the ensemble will perform "Huntingtower Ballad" by Respighi; Piano Concerto no. 2 by Pann; "Black Dog" by McAllister; and Symphony no. 4 by Maslanka. The concert will feature Denis Llinas, guest conductor; Juan Gallegos, clarinet; and Carter Pann, piano. CONTACT:Kathryn A Van Zandt URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=9528 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8077@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090429T170600 SUMMARY:Ears, Eyes + Feet is music, theater, dance collaboration LOCATION:B. Iden Payne Theatre, Winship Drama Building DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090508T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090504T151013Z DESCRIPTION:Each spring, the University of Texas Electronic Music Studios collaborate with the Department of Theatre and Dance to put on a multi-media presentation titled Ears, Eyes + Feet, featuring dance, electro-acoustic music and video. This year's offering of Ears, Eyes + Feet, performed on May 8 and 9, will feature collaborative new works by undergraduate and graduate composers, choreographers and video artists. Campus map CONTACT:UT Performing Arts Center Box Office 512.477.6060 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/production_season/2008-2009/eef_09/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8055@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T114156 SUMMARY:"Adjust Focus" installations explore projected images and architecture LOCATION:Jesse H. Jones Communication Complex DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090509 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090509 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T114156Z DESCRIPTION:"Adjust Focus": Video Installations on the Jesse H. Jones Communication Complex A semester-long investigation of the relationship between projected images and architecture led by Radio-TV-Film faculty member Dr. Samantha Krukowski will culminate in "Adjust Focus," taking place from sunset to midnight. Students from multiple disciplines at the University of Texas at Austin will use the buildings, plaza and surrounds of the complex as sites for the projection of still and moving imagery and for related installations. The Jessie H. Jones Communication Complex at the University of Texas at Austin has long been a monolithic landmark occupying the corner of 26th Street and Guadalupe. Three buildings house numerous operations and academic departments, including the "Daily Texan," Austin City Limits, KUT and KVRX Radio, KVR-TV as well as the Advertising, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Communication Studies, Journalism and Radio-TV-Film departments. CONTACT:Faith E Daniel END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8084@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090501T084834 SUMMARY:Theatre Design and Technology Spring Showcase is May 6-9 LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090501T084834Z DESCRIPTION:The Theatre Design and Technology Spring Showcase 2009 is an exhibition celebrating the work of emerging artists in theatre design and technology spanning scenery, costume and lighting. Please come by to explore the show and join us for the reception on Fri., May 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. Exhibit schedule: Wed. - Fri., May 6 - May 8, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat., May 9, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. CONTACT:Theatre and Dance Info Line: 512-471-5793 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=94916511037&ref=mf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8031@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090424T145215 SUMMARY:ADMTA presents Honors Recital IV LOCATION:Jessen Auditorium (HRH) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T173000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090424T145215Z DESCRIPTION:The Austin District Music Teachers Association hosts a recital of outstanding young musicians. CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=14880 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7862@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T143940 SUMMARY:"Birth of the Cool": Public tour offered by Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090408T143940Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents for a tour of the exhibition "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8096@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090504T150851 SUMMARY:Cultural group hosts ZAPATEADO! performance LOCATION:Texas Union Theatre DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090507T144339Z DESCRIPTION:Grupo Flor y Canto invites you to our spring production, ZAPATEADO! ZAPATEADO! is a fantastic experience of color, motion and sound. The festivities will include las sevillanas, son jarocho, chilenas, sones antiguos de Michoacan and sones jaliciences. For information, email grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. CONTACT:Eliseo Jacob URL;VALUE=URL:http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/florycanto/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7913@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090413T133158 SUMMARY:Students show work at 2009 Senior Design Exhibition LOCATION:Creative Research Lab (CRL) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090530T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090602T112508Z DESCRIPTION:The University of Texas at Austin's design class of 2009 presents its senior exhibition as the culmination of their three years of study. Visitors will experience a variety of projects grappling with issues from body image to historical homage, from philosophical introspection to global crises. The Creative Research Laboratory presents a year-round schedule of exhibitions of work by students and faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, and facilitates workshops, performances, demonstrations, seminars and collaborations. Opening reception: Sat., May 9, 6-9 PM CRL Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat., noon to 5 p.m. CONTACT:Jade Walker URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utdesigners.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8097@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090504T151208 SUMMARY:Ears, Eyes + Feet is music, theater, dance collaboration LOCATION:B. Iden Payne Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090509T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090504T151208Z DESCRIPTION:Each spring, the University of Texas Electronic Music Studios collaborate with the Department of Theatre and Dance to put on a multi-media presentation titled Ears, Eyes + Feet, featuring dance, electro-acoustic music and video. This year's offering of Ears, Eyes + Feet, performed on May 8 and 9, will feature collaborative new works by undergraduate and graduate composers, choreographers and video artists. Featuring collaborative works by student and faculty composers, choreographers, and video artists, from the Electronic Music Studio, Dance Repertory Theatre company, and Transmedia in Studio Art program. CONTACT:Theatre and Dance Info Line: 512-471-5793 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/production_season/2008-2009/eef_09/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8032@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090424T145301 SUMMARY:ADMTA presents Honors Recital V LOCATION:Jessen Auditorium (HRH) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090510T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090510T173000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090424T145301Z DESCRIPTION:The Austin District Music Teachers Association presents a recital of talented young musicians. CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=14881 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7863@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T144024 SUMMARY:"Birth of the Cool": Public tours offered at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090510T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090510T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090408T145838Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents for a tour of the exhibition "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury." Tour times are 2-3 p.m. and 3-4 p.m. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7457@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T162933 SUMMARY:Bonnie Raitt plays Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090510T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090510T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T162933Z DESCRIPTION:More than just a best-selling artist, respected guitarist, expressive singer and accomplished songwriter, Bonnie Raitt has become an institution in American music. The release of "Souls Alike," her eighteenth album, marks yet another brave, exhilarating step in a legendary body of work. CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/bonnie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8102@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090505T114839 SUMMARY:Institute for Historical Studies presents Dr. Cassandra Pybus LOCATION:Garrison Hall, Room 1.102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090511T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090511T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090508T084429Z DESCRIPTION:IHS-invited research scholar Dr. Cassandra Pybus (professor, University of Sydney) will deliver a workshop paper titled "The Book of Negroes: A Portal into Race Slavery and Emancipation in the Atlantic World, 1760-1790." Professor Pybus completed her Ph.D. in history at the University of Sydney. Since then, she has published extensively on Australian, American and Transatlantic history. Her interests span Australian social history, colonial history in North America, South East Asia, Africa and Australia, slavery and the history of labor and the history of Tasmanian Aborigines. She has won numerous awards, most recently the Adelaide Festival Prize for nonfiction in 2001 for her controversial book, "The Devil and James McAuley." For more information, visit Professor Pybus' home page. Responding will be Dr. Robert Olwell, IHS faculty fellow and associate professor of history at UT Austin, whose research interests include the eighteenth-century British-Atlantic world and the early American South. RSVP required. CONTACT:Courtney L Meador URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8108@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090506T082337 SUMMARY:2009 NINJA Tour plays Austin: Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction LOCATION:Frank Erwin Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090512T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090512T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090506T082337Z DESCRIPTION:The 2009 NINJA Tour kicked off in early May and will make a stop at the Frank Erwin Center! Spend your evening with three great rock bands: Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction and special guest Street Sweeper Social Club! CONTACT:Kelly N Brademan URL;VALUE=URL:http://uterwincenter.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7458@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T163109 SUMMARY:RENT comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090512T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090512T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090516T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T163109Z DESCRIPTION:Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, stars of the original Broadway production and film adaptation of RENT, reprise the roles they made famous in this exciting new tour! Don't miss the show that transformed how a generation feels about musicals, changed Broadway forever and inspired a major motion picture. Whether it's your first time or your 100th time, it's time you checked out RENT! CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/rent END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7864@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T144336 SUMMARY:Art Brief features "Birth of the Cool" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090514T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090514T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090408T144336Z DESCRIPTION:Enjoy a lunchtime tour of the exhibition "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design, and Culture at Midcentury." CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8120@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090511T083408 SUMMARY:"Broken Gold" exhibit & reception features faculty/alumni art LOCATION:The Courtyard Gallery at The AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090514T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090514T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090511T083408Z DESCRIPTION:The Courtyard Gallery is pleased to host an opening reception to celebrate our summer exhibition "Broken Gold," featuring works by Jonathan Faber and Barry Stone. The Courtyard Gallery, a new art exhibition space in the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin, features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts. CONTACT:Annmarie.francese@attconf.utexas.edu URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/campusclub END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8078@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090429T171051 SUMMARY:Attend East Austin Stories end-of-semester screening LOCATION:East Austin, various locations DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090514T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090514T213000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090515T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090515T161519Z DESCRIPTION:East Austin Stories is a collaboration between University of Texas at Austin Radio-Television-Film students and community residents, business people, patrons and passers-by in East Austin. May 14 at the Family Center of Dolores Catholic Church, 1111 Montopolis Drive, Austin, Texas, 78741, 6:30 p.m. May 14 at Cafe Mundi, 1704 E 5th St., 9 p.m. May 15 at Kenny Dorham's Backyard, 1106 E. 11th St., at 9 p.m. Stories have power when they are shared. These stories are a personal and community resource and a bridge between people locally as well as beyond the city's borders. University of Texas students look for people and places with stories, craft them into video and then present them back. East Austin is usually defined as the part of the city east of I-35, "la calle ancha." The original "wide street" was East Avenue, until I-35, an even bigger barrier, was built over it. There is a great diversity of cultural groups and economic levels in East Austin. The vast majority of residents are working people, African-American and Latino. East Austin is an area of historical neighborhoods and it is a starting place for many new immigrants to the city. It faces many of the same issues as other inner-city neighborhoods around the country. It is also a place with extensive social networks and a multitude of traditions. The UT campus is an immediate neighbor, being within sight, but far away in almost every other way; historically, culturally, economically and in the lives of youth in this area. CONTACT:Andrew S Garrison URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.eastaustinstories.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7969@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090417T093621 SUMMARY:Blanton offers extended hours for "Birth of the Cool" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090515T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090515T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090423T125451Z DESCRIPTION:Due to popular demand, the Blanton will stay open late for visitors to take a last look at "Birth of the Cool." The exhibition closes May 17. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8121@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090511T083543 SUMMARY:"American Tales" puppet show presented by Random Acts Puppet Theater LOCATION:AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, room 301 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090515T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090515T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090511T083543Z DESCRIPTION:Enjoy "American Tales," a puppet show by Random Acts Puppet Theater that tells the story of life in America through folktales of the American People. This lively combination of puppetry and storytelling brings American folktales to life. For ages 3 and up. Reserve your tickets today by calling (512) 404-3605 or email annmarie.francese@attconf.utexas.edu. CONTACT:annmarie.francese@attconf.utexas.edu URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/campusclub END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8022@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090423T094100 SUMMARY:Dr. Divyabhanusinh Chavda speaks about Asiatic lions in history LOCATION:Avaya Auditorium (ACE 2.302) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090515T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090515T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090501T154559Z DESCRIPTION:Divyabhanusinh Chavda was educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot, and Fergusson College, Pune. He obtained his master's degree in political science from the University of Pune with the first rank. While at college and university he worked with late professor D.D. Kosambi, assisting him in his field studies of prehistoric sites and tribal cultures. For his research in history at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, he received an M.Sc. (Econ). He is author of 'The End of a Trail: The Cheetah In India" (1995), a path-breaking history of the species, based on research for which the University of Pune awarded him the rare D.Litt. Degree. He has also authored "The History of Asias Lions" (2005) and edited an anthology of the writings on the lion titled "Lions of India" (2008). Chavda has authored several academic papers, popular articles and book reviews and continues to research India's environmental history. CONTACT:Don Arntz URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/events/2009/may/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8125@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090512T150642 SUMMARY:"Who, What, Where" features work of student photojournalists LOCATION:2401 E 6th St Suite 2028 Pedernales Lofts, 3rd floor of building 2. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090515T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090515T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090512T150642Z DESCRIPTION:The Texas Student Photographers' Association, the UT chapter of the National Press Photographers' Association, presents a photographic exhibition, "Who, What, Where." The show features original works of twenty-one graduate and undergraduate photojournalists and photographers from the University of Texas. This must-see event brings together a variety of perspectives and aesthetics. The exhibition will feature a silent auction of twenty-one 16 X 24 archival digital prints, framed and matted, as well as a print donated by internationally acclaimed photojournalist and Magnum photographer Eli Reed, faculty advisor of the group. Proceeds benefit the Texas Student Photographers' Association scholarship fund. Light refreshments will be served. "Documentary photojournalism plays a vital role in democratic civil society by bringing visual messages of witness and the spectrum of human emotion that make us aware of what happens in our own communities and how we are connected to and affected by global realities in a fast changing world," said Donna De Cesare, national and international award-winning documentary photographer and associate professor at the University of Texas. CONTACT:Dawn E Jones-Garcia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8100@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090505T090839 SUMMARY:"Hothouse": New literary journal hosts reading LOCATION:La Tazza Fresca, 519 W. 37th St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090515T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090515T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090507T202957Z DESCRIPTION:HOTHOUSE is the new literary journal of the undergraduate English department at UT. This maiden issue is busting at her binding with fresh, exciting voices in poetry and prose. Come celebrate the big launch with a special reading featuring HOTHOUSE contributors. For more info visit www.uthothouse.wordpress.com. CONTACT:Paula J Hanna URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.uthothouse.wordpress.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7868@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T150026 SUMMARY:"Birth of the Cool": Public tour offered at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090516T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090516T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090408T150117Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents for a tour of the exhibition "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury." CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7459@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T163131 SUMMARY:RENT comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090516T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090516T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090517T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T163131Z DESCRIPTION:Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, stars of the original Broadway production and film adaptation of RENT, reprise the roles they made famous in this exciting new tour! Don't miss the show that transformed how a generation feels about musicals, changed Broadway forever and inspired a major motion picture. Whether it's your first time or your 100th time, it's time you checked out RENT! CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/rent END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8042@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090427T091545 SUMMARY:Blanton holds extended hours for "Birth of the Cool" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090516T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090516T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090515T161519Z DESCRIPTION:Due to popular demand, the Blanton will extend its hours on May 16 until 8 p.m. to give visitors one last look at "Birth of the Cool" before it closes May 17. At 7 p.m., view a special screening of the film "Visual Acoustics," a 2008 study of the architectural photography of Julius Shulman, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Eric Bricker. Film included with museum admission. Enjoy the Blanton Cafe before the screening (also open until 8 p.m.). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.juliusshulmanfilm.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8116@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090507T203453 SUMMARY:"Visual Acoustics" by Eric Bricker screened at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090516T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090516T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090507T203453Z DESCRIPTION:The Blanton Museum of Art presents a special screening of the film "Visual Acoustics," a 2008 study of the architectural photography of Julius Shulman, Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Eric Bricker. Film is included with museum admission and will take place in the new auditorium. Due to popular demand, the Blanton will extend its hours on May 16 until 8 p.m. to give visitors one last look at Birth of the Cool before it closes May 17. Enjoy the Blanton Cafe before the screening (also open until 8 p.m.). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.juliusshulmanfilm.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6831@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090128T112639 SUMMARY:Blanton Museum presents jazz series at the Elephant Room LOCATION:Elephant Room, 315 Congress DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090516T213000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090516T230000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090203T142012Z DESCRIPTION:In celebration of the Blanton's exhibition, Birth of the Cool, visit Austin's premier jazz club for a special series highlighting music from this period. Tonight, enjoy a performance by Pamela Hart and her tribute to the legendary Billie Holiday. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7869@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T150207 SUMMARY:Birth of the Cool": Public tours offered at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090517T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090517T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090408T150207Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents for a tour of the exhibition "Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury." Tour times are 2-3 p.m. and 3-4 p.m. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7460@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T163158 SUMMARY:RENT comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090517T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090517T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T163158Z DESCRIPTION:Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, stars of the original Broadway production and film adaptation of RENT, reprise the roles they made famous in this exciting new tour! Don't miss the show that transformed how a generation feels about musicals, changed Broadway forever and inspired a major motion picture. Whether it's your first time or your 100th time, it's time you checked out RENT! CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/rent END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8129@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090514T074943 SUMMARY:Learn Flamenco dancing during beginner workshop LOCATION:Texas Union DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090519T171500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090519T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090514T074943Z DESCRIPTION:Grupo Flor y Canto is hosting this beginning level flamenco dance workshop. The workshop is free, but PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. To register, send us an email at grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. WORKSHOP STRUCTURE: The workshop will include a warm-up with a focus on posture, isolations and breathing technique. The class focuses on introducing the novice dancer to flamenco footwork. During the workshop, we will learn a short choreography for the sevillanas. To register for the workshop or for more information, please email grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. CONTACT:Eliseo Jacob URL;VALUE=URL:http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/florycanto END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8016@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090422T102145 SUMMARY:Blanton "Expert Perspective" views image of Mary in the Reformation LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090521T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090521T131500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090427T091809Z DESCRIPTION:Noel Clare Radley, graduate student in English literature at UT, will discuss the technology of print and the adapted image of Mary in the Reformation, as represented by the exhibition, "Ave Maria: Devotional Prints in the Age of Luther." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7865@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T144433 SUMMARY:Artwork of the Week LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090521T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090521T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090422T091314Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection, Gervasio Gatti's, "Portrait of a Gentleman, Standing Three-quarter Length, in Armor, Beside a Table," 1590s. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7866@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T145025 SUMMARY:"Memory" is theme of Blanton's Third Thursday LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090521T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090521T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090522T150827Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for Third Thursday, a monthly themed event that features extended hours and multiple programs. 6 p.m. Artistic License: WorkSpace artist Lisi Raskin will give a special gallery talk 6:30 p.m. Yoga in the Galleries 7 p.m. Blanton Book Club: "The Madonnas of Leningrad" by Debra Dean 7 & 8 p.m. Art Brief Tour: Art & Memory Media sponsors: Univision and "ArtLies" magazine CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7867@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090408T145629 SUMMARY:"Portrait of a Lady" explores depictions of women through time LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090523T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090523T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090409T075939Z DESCRIPTION:From the beginning of time, woman has served as the artist's muse and dominated the subject matter of sculpture, painting and photography. See how the depictions and roles of women have changed over time from ancient goddess to loving mother, powerful ruler to sex symbol. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7873@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090409T080046 SUMMARY:"The Changing American Landscape" is focus of public tour LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090524T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090524T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090409T080046Z DESCRIPTION:The wide-open spaces of the American West have beckoned artists since the nineteenth century. Trace the development of landscape painting from its roots in Europe to its culmination in the twenty-first century during this tour that features the C.R. Smith Collection of Western Art. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7874@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090409T080254 SUMMARY:"Artwork of the Week" featured at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090528T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090528T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090529T133315Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection: Abraham van Beyeren, "A Roemer with Grapes, a Pewter Plate and a Roll," 1600s. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7875@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090409T080401 SUMMARY:"Portrait of a Lady" explores depictions of women through time LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090530T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090530T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090409T080401Z DESCRIPTION:From the beginning of time, woman has served as the artist's muse and dominated the subject matter of sculpture, painting and photography. See how the depictions and roles of women have changed over time from ancient goddess to loving mother, powerful ruler to sex symbol. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7876@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090409T080454 SUMMARY:"The Changing American Landscape" explored in public tour LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090531T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090531T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090409T080454Z DESCRIPTION:The wide-open spaces of the American West have beckoned artists since the nineteenth century. Trace the development of landscape painting from its roots in Europe to its culmination in the twenty-first century during this tour that features the C.R. Smith Collection of Western Art. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8161@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090528T201257 SUMMARY:Faculty Technology Workshop offers "Transforming Pedagogy" LOCATION:BAT 5.108 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090601T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090601T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090528T201257Z DESCRIPTION:Please join faculty and staff across the university in the first of six open workshops on instructional technology. Brian Bremen, associate professor of English, will present "Transforming Pedagogy," a session that will teach instructors how to move beyond photos and film clips in their teaching. Bremen will demonstrate how to use technology in the classroom in genuinely transformative ways. The Faculty Technology workshop is an annual event that combines demonstrations and discussion sessions with hands-on training in a wide variety of tools for using technology in the classroom. CONTACT:Michael S Hegedus URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.laits.utexas.edu/its/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8170@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090530T112636 SUMMARY:AID reps discuss flood relief in Bihar and education in Tamil Nadu LOCATION:ENS 115 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090603T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090603T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090530T112636Z DESCRIPTION:It is our privilege to host two extremely committed people from AID India - Dharmendra Kumar from AID Bihar and M. Dhamodaran from AID Chennai. In August 2008, the Kosi River changed its course and sheared the rural countryside of Bihar in one of the worst natural disasters that has been faced by the region. Thousands of lives and livelihoods were lost. Dharmendra Kumar has spearheaded the flood relief efforts in the area. Dharmendraji will talk about various efforts his team put in and share the impacts it had. He will also talk about various lessons learned from the disaster relief work and what current support is required. He will address the efforts involved with the Eureka science project in Bihar and the future projects that are planned in fifty blocks of Bihar, which include some of the flood effected area. Dharmendraji will be joined by M. Dhamodaran (Dhamu), who is the program head for community development and content head for the language program for AID Tamil Nadu. Dhamu has been the major driving force behind the wide spread implementation of the "Padippum Inikkum" reading program launched by AID TN in 2006. He has also been instrumental in initiating and developing the pre-primary program. These programs are being implemented in ten districts of Tamil Nadu. In addition to his role in developing and conceptualizing such programs, Dhamu has played a most significant role in building organizational capacity in these districts. CONTACT:Shrawan Singhal END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7878@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090409T080609 SUMMARY:"Artwork of the Week" featured at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090604T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090604T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090409T080609Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection: William Robinson Leigh, "The Roping," 1914. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8158@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090528T080950 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts "Philosophical Potluck" discussion LOCATION:WAG 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090604T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090604T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090528T080950Z DESCRIPTION:The UT Objectivism Society hosts a "Philosophical Potluck" discussion. Bring a quotation from President Obama or President Washington, Ayn Rand or Immanuel Kant, Barbara Jordan, Che Guevara or anything else you'd like to discuss and analyze from a philosophical point of view. "What happens here changes the world," is UT's motto, and it could be ours as well. UTOS studies and applies the most fully rational philosophy ever developed. Come to a meeting and let us show you what it can do for YOU. The UT Objectivism Society meets every Thursday at 5:30 in WAG 101. UTOS meetings and events are always free and open to the public as well as the UT community. CONTACT:Alan D McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7879@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090409T080726 SUMMARY:B Scene at Blanton presents "Under the Sea" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090605T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090605T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090605T135703Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for B scene, the Blanton's monthly art party. This month, escape the heat and immerse yourself in the new atrium installation by Teresita Fernandez. Throughout the evening, Austin-based artist Luke Savisky will enhance the experience and dazzle the crowd with a special light installation, also in the atrium. Plus, enjoy a live performance by Lil Cap'n Travis (9 p.m.), music by DJ Lyman Hardy and the Learning Secrets (Smith Building), free appetizers, art activities, and more. The Blanton Cafe will offer tasty samples of their flatbread pizzas and will be open until 9 p.m. The Museum Shop will also be open late (10:30 p.m.). Music curated by Transmission Entertainment. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8185@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090604T111810 SUMMARY:"Annie" the musical comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090605T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090605T223000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090606T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090604T111810Z DESCRIPTION:Leapin' lizards! ANNIE is coming! The timeless tale of Little Orphan Annie is back, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience the classic musical about never giving up hope. Boasting one of Broadway's most memorable scores, including "It's a Hard-Knock Life," "Easy Street, N.Y.C." and the ever-optimistic "Tomorrow," ANNIE is a delightful theatrical experience for the entire family. Don't miss this all-new production that "Variety" calls "a winner!" CONTACT:512.471.1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/annie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8184@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090603T104423 SUMMARY:Paintings by Chrissie Forbes on view at Wildflower Center LOCATION:Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090606T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090606T160000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090628T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090901T120404Z DESCRIPTION:The Wildflower Center debuts an exhibit of dozens of vibrant paintings by Austin artist Chrissie Forbes from June 6 to 28. With oils and acrylics, Forbes creates works of travel-inspired art featuring close-ups of Indian paintbrush, windswept sunflower fields and Texas wildlife such as cranes. Come visit the McDermott Learning Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to Saturdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays, to enjoy the beauty of her art. Closed on Mondays. CONTACT:Barbra A Rodriguez URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.wildflower.org/exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7898@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090411T140100 SUMMARY:Blanton public tour features "Portrait of a Lady" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090606T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090606T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090411T140100Z DESCRIPTION:From the beginning of time, woman has served as artist muse and dominated the subject matter of sculpture, painting and photography. See how the depictions and roles of women have changed over time from ancient goddess to loving mother, powerful ruler to sex symbol. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8186@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090604T111919 SUMMARY:"Annie" the musical comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090606T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090606T163000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090607T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090604T111919Z DESCRIPTION:Leapin' lizards! ANNIE is coming! The timeless tale of Little Orphan Annie is back, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience the classic musical about never giving up hope. Boasting one of Broadway's most memorable scores including "It's a Hard-Knock Life," "Easy Street, N.Y.C." and the ever-optimistic "Tomorrow," ANNIE is a delightful theatrical experience for the entire family. Don't miss this all-new production that "Variety" calls "a winner!" CONTACT:512.471.1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/annie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7877@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090409T080525 SUMMARY:"The Changing American Landscape" explored in public tour LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090607T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090607T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090409T080525Z DESCRIPTION:The wide-open spaces of the American West have beckoned artists since the nineteenth century. Trace the development of landscape painting from its roots in Europe to its culmination in the twenty-first century during this tour that features the C.R. Smith Collection of Western Art. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8187@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090604T112028 SUMMARY:"Annie" the musical at Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090607T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090607T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090604T112028Z DESCRIPTION:Leapin' lizards! ANNIE is coming! The timeless tale of Little Orphan Annie is back, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience the classic musical about never giving up hope. Boasting one of Broadway's most memorable scores including "It's a Hard-Knock Life," "Easy Street, N.Y.C." and the ever-optimistic "Tomorrow," ANNIE is a delightful theatrical experience for the entire family. Don't miss this all-new production that "Variety" calls "a winner!" CONTACT:512.471.1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/annie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8177@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090601T123716 SUMMARY:Learn Flamenco dancing during beginner workshop LOCATION:North Campus DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090608T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090608T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090601T123716Z DESCRIPTION:Grupo Flor y Canto is hosting this beginning level flamenco dance workshop. The workshop is free, but PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. To register, send us an email at grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. WORKSHOP STRUCTURE: The workshop will include a warm-up with a focus on posture, isolations and breathing technique. The class focuses on introducing the novice dancer to flamenco footwork. During the workshop, we will learn a short choreography for the sevillanas. To register for the workshop or for more information, please email grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. CONTACT:Eliseo Jacob URL;VALUE=URL:http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/florycanto END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8111@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090506T131516 SUMMARY:Introduction to EndNote offered LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090609T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090609T233000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090506T131516Z DESCRIPTION:"Bibliographies made easy!" This introductory class covers tricks for using EndNote with library databases, such as Web of Science, and with indexes and the library catalog. Online tutorial available. No reservation required. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8178@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090601T133129 SUMMARY:Learn zapateado during dance workshop LOCATION:North Campus DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090610T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090610T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090603T084350Z DESCRIPTION:"Zapateado for Beginners" This workshop will introduce participants to basic zapateado steps used for both flamenco and son jarocho. The workshop will break down basic footwork and corporal expressions. Class exercises will include simple choreographies to challenge the mind as well as basic drills to develop rhythm. To register for the class or for more information, please email grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. CONTACT:Eliseo Jacob URL;VALUE=URL:http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/florycanto END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8179@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090601T174848 SUMMARY:Research fellows discuss their work at the Ransom Center LOCATION:Tom Lea Room, Ransom Center 3rd Floor (3.206) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090611T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090611T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090601T174848Z DESCRIPTION:Learn about the work of current Ransom Center fellows during an informal lunchtime discussion. Fellows include Karen Bourrier, speaking on "Visions of Hearth and Home: Dinah Mulock Craik and the Woman Writer"; Kevin Curran, "The 'Revels Plays' Edition of Samuel Daniel's 'The Tragedy of Philotas'"; Christine Ferguson, "The Eugenic Impulse in British Spiritualist Writing"; James Friguglietti, "Creating an Historical Classic: George Lefebvre, R.R. Palmer and the Publication of 'The Coming of the French Revolution'"; Alison Macor, "In Batman's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren"; Sandra O'Connell, "George Reavey (1907-1976): The Poetry, Criticism and Prose"; Lisa Szefel, "Reading Ezra Pound in the Cold War: The Bollingen Prize Controversy of 1949"; and Daniel Worden, "Cool Realism: The New Journalism and American Literary History." All members of the university community are invited to attend. No RSVP is required, but seating is limited and will be provided in the order that individuals arrive. Drinks and dessert will be served. To learn more about the Ransom Center's Research Fellowships in the Humanities, visit www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships. CONTACT:bng86 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8137@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T194441 SUMMARY:Artwork of the Week featured at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090611T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090611T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090520T194441Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection, Stuart Davis's "Lawn and Sky" (1931). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8058@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T163416 SUMMARY:Orientalist Silents Film Series kicks off with "The Sheik" LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090611T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090611T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T163416Z DESCRIPTION:To kick off the Orientalist Silents Film Series, the Harry Ransom Center screens George Melford's film "The Sheik" (1921), starring Rudolph Valentino. Sheik Ahmed (Valentino) desperately desires fiesty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious desert tent-palace. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his advances and yearns to be released. Only after being kidnapped by desert bandits does Diana realize she has grown to love Ahmed. Seating is free, but limited. View a clip of the film on the Ransom Center's YouTube channel. This program is presented in conjunction with "The Persian Sensation: 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' in the West," on display through August 2. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8155@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090527T124735 SUMMARY:Yanni Voices to appear at Erwin Center LOCATION:The Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090612T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090612T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090609T120417Z DESCRIPTION:Multi-platinum recording artist Yanni is gearing up for his first U.S. tour in four years and will be coming to The Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center. Long known for his engaging and spectacular live performances, Yanni brings a new and exciting dimension to the show with the addition of four extraordinary vocal talent - Nathan Pacheco, Chloe, Ender Thomas and Leslie Mills - all featured on his PBS special that premiered on March 2, as well as his CD release "Yanni Voices," released March 24. The "Yanni Voices" tour will feature Yanni's acclaimed orchestra comprised of musicians from around the globe together with the four singers, delivering an enchanting and hypnotic live experience. Under Yanni's finely honed direction, Yanni Voices" re-interprets Yanni's classic compositions with powerful lyrics and intoxicating vocals, transporting the audience into a world of beautiful music accompanied by stunning visuals, including spectacular choreography, magnificent costumes and dynamic imagery projected on state-of-the-art screens. The Frank Erwin Center would like to offer all University of Texas students, faculty and staff two tickets for the price of one. The offer is available on the $35 and $55 ticket prices only. Two-for-one are available now in person with valid UT ID at the Frank Erwin Center box office (Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), by phone at (512) 477-6060 and online at TexasBoxOffice.com with the password UTFS. CONTACT:Emily L Hoyle URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasboxoffice.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8159@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090528T081416 SUMMARY:"Now and Tomorrow 6": CRL exhibition showcases student art LOCATION:Creative Research Lab (CRL) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090613T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090613T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090728T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090605T135703Z DESCRIPTION:The Greater Tomorrow Youth Art Program, in collaboration with selected Austin area public school art teachers and the Creative Research Laboratory (CRL), presents "Now and Tomorrow 6," an exhibition of artwork from pre-kindergarten to twelfth-grade students in Austin area schools. The exhibition is designed to facilitate interaction between participating K-12 students, art teachers, parents and members of the UT Austin community, and celebrate the visual and material culture of Austin area youth. Featuring drawing, painting and ceramic work, "Now and Tomorrow 6" will showcase an array of Austin's young and vibrant artistic talent. Schools participating in this year's exhibition include: Baty Elementary School, Forest Trail Elementary School, Hill Country Middle School, Maplewood Elementary School, The University of Texas at Austin Elementary School, Reagan High School, Ridgetop Elementary School, Sanchez Elementary School and students of the Greater Tomorrow Youth Art Program. Exhibition runs June 13-July 18 Reception: June 13, noon-3 p.m. CRL Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 12-5 p.m. CONTACT:Jade Walker URL;VALUE=URL:http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8131@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090515T075233 SUMMARY:Landmarks public art tour offered LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall Plaza DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090613T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090613T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090515T075233Z DESCRIPTION:Join student docents for an insightful tour of Landmarks public art projects located in the newly renovated Bass Concert Hall. This tour builds awareness and appreciation of modern and contemporary art. CONTACT:Leah L Griffin URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.landmarks.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8138@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T194601 SUMMARY:Blanton offers public tour: The Changing American Landscape LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090613T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090613T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090520T194601Z DESCRIPTION:The wide-open spaces of the American West have beckoned artists since the nineteenth century. Trace the development of landscape painting from its roots in Europe to its culmination in the twenty-first century during this tour, which features the C.R. Smith Collection of Western Art. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8139@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T194702 SUMMARY:Blanton offers public tour: "People's Choice" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090614T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090614T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090520T194702Z DESCRIPTION:You are the leader on this tour that asks guests to direct where you go and what you see at the Blanton. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8059@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T163731 SUMMARY:Film "At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own" LOCATION:GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090617T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090617T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090612T095707Z DESCRIPTION:Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov, this film tells the story of Red Army soldier Shilov. An unenviable lot has befallen him: he is suspected of stealing gold from the government train he was supposed to protect. Now, to find the gold and clear his name, Shilov must infiltrate the bandit group responsible. CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/creees/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7461@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T163406 SUMMARY:Goran Bregovic & His Wedding and Funeral Orchestra perform LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090617T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090617T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T163406Z DESCRIPTION:Balkan music icon and acclaimed film composer Goran Bregovic celebrates the music of Europe's Gypsy tradition. His touring 40-piece Wedding and Funeral Orchestra includes a Serbian brass band, 12-piece string ensemble, 15-man choir and female vocalists. It is perhaps the most spectacular world music event you'll ever witness! "Goran Bregovic and his Weddings and Funerals Band had the audience eating out of their hands! Bregovic makes a music that runs the spectrum from ecstatic, robustly earthy dance music, to naughty pop tunes, to vocal and string arrangements ripe with sentimentality--a lyrical, beautifully paced evening." - "Daily Star," Lebanon CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/goran_bregovic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7899@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090411T140506 SUMMARY:Blanton's Third Thursday features film, literature, yoga & more LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090618T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090618T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090520T195048Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for Third Thursday, a monthly themed event that features extended hours and multiple programs. 6 p.m. Blanton Book Club: "Water for Elephants: A Novel" by Sara Gruen 6 p.m. Yoga in the Galleries 7 p.m. Art Brief Tour: "The Changing American Landscape" 7 p.m. Art:21: Art in the 21st Century Film Series, presented with the Austin Film Festival. (Tickets are $3 for AFF members, Blanton members and UT faculty and students, and $5 for general public.) Media sponsor is Univision. CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8141@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T195316 SUMMARY:New Directions Film Series presents "Gretchen" LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090618T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090618T204500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090603T143130Z DESCRIPTION:This summer the Blanton and the Austin Film Festival are proud to present an exciting new collaboration, the New Directions Film Series. This special collection of five films will introduce the exceptional work of emerging independent filmmakers. The films will be screened in the Blanton's new auditorium during Third Thursdays and select Sundays through July 19. About the film: "Gretchen," directed by Steve Collins Gretchen has bigger problems than abysmal fashion sense: She's 17, painfully awkward and stuck in the most unforgiving place on earth - high school. When her obsession with school bad boy Ricky gets out of hand, her mother sends her to an emotional treatment center to recover. She has to travel elsewhere, however, to truly begin to understand why she fixates on the wrong kind of guy. Starring Courtney Davis as the perpetually uncomfortable Gretchen, Steve Collins' first feature is a humorously deadpan yet poignant reminder of how the smallest moments can lead to extreme adolescent drama. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8062@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T164248 SUMMARY:Frida Kahlo biographer Hayden Herrera to speak at the Ransom Center LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090618T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090618T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090605T140342Z DESCRIPTION:For the 2009 Amon Carter Lecture, Hayden Herrera, art historian and biographer of Frida Kahlo, presents "Frida Kahlo: Her Art and Life." Herrera's talk interweaves Frida Kahlo's art and life, focusing on her childhood, the accident that turned her to painting, her tumultuous marriage to the muralist Diego Rivera, Rivera's influence and other sources of inspiration for Kahlo's art--her childlessness, her frequent surgeries and her passionate love for her native Mexico. Seating is free, but limited. This program will be webcast live at www.hrc.utexas.edu/webcast. Herrera is a New York-based art historian and critic whose first book, "Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo," was published in 1983 and in 2002 became the basis for a major motion picture. Herrera's talk is in conjunction with the homecoming of one of the Ransom Center's most famous and frequently borrowed art works, Frida Kahlo's "Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird" (1940). Since 1990 the painting has been on almost continuous loan, featured in exhibitions at 28 museums in the United States, Australia, Canada, France and Spain. The portrait is on display at the Ransom Center from May 5 through Jan. 3, 2010. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7900@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090411T141145 SUMMARY:"Francisco Matto: The Modern and Mythic" showcases Uruguayan artist LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090621T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090621T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090927T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090605T135704Z DESCRIPTION:This summer, the Blanton Museum of Art is pleased to present "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic," the first comprehensive exhibition in the United States of this pioneering Latin American artist. The show will examine the rise of modernist abstraction in Latin America, underscoring both the similarities and differences between Europe and South America, and will chronicle Matto's early work as a student of Joaquín Torres García through his late work of the 1990s. First presented in 2007 at the 6th Mercosul Biennial in Brazil, the exhibition has been reorganized in a new version by the Blanton and will highlight over five decades of Matto's paintings, sculptures (known as totems) and works on paper, presenting the principal themes that appear in artist's life's work. Major support for the exhibition is provided by Judy and Charles Tate and the Susan Vaughan Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Cecilia Buzio de Torres, Susan and Mac Dunwoody, Fran Magee, and Oscar Prato. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8142@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T195550 SUMMARY:New Directions Film Series presents "Gretchen" LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090621T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090621T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090605T134346Z DESCRIPTION:This summer the Blanton and the Austin Film Festival are proud to present an exciting new collaboration, the New Directions Film Series. This special collection of five films will introduce the exceptional work of emerging independent filmmakers. The films will be screened in the Blanton's new auditorium during Third Thursdays and select Sundays through July 19. About the film: "Gretchen," directed by Steve Collins Gretchen has bigger problems than abysmal fashion sense: She's 17, painfully awkward and stuck in the most unforgiving place on earth - high school. When her obsession with school bad boy Ricky gets out of hand, her mother sends her to an emotional treatment center to recover. She has to travel elsewhere, however, to truly begin to understand why she fixates on the wrong kind of guy. Starring Courtney Davis as the perpetually uncomfortable Gretchen, Steve Collins' first feature is a humorously deadpan yet poignant reminder of how the smallest moments can lead to extreme adolescent drama. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8212@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090616T104539 SUMMARY:Learn flamenco dancing at rumba gitana workshop LOCATION:North Campus DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090622T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090622T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090616T104539Z DESCRIPTION:Intermediate/Advanced Flamenco Workshop During this intensive workshop, we will learn a choreography for the rumba gitana, an ida-y-vuelta flamenco palo that is danced without a partner. To register for the workshop, or for more information, please email grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. CONTACT:Eliseo Jacob END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7462@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T163611 SUMMARY:"Mamma Mia!" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090623T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090623T223000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090627T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T163611Z DESCRIPTION:"Mamma Mia!" is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it's your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Super Trouper," "Take A Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All," with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Whether it's your first visit or your fourteenth, see the show that has the whole world coming back for more, because every time feels like the first time at "Mamma Mia!" CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/mamma_mia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8112@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090506T131542 SUMMARY:Introduction to EndNote offered LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090624T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090624T153000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090506T131542Z DESCRIPTION:"Bibliographies made easy!" This introductory class covers tricks for using EndNote with library databases, such as Web of Science, and with indexes and the library catalog. No reservation required. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/endnoteclass.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8060@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T163824 SUMMARY:Russian film screened: "Slave of Love" LOCATION:GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090624T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090624T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T163824Z DESCRIPTION:While Russia is engulfed in Civil War between the Whites and the Reds, a motion picture cameraman, secretly filming White atrocities and Bolshevik heroism deep within White-controlled territory, flirts with danger and the love of a glamorous movie star as he seeks to awaken her political consciousness. CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/center/creees/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8217@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T094842 SUMMARY:Blanton's Artwork of the Week features work of Teresita Fernandez LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090625T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090625T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T134831Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection: Teresita Fernandez's "Stacked Waters" (2009). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8061@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T164046 SUMMARY:Orientalist Silents film series continues with "The Thief of Bagdad" LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090625T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090625T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T164046Z DESCRIPTION:The Orientalist Silents Film Series continues as the Harry Ransom Center screens Raoul Walsh's film "The Thief of Bagdad" (1924), starring Douglas Fairbanks. A thief falls in love with the caliph of Bagdad's daughter. The caliph will give his daughter's hand to the suitor who brings back the rarest treasure after seven moons, prompting the thief to set off on a magical journey while, unbeknownst to him, another suitor, the Prince of the Mongols, is not playing by the rules. Seating is free, but limited. View a clip of the film on the Ransom Center's YouTube channel. This program is produced in conjunction with "The Persian Sensation: 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' in the West," on display through August 2. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8211@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090615T175004 SUMMARY:Fifteenth Annual North American Taiwan Studies Conference open to all LOCATION:The College of Liberal Arts Building, Bats Hall and Mez Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090626 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090628 LAST-MODIFIED:20090616T071255Z DESCRIPTION:"Locating Taiwan: Space, Culture and Society" In the past two decades, Taiwan has experienced major transformations in the remapping of space. This year's conference is defined under the rubric of "Locating Taiwan: Space, Culture and Society." While our attention is focused on Taiwan's physical localities, we also encourage scholars to explore the evolving definition of space. In particular, global capital flows interface and destabilize familiar territorial demarcations and as a consequence, "interstitial spaces" emerge to accommodate new social groupings - the bloggers and Otakum for instance. Conference schedule: June 26: 12:30 - 5 p.m. June 27: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. June 28: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. CONTACT:Kate Page-Lippsmeyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/eastasia/news/current/natsaconference/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7463@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T163723 SUMMARY:"Mamma Mia!" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090627T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090627T163000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090628T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T163723Z DESCRIPTION:"Mamma Mia!" is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it's your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Super Trouper," "Take A Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All," with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Whether it's your first visit or your fourteenth, see the show that has the whole world coming back for more, because every time feels like the first time at "Mamma Mia!" CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/mamma_mia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8218@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T095007 SUMMARY:Blanton Public Tour presents "The Changing American Landscape" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090627T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090627T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T095007Z DESCRIPTION:The wide-open spaces of the American West have beckoned artists since the nineteenth century. Trace the development of landscape painting from its roots in Europe to its culmination in the twenty-first century during this tour that features the C.R. Smith Collection of Western Art. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8219@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T095125 SUMMARY:Blanton tour presents "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090628T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090628T150000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20090830T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T100316Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of our new summer exhibition, "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8143@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T195931 SUMMARY:New Directions Film Series presents "Silent Light" LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090628T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090628T173000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090603T143258Z DESCRIPTION:This summer the Blanton and the Austin Film Festival are proud to present an exciting new collaboration, the New Directions Film Series. This special collection of five films will introduce the exceptional work of emerging independent filmmakers. The films will be screened in the Blanton's new auditorium during Third Thursdays and select Sundays through July 19. About the film: "Silent Light," directed by Carlos Reygadas, Mexico Set in a Mennonite community in Mexico, "Silent Light" quickly establishes the importance of nature in setting the rhythms and routines of the religious, rural lives at the film's center. Its lauded opening shot chronicles a starry sky slowly giving way to breaking dawn as the cacophonous chatter of crickets chanting, dogs barking and roosters crowing fills the soundtrack. But amid this pastoral setting, a disturbance is apparent from the outset. A cut from the heavenly curtain-raiser takes us into the home of Johan (Cornelio Wall Fehr) and Esther (Miriam Toews), where a circulating camera catches static portraits around the kitchen table and introduces us to the couple and their numerous children, the silence broken only by the unnerving tick-tock of a clock until an "Amen" frees the family to eat breakfast. In the somewhat stilted manner between husband and wife, not simply the result of the director's characteristic use of nonprofessional actors, festering emotions are legible. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7464@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T163749 SUMMARY:"Mamma Mia!" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090628T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090628T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T163749Z DESCRIPTION:"Mamma Mia!" is the ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it's your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Super Trouper," "Take A Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All," with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. Whether it's your first visit or your fourteenth, see the show that has the whole world coming back for more, because every time feels like the first time at "Mamma Mia!" CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/mamma_mia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8247@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090629T125615 SUMMARY:Texas Student Television Youth Journalism Camp accepting enrollment LOCATION:Drop off at Walter Webb Hall, 405 W 25th St Austin TX 78705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090701 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090701 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090713T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090629T135415Z DESCRIPTION:Announcing TSTV Youth Journalism Camp: July 13-17, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Ages: middle-schoolers (6th through 8th grades) Extras included: Lunch, T-shirt Lunches are a mix of hot and cold (e.g., sandwiches or pizza) Learn all about TV news: how to write, shoot and edit. Campers will produce a news program that will air on TSTV channel 9 and citywide on Time Warner PACT cable channel 16. Applications and further information available on the Web. CONTACT:Jalah K Briedwell URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.TexasStudentTV.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8248@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090629T134914 SUMMARY:Texas Student Television High School Camp enrollment is open LOCATION:Walter Webb Hall, 405 West 25th Austin TX 78705 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090701 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090701 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090719T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090629T134914Z DESCRIPTION:Texas Student Television High School Camp's Broadcast Journalism Workshop is offered to incoming high school age students. Camp takes place from Jul. 20 through 24, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., daily Learn all about TV news, how to write, shoot and edit. Participants will produce a news program that will air on TSTV and citywide on Time Warner Cable PACT channel 16. All counselors are journalism and radio-television-film students on staff at award-winning Texas Student Television. For more information and applications: www.TexasStudentTV.com or 471-5083. CONTACT:Jalah K Briedwell URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.TexasStudentTV.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8063@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T164412 SUMMARY:Russian film screened: "Unfinished Piece for a Player Piano" LOCATION:GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090701T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090701T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T164412Z DESCRIPTION:Family, friends and former lovers gather at a country estate of a general's widow and amid parlor games and idle talk, a forbidden love is rekindled to the rapturous music of Lizt, Rachmaninov and Donizetti. Will the young lovers sacrifice all they know to pursue a lost dream? This drama, based on the works of Russian legend Anton Chekov, is sure to capture your mind and emotions. CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/center/creees/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8188@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090604T112319 SUMMARY:Maxwell comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090701T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090701T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090604T112319Z DESCRIPTION:BLACKsummers'night, the new album by Maxwell, is the sensuous opening installment of the artist's monumental BLACKSUMMERS'NIGHT trilogy. (The trilogy's subsequent chapters, blackSUMMERS'night and blacksummers'NIGHT, are slated for release in 2010 and 2011 respectively.) BLACKsummers'night reunites Maxwell with long-time collaborator Hod David, who serves as co-producer and co-writer of the album. Striving for an emotional authenticity and real world sound for the album, Maxwell and Hod recorded the entire album live in the studio with an A-list ensemble of elegantly sympathetic musicians. Maxwell first rocketed to fame when he redefined classic soul music for a new generation with the release of his critically acclaimed debut album, "Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite," in April 1996. Fueled in part by the RIAA gold single, "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)," the Grammy-nominated Maxwell's "Urban Hang Suite" was certified platinum in March 1997, less than a year after its release, and achieved double platinum status, in recognition of sales of more than 2 million copies in the U.S. alone, in 2002. Maxwell followed up with his MTV Unplugged EP, released in July 1997 and certified gold in September 1999. His second full-length album, "Embrya," was released in June 1998 and certified platinum in May 1999. Another Maxwell single, the hit "Fortunate," was certified gold in June 1999. To date, Maxwell has achieved ten gold and platinum certifications from the RIAA for his albums and singles. CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/maxwell END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8220@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T095216 SUMMARY:Blanton Public Tour presents Artwork of the Week LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090702T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090702T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T134920Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection. El Anatsui's "Untitled" (2007). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8144@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T200128 SUMMARY:"WorkSpace: Jim Drain" featured at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090703T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090703T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091101T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090603T143448Z DESCRIPTION:In the next installation of the Blanton's WorkSpace series, Miami-based artist Jim Drain is designing a dense sculptural environment for a new series of video vignettes that feature mysterious performances amid found objects, recycled equipment and building supplies. Sci-fi fantasy, philosophy, music, ruminations on architecture and survival, the forests outside Berlin and a recent trip to Portugal all inform what is sure to be a memorable new commission. On view through November 1. Workspace: Jim Drain is generously supported by members of the Blanton Contemporary Salon. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7901@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090411T141303 SUMMARY:B Scene features "Abstract Visions" at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090703T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090703T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090610T164712Z DESCRIPTION:EEnjoy a South American celebration and the opening of "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." Live music provided by Maneja Beto at 9 p.m., as well as Peligrosa All-Stars and the Learning Secrets (Smith Building). There will also be tours of the exhibition, refreshments, free appetizers, art activities and more! Music curated by Transmission Entertainment. CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8221@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T095412 SUMMARY:Blanton Public Tour presents "The Changing American Landscape" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090704T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090704T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090623T124427Z DESCRIPTION:The wide-open spaces of the American West have beckoned artists since the nineteenth century. Trace the development of landscape painting from its roots in Europe to its culmination in the twenty-first century during this tour that features the C.R. Smith Collection of Western Art. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8064@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T164503 SUMMARY:Russian film screened: "Kinfolk/Rodnya" LOCATION:GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090708T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090708T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T164503Z DESCRIPTION:Unnerved and tired of living alone in the countryside now that her daughter and granddaughter have moved to Moscow, Maria travels to visit her kin in the big city. While comically sticking her nose in everyone's business and far outstaying her welcome, Maria comes to realize that the city is no place for her at all. CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/center/creees/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8222@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T095849 SUMMARY:Blanton's Artwork of the Week features work by George Sugarman LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090709T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090709T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T135026Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection: George Sugarman's "Two in One" (1966). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8162@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090528T201926 SUMMARY:Artwork of the Week features look at Francisco Matto LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090709T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090709T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090528T201926Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at art from the Blanton"s summer exhibition, "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8189@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090604T112514 SUMMARY:Bill Maher performs at Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090710T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090710T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090604T112514Z DESCRIPTION:For the last fifteen years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on "Politically Incorrect" (Comedy Central, ABC, 1993-2002), and for the last seven years on HBO's "Real Time," Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him twenty-one Emmy nominations. In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher's uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, "Religulous," directed by Larry Charles ("Borat"). The documentary has gone on to become the seventh highest grossing documentary ever. In addition to his television program, which has featured such regular visitors as John Edwards, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams, Arianna Huffington, Alec Baldwin and Michael Moore, Maher has written four bestsellers: "True Story," "Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits," "When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden" and most recently, "New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer." Maher started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1979, and still performs at least fifty dates a year in Las Vegas and in sold-out theaters all across the country. Two of his eight stand-up specials for HBO - 2007's "The Decider" and 2005's "I'm Swiss" - have been nominated for Emmy awards. CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/bill_maher END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8234@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090622T122543 SUMMARY:Art Ride is Landmark public art bike tour LOCATION:Blanton Museum Cafe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090711T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090711T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090622T122543Z DESCRIPTION:Join Landmarks and Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop for an easy ride around campus to visit Landmarks public art projects. Members of the Landmarks Docents will guide the rides. For people with an adventurous spirit and a passion for the outdoors, there is no better way to experience public art than from the seat of a bicycle! Meet at the Blanton Museum Cafe. Total distance is 3 miles. Travel will be at a novice friendly pace. Bike helmets required. CONTACT:Leah L Griffin URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.landmarks.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8223@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T100237 SUMMARY:Blanton Public Tour features "Persuasion: Messages & Meanings in Art" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090711T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090711T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090623T132727Z DESCRIPTION:"A picture is worth a thousand words," the adage goes, and artists have communicated messages and meanings with their art from the beginning of time. From the church-sponsored art of the seventeenth century to contemporary artists reflecting on the war, poverty and politics, art has sought to persuade the masses. See all of the ways artists convey messages on this tour of the Blanton's permanent collection. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8156@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090527T125215 SUMMARY:Erwin Center presents "Jamie Foxx Live and In Concert" LOCATION:The Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center, 1701 Red River Austin, TX 78701 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090711T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090711T230000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090527T125215Z DESCRIPTION:The multi-talented Jamie Foxx is gearing up for his upcoming Intuition Tour, which will bring him to the Frank Erwin Center! "Intuition" was released on December 16, 2008 and debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. The first single off the album "She Got Her Own" rose to No. 2 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Chart. The second single, "Blame It" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Chart and is currently at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, up two spots from last week. "Intuition" also features an impressive list of artists such as T.I, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Ne-Yo. Tickets for Jamie Foxx Live and In Concert at the Frank Erwin Center are ON SALE as of Fri., May 15, at all Texas Box Office Outlets (includes select H-E-B stores in Austin, Bastrop, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Kyle, Leander, Pflugerville, Round Rock, San Marcos, Temple; Ft. Hood ITR and Renaissance Records in Killeen). Charge-by-phone at 512-477-6060 or 1-800-982-2386 or order on-line at TexasBoxOffice.com. Convenience charges may apply. All information is subject to change. The Frank Erwin Center is a smoke-free facility. Convenient parking is available within walking distance in nearby state and University lots. For more information, visit uterwincenter.com. CONTACT:Emily L Hoyle URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasboxoffice.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8145@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T201134 SUMMARY:New Directions Film Series presents "The Juche Idea" LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090712T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090712T161500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090603T143548Z DESCRIPTION:This summer the Blanton and the Austin Film Festival are proud to present an exciting new collaboration, the New Directions Film Series. This special collection of five films will introduce the exceptional work of emerging independent filmmakers. The films will be screened in the Blanton's new auditorium during Third Thursdays and select Sundays through July 19. About the film: "The Juche Idea," directed by Jim Finn, U.S. Roughly translated, Juche, the official North Korean religion and political ideology, means self-reliance. But the official text on the state-sponsored philosophy, written by Kim Jong-il, leaves final authority over interpretation of Juche to the Dear Leader, himself. "The Juche Idea" tells the story of a South Korean video artist who takes a residency in North Korea. She becomes inspired by the Juche concept of revolutionary art, and intent to further adapt the ideology to modern cinematic practices. As in his earlier films "Interkosmos" (Opening Night 2006) and "La Trinchera Luminosa del Presidente Gonzalo" (NYUFF 2007), Finn's signature tone is in full effect - "The Juche Idea" is a deadpan yet poetic look at the relation of image to idea, and an investigation into the role of propaganda and politics in the creation of art. CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8206@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090611T125331 SUMMARY:Learn flamenco dancing during beginner class LOCATION:North Campus DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090714T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090714T190000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20090728T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091029T120252Z DESCRIPTION:Grupo Flor y Canto is offering a three-week sevillanas series during Summer Session II. This series introduces the novice dancer to flamenco. During each class, we will learn a short choreography for the sevillanas. NOTE: Flamenco is not a ballroom dance form. FLAMENCO DANCE FOR BEGINNERS Tuesdays, July 14-28 6-7 p.m. $20 for the series / Scholarships are available PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED To register for the class or for more information, please email grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. CONTACT:Eliseo Jacob END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8065@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T164604 SUMMARY:Russian film screened: "A Private Conversation/Without Witness" LOCATION:GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090715T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090715T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T164604Z DESCRIPTION:A woman on the verge of a new marriage is paid a surprised visit by her estranged, remarried and inebriated ex-husband. Throughout the evening the complexities of their relationship are exposed through their candid and personal conversation. CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/center/creees/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8163@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090528T202006 SUMMARY:Artwork of the Week features work of Francisco Matto LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090716T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090716T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090528T203746Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at art from the Blanton"s summer exhibition, "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8224@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T100502 SUMMARY:Blanton's Artwork of the Week features work of Jo Baer LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090716T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090716T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T135122Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection: Jo Baer, "Horizontals Tiered (Vertical Diptych)" (1966). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7902@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090411T142246 SUMMARY:Third Thursday features art, literature, yoga, film LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090716T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090716T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T100927Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for Third Thursday, a monthly themed event that features extended hours and multiple programs. The Museum Shop and Cafe are also open until 9 p.m. 6 p.m. Blanton Book Club: "Only in the Meantime and Office Poems" by Mario Benedetti 6:30 p.m. Yoga in the Galleries 7 p.m. Art Brief Tour: "El Taller Torres-García" 7 p.m. New Directions Film Series: "Welcome to Nollywood" (2008) Co-sponsored by the the Austin Film Festival, this special collaboration presents the work of emerging independent filmmakers. Media sponsor: Univision CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8146@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T201750 SUMMARY:New Directions Film Series presents "Welcome to Nollywood" LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090716T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090716T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090619T124358Z DESCRIPTION:This summer the Blanton and the Austin Film Festival are proud to present an exciting new collaboration, the "New Directions" Film Series. This special collection of five films will introduce the exceptional work of emerging independent filmmakers. The films will be screened in the museum';s new auditorium during Third Thursdays and select Sundays through July 19. "Welcome to Nollywood" About the film: 80 min Dir. Jamie Meltzer, U.S. Nigeriaa's Nollywood is now the world's third largest film industry after Hollywood and Bollywood. Peace Mission is a guided tour from one of the industry's major players: producer, filmmaker and founder of the African Movie Academy Awards, Peace Anyiam-Fiberesima. Fitting interviews in between conference calls, parties and meetings, we get to know something about this thriving and surprising industry through the eyes of a woman determined to see the development of her continent through film. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8195@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090605T102426 SUMMARY:Longhorn Saturday offers admission information and portfolio review LOCATION:Art Building (ART) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090718T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090718T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090611T135501Z DESCRIPTION:Find out more about admissions, paying for college, academic majors, life on The University of Texas at Austin campus and more! You and your parents are invited to Longhorn Saturday, where you can attend a general information session, a college-specific information session and then meet with departmental representatives to review portfolios and ask department-specific admission questions! CONTACT:Michael Sullivan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/students/undergraduate/portfolio_review.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8147@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T202116 SUMMARY:Blanton features "Jerry Bywaters: Lonestar Printmaker" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090718T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090718T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091115T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091029T153558Z DESCRIPTION:Jerry Bywaters is one of Texas' most loved and celebrated artists. A member of the Dallas Nine, a group of young painters from the 1930s that helped establish a regionalist artistic identity and recognition for Texas art, Bywaters was also a founding member of the printmaker's organization, the Lone Star Printmakers. The printmaking medium allowed Bywaters to produce multiple copies of his work and to circulate his regionalist aesthetic to a wider audience. This exhibition, organized by the Meadows Museum of Southern Methodist University, features 39 prints documented in Bywaters' printmaking notebook from 1935 to 1948, preliminary sketches, photographs and other archival materials that illuminate the artist and the Dallas art scene in the 1930s. Bywaters' lithographs and linocuts of Texas and Southwestern landscapes, his riveting portraits and Depression-era scenes place him in the company of other masters of regionalism like Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Woods. On view July 18 - November 8. This exhibition has been organized by the Meadows Museum in collaboration with Bywaters Special Collections, Hamon Arts Library, SMU. Major funding provided by The Meadows Foundation. Additional funding for the publication provided by Margaret McDermott and the Trustees of the Eugene McDermott Foundation and the Texas Art Collectors Organization (TACO). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8148@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090520T202627 SUMMARY:New Directions Film Series presents "Shotgun Stories" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090719T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090719T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090619T124644Z DESCRIPTION:This summer the Blanton and the Austin Film Festival are proud to present an exciting new collaboration, the "New Directions" Film Series. This special collection of five films will introduce the exceptional work of emerging independent filmmakers. The films will be screened in the museum's new auditorium during Third Thursdays and select Sundays through July 19. "Shotgun Stories" About the film: 92 min Dir. Jeff Nichols, U.S. "Shotgun Stories" tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father, a man who never bothered to give his children proper names. He left the three brothers, Son, Boy and Kid, when they were young. They remember their father as a violent drunk who put his own needs ahead of his family. The brothers were left to be raised by their mother, a hateful woman who to this day blames her children for her circumstances. Their father managed to move on. sober up, become a Christian, marry and father four new sons--all of whom received proper names. At the beginning of the film, we find Son, Boy and Kid as grown men, but their past inevitably comes to claim them. Following a dispute at their father's funeral, a feud begins to simmer between these sons and the new young men their father has raised. It is an anger that has always rested uncomfortably in the background of their lives. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family. CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8113@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090506T131620 SUMMARY:UT Libraries class covers Advanced EndNote software LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090721T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090721T123000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090506T131620Z DESCRIPTION:This class covers Advanced EndNote features such as modifying output styles, creating subject bibliographies, using connection files and more. Attendees should have taken "Introduction to EndNote" or be familiar with the basics of EndNote. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/endnoteclass.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8191@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090604T123623 SUMMARY:"Dora the Explorer Live!" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090721T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090721T203000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090722T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090604T123623Z DESCRIPTION:Come on! ¡Vámonos! Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer returns to the stage in DORA THE EXPLORER LIVE! Everyone's favorite Latina heroine stars in her own live adventure in "Search for the City of Lost Toys." Dora, along with Boots, Swiper and all her friends, needs the help of the audience to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles to find her lost teddy bear. Come sing along and learn a little Spanish too! It's an exciting musical for the whole family! CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/dora_the_explorer END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8192@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090604T123737 SUMMARY:"Dora the Explorer Live!" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090722T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090722T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090604T123737Z DESCRIPTION:Come on! ¡Vámonos! Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer returns to the stage in DORA THE EXPLORER LIVE! Everyone's favorite Latina heroine stars in her own live adventure in "Search for the City of Lost Toys." Dora, along with Boots, Swiper and all her friends, needs the help of the audience to solve puzzles and overcome obstacles to find her lost teddy bear. Come sing along and learn a little Spanish too! It's an exciting musical for the whole family! CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/dora_the_explorer END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8066@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T164800 SUMMARY:Soviet-era "Anna" documents the childhood of director's daughter LOCATION:GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090722T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090722T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090717T132451Z DESCRIPTION:Shooting home movies was long forbidden in the Soviet Union, but not all up-and-coming directors paid the law much attention. For thirteen years, Mikhalkov filmed conversations with his daughter Anna, asking her the same five questions each year. Their casual interviews were secretly processed, and the resulting intimate portrait of a young girl's evolving consciousness became the backbone of this director's starting and brilliant documentary. CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/creees/events/2009/february/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8310@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090720T201209 SUMMARY:Student Group screens film "Tabiat-e Bijan" (Still Life) LOCATION:GAR 0.102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090722T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090722T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090720T201209Z DESCRIPTION:"Tabiat-e Bijan," written and directed by Sohrab Shahid Saless, is a drama that tells the tale of an ageing railway worker who lives a meager, uneventful life with his wife in a deserted region in north Iran. His life is suddenly disrupted when he receives a letter informing him that he has reached retirement age and a young man is sent to replace him. After decades of routine, he suddenly loses his home, his job and his security. The recipient of the Silver Bear award in 1974 from the Berlin Film Festival, the film is considered by some to be "one of the most important films in the history of Iranian cinema ... with its outstanding style, groundbreaking form, and unsentimental and uncompromising vision having initiated a poetic cinema that was also highly political" (The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East). Running time: 95 minutes CONTACT:Goli Haddad 512-784-3005 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utipj.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8164@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090528T202041 SUMMARY:Artwork of the Week features work of Francisco Matto LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090723T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090723T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090528T202041Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at art from the Blanton"s summer exhibition, "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8067@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T165031 SUMMARY:Film series continues with "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090723T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T165031Z DESCRIPTION:The Orientalist Silents Film Series concludes as the Harry Ransom Center screens Lotte Reiniger's film "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" (1926), one of the earliest animated features ever produced. Based on stories from "The Arabian Nights," "The Adventures of Prince Achmed" tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into riding a magical flying horse. The heroic prince subdues the magical horse, which he uses to fly off on many adventures. While traveling, he falls in love with the beautiful Princess Peri Banu and must defeat an army of demons to win her heart. The entire film is animated using the silhouette technique, which employs movable cardboard and metal cutouts posed in front of illuminated sheets of glass. Seating is free, but limited. View a clip of the film on the Ransom Center's YouTube channel. This program is produced in conjunction with "The Persian Sensation: 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' in the West," on display through August 2. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8299@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090713T093309 SUMMARY:Ars Notoria features poet Jessica Piazza LOCATION:Austin Java on Enfield and Lamar DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090723T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090713T093309Z DESCRIPTION:Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jessica Piazza now lives in Los Angeles while pursuing a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Southern California. She is Founding Editor of UT's Bat City Review, and her poems have most recently appeared in 42 Opus, Agni, Indiana Review, No Tell Motel, Rattle and Pebble Lake Review. Her most recent projects include a series of short stories in verse, and a book of personal essays. Come out to the patio, enjoy a cool drink and soak in a wonderful evening of poetry. Hosted by George Leake. CONTACT:Paula J Hanna URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.riotink.wordpress.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8213@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090617T125734 SUMMARY:"Half & Half: Part One" is collaboration of artists, art historians LOCATION:Creative Research Lab (CRL) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090725T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090725T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090808T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090708T141956Z DESCRIPTION:Half & Half: Part One The Creative Research Laboratory (CRL) introduces a summer adventure, starring: a coked-up vacuum cleaner, a severed beached whale, a bevy of romance novels and the surging waters of Niagara Falls. It';s "Half & Half," the love child of the artists and art historians of the Department of Art and Art History. The CRL is open Tuesday through Saturday, noon - 5 p.m. The artwork from fifteen graduate students is split into two exhibitions curated by art and art history graduates. Each exhibition runs for two weeks, with the first opening on Jul. 25, and the second opening on Aug. 15. This set of exhibitions marks the eighth consecutive year of collaboration within the Department of Art and Art History graduate students on a summer exhibition at the CRL. This select group of works represents a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, large-scale works on paper and video. Featured artists include Kate Abercrombie, Sonya Berg, Sam Dahl, Scott Eastwood, Santiago Forero, Robert Melton, Marya Spont and Jeff Stanley. Curated by Kara Carmack, Ariel Evans, Bonnie Gammill and Lauren Hanson. Opening reception on Jul. 25 (6-9 p.m.) will feature a live interactive performance by guest artist Jennifer Remenchik. CONTACT:Jade Walker, Creative Research Lab Directory: 512-322-2099 URL;VALUE=URL:http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8295@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090710T121949 SUMMARY:Lady Bird Johnson Tribute Day hosted at Wildflower Center LOCATION:Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Ave, Austin, TX DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090726T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090726T173000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T164725Z DESCRIPTION:The Wildflower Center pays tribute to founder Lady Bird Johnson. On this day in 1968, President Lyndon Johnson recognized his first lady's role in environmental conservation by presenting her with a plaque and pens used to sign 50 conservation, preservation and beautification laws. Come honor Lady Bird and enjoy all the center has to offer. Join a tour of the gardens, view a Norman Rockwell and other portraits of Mrs. Johnson, attend kids' crafts activities and a book reading or practice origami with artist Joan Son. There will be free admission and extended Sunday hours in honor of Lady Bird Johnson. For more information, call 512-232-0100, or visit www.wildflower.org/tributeday. CONTACT:Barbra A Rodriguez URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.wildflower.org/tributeday END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8339@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090727T181114 SUMMARY:Early example of conceptual film by Bill Lundberg featured at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090727 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090727 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091206T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090817T111542Z DESCRIPTION:The Blanton Museum of Art is exhibiting, for the first time since its acquisition, the film installation "Swimmer" by Bill Lundberg, artist and professor at The University of Texas at Austin. The piece was created in 1975 and is one of the earliest examples of conceptual film work. The Blanton Museum's presentation offers viewers a rare opportunity to experience this important work by a forefather of film and video installation. "Swimmer" creates the illusion of a water-based environment within the museum. The sounds of splashing water fill the darkened gallery and the image of a man treading water is cast onto the floor. The horizontal projection brings the illusion of film into the realm of reality. Background: Lundberg created this seminal work while living in London in the early 1970s, filming it from scaffolding built over a residential pool. It was first exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London in a 1975 exhibition. A painter, Lundberg is the Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial professor in art and art history and is the founder of the university's Transmedia program. Lundberg has had solo exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London, the Whitney Museum, the Carnegie Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts, among other highly recognized museums and galleries. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://blantonmuseum.org/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8068@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T165211 SUMMARY:Oscar-winner "Burnt by the Sun" screened LOCATION:GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090729T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090729T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T165211Z DESCRIPTION:Set at the beginning of the purges in 1936, during the high summer of Stalinist rule, Mikhalkov's Oscar-winning masterpiece tells the story of a Soviet army colonel, whose idyllic family dacha is disrupted by a visit from a long forgotten acquaintance. Winner of the 1995 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/center/creees/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8226@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T133245 SUMMARY:Blanton's Artwork of the Week features work by Jerry Bywaters LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090730T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090730T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T135207Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection: Jerry Bywaters, "Oil Field Girls" (1940). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8336@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090727T095910 SUMMARY:Art and Science Club holds working meeting LOCATION:Welch 2.256 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090730T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090730T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090727T095910Z DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a working organizational meeting to begin our group projects. If you would like to get trained to take part in the group's scanning electron microscope project, you must be present to sign up. Meeting agenda: -Discuss vision of the club -Discuss potential fall speakers -Start group projects Mission statement: Science and technology dominate our current landscape. This intense intellectual creativity needs to be integrated with the humanizing activity of creating art, to bring balance to how we experience our current existence and imagine our futures. Over the course of history, art has been both an organizing and integrating force within our emotional and intellectual lives. Art serves as a means of presenting, questioning, understanding and creating order out of chaos and change. Imagination often leads the way of discovery in science. Innovation of art, science and technology will allow for new ideas that may be important economically and socially. Art and Science UT serves as the organization that nurtures and fosters this alliance between the arts and sciences, proactively bringing these social networks together leading to greater creativity and social change in both areas. CONTACT:Joshua Russell URL;VALUE=URL:http://artscienceaustin.blogspot.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8341@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090728T161008 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts "Philosophic Potluck" meeting LOCATION:Waggener Hall, Room 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090730T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090730T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090728T161008Z DESCRIPTION:This week the Objectivism Society hosts a "Philosophic Potluck." Bring a quote from Objectivist or other philosophic work that raises a question or contains an idea you'd like to discuss. Objectivism Society meetings and events are open to the public. The Objectivism Society meets every Thursday while classes are in session at 5:30 p.m. in WAG 101. CONTACT:Alan D McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8318@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090723T084049 SUMMARY:Student Group screens "Arusi Persian Wedding" LOCATION:GAR 0.102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090730T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090730T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090723T084049Z DESCRIPTION:This documentary by Marjan Tehrani follows the filmmaker's brother and his American wife as they travel to Iran for their traditional Persian wedding and chronicles their struggles and excitement on film. The film weaves the couple's personal story with historical footage and offers a glimpse into a vibrant and complex country rarely seen in Western media. Filmmaker's statement: "It was my goal to tell an intimate and personal story that was universal at the same time. I hope that the audience walks away from the film with a deeper understanding of Iran/U.S. relations. Over time, the actions--and reactions--of these governments have caused numerous misunderstandings and misconceptions among their citizens. This film ... explores the metaphoric connection between two culturally diverse individuals in a marriage and two polarized countries in a relationship. I hope you are able to connect with what it means to be of a mixed, complex identity or to marry into another culture. As relations between Iran and the U.S. continue to be volatile and fraught with finger-pointing, I also hope that you are able to gain a deeper understanding of these pivotal historical moments in a history where Iran and the U.S. have both played a role. I believe that understanding the past opens the space to move forward and create new possibilities for future generations." Running time: 63 minutes CONTACT:Ariana Haddad 512.784.3005 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utipj.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8227@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T133503 SUMMARY:Blanton presents "A Day in the Life of Nero: Life in the Ancient World" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090801T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090801T150000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20090822T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T133911Z DESCRIPTION:Legend states that Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but what do we really know of the ancient world? Examine life in ancient Greece and Rome by reflecting on Greek vases, Roman coins and exquisitely maintained casts of classical sculpture. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8304@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090715T085413 SUMMARY:"Lights, Camera, Help" film festival offers campus screening LOCATION:CAL 100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090801T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090801T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090720T091634Z DESCRIPTION:Dedicated to advancing the "films-for-a-cause genre," Lights Camera Help is the first-of-its-kind film festival for nonprofits, grassroots organizations and their causes. The screening on campus will present the best films and videos submitted for this Austin festival's inaugural year. The festival is partnering with Public Relations 348 to build awareness for the event and its showcasing of how film and video can be used by organizations to tell their stories and communicate their messages. CONTACT:aaron@lightscamerahelp.org URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lightscamerahelp.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8340@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090728T103229 SUMMARY:Learn flamenco dancing during beginner workshop LOCATION:North Campus DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090804T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090804T183000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090728T135318Z DESCRIPTION:Grupo Flor y Canto is hosting a beginning level flamenco dance workshop. This workshop focuses on introducing the novice dancer to flamenco. The workshop will include a warm-up with a focus on posture, isolations and breathing technique. During the workshop, we will learn a short choreography for the sevillanas. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. The workshop is free for members and $5 for non-members. NOTE: Flamenco is not a ballroom dance form. To register for the workshop or for more information, please email grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. CONTACT:Eliseo Jacob END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8069@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090428T165334 SUMMARY:Film "Barber of Siberia" is set in tsarist Russia LOCATION:GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090805T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090805T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090428T165334Z DESCRIPTION:Against the backdrop of nineteenth-century tsarist Russia, a foreign entrepreneur and his lovely assistant Jane venture to the wilds of Siberia to sell an experimental timber harvester. Instead of business, however, Jane finds love in Siberia when she meets a young Russian officer, Andre, and she spends the next ten years pursuing him throughout his exile. CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/center/creees/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8348@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090730T134624 SUMMARY:Performance highlights historic Galveston immigrants (early show) LOCATION:Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090806T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090806T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T164448Z DESCRIPTION:"Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island" is a Living Newspaper Project performance staged inside the "Forgotten Gateway" exhibit at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 Congress Ave., Austin, Texas. Shows will run twice daily on Aug. 6 and 7 and once on Aug. 8. See specific calendar listings for more information. The Living Newspaper Summer Performance Troupe is co-sponsored by: The Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin The Webber Family Foundation The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum CONTACT:Gretchen V Abbott URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu/programs/living/summer_workshop.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8166@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090528T202602 SUMMARY:Blanton Public Tour features "WorkSpace: Jim Drain" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090806T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090806T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090625T082738Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at the current WorkSpace installation by artist Jim Drain. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8228@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T133636 SUMMARY:Blanton Public Tour presents Artwork of the Week LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090806T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090806T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T133636Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection: Franz Kline, "Black and White No. 2" (1960). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8345@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090730T134006 SUMMARY:Performance highlights historic Galveston immigrants (afternoon show) LOCATION:Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090806T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090806T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090807T164520Z DESCRIPTION:"Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island" is a Living Newspaper Project performance staged inside the "Forgotten Gateway" exhibit at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 Congress Ave., Austin, Texas. Shows will run twice daily on Aug. 6 and 7 and once on Aug. 8. See specific calendar listings for more information. The Living Newspaper Summer Performance Troupe is co-sponsored by: The Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin The Webber Family Foundation The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum CONTACT:Gretchen V Abbott URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu/programs/living/summer_workshop.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8374@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090804T151320 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts "A Philosophical Defense of Reality" LOCATION:WAG 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090806T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090806T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090804T151320Z DESCRIPTION:The UT Objectivism Society invites you to an introductory presentation of Objectivist metaphysics by Eddie Moreno, with emphasis on "Existence, Consciousness, and Identity as the Basic Axioms" and "Causality as a Corollary of Identity." Presentation topics will include: primacy of existence versus primacy of consciousness, causality, and existence versus contradiction. Some time will also be devoted to the topic of free will. Discussion, inquiry and coffee at Jester City Limits to follow. In her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead," and in eight nonfiction books, Ayn Rand presented her unique philosophy, which she named "Objectivism" because it proceeds from the axiom that "existence exists," and champions objectivity in all areas--cognition, values, law, art and so forth. Rand described Objectivism as "a philosophy for living on earth." UT Objectivism Society meetings and events are always open to the public. CONTACT:Alan D McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8344@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090730T133743 SUMMARY:Performance highlights historic Galveston immigrants (early show) LOCATION:The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090807T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090807T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090730T133743Z DESCRIPTION:"Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island" is staged inside the "Forgotten Gateway" exhibit at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX. Shows will run twice daily on Aug. 6 and 7 and once on Aug. 8. See specific calendar listings for more information. The Living Newspaper Summer Performance Troupe is co-sponsored by: The Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin The Webber Family Foundation The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum CONTACT:SGretchen V Abbott URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu/programs/living/summer_workshop.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8346@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090730T134251 SUMMARY:Performance highlights historic Galveston immigrants (afternoon show) LOCATION:The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090807T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090807T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090730T134251Z DESCRIPTION:"Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island" is staged inside the "Forgotten Gateway" exhibit at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX. Shows will run twice daily on Aug. 6 and 7 and once on Aug. 8. See specific calendar listings for more information. The Living Newspaper Summer Performance Troupe is co-sponsored by: The Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin The Webber Family Foundation The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum CONTACT:Gretchen V Abbott URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu/programs/living/summer_workshop.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7927@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090414T093147 SUMMARY:B scene is Blanton's monthly art party LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090807T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090807T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090807T164520Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Blanton's monthly art party. This month, members of the Hideout Theater and Get Up! wow the crowd with improv performances throughout the evening. Enjoy music by DJ Starsign, the Learning Secrets, museum tours, free appetizers and more! The museum shop will be open late (10:30 p.m.) as will the cafe (9 p.m.). CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8347@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090730T134613 SUMMARY:Performance tells of historic Galveston immigrants (show & reception) LOCATION:Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090808T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090808T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T164702Z DESCRIPTION:"Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island" is a Living Newspaper Project performance staged inside the "Forgotten Gateway" exhibit at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 1800 Congress Ave., Austin, Texas. This performance will be followed by a reception. The Living Newspaper Summer Performance Troupe is co-sponsored by: The Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin The Webber Family Foundation The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum CONTACT:Gretchen V Abbott URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu/programs/living/summer_workshop.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7465@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T164147 SUMMARY:"Wicked" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090812T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090812T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090815T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T164412Z DESCRIPTION:So much happened before Dorothy dropped in ... Long before the girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One--born with emerald green skin--is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for "the most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical in a long time" ("USA Today".) On Broadway and around the world, "Wicked" has worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of twenty major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, "Wicked" is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" ("The New York Times"). CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/wicked END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8229@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T134441 SUMMARY:Blanton Public Tour features "WorkSpace: Jim Drain" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090813T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090813T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090625T082829Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at the current WorkSpace installation by artist Jim Drain. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8424@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090812T091318 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts health care video lecture LOCATION:WAG 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090813T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090813T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090818T095541Z DESCRIPTION:You are invited to the video presentation, "Health Care Is Not a Right" by Dr. Leonard Peikoff, the foremost authority on Ayn Rand and Objectivism. This lecture was delivered at a Town Hall Meeting on health care in Costa Mesa, California, on December 11, 1993. In her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead," and in eight nonfiction books, Ayn Rand presented her unique philosophy, which she named "Objectivism" because it proceeds from the axiom that "existence exists" and champions objectivity in all areas - cognition, values, law, art and so forth. Rand described Objectivism as "a philosophy for living on earth." The UT Objectivism Society meetings and events are always open to the public. CONTACT:Alan D McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8420@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090811T085114 SUMMARY:Cultural group hosts The Fandango Project performance LOCATION:Texas Union Theatre DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090814T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090814T124500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090811T085114Z DESCRIPTION:Grupo Flor y Canto invites you to The Fandango Project's summer production. Join us for your lunch hour. The program will include las sevillanas from Spain, and son jarocho and comparsa from Veracruz. There will also be a special guest appearance by Kha'deejah, whose dancing combines traditional Middle Eastern dance movements with contemporary music by Peter Gabriel and Vampire Weekend. For information, email grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. CONTACT:Eliseo Jacob END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8214@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090617T131229 SUMMARY:"Half & Half: Part Two" is collaboration of artists, art historians LOCATION:Creative Research Lab (CRL) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090815T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090815T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090829T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090708T141655Z DESCRIPTION:Half & Half: Part Two The Creative Research Laboratory (CRL) introduces a summer adventure, starring: a coked-up vacuum cleaner, a severed beached whale, a bevy of romance novels and the surging waters of Niagara Falls. It's Half &' Half, the love child of the artists and art historians of the Department of Art and Art History. The artwork from fifteen graduate students is split into two exhibitions curated by art and art history graduates. Each exhibition runs for two weeks, with the first opening on Jul. 25, and the second opening on Aug. 15. The CRL hours are Tuesday - Saturday, noon - 5 p.m. This set of exhibitions marks the eighth consecutive year of collaboration within the Department of Art and Art History graduate students on a summer exhibition at the CRL. This select group of works represents a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, photography and video. Featured artists are Kristina Felix, Bethany Johnson, Teruko Nimura, Alejandro Sanchez, Tim Schmidt, Christina Weisner and Richard Yanas. Curated by Kara Carmack, Ariel Evans, Bonnie Gammill and Lauren Hanson. Opening reception: Aug. 15, 6-9 p.m. CONTACT:Jade Walker URL;VALUE=URL:http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7466@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T164243 SUMMARY:"Wicked" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090815T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090815T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090816T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T164501Z DESCRIPTION:So much happened before Dorothy dropped in ... Long before the girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One--born with emerald green skin--is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for "the most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical in a long time" ("USA Today".) On Broadway and around the world, "Wicked" has worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of twenty major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, "Wicked" is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" ("The New York Times"). CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/wicked END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7928@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090414T093305 SUMMARY:"Memory and Myth" is discussion of Francisco Matto's art LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090816T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090816T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090414T093305Z DESCRIPTION:Betty Sue Flowers, Ph.D., former director, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, will discuss myths, archetypes and memory in the context of the work featured in "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Myth." CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7467@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T164317 SUMMARY:"Wicked" come to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090816T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090816T223000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=7;UNTIL=20090830T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T164528Z DESCRIPTION:So much happened before Dorothy dropped in ... Long before the girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One--born with emerald green skin--is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for "the most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical in a long time" ("USA Today".) On Broadway and around the world, "Wicked" has worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of twenty major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, "Wicked" is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" ("The New York Times"). CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/wicked END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7468@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T164349 SUMMARY:"Wicked" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090818T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090818T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090822T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T164548Z DESCRIPTION:So much happened before Dorothy dropped in ... Long before the girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One--born with emerald green skin--is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for "the most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical in a long time" ("USA Today".) On Broadway and around the world, "Wicked" has worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of twenty major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, "Wicked" is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" ("The New York Times"). CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/wicked END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8157@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090527T125528 SUMMARY:Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey presents Over the Top! LOCATION:The Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090819T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090819T213000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090823T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090602T113227Z DESCRIPTION:Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey presents "Over The Top," a wacky and whimsical circus spectacular where audiences will experience maniacal mayhem as Ringmaster Chuck Wagner and clown eccentric Tom Dougherty compete for control of a magical top hat that brings to life their fantastical imaginations. From the silliness evoked by the clown to the stupendous spectacle conjured by the ringmaster, "Over the Top" provides excitement for the whole family. Dogs fly, Asian elephants skip, hop and groove, and one courageous man stands eye to eye with a pack of powerful Bengal tigers, all at the 138th Edition of The Greatest Show On EarthB. which runs August 19-23 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin. From the renowned Cossacks' unbelievable equestrian stunts to the Flying Caceres' high-altitude feats on an enormous double-decker trapeze, the 138th Edition of Ringling Bros. will take daredevil thrills to new extremes. Circus celebrities will help rev up the motorcycle madness featuring one cycle on a high wire and an amazing seven speeding riders in a Globe of Steel. Audiences will flip their lids as this Ringling Bros. circus really goes Over the Top! And one hour before show time, families can join Ringling Bros. athletic performers in getting "CircusFit" and learning circus skills at the FREE All Access Pre-show. CONTACT:Emily L Hoyle URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasboxoffice.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8470@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090819T132326 SUMMARY:Bridging Disciplines Programs host information sessions LOCATION:FAC 1 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090819T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090819T160000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091216T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T091544Z DESCRIPTION:The Bridging Disciplines Programs allow you to earn an interdisciplinary certificate in one of 10 different areas: Children & Society Cultural Studies Digital Arts & Media Environment Ethics & Leadership Film Studies Human Rights & Social Justice International Studies Social Inequality, Health & Policy Social Entrepreneurship & Nonprofits If you are interested in learning more about the BDPs, please come to an information session with BDP advisers every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to noon and every Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m. in FAC 1. Can't make those times? Just call our office at 232-7564 to set up an alternate time to speak to an adviser. For more information, check out our Web site. CONTACT:Patricia Micks URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/bdp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8260@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090701T160230 SUMMARY:Peace Corps Coffee Talk offers chance to learn about volunteering LOCATION:Starbucks on 24th St. DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090819T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090819T183000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090701T160749Z DESCRIPTION:International work experience and opportunities are available in over seventy countries where Peace Corps Volunteers perform a variety of jobs in business, education, community development, environment, health, information technology and agriculture. Learn more about these opportunities by joining Brad Watson, recently returned volunteer and UT recruiter, for a Coffee Talk. CONTACT:Bradley C Watson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8230@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T134612 SUMMARY:Blanton's Artwork of the Week features work by John Marin LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090820T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090820T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090618T135440Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at a thought-provoking work of art from the Blanton's permanent collection: John Marin, "Movement Sea, Ultramarine and Green; Sky, Cerulean and Grey" (1947). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8165@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090528T202113 SUMMARY:Artwork of the Week features work of Francisco Matto LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090820T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090820T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090528T202113Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at art from the Blanton"s summer exhibition, "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7929@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090414T093649 SUMMARY:Third Thursday at Blanton features art, film, literature, yoga LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090820T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090820T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090414T093649Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly themed event that features extended hours and multiple programs. The Museum Shop and Cafe are open late. 6 p.m. Enjoy a public screening of "Spirituality," from the first season of the PBS series, "Art in the Twenty-first Century," featuring interviews with artists Ann Hamilton, John Feodorov, Shahzia Sikander and James Turrell. Curator Ursula Davila-Villa will give a brief introduction on art and spirituality in the context of "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." 6:30 pm Yoga in the Galleries 7 p.m. Blanton Book Club: "House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende 7 p.m. Art Brief Tour: Ties to the Past: Pre- Columbian Influences on Latin American Art Media sponsor: Univision CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8461@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090818T095706 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts health care video lecture LOCATION:WAG 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090820T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090820T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090818T095706Z DESCRIPTION:You are invited to the video presentation, "Health Care Is Not a Right" by Dr. Leonard Peikoff, the foremost authority on Ayn Rand and Objectivism. This is the lecture that was originally scheduled for the Aug. 13 meeting. This lecture was delivered at a Town Hall Meeting on health care in Costa Mesa, California, on December 11, 1993. At the time, the First Lady's (and present Secretary of State's) "HillaryCare" initiative was in full swing, but was eventually soundly defeated before it ever came to a vote. Now the idea is back. Should single-payer initiatives be defeated? If so, what's the most effective way to do that? Dr. Peikoff's lecture makes crucial points. In her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead," and in eight nonfiction books, Ayn Rand presented her unique philosophy, which she named "Objectivism" because it proceeds from the axiom that "existence exists" and champions objectivity in all areas - cognition, values, law, art and so forth. Rand described Objectivism as "a philosophy for living on earth." The UT Objectivism Society meetings and events are always open to the public. CONTACT:Alan D McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8449@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090817T094325 SUMMARY:Auditions for UT choirs announced LOCATION:Music Building DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090821 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090821 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090825T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090817T094325Z DESCRIPTION:With six ensembles and nationally recognized faculty, the UT choirs offers students an outstanding opportunity to make music at an elite level and to develop lasting friendships. You do not need to be a music major to participate in one of our choirs; in fact, well over half of all UT choral singers are non-music majors. We invite you to schedule an audition and become part of the tradition of great choral music at The University of Texas. SCHEDULING AN AUDITION General choral auditions, which cover Chamber Singers, Concert Chorale, Men's Chorus and Women's Chorus (excluding Longhorn Singers and Choral Arts Society), will be held from Aug. 21 through Aug. 25 (Sunday-Tuesday). Audition slots are 8 minutes and are held in the Ensembles Office, MBE 2.116FA, for non-majors and in the Recital Studio, MRH 2.604, for music majors. You will need to provide us with your name, voice part, major and email address. How to sign up for an audition: Please visit the board outside of the Ensembles Suite, MBE 2.116, and sign up for an available 8-minute time slot on one of the four audition dates. CONTACT:John L Wiles URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/Choirs/Auditions/Default.aspx END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7469@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T164619 SUMMARY:"Wicked" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090822T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090822T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090823T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T164619Z DESCRIPTION:So much happened before Dorothy dropped in ... Long before the girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One--born with emerald green skin--is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for "the most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical in a long time" ("USA Today".) On Broadway and around the world, "Wicked" has worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of twenty major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, "Wicked" is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" ("The New York Times"). CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/wicked END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8203@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090610T120052 SUMMARY:Freshman Reading Round-Up is chance to discuss summer reading LOCATION:Various DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090825T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090825T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090825T174529Z DESCRIPTION:Welcome to an event that gives incoming first-year students a head start on exploring what The University of Texas at Austin is all about: a place where ideas abound, inquiry is encouraged and discoveries--both large and small--happen every day. All across campus on the day before classes begin, professors and first-year students will meet for lively, informal discussions about a book they have read over the summer. Call 512-475-7000 for more information. CONTACT:Julia M Ferguson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/frr END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8471@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090819T132350 SUMMARY:Bridging Disciplines Programs host information sessions LOCATION:FAC 1 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090825T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090825T120000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091215T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T091422Z DESCRIPTION:The Bridging Disciplines Programs allow you to earn an interdisciplinary certificate in one of 10 different areas: Children & Society Cultural Studies Digital Arts & Media Environment Ethics & Leadership Film Studies Human Rights & Social Justice International Studies Social Inequality, Health & Policy Social Entrepreneurship & Nonprofits If you are interested in learning more about the BDPs, please come to an information session with BDP advisers every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to noon and every Wednesday from 3 to 4 p.m. in FAC 1. Can't make those times? Just call our office at 232-7564 to set up an alternate time to speak to an adviser. For more information, check out our Web site. CONTACT:Patricia Micks URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/bdp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7470@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T164648 SUMMARY:"Wicked" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090825T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090825T230000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090829T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T164648Z DESCRIPTION:So much happened before Dorothy dropped in ... Long before the girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One--born with emerald green skin--is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for "the most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical in a long time" ("USA Today".) On Broadway and around the world, "Wicked" has worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of twenty major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, "Wicked" is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" ("The New York Times"). CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/wicked END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8387@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T103403 SUMMARY:Libraries offer "How To Search the Library Catalog" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090826T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090826T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T103525Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to search the library catalog to find books, DVDs, CDs, journals and more in all the campus libraries, as well as how to renew and recall items, save searches and use other "my account" features. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8171@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090530T112856 SUMMARY:Blanton "Perspectives" offers "Presenting Prints and Drawings" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090827T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090827T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090601T090925Z DESCRIPTION:Jonathan Bober, curator of prints, drawings and European paintings, takes a comparative look at how the Blanton uniquely presents the works in three separate galleries: Venetian Prints and Drawings in the Time of Veronese, "Posturing the Prints of Hendrick Goltzius and His Circle" and Vanni's "Correggio." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8231@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090618T134648 SUMMARY:Blanton Public Tour features "Jerry Bywaters: Lonestar Printmaker" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090827T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090827T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090625T083006Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we take a look at the current exhibition, "Jerry Bywaters: Lonestar Printmaker." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8375@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090804T151415 SUMMARY:Introduction to the UT Libraries is open to all LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090827T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090827T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090804T151415Z DESCRIPTION:Learn about the libraries on campus, and the services and research resources available to you. This class, designed for new users of the UT Libraries, includes a brief introduction to the library catalog and article databases. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8482@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090821T092218 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts discussion of "Man's Rights" by Ayn Rand LOCATION:WAG 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090827T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090827T183000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090821T092218Z DESCRIPTION:You are invited to a public discussion of Ayn Rand's essay "Man's Rights." The essay was published in her collection "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal," and is available online at http://tinyurl.com/5sjfuh The goal will be to understand Rand's answers to such questions as, "What are rights?"; "Does man need rights?"; "Who provides and protects rights?"; "What happens when rights conflict?", etc. To maximize the benefit from the discussion, please read the essay prior to the meeting and note any questions that you'd like to discuss. In her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead," and in eight nonfiction books, Ayn Rand presented her unique philosophy, which she named "Objectivism" because it proceeds from the axiom that "existence exists" and champions objectivity in all areas - cognition, values, law, art and so forth. Rand described Objectivism as "a philosophy for living on earth." UT Objectivism Society meetings and events are always open to the public. CONTACT:Alan D McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8501@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090825T143404 SUMMARY:Alley Flat sustainable housing hosts housewarming LOCATION:904 Lydia Street DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090827T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090827T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090825T143404Z DESCRIPTION:The Alley Flat is a sustainable, green, affordable housing alternative in East Austin. Join us to explore the second prototype created by faculty and students from the School of Architecture. Congressman Lloyd Doggett will be speaking. CONTACT:Amy M Crossette URL;VALUE=URL:http://thealleyflatinitiative.org/AFI2_housewarming_invite2.pdf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8381@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T083032 SUMMARY:Introduction to the UT Libraries course offered LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090828T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090828T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T083032Z DESCRIPTION:Learn about the libraries on campus, and the services and research resources available to you. This class, designed for new users of the UT Libraries, includes a brief introduction to the library catalog and article databases. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8489@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090824T124347 SUMMARY:Public Art Intern information session offered LOCATION:Co-Op Fine Arts Student Center (DFA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090828T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090828T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090824T124347Z DESCRIPTION:Want to get involved with public art? Meet the Landmarks staff over pizza. Join Landmarks, the university's public art program, for an information session about the Landmarks Docents and Landmarks Preservation Guild. It's a great chance to become informed about the public art on campus, learn about rewarding volunteer opportunities and to meet the Landmarks staff. Free pizza and drinks will be provided. CONTACT:Leah L Griffin URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.landmarks.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8388@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T103451 SUMMARY:Libraries offer "How To Search the Library Catalog" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090828T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090828T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T103451Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to search the library catalog to find books, DVDs, CDs, journals and more in all the campus libraries, as well as how to renew and recall items, save searches and use other "my account" features. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7471@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090309T164719 SUMMARY:"Wicked" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090829T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090829T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090830T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090309T164719Z DESCRIPTION:So much happened before Dorothy dropped in ... Long before the girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One--born with emerald green skin--is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for "the most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical in a long time" ("USA Today".) On Broadway and around the world, "Wicked" has worked its magic on critics and audiences alike. Winner of twenty major awards, including a Grammy and three Tony Awards, "Wicked" is "Broadway's biggest blockbuster" ("The New York Times"). CONTACT:PAC's Ticker Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/wicked END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8382@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T083130 SUMMARY:Introduction to the UT Libraries course offered LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090831T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090831T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T083130Z DESCRIPTION:Learn about the libraries on campus, and the services and research resources available to you. This class, designed for new users of the UT Libraries, includes a brief introduction to the library catalog and article databases. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8497@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090825T115314 SUMMARY:General undergraduate research info sessions offered twice weekly LOCATION:FAC 22 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090831T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090831T170000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091214T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090825T143203Z DESCRIPTION:Sign up to attend an undergraduate research information session. Sessions take place Mondays from 4 to 5 p.m. and Tuesdays from 1 to 2 p.m. We'll discuss the necessary steps to get involved in research, how to contact faculty, the qualities and skills faculty are looking for in undergraduate researchers and course credit for undergraduate research. Sign up to attend an info session on our Web site. CONTACT:Olivia L Starr URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/ugr/students/sessions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8522@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090827T073444 SUMMARY:Texas Ballroom offers free swing and salsa dance class tonight LOCATION:AHG 136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090831T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090831T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T073444Z DESCRIPTION:This week, Texas Ballroom offers free dance classes every evening in anticipation of our Welcome Dance on Sept. 11! Tonight's class is swing/salsa. For a schedule of other classes this week, visit us on the Web. CONTACT:Marianne Joyce J Tiutan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasballroom.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8435@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090814T135533 SUMMARY:K-12 Outreach Consortium holds brown-bag lunch meeting LOCATION:ACES 2.402 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090901T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090901T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090814T135533Z DESCRIPTION:The K-12 Educational Outreach Consortium is holding its first brown-bag luncheon for the 2009-2010 academic year. All university units - regardless of discipline - that provide services or outreach to K-12 schools, provide support or training for K-12 educators or otherwise have a mission or goal to serve the K-12 community are invited to attend to discuss issues of mutual interest and networking opportunities both on campus and off. CONTACT:Christopher S Rose END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8500@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090825T143109 SUMMARY:General undergraduate research info sessions offered twice weekly LOCATION:FAC 22 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090901T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090901T140000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091215T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090825T143109Z DESCRIPTION:Sign up and attend an undergraduate research information session. Sessions take place Mondays from 4 to 5 p.m. and Tuesdays from 1 to 2 p.m. We'll discuss the necessary steps to get involved in research, how to contact faculty, the qualities and skills faculty are looking for in undergraduate researchers and course credit for undergraduate research. Sign up to attend an info session on our Web site. CONTACT:Olivia L Starr URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/ugr/students/sessions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8491@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090824T145241 SUMMARY:Learn flamenco dancing during sevillanas workshop LOCATION:North Campus DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090901T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090901T180000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20090922T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091029T120247Z DESCRIPTION:"Sevillanas for Beginners" is a four-week dance series that introduces the novice dancer to flamenco. WORKSHOP STRUCTURE: If you're starting to explore flamenco, expect to spend some time learning the basics. This workshop will break down basic footwork and corporal expressions. Class exercises will include simple choreographies to challenge the mind as well as basic drills to develop rhythm. The workshop will include a warm-up with a focus on posture, isolation and breathing technique. During the workshop, we will learn a short choreography for the sevillanas. The sevillanas is an old folk dance, danced by couples of all ages and sexes during fiestas. Sevillanas choreography is very stable, and familiarity with it is very useful. This is why beginners in flamenco usually start with this particular dance. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. The series is free for members. For non-members, the entire series is $20 with early bird registration and $30 with late registration. The early bird registration deadline is Aug. 28. NOTE: Flamenco is not a ballroom dance form. For more information, please email grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com. CONTACT:Eliseo Jacob END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8517@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090827T072421 SUMMARY:Texas Ballroom offers free tango and waltz class tonight LOCATION:RSC 2.114 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090901T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090901T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T072421Z DESCRIPTION:This week, Texas Ballroom offers free dance classes every evening in anticipation of our Welcome Dance on Sept. 11! Tonight's class is tango/waltz. For a schedule of other classes this week, visit us on the Web. CONTACT:Marianne Joyce J Tiutan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasballroom.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8190@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090604T113754 SUMMARY:Elvis Costello & the Sugarcanes perform at Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090901T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090901T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090604T113754Z DESCRIPTION:Elvis Costello and his new acoustic band the Sugarcanes, consisting of several renowned musicians, make their first appearance at Bass Concert Hall! Most notably, Jim Lauderdale previously won Artist of the Year and Song of the Year at the Americana Music Awards and is a well-known songwriter writing for the Dixie Chicks, Mark Chestnut, Vince Gill and George Strait. Stuart Duncan is a two-time Grammy Award Winner and in-demand session player. He's played for George Strait, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire and Barbara Streisand. Also in the Sugarcanes, Dennis Jerry Douglas, Mike Compton and Jeff Taylor. Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes are releasing the album "Secret, Profane, and Sugarcane" on June 2. This is their first album together and was recorded over three days in Nashville, TN. The album was produced by long-term collaborator and Grammy award winner T-Bone Burnett. The album features tracks "Hidden Shame," previously recorded by Johnny Cash, and "Changing Partners," made famous by Bing Crosby. The album will be released on the label Hear Music, Starbucks' record label. CONTACT:PAC's Ticket Office URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/elvis_sugarcanes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8376@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090804T151620 SUMMARY:UT Libraries host "Finding Books and Dissertations for Your Research" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090804T151620Z DESCRIPTION:Online classes: At the class start time, go to https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/lib-dropin/, select Enter as a Guest, type your name and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/). This class will cover how to find print and online books for your research, including those in the UT Libraries and those from other university libraries. We will also cover how to find dissertations in your field from UT and other institutions. This class is especially useful for graduate students and faculty. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8511@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090826T103026 SUMMARY:Study Abroad Office hosts information fair LOCATION:Gregory Plaza DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090826T103026Z DESCRIPTION:More than fifty study abroad programs will be highlighted at this semi-annual event. CONTACT:Jenny E Achilles URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8541@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090828T102308 SUMMARY:Poetry on the Plaza bids "Farewell to Summer" LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090831T082957Z DESCRIPTION:The Harry Ransom Center kicks off the 2009-10 Poetry on the Plaza season with "Farewell to Summer." Despite Austin's record-hot temperatures, the summer season is officially drawing to a close. Come say farewell with readers Professor Elizabeth Cullingford of the Department of English; Professor Michael Starbird of the Department of Mathematics; and Lawrence Wright, author, screenwriter, playwright and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. Refreshments will be served at this free event. Pick up a free poster and bookmark with the 2009-10 Poetry on the Plaza schedule at the visitors desk in the Ransom Center lobby. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8351@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090731T084525 SUMMARY:Introduction to EndNote teaches helpful tricks for library users LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T153000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T084525Z DESCRIPTION:"Bibliographies made easy!" This introductory class covers tricks for using EndNote with library databases, such as Web of Science, and with indexes and the library catalog. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8523@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090827T113717 SUMMARY:Madrigal Dinner 2009 auditions announced LOCATION:UNB various locations (see below) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T220000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090904T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T113717Z DESCRIPTION:Sign up for choir and acting auditions for the Madrigal Dinner 2009. No need to prepare any monologues, just come in for a cold reading. Rooms and Times: Sept. 2 at 7 p.m. Quadrangle Room 3.304 UNB Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. Sinclair Suite 3.128 UNB Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. Lone Star Room 3.208 UNB Visit http://usec.org/mdc for more details! CONTACT:Brittany K Woods URL;VALUE=URL:http://utsec.org/mdc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8518@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090827T072622 SUMMARY:Texas Ballroom offers free cha-cha/rumba class tonight LOCATION:AHG 136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090902T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T072622Z DESCRIPTION:This week, Texas Ballroom offers free dance classes every evening in anticipation of our Welcome Dance on Sept. 11! Tonight's class is cha-cha/rumba. For a schedule of other classes this week, visit us on the Web. CONTACT:Marianne Joyce J Tiutan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasballroom.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8639@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090905T081944 SUMMARY:"Once Upon a Weekend": Sign up up for weekend theater extravaganza LOCATION:F. Loren Winship Drama Building (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T173000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090909T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090905T081944Z DESCRIPTION:Slam into the new semester and make some fast and furious theatre! "Once Upon a Weekend" is an extravaganza of new work that takes 24 hours to write, two hours to rehearse, 10 minutes to perform ... and you'll never forget it! Try on a "new hat" we don't usually see you wear. We'd love to see some cross-pollination of creative genius! We're looking for: -Playwrights -Dramaturgs -Directors -Actors -Choreographers -Designers -Event assistants How does it work?? Phase 1: Sign up at the Departmental Welcome starting on Sept. 3 through Sept. 9. You can sign up in multiple categories. Phase 2: The names of eight playwrights are drawn on Sept. 9. The writers will be summoned to a quick meeting on Sept. 10 to receive the writing prompts and will have 24 hours to write a five-to-seven-page script (10 minutes of performance). Phase 3: Scripts come in at noon on Sept. 11, when they are matched with directors and are cast from the pool of actors. Each play will have two hours to rehearse - NO MORE! Phase 4: We gather in the Lab Theatre on Mon., Sept. 14 at 6 p.m. to partake in the "Once Upon a Weekend" madness!!! Watch your e-mail for more details, and we'll see you at the Departmental Welcome. If you have questions, e-mail Wendy Bable. CONTACT:Amanda Flores URL;VALUE=URL:http://tinyurl.com/mvj4a5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8389@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T103603 SUMMARY:Libraries offer "How To Search the Library Catalog" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T103603Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to search the library catalog to find books, DVDs, CDs, journals and more in all the campus libraries, as well as how to renew and recall items, save searches and use other "my account" features. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8167@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090528T203626 SUMMARY:Blanton presents "Perspectives: Francisco Matto" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090528T203626Z DESCRIPTION:Pauline Turner Strong, associate professor of anthropology and incoming director of the Humanities Institute at The University of Texas at Austin, offers a comparative look at totemic objects in conjunction with the exhibition "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8377@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090804T151953 SUMMARY:UT Libraries offers online class: "Finding Journal & Magazine Articles" LOCATION:Online DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090806T150751Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to find articles on any research topic using the databases and electronic journals available to the campus community. This introductory class is geared toward new library users. Online classes: At the class start time, go to https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/lib-dropin/, select Enter as a Guest, type your name and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/). CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8543@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090828T164752 SUMMARY:"Maymester Abroad" program holds info session LOCATION:PHR 2.110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090828T164752Z DESCRIPTION:Maymester Abroad Programs are four-week courses offered in late May by at UT professor at an international location. Come hear about the 2010 Maymester Abroad courses and how to apply. All faculty, staff and students welcome! CONTACT:Melissa R Sassi URL;VALUE=URL:http://http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/mm.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8519@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090827T072825 SUMMARY:Texas Ballroom holds free open practice tonight LOCATION:AHG 136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T072825Z DESCRIPTION:This week, Texas Ballroom offers free dance classes every evening in anticipation of our Welcome Dance on Sept. 11! Tonight's class is open practice. For a schedule of other classes this week, visit us on the Web. CONTACT:Marianne Joyce J Tiutan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasballroom.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8548@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090831T072908 SUMMARY:Art&Science + Design Students Association meeting LOCATION:ART 1.202 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090903T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090831T072908Z DESCRIPTION:The Design Student Association and the Art & Science student group are meeting to discuss and begin the fall 2009 group projects. CONTACT:Joshua Russell END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8563@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090831T090947 SUMMARY:Talk explores high-quality child care and maternal mental health LOCATION:BUR 214 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090831T090947Z DESCRIPTION:Dr. Rachel Gordon of the University of Illinois-Chicago, presents her talk, "Use of High-Quality Child Care and Mothers' Mental Health," as part of the brown bag seminar series hosted by the Population Research Center. Dr. Gordon's research broadly aims to measure and model the contexts of children's and families' lives, often using longitudinal data sets. CONTACT:Rebecca Rodriguez URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/events/Brown-Bag-Seminars.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8425@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090812T123424 SUMMARY:Presentation focuses on health literacy and the Human Genome Project LOCATION:NUR 4.180, 1700 Red River DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090812T123424Z DESCRIPTION:Health Literacy & the Human Genome: Understanding Basic & Emerging Health Concerns In this presentation, the general concept of health literacy will be presented as it relates to health promotion. A particular form of health literacy, genomic health literacy, will then be discussed as it relates to issues emerging from the Human Genome Project. CONTACT:Phyllis A Harmon URL;VALUE=URL:http://utexas.edu/nursing/chpr END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8575@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090901T112828 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana LOCATION:Cactus Cafe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090901T112828Z DESCRIPTION:The Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana, the Italian Club of the Department of French and Italian that meets at the Cactus Cafe for informal conversation in Italian. The event is open to all. CONTACT:Antonella D Olson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.geocities.com/circolo_italiano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8520@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090827T073110 SUMMARY:Texas Ballroom offers waltz/cha-cha technique, open practice tonight LOCATION:AHG 136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T073110Z DESCRIPTION:This week, Texas Ballroom offers free dance classes every evening in anticipation of our Welcome Dance on Sept. 11! Tonight's class is waltz/cha-cha technique as well as open practice. For a schedule of other classes this week, visit us on the Web. CONTACT:Marianne Joyce J Tiutan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasballroom.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8591@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090902T073930 SUMMARY:Blanton's "B Scene" hosts Austin Poetry Slam LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090902T073930Z DESCRIPTION:This month the Blanton hosts the Austin Poetry Slam. Get ready for the city's most talented wordsmiths to wax poetic on the mic. Also, enjoy music by DJ Nicknack, tours, free appetizers, and more. Designer and jeweler Cynthia Bloom will showcase her latest creations during this B scene. Visit the Blanton Museum Shop to meet Cindy and discover her unique creations. The Museum Shop will be open late (10:30 p.m.) as will the Cafe (9 p.m.). CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8606@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090902T133157 SUMMARY:Concert features all-Bach evening with the Miro Quartet LOCATION:Butler School of Music DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090904T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090902T133157Z DESCRIPTION:The University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music opens its 2009-10 season with an all-Bach performance by the Mir&o Quartet. They will be joined by guest performers from the school's renowned performance faculty, and the concert will feature the Austin premiere of the Aeolus Quartet, the new graduate student resident quartet who will study with the Miro beginning in fall 2009. For a map to the concert location, click here. Box office opens at 6:30 p.m. Background: The student quartet residency was announced in spring 2009, and the Miro auditioned young professional quartets from around the country to select the debut Butler School of Music student quartet. The Aeolus Quartet, formed in 2006 at the Cleveland Institute of Music, was named the winning group. Group members receive full-tuition scholarships and stipends to study with Miro for two years, earning master's degrees in chamber music performance. At this concert, they will perform Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, and Cantata no. 82 alongside the Miro Quartet. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=15919 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8332@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090726T093658 SUMMARY:Blanton tour presents "Francisco Matto: The Modern & the Mythic" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090906T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090906T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090726T093658Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8462@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090818T100739 SUMMARY:Faculty artist concert celebrates David Small's 50th birthday LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall (MRH 3.838) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090906T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090906T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090901T101756Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for an afternoon of opera scenes and arias featuring David Small and friends. Visiting artists include soprano Suzanne Ramo, mezzo Cindy Sadler, tenors Angelo Ferrari and Brian Joyce, baritone David Malis and bass David Groth. Collaborative artists will be new Butler Opera Center Music director James Lowe, BSOM collaborative faculty member Chuck Dillard and Austin Lyric Opera coach (and BSOM grad) Dr. Elden Little, along with Betsy Sanders and Terry Muir and Shawn Sanders, celli. The birthday celebration will include scenes from Verdi's "Falstaff" and "Rigoletto," Offenbach's "Les contes d'Hoffman," Bellini's "Norma," Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" and "Lucia di Lamermoor," "The Ballad of Baby Doe," Bellini's "I Puritani," Puccini's "La boheme" and arias from a wide variety of works. Come join David in celebrating the beginning of his next fifty years!!! CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=17002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8610@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T082005 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts audio by Ayn Rand: "Philosophy: Who Needs It?" LOCATION:WAG 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090907T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090907T183000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T082005Z DESCRIPTION:In March 1974, Ayn Rand faced the improbable task of lecturing on the crucial importance of philosophy - to the graduating class of West Point. She succeeded magnificently: she attracted three times the expected attendance, she elicited an enthusiastic ovation and her lecture was reprinted in a new philosophy textbook published by the U.S. Military Academy. You're invited to an audio presentation of the actual lecture, hosted by the UT Objectivism Society. In her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead," and in eight nonfiction books, Ayn Rand presented her unique philosophy, which she named "Objectivism" because it proceeds from the axiom that "existence exists" and champions objectivity in all areas - cognition, values, law, art and so forth. Rand described Objectivism as "a philosophy for living on earth." UT Objectivism Society meetings and events are always open to the public. CONTACT:Alan D McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8383@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T083230 SUMMARY:Introduction to the UT Libraries course offered LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090908T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090908T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T083230Z DESCRIPTION:Learn about the libraries on campus, and the services and research resources available to you. This class, designed for new users of the UT Libraries, includes a brief introduction to the library catalog and article databases. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8390@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T103637 SUMMARY:Libraries offer "How to Search the Library Catalog" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090908T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090908T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T103637Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to search the library catalog to find books, DVDs, CDs, journals and more in all the campus libraries, as well as how to renew and recall items, save searches and use other "my account" features. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8542@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090828T111215 SUMMARY:Author Nam Le featured at fiction reading LOCATION:Joynes Reading Room DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090908T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090908T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090828T111215Z DESCRIPTION:The Creative Writing Department invites you to a fiction reading with author Nam Le. Nam Le's fiction has won the Pushcart Prize and appeared in publications including "Best American Nonrequired Reading" and "Zoetrope." His debut short story collection, "The Boat," won the 2009 Dylan Thomas Prize. CONTACT:Julia P Delacroix END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8677@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T122155 SUMMARY:Jay-Z: Student concert tickets available for presale LOCATION:Frank Erwin Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090909T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090909T220000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090911T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090909T122155Z DESCRIPTION:Jay-Z is coming to the Frank Erwin Center on Nov. 22 and UT students can buy tickets before the general public! Student presale is available NOW. Go to TexasBoxOffice.com and click on the Frank Erwin Center special promotions icon and enter code LONGHORNS. CONTACT:Kelly N Brademan URL;VALUE=URL:http://ev9.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ExecMacro/evenue/ev69/se/DisplayPromoList.d2w/report?linkID=tex-erw END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8615@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T155748 SUMMARY:The Benson Collection: Class helps users get the most out of library LOCATION:Benson Seminar Room, SRH 1.115 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090909T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090909T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T155748Z DESCRIPTION:The Benson Latin American Collection is renowned throughout Latin America, as well as the rest of the world, for its collection of materials from and about Latin America. This class will be a basic introduction to the best methods of doing research in the Benson, from finding general books and articles to one-of-a-kind manuscripts, drawings, correspondence and countless other primary source materials CONTACT:Adrian Johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8353@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090731T084701 SUMMARY:EndNote for Mac Users offers help in creating bibliographies LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090909T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090909T153000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T084701Z DESCRIPTION:This introductory class covers tips and suggestions for using EndNote software to create bibliographies on a Mac. Users should bring their own Mac laptops with a fully charged battery, and a copy of EndNote already installed. No reservation required. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/endnoteclass.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8593@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090902T074402 SUMMARY:Group screens film "Sissy Boy" LOCATION:Alamo Draft House on South Lamar DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090909T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090909T230000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090902T074402Z DESCRIPTION:Take a behind-the-scenes look at this gender-bending troupe performing both at home in Portland and on the road. Get to know the performers and what they are like both on and off the stage. Along the way, the performers grow into a family as they confront their feelings about being called "sissy" as kids, only to embrace the title through their shows. This film has been characterized as "Outrageous stuff," with "Surprising, touching, irreverent and over-the-top theatrics." CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/11902 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8352@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090731T084534 SUMMARY:Introduction to EndNote teaches helpful tricks for library users LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T233000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T084534Z DESCRIPTION:"Bibliographies made easy!" This introductory class covers tricks for using EndNote with library databases, such as Web of Science, and with indexes and the library catalog. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8550@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090831T073406 SUMMARY:College of Communication hosts study abroad fair LOCATION:CMA Plaza DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090831T073406Z DESCRIPTION:This event will feature information on a range of UT study abroad programs, including programs in communication that are open to all UT students. CONTACT:Elizabeth A Maclean URL;VALUE=URL:http://communication.utexas.edu/students/international/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8168@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090528T203718 SUMMARY:Artwork of the Week features work of Francisco Matto LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090528T203718Z DESCRIPTION:Join us as we look at art from the Blanton's summer exhibition, "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8620@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T162632 SUMMARY:The Department of French and Italian screens Tornatore's latest film LOCATION:MEZ BO 306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T230000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T204216Z DESCRIPTION:ll Circolo Italiano presents the first film of the semester, "La sconosciuta" (The Unknown Woman, 2006), by Giuseppe Tornatore. A psychological thriller with touches of melodrama, "La sconosciuta" is the story of an immigrant from Ukraine in a rich northeastern Italian city. This is the latest film by Giuseppe Tornatore, a director mainly known to international audiences for "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso," which won best foreign language movie at the 1988 Academy Awards. Music by Ennio Morricone; in Italian with English subtitles. CONTACT:Adria Frizzi URL;VALUE=URL:http://sites.google.com/site/utcircoloitaliano/film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8469@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090819T121200 SUMMARY:The Cohen New Works Festival Encore features "The Psyche Project" LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090910T220000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090912T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T162931Z DESCRIPTION:Following the enormous success of 2009's Cohen New Works Festival presented by the University Co-op, we asked you what projects are deserving of the Festival Encore. The votes are in! The Psyche Project, co-created by Jenny Connell and Marie Brown in collaboration with the ensemble, makes a three-day return (with four shows) engagement at the Oscar Brockett Theatre. With generous support from the University Co-op, this event is free and open to the public. Fast, funny and irreverent, The Psyche Project retells the myth of Eros and Psyche, two star-crossed lovers who married in secret, ticked off the Goddess of Love and went to hell and back to keep their marriage together. See what happens when Greek myth goes modern, hell is a mall, and Eros upgrades from an arrow to a semi-automatic. "The myth of Eros and Psyche is one of the oldest love stories of the Western world - God meets girl, God gets girl, God loses girl and gets her back. It's a direct ancestor to stories like Beauty and the Beast, A Midsummer Night's Dream and a lot of the classic love stories we all grew up with," states playwright Jenny Connell, who received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2009. CONTACT:512 471 1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8678@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T122310 SUMMARY:Talk centers on maternal education and development gradient in children LOCATION:BUR 214 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090911T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090911T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090909T122310Z DESCRIPTION:Ariel Kalil, Ph., Harris School of Policy Studies, University of Chicago, presents "Diverging Destinies: Maternal Education and the Development Gradient in Time with Children," as part of the Brown Bag Seminar Series hosted by the Population Research Center. Dr. Kalil's projects have examined how transitions from welfare to work affect mothers and children, barriers to the employment of welfare recipients, as well as family processes and child development in female-headed, teenage-parent and cohabiting-couple households. CONTACT:Sylvia A Celedon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/events/Brown-Bag-Seminars.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8673@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T091508 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana LOCATION:Cactus Cafe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090911T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090911T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090909T091508Z DESCRIPTION:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana. The Italian Club of the Department of French and Italian meets at the Cactus Cafe for informal conversation in Italian. The event is open to all. CONTACT:Antonella D Olson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.geocities.com/circolo_italiano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8466@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090819T103227 SUMMARY:Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote is topic of lecture LOCATION:Mezes 1.306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090911T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090911T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090819T103227Z DESCRIPTION:The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Study of Core Texts and Ideas invites all interested faculty, students, and friends of the university to our first lecture of the 2009-2010 school year. Professor Stanislav Zimic will discuss Cervantes' Don Quixote and the differences in novelistic structure and characterization in the two parts (1605, 1615) of Don Quixote. Professor Zimic is a faculty member in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UT Austin and is the author of four books and numerous monographic studies on Cervantes' works. This lecture will be followed up with an informal discussion of the book organized by the Jefferson Book Club. If you are interested in taking part in the discussion please contact Carly Chrisco at cchrisco@austin.utexas.edu. CONTACT:Carly R Chrisco URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/coretexts/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8713@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090911T090246 SUMMARY:Fall Faculty Gala Concert is tonight LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall (MRH 3.838) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090911T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090911T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090911T090246Z DESCRIPTION:The Fall Faculty Gala Concert is the first of the Butler Featured Event Series. This series is presented as an expression of appreciation for Sarah and Ernest Butler's generous support. These special events are designed to showcase the artist faculty, guest artists and talented students from across the various performance areas of the Butler School of Music. The programs in this series are open to the general public and we cordially invite everyone to come celebrate with us. This year's Faculty Gala Concert will include individual and chamber performances by the following artist faculty within the Butler School: Rebecca Henderson, Richard MacDowell, John Largess, DaXun Zhang, Rose Taylor, Darlene Wiley, Rick Rowley, Nathan Williams, Anton Nel, Harvey Pittel, Anne Epperson, Tom Burritt, Tony Edwards, Colette Valentine, Eugene Gratovich, David Renner, Nikita Storojev and Kristin Wolfe Jensen. CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=17061 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8521@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090827T073437 SUMMARY:Texas Ballroom holds Welcome Dance LOCATION:AHG 136 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090911T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T000000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T073437Z DESCRIPTION:Join Texas Ballroom for our Welcome Dance. This event is free for everyone, so invite your friends! CONTACT:Marianne Joyce J Tiutan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasballroom.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8315@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090720T203739 SUMMARY:Fall Faculty Exhibition presented at CRL LOCATION:Creative Research Lab (CRL) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091003T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090909T202238Z DESCRIPTION:Recent work by faculty artists in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin is on display. This well-regarded fall exhibition opens the semester and features a large number of works with a wide range of themes. The yearly showcase demonstrates the diversity of recent work created by the university's faculty artists in studio art, design and art education, and shares with the Austin art community their influence on art making in this city. To complement this exhibition, John Yancey, John D. Murchison Regents professor in art, and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, will be moderating an artist talk to allow participating artists to hold a discussion about their work and process. Join us for the opening reception: Sat., Sept. 12, 6-9 p.m. Artist Talk: Thurs., Oct. 1, 6:30-8:30 p.m. CRL Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-5 p.m. CONTACT:Xochi Solis URL;VALUE=URL:http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8333@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090726T093834 SUMMARY:Blanton tour presents "Symbol & Allegory: The Hidden Language of Art" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090726T093834Z DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered what artists had in mind when they created an artwork? How did audiences recognize messages encoded into works of art? This illuminating glimpse into the hidden language of the artists will take you through the Europe of centuries past. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8468@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090819T120821 SUMMARY:Cohen New Works Festival Encore features "Psyche Project" (matinee) LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090819T120821Z DESCRIPTION:Following the enormous success of 2009's Cohen New Works Festival presented by the University Co-op, we asked you what projects are deserving of the Festival Encore. The votes are in! The Psyche Project, co-created by Jenny Connell and Marie Brown in collaboration with the ensemble, makes a three-day return (with four shows) engagement at the Oscar Brockett Theatre. With generous support from the University Co-op, this event is free and open to the public. Fast, funny and irreverent, The Psyche Project retells the myth of Eros and Psyche, two star-crossed lovers who married in secret, ticked off the Goddess of Love and went to hell and back to keep their marriage together. See what happens when Greek myth goes modern, hell is a mall, and Eros upgrades from an arrow to a semi-automatic. "The myth of Eros and Psyche is one of the oldest love stories of the Western world - God meets girl, God gets girl, God loses girl and gets her back. It's a direct ancestor to stories like Beauty and the Beast, A Midsummer Night's Dream and a lot of the classic love stories we all grew up with," states playwright Jenny Connell, who received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in May 2009. CONTACT:512 471 1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8314@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090720T203604 SUMMARY:Fall Faculty Exhibition opens with reception LOCATION:Creative Research Lab (CRL) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090720T203711Z DESCRIPTION:This reception celebrates the opening of an exhibition of work from current faculty in the Department of Art and Art History. CRL Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon -5 p.m., and the exhibition runs through Oct. 3. CONTACT:Xochi Solis URL;VALUE=URL:http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8570@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090901T102018 SUMMARY:"Transfabulous" screening features "The Lovers and Fighters Convention" LOCATION:Alamo Draft House - South Lamar DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090912T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090901T102018Z DESCRIPTION:Welcome to Transfabulous, a celebratory response to the signing into law of the United Kingdom's Gender Recognition Act. Immerse yourselves in the live recording of this hilariously blue underground cabaret show. Filled with dynamic performances and witty interviews from transgendered and queer artists, this show is irreverent and insightful as only the Brits can be. CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/upcoming.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8334@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090726T094008 SUMMARY:Blanton tour presents "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090913T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090913T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090726T094008Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8641@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090906T115832 SUMMARY:UT Gindaiko hosts free Japanese drumming workshop LOCATION:Music Building, MBE 2.114 (Longhorn Band Hall) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090913T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090913T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090906T115832Z DESCRIPTION:UT's student taiko ensemble is holding a workshop to recruit new members as well as to share this inspiring movement and rhythm-based art form with the campus community. No experience needed! Students who want to audition for the 2009-10 performance ensemble must attend this workshop, but it is also open to those who just want to challenge themselves to learn a new skill, and relieve some stress by hitting drums the size of wine barrels! Participants will learn about the history of taiko in North America and build from basic form and concepts up to playing an entire song. NOTE: This is an active workshop. Please wear loose clothing, bring water and be prepared to work up a sweat! CONTACT:Adryon L Burton Denmark URL;VALUE=URL:http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/ut_gindaiko/fallWorkshop.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8594@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090902T074522 SUMMARY:Group screens film "Waxie Moon" LOCATION:Alamo Draft House on South Lamar DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090913T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090913T184500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090902T075848Z DESCRIPTION:You have to see Waxie Moon to believe him! This boylesque (male burlesque) dancer is elegantly outrageous in the way he combines the masculine and the feminine in an unusually successful, more blending than bending, fashion. Once you get over the initial shock that this guy is wearing a handlebar mustache, bald head and a tiara on a body that is over six feet tall, his technique and attention to detail are a sight to see. Special performance to follow screening. CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/11906 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8321@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090723T175041 SUMMARY:Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer perform at Bass LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090913T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090913T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090910T213249Z DESCRIPTION:In a rare concert experience, three of the music world's most accomplished virtuosos come together to present an evening of unbridled creativity, magic and unity. Though starkly different in their individual musical genres, Fleck (banjo), Hussain (tabla) and Meyer (bass) are each known to destroy the boundaries and limitations of their respective instruments by traveling boldly into unlikely genres. Together, their musical visions joyfully collide to bring audiences a glimpse of unfettered improvisation and heart. CONTACT:Gabriela Alcala Murga URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utpac.org/event/fleck END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8684@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T201715 SUMMARY:Institute for Historical Studies Workshop welcomes Dr. Alison Frazier LOCATION:GAR 4.100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090914T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090914T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090910T074353Z DESCRIPTION:"The Death of Pietro Paolo Boscoli" is presented by Dr. Alison Frazier, UT Department of History. To receive a copy of the pre-circulate paper, please email Courtney Meador by 9 a.m., Fri., Sept. 11. Dr. Frazier is the author of "Possible Lives: Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy" (2005), which won the Gordon Prize from the Renaissance Society of America for the best book in Renaissance Studies in 2006. Among several forthcoming works, Dr. Frazier is currently working on "Candiano Bollani's Hexameral Commentary," an article from her book project tentatively titled "The Beginning of the World in the Italian Renaissance," on fifteenth-century approaches to Genesis 1-3. Professor Frazier, who earned the President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award in 2003, teaches courses on the Italian Renaissance 1350-1550 and saints' lives as historical sources, which focuses on Christianity to 1700 with attention to precedents and analogies in Judaism and Islam. Wayne Rebhorn, professor of English at UT Austin, will give a response. CONTACT:Cameron B Strang URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8662@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T124153 SUMMARY:Peace Corps video presentation, with Q&A, to be held LOCATION:FAC 18, Liberal Arts Career Services DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090914T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090914T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T124153Z DESCRIPTION:Come watch the experiences of volunteers serving in locations such as Moldova, Panama, Malawi and Benin. This informational video will orient you to Peace Corps life and how to become a volunteer. Additionally, the UT Peace Corps recruiter will be available to answer questions specific to UT students. All students, faculty and staff welcome! CONTACT:Bradley C Watson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8354@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090731T084838 SUMMARY:Introduction to EndNote teaches helpful tricks for library users LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090914T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090914T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T084838Z DESCRIPTION:"Bibliographies made easy!" This introductory class covers tricks for using EndNote with library databases, such as Web of Science, and with indexes and the library catalog. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8611@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T082126 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts video on abolishing publicly funded schools LOCATION:Waggener Hall, Room 201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090914T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090914T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T082126Z DESCRIPTION:Why do so many Americans - liberal and conservative - support a compulsory system of government-run education? What role should the state play in educating America's children? Are government schools compatible with a free society? Is it possible to have a free market in education? In this lecture, videotaped in March 2007, Dr. C. Bradley Thompson of Clemson University will examine the destructive effects of "public" education. He will critique the principal assumptions behind government schooling (e.g., that children have a "right" to a education and that government schools are for the "public good"). Thompson will present a principled argument for a free market in education that begins with the rights and responsibilities of parents to provide for the education of their own children. In her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead," and in eight nonfiction books, Ayn Rand presented her unique philosophy, which she named "Objectivism" because it proceeds from the axiom that "existence exists" and champions objectivity in all areas - cognition, values, law, art and so forth. Rand described Objectivism as "a philosophy for living on earth." UT Objectivism Society meetings and events are always open to the public. CONTACT:Alan D McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8640@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090905T083036 SUMMARY:"Once Upon a Weekend" is product of madcap creative weekend LOCATION:Lab Theatre (LTH) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090914T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090914T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090914T131945Z DESCRIPTION:"Once Upon a Weekend" is an extravaganza of new work that takes 24 hours to write, two hours to rehearse, 10 minutes to perform. What do you do with a hat, a river, a street sweeper, first and last lines being the same, someone saying "Unseal the envelope" and a quest for immortality? You make eight new performances in 26 hours! Check out "Once Upon a Weekend" today n the Lab Theatre!!! Featuring: "Blue" Creative team: Virginia Reeves, Abra Chusi, Martin Zimmerman, Stephen Low "The Wishin' River" Creative team: Holli Gipson, Shaun Tubbs, Kathleen Lothringer, Megan McQuaid "La Quête pour l'Immortalité" Creative team: Erica Hui, Taylor Kirk, Marc Reynolds, Victoria Hendrix, Diana Grisanti "To Victor!" Creative team: Keenan Zarling, Gabriel Dean, Michael Massey, Rowan Doyle "Jinglicism" Creative team: Michael Bowman, John Harmon, Rebecca Herman, Emily Smith "Revisions" Creative team: Cassidy Browning, Avital Stolar, Logan Hylton, Jennifer Singletory "Pipe Dream" Creative team: Steve Moulds, Courtney Sale, Polly Veltchev, Tom Horan "Now Serving Your Soul" Creative team: Leigh Fulcher, Jon Cook, Kate Leahy The performance is free and seating is limited; see you at the show! CONTACT:Amanda Flores URL;VALUE=URL:http://tinyurl.com/mvj4a5 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8372@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090804T101241 SUMMARY:Conference on Aging in the Americas addresses issues facing Latinos LOCATION:AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090915 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090915 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090917T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T093028Z DESCRIPTION:The 2009 International Conference on Aging in the Americas is aimed at utilizing research to augment knowledge about dimensions of healthful aging for people of Hispanic and Latin American descent and fostering emerging scholars in the field as this topic rapidly develops as a major policy and national budget issue. Past conferences examined the social and economic causes and consequences of health problems among older Mexican-origin individuals in the United States and in Mexico. CONTACT:Kelly G Bolinger URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/caa/index.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8618@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T162218 SUMMARY:Finding Articles on Latin America is topic of Benson library class LOCATION:Benson Seminar Room (SRH 1.115) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T162218Z DESCRIPTION:Learn the best methods for locating articles and the best databases for finding research and news articles about and from Latin America. CONTACT:Adrian Johnson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8663@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T143401 SUMMARY:Public Art Intern information session offered LOCATION:Co-Op Fine Arts Student Center (DFA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T143401Z DESCRIPTION:Want to get involved with public art? Meet the Landmarks staff to learn about volunteer internship opportunities. Join Landmarks, the university's public art program for an information session about the Landmarks Docents and Landmarks Preservation Guild. It's a great chance to become informed about the public art on campus, learn about rewarding volunteer opportunities and to meet the Landmarks staff. Tiff's Treats will be provided. CONTACT:Leah L Griffin URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.landmarks.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8368@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090803T164723 SUMMARY:Library course showcases e-Books and e-Audiobooks resources LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T164723Z DESCRIPTION:E-Books and eAudiobooks The University of Texas Libraries subscribes to thousands of electronic books and e-audio books which you can access through the Libraries Web site. Learn how to find and use these resources. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8674@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T091827 SUMMARY:The Academic Iceberg: How does academia adapt to the information age? LOCATION:UTA 5.522 (1616 Guadalupe) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T164500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090909T091827Z DESCRIPTION:"The Academic Iceberg: Academic Boundaries and New Forms of Research" Gary Geisler of the School of Information presents a public lecture on the following topic: Recent developments in information technology (especially the emergence of the World Wide Web and "Web 2.0" tools and technologies) have contributed to a vastly expanded range of ways in which researchers can make intellectual contributions to their fields. From an historical perspective, blogs, wikis, discussion forums, electronic preprints, open notebooks, shared data repositories, open source software and other technology-driven resources have appeared virtually overnight. The traditional academic system that places a premium on single-author, peer-reviewed publications has, not surprisingly, yet to make much progress in recognizing and placing value on these new forms of contributions. This talk describes some of the emerging nontraditional ways in which researchers are making intellectual contributions and discusses both the importance of and challenges to determining ways to assign value to them. CONTACT:William F Aspray Jr END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8289@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090707T083748 SUMMARY:Visiting artist Michael Bell-Smith to present lecture LOCATION:Art Building (ART) 1.102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090707T084445Z DESCRIPTION:Michael Bell-Smith uses digital forms to explore contemporary visual culture and how it is mediated through popular technologies. His work often incorporates the visual vocabulary of the Internet, such as animated gifs and lo-res images, and references the aesthetics and semiotics of common computer programs such as PowerPoint and Web sites such as YouTube. Remixing and reinterpreting sources ranging from industrial videos and music clips to classic cinema and contemporary art, Bell-Smith reconsiders the cultural meaning of these materials in a "post-personal computer, post-Internet, post-Google" age. Michael Bell-Smith was born in 1978 in East Corinth, Maine. He received a BA in semiotics from Brown University in 2001. His works have been seen in exhibitions at venues including The New Museum, New York; Foxy Production, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. CONTACT:Teresa Hubbard URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/studio_art/special_programs/visiting_artists_series/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8720@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090912T120736 SUMMARY:Japan Knowledge database workshop offered (in English) LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090914T124918Z DESCRIPTION:Japan Knowledge provides access to various reference sources, including dictionaries (Japanese, English and multi-language), encyclopedias (Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopdeia of Japan, Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, etc.), other Japanese reference works (biographies, maps, chronologies, etc.) and full-text Tōyō Bunko and Shükan Ekonomisuto (Weekly Economist). This session will be conducted in English. CONTACT:Meng-Fen Su URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/indexes/titles.php?id=472 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8619@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T162445 SUMMARY:Documentary film "Ballets Russes" to be screened LOCATION:Geography Building GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090904T111608Z DESCRIPTION:This screening is part of the series "100 Years of the Ballets Russes" The year 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ballets Russes by Sergei Diaghilev. In September 2009, the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) will celebrate the centennial of this milestone in cultural history with a symposium of events, featuring films, talks, discussions and an exhibition of original costumes and scene designs. "Ballets Russes" (2005), 118 min. This engaging documentary features archival footage and modern interviews that trace the history of the Ballets Russes companies from their earliest beginnings at the turn of the century twentieth through the height of their popularity and unmatched artistry in the 1930s and 1940s, to their tumultuous demise in the 1960s. CONTACT:Allegra H Azulay URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/creees/events/11466 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8621@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T162910 SUMMARY:Jason Mraz performs with special guests LOCATION:The Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T162910Z DESCRIPTION:Jason Mraz will bring his "Gratitude Café Tour" to The Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center on September 15. Mraz's special guests are G. Love and Special Sauce, hosted by Bushwalla. CONTACT:Kelly N Brademan URL;VALUE=URL:http://uterwincenter.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8698@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090910T213731 SUMMARY:Free beginner classes offered in Argentine tango LOCATION:Texas Union - Showroom DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090915T203000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20090922T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090910T213731Z DESCRIPTION:The University Argentine Tango Club is offering FREE beginner classes in a two-week series. No experience or partner needed! CONTACT:Chuck Michelson URL;VALUE=URL:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uatc/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8722@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090912T121101 SUMMARY:Japan Knowledge database workshop offered (in English) LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090916T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090916T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090914T125025Z DESCRIPTION:JJapan Knowledge provides access to various reference sources, including dictionaries (Japanese, English and multi-language), encyclopedias (Encyclopedia Nipponica, Encyclopdeia of Japan, Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, etc.), other Japanese reference works (biographies, maps, chronologies, etc.) and full-text Tōyō Bunko and Shükan Ekonomisuto (Weekly Economist). This session will be conducted in English. CONTACT:Meng-Fen Su URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/indexes/titles.php?id=472 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8622@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T163141 SUMMARY:Speaker discusses Russia's classic fairytales and Ballets Russes LOCATION:Tom Lea Room, Harry Ransom Center 3.206 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090916T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090916T123000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090904T091651Z DESCRIPTION:This is part of the series "100 Years of the Ballets Russes" The year 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ballets Russes by Sergei Diaghilev. In September 2009, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) will celebrate the centennial of this milestone in cultural history with a symposium of events featuring films, talks, discussions and an exhibition of original costumes and scene designs. "Once Upon a Ballet: Russia's Classic Fairy Tales and the Ballets Russes" is presented by Dr. Thomas Garza. In creating some of the most opulent productions of the Ballets Russes, its musical and artistic directors turned to Russia's rich tradition of the literary fairytale as source material. Borrowing from several of Pushkin's and Zhukovsky's reworkings of traditional folk motifs, Diaghilev's company transformed the stage into a fantastic world, adding the aural and kinetic elements of music and dance to the tales. CONTACT:Allegra H Azulay URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/creees/events/11819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8681@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T172956 SUMMARY:Writing workshop with James Hannaham offered LOCATION:Joynes Reading Room DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090916T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090916T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090909T172956Z DESCRIPTION:UT Austin's Undergraduate Writing Center is pleased to host a workshop with writer James Hannaham, author of "God Says No," the story of a deeply religious man coming to terms with his homosexuality. Born in Yonkers, Hannaham has written for "Salon," "The Literary Review," "Open City" and "Nerve," as well as the "Village Voice," "Spin," "Blender," "Out," "Us," "New York" and the "Barnes & Noble Review." During the workshop, Hannaham will read from "God Says No" as well as conduct several writing exercises with the audience. Refreshments will be provided. CONTACT:Alanna M Bitzel END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8546@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090828T165537 SUMMARY:"Maymester Abroad" sponsors study-abroad info session LOCATION:WEL 1.308 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090916T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090916T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090828T165537Z DESCRIPTION:Maymester Abroad programs are four-week courses offered in late May by at UT professor at an international location. Come hear about the 2010 Maymester Abroad courses and how to apply. All faculty, staff and students welcome! CONTACT:Melissa R Sassi URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/mm.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8797@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090915T112356 SUMMARY:Social marketing: How to get anti-drinking and driving message across LOCATION:UTC 3.122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T091500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T112356Z DESCRIPTION:Janet Lea, executive vice president of Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing, will speak on social marketing and different ways to get the anti-drinking and driving message across. Ms. Lea, a University of Texas alum, has been the mastermind and creative force behind the anti-drinking and driving messages of the Texas Department of Transportation for the past 10 years, including the messages about Jacqui Subarido, who was featured on the front page of the Statesman on Sunday. CONTACT:Minette E Drumwright URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.sherrymatthews.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8586@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090901T141806 SUMMARY:Limestone Sculptures on view at Wildflower Center LOCATION:Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T173000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091220T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090901T141806Z DESCRIPTION:An elegant exhibit of glass-and-limestone sculptures are being featured in the central gardens of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Damian Priour's largest piece in a collection of four chairs is more than 7-feet-tall. All were created in Priour's local studio, and several include glass inserts that evoke water. The sculptures will be featured in conjunction with a display of Priour's works at Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum. Come hear Priour speak at the Wildflower Center auditorium at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, about the inspiration for his work and the sculptures on display from the Texas Chair Project he initiated. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tues. - Sat., noon to 5:30 p.m., Sun. For more information call 512.232.0100 or visit www.wildflower.org/exhibits. CONTACT:Barbra A Rodriguez URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.wildflower.org/exhibits END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8701@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090910T214239 SUMMARY:CMAS hosts Plática with author and journalist David Lida LOCATION:Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room, 4.206 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090910T214239Z DESCRIPTION:Author and Journalist David Lida will be discussing his new book, "First Stop in the New World, Mexico City: Capital of the 21st Century." CONTACT:Laura I Cerda URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmas/events/12091 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8172@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090530T113029 SUMMARY:"Perspectives" presents "Francisco Matto: The Modern & the Mythic" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090726T094124Z DESCRIPTION:Ursula Davila-Villa, Interim Curator of Latin American Art, talks about "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8755@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090914T092403 SUMMARY:Haagsche Hofmuzieck presents baroque sonatas on period instruments LOCATION:Butler School of Music - Choral room (MRE 2.106) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090914T092403Z DESCRIPTION:The ensemble Haagsche Hofmuzieck will give a lecture/recital on baroque sonatas, performing music by Bach, Handel, Leclair and others on period instruments. The group features Daja Leevke Hinrichs, flute; Emily Thompson, violin; Mark Dupere, cello; and Marcin Swiatkiewicz, harpsichord. Haagsche Hofmuzieck was formed as an ensemble in 2005. They have performed in The Netherlands, Germany, Poland and the United States. In 2007 the ensemble was a finalist in the Telemann Competition in Magdeburg, Germany. In their repertoire the ensemble tracks the new and exciting sides to well-known pieces as well as those less known. They have collaborated with Chris Farr, Wilbert Hazelzet, Peter van Heyghen, Karl Kaiser, Jaques Ogg, Michael Schneider and Jaap ter Linden. http://www.haagschehofmuzieck.com/index.htm CONTACT:Guido Olivieri URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=18002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8682@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T173056 SUMMARY:"Maymester Abroad" offers international advertising course LOCATION:CMA 5.160 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090909T173056Z DESCRIPTION:Come hear how you can take International Advertising (ADV 334) in Hong Kong with UT professor Wei-na Lee. All majors welcome! CONTACT:Melissa R Sassi END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8364@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090803T164027 SUMMARY:"Best Resources for Graduate Students" is free library course LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T164027Z DESCRIPTION:Best Resources for Graduate Students The libraries offer an amazing collection of print and electronic resources for all disciplines taught at the university. Academic resources relevant to attendees' interests will be highlighted. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8683@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T173442 SUMMARY:Breaking Up the Berlin Coalition: Panel discusses German election LOCATION:TX Union Eastwoods Room DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090909T173442Z DESCRIPTION:A panel of three international speakers will discuss the upcoming German elections. The year 2009 marks another election cycle in Germany. The University of Texas at Austin is honored to host three distinguished speakers on this subject who will serve as panelists in our traditional pre-election forum. CONTACT:Dr. H-B Moeller END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8456@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090817T095841 SUMMARY:Author Matt Turner introduces his new book at Gabriel's Cafe LOCATION:Gabriel's Cafe in The AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T092849Z DESCRIPTION:Join author and fellow UT staff member Matt Turner as he introduces and discusses his new book, "Remarkable Plants of Texas: Uncommon Accounts of Our Common Natives," at Gabriel's Cafe. Enjoy complimentary homemade potato chips! CONTACT:Katy.Carlson@attconf.utexas.edu URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/campusclub END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8173@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090530T113309 SUMMARY:Third Thursday at Blanton offers jazz, yoga, literature and art LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090530T113309Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for Third Thursday, a monthly themed event that features extended hours and multiple programs. 6 p.m. Art Fix: Listen to Latin jazz rhythms by Senor Gato in the Rapoport Atrium 6:30 p.m. Yoga in the Galleries 7 p.m. Blanton Book Club: "Invisible Cities," by Italo Calvino 7:30 p.m. Art Brief Tour: What is America? Where is America? Who is an American? Explore history, culture and art from the many nations that make up North and South America. A selection of works from "America/Americas" is included in this dialogue about the trends and practices of modern and contemporary art. Media sponsor: Univision CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8623@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T163436 SUMMARY:Feature film "Nijinsky" to be screened LOCATION:Geography Building, GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090904T111706Z DESCRIPTION:This screening is part of the series "100 Years of the Ballets Russes" The year 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ballets Russes by Sergei Diaghilev. In September 2009, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) will celebrate the centennial of this milestone in cultural history with a symposium of events featuring films, talks, discussions and an exhibition of original costumes and scene designs. "Nijinsky," feature film, 1980, 125 min. Onstage, Nijinsky, the most celebrated dancer of the early twentieth century, was in flawless control. Offstage, he was in turmoil, torn between the ballerina he married and the domineering mentor he loved, Ballets Russes founder and impresario Serge Diaghilev. Eventually, the stresses of this volatile triangle drove him to madness. Herbert Ross directs Alan Bates and American Ballet Theatre stars George de la Pena and Leslie Brown in this sumptuous film, highlighted by true-life drama and glorious dance sequences. Attendees at this event will have the opportunity to enter a drawing to win two tickets to the Ballet Austin Season Opener of "The Firebird" and "Swan Lake" (Act II). The drawing will be held after the final film screening in this series, on Sept. 24. Thanks to Ballet Austin for the generous donation! CONTACT:Allegra H Azulay URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/creees/events/11467 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8646@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T083725 SUMMARY:Ransom Center curator leads tour of Edgar Allan Poe exhibition LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T083725Z DESCRIPTION:Harry Ransom Center associate director and Hobby Foundation librarian Richard Oram leads a free gallery tour of "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe." Experience the enduring influence of Edgar Allan Poe in this exhibition about the great American poet, critic and inventor of the detective story. Commemorating the bicentennial of Poe's birth, this exhibition draws upon the holdings of the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Virginia to explore Poe's works, his literary reputation, his relationships and his mysterious death. A second curator's tour of "From Out That Shadow" takes place Thurs., Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. If you can't attend the curator's tour, free docent-led tours of the current Poe and "Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works" exhibition are offered Tuesdays at noon and Saturdays at 2 p.m. The exhibitions are on display through Jan. 3, 2010. This event is made possible by The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/poe END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8391@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T104019 SUMMARY:Cassatt String Quartet performs work by Dan Welcher LOCATION:McCullough Theatre DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090917T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T104019Z DESCRIPTION:When art begets art, creativity is a mobius journey that captures the imagination over and over again. Such is this new work by Butler School of Music faculty composer Dan Welcher, both inspired by American impressionist artist Mary Cassatt and commissioned by the world-renowned string quartet that bears the beloved painter's name. Founded in 1985 and based in Manhattan, Cassatt String Quartet's four extraordinary women have performed at Carnegie Hall, the Tanglewood Music Theater, the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress as well as venues across the United States, Europe and the Far East. For this performance, the inspiration is fueled by fluid strokes, fine details and the sweeping beauty of Mary Cassatt's impenetrable work. The program features three works: Dan Welcher: "Harbor Music," and Quartet 3, "Cassatt" Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major CONTACT:512.471.1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/cassat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8280@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090703T081812 SUMMARY:Impromptu Speech Meeting is weekly chance to hone speaking skills LOCATION:Business School, CBA 6.497 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T120000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20101204T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T132316Z DESCRIPTION:Communication plays an important role in our social and academic life. The weekly Impromptu Speech Meeting provides students (mostly international students) the chance to practice and improve their communication abilities. CONTACT:Tian END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8802@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090916T074204 SUMMARY:Liberal Arts Major Fair open to freshmen, undecided students LOCATION:Texas Union Ballroom DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090916T074204Z DESCRIPTION:If you are a freshman, an undecided student, or are just shopping around for another major, or if you just want to stop by and see your adviser, then this event is perfect for you! Come see all the departments, centers and programs in the College of Liberal Arts! Advisers from nearly every department will be on hand to talk about the majors they represent and help you decide which liberal arts major is right for you! There will be food and refreshments provided. CONTACT:Daniel J Olds URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utlac.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8488@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090824T091900 SUMMARY:Sue Fairbanks Lecture in Psychoanalytic Knowledge presents NYU scholar LOCATION:Utopia Theatre, School of Social Work (20th & San Jacinto) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090824T091900Z DESCRIPTION:Dr. Carol Tosone, associate professor, New York University Silver School of Social Work, will present "Psychoanalytic Theory in a New Key: Implications for Contemporary Social Work Practice." Tosone is a Distinguished Scholar in Social Work in the National Academies of Practice in Washington, D.C. She is editor-in-chief of the Clinical Social Work Journal. Tosone's presentation will challenge the commonly held notion that psychoanalytic theory is outdated and not relevant to contemporary social work practice. Recent advances in attachment theory and research as well as neuroscience will be applied to the understanding of populations at risk, particularly survivors of trauma. Sponsor of this inaugural lecture series is Sue Fairbanks, a 1981 graduate of the MSSW program at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. Since 1986, Fairbanks has maintained a full-time private practice in Austin with adults in individual and couples therapy and provided clinical consultation and supervision. Please RSVP, seating is limited. 3.0 CEUs available $5.00. CONTACT:Vicki Y Packheiser URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/ssw/news/2009/x0039.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8791@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090915T092935 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana LOCATION:Cactus Cafe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T092935Z DESCRIPTION:The Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana. The Italian Club of the Department of French and Italian meets at the Cactus Cafe for informal conversation in Italian. The event is open to all. CONTACT:Antonella D Olson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.geocities.com/circolo_italiano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8685@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T202814 SUMMARY:Wildflower Center Nature Nights features "Plants and People" LOCATION:Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Ave, Austin, TX DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090909T202814Z DESCRIPTION:Children and adults can learn how people make use of native plants for everyday needs while sampling Texas jellies, seeing how native plants are used in textiles and more. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center will have Spanish translations for hands-on activities on site at this family event, which also involves hikes to learn about plants in the gardens with medicinal and other uses. Sponsored by KVUE. Future Nature Nights on Oct. 16 and Nov. 13 will focus on butterflies and on astronomy. For more information, call 512-232-0100 or go to http://www.wildflower.org. CONTACT:Barbra A Rodriguez URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.wildflower.org/nature END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8596@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090902T075042 SUMMARY:Advance screening of "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" includes Q&A LOCATION:Texas Union Theatre DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090918T233000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090902T075042Z DESCRIPTION:The Student Events Center's Film Committee presents an advance screening of "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell," including a Q&A with director/writer Tucker Max. In order to attend this screening, you must first pick up a free pass from the Events & Info Desk in the Texas Union (UNB 4.300). 1. Free pass distribution will begin on Fri., Sept. 11, at 8 a.m. at the Texas Union's Events & Info Desk (UNB 4.300). 2. Passes will be handed out from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until they all have been distributed. 3. To obtain a pass, you must present a valid UT Austin student, staff or faculty I.D. 4. You will receive only ONE pass per I.D., and you may only use ONE I.D. per person. CONTACT:Brittany K Woods URL;VALUE=URL:https://www.utexas.edu/txunion/calendar/event/1063/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8800@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090915T143614 SUMMARY:RecSports holds open house LOCATION:Gregory Gym DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090919T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090919T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T143614Z DESCRIPTION:RecSports invites all members of the community to an open house at Gregory Gym prior to the Texas vs. Texas Tech game. Come enjoy some light refreshments, take a self-guided tour of this historic facility and check out the Intramural Wall of Fame. A short program will be held at 4 p.m. CONTACT:Sylvia A Ramirez URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utrecsports.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8814@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T073723 SUMMARY:Ransom Center offers free tours of Poe and astronomy exhibitions LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090919T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090919T150000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20100102T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T073723Z DESCRIPTION:The Harry Ransom Center offers free docent-led tours of its current exhibitions, "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe" and "Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works," every Saturday. For group tours, please contact Lisa Murray at 512-475-8086. There will be no Saturday tour on Thanksgiving or Christmas weekend. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8174@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090530T113357 SUMMARY:Austin Museum Day features Francisco Matto at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090920T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090920T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T133322Z DESCRIPTION:Discover the work of South American artist Francisco Matto through hands-on gallery activities, art making and Story Time tours during this special FREE day for families. Support for Austin Museum Day at the Blanton is provided by the Junior League of Austin. Support for education programs at the Blanton is provided by the Brown Foundation, Inc., Education Endowment. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8664@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T191759 SUMMARY:Landmarks public art tour offered LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall Plaza DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090920T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090920T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T191759Z DESCRIPTION:Join student docents for an insightful tour of Landmarks public art projects located across campus. This tour builds awareness and appreciation of modern and contemporary art. Please R.S.V.P to Leah Griffin. CONTACT:Leah L Griffin URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.landmarks.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8358@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090731T110815 SUMMARY:Libraries sponsor "Introduction to EndNote" online course LOCATION:Online DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090921T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090921T233000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090806T150833Z DESCRIPTION:This introductory class covers tricks for using EndNote with library databases, such as Web of Science, with indexes and with the library catalog to create bibliographies. Online classes: At class start time, go to https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/library-endnote/]. Select Enter as a Guest, type your name, and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version here: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/). CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/endnoteclass.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8378@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090804T152134 SUMMARY:"Finding Funding" class offered by UT Libraries LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090921T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090921T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090804T152134Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to find grants, scholarships and other funding sources. This class focuses on using online sources, including funding databases, and government agency, foundation and society Web sites. You will also learn how to set up a personalized alerting service to find out about new opportunities as they arise. This class is especially useful for graduate students and faculty. This is a very popular class; please arrive early to find a seat. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8804@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090916T074845 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society screens lecture: "Ayn Rand's Philosophic Revolution" LOCATION:WAG 201 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090921T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090921T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090916T074845Z DESCRIPTION:The UT Objectivism Society presents a videotaped lecture with Dr. Harry Binswanger, an associate of the late Ayn Rand, who will defend her claim to have presented the first fully, consistently rational philosophy. Binswanger is a professor of philosophy at the Objectivist Graduate Center in New York City. He is the author of "The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts" and the editor of "The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z." This lecture was delivered at Harvard in 1996. Objectivism Society meetings feature a video or audio lecture addressing aspects of Objectivism, or discussion of a specific topic as seen from this revolutionary point of view. Meetings are held Mondays at 5:30 p.m. Locations vary; check this calendar for updated details. More information is available here. In her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead," and in eight nonfiction books, Ayn Rand presented her unique philosophy. She named her philosophy "Objectivism" because it proceeds from the axiom that "existence exists" and champions objectivity in all areas - cognition, values, law, art, and so forth. She described Objectivism as "a philosophy for living on earth." CONTACT:Alan McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8715@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090911T113538 SUMMARY:Suchin Pak speaks on Asian American influence on media LOCATION:Texas Union Ballroom DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090921T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090921T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090911T113538Z DESCRIPTION:Suchin Pak, an MTV journalist, will speak on the Asian American influence on the American media. In order to attend this lecture, you must first pick up a free pass from the Events & Info Desk in the Texas Union (UNB 4.300). 1. Free pass distribution will begin on Mon., Sept. 14, at 7:30 a.m. at the Texas Union's Events & Info Desk (UNB 4.300). 2. After the first day, passes will be handed out from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. until they all have been distributed. 3. To obtain a pass, you must present a valid UT Austin student, staff or faculty I.D. 4. You will receive only ONE pass per I.D., and you may only use ONE I.D. per person. CONTACT:Brittany K Woods URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/txunion/calendar/event/1081/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8882@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090921T144126 SUMMARY:Briscoe Center presents exhibit of Eddie Adams' photography LOCATION:Briscoe Center Reading Room, Sid Richardson Hall 2.101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090922 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090922 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20100116T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090924T093112Z DESCRIPTION:The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History presents "Eddie Adams: Selections from the Photographic Archive," until Jan. 16, 2010. The exhibit features 28 photos from the legendary photojournalist's archive, which was donated to the Briscoe Center in September. The exhibit includes "Saigon Execution," the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of General Loan executing a Vietnamese prisoner in 1968. "Saigon Execution" is widely considered to be one of the most influential photographs taken during the Vietnam War. Adams began his photography career as a high school student in Kensington, Pa. He was a Marine combat photographer during the Korean War, and in 1962, he joined the Associated Press (AP). After 10 years, Adams left the AP for Time magazine and freelance work. In 1976, he rejoined the AP as the first and only photographer to hold the title of special correspondent. From 1980 until his death in 2004, he was a photographer for Parade magazine, which featured more than 350 of his photos on its covers. The exhibit includes photos from every aspect of Adams' career, including his intimate portraits of such high-profile figures as Ronald Reagan, Fidel Castro, Malcolm X, Clint Eastwood, Bette Davis, Bill Cosby and Jerry Lewis. Exhibit hours: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. (closed on Saturdays of home football games and on UT holidays). For more information on hours and location, please call (512) 495-4518. CONTACT:Erin L Purdy URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.cah.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8362@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090803T163614 SUMMARY:Improve your Web search skills with "Be a Google Super Searcher I" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T113000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T163614Z DESCRIPTION:Be a Google Super Searcher I Want to get the most out of the Web? Learn Google search tricks, how to become an advanced Web searcher and how to evaluate Web sites. Find out how to use specialized searches such as Google Scholar and Google Books with library resources. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8816@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T074024 SUMMARY:Ransom Center offers free tours of Poe and astronomy exhibitions LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T130000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091229T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T074024Z DESCRIPTION:The Harry Ransom Center offers free docent-led tours of its current exhibitions, "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe" and "Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works," every Tuesday at noon. For group tours, please contact Lisa Murray at 512-475-8086. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8859@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090918T110746 SUMMARY:Domestic violence survivors' online community is topic of talk LOCATION:UTA 5.522 (1616 Guadalupe) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T164500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090918T110746Z DESCRIPTION:Professor Lynn Westbrook of the School of Information will lecture on the following topic: Many people facing personal crises are unable or unwilling to bring their problems into the open, documented and complex maze of governmental and social service aid agencies. Some of these people turn to the Internet, where they join "small worlds" of people facing similar crises. One substantial community to come out of these silent, personal crises is that of the survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Survivors of all ages are making increasing use of online communities; the next generation of survivors is growing up with the Internet at the heart of their social communication norms. Understanding the complexities of IPV information experiences as shared in online forums can help generate more effective development of information support structures. CONTACT:William F Aspray Jr END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8551@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090831T073509 SUMMARY:Semester in Los Angeles Program hosts information session LOCATION:CMA 5.160 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090831T073509Z DESCRIPTION:UT students in any major who are interested in exploring careers related to media and entertainment are invited to attend an information session on this internship-based program held at the UTLA Center in Burbank, California. CONTACT:Elizabeth A Maclean URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utla.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8807@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090916T102832 SUMMARY:Workshop on Late Antiquity presents talk on composition of the Torah LOCATION:Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (3.128) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T173000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090918T065409Z DESCRIPTION:The Workshop on Late Antiquity presents: "The Composition of the Torah in the Pseudoepigraphic Imagination," a talk by David Lambert, Department of Religious Studies. Modern theories of the Torah's composition have been a mainstay of biblical studies since their inception. Less attention has been paid, however, to how the composition of the "Five Books of Moses" was viewed in early Jewish and Christian communities. Most scholars have assumed that adherents to scriptural authority believed the Torah was dictated word for word to Moses at Sinai. This paper considers another earlier perspective found in the Book of Jubilees and its implications for appreciating what is novel in the late antique approach to scripture as a document susceptible to commentary and interpretation. David Lambert is a scholar of Classical Judaism who specializes in the Hebrew Bible, its history of interpretation and Second Temple Judaism. He also has interests in early Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. His book "Before Repentance: How the Rise of Repentance Changed the Way the Bible Is Read," is forthcoming from Princeton University Press. CONTACT:Na'ama Pat-El URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8686@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T203239 SUMMARY:Design Lecture Series features Nancy Sharon Collins LOCATION:Art Building (ART) 1.120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T193000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090914T132139Z DESCRIPTION:"Love Letters: American Commercial Engraving, Monograms and Social Stationery" Nancy Sharon Collins has been cited over sixty times in popular media for exemplary bespoke hand engraved social stationery. She is a typographer, print history scholar, partner in Collins, LLC, AIGA New Orleans director of special projects and a member of adjunct faculty at Loyola University in New Orleans. Collins presented "The Real Mad Men: Graphic Design History in Louisiana" at the 2009 AIGA Leadership Retreat in Portland, OR, co-authored "Green Salon New Orleans" for Seattle Journal for Social Justice and "Revisionist History of Graphic Design" for the 2008 Southeastern College Art Conference. She recently presented "Readable Text New Orleans Style" at TypeCon 2009 in Atlanta. where she also gave the engraving workshop for which she is well known. Mrs. Collins owned and operated the graphic design firm Nancy Feldman Studio in New York City from 1978 to 2004. Clients included Waterford Wedgwood, Clinique, Prescriptives, Revlon, Charles of the Ritz, Curve fragrance, The Metropolitan Opera Shop and the Museum of Modern Art. CONTACT:David Shields URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/design/special_programs/lecture_series/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8703@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090910T214705 SUMMARY:CMAS hosts "Platicarte" with photographer John Langmore LOCATION:Texas Union, TX Governor's Room, 3.116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T193000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090910T214705Z DESCRIPTION:Photographer John Langmore discusses his new work "Fault Line: A Portrait of East Austin." The purpose of this exhibit is to reveal, and more importantly, to celebrate, the beauty, the history, the charm and the perseverance of the people of East Austin. CONTACT:Laura I Cerda URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmas/events/11873 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8624@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T204136 SUMMARY:Documentary "Stravinsky's Rite of Spring" screened tonight LOCATION:Geography Building GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T204136Z DESCRIPTION:This is part of the series "100 Years of the Ballets Russes" The year 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ballets Russes by Sergei Diaghilev. In September 2009, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) will celebrate the centennial of this milestone in cultural history with a symposium of events featuring films, talks, discussions and an exhibition of original costumes and scene designs. "Stravinsky's Rite of Spring," documentary, 2006, 116 min., Keeping Score: Revolutions in music documentary series Michael Tilson Thomas and the musicians of the San Francisco Symphony trace the roots of Igor Stravinsky's musical inspiration, leading up to his collaboration with the great ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev and his star dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in the shocking and erotic Rite of Spring. Attendees at this event will have the opportunity to enter a drawing to win two tickets to the Ballet Austin Season Opener of "The Firebird" and "Swan Lake" (Act II). The drawing will be held after the final film screening on Sept.r 24. Thanks to Ballet Austin for the generous donation! CONTACT:Allegra H Azulay URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/creees/events/11468 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8552@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090831T073828 SUMMARY:"Seoul Train": Documentary film tells of North Korean escapees LOCATION:UTC 4.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090831T073828Z DESCRIPTION:With its riveting footage of a secretive "underground railroad," "Seoul Train" is a gripping documentary exposé on the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China. The severely restrictive conditions in North Korean have driven up to 300,000 North Koreans to escape - seeking food, medicine, work or freedom from political and religious oppression. More and more refugees are fleeing to Southeast Asia to escape imprisonment upon repatriation from the Chinese government. Come learn about one of today's most overlooked humanitarian crises in North Korea. CONTACT:Dayea Yun URL;VALUE=URL:http://blogs.utexas.edu/link/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8792@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090915T093144 SUMMARY:Escape Dance Company announces auditions for "Visions of Nutcracker" LOCATION:Belmont 502A DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090922T211500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T093144Z DESCRIPTION:Escape Dance, the university's first student ballet company, is holding auditions for its fall 2009 company and its annual winter performance of 'Visions of Nutcracker' at the end of the season. CONTACT:Jorge S Villafana END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8627@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T204528 SUMMARY:"Exiled Beauty": Scholar examines the Ballets Russes LOCATION:Tom Lea Room, Harry Ransom Center 3.206 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090923T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090923T123000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090904T111746Z DESCRIPTION:This is part of the series "100 Years of the Ballets Russes" The year 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ballets Russes by Sergei Diaghilev. In September 2009, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) will celebrate the centennial of this milestone in cultural history with a symposium of events featuring films, talks, discussions and an exhibition of original costumes and scene designs. "Exiled Beauty: The Ballets Russes from Diaghilev's St. Petersburg to Balanchine's New York," is a talk by Dr. Elizabeth Richmond-Garza. Can any culture have a better ambassador than its art? Founded in 1909 by Sergei Diaghilev in St. Petersburg, the Ballets Russes brought dance, music and art together to enchant an emerging, troubled, modern world. In the years before and after the world wars especially, this company drew upon the collaborative potential of a unique generation of artists. From Stravinsky's and Debussy's radical music, to Pavolova's and Nijinsky's unforgettable, graceful strength, the Ballets Russes combined sensuality and modernity in unforgettable visual and acoustic events. CONTACT:Allegra H Azulay URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/creees/events/11820 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8571@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090901T102415 SUMMARY:Author discusses Lesbian literary identities in queer Madrid LOCATION:GAR 2.112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090923T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090923T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090901T102415Z DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jill Robbins will describe her book project, "Crossing Through Chueca: Lesbian Literary Identities in Queer Madrid, 1988-2005," an exploration of lesbian (in)visibility from 1988 (the end of the movida madrileÑa) until the marriage march in 2005, in a Madrid marked by pride, feminism, neoliberalism and globalization, but still bearing the marks of the machismo nurtured during the long years of the Franco dictatorship. Robbins will approach this issue by traversing the various literary spaces of the city associated with queer culture, referencing in particular the gay barrio of Chueca. Dr. Robbins also looks at the ways in which aesthetics, politics, economics, gender and architecture intersect in the book industry (bookstores, publishing houses) in a historical moment, and brings these considerations to bear on the critical analysis of texts drawn from high and popular cultures. CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/upcoming.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8920@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090923T094925 SUMMARY:CIBER Summer International Program hosts information session LOCATION:CBA 4.350 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090923T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090923T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090923T094925Z DESCRIPTION:Come hear about Center for International Business Education & Research's (CIBER's) Summer International Program! Learn more about CIBER's summer international programs here. CONTACT:Ariel Perez URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8464@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090818T134055 SUMMARY:Terence Blanchard Quintet plays Hogg Auditorium LOCATION:Hogg Memorial Auditorium DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090923T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090923T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090818T134055Z DESCRIPTION:"Bold, modern jazz that's respectful of the tradition and served with style and emotion - abundant talent. His writing is superb and heartfelt, his playing perfect." - The Wall Street Journal A son of New Orleans, Terence Blanchard is a lifelong jazz ambassador for the musical art form birthed in his hometown. The Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer has brought the heart of his music to audiences worldwide through an impressive and prolific career recording, creating film scores, teaching and performing. He has worked with some of jazz's greatest contributors including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Wynton Marsalis. And from his longtime collaboration with Spike Lee to countless music industry honors, Blanchard's music is beautifully steeped in the past while remaining thoroughly modern. CONTACT:512 471 1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/terence END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8175@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090530T113444 SUMMARY:Artwork of the Week is "Elysium" by Hans Hofmann LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090530T113444Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents in a discussion about Hans Hofmann's "Elysium." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8888@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090922T085026 SUMMARY: Nortec Collective members Bostich and Fussible are guests at lunch LOCATION:Cafe (Level 3) in the Lobby of Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090922T085026Z DESCRIPTION:Join two of the founding members of the Tijuana-based band Nortec Collective as they talk about their work, the Nortec movement and life on the border. CONTACT:info@utpac.org URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utpac.org/event/nortec END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8887@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090922T073028 SUMMARY:CANVAS network for visual arts studies hosts meeting LOCATION:Art Building (ART) 3.410 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T131500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T151500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090922T073028Z DESCRIPTION:CANVAS (Capital Area Network for Visual Art Studies), the official UT organization for graduate and undergraduate art education students, will be hosting an organizing meeting. Pizza and cold bottled water will be provided. CONTACT:Fred Woody URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utcanvas.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8366@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090803T164437 SUMMARY:Book repair class offered LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T164437Z DESCRIPTION:Book Repair for Your Personal Collection: Dropped your favorite book in the bathtub? New puppy grabbed your precious first edition? Learn how to preserve and/or repair your personal book collection using materials readily available. Use our samples or bring a book of your own. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8312@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090720T202956 SUMMARY:Artist Kenneth J. Hale honored at reception LOCATION:AT&T Executive Education Conference Center Courtyard Gallery DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090720T202956Z DESCRIPTION:The work of artist Kenneth Hale will be featured in a five-month exhibit at the Courtyard Gallery, a new art exhibition space in the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Hale received his MFA from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. His paintings, prints and drawings have been widely exhibited and collected. CONTACT:Jade Walker URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/galleries/att_eec_gallery.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8612@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T093417 SUMMARY:Reception opens "Kenneth J. Hale: New Works from Carmel" LOCATION:AT&T Executive Education Conference Center Courtyard Gallery… DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T093417Z DESCRIPTION:Join artist Ken Hale for the opening reception of "Kenneth J. Hale: New Works from Carmel, CA." This exciting exhibition of new work produced in summer 2009 showcases Hale's pursuits with digital and collage works on paper evolving from his recent series, "Now and Then and The Same Only Different." There will be an essay provided by Laura Lindenberger Wellen. Hale received his MFA from the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana. His paintings, prints and drawings have been widely exhibited and collected, and his work is represented in numerous well-known collections. CONTACT:Jade Walker URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/galleries/att_eec_gallery.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8459@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090817T100746 SUMMARY:Courtyard Gallery opening celebrates Kenneth J. Hale exhibit LOCATION:The Courtyard Gallery at The AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090817T100746Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for this opening exhibit reception for "Kenneth J. Hale: New Works from Carmel, CA," featuring digital and collage works on paper. The exhibit runs from Sept. 1 through Jan. 29, 2010. The Gallery features artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts. CONTACT:AnnMarie.Francese@attconf.utexas.edu URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.meetattexas.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8628@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T204714 SUMMARY:Martin Luther King statue rededication ceremony announced LOCATION:MLK Statue, East Mall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T193000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T204714Z DESCRIPTION:Come and celebrate with us the tenth anniversary of the Martin Luther King statue's placement on UT's campus. The vision of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue rededication is to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. as well as the accomplishments of the goals set forth by the Martin Luther King Jr. Sculpture Foundation in 1987. This year, our program is entitled "A Deeply Rooted Dream." This occasion encourages us to reflect on past ambition, incorporate the idea of one dream and bond together using the spirit of community. We are excited to announce that the keynote speaker this year will be Bobby Seale, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party. Mr. Seale will speak about the necessity of student activism and working together to solve important issues in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr. CONTACT:Kheri Henderson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8705@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090910T215029 SUMMARY:Design Lecture Series welcomes Andrew Donoho LOCATION:Art Building (ART) 1.120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090914T132303Z DESCRIPTION:"Constraints, Design and Software" Andrew Donoho has a small mobile device consulting firm, Donoho Design Group, which concentrates on iPhone development. This is the natural extension of his over-25-year history of developing with Apple technologies. He has experience in developing 3D visualization software, designing hardware and crafting Web standards. He was adjunct faculty at the School of Information, teaching information design. In a public service role, Donoho served almost five years on the City of Austin's Resource Management Commission, which oversaw energy, gas and water conservation programs and solar thermal and photovoltaic rebate programs. Donoho is trained in experimental physics with a degree from the University of Texas at Austin. CONTACT:David Shields URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/design/special_programs/lecture_series/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8898@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090923T065747 SUMMARY:Open forum features Nortec Collective's Bostich and Fussible LOCATION:The Performance Lab, Mexican American Cultural Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T193000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090923T065747Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for an open forum featuring Bostich and Fussible, members of the Tijuana-based band Nortec Collective, together with Joel Guzman and ACC's Dr. Mariano Diaz-Miranda, as they discuss the Nortec phenomenon and border culture. Reception to follow. Space is very limited. RSVP to angel.quesada@ci.austin.tx.us. CONTACT:angel.quesada@ci.austin.tx.us URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utpac.org/event/nortec END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8629@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T205000 SUMMARY:"Return of the Firebird" recreates work of Ballets Russes LOCATION:Geography Building GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T205000Z DESCRIPTION:This is part of the series "100 Years of the Ballets Russes" The year 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of Ballets Russes by Sergei Diaghilev. In September 2009, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) will celebrate the centennial of this milestone in cultural history with a symposium of events featuring films, talks, discussions and an exhibition of original costumes and scene designs. Ballet film "Return of the Firebird" (2002), 120 min. "Return of the Firebird" presents dramatic recreations of the original Ballets Russes productions of "The Firebird," "Petrushka" and "Scheherazade," first seen in Paris almost a century ago. Russian ballet superstar Andris Liepa heads an all-star cast and directs these magical films, shot in Russia's famous Mosfilm studios. Music by Igor Stravinsky and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Attendees at this event will have the opportunity to enter a drawing to win two tickets to the Ballet Austin Season Opener of "The Firebird" and "Swan Lake" (Act II). The drawing will be held after the final film screening on Sept. 24. Thanks to Ballet Austin for the generous donation! CONTACT:Allegra H Azulay URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/creees/events/11469 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8647@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T084154 SUMMARY:Isaiah Sheffer hosts "Edgar Allan Poe: Poet and Storyteller" LOCATION:Jessen Auditorium, 21st and Whitis DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090924T170735Z DESCRIPTION:Isaiah Sheffer of "Selected Shorts," heard on public radio stations across America, hosts "Edgar Allan Poe: Poet and Storyteller." The program, held in conjunction with the Ransom Center's exhibition "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe," features actors Rene Auberjonois and Fionnula Flanagan. They will read works by Poe, including "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," "The Black Cat," "Alone," "To Helen," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Sphinx" and "The Bells." Sheffer is co-founder and artistic director of Symphony Space and director and host of "Selected Shorts." Tony Award-winning actor Auberjonois has acted in a variety of theater productions, films and television programs, including "Benson," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "The Practice," "Judging Amy" and "Frasier." Flanagan starred as Gerty McDowell in the 1967 film version of "Ulysses" and has since appeared in numerous James Joyce-related projects, as well as in "Chicago Hope," "Poltergeist: The Legacy," "The Others" and "Waking Ned Devine." Doors open at 6:30 p.m. This program will be Web cast live at www.hrc.utexas.edu/webcast. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8553@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090831T074000 SUMMARY:"Seoul Train": Documentary film tells of North Korean escapees LOCATION:MEZ 1.306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090831T074000Z DESCRIPTION:With its riveting footage of a secretive "underground railroad," "Seoul Train" is a gripping documentary exposé on the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and China. The severely restrictive conditions in North Korean have driven up to 300,000 North Koreans to escape - seeking food, medicine, work or freedom from political and religious oppression. More and more refugees are fleeing to Southeast Asia to escape imprisonment upon repatriation from the Chinese government. Come learn about one of today's most overlooked humanitarian crises in North Korea. CONTACT:Dayea Yun URL;VALUE=URL:http://blogs.utexas.edu/link/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8572@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090901T102647 SUMMARY:CWGS to screen film, "What I Want My Words to Do to You" LOCATION:CAL 100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090901T142323Z DESCRIPTION:This film pays tribute to the power of words, whether written on a page or spoken through a microphone. It is the result of visits by playwright Eve Ensler to New York's Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, where she held a series of writing workshops with the female inmates, challenging them to express their anger and frustration through the written word. The resulting series of monologues are eventually performed by some of Hollywood's most recognizable faces (Glenn Close, Rosie Perez, Marisa Tomei). A panel discussion will follow screening. CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/upcoming.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8870@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090920T204536 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian screens Alberto Lattuada's "Mafioso" LOCATION:MEZ BO 306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090924T230000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090920T204536Z DESCRIPTION:Widely regarded as a blueprint for "The Godfather," Alberto Lattuada's 1962 classic mob tragicomedy "Mafioso" is the tale of a "modern Sicilian" who returns to his roots. Set in the Italy of the economic boom, the film satirizes Sicily as it acknowledges Northern prejudices. In Italian with English subtitles. CONTACT:Adria Frizzi END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8881@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090921T123729 SUMMARY:UT Anthropology professor discusses "aggregation problems" LOCATION:BUR 214 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090921T123729Z DESCRIPTION:UT social anthropologist Jennifer Johnson-Hanks presents "Aggregation Problems" as part of the Brown Bag Seminar series hosted by the Population Research Center. Dr. Johnson-Hanks' work focuses on links between population rates and social practice. She is currently working on reproduction in the United States, inspired by her association with the Explaining Family Change project. CONTACT:Sylvia A Celedon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/events/Brown-Bag-Seminars.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8831@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T102202 SUMMARY:Ancient Maya wetlands is topic of colloquium and reception LOCATION:AT&T Center Room 301 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T102202Z DESCRIPTION:Professor Timothy Beach, Cinco Hermanos chair in environmental and international affairs, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., will deliver the lecture "Ancient Maya Wetlands and Modern Environmental Science." The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. Professor Beach's talk will be preceded by a Reception at the AT&T Executive Center 301 beginning at 2:30 p.m. A chamber quartet from the UT School of Music will provide a menu of classical music. CONTACT:Natalie E Boudreau URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/geography/events/1914 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8889@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090922T085146 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana LOCATION:Cactus Cafe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090922T085146Z DESCRIPTION:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana. The Italian Club of the Department of French and Italian meets at the Cactus Cafe for informal conversation in Italian. The event is open to all. CONTACT:Antonella D Olson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.geocities.com/circolo_italiano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8672@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T081434 SUMMARY:Reception held for Sharon Meers, co-author, "Getting to 50/50" LOCATION:Aces Connector Lobby DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T073415Z DESCRIPTION:Please join us at a reception for Sharon Meers, co-author of "Getting to 50/50: How Working Couples Can Have It All by Sharing It All." She will be talking about and signing copies of her book. After extensive research, Meers and co-author Joanna Strober discovered that kids, husbands, and wives all reap huge benefits when couples commit to share equally as breadwinners and caregivers. Mothers work without guilt, fathers bond with their kids and children blossom with the attention of two involved parents. The authors provide real-world solutions for parents who want to get ahead in their careers and still get to their children's soccer games; strategies for working mothers facing gender bias in the workplace; advice to fathers new to the homefront; and tips for finding 50/50 solutions to deal with issues of money, time and much more. CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/11908 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8784@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090915T073610 SUMMARY:Comic book authors hosted by writing center LOCATION:Joynes Reading Room DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T183000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T073610Z DESCRIPTION:The Undergraduate Writing Center (UWC) hosts a panel discussion featuring comic book writers Paul Benjamin, Rick Klaw, Alan J. Porter and Matthew Sturges. The authors will discuss their work, their writing process and how they became comic book writers. CONTACT:Alanna M Bitzel URL;VALUE=URL:http://uwc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8465@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090818T134507 SUMMARY:Nortec Collective performs, featuring Bostich and Fussible LOCATION:Hogg Memorial Auditorium DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090925T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090818T134507Z DESCRIPTION:"The future music for the rest of Mexico ..." - The Wire (England) As Mexico prepares its centennial and bicentennial celebrations in 2010, Nortec Collective is creating the country's soundtrack for the next 100 years. More of a movement than a band, Nortec Collective started in the late 1990s when several Mexican musicians began fusing norteño and techno. Since then, they have created a vibrant and uncharted brand of alternative Latin music that transcends genre. The music is an energy and a force, commanding people to shake, dance and move their way out of any inhibition and leave modesty behind. From the moment it begins, a Nortec Collective performance shocks the soul and the group's universal rhythms create a remarkable harmony between artists and audiences. CONTACT:Ticket Office 512 471 1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://utpac.org/event/nortec END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8961@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090925T073713 SUMMARY:Smithsonian Day held at Wildflower Center LOCATION:Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090926T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090926T173000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090925T073713Z DESCRIPTION:Come enjoy the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center gardens, art exhibits and more during a free admission day for those who are members of the Smithsonian Museum. The day includes a special showing of "Soul of a People," at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., about a controversial writing project about Americans that was funded through the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. Read more about the documentary here. Regular admission is: $7 adults, $6 seniors and students 13 and over, $3 kids 5 to 12, and free for kids under 5 and center members. CONTACT:Barbra A Rodriguez URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.wildflower.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8176@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090530T113555 SUMMARY:Blanton hosts lecture: "Matto's Paradigm: Restoring the Balance" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090927T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090927T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T174719Z DESCRIPTION:Robert C. Morgan, adjunct professor of fine arts in the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, will give a lecture in context of the exhibition "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." Funding for this program is provided by the Barbara Duncan Centennial Endowed Lectureship. CONTACT:Blanton Museum: 512-471-7324 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8335@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090726T094217 SUMMARY:Blanton tour presents "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090927T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090927T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090726T094217Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of "Francisco Matto: The Modern and the Mythic." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8893@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090922T100919 SUMMARY:Concert features Stanislav Pronin, violin, with Bion Tsang & Anton Nel LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall (MRH 3.838) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090927T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090927T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090925T094349Z DESCRIPTION:The Butler School of Music is pleased to present a Guest Artist Recital with Stanislov Pronin. It will feature the incomparable Anton Nel on the piano and the internationally known musician Bion Tsang on the cello. Joining them will be the brilliant young Russian-born violinist Stanislav Pronin. Pronin's firsts teacher was his grandfather, a renowned violin professor at the Odessa Conservatory. Subsequent teachers included the great Russian violinist Nelli Shkolnikov and the distinguished concert artist Jamie Laredo. Pronin made his debut in Israel at age 10 and has performed under the baton of many great conductors, including Herbert Blomstedt and Leonard Slatkin. Pronin serves as the concertmaster of the Austin Lyric Opera Orchestra and he is the second recepient of a Fellowship from the Classical Artists Development Foundation. CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=17926 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7123@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090219T132825 SUMMARY:Free Turkish class registration extended to Wednesday LOCATION:BEN 1.122 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090928 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20090928 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20090930T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090928T070516Z DESCRIPTION:The Turkic Cultures Student Association is hosting Turkish classes for everyone at the University of Texas at Austin. Late registration will run from Sept. 28, at 8 a.m. to Sept. 30, at 5 p.m. Registration is required in order to join the course. Wednesday will be the last day to register for this semester. The course consists of a two-hour class session per week, small class size, a rich amount of resources including videos, textbooks and Web-based content support, social activities including Turkish movies, Turkish food, coffee hours, one-on-one conversation and more. Classes will be offered Wednesdays and Thursdays from Sept. 23 through Nov. 19. Register today by sending an e-mail to tcsa.president@yahoo.com with the following information: name, your choice of class day, level of Turkish, contact information. CONTACT:Ahmed D Atik URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.tcsatexas.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8363@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090803T163846 SUMMARY:Alerting Services course helps connect you to the latest research LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T163846Z DESCRIPTION:Stay current with newly published research in your area. Set up alerting services to notify you of new articles, and get journal tables of contents and search results delivered to your email inbox or RSS reader. This class is particularly useful to graduate students and faculty. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8843@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T132024 SUMMARY:Ethnic studies roundtable examines 40 years in the university & beyond LOCATION:Texas Union, Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T153000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090923T095147Z DESCRIPTION:This roundtable discussion explores the intellectual and institutional challenges of integrating ethnic studies into different university campus settings. We bring together center directors from the University of Texas with Dr. Gordon Chang of Stanford University's Center for Comparative Studies of Race and Ethnicity in hopes of generating strategies and visions for the future of ethnic studies centers and their communities. Round table discussants include: *Dr. Edmond Gordon, John L. Warfield Center for African & African American Studies, associate professor of anthropology * Dr. Madeline Y. Hsu, Center for Asian American Studies, CAAS director and associate professor of history * Dr. Lok Siu (moderator), Associate professor of anthropology * Dr. Domino Renee Perez, Center for Mexican American Studies, CMAS acting director and associate professor of English CONTACT:Kenyatta Dawson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/aas/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8955@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090924T134039 SUMMARY:2010 "Maymester" in Accra, Ghana, announced LOCATION:MEZ 1.216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090924T134125Z DESCRIPTION:This is an info session about the faculty-led trip to Accra, Ghana. The course offered is Community & Social Development (SW 360K/SW 395K or AFR 374 & ANT 324L). Learn about the opportunity to examine the role of the slave trade, colonialism, cultural history and social policy in influencing Ghana's prevailing societal issues. Information about financial aid and scholarships will be provided. CONTACT:Thomas B Ward END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8900@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090923T071151 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts discussion series on Ayn Rand's philosophy LOCATION:WAG 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T183000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091130T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090925T085334Z DESCRIPTION:The UT Objectivism Society invites you to a series of discussions of readings designed to present aspects of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism in depth. In her novels "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead," and in eight nonfiction books, Ayn Rand presented her unique philosophy. She named her philosophy "Objectivism" because it proceeds from the axiom that "existence exists" and champions objectivity in all areas - cognition, values, law, art and so forth. She described Objectivism as "a philosophy for living on earth." The book used in these discussions is the "Ayn Rand Reader," available new or used from bookstores or online sources. Discussion topics will be: Sept. 28: Roark's speech on selfishness, Reader, pp. 71-78 Oct. 5: Why "Selfishness"? Reader, pp. 79-83 Oct. 12: The Objectivist Ethics, Part 1, paragraphs 1-33, condensed version found on pp. 84-93 of the Reader (because of the density of this essay we'll cover it in 3 meetings) Oct. 19: The Objectivist Ethics, Part 2, paragraphs 34-66 Oct. 26: The Objectivist Ethics, Part 3, paragraphs 67-end Nov. 2: Galt's speech, "Anti-altruism," Reader, pp. 94-102 Nov. 9: The Age of Envy, Reader, pp. 114-124 Nov. 16: How Does One Lead a Rational Life in an Irrational Society? Reader, pp. 144-150 Nov. 23: Excerpt from Galt's speech, "Axioms of Objectivism," Reader, pp. 291-297 Nov. 30: Faith and Force: Destroyers of the Modern World, Reader, pp. 298-305 CONTACT:utobjectivism@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8652@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T103316 SUMMARY:Poe film series kicks off with "The Fall of the House of Usher" LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T113047Z DESCRIPTION:The Harry Ransom Center kicks off its Poe film series with two silent classics, "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1928), directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber, and a French adaptation, "La chute de la maison Usher" (1928), directed by Jean Epstein. Based on Poe's classic short story, both films chronicle the horrors a traveler faces when he encounters the strange happenings inside the Usher mansion. The screening is held in conjunction with the Ransom Center's exhibition "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe." This event is made possible by The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8901@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090923T071438 SUMMARY:Local Music Global Effect (LMGE) holds first general meeting LOCATION:PAI 3.02 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090928T201500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090923T071438Z DESCRIPTION:Local Music Global Effect (LMGE) is a charity organization that puts on concerts for you (Local Music) and gives all proceeds to the Mahyia Hospital in Ghana, Africa (Global Effect). Support local Austin bands and feel good about it! Meetings held every other Monday at 7 p.m. CONTACT:Bharat Narang END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8365@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090803T164329 SUMMARY:"Alerting Services" online course connects you to the latest research LOCATION:Online DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090806T150920Z DESCRIPTION:Stay current with newly published research in your area. Set up alerting services to notify you of new articles, and get journal tables of contents and search results delivered to your email inbox or RSS reader. This class is particularly useful to graduate students and faculty. Online courses: At the class start time, go to , select Enter as a Guest, type your name and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/). CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8956@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090924T134204 SUMMARY:2010 "Maymester" in Accra, Ghana, announced LOCATION:MEZ 1.216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090924T134204Z DESCRIPTION:This is an info session about the faculty-led trip to Accra, Ghana. The course offered is Community & Social Development (SW 360K/SW 395K or AFR 374 & ANT 324L). Learn about the opportunity to examine the role of the slave trade, colonialism, cultural history and social policy in influencing Ghana's prevailing societal issues. Information about financial aid and scholarships will be provided. CONTACT:Thomas B Ward END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8569@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090901T101551 SUMMARY:Art and Diaspora lecture by Gordon Chang focuses on Asian American art LOCATION:Blanton Auditorium, EAS 1.202 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T083354Z DESCRIPTION:"Why Asian Americans Have No Art History" This lecture is presented by Gordon Chang, professor of history at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Asian American Art Project. Chang will talk about the history of Asian American artists from the mid-nineteenth century to today. This event is co-sponsored by the Blanton Museum of Art, the Center for Asian American Studies, the College of Fine Arts, the Institute for Historical Studies and the Lectures on Art in the Black Diaspora. Please note upcoming lectures in this series: Oct. 20: Roger Shimomura, artist Oct. 27: Karin Higa, curator Nov. 17: Beili Liu, artist CONTACT:Kenyatta Dawson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/aas/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8891@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090922T085443 SUMMARY:Texas Athletics Council holds meeting LOCATION:T-Room (BEL 212) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090922T085443Z DESCRIPTION:Texas Athletics Council is official premiere sport organization on campus. We work in conjuction with the official UT Athletics Department to create a better atmosphere at all UT sporting events. Come check us out to leave your legacy on Texas Sports! CONTACT:Nicholas N Garcia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8357@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090731T091308 SUMMARY:Introduction to EndNote teaches helpful tricks for library users LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T091308Z DESCRIPTION:"Bibliographies made easy!" This introductory class covers tricks for using EndNote with library databases, such as Web of Science, and with indexes and the library catalog. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8630@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090903T205123 SUMMARY:Journey performs, with special guest Night Ranger LOCATION:The Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090903T205123Z DESCRIPTION:Journey hit the pavement in May for the second leg of their Revelation Tour, which will bring the legendary band along with special guest Night Ranger to The Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center. Formed in 1973, Journey has cranked out hit after hit and performed in packed arenas around the world. Their new album "Revelation," the first album with new lead vocalist Arnel Pineda, offers a lasting testament to Journey's legacy and a striking glimpse of their brilliant future. CONTACT:Kelly N Brademan URL;VALUE=URL:http://uterwincenter.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8793@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090915T093353 SUMMARY:2009 Africa Distinguished Lecture presents "Miss HIV and Us" LOCATION:Welch Hall 1.30 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T093353Z DESCRIPTION:"Miss HIV and Us: Beauty Queens and the Global Pandemic" Speaker: Dr. Neville Hoad, English dept. A controversial and paradoxical figure, Miss HIV tells us many new things about gender and sexuality. What work does Miss HIV do in the imagining of a human face for the pandemic and for whom? The first appearance of a Miss HIV is in Canadian film-maker John Greyson's extraordinary AIDS musical "Zero Patience" (1993). The second case-study is an actual pageant called Miss HIV Sigma Free, first held in Botswana in 2003, and the third incarnation under discussion here will be the film documentary, somewhat disingenuously titled "Miss HIV" (2008), in which the Botswana pageant serves as a foil for the promotion and/or resurrection of the Ugandan Abstain, Be Faithful, Use a Condom HIV prevention campaign of the 1990s, commonly known as the ABC strategy. Flirting with "the romance of the incommensurate," the lecture will argue that the figure of a Miss HIV beauty/drag queen does very different kinds of representational work in these respective contexts while suggesting that the incarnations of this figure share an investment in making the pandemic intelligible for their imagined audiences in ways that engage and contest a range of epidemiological and policy arguments in their respective places and times. These incarnations of Miss HIV are irreducibly local and simultaneously important in the creation of expanded global awareness about the pandemic. CONTACT:Roy Doron END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8794@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090915T093605 SUMMARY:New Music Ensemble performs student works from Texas, Portugal LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall (MRH 3.838) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090924T170735Z DESCRIPTION:UT-Portugal Student Composer Concert, Bruce Pennycook, director, Zack Stanton, assistant director The first New Music Ensemble concert of the season presents works by student composers from the Butler School of Music and from several music schools in Portugal. Five pieces were selected for performance this evening and these will be repeated on Oct. 14 at Casa da Musica, Porto, Portugal, as part of the UT-Portugal Future Places festival. This concert will also present a set of fifteen miniatures by University of Texas student composers. Like the New York 60x60 concert in 2003, UT composers were given only twelve days to create character pieces of 60 to 90 seconds in duration for a small chamber group. You will hear the many personalities and styles of our talented composers as well as some new voices from Portugal. CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=11941 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8981@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090928T121936 SUMMARY:University Contra Dance hosts dance and music event LOCATION:Quadrangle Room, Student Union DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090929T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090928T121936Z DESCRIPTION:Come learn how to contra dance! Live music and lessons provided. Contra dancing is a New England style folk dance done in long lines with a partner. Please join us! No partner or experience required. CONTACT:Rachel Stone URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166940925099&index=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8379@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090804T152543 SUMMARY:UT Libraries presents "Finding Journal and Magazine Articles" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090804T152543Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to find articles on any research topic using the databases and electronic journals available to the campus community. This introductory class is geared toward new library users. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8653@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T103504 SUMMARY:Poetry on the Plaza features work of Carol Ann Duffy LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T103504Z DESCRIPTION:The Ransom Center presents the free Poetry on the Plaza event, "The Sand and the Oyster: The Poetry of Carol Ann Duffy." Caroline Devlin of Actors from the London Stage will read works by British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy. Devlin graduated from the Drama Centre London in 1995 and has performed at such theaters as The Royal Lyceum in Edinburgh, where she was a regular member of the company and played many parts, including Masha in Anton Chekhov's "Three Sisters," Hero in "Much Ado About Nothing," Lady Macduff in "Macbeth," Arte O'Neill in Dion Boucicault's "The Shaughraun" and Wendy in J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan." Refreshments will be served at this free event. Pick up a free poster and bookmark with the 2009-10 Poetry on the Plaza schedule at the visitors' desk in the Ransom Center lobby. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8392@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T104110 SUMMARY:Libraries offer "Using Zotero to Manage Citations" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T104110Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to use this free, Web-based tool to collect, manage and cite your sources. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8861@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090918T132010 SUMMARY:Talk addresses the gender and genre divide within jazz LOCATION:GAR 2.112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090918T132010Z DESCRIPTION:Dr. Meta DuEwa Jones will give a talk titled, "Improvisation in Black and Blue: Performing Jazz Poetry, Performing Gender," an improvisational reading performance of blues and jazz influenced poems based on her research exploring the intersections between jazz, improvisation, gender and sexuality in African American literature in her forthcoming book, "The Muse is Music: Jazz, Poetry and Gendered Performance." This talk considers how poets and musicians have addressed the gender and genre divide within jazz. The cabaret singer, diva, jazz vocalist and musician Abbey Lincoln insisted in an interview that what sets a "jazz singer" apart from being "just a singer" is not merely the ability "to sing in tune, sing well," but more importantly the power of imaginative direction, to sing "freely, without anyone telling you what to sing." This artistic freedom and authority figuratively opens the canary's cage. Such varied nomenclature as balladeer, bandleader, canary, chanteuse, chirper, cabaret singer, diva, girl singer, horn player, jazzman, jazz singer, jazzwoman, musician, siren, songbird, songstress, syncoette, sweetheart of rhythm, torch singer, vocal artist, vocal instrumentalist, vocal stylist, vocalist, warbler, women in jazz signals the historically hierarchical social organization of vocal and instrumental expression. The gendered and sexualized nature of these terms accentuates the cultural values that inform this binary classification. CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/11904 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8689@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T204104 SUMMARY:Design Lecture Series features Rick Griffith LOCATION:Art Building (ART) 1.102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T193000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090923T132059Z DESCRIPTION:"Alternative Model for Professional Practice" For just under 20 years, Rick Griffith has sought clarity about language and communication through the broad discipline of design and more specifically typography. His works are both elemental and ambitious, as they offer his remarks often tethered to a vaguely representative object designed to inspire dialog. His projects and commercial works have been cited in national and international resources, including several books by Rockport Publishers, Print Magazine, AIGA 365, Dwell Magazine and most recently, Art for Obama, Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change. His work is included in the AIGA National Design Archives at the Denver Art Museum, The Butler Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts at Columbia University and the Tweed Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. For 15 years, Griffith has taught graphic design and typography for the University of Colorado, Denver, the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design and, most recently, the University of Denver. He serves as lecturer and panelist for conferences and presents on either his method for teaching and practicing as a designer/typographer or the model of professional practice of his studio and laboratory MATTER. CONTACT:David Shields URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/design/special_programs/lecture_series/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8762@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090914T100853 SUMMARY:Actors from the London Stage perform "King Lear" LOCATION:B. Iden Payne Theatre DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20090930T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090914T101432Z DESCRIPTION:Actors from the London Stage returns to the University of Texas at Austin this fall with a production of "King Lear." Employing just five actors to assume all the roles in a Shakespearean drama, Actors from the London Stage performances are minimalist in terms of props and staging, as well as intimate and compelling. The performances emphasize language, characterization and dramatic energy; the results are startlingly clear and powerful, even magical, for audiences of all ages in a way that large-scale productions in the big theaters of Stratford and London can never be. Performances will be held at the B. Iden Payne Theatre. Visit http://www.TexasBoxOffice.com for tickets. CONTACT:Matthew N Harvey URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/english/shakespeare/site/aftls/fall-production/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8474@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090820T104732 SUMMARY:"Perspectives: Jerry Bywaters" features poetry of Carmen Tafolla LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091001T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091001T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090924T131135Z DESCRIPTION:Carmen Tafolla, renowned poet, author, and performance artist, reads from her works on the bilingual, bicultural world of the Texas-Mexico border as depicted by artist Jerry Bywaters. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8367@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090803T164607 SUMMARY:"Be a Google Super Searcher II" teaches advanced Web search techniques LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091001T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091001T153000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T164607Z DESCRIPTION:Be a Google Super Searcher II This class provides a more in-depth exploration of new Web searching technologies. Learn more about Google Scholar, Google Language Tools and Google Maps. Find out how to personalize Google and set up search alerts. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8987@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T081516 SUMMARY:"Maymester" in Portugal information session announced LOCATION:EPS 1.130KA DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091001T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091001T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T081516Z DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an information session about the faculty-led 2010 anthropology/archaeology Maymester in the north of Portugal. During this program, students will learn to analyze, build, conserve and reconstruct ceramic vessels as well as to clean, identify, conserve and reproduce metal objects. Information about the course, living arrangements, trips and financial aid will be provided. CONTACT:Maria D Wade END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8810@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090916T130940 SUMMARY:Fall Faculty Exhibition at CRL presents Artist Talk LOCATION:Creative Research Lab (CRL) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091001T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091001T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090921T132021Z DESCRIPTION:As part of the 2009 Fall Faculty Exhibition at the Creative Research Lab, John Yancey, John D. Murchison regents professor in art, and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, will be moderating an artist talk to allow participating artists to hold a discussion about their work and process. Panelists include Lee Chesney, Gloria Lee, Moyosore Okejidi and Dan Sutherland. CONTACT:Xochi Solis URL;VALUE=URL:http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8805@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090916T075156 SUMMARY:"Love Gone Wrong": Series looks at Renaissance literature and religion LOCATION:Thompson Conference Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091001T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091001T200000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091029T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090916T075156Z DESCRIPTION:The English department's Texas Institute for Literary and Textual Studies (TILTS) will be sponsoring a five-week public lecture series on Thursday nights in the month of October. The series focuses on literature and religious conflict in the Renaissance. It is offered in partnership with the Odyssey Program. CONTACT:Andrea Golden, amgolden@mail.utexas.edu URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/english/tilts/Odyssey.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8588@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090901T142749 SUMMARY:"Thinking Hearing": Symposium addresses auditory turn in humanities LOCATION:AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Room 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20091002 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20091002 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091004T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090901T142749Z DESCRIPTION:Are the humanities on the verge of an "auditory turn?" Do we need an equivalent to visual studies - aural studies, as one might call it? Are there such things as "auditory regimes" or "auditory cultures?" In what way might a turn toward sound and aurality rejuvenate the humanities, and what if any lessons might be learned from the "pictorial turn?" What is the relationship between aurality, textuality and visuality? Questions like these in recent years have given programmatic orientation to a wide range of studies concerned with, broadly conceived, the culture of sound and aural perception. But the heightened interest in the ear also intersects with the remarkable resurgence of the other senses as objects and, more often than not, modalities of scholarly inquiry. Sweeping the humanities and social sciences, this long overdue turn toward the "other" senses thus clearly challenges the monopoly of the visual in modern society and culture. The symposium brings together a small group of scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds within the humanities, including fields with a major stake in aurality such as ethno/musicology, anthropology and media studies, but also literature, history, and history of science. CONTACT:Veit F Erlmann URL;VALUE=URL:http://web.me.com/veiterlmann/Site/ThinkingHearing.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9006@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T120332 SUMMARY:Cultural Studies Colloquium presents Galeet Dardashti LOCATION:EPS 1.128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T120332Z DESCRIPTION:Galeet Dardashti, Ph.D. candidate in folklore from the University of Texas at Austin delivers a talk: "Patronage and Expediency: The Deployment of Middle Eastern Music in Israel." CONTACT:Amy A Hendrick URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/culturalstudies/events/upcoming.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9037@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090930T112858 SUMMARY:Duke professor discusses age-period-cohort analysis LOCATION:BUR 214 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090930T112858Z DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kenneth Land, Duke University, presents "Age-Period-Cohort Analysis: New Models, Methods, and Empirical Applications" as part of the Brown Bag Seminar Series hosted by the Population Research Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology. CONTACT:Sylvia A Celedon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/events/Brown-Bag-Seminars.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8763@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090914T101123 SUMMARY:Historian studies Arabs, others in early modern Mediterranean history LOCATION:Governors' Room, Texas Union DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T153000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090924T162211Z DESCRIPTION:"Mediterranean Microhistories: Arabs and Others in Early Modern History" In this lecture, Professor Nabil Matar (University of Minnesota) examines Arabic views of Europeans and other Muslims from the 1500s to the 1800s based on microhistorical material. Matar's comparative approach to Arab views of Britons, French and Turks undermines fallacious arguments about structural and absolute Arab-Islamic polarization regarding other peoples of the early modern Mediterranean. CONTACT:Tarek El-Ariss URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/events/12156 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9031@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090930T100113 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana LOCATION:Cactus Cafe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090930T100113Z DESCRIPTION:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana. The Italian Club of the Department of French and Italian meets at the Cactus Cafe for informal conversation in Italian. The event is open to all. CONTACT:Antonella D Olson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.geocities.com/circolo_italiano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8476@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090821T090025 SUMMARY:B Scene is night of mystery and masquerade at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T223000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T170128Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of mystery and masquerade as we celebrate the opening of "Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece." Play a game with other B sceners to reunite the fragments of the altarpiece and get a chance to win special prizes. Plus enjoy alive performance by the TINY TIN HEARTS (8:30-10 p.m.), music by DJ Nicknack, free appetizers, tours of the new exhibition, art activities and more. The Blanton Cafe will be open late, featuring delectable Italian tapas and beverages. The Museum Shop will also be open late (10:30 p.m.). Afterward, head over to Gabriel's Cafe in the AT&T Conference Center (just 2 blocks west of the Blanton) for a B scene after party! CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8960@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090925T073453 SUMMARY:Texas soccer meets Missouri LOCATION:Mike A. Myers Track & Soccer Stadium DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090925T073453Z DESCRIPTION:Texas soccer squares off against Missouri in their Big 12 Conference home opener, presented by H-E-B. Come early (doors open at 5:30 p.m.) as kids ages 10 and younger can partake in Petrucelli's Playground with inflatables, face painting, sno-cones and more! Purchase one ticket and get one free (walk up only). General public can purchase tickets in advance at TexasBoxOffice.com, or by calling 471-3333. Longhorn All-Sports Package (LASP) holders receive FREE admission to the match. CONTACT:Charles W Branch URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.TexasSports.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8386@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T103235 SUMMARY:"There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" opens tonight LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091002T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T105917Z DESCRIPTION:Austin-based writer Louis Sachar's own stage adaptation of his 1990 Texas Bluebonnet Award-winning children's novel tells the tale of Bradley, a fifth grade bully, who through a series of hilarious and poignant incidents learns to open up and reform his bullying ways. Join us for an opening night reception immediately following the performance. Guests will be able to mingle with the cast, crew and director while enjoying an assortment of light snacks and desserts. CONTACT:Theatre and Dance Info Line: 512-471-5793 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/production_season/2009-2010/boy/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8989@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T082230 SUMMARY:Texas Ballroom offers Viennese waltz workshops LOCATION:AHG 136 or RSC 1.104 (see description below) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T130000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091024T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T082921Z DESCRIPTION:Want to go to the 28th annual Great Waltz but don't know how to dance? Fear not! Texas Ballroom is offering Viennese waltz workshops on the following days: NO EXPERIENCE/PARTNER NEEDED Sat., Oct. 3, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at AHG 136 Sat., Oct. 10, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at AHG 136 Sat., Oct. 17, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at RSC 1.104 Sat., Oct. 24, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at AHG 136 CONTACT:Marianne Joyce J Tiutan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8384@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T103014 SUMMARY:"There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" is hilarious, poignant play LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T160000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091004T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T110005Z DESCRIPTION:Austin-based writer Louis Sachar's own stage adaptation of his 1990 Texas Bluebonnet Award-winning children's novel tells the tale of Bradley, a fifth grade bully, who through a series of hilarious and poignant incidents learns to open up and reform his bullying ways. CONTACT:Theatre and Dance Info Line: 512-471-5793 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/production_season/2009-2010/boy/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8818@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T074338 SUMMARY:Blanton offers public tour: "Symbol & Allegory: Art's Hidden Language" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T081242Z DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered what artists had in mind when they created an artwork? How did audiences recognize messages encoded into works of art? This illuminating glimpse into the hidden language of artists will take you through the Europe of centuries past. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8764@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090914T101423 SUMMARY:Actors from the London Stage Perform King Lear LOCATION:Winedale Historic Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090914T101423Z DESCRIPTION:Actors from the London Stage returns to the University of Texas at Austin this fall with a production of "King Lear." Employing just five actors to assume all the roles in a Shakespearean drama, Actors from the London Stage performances are minimalist in terms of props and staging, as well as intimate and compelling. The performances emphasize language, characterization and dramatic energy; the results are startlingly clear and powerful, even magical, for audiences of all ages in a way that large-scale productions in the big theaters of Stratford and London can never be. Performances will be held at the B. Iden Payne Theatre. Visit http://www.TexasBoxOffice.com for tickets. CONTACT:Matthew N Harvey URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/english/shakespeare/site/aftls/fall-production/tickets.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9007@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T120959 SUMMARY:Show celebrates China's 60th anniversary and Moon Festival LOCATION:Westlake High School theater, 4100 Westbank Drive DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T120959Z DESCRIPTION:The Chinese Moon Festival, also called the Mid-Autumn Festival, is one of the most important holidays in China. Traditionally, the full moon symbolizes reunion of family in Chinese culture. This year, the celebration is all the more special as China embraces her 60th birthday on Oct. 1. This event is a perfect chance for you to enjoy a Chinese traditional performance with your family. The show will consist of singing, Beijing Opera, and traditional Chinese musical instruments performances. CONTACT:Jiabei Yuan URL;VALUE=URL:http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/cssa/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8385@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T103226 SUMMARY:"There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" is hilarious, poignant play LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T110029Z DESCRIPTION:Austin-based writer Louis Sachar's own stage adaptation of his 1990 Texas Bluebonnet Award-winning children's novel tells the tale of Bradley, a fifth grade bully, who through a series of hilarious and poignant incidents learns to open up and reform his bullying ways. CONTACT:Theatre and Dance Info Line: 512-471-5793 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/production_season/2009-2010/boy/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8483@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090821T115956 SUMMARY:Major Blanton exhibit reconstructs long-lost Renaissance masterpiece LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20091004 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20091004 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20100207T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T093509Z DESCRIPTION:Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece Reconstructing a Renaissance Masterpiece The Blanton Museum of Art recently announced an important discovery regarding a work by Venetian master Paolo Veronese (1528 - 1588). "Head of an Angel," a painting from the Blanton's Suida Manning collection, has been identified as a fragment of a long-lost Veronese masterpiece. Dr. Xavier Salomon, a Veronese expert and curator of the Dulwich Picture Gallery outside London, confirmed the fragment to be the head of Saint Michael, the central figure in the so-called Petrobelli altarpiece from 1565. Three other fragments from the altarpiece were previously identified in the collections of Dulwich, the National Gallery of Canada at Ottawa and the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh. These works, along with the Blanton's newly identified Saint Michael, will be reunited for the first time in more than two centuries. In October 2009, the Blanton will present the reconstructed altarpiece along with x-rays and other ephemera. The Blanton will be the only U.S. venue for this traveling exhibition. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8477@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090821T090655 SUMMARY:"Reuniting the Fragments": Curator discusses reassembly of ancient art LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091004T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091004T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090924T131258Z DESCRIPTION:Stephen Gritt, chief conservator for the National Gallery of Canada, will discuss the creation, the separation and the reunification of the Petrobelli Altarpiece. * Tickets will be reserved for Blanton members and valid UT ID holders. Tickets for the general public will be available on a first come, first served basis at 1:45 p.m. Funding for this lecture is provided by the Mary Saunders Leech Centennial Lectureship in Fine Arts. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8819@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T074436 SUMMARY:Blanton public tour features Paolo Veronese exhibit LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091004T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091004T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091002T071940Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of our new exhibition, "Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8411@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T125820 SUMMARY:Learn to use Google Docs with library course LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T125820Z DESCRIPTION:Learn to use Google Docs to share and collaboratively create documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations online. This 30-minute class followed by a 30-minute lab. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8393@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T104212 SUMMARY:Libraries offer "How to Get Started with Google Docs" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T104212Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to use Google Docs to share and collaboratively create documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations online. This 30-minute class is followed by a 30-minute lab. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8687@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T203807 SUMMARY:Institute for Historical Studies Workshop presents Dr. Antony Hopkins LOCATION:GAR 4.100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090922T124842Z DESCRIPTION:"Globalization and Empires, 1783-1914" will be presented by Dr. Antony G. Hopkins, UT Department of History. This workshop, presented by Dr. Antony G. Hopkins, UT history professor and IHS fellow, offers "a broad overview of Western Empires including (briefly) the U.S. and is intended to set the scene for two longer chapters dealing specifically with the U.S." To receive a copy of the pre-circulated paper, please email Courtney Meador by 9 a.m., Fri., Sept. 25. Professor and Walter Prescott Webb chair of history, Dr. Hopkins has authored 36 works that appear in 63 publications in four languages. His current work on the history of globalization is represented by two edited volumes, "Globalization in World History" (2002) and "Global History: Interactions Between the Universal and the Local" (2006). In 1996 Professor Hopkins was elected as a fellow of the British Academy. He has served as professor of economic history at the University of Birmingham; Smuts professor of Commonwealth history at the University of Cambridge (1994-2002) and was emeritus fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. CONTACT:Cameron B Strang URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9008@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T121115 SUMMARY:Cultural Studies Colloquium presents Deborah Kapchan LOCATION:EPS 1.128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T121115Z DESCRIPTION:A discussion with Deborah Kapchan: "The Promise of Sonic Translation," in American Anthropologist, and "Talking Trash," in American Ethnologist. Dr. Kapchan was associate professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, directing the Center for Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Ethnomusicology. A recent recipient of a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fulbright Hays Fellowship for her project "Poetic Justice: Translating Art and Ideology in Morocco," her books include "Gender on the Market: Moroccan Women and the Revoicing of Tradition" (1996), and a book on the Moroccan Gnawa. CONTACT:Amy A Hendrick URL;VALUE=URL:http://performance.tisch.nyu.edu/object/KapchanD.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8970@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090925T161503 SUMMARY:Ransom Center hosts brown bag lunch with research fellows LOCATION:Tom Lea Room, Ransom Center 3rd Floor (3.206) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090925T161503Z DESCRIPTION:Learn about the work of current Ransom Center fellows during an informal lunchtime discussion. Fellows include: J. Dillon Brown, Washington University in St. Louis, "Migrant Modernism: Postwar London and the West Indian Novel," British Studies at the University of Texas at Austin Mark Stephen Byron, University of Sydney, "The Holograph Manuscript of Samuel Beckett's Novel Watt: A Digital Representation and Transcription," Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship Endowment James Jesson, University of Texas at Austin, "Radio Literature: The Broadcasts of Welles, Thomas, Beckett, and Stoppard," dissertation fellowship J. Michael Lennon, Wilkes University, "Authorized Biography of Norman Mailer," Norman Mailer Endowed Fund John F. Thornton, independent scholar, "A Biography of Alfred and Blanche Knopf and the House of Knopf," Alfred A. and Blanche W. Knopf Fellowship All members of the university community are invited to attend. No RSVP is required, but seating is limited and will be provided in the order in which individuals arrive. Drinks and dessert will be provided. CONTACT:Bridget Gayle, 512-232-3214 or brigayle@mail.utexas.edu URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/fellowships END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8355@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090731T085828 SUMMARY:UT Libraries class covers Advanced EndNote software LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T085828Z DESCRIPTION:This class covers Advanced EndNote features such as modifying output styles, creating subject bibliographies, using connection files and more. Attendees should have taken "Introduction to EndNote" or be familiar with the basics of EndNote. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/endnoteclass.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8658@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T112951 SUMMARY:Poe Film Series continues with Corman's "Fall of the House of Usher" LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T112951Z DESCRIPTION:The Poe Film Series continues at the Harry Ransom Center with "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1960), directed by Roger Corman and starring Vincent Price. Based on Poe's classic short story, the film chronicles the story of Philip, who visits the Usher mansion and finds his friend Roderick mysteriously ill and sister Madeline in a catatonic state. As Philip learns more about the curse in the Usher family, he is horrified to see the effects of the curse continue to escalate and take their toll. The screening is held in conjunction with the Ransom Center's exhibition "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe." This event is made possible by The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9041@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091001T084406 SUMMARY:Local Music Global Effect (LMGE) holds general meeting LOCATION:WEL 2.224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091005T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091001T084406Z DESCRIPTION:Local Music Global Effect (LMGE) is a charity organization that puts on concerts for YOU (Local Music) and gives all proceeds to the Mahyia Hospital in Ghana, Africa (Global Effect). Support local Austin bands and feel good about it! Meetings held every other Monday at 7 p.m. There will be a fundraiser at Spicy Pickle following the meeting. Come bring your friends if you like food! CONTACT:Bharat Narang END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8313@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090720T203010 SUMMARY:Kenneth J. Hale's New Works from Carmel, CA, presented on campus LOCATION:AT&T Executive Education Conference Center Courtyard Gallery… DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20101006T190000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20100129T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091006T075715Z DESCRIPTION:This exhibition features the work of artist Kenneth Hale. Hale received his MFA from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. His paintings, prints and drawings have been widely exhibited and collected. One-person exhibitions have been held in numerous cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Bangkok, Madrid, Dallas, San Francisco, Ft. Worth, Houston, Austin and San Antonio. Professor Hale's prints are represented in collections such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Museum of American Art, Washington DC, the Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, the Atlantic Richfield Collection, the American Airlines Collection, the McNay Art Museum, the Chicago Art Institute, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth. This exciting exhibition of new work produced summer 2009 showcases Hale's pursuits with digital and collage works on paper evolving from the artist's recent series, "Now and Then" and "The Same Only Different." There will be an essay provided by Laura Lindenberger Wellen. The Courtyard Gallery, a new art exhibition space in the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts. Gallery Hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. daily. CONTACT:Jade Walker URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/galleries/att_eec_gallery.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8359@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090731T115449 SUMMARY:Introduction to EndNote offers helpful tips for library users LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T115449Z DESCRIPTION:"Bibliographies made easy!" This introductory class covers tricks for using EndNote with library databases, such as Web of Science, and with indexes and the library catalog. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8478@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090821T091433 SUMMARY:Special Event: Eclipses for Austin LOCATION:Texas Memorial Stadium DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091005T162309Z DESCRIPTION:Join artist Pablo Vargas Lugo at the UT Stadium to create his new piece for the next WorkSpace. PLEASE NOTE: Meet at the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, not the museum. About the exhibition: Pablo Vargas Lugo, Nov. 14, 2009 - Feb. 21, 2010 Pablo Vargas Lugo's WorkSpace project, "Eclipses for Austin," explores solar eclipses as important collective rituals. Total eclipses of the sun provoke astonishment, anxiety, hope, joy and fear, and compel those who witness them to question their place in the world. For Vargas Lugo's WorkSpace project, 350 people will gather in the stands of UT's Darrel K. Royal Texas Memorial Stadium and stage ten solar eclipses that will occur in Texas over the course of the next 340 years. In a carefully choreographed performance, participants will hold up black and white signs in a simulation of each eclipse. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://blantonmuseum.org/works_of_art/exhibitions/workspace/curators_comments.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8395@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T104429 SUMMARY:Libraries offer "Work Smarter: New Research Tools on the Web" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T104429Z DESCRIPTION:Learn about free bookmarking, search and citation tools that you can use during the research process to organize and share information with others. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8846@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T154300 SUMMARY:Graduate and professional school admissions is panel topic LOCATION:Santa Rita Room, The Texas Union DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T154543Z DESCRIPTION:The Career Exploration Center hosts a panel discussion with graduate school admissions experts from various programs as they talk about the critical components of a successful graduate school application. The format will be Q & A. CONTACT:Lynn T Chang URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/student/cec END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9045@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091001T151233 SUMMARY:Lecture looks at Augustine, the Donatists and Letters of Peace LOCATION:Texas Union, Sinclair Suite (3.128) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091001T151233Z DESCRIPTION:The Workshop on Late Antiquity presents "Augustine, the Donatists, and Letters of Peace," a talk by Jennifer Ebbler, Department of Classics. In the opening section of "Contra Litteras Petiliani," an anti-Donatist treatise composed c. 400 C.E., Augustine characterizes his letters to leading Donatist bishops as litterae pacificae. He carefully distinguishes his "peacemaking letters" from the communion letters (litterae communicatoriae) that were more usually exchanged between Christian bishops. Still, the precise meaning and implications of Augustine's terminology are uncertain. This paper explores the possibility that Augustine's terminology was deliberate and intended to encourage his early fifth-century readers to see a connection between his Donatist letters and the letters of peace that imprisoned Christian confessors and soon-to-be martyrs wrote on behalf of lapsed Christians following the Decian persecutions (249-251 C.E.). Jennifer Ebbler is associate professor in the Department of Classics. Her book "Disciplining Christians: Correction and Community in Augustine's Letters," is forthcoming from Oxford University Press. CONTACT:np4962 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/events/12158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8847@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T154445 SUMMARY:Funding your graduate school education is info session topic LOCATION:Santa Rita Room, The Texas Union DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T173000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T154445Z DESCRIPTION:Learn about funding your graduate school education at this information session provided by the Office of Student Financial Services and the Career Exploration Center. CONTACT:Lynn T Chang URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/student/cec END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9040@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091001T072220 SUMMARY:Ferdowsi's "Shahnameh" and popular culture are topic of video LOCATION:Waggener 101 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091006T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091001T072220Z DESCRIPTION:This presentation by Hooman Hedayati looks at the great attention given to Ferdowsi (940-1020 C.E.) and his epic narrative "Shahnameh" {Book of Kings} (1010 C.E.), and asks whether a significant aspect of this attention might relate not to the text of Ferdowsi's stories per se, but rather to the adaptations and interpretations of them, as well as artistic and cultural reactions to them outside of the realm of Persian literature and literary culture. CONTACT:Ariana Haddad URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utipj.com/?p=150 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8396@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T104526 SUMMARY:Libraries offer "How to Use Bloglines and Google Reader" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T104526Z DESCRIPTION:Drowning in a sea of information? Bloglines and Google Reader are two tools to help you stay current with blogs and other news sources on the Web. This 30-minute class is followed by a 30-minute lab. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8883@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090921T144306 SUMMARY:Advising Fair is part of Advising Week LOCATION:South Mall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090921T144306Z DESCRIPTION:The Advising Fair will feature advisers and staff from various majors/resources across campus all in one location. Events such as internal transfer info sessions will also be featured throughout the week in order for students to gain additional information. CONTACT:Megan F Conner (mc19) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8848@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T154709 SUMMARY:Career Exploration Center hosts Graduate and Professional School Fair LOCATION:Texas Union Ballroom DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T154709Z DESCRIPTION:The Career Exploration Center hosts its Graduate and Professional School Fair for anyone considering an advanced degree. Attendees have the opportunity to meet with 100 admissions representatives in a variety of disciplines from graduate and professional programs across the country. Students can collect program materials, ask questions and learn more about the application process. CONTACT:Earl G Lundquist URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/student/cec END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8654@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T103754 SUMMARY:Poetry on the Plaza features work of Edgar Allan Poe LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T103754Z DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the exhibition "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe," the Harry Ransom Center presents a Poetry on the Plaza event with the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Refreshments will be served at this free event. This event is made possible by The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9091@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091005T164817 SUMMARY:Chicano activism, then and now, is focus of film, talk LOCATION:Utopia Theater, School of Social Work DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T143000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091005T164817Z DESCRIPTION:Screening of "Chicano! The Struggle in the Fields" This Chicano documentary chronicles the efforts of the United Farm Workers and focuses on the efforts of César Chávez. Following the film, PODER (People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources) will speak about their past and current struggles. CONTACT:Erika I Gonzalez END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8479@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090821T091645 SUMMARY:See a preview screening of PBS's "Art:21 Season 5" LOCATION:DFA 2.204 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090821T091645Z DESCRIPTION:This is a free preview screening of the PBS series "Art:21," fifth season. Episode 3: Transformation CONTACT:Laura M Schwartz URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/schedule_of_activities.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8710@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090911T085709 SUMMARY:Learn about "Maymester Abroad" in Costa Rica at information session LOCATION:Joynes Reading Room, Carothers Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090911T085709Z DESCRIPTION:If you are interested in a study abroad program in Costa Rica, this is a chance to talk to the instructors who will be leading the course in May 2010. The application deadline for the program is Nov. 1. We will be there to describe what students will be seeing and doing in the Costa Rican cloud forests, and to answer questions about how you can become involved. CONTACT:Moon Draper URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/courses/bio301e/TC357CR/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8597@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090902T075529 SUMMARY:Talk will discuss why is cancer more depressing for men LOCATION:GAR 2.112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T183000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090902T075529Z DESCRIPTION:Dr. Tetyana Pudrovska's talk, "Why Is Cancer More Depressing for Men Than Women Among White Older Adults?" uses data from two waves of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. The author will examine gender differences in psychological adjustment to cancer among older white adults. Results from different types of longitudinal models reveal that cancer has more adverse psychological implications for men than women. Men's higher levels of depression after cancer are largely explained by adherence to masculinity ideals of strength, independence and invincibility. Cancer poses a threat to the masculine identity because it entails lack of control over one's body and other consequences incompatible with hegemonic masculinity. This study contributes to sociological knowledge of the ways in which gender as a fundamental cause of health and illness shapes psychological resilience and vulnerability to cancer through meanings people attach to gender roles. CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/11950 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9070@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091005T073435 SUMMARY:Spiritual education and the process of inner growth is lecture topic LOCATION:Texas Union, Lone Star suite 3.208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T183000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091005T073435Z DESCRIPTION:"Spiritual Education and the Process of Inner Growth" is a talk by Esteban Mezsaros Wild, spiritual instructor. Esteban Meszaros Wild is an internationally educator and spiritual instructor who has dedicated more than 35 years of his life to fostering spiritual education. His motivation to educate comes from his profound interest in and personal practice of spiritual values, along with an understanding of universal philosophy, which embraces transcendental aspects of human existence derived from the principal ideological currents in both the East and West. Universal Link for Inner Growth (ULIG), a registered student organization at the University of Texas at Austin, sponsors this event. ULIG offers a program that works holistically in all areas of life and is designed to teach methods of mastering the body, mind and emotions. ULIG provides regularly scheduled classes in Hatha Yoga and meditation, as well as workshops. In addition, ULIG hosts local, national and international guest speakers who give informative and inspirational talks on a variety of topics in universal values and culture of peace. For more information contact us at info@ulig.us. CONTACT:info@ulig.us URL;VALUE=URL:http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/ulig/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9088@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091005T162635 SUMMARY:Concert features Bion Tsang, cello, and Anton Nel, piano LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall, MRH DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091005T162635Z DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed cellist Bion Tsang, professor of cello, and professor of piano Anton Nel perform cello sonatas of Barber, Prokofiev and Grieg. CONTACT:Nathan Russell URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=17545 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8397@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T105522 SUMMARY:"There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" is hilarious, poignant play LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091007T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091006T075828Z DESCRIPTION:Austin-based writer Louis Sachar's own stage adaptation of his 1990 Texas Bluebonnet Award-winning children's novel tells the tale of Bradley, a fifth grade bully, who through a series of hilarious and poignant incidents learns to open up and reform his bullying ways. CONTACT:Theatre and Dance Info Line: 512-471-5793 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/production_season/2009-2010/boy/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8196@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090605T102603 SUMMARY:Portfolio Days at HSPVA-Houston offer chance to learn about UT LOCATION:The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts-Houston DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090619T093016Z DESCRIPTION:The Department of Art and Art History will be attending Portfolio Days at the High School for the Visual and Performing Arts and participating in portfolio reviews! If you are a student at HSPVA-Houston, look for The University of Texas at Austin! CONTACT:Michael Sullivan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/students/undergraduate/portfolio_review.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9046@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091001T151419 SUMMARY:Talk looks how Asian American students define themselves LOCATION:Geography Building, Room 220 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091001T151419Z DESCRIPTION:Got free lunch? Got discussion? Join us for "How Do You Define Yourself?" with Dr. Shalini Batra of the Counseling & Mental Health Center. Pizza provided. Seats are limited. Please RSVP by contacting Kenyatta Y. Dawson at kydawson@mail.utexas.edu or 512-232-9468. Please note: This lunch discussion is intended for students only. CONTACT:Kenyatta Dawson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/aas/events/12380 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8821@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T074654 SUMMARY:Artwork of the week features "Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T074654Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of the exhibition "Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker." CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8412@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T131552 SUMMARY:Learn to use Google Docs with online Libraries course LOCATION:Online DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090806T150948Z DESCRIPTION:Learn to use Google Docs to share and collaboratively create documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations online. This 30-minute class followed by a 30-minute lab. Online classes: At the class start time, go to https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/lib-dropin/, select Enter as a Guest, type your name, and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/). CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8984@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090928T133347 SUMMARY:Lectures on Art in Black Diaspora presents photographer Zanele Muholi LOCATION:Art Building (ART) 1.102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091008T130855Z DESCRIPTION:"Lectures on Art in the Black Diaspora: Locating the 'Universal' in the 'Specific?'" Zanele Muholi presents "So they have 'eyes to see'." Zanele Muholi was born in Umlazi, Durban, in 1972 and lives in Johannesburg. She completed an advanced photography course at the Market Photo Workshop in Newtown and held her first solo exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery in 2004. Muholi's work represents the black female body in a frank yet intimate way that challenges the history of the portrayal of black women's bodies in documentary photography. She has worked as a community relations officer for the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW), a black lesbian organization based in Gauteng, and as a photographer and reporter for "Behind the Mask," an online magazine devoted to lesbian and gay issues in Africa. Her solo exhibition "Only Half the Picture," which showed at Michael Stevenson in March 2006, has traveled to the Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg and the Afrovibes Festival in Amsterdam. She was the recipient of the 2005 Tollman Award for the Visual Arts and the first BHP Billiton/Wits University Visual Arts Fellowship in 2006. Recent group exhibitions include Za: giovane arte dal Sudafrica at Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena (2008); Make Art/Stop AIDS at the Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles (2008); and Heterotopias: The first Thessaloniki Biennale (2007). CONTACT:Amanda Butterfield URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/art_history/special_programs/art_history_lecture_series/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8655@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T105759 SUMMARY:Novelist Alan Furst to speak as part of Harry Ransom Lectures LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091009T161451Z DESCRIPTION:The University Co-op presents a Harry Ransom Lectures event with writer Alan Furst, whose archive is housed at the Ransom Center. Furst will read from his work and answer audience questions. A book signing follows. Heir to the tradition of Graham Greene and Eric Ambler, writer Alan Furst has received critical and popular acclaim for his novels of historical espionage. His books include "Night Soldiers" (1988), "Dark Star" (1991), "The Polish Officer" (1995), "The World at Night" (1996), "Red Gold" (1999), "Kingdom of Shadows" (2000), "Blood of Victory" (2002), "Dark Voyage" (2004), "The Foreign Correspondent" (2006) and "The Spies of Warsaw" (2008). This program will be Web cast live at www.hrc.utexas.edu/webcast. The Harry Ransom Lectures honor former University of Texas chancellor Harry Huntt Ransom and highlight the Ransom Center's vital role in the university's intellectual and cultural life. The program brings internationally renowned writers, artists and scholars to Austin for public events and conversations with university students. The lectures are made possible by the generous support of the University Co-op. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9057@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091002T094744 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian screens award-winning Italian film LOCATION:MEZ BO 306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091008T230000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091002T094823Z DESCRIPTION:The Department of French and Italian screens Paolo Sorrentino's 2004 award-winning second feature, "Le conseguenze dell'amore" (The Consequences of Love). Part slow-burning noir, part meditation on life, death, love and friendship, this film weaves its stylish tale of banishment, imprisonment and escape with precision, grace and constant invention. In Italian with English subtitles CONTACT:Adria Frizzi END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9129@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091007T151417 SUMMARY:Yale professor discusses friendship networks and health behaviors LOCATION:BUR 214 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091007T151417Z DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jason M. Fletcher presents his talk "Friendship Networks and Health Behaviors," as part of the Brown Bag Seminar Series hosted by the Population Research Center. Dr. Fletcher's research focuses on examining social network effects on adolescent education and health outcomes, combining genetics and social science research, estimating long-term consequences of childhood mental illness, and child and adolescent mental health policy. CONTACT:Sylvia A Celedon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/events/Brown-Bag-Seminars.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9019@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T182604 SUMMARY:Talk explores "Intellectual Property & the Great Agricultural Theft" LOCATION:WCH 4.118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T182604Z DESCRIPTION:Devinder Sharma is an award-winning Indian journalist, writer, thinker and researcher well known and respected for his views on food and trade policy who was trained as an agricultural scientist. He holds a master's in plant breeding and genetics. Sharma quit active journalism to research on policy issues concerning sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and intellectual property rights, environment and development, food security and poverty, biotechnology and hunger, and the implications of the free trade paradigm for developing countries. He chairs an independent collective in New Delhi, called the Forum for Biotechnology & Food Security. He also coordinates the GM Free India coalition, which is at the forefront of the fight to keep genetically modified foods out of India. CONTACT:Don Arntz URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8855@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090918T072221 SUMMARY:Blasphemy laws and Islamic empires discussed by scholar LOCATION:Middle East Reading Room, WMB 6.146 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T153000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090918T072221Z DESCRIPTION:Shemeem Burney Abbas will speak about the Islamic empires' creation of "kufr," or blasphemy laws, which appropriated prophetic authority from Muhammad. Among such empires were the Abbasids in Iraq, the Umayyads in Spain and the Ottomans, all of whom governed vast empires using such laws. Blasphemy laws were also resurrected under General Ziaul Haq (1978-1989) of Pakistan for geopolitical control of the region that also included Afghanistan, to bring down the Soviet Union. They also contributed to the end of the Cold War. Seeking validation in the name of "Nizam-e Mustafa," or Muhammad's Islam, these laws generated a state-sponsored infidel ideology that has impacted not only citizens and social justice, but now affects international and global security as militant groups justify violence based on treating all non-Muslims as infidels. Shemeem Burney Abbas is Juanita and Joseph Leff distinguished professor in political science at the State University of New York at Purchase. CONTACT:Christopher S Rose URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9081@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091005T114932 SUMMARY:Undergrad Writing Center hosts open house LOCATION:UWC: FAC 211 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091005T114932Z DESCRIPTION:Please join us!! The Undergraduate Writing Center is hosting an open house during which Professor John Ruszkiewicz will discuss the UWC internship class (open to all undergraduates) and working at the UWC! CONTACT:Alanna M Bitzel END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9111@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091006T165657 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana LOCATION:Cactus Cafe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091006T165657Z DESCRIPTION:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana. The Italian Club of the Department of French and Italian meets at the Cactus Cafe for informal conversation in Italian. The event is open to all. CONTACT:Antonella D Olson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.geocities.com/circolo_italiano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9098@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091006T080228 SUMMARY:Native cartography and the Huamantla Map are subject of presentation LOCATION:GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T173000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091006T080228Z DESCRIPTION:"Native Cartography and Historical Memory in the Huamantla Map, a Pictorial Manuscript from Sixteenth Century Tlaxcala" is a research presentation by Dr. David Wright, architect/historian at the Universidad de la Valle de Mexico, Unidad Guanajuato. CONTACT:Natalie E Boudreau URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/geography/events/11977 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9065@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091003T122817 SUMMARY:"Dash: Metaphor and Connection" panel connects visual artists, writers LOCATION:Blanton Museum: Smith Building (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091008T130941Z DESCRIPTION:A special program organized by Fire & Ink, one of the most influential advocates for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered writers of African descent, "Dash: Metaphor and Connection" connects visual artists with writers to explore the relations between form, content and language. Panel members include artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji in conversation with writer and poet Tisa Bryant; artist Carl Pope with prose poet Ronaldo V. Wilson; and producer, writer and director M. Asli Dukan with author Nalo Hopkinson. Organized and moderated by Torkwase Dyson. Co-sponsored by the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8514@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090826T163029 SUMMARY:Takacs String Quartet to perform all-Beethoven program LOCATION:McCullough Theatre DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091009T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091009T073301Z DESCRIPTION:"Always takes you by surprise." - Guardian (London) Back by popular demand, this extraordinary quartet is considered one of the finest musical ensembles in the United States. Their performances summon the spirits of classical masters, invoking the passion and originality of the times that spawned some of history's greatest music. The timelessness of their music transports audiences and leaves them feeling deeply in tune with genius, emotion and reverence. Program: Beethoven: Op. 18 No. 2, Op. 74 "Harp", Op. 130 CONTACT:Ticket Office 512 471 1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasperformingarts.org/event/takacs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9020@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T183307 SUMMARY:Wildflower Center announces Fall Plant Sale and Gardening Festival LOCATION:Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Ave., Austin, TX 78739 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091010T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091010T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091011T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T183307Z DESCRIPTION:University of Texas at Austin faculty and staff receive half off admission at the Wildflower Center's Plant Sale and Gardening Festival. Nearly 300 species of native Texas plants will be available to choose from between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, including beautiful, drought-tolerant trees such as anacua and desert willow, and rare finds such as madrones and Missouri violets. There will be activities for kids, and everyone can take a guided walk or get gardening tips from experts. Also, meet artist Mary Frasher on Saturday, and don't miss out on various nature book signings both afternoons. For more information, call 512.232.0100 or visit www.wildflower.org/plantsale. CONTACT:Barbra A Rodriguez URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.wildflower.org/plantsale END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8197@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090605T102807 SUMMARY:National Portfolio Day in Austin offers look at UT arts LOCATION:AT&T Education and Conference Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091010T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091010T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090623T132914Z DESCRIPTION:The Department of Art and Art History will be in attendance at National Portfolio Day - Austin to review art portfolios, provide admission and program information, and answer any questions regarding application to its undergraduate programs in art history, design, studio art and visual art studies. This event will take place at the AT&T Education and Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin. CONTACT:Michael Sullivan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/students/undergraduate/portfolio_review.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9063@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091002T163416 SUMMARY:Poe Family Mystery Tours offered at Ransom Center LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091010T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091010T130000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091031T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091002T163852Z DESCRIPTION:Detecting Poe: Mysteries in his Life and Works Edgar Allan Poe was the inventor of the modern detective story. Participants in this tour will use clues to discover the elements of a detective story as well as some of the mysteries that remain about Edgar Allan Poe. Excerpts from "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter" will be presented. CONTACT:Nancy Nguyen END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8198@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090605T102926 SUMMARY:National Portfolio Day in Dallas offers information on arts at UT LOCATION:Hilton Anatole DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091011T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091011T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091003T123004Z DESCRIPTION:The Department of Art and Art History will be in attendance at National Portfolio Day - Dallas to review art portfolios, provide admission and program information and answer any questions regarding application to its undergraduate programs in art history, design, studio art and visual art studies. This event will take place at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. CONTACT:Michael Sullivan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/students/undergraduate/portfolio_review.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8398@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T105730 SUMMARY:"There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" is hilarious, poignant play LOCATION:Oscar G. Brockett Theatre (WIN) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091011T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091011T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T105730Z DESCRIPTION:Austin-based writer Louis Sachar's own stage adaptation of his 1990 Texas Bluebonnet Award-winning children's novel tells the tale of Bradley, a fifth grade bully, who through a series of hilarious and poignant incidents learns to open up and reform his bullying ways. CONTACT:Theatre and Dance Info Line: 512-471-5793 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/tad/productions/production_season/2009-2010/boy/index.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8832@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T102651 SUMMARY:Blanton offers public tour of Paolo Veronese exhibit LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091011T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091011T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T102651Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of our new exhibition "Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece." CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9140@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091009T101138 SUMMARY:Wind Symphony performs LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall (MRH 3.838) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091011T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091011T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091009T101138Z DESCRIPTION:This performance features guest conductor Matthew Roeder. CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=11954 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9090@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091005T163115 SUMMARY:Ray Sasaki, trumpet, presented in Distinguished Faculty Artists series LOCATION:Jessen Auditorium DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091011T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091011T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091005T163115Z DESCRIPTION:The Jessen Series of Distinguished Faculty Artists presents Professor of Trumpet Ray Sasaki in concert. Sasaki will perform music of Morgan Powell, Donald Grantham, Henri Thomasi, Joseph Turrin and William Schmidt. The program features Steve Butters, percussion; John Fremgen, bass; Jeanne Sasaki, piano; Charles Villarubia, tuba; and students from the Butler School of Music trumpet studio. CONTACT:Nathan Russell URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=11958 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8199@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090605T103328 SUMMARY:"Discover UT" is admission information and interest session LOCATION:Art Building (ART) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T123000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090619T093910Z DESCRIPTION:"Discover UT" is a half-day program for high school juniors and seniors held on Columbus Day, on the UT Austin campus. It is the perfect opportunity to visit campus on a weekday while the campus is full of activity. Discover UT will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at approximately 12:30 p.m. after a walking tour of campus, followed by academic interest sessions held in the afternoon. Our goal is to provide a realistic picture of what life as a Longhorn student is all about while sharing with you and your family some important information about the admissions process, on-campus housing options and the financial aid and scholarship application process. Parents are highly encouraged to attend Discover UT with their son or daughter. When you register for Discover UT, you will also be able to sign up for a fine arts academic interest session to be held during the afternoon. CONTACT:Michael Sullivan URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/students/undergraduate/portfolio_review.cfm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8691@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T204719 SUMMARY:Institute for Historical Studies Workshop presents Dr. Juliana Barr LOCATION:GAR 4.100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090910T074643Z DESCRIPTION:"Signs of the Cross: Violence and Symbolic Diplomacy in the Seventeenth-Century Indian Southwest" will be presented by Dr. Juliana Barr, University of Florida. To receive a copy of the pre-circulated paper, please email Courtney Meador by 9 a.m., Fri., Oct. 9. Dr. Juliana Barr, associate professor of history at the University of Florida, is the author of "Peace Came in the Form of a Woman: Indians and Spaniards in the Texas Borderlands" (2007). Barr's book has received major awards, including the 2008 Berkshire Conference First Book Prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians; the 2007 Liz Carpenter Award from the Texas State Historical Association; the 2007 Murdo J. MacLeod Prize, Latin American and Caribbean Section, of the Southern Historical Association; and the 2007 Charles S. Sydnor Award of the Southern Historical Association. Responding will be Paul Conrad, PhD candidate in the history at UT Austin. Paul is currently a fellow at the McNeil Center for early American studies in Philadelphia. His dissertation focuses on the forced migration of Apache Indians from the Southwest Borderlands to central Mexico and Cuba during the late eighteenth century. CONTACT:Cameron B Strang URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9010@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T121641 SUMMARY:Cultural Studies Colloquium presents Dan Gilman LOCATION:EPS 1.128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T121641Z DESCRIPTION:Dan Gilman, folklore Ph.D. candidate from the University of Texas at Austin, presents "Egyptian Voices and Lebanese Looks: Talking About Beauty and Pop Music in Cairo." CONTACT:Amy A Hendrick URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/culturalstudies/events/12247 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8369@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090803T164959 SUMMARY:"Be a Google Super Searcher I" is online library course LOCATION:Online DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T153000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T164959Z DESCRIPTION:Online classes: At the class start time, go to https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/lib-dropin/, select Enter as a Guest, type your name, and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/). Be a Google Super Searcher I: Want to get the most out of the Web? Learn Google search tricks, how to become an advanced Web searcher and how to evaluate Web sites. Find out how to use specialized searches such as Google Scholar and Google Books with library resources. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8896@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090922T125116 SUMMARY:New light shed on first archaeological discovery of Chinese bronzes LOCATION:ART 1.120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090922T125116Z DESCRIPTION:A large number of bronzes - perhaps more than 100 - were unearthed at Xinzheng in central China in 1923. Even though the details of the excavation were unrecorded, this discovery marks a milestone in the history of Chinese archaeology because this was the first time that a coherent assemblage from a single tomb was made available for scholarly study. The exact dating of the assemblage has, however, remained controversial. In the intervening decades, a large number of archaeological discoveries have been made at Xinzheng, allowing us to define the local bronze-manufacturing tradition in this area with some precision. The study of these new discoveries suggests a new and somewhat surprising interpretation of the bronze assemblage found in 1923. CONTACT:Shirley G Field URL;VALUE=URL:https://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/eastasia/events/11465 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9131@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091008T085544 SUMMARY:Guest lecturer Neal Zaslaw asks, "How 'scientific' is the new Köchel?" LOCATION:School of Music-Recital Studio DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T183000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091008T085544Z DESCRIPTION:Neal Zaslaw is the Herbert Gussman professor of music at Cornell University, where since 1970 he has taught the history of Western music from the ninth century to the present. He is the author of several books and more than 70 articles on baroque and classical music, historical performance practices, Mozart and the early history of the orchestra. Zaslaw began his musical career the 1960s as flutist in Leopold Stokowski's American Symphony Orchestra. Between 1978 and 1982 he supervised recordings of all of Mozart's symphonies by Jaap Schroeder, Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music. TIME magazine called the results "one of the most important projects in the history of recorded sound." He is a member of the Akademie fur Mozart-Forschung of the Mozarteum and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, is editor of the series Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era and recently completed a three-year appointment as musical adviser to the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. The lecture is part of Professor Zaslaw's residency at the Butler School of Music. For more information about the schedule of events, please email olivieri@mail.utexas.edu. CONTACT:Guido Olivieri URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/default.aspx END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9112@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091007T072945 SUMMARY:Design critic and UT professor Peter Hall discusses mapping LOCATION:DFA, room 4.112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091007T072945Z DESCRIPTION:Prior to taking up his position at UT Austin in fall 2007, Peter Hall wrote and taught in the New York City area. A design critic, between 2001 and 2007 Hall was senior editor and fellow at the University of Minnesota Design Institute, where he co-edited the book, "Else/Where: Mapping - New Cartographies of Networks and Territories" and organized several symposia and workshops on mapping. Hall has been a contributing writer for "Metropolis" magazine since 2000 and has written widely about design in its various forms, including gaming, elevators, building graphics, bridges, neon lights and office chairs, for publications including "Print," "I.D. Magazine," the "New York Times" and the "Guardian." He taught a seminar class on design theory and writing at Yale School of Art between 2000 and 2007, and wrote and co-edited the books "Tibor Kalman: Perverse Optimist," "Sagmeister: Made You Look" and "Pause: 59 Minutes of Motion Graphics." CONTACT:Stephanie Osan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8665@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T192000 SUMMARY:Poe Film Series continues with "The Pit and the Pendulum" LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091012T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T192000Z DESCRIPTION:The Poe Film Series continues at the Harry Ransom Center with Roger Corman's "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1961), starring Vincent Price. Based on Poe's classic short story, "The Pit and the Pendulum" tells the tale of Francis Barnard, who travels to Spain to investigate his sister's sudden death and is unconvinced by the explanation given by her husband, the son of a notorious Spanish Inquisition torturer. The screening is held in conjunction with the Ransom Center's exhibition "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe." This event is made possible by The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8399@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T110152 SUMMARY:Libraries offer online course: "Using Zotero to Manage Citations" LOCATION:Online DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090806T151011Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to use this free, Web-based tool to collect, manage and cite your sources. Online classes: At the class start time, go to Select Enter as a Guest, type your name and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/). CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8946@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090924T065221 SUMMARY:Peace Corps video presentation, with Q&A, to be held LOCATION:Texas Union 4.206 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090924T065221Z DESCRIPTION:Come watch an informational video on the experiences of volunteers serving in locations such as Moldova, Panama, Malawi and Benin. This video will orient you to Peace Corps life and how to become a volunteer. Additionally, the UT Peace Corps recruiter will be available to answer questions specific to UT students. All students, faculty and staff welcome! CONTACT:Bradley C Watson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8933@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090923T133206 SUMMARY:Info session hosted for summer study abroad in Argentina and Spain LOCATION:Benedict Hall (Spanish Dept.) Room 1.106 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090923T134450Z DESCRIPTION:Any Spanish language, engineering or science students interested in studying abroad during a summer session (I, II, or I & II) should come learn more about these programs in Córdoba, Argentina, and Santander, Spain, with the academic advisers from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Both programs offer first and second summer session courses. CONTACT:Thomas B Ward URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9142@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091009T133454 SUMMARY:Student group screens Iranian film, Golestan's "Brick and Mirror" LOCATION:Burdine 216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091009T133454Z DESCRIPTION:Persian with English subtitles. Followed by a discussion with Somy Kim. One of "Reader" critic Jonathan Rosenbaum's "Top 1000" from his book "Essential Cinema," "The Brick and the Mirror" is as fabled for being unseen in a public screening in over 35 years as for its significant thematic and technical breakthroughs. Moody realism conveys a stark poetry in this tale of a cab driver stuck with an abandoned baby in his back seat. Moral quandaries and social fears vie with eroticism when the driver and a lonely woman spend the night with the baby as the phantom facsimile of a family. The film's finale, set in an orphanage, is a stunning, haunting piece of social realism that was to send ripples of influence through the next four decades of Iranian cinema. CONTACT:Hooman Hedayati URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149132735605&index=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9149@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091012T080337 SUMMARY:Department of Spanish & Portuguese presents weekly film LOCATION:MEZ B0.306 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T213000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091124T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091012T103131Z DESCRIPTION:Ciclo de Drama Social - Historias de Ciudad y Crisis Oct. 13: "Ratas, ratones y rateros" (Sebastián Cordero, Ecuador, 1999) Oct. 20: "Cama adentro" (Jorge Gaggero, Argentina/España, 2005) Oct. 27: "Los lunes al sol" (Fernando León de Aranoa, España, 2002) Ciclo de Resistencia Nov. 3: "Voces inocentes" (Luis Mandoki, México, 2004) Nov. 10: "El Violín" (Francisco Vargas, México, 2006) Nov. 17: "La hora de los hornos, Primera parte: Neocolonialismo y violencia" (Fernando Solanas y Octavio Getino, documentary, Argentina 2006) Nov. 24: "La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas" (Patricio Guzmán, documentary, Chile, 1975-79) CONTACT:Francis D Watlington END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9132@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091008T131022 SUMMARY:Free beginner classes offered in Argentine tango LOCATION:Texas Union - Showroom DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091013T203000 RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20091027T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091008T131022Z DESCRIPTION:The University Argentine Tango Club is offering free beginner classes in a four-week series. No experience or partner needed! CONTACT:Charles A Michelson URL;VALUE=URL:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uatc/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8400@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T110331 SUMMARY:Libraries offer "Work Smarter: New Research Tools on the Web" LOCATION:Online DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T110331Z DESCRIPTION:Learn about free bookmarking, search and citation tools that you can use during the research process to organize and share information with others. Online classes: At the class start time, go to https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/lib-dropin/, select Enter as a Guest, type your name and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/) CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8370@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090803T165105 SUMMARY:Library class addresses how to avoid plagiarism LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T165105Z DESCRIPTION:Avoiding Plagiarism Are you confused about what is and isn't plagiarism? Do you wonder how to avoid it as a writer and researcher? This session covers mistakes that can lead to plagiarism, strategies for avoiding these mistakes and practical techniques for using sources correctly. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9173@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T095005 SUMMARY:Oral history as journalism is focus of course offered in Spain LOCATION:CMA 4.128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T095005Z DESCRIPTION:The Oral History as Journalism- Spain course is offered in conjunction with the UT Spanish Language and Culture Program in Santander, Spain. This program aims to significantly improve your knowledge of the Spanish language, including your ability to speak correctly and effectively outside the classroom and to integrate you as much as possible into the local culture. The priority deadline to apply is Dec. 1. More information here. CONTACT:Elizabeth A Maclean URL;VALUE=URL:http://communication.utexas.edu/students/international/ip-spain.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8598@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090902T075806 SUMMARY:CWGS Speaker Series presents Dr. Michael Addis LOCATION:GAR 2.112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090902T075806Z DESCRIPTION:Michael Addis, the former chair of the psychology department at Clark University, will present "The Power and Pain of Invisibility: Understanding Gender and Men's Mental Health." How can men as a group be so audible, so visible and in such positions of power in society, while at the same time struggling individually with private pain that can prove powerfully destructive to themselves and others? Dr. Addis will explore this and other paradoxes of men's mental health. Integrating theory and research from social, developmental and clinical psychology, he will argue that men's mental health is one of the final frontiers in the psychology of gender. Furthermore, our collective inattention to the problems of silence and invisibility in men's lives contributes to a substantial public health burden including depression, suicide, substance abuse and violent crime. Progress can come through enhancing our awareness of the way silence and invisibility operate in men's lives week to week, day to day, and moment to moment. CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/11952 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9150@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091012T081105 SUMMARY:"Meditation as a Tool for Inner Growth" workshop to be presented LOCATION:PCL 6.120 A DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T183000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091012T135259Z DESCRIPTION:"Meditation as a Tool for Inner Growth" is a workshop conducted by spiritual instructor Esteban Mezsaros Wild. Meditation is a valuable tool used to quiet the mind and increase ability to focus attention. Meditation provides a calm space in the mind where clarity can emerge. When this happens, there is a strength that appears within the practitioner, which allows him/her to consciously choose and direct the state of inner presence. This brings an inner calm and allows for peace to grow. CONTACT:Aurea G Zegarra-Coronado URL;VALUE=URL:http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/ulig/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9158@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091012T110350 SUMMARY:Lecture looks at the Roman soldier in Egypt LOCATION:DFA 2.204 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091014T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091012T110350Z DESCRIPTION:The Archaeological Institute of America hosts its first speaker of the year, Dr. Jennifer Gates-Foster (Dept. of Classics, UT Austin). Dr. Gates-Foster will deliver a talk titled "Forts, Frontiers & the Roman Soldier in Egypt's Eastern Desert." CONTACT:Leticia R Rodriguez URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/AIA/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9047@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091001T152111 SUMMARY:"Guests of BJ" Conference honors Elizabeth Warnock Fernea LOCATION:Avaya Auditorium, ACES 2.302 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20091015 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20091015 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091017T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091001T152111Z DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Warnock Fernea (1927-2008), "BJ" to those who knew her, was a prolific educator, author and filmmaker whose work was a pioneering effort to bring the discussion of gender, politics and culture in the Middle East/North Africa region to a much larger audience. She served on the faculty of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies and Department of English of the University of Texas at Austin for over three decades, was appointed the first chair of the Center for Women's and Gender Studies, and was the first woman elected president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA). Her passionate dedication to her interests and her tireless teaching and mentoring influenced generations of scholars and students. In her memory and honor, the University of Texas is holding a three-day conference on gender, politics and culture, featuring selected panels of colleagues, friends and former students. Thursday evening: Keynote event features Samia Mehrez and Caroline Williams, 5 p.m. Friday: Panels 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Evening keynote address by Emily Apter, 5 p.m. (in conjunction with the "Postcolonial Actualities: Past and Present" conference) Saturday: Panel: 9:30 a.m. Roundtable and open mic: 1:30 p.m. CONTACT:Christopher S Rose URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/events/9679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9174@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T095119 SUMMARY:Pro-Social public relations Maymester offered in Ireland LOCATION:CMA 7.208 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T095119Z DESCRIPTION:This program focuses on all the essential elements of a basic PR class - writing, campaign design, interview skills - but it does so in one of the world's fastest changing environments, Ireland. This program is open to all UT students. The deadline to apply is Nov. 1. Requires spring registration with travel in May and June of 2010. CONTACT:Elizabeth A Maclean URL;VALUE=URL:http://communication.utexas.edu/students/international/ip-spain.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9122@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091007T112939 SUMMARY:AAAFSA announces October membership meeting LOCATION:GRE 3.120 (Gregory Gym Games Room) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091007T112939Z DESCRIPTION:The Asian/Asian American Faculty and Staff Association (AAAFSA) invites you to our October membership meeting. Topics are Safety & Security Awareness, and Diwali Celebration & Discussion with UTPD Catering provided by Masala Wok. For more information about UTPD: http://www.utexas.edu/police/ CONTACT:Eugenia C Beh END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8480@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090821T091841 SUMMARY:Perspectives at Blanton features talk on Jerry Bywaters LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090927T110822Z DESCRIPTION:Risa Puleo, assistant curator of American and contemporary art, discusses "Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8401@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T110427 SUMMARY:"How to Use Bloglines and Google Reader" offered online LOCATION:Online DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T110427Z DESCRIPTION:Drowning in a sea of information? Bloglines and Google Reader are two tools to help you stay current with blogs and other news sources on the Web. This 30-minute class followed by a 30-minute lab. Online classes: At the class start time, go to https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/lib-dropin/, select Enter as a Guest, type your name and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/) CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8587@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090901T142259 SUMMARY:South Asia Seminar Series hosts Gananath Obeyesekere of Princeton LOCATION:Meyerson Conference Room (WCH 4.118) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091014T134300Z DESCRIPTION:"Against the Grain: Ancient Roots and Modern Branches" The growth in interdisciplinary, and more recently, cross-disciplinary study demonstrates how change is promoted in established fields. In a slightly different manner, the fall 2009 South Asia seminar focuses on the importance of bridging the supposed divide between the study of the past and that of the present. Series schedule: Sept. 24 Martha Selby University of Texas at Austin "Form, Style, and Rhetoric in an Early Fourth-Century Tamil Anthology" Oct. 1 Eliza Kent Colgate University "Sacred Groves and Local Gods: Religion and Environmentalism in Tamil Nadu" Oct. 8 Sheldon Pollock Columbia University "Crisis in the Classics" Oct. 15 Gananath Obeyesekere Princeton University "Kali and The Lord Buddha: The Ethics of Vengeance, Violence and Ethnic Discord in Sri Lanka" Oct. 29 Mary Beth Heston College of Charleston "Building a Polity: Royal Architecture and Authority in Colonial Era Kerala" Nov. 5 Donald Lopez University of Michigan "Burnouf and the Birth of Buddhist Studies" Nov. 12 Jack Hawley Columbia University "Modern Roots, Ancient Branches: The Bhakti Movement--Since When?" Nov. 19 Barbara Metcalf University of Michigan "Nawab Shah Jehan Begum of Bhopal: Becoming a Muslim Ruler in Colonial India" Dec. 3 Joel Brereton University of Texas at Austin "An Inconvenient Text: On Translating the Rigveda" CONTACT:Don Arntz URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/events/upcoming.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8484@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090822T101350 SUMMARY:Third Thursday at Blanton is evening of art, literature and yoga LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091008T131106Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for Third Thursday, our FREE evening of art and activities, introducing new specials in the Cafe. 6:30 p.m. Yoga in the Galleries 7 p.m. Artist Talk: WorkSpace artist Jim Drain 7 p.m. Blanton Book Club: "Brownsville: Stories" by Oscar Casares 7:30 p.m. Tour: "Paolo Veronese" Media sponsor: Univision and Artlies magazine CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8531@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090827T175156 SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Jim Drain discusses his WorkSpace installation LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090827T175156Z DESCRIPTION:Join artist Jim Drain for a discussion about his WorkSpace installation, currently on view at the Blanton through November 1. This event takes place during Third Thursday, the museum's monthly free evening. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8666@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T192119 SUMMARY:Lucien Douglas reads "The Tell-Tale Heart" LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T192119Z DESCRIPTION:Lucien Douglas, professor of theatre and dance at the University of Texas at Austin, performs "The Tell-Tale Heart" and other selections from Edgar Allan Poe. Douglas brings Poe's biography and work to life. In a performance incorporating Poe's letters, incidents from his life and his poetry and short stories, Douglas explores the depths of Poe's suffering and his longing for perfect love. Seating is free, but limited. This program will be Web cast live at www.hrc.utexas.edu/webcast. This program is held in conjunction with the Ransom Center's exhibition "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe." This event is made possible by The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8862@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090918T133206 SUMMARY:Film "14 Women" is story of perseverance and poise LOCATION:CAL 100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091012T081206Z DESCRIPTION:A story of perseverance and poise, "14 Women" will inspire and uplift audiences of all ages. When the historic 109th Congress convened, the number of women in the Senate increased to an unprecedented 14. Now, their struggle to balance family and politics is chronicled in this heartwarming look at the most powerful women in America. A panel discussion will follow. Panelists include: *Adora Andy, press secretary, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama *Lulu Flores, president of the National Women's Political Caucus *Malia Litman, author of upcoming book on Women in the Obama Campaign CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/11533 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9029@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090930T074411 SUMMARY:Martín Espada reads from "The Republic of Poetry" LOCATION:Texas Union Quadrangle Room DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090930T074411Z DESCRIPTION:Renowned Latino/Nuyorican poet, U. Mass Amherst professor and immigrant/tenant rights lawyer Martín Espada will read from "The Republic of Poetry" and other collections. A reception will follow. This reading is part of the Distinguished Visiting Lecturer Series of the UT Humanities Institute, whose theme this year is "Intellectual Life at Moments of Crisis." Espada will read and discuss a number of his many "homage" poems, dedicated to poets and activists who have confronted moments of terrible political repression and injustice. Some of these poems - on Pablo Neruda, Raúl Zurita and Víctor Jara - will come from "The Republic of Poetry," a 2006 book that reflects on Chile both in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11/73 coup and in its post-Pinochet present. Others - on Clemente Soto Vélez and other Puerto Rican poet-activists - will come from Espada's 2003 comprehensive anthology "Alabanza." The reading will include new poems as well. RSVP requested to information@humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu or 512-471-9056. Co-sponsored by the UT Humanities Institute, the Center for Mexican American Studies, the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, the Department of English, the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. CONTACT:Alan Villanueva END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9061@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091002T105753 SUMMARY:Objectivism Society hosts lecture: "Columbus Day Without Guilt" LOCATION:BEL 328 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091015T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091002T105753Z DESCRIPTION:In years past, the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage was an occasion to honor the explorer's courage and to rejoice in the spread of Western civilization across a savage wilderness. More recently, however, advocates of multiculturalism have damned Columbus and the New World's settlers as brutal conquerors who destroyed a pristine Indian paradise. Rejecting as false all notions of racial superiority and collective guilt, Mr. Bowden instead affirms the objective superiority of civilization to savagery. On Columbus Day, he maintains, individuals of all ancestries should guiltlessly celebrate Western civilization's core values - reason, science, technology, progress, capitalism, individual rights, law and the selfish pursuit of individual happiness here on earth - at a time when those values are under terrorist assault by America's declared enemies. Mr. Bowden is an analyst focusing on legal issues at the Ayn Rand Center for Individual Rights. He is the author of "The Enemies of Christopher Columbus," which was the subject of a C-Span BookTV broadcast, and a contributing author to "The Abolition of Antitrust." As a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Objective Law, Mr. Bowden filed amicus curiae briefs in federal courts, challenging mandatory community service requirements for public school students. CONTACT:Alan D McKendree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9056@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091002T093823 SUMMARY:Symposium on Chicano dance sponsored by CMAS LOCATION:Various Locations DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20091016 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20091016 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091017T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091002T093823Z DESCRIPTION:A Symposium on Chicano Dance will be presented at the University of Texas at Austin by the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) and the Department of Theatre & Dance. Schedule of events: Fri., Oct. 16, Santa Rita Room, Texas Union 1-1:30 p.m. Welcome and Introductions 1:30-2:30 p.m. The Performative Body: Culture in Motion 2:35-3:35 p.m. A Dance Heritage: Writing U.S. Chicano Dance into the American Artistic Landscape 3:45-5 p.m. Dancing at the Intersections: Embodied Knowledge in the Works of José Limón 5:15-6:45 p.m. Hechos y Recuerdos: Living Traces of José Limón 6:45-7:45 p.m. Reception Sat., Oct. 17, Anna Hiss Gym Dance Studios 10-11 a.m. Taller de Danza 1: Modern Dance/Danza Contemporanea 11:15-12:30 p.m. Taller de Danza 2: Chicano Dance: Architectures of Body Rhythms 1-2:30 p.m. Taller de Danza 3: Modern Movimientos: Limón Dance Technique Master Class Evening Performance Showcases, B. Iden Payne Theatre at the Winship Building 6 -8 p.m. New Inventions: Chicano Dance Imaginations 8 -10 p.m. Post-performance convivencia and reception featuring: Aztlan Dance Company, Guadalupe Dance Company, Grupo Flor y Canto, Latina Dance Project and DJ Trey, aka Manolo Black CONTACT:Laura I Cerda URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cmas/events/12438 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9180@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T155737 SUMMARY:Southwest Conference on Asian Studies features variety of scholars LOCATION:AT&T Conference Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20091016 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20091016 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091017T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T155737Z DESCRIPTION:The Southwest Conference on Asian Studies (SWCAS), the regional organization for the Association of Asian Studies, announces its 38th annual conference. The conference will feature panels by scholars in all disciplines and all areas of Asia. The keynote address by Dr. Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan is entitled "Forests and the Environmental History of India" and will take place at 5:15 p.m. on Fri., Oct. 16, in AT&T 203, CONTACT:Nancy K Stalker URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.trinity.edu/org/swcas/2009meeting.pdf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8292@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090709T100305 SUMMARY:Conference explores place of precedent in objective law LOCATION:WAG 316 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091017T154500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090709T100305Z DESCRIPTION:Conference: The Place of Precedent in Objective Law Judicial deference to precedent seems to carry definite advantages for a legal system, as well as definite disadvantages. What weight should precedent exert on our understanding of what the law is? Where does regard for precedent stand vis-à-vis other elements that a court should consider? Does acceptance of the doctrine of stare decisis weaken the authority of the law? Does it strengthen it? What are the implications of respect for precedent for the objectivity of the law? Visit our conference Web site for more information. CONTACT:Amy M Pennartz URL;VALUE=URL:http://utbbtchairobjectivism.com/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9167@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T073926 SUMMARY:Roots of social and economic justice is London Maymester focus LOCATION:SSW 2.132 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T120000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T073926Z DESCRIPTION:Come learn more about the London Maymester. The focus of the course is on social and economic justice with sub-themes of diversity, history of social work and social services in London and England. This is a four-week class taking place from May 24 to June 20, 2010. Registration deadline is Nov. 1; scholarships are available. CONTACT:Ruth J Rubio URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/mm.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9168@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T074031 SUMMARY:Brown bag talk discusses "Mincer" results for U.S. marriage LOCATION:BUR 214 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T074031Z DESCRIPTION:Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University, presents, "A 'Mincer' Result for U.S. Marriage" as part of the the Brown Bag Seminar Series hosted by the Population Research Center and the Department of Economics. Part of Dr. Moffitt's research is in population economics and economic demography, where he has estimated economic models of marriage, cohabitation, female headship and fertility. CONTACT:Sylvia A Celedon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/events/Brown-Bag-Seminars.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8780@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090914T150211 SUMMARY:Gender, migration and the Kazakh diaspora in Mongolia are talk topic LOCATION:Texas Union 4.206 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090914T150211Z DESCRIPTION:After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, nearly one-half of the 120,000 Mongolian Kazakhs migrated to newly independent Kazakhstan. This presentation reviews the migration of Mongolian Kazakhs from Mongolia to Kazakhstan from a gendered perspective, while considering the following questions: How do gendered imaginations of migration affect migration decision making? How does gender relate to the "work" involved in maintaining transnational ties and building social capital in both countries? This research is based on ethnographic fieldwork in both Mongolia and Kazakhstan CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/center/creees/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9137@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091009T073921 SUMMARY:Higher Education Administration Program hosts information session LOCATION:Al-Kiva Auditorium (Sanchez 104) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091009T073921Z DESCRIPTION:Interested in a master's or doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Texas at Austin? Then make plans to attend the Higher Education Administration Program information session! * Hear from program faculty, administrators and students about the program. * Gain useful tips and hints about crafting a strong application. * Ask questions about courses, assistantships and ways to finance your education. CONTACT:Richard J Reddick URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.edb.utexas.edu/education/departments/edadmin/programs/hed/about/introduction/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9192@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091014T085016 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana LOCATION:Cactus Cafe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091014T085016Z DESCRIPTION:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana. The Italian Club of the Department of French and Italian meets at the Cactus Cafe for informal conversation in Italian. The event is open to all. CONTACT:Antonella D Olson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.geocities.com/circolo_italiano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9159@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091012T110621 SUMMARY:Innervisions Gospel Choir presents Praise Night LOCATION:Jessen Auditorium in Rainey Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091012T110621Z DESCRIPTION:You've seen us every year singing "The Eyes of Texas" at Gone to Texas! You've seen us every year at the MLK statue for the march! You may have even seen us singing and pubbing around campus! Well NOW you get a chance to actually see us in our element! Want to hear some good music and some GREAT Gospel talent? Come out and support UT's very own Innervisions Gospel Choir in their first concert of the year. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT!!! Doors open at 6 p.m. and the concert begins PROMPTLY at 6:30. Hope to see you there! CONTACT:Joanna G Daniels END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9166@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T073650 SUMMARY:Nature Nights at Wildflower Center features butterflies LOCATION:Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T073650Z DESCRIPTION:The butterfly migration is under way, and we have lots at the Wildflower Center. Join us for family fun this Friday and learn more about these fascinating creatures. You can learn about those intercontinental travelers, the Monarchs and enjoy hands-on activities and other fun options CONTACT:Saralee O Tiede URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.wildflower.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9181@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T160905 SUMMARY:Brazilian documentary "LOKI-Arnaldo Baptista" to be screened LOCATION:Texas Union Theatre, UNB 2.228 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T160905Z DESCRIPTION:This recently released movie is about the fantastic art of a Brazilian character that has influenced many pop artists in the United States. Attendees of this free screening can enter their names in a raffle for the chance to see Os Mutantes live at La Zona Roza on Oct. 18. "LOKI - Arnaldo Baptista" (Brazil, dir. Paulo Henrique Fontenelle, 120 min., Portuguese with English subtitles) Synopsis: This movie has been acclaimed at every Brazilian film festival and is a hit at international film festivals as well. The just- released film is about the former lead singer of Os Mutantes, the notorious musician Arnaldo Baptista. This cinebiography of the artist portrays his life in painting, while remarkable archival footage illustrates the career of this influential Brazilian rock star, and includes interviews with Tom Ze, Gilberto Gil, Devendra Banhart, Sean Lennon and others. www.canalbrasil.com.br/loki Presented by: the Brazil Center of the University of Texas at Austin and BRASSA - Brazilian Studies Students Association. CONTACT:Andre Luiz Da Silva Fran URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=289052900561&ref=mf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8894@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090922T101745 SUMMARY:Guest Artist Recital features Jura Margulis, piano LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall (MRH 3.838) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091016T080854Z DESCRIPTION:Pianist Jura Margulis has been recognized for his compellingly communicative performances, as well as for the range of his tonal palette and his consummate virtuosity. Reviewers have praised the "absolute authority" of his interpretations and the sense of "controlled obsession" he transmits at the keyboard (Fono Forum). The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung noted that his aesthetic is both "impulsive and contemplative." Other superlatives include the Washington Post's references to his "titanic reserves of sheer power" and "effortless spontaneity." Mr. Margulis has performed with the Russian National Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, the Sud-West Rundfunk Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Venezuela, the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra and the Prague Symphony Orchestra. He can also be heard on numerous CDs for Sony, Ars Musici and Oehms Classics, covering a wide spectrum of repertoire. CONTACT:Butler School of Music General Information: 512-471-5401 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=17136 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8965@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090925T131650 SUMMARY:Charles Lloyd New Quartet performs LOCATION:Hogg Memorial Auditorium DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091016T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091009T073959Z DESCRIPTION:Considered one of jazz's elder statesmen, Charles Lloyd creates music both spiritual and modern. Mining decades of artistic soul-searching, his performances create a sense of immediacy in sound that is transcendent, and not just for jazz enthusiasts. A totally lucid and vibrant musical romp, Lloyd is, at once, conductor, engineer and passenger on an enlightening musical journey. "Lloyd's work on tenor saxophone and flute is extraordinary. A true original." - Los Angeles Times Charles Lloyd New Quartet features Jason Moran, Rueben Rogers and Eric Harland. Community engagement event: Artists in residence Charles Lloyd New Quartet will give a workshop at 3 p.m., Oct. 16, at the Butler School of Music. CONTACT:512 471 1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasperformingarts.org/event/lloyd END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8811@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090916T132407 SUMMARY:"Tell me everything, as you remember it" is group art exhibition LOCATION:Creative Research Lab (CRL) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091017T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091017T170000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091107T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T092855Z DESCRIPTION:The Creative Research Laboratory welcomes "Tell me everything, as you remember it," a curatorial project by University of Texas Department of Art and Art History alumna Leona Scull-Hons (M.F.A. 2004). Showcasing the recent work of 10 artists from across the country, Scull-Hons presents a group exhibition that explores the tenuous lines of communication that exist between us all. These artists conjure and thus examine the feelings of human connections or the lack thereof. Featured artists include Bas Jan Ader, Myranda Bair, Susan Chen, Kate Gilmore, Justin Goldwater, David Horvitz, John William Keedy, Jason Bailer Losh, John Mata and Stephanie McMahon. Some highlights of the exhibit: Opening Reception Sat., Oct. 17, 6-9 p.m. Film Screening, "Here Is Always Somewhere Else," a documentary about the life and work of Bas Jan Ader, Thurs., Oct. 29, 7-9 p.m. CRL gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon-5 p.m. CONTACT:Xochi Solis URL;VALUE=URL:http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab/index.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8833@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T102720 SUMMARY:Blanton offers public tour of Paolo Veronese exhibit LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091017T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091017T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T102720Z DESCRIPTION:Join one the Blanton's docents on a tour of the new exhibition "Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece." CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8812@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090916T132427 SUMMARY:Opening reception held for "Tell me everything, as you remember it" LOCATION:Creative Research Lab (CRL) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091017T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091017T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090916T132427Z DESCRIPTION:There will be an opening reception for the exhibit, "Tell me everything, as you remember it," curated by UT alumna Leona Scull-Hons (M.F.A. 2004). CONTACT:Xochi Solis URL;VALUE=URL:http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crla END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8822@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T075447 SUMMARY:Blanton public tour features "Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091018T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091018T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090917T081319Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of the exhibition "Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker." CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8485@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090822T101638 SUMMARY:Art and work of Jerry Bywaters is Blanton special lecture topic LOCATION:Blanton Auditorium (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091018T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091018T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091008T074441Z DESCRIPTION:Francine Carraro, director of the Grace Museum in Abilene, Texas, discusses Jerry Bywaters' role as a successful museum director, and his most important contribution to art in Texas - his art. Funding for this lecture is provided by the Carolyn Harris-Hynson Centennial Professorship in Fine Arts. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9011@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T121908 SUMMARY:Cultural Studies Colloquium presents James R. Nicolopulos LOCATION:EPS 1.128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T121908Z DESCRIPTION:James R. Nicolopulos, associate professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin, presents a talk entitled: "Big Hat, No Cattle: An Egregious Case of the Clash Between Exclusively 'Theory-based scholarship' and So-Called 'Fact-based' scholarship." CONTACT:Amy A Hendrick URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/spanish/faculty/nicolojr END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9223@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091016T133120 SUMMARY:Workshop offers tips for success at 2009 Liberal Arts Career Expo LOCATION:FAC 18 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091016T133120Z DESCRIPTION:Ensure your success at the 2009 Liberal Arts Career Expo by gaining insider tips, learning about appropriate dress, preparing your 30-second elevator speech and developing a strategy for meeting the companies that interest you. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 471-7900 or visit the Liberal Arts Career Services Web site. CONTACT:Neil J Johnson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/lacs/calendar/2009-10-19/make-most-2009-career-expo END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9160@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091012T110844 SUMMARY:Workshop on Late Antiquity presents talk on composition of the Torah LOCATION:Texas Union, African-American Culture Room (4.110) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T183000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091012T110844Z DESCRIPTION:The Workshop on Late Antiquity presents: "The Composition of the Torah in the Pseudoepigraphic Imagination," a talk by David Lambert, Department of Religious Studies. Modern theories of the Torah's composition have been a mainstay of biblical studies since their inception. Less attention has been paid, however, to how the composition of the "Five Books of Moses" was viewed in early Jewish and Christian communities. Most scholars have assumed that adherents to scriptural authority believed the Torah was dictated word for word to Moses at Sinai. This paper considers another earlier perspective found in the Book of Jubilees and its implications for appreciating what is novel in the late antique approach to scripture as a document susceptible to commentary and interpretation. David Lambert is a scholar of Classical Judaism who specializes in the Hebrew Bible, its history of interpretation and Second Temple Judaism. He also has interests in early Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. His book "Before Repentance: How the Rise of Repentance Changed the Way the Bible Is Read," is forthcoming from Princeton University Press. CONTACT:Na'ama Pat-El URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/events/12532 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8947@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090924T065308 SUMMARY:Peace Corps video presentation, with Q&A, to be held LOCATION:Texas Union 3.116 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T190000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090924T065308Z DESCRIPTION:Come watch an informational video on the experiences of volunteers serving in locations such as Moldova, Panama, Malawi and Benin. This video will orient you to Peace Corps life and how to become a volunteer. Additionally, the UT Peace Corps recruiter will be available to answer questions specific to UT students. All students, faculty and staff welcome! CONTACT:Bradley C Watson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8667@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T192202 SUMMARY:Poe Film Series continues with "The Raven" LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T192202Z DESCRIPTION:The Poe Film Series continues at the Harry Ransom Center with Roger Corman's "The Raven" (1963), starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff. Based loosely on Poe's poem of the same name, "The Raven" tells the story of a magician who has been turned into a raven and must seek help from a former sorcerer. Seating is free, but limited. The screening is held in conjunction with the Ransom Center's exhibition "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe." This event is made possible by The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9139@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091009T085154 SUMMARY:Local Music Global Effect (LMGE) holds general meeting LOCATION:PAI 3.02 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091009T085154Z DESCRIPTION:Local Music Global Effect (LMGE) is a charity organization that puts on concerts for you (local music) and gives all proceeds to the Mahyia Hospital in Ghana, West Africa (global effect). Support local Austin bands and feel good about it! Meetings held every other Monday at 7 p.m. CONTACT:Bharat Narang END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8787@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090915T074047 SUMMARY:"The Revolution That Wasn't" is screened tonight LOCATION:Studio 4D (CMB 4.122) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T074047Z DESCRIPTION:This documentary film screening will be followed by Q&A with filmmaker Aliona Polunina and TV personality Andrey Shemyakin. Russia, 2007. Exactly a year before the next presidential elections. The opposition is set to act decisively and take power. Anatoly and Andrei are veteran revolutionaries. Since 1997, they have been members of a banned political organization. This film follows them over the course of one year, through the presidential elections. For the central figures of this film, it is a year of challenge and the start of a new life. This is a story about individuals within the framework of a general political fever, a personal story within a historical narrative. CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/center/creees/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9094@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091005T165220 SUMMARY:Notre Dame Cathedral's Olivier Latry performs organ recital LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall, MRH DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091018T175652Z DESCRIPTION:Latry is the internationally acclaimed organist at Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris. He will perform works by J.S. Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude and Camille Saint-Saens, among others. Latry's concert is the first performance of the 2009-2010 Great Organ Series, a project of the Butler School of Music's Center for Sacred Music. The Great Organ Series brings the world's most renowned organists to the university to perform on the impressive Visser-Rowland organ in Bates Recital Hall. Box office opens at 6:30 p.m. CONTACT:Nathan Russell URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=16071 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9212@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091015T133233 SUMMARY:Butler School of Music Great Organ Series presents Olivier Latry LOCATION:Butler School of Music Bates Recital Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091019T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091015T133233Z DESCRIPTION:Olivier Latry, titular organist of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, performs a recital on the Visser-Rowland Organ at the Bates Recital Hall. Mr. Latry is one of the most sought after and acclaimed organist in the world. Come to enjoy a rare musical opportunity. CONTACT:Christopher S Ahlman URL;VALUE=URL:http://http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=16071 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8402@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T110544 SUMMARY:Libraries offer "How to Get Started with 'delicious'" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T040000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T110544Z DESCRIPTION: Need to organize your bookmarks? Want to share them with others? Wonder what other people are bookmarking? Then 'delicious' is the tool for you. Learn how to collaboratively collect and organize information found on the Web. This 30-minute class followed by a 30-minute lab. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9242@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091019T133506 SUMMARY:Musical ethnography focus is preserving Guarani of southern Brazil. LOCATION:Institute of Latin American Studies, SRH 1.313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091019T133506Z DESCRIPTION:Musical Ethnography with the Guarani of Southern Brazil This brown bag lunch features a presentation by Dr. Maria Elizabeth Lucas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, on the musical ethnography research process and the preservation of the musical heritage of southern Brazil's Guarani. For more information, contact the UT Brazil Center at brazil@uts.cc.utexas.edu. CONTACT:Julie L Nordskog URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/llilas/centers-and-programs/brazil/overview.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9241@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091019T133152 SUMMARY:Workshop offers tips for job interview success LOCATION:FAC 18 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091019T133152Z DESCRIPTION:Many of the employers attending the 2009 Career Expo will be conducting interviews afterward (some on the very next day!). Are you prepared to successfully interview for a job or internship? Attend this workshop to develop an interview strategy to help you get that job or internship. CONTACT:Neil J Johnson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/lacs/calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9169@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T074154 SUMMARY:Roots of social and economic justice is London Maymester focus LOCATION:MEZ 1.212 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T074154Z DESCRIPTION:Come learn more about the London Maymester. The focus of the course is on social and economic justice with sub-themes of diversity, history of social work and social services in London and England. This is a four-week class taking place from May 24 to June 20, 2010. Registration deadline is Nov. 1; scholarships are available. CONTACT:Ruth J Rubio END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8995@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T091441 SUMMARY:"Stories That Speak to Us" examines literacy narratives LOCATION:African American Culture Room (4.110), TX Union DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091021T154115Z DESCRIPTION:Join the Computer Writing and Research Lab for a talk by Cynthia Selfe titled "Stories That Speak to Us: The Intellectual and Social Work of Literacy Narratives and Digital Archives." This talk focuses on autobiographical literacy narratives from the Digital Archives of Literacy Narratives (DALN) and demonstrates the informational value of these vernacular digital accounts for students and teachers of composition, as well as members of the public. The DALN is a national archive of autobiographical recollections about how individuals learn to read and write, the conditions under which they continue to do so, and the influences and values that shape their literate practices. These first-hand social media accounts--which exist in a variety of digital formats (e.g., print, video, audio) and are accessible to members of the public through a Web-based interface--constitute a valuable digital resource for research on literacy, for the teaching of composition and for the public. CONTACT:Will Burdette URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/speakerseries/self END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9235@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091019T075207 SUMMARY:Semester in Los Angeles program offers information session LOCATION:BUR 224 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091019T075207Z DESCRIPTION:Phil Nemy, executive director of the University of Texas Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) Center, is on campus and will be offering an information session. This internship-based program on media and entertainment is open to all UT students. More information here. CONTACT:Elizabeth A Maclean URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utla.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8573@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090901T103150 SUMMARY:Art and Diaspora series on Asian American art features Shimomura LOCATION:Blanton Auditorium, EAS 1.202 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T083459Z DESCRIPTION:"An American Diary" This lecture is presented by Roger Shimomura - artist and distinguished professor of art emeritus, School of Fine Arts, University of Kansas. "An American Diary" is a 60-minute PowerPoint survey of Shimomura's paintings, prints and experimental theater pieces that span a forty-year career. The talk illustrates how this work has been propelled by various historical and political events as well as the artist's own physical environment, which has been constantly filled with his collections, ranging from Walt Disney memorabilia to World War II stereotypes of Asian people. Shimomura has had over 125 solo exhibitions of paintings and prints, as well as presented his experimental theater pieces at such venues as the Franklin Furnace, New York City, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. He is the recipient of more than thirty grants, of which four are National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in Painting and Performance Art. In 2002, the College Art Association presented him with the "Artist Award for Most Distinguished Body of Work," for his four-year, twelve-museum national tour of the painting exhibition, "An American Diary." CONTACT:Kenyatta Dawson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/aas/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9164@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091012T135949 SUMMARY:Screening and discussion explore life of Gloria Anzaldúa LOCATION:Texas Union, Theatre (2.228) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T203000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091014T150631Z DESCRIPTION:The Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS), in partnership with the Center for Women's and Gender Studies, the Gender and Sexuality Center and the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, will host a screening and discussion of the film, "ALTAR: Cruzando Fronteras, Building Bridges," a documentary film directed by Paola Zaccaria and Daniele Basilio (2009). "ALTAR" is a visual portrait of Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004), the Chicana poet and thinker. The loving ofrenda to her legacy takes shape in the texture of women's border art(ivism) and in the cultural and political centers committed to creating bridges across differences. The film's co-director, Professor Paola Zaccaria from the University of Bari (Italy), will be attending the event. CONTACT:Luis V Guevara URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/depts/cmas/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9022@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T183905 SUMMARY:"Spring Awakening" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091020T220000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091024T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T190808Z DESCRIPTION:WINNER OF 8 TONY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL! Broadway's most talked-about new musical is now the biggest Tony Award Winner in years. "Spring Awakening" is the groundbreaking fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll that has awakened Broadway like no other musical in years. "Broadway may never be the same again!" "HAUNTING AND ELECTRIFYING! This brave new musical has a shivery sensual allure unmatched by anything in the theatre right now." -Charles Isherwood, The New York Times "A GROUNDBREAKING JOLT OF GENIUS!" -Clive Barnes, NY Post CONTAINS MATURE THEMES: SEXUAL SITUATIONS AND STRONG LANGUAGE Dates and times: Oct. 20 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 21 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 22 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 23 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 24 at 2:00 p.m. Oct. 24 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 25 at 2:00 p.m. Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. CONTACT:512 471-1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasperformingarts.org/event/springawakening END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8371@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090803T165352 SUMMARY:Online "Google Super Searcher II" teaches advanced Web searching LOCATION:Online DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T113000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090803T165352Z DESCRIPTION:Online classes At the class start time, go to https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/lib-dropin/, select Enter as a Guest, type your name and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/). Be a Google Super Searcher II: This class provides a more in-depth exploration of new Web searching technologies. Learn more about Google Scholar, Google Language Tools and Google Maps. Find out how to personalize Google and set up search alerts. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8360@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090731T115516 SUMMARY:Introduction to EndNote offers helpful tips for library users LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T123000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090731T115516Z DESCRIPTION:"Bibliographies made easy!" This introductory class covers tricks for using EndNote with library databases, such as Web of Science, and with indexes and the library catalog. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9190@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091014T072619 SUMMARY:2009 Career Expo sponsored by Liberal Arts Career Services LOCATION:Texas Union Ballroom DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091014T072619Z DESCRIPTION:Visit with employers who have full-time jobs for after graduation and internships for current students. Employers include for-profit corporations, non-profit agencies, local and national government agencies, educational groups and service-oriented organizations. Professional dress suggested, minimum of business casual required. Bring copies of your resume and be prepared to talk with the recruiters. All students and alumni invited - all majors, all classes. Visit the link listed for an interactive list of participating employers. CONTACT:William S Plowman URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/lacs/services/connections/career-fairs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9151@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091012T081524 SUMMARY:Student presents work in CMAS graduate portfolio plática LOCATION:Texas Union, Chicano Culture Room (4.206) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091016T075821Z DESCRIPTION:Alex E. Chavez, doctoral candidate in anthropology (Folklore and Public Culture) with a graduate portfolio in Mexican American Studies will present his portfolio plática entitled "Compañeros del Destino: Transborder Social Lives, Huapango Arribeño and the Discoursing of Citizenship." CONTACT:Luis V Guevara URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/depts/cmas END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9134@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091008T132447 SUMMARY:Mark McPhail, SMU, speaks on rhetoric and racism LOCATION:CMA 5.160 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T161500 LAST-MODIFIED:20091008T132447Z DESCRIPTION:Dr. McPhail is professor of interdisciplinary studies, coordinator of creativity and culture, and director of the Ida Montimer Windate Writing Center in the Western College Program of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at SMU. In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters, Dr. McPhail is the author of "Zen in the Art of Rhetoric: An Inquiry in Coherence" and "The Rhetoric of Racism Revisited: Reparations or Separation?" His lecture is titled "The Last Bus to White City: Reflections on Rhetoric, Race, and Reconciliation in a Season of Despair." CONTACT:Dana L Cloud END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9182@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T161019 SUMMARY:Business Foundations Program & BF Summer Institute hold info session LOCATION:WEL 2.312 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T161019Z DESCRIPTION:Attend an information session to learn more about the Business Foundations Program (BFP) and Business Foundations Summer Institute. The BFP is a certificate program that will show on UT transcripts starting fall 2010. Both are available to all undergraduate non-business majors. CONTACT:Michelle Garrett URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/bba/academics/non-business-majors/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9175@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T095617 SUMMARY:Art History Lecture Series features Cathy Craft LOCATION:Art Building (ART) 1.120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T095617Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for this lecture by distinguished alumna Cathy Craft, delivering the talk, "The Dada Strain: Marcel Duchamp, Robert Motherwell and the Origins of Neo-Dada." Craft will explore the complexities of Duchamp's and Motherwell's engagements with Dada and their effects on the phenomenon that came to be known as Neo-Dada. Duchamp is today thoroughly identified with Dada, but it was only in New York in the 1940s that he decisively began to characterize himself and his work in this way. He appears to have done so at first in order to distance himself from Surrealism, but Duchamp's embrace of Dada was cemented by the emergence of the Abstract Expressionists, whose devotion to painting represented everything he had rejected in art. In contrast, Motherwell's work on the Dada anthology - which spanned six years during which he disseminated ideas about Dada throughout New York's small art world - coincided with the development and emergence of Abstract Expressionism and Motherwell's own growth into artistic maturity. CONTACT:Amanda Butterfield URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9123@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091007T113345 SUMMARY:"Forgiveness in the Age of Reason" is topic of professor's new book LOCATION:GAR 2.112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T164500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091021T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091007T113345Z DESCRIPTION:Dr. Karen Pagani (French and Italian) will discuss her current book project, "Marginalized Prophet Figures: Forgiveness in the Age of Reason," which interrogates what can best be defined as a discursive crisis surrounding the concept of forgiveness as it was understood in purely secular terms during the long period of the European Enlightenment, the late seventeenth, eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. "Discursive crisis" denotes in this context a peculiar situation in which a concept proves to be incompatible with a specific communicative system's historically determined vocabulary but cannot be abandoned for both ideological and practical reasons. Through an historical analysis of the literary, philosophical, theological and political discourses of the period, this project provides a nuanced understanding of why forgiveness was so difficult to speak about during this period. In the conclusion, Professor Pagani will explore how these difficulties may still influence our understanding of the concept of forgiveness today. Major intellectual figures studied in the work include: Corneille, Madame de Lafayette, Pascal, Racine, Voltaire and the Encylcopedists, Hannah Arendt and Vladimir Jankelevitch. CONTACT:Nancy K Ewert URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/events/11533 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9152@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091012T081742 SUMMARY:EndNote training offers "Building an EndNote Library" LOCATION:PCL 1.339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T100000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091012T081742Z DESCRIPTION:Doug Nguyen, education specialist with Thomson Reuters Software, visits campus for EndNote training. Topics include: * Get acquainted with EndNote and learn about the user interface and setting up preferences; * Learn four ways to add references to your library including manual data entry, online search, direct export and importing text files downloaded from online sources Seating for 32: registration recommended by e-mail to n.elder@mail.utexas.edu. CONTACT:Nancy I Elder END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9153@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091012T082010 SUMMARY:EndNote training offers: "Using EndNote Cite While You Write" LOCATION:PCL 1.339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T111500 LAST-MODIFIED:20091012T082010Z DESCRIPTION:Doug Nguyen, education specialist with Thomson Reuters Software, visits campus for EndNote training. Topics include: * Creating a document with a bibliography; * Searching your EndNote library to locate references; * Editing citations to suppress author names, years or add page numbers; * Changing bibliography styles instantly Seating for 32; register by e-mail with n.elder@mail.utexas.edu CONTACT:Nancy I Elder END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9154@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091012T082118 SUMMARY:EndNote training offers "Advanced Question & Answer" LOCATION:PCL 1.339 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T123000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091012T082118Z DESCRIPTION:Doug Nguyen, education specialist with Thomson Reuters Software, visits campus for EndNote training. Mr. Nguyen will demonstrate new and advanced features and answer questions. Seating for 32: registration recommended by e-mail to n.elder@mail.utexas.edu. CONTACT:Nancy I Elder END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8486@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090822T101839 SUMMARY:Blanton's Renaissance masterpiece by Veronese is topic of lecture LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T195752Z DESCRIPTION:Jeffrey Chipps Smith, Kay Fortson chair in European art at UT, discusses "Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece." CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9244@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091019T135529 SUMMARY:Career Expo follow-Up workshop helps students land jobs LOCATION:FAC 18 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091019T135529Z DESCRIPTION:Now that you've attended the Career Expo, find out what to do next to maximize your likelihood of landing the job or internship. How do you contact recruiters you met at the fair, and what should you say? Attend this workshop to learn strategies to follow up and to develop these key relationships. CONTACT:Neil J Johnson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/lacs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8380@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090804T152625 SUMMARY:UT Libraries presents "Finding Images" LOCATION:PCL 1.124 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090804T152625Z DESCRIPTION:Learn how to find images on any topic, with a focus on specialized image databases available to the campus community. CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9055@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091002T073008 SUMMARY:Lecture presented by resident artist Joan Jonas LOCATION:Art Building (ART) 1.102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T113631Z DESCRIPTION:Joan Jonas is a pioneer of video/performance art. Her experiments and productions in the late 1960s and early 1970s were essential to the formulation of the genre. Her influence was crucial to the development of contemporary art in many genres, from performance and video to conceptual art and theater. Jonas continues to be internationally known for her performances and video art, mixing objects and mediated images together in natural and industrial environments. Using video as a mirroring device, Jonas herself appears as a figure in her work, often performing densely collaged narrative texts. During the past decade, Jonas has collaborated with composers such as Alvin Lucier and Jason Moran to develop collaborative video-performance works. Her most recent work continues to explore the relationship of new digital media to performance. CONTACT:Ann Reynolds URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9234@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091019T075016 SUMMARY:Semester in Los Angeles program director offers information session LOCATION:PHR 2.110 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091019T075318Z DESCRIPTION:Phil Nemy, executive director of the University of Texas Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) Center, is on campus and will be offering an information session on the program. This internship-based program on media and entertainment is open to all students. More information here. CONTACT:Elizabeth A Maclean URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utla.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9138@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091009T074344 SUMMARY:MSA sponsors eighth annual Fast-A-Thon and fast-breaking dinner LOCATION:San Jacinto Multi-Purpose Room DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091009T074344Z DESCRIPTION:Every year, the Muslim Students Association at the University of Texas at Austin sponsors a charity event called Fast-A-Thon. Students, faculty and people outside of the UT community volunteer to fast, abstaining from food and drink for one day, and are brought together in the evening to break their fast and enjoy a free dinner. For each person that fasts, up to $1 is donated to Capital Area Food Bank of Texas, our beneficiary. The purpose of this event is twofold: first, Fast-A-Thon increases awareness among students about hunger within the Austin community in hopes of raising money to help those in need. Second, Fast-A-Thon builds bridges and narrows the divide between diverse groups of people by uniting those of different racial, social and religious backgrounds in support of a good cause, fostering a sense of community and promoting interfaith and interracial harmony. At sunset, the MSA will host a campus-wide dinner for the pledges to come together to break their fast and to discuss the experience. Pledge to fast online at TexasMSA.com or through this direct link: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dEdhV0p2S2dSTnRlbGpDUGQwNmdES1E6MA. For more information or to sign up to volunteer, please contact the MSA outreach director, Lauren Jacobsen. CONTACT:Lauren Jacobsen: utmsa.outreach@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8668@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T192350 SUMMARY:Curator offers tour of Edgar Allan Poe exhibition LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T192350Z DESCRIPTION:The Harry Ransom Center's curator of British and American literature, Molly Schwartzburg, leads a free gallery tour of "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe." Experience the enduring influence of Edgar Allan Poe in this exhibition about the great American poet, critic and inventor of the detective story. Commemorating the bicentennial of Poe's birth, the exhibition draws upon the holdings of the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Virginia to explore Poe's works, his literary reputation, his relationships and his mysterious death. If you can't attend the curator's tour, free docent-led tours of the current Poe and "Other Worlds: Rare Astronomical Works" exhibitions are offered Tuesdays at noon and Saturdays at 2 p.m. The exhibitions are on display through January 3, 2010. This event is made possible by The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9252@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091020T080546 SUMMARY:"Difficult Dialogues" forum addresses topic of immigration LOCATION:Amphitheater of the AT&T Conference Center DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091022T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091020T080546Z DESCRIPTION:The UT Difficult Dialogues program invites you to participate in the public forum, "Many Voices, Many Stories: Dialogues About Immigration in a Public Museum." Dr. Suzanne Seriff, curator of the traveling exhibit "Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America Through Galveston Island," and senior lecturer in the UT Department of Anthropology, will present, followed by a moderated discussion. CONTACT:Melissa B Coupal END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9260@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091020T082636 SUMMARY:Vila do Conde: Heritage management study presented by scholar LOCATION:EPS. 1.128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091020T082636Z DESCRIPTION:The Department of Anthropology Seminar Series presents Dr. Paulo Pinto, director of Museums and Archaeology for the Township of Vila do Conde, Portugal. CONTACT:Maria D Wade END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9245@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091019T140040 SUMMARY:CMAS plática explores Onda Latina LOCATION:Texas Union, Eastwoods Room (2.102) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091019T140040Z DESCRIPTION:When Alejandro Saenz started the radio show "The Mexican American Experience," Latinos faced a new phase in the Chicano Movement. The farmworker movement was gathering steam, Latino candidates were emerging across Texas and a generation of Latino professionals were into their first jobs. Radio shows such as "The Mexican American Experience" and "A Esta Hora Conversamos" touched on all these events in an accessible format. Moreover, the interviewers were also committed to wide and eclectic versions of what could be a Latino community issue. The Onda Latina audio database includes interviews with officials and community activitists, as well as ad artists, curanderos, comic book writers and country western musicians. These audio archives should be invaluable for any general work on Texas politics in the 1970s and 1980s. This CMAS plática will feature Dr. John McKiernan-Gonzalez (Department of History and CMAS faculty associate), Kelly Kerbow-Hudson (Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection), Claudia Rueda (Department of History), Michael Heidenriech (Liberal Arts ITS) and Ella Tenbarge (Tastex). CONTACT:Luis V Guevara URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/depts/cmas/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9199@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091015T073944 SUMMARY:Social worker speaks on work with gender-variant community LOCATION:SSW, Utopia Theatre DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T141500 LAST-MODIFIED:20091015T073944Z DESCRIPTION:Through a combination of lecture and group discussion, participants will explore the rewards and challenges of working within gender-diverse communities. Speaker Katy Koonce, LCSW, is a transgender-identified clinical social worker and human ecologist who has been an educator and activist for transgender people for the last 11 years. CONTACT:Michele A Rountree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9034@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090930T100813 SUMMARY:Workshops in African Studies presents Professor Barbara Harlow LOCATION:Isese Gallery DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090930T100813Z DESCRIPTION:Workshops In African Studies presents "Public Spheres, Personal Papers, Pedagogical Practices: Ruth First's Academic Postings to/from Dar es Salaam and Maputo" Dr. Barbara Harlow, professor of English, The University of Texas at Austin. CONTACT:Chad V Stanton END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9255@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091020T081056 SUMMARY:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana LOCATION:Cactus Cafe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T163000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091020T081056Z DESCRIPTION:Department of French and Italian presents Tavola Italiana. The Italian Club of the Department of French and Italian meets at the Cactus Cafe for informal conversation in Italian. The event is open to all. CONTACT:Antonella D Olson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.geocities.com/circolo_italiano/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9253@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091020T080731 SUMMARY:Media geography is colloquium topic LOCATION:GRG 102 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091023T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091020T080731Z DESCRIPTION:This will be a research presentation by Dr. Paul C. Adams, University of Texas at Austin Department of Geography and the Environment. CONTACT:Natalie E Boudreau URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/geography/events/12408 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8823@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T075746 SUMMARY:Blanton offers public tour: "Symbol & Allegory: Art's Hidden Language" LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091024T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091024T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091015T144705Z DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered what artists had in mind when they created artwork? How did audiences recognize messages encoded into works of art? This illuminating glimpse into the hidden language of artists will take you through the Europe of centuries past. CONTACT:Brady Dyer URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8908@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090923T073248 SUMMARY:Landmarks public art tour offered LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall Plaza DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091024T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091024T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T161208Z DESCRIPTION:Join student docents for an insightful tour of Landmarks public art projects located across campus. This tour builds awareness and appreciation of modern and contemporary art. RSVP to Leah Griffin. CONTACT:Leah L Griffin URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.landmarks.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9023@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T184510 SUMMARY:"Spring Awakening" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091024T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091024T160000 RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;UNTIL=20091025T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T190718Z DESCRIPTION:WINNER OF 8 TONY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL! Broadway's most talked-about new musical is now the biggest Tony Award Winner in years. "Spring Awakening" is the groundbreaking fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll that has awakened Broadway like no other musical in years. "Broadway may never be the same again!" "HAUNTING AND ELECTRIFYING! This brave new musical has a shivery sensual allure unmatched by anything in the theatre right now." -Charles Isherwood, The New York Times "A GROUNDBREAKING JOLT OF GENIUS!" -Clive Barnes, NY Post CONTAINS MATURE THEMES: SEXUAL SITUATIONS AND STRONG LANGUAGE Dates and times: Oct. 20 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 21 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 22 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 23 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 24 at 2:00 p.m. Oct. 24 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 25 at 2:00 p.m. Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. CONTACT:512 471-1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasperformingarts.org/event/springawakening END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8996@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T092036 SUMMARY:Texas Ballroom hosts 28th annual Great Waltz LOCATION:Texas Union Ballroom DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091024T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091025T001500 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T092036Z DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to the 28th annual Great Waltz, hosted by Texas Ballroom! Come out for an elegant night of music, dancing and social festivities! **Fantastic music will be provided LIVE by The Austin Civic Orchestra!** **Catered refreshments will be provided, so you can dance all night long!** Attire: Evening wear is HIGHLY recommended. It's time to put on those slick suits/tuxes and elegant dresses. (Please refer to the event picture for visual guidance.) Tickets can be purchased during weekly classes or during the waltz workshops! Don't know how to dance? Viennese waltz workshops will be held on the following days ($3 for students/$5 for non-students per workshop). No experience/partner needed. Sat., Oct. 3, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at AHG 136 Sat., Oct. 10 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at AHG 136 Sat., Oct. 17 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at RSC 1.104 Sat., Oct. 24 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at AHG 136 For more information on Texas Ballroom, including our weekly class schedule visit: www.texasballroom.org. CONTACT:Marianne Tiutan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8494@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090825T091541 SUMMARY:Blanton's fragment of Renaissance masterpiece discussed by curator LOCATION:Blanton Auditorium (EAS) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091025T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091025T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091022T074444Z DESCRIPTION:Xavier F. Salomon, the Arturo and Holly Melosi chief curator, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, will discuss how art historians from the 1830s to the present day have worked on various reconstructions of Veronese's Petrobelli Altarpiece, and how the Blanton's painting "Head of an Angel" was identified as the altarpiece's central fragment. Following the lecture, join Mr. Salomon in the Museum Shop for a book signing. For this special event the Museum Cafe will open at 12 noon; come early for lunch or coffee. Funding for this lecture is provided by the Carolyn Harris-Hynson Centennial Visiting Professorship in Fine Arts. CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8834@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090917T102830 SUMMARY:Blanton offers public tour of Paolo Veronese exhibit LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art (BMA) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091025T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091025T160000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091022T180803Z DESCRIPTION:Join one of the Blanton's docents on a tour of the exhibition "Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece." CONTACT:Leslie Lyon URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9104@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091006T095846 SUMMARY:UT Wind Ensemble performs LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall, MRH DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091025T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091025T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091006T095846Z DESCRIPTION:Jerry F Junkin, conductor, with Anton Nel, piano The Wind Ensemble presents works by John Mackey, Igor Stravinsky and UT professor of composition Donald Grantham. CONTACT:Nathan Russell URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=11980 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9024@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T190439 SUMMARY:"Spring Awakening" comes to Bass Concert Hall LOCATION:Bass Concert Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091025T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091025T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T190800Z DESCRIPTION:WINNER OF 8 TONY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL! Broadway's most talked-about new musical is now the biggest Tony Award Winner in years. "Spring Awakening" is the groundbreaking fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll that has awakened Broadway like no other musical in years. "Broadway may never be the same again!" "HAUNTING AND ELECTRIFYING! This brave new musical has a shivery sensual allure unmatched by anything in the theatre right now." -Charles Isherwood, The New York Times "A GROUNDBREAKING JOLT OF GENIUS!" -Clive Barnes, NY Post CONTAINS MATURE THEMES: SEXUAL SITUATIONS AND STRONG LANGUAGE Dates and times: Oct. 20 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 21 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 22 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 23 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 24 at 2:00 p.m. Oct. 24 at 8:00 p.m. Oct. 25 at 2:00 p.m. Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. CONTACT:512 471-1444 URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.texasperformingarts.org/event/springawakening END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8403@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T110707 SUMMARY:"How to Get Started with 'delicious'" offered online LOCATION:ONLINE DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T110000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090806T151042Z DESCRIPTION:Need to organize your bookmarks? Want to share them with others? Wonder what other people are bookmarking? Then 'delicious' is the tool for you. Learn how to collaboratively collect and organize information found on the Web. This 30-minute class followed by a 30-minute lab. Online classes: At the class start time, go to . Select Enter as a Guest, type your name and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/) CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8692@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090909T205022 SUMMARY:Institute for Historical Studies Workshop presents Dr. Julio Moreno LOCATION:GAR 4.100 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T133000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090910T074723Z DESCRIPTION:"What Global Capitalism Leaves to the Nation: Coca-Cola in Latin America and Corporate Strategies for Localizing the Global and Globalizing the Local" will be presented by Dr. Julio Moreno, University of San Francisco and Institute of HIstorical Studies (IHS) fellow. To receive a copy of the pre-circulated paper, please email Courtney Meador by 9 a.m., Fri., Oct. 23. Dr. Julio Moreno is associate professor of history, associate director of the Center for Latino Studies in the Americas and Program Coordinator of Latin American Studies at the University of San Francisco. A specialist in modern Mexican history as well as the social and cultural history of Latin America, Moreno authored the book "Yankee Don't Go Home! Mexican Nationalism, American Business Culture, and the Shaping of Modern Mexico, 1920-1950" (2003), which examines American business in mid-20th-century Latin America. He is currently writing two books: one looks at the fascinating history of Coca-Cola in Latin America and the other deciphers the nature of American business and diplomacy in Latin America during the Cold War. CONTACT:Cameron B Strang URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/historicalstudies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9012@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090929T121957 SUMMARY:Cultural Studies Colloquium presents Lotte Hoek LOCATION:EPS 1.128 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090929T132038Z DESCRIPTION:Lotte Hoek presents the talk, "Unstable Celluloid: Film Projection and the Cinema Audience in Bangladesh." Dr. Hoek is a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. She recently completed doctoral thesis, titled "Cut-Pieces: Obscenity and the Cinema in Bangladesh," which is an ethnography of the Bangladesh film industry that analyzes the controversy over "obscenity" in the Bangladesh film industry. Since the early 1990s, the national film industry of Bangladesh has seen a strong increase in the production of action films that have uncertified material of a sexually explicit or violent nature inserted into their reels. This material is known as "cut-pieces" and is generally considered to be obscene and vulgar (oshlil in Bengali). CONTACT:Amy A Hendrick URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/culturalstudies/events/upcoming.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8972@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090927T111441 SUMMARY:"Caste in Contemporary India" is talk by Dr. Anand Teltumbde LOCATION:WCH 4.118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090927T111441Z DESCRIPTION:"Caste in Contemporary India" Dr. Anand Teltumbde is a leading intellectual in India working and writing on the issue of caste, Dalits, globalization and democratic politics today. Widely respected as an original thinker and author, he is well known in Indian human rights activism and people's progressive movement circles, and as an analyst, theoretician and writer on contemporary issues. Dr. Teltumbde has written extensively (in English and Marathi, with most of his 17 books translated into many Indian languages). A regular contributor to the "Economic and Political Weekly," Teltumbde has pioneered a theoretical critique of neoliberal globalization vis-a-vis the Dalits and other subaltern classes in India. His most recent book, "Khairlanji: A Strange and Bitter Crop," documents and dissects the underlying causes of the continuing lynching and violence against Dalits in India, establishing him as one of the most important contemporary commentators on Indian politics in the tradition of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. CONTACT:Don Arntz URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9332@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091026T141337 SUMMARY:Dali's fourth dimension: Art talk features mathematician's perspective LOCATION:Art Building (ART) 1.120 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091026T141337Z DESCRIPTION:"Salvador Dali and the Fourth Dimension: A Mathematician's Personal Reflections" is a lecture by Dr. Thomas Banchoff. Salvador Dali was fascinated by science and mathematics, and geometric objects in various dimensions are central to many of his paintings, for example "Corpus Hypercubicus." Where did Dali get his mathematical inspirations and how did he incorporate them into his paintings? This talk will recount meetings with the artist over a ten-year period, and it will be illustrated by computer graphic images and animations. Sponsored by the David Bruton, Jr. Centennial Professorship in Art History. CONTACT:Amanda Butterfield URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9261@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091020T082836 SUMMARY:Controversial art debate hosted by Blanton Student Guild LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art, Capitol Room (Smith Building) DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T191500 LAST-MODIFIED:20091020T082836Z DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a very lively debate on controversial art, hosted by the Blanton Student Guild. Topics include sex, politics, religion, ethics, animal rights, morality, money and more! Refreshments served. Open to all students. CONTACT:Suzanne P Moore URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites&eid=94205903771 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9225@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091016T133638 SUMMARY:Panel looks at archival salvage during Hurricane Katrina LOCATION:Dolph Briscoe Center for American History DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091016T133638Z DESCRIPTION:In "Salvaging New Orleans: Archivists' Response to Hurricane Katrina," hear from a panel of experts who experienced first hand the effects of the largest natural disaster in the United States to date on cultural heritage materials. Michael Baimbridge, senior records analyst for NARA Southwest Region, addresses the challenges associated with preserving electronic records in the wake of the hurricane. Brenda Gunn, associate director for research and collections at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History and former president of the Society of Southwest Archivists, speaks about her work organizing archivists after the hurricane hit. Karen Pavelka, lecturer at the Kilgarlin Center at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses her experiences salvaging paper-based materials that were damaged during the disaster. This event is sponsored by the Society of American Archivists - University of Texas at Austin Student Chapter as part of Archives Week 2009: When Disaster Strikes, held Oct. 26-31. Archives Week 2009 events focus on disaster and information loss issues. CONTACT:Lisa J Rivoir URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~saa END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8669@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090908T192511 SUMMARY:Poe Film Series concludes with "Spirits of the Dead" LOCATION:Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T210000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090908T192511Z DESCRIPTION:The Poe Film Series concludes at the Harry Ransom Center as Federico Fellini, Louis Malle and Roger Vadim bring three adaptations of Poe stories to the screen in the 1968 film "Spirits of the Dead (Histoires extraordinaires)." Fellini adapts "Toby Dammit," starring Terrence Stamp as the drunken title character who travels to Rome to film a Catholic Western. Malle helms "William Wilson," starring Alain Delon as a sadistic Austrian student and Bridget Bardot as one of his victims. Vadim takes on "Metzengerstein," starring Jane Fonda as a medieval countess and Peter Fonda as her dead lover. The screening is held in conjunction with the Ransom Center's exhibition "From Out That Shadow: The Life and Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe." This event is made possible by The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. CONTACT:Alicia M Dietrich URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.hrc.utexas.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9105@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091006T100129 SUMMARY:UT Symphony Orchestra performs LOCATION:Bates Recital Hall, MRH DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091006T100129Z DESCRIPTION:The orchestra will perform the Overture to "La Scala di Seta" by Rossini; Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K 504 "Prague" by Mozart; Sonata for viola and Chamber Orchestra by McLean; and Ma Mère L'Oye Suite (Mother Goose) by Ravel. CONTACT:Nathan Russell URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=11979 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9196@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091014T151311 SUMMARY:Special talk features actress Beth Grant LOCATION:Texas Union Santa Rita Suite DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091026T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091014T151311Z DESCRIPTION:Hollywood actress Beth Grant will be giving a special lecture on what it takes to be a working character actor and what it's like to work with A-list movie starts and A-list directors. She will also share stories about working on amazing films and TV shows from "Little Miss Sunshine" to "Six Feet Under." You may know Beth Grant from Academy Award winner "No Country for Old Men," Academy Award nominee "Little Miss Sunshine" and various critical and cult favorites like "Donnie Darko," "Six Feet Under" and "The Office." She most recently appeared in Mike Judge's "Extract" and alongside Sandra Bullock in "All About Steve." This event is free with your UT I.D. No passes are required to enter. CONTACT:Brittany K Woods URL;VALUE=URL:https://www.utexas.edu/txunion/calendar/event/1125/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9106@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091006T114844 SUMMARY:Bach Cantata Project performs at Blanton LOCATION:Blanton Museum of Art DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T130000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091016T080708Z DESCRIPTION:The Butler School of Music presents a different Bach cantata on the last Tuesday of each month during the noon hour. isten to beautiful music in the Blanton's soaring atrium. The popular program is a collaboration between the museum and the UT Butler School of Music. This month's cantata is "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele," BWV 180 (Adorn yourself, O dear soul). CONTACT:Nathan Russell END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8775@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090914T145253 SUMMARY:Holocaust survivor Walter Kase to speak LOCATION:Texas Union 4.206 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090925T085542Z DESCRIPTION:Walter Kase was born in Poland in 1930. He and his family were swept up in the events of the Holocaust in 1939 when they were given 15 minutes to leave their house and move to the ghetto. During the war he endured forced labor camps and five concentration camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. Mr. Kase will talk about his experiences and discuss the lasting impact of the Holocaust. CONTACT:Erika De La Rosa URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/center/creees/events/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9177@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091013T114020 SUMMARY:Lotte Hoek speaks on the cinema audience of Bangladesh LOCATION:WCH 4.118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091013T114020Z DESCRIPTION:Lotte Hoek is a lecturer in social anthropology at the School of Social and Political Science, University of Amsterdam. CONTACT:Don Arntz URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/events/calendar.php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9311@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091023T102857 SUMMARY:Latin American indigenous, Afro-descendant movements are topic of talks LOCATION:SRH 1.313 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T170000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091023T102857Z DESCRIPTION:The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American studies (CAAS) and the Indigenous Studies Initiative (SIS) present the roundtable "Organización y Resistencia en los Movimientos Indígenas y Afro-descendientes del Continente." Graduate students from CIESAS (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología, Mexico) and UT Austin will discuss indigenous and Afro-descendant movements in Latin America (presentations in Spanish and Portuguese). Moderator: Professor Luis Cárcamo-Huechante (Mapuche), Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Texas at Austin Presenters Juan Illicachi (Quechua,,Ecuador), Héctor Nahuelpán Moreno (Mapuche, Chile), Luciane de Oliveira Rocha (Afro-Brasileira), Leticia Aparicio (Náhuatl, Mexico), Aura Cumes (Maya, Guatemala) CONTACT:Paloma S Diaz URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/llilas/events/12670 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8574@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090901T112712 SUMMARY:Art and Diaspora series on Asian American art presents Karin Higa LOCATION:Blanton Auditorium, EAS 1.202 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091012T111106Z DESCRIPTION:"Modernism at the Margins" This lecture is presented by Karin Higa, senior curator of art at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, and Wangechi Mutu, visual artist and illustrator. At the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, Karin Higa curated a number of exhibitions, including her most recent project, "Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art" (2008). In 2006, she co-curated the national traveling exhibition, "One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now" (2006-2008), for the Asia Society Museum in New York. African artist Wangechi Mutu created a sensation in galleries on both coasts of the United States with her compelling and disturbing collages in the first years of the twenty-first century. CONTACT:Kenyatta Dawson URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/aas/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8711@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090911T085807 SUMMARY:"Maymester Abroad" in Costa Rica discussed at information session LOCATION:Joynes Reading Room, Carothers Hall DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T180000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090923T132441Z DESCRIPTION:If you are interested in a study abroad program in Costa Rica, this is a chance to talk to the instructors who will be leading the course in May 2010. The application deadline for the program is Nov. 1. We will be there to describe what students will be seeing and doing in the Costa Rican cloud forests, and to answer questions about how you can become involved. CONTACT:Moon Draper URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/courses/bio301e/TC357CR/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9226@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091016T134444 SUMMARY:State archivist of Georgia discusses government records, disasters LOCATION:Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library & Museum, 10th floor atrium DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T200000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091016T141015Z DESCRIPTION:In his talk "My Life in Disaster Preparedness, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love FEMA," David Carmicheal will discuss the experience of Katrina and its effect on records. He will discuss why certain government records are essential and explain the efforts of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) to preserve and protect such documents. David Carmicheal is director of the Georgia Division of Archives and History, the office responsible for the state archives and the Georgia Capitol Museum. After hurricanes Katrina and Rita, he led a nationwide effort to assess the ability of state archives to protect the essential records of government. The report, "Safeguarding a Nation's Identity," provides a state-by-state framework for protecting government records from natural and man-made disasters. He is the author of CoSA's 2007 publication, "Rescuing Family Records: A Disaster Planning Guide," and the follow-up publication, "Rescuing Business Records: A Disaster Planning Guide for Small Businesses" (2009) and is overseeing CoSA's $2.6 million FEMA grant project, "Intergovernmental Preparedness for Essential Records." This event is sponsored by the Society of American Archivists - University of Texas at Austin Student Chapter as part of Archives Week 2009: When Disaster Strikes, held Oct. 26-31. Archives Week 2009 events focus on disaster and information loss issues. CONTACT:Lisa J Rivoir URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~saa/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9197@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091014T151418 SUMMARY:Screening of "The Hangover" hosted by Film Committee LOCATION:Texas Union Theatre DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T213000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091014T151418Z DESCRIPTION:Come see the Film Committee's screening of the hilarious comedy "The Hangover," starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis and Justin Bartha. You and one guest get in free with your UT I.D. No passes are required to enter. CONTACT:Brittany K Woods URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.utexas.edu/txunion/calendar/event/1126/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9293@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091022T075015 SUMMARY:Student group screens Iranian film, Bahram Beizai's "Bashu " LOCATION:Burdine 216 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091027T220000 LAST-MODIFIED:20091022T075015Z DESCRIPTION:Persian with English subtitles. 120 min "Bashu" deals with the very complex issue of vast cultural differences that exist in Iran. This masterful film was directed by one of Iran's best - Bahram Beizai. Bashu is a young boy from southwestern Iran who happens to end up in northern Iran and experiences cultural shock. In comparing these two regions of Iran, Beizai masterfully brings out the differences between the people, the climate, the costume, the language and the past influence of Russia in the North and Britain in the South. For more information visit http://www.utipj.com. CONTACT:Hooman Hedayati URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154617136029 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8414@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20090805T131742 SUMMARY:UT Libraries offer online "Get Started with Wikis" class LOCATION:Online DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091028T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091028T150000 LAST-MODIFIED:20090805T131742Z DESCRIPTION:You've heard about Wikipedia. Now you can create your own wiki to collaborate online. Learn how in this workshop. The 30-minute class is followed by a 30-minute lab. Online classes: At the class start time, go to https://meeting.austin.utexas.edu/lib-dropin/, select Enter as a Guest, type your name, and click Enter Room. You will need headphones or speakers and Flash 9 (test your version at www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/). CONTACT:Daniel J Barrera URL;VALUE=URL:http://www.lib.utexas.edu/services/instruction/classes/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9286@utexas.edu DTSTAMP;TZID=US/Central:20091021T100625 SUMMARY:Is college football a positive influence in American universities? LOCATION:Recreational Sports Center, Room 2.112 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091028T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091028T161500 LAST-MODIFIED:20091021T100625Z DESCRIPTION:A 2006 study found that a substantial proportion of the American public believes that a university's athletic success and its academic success are positively correlated. Since at least 1914, when a professor at Otterbein College complained that college athletes too often placed sport above study, many members of university faculties have disagreed. The influence of large football programs is particularly controversial. The University of Texas representative on the Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics, classics professor Thomas Palaima, will meet law professor Lino Graglia to debate the question: Is college football a positive influence in American universities? Professor Palaima will take the affirmative position, Professor Graglia the negative. The debate will be moderated by Rhetoric and Writing major Emma Tran. This is the second in a series of Chautauquas - named after the educational camps popular a century ago - hosted by Texas IP Fellows. The IP gives Liberal Arts and Natural Science majors the opportunity to design interdisciplinary minors ar