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Live theatre, comedy and music, plus a host of exhibitions and lectures make the University of Delaware the place to be in April. EXHIBITIONS Through April 11: “Art Department Faculty Exhibition, University Gallery, second floor of Old College at the corner of Main Street and North College Avenue, Newark. Hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Wednesday; and 1-4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday and closed Mondays. For more information, call (302) 831-8242. Through May 9: “Larry Holmes: Retrospective,” University Gallery, second floor of Old College at the corner of Main Street and North College Avenue, Newark. Hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Wednesday; and 1-4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday and closed Mondays. For more information, call (302) 831-8242. April 16-25: “Undergraduate Juried Exhibition,” University Gallery, second floor of Old College at the corner of Main Street and North College Avenue, Newark. Hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Wednesday; and 1-4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday and closed Mondays. For more information, call (302) 831-8242. April 30-May 9: “Graduate Thesis Exhibition I,” University Gallery, second floor of Old College at the corner of Main Street and North College Avenue, Newark. Hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Wednesday; and 1-4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday and closed Mondays. For more information, call (302) 831-8242. Through May 29: “Blue and Gold: Selected Specimens from the University of Delaware Mineralogical Museum Collections, Mineral Collection at the University of Delaware,” located in the Irénée du Pont Mineral Room in Penny Hall, Academy Street, Newark. Hours are noon-4 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, and 1-4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call (302) 831-8242. Through May 21: “Names on a List: Caught Up in the Holocaust,” an exhibition of public documents collected from 1933-45, will be on display in the Information Room at the Morris Library, South College Avenue, Newark. The exhibition is free and open to the public during library hours. For more information, call (302) 831-2231. Through June 18: “Literature Reimagined,” featuring works of literature that transcend their times and continue to speak to readers, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday and Wednesday-Friday, and 9 a.m.- 8 p.m., Tuesday, Special Collections Exhibition Gallery, Morris Library, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) 831-2231. EVENTS Friday, April 2 Film: “The Last Samurai,” 7 p.m., “Fight Club,” 10 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark, as part of the weekend film series. Tickets: $3. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Concert: The Commodores, the world-famous jazz ensemble for the U.S. Navy, 7:15 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. Free and open to the public. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Saturday, April 3 Film: “The Last Samurai,” 7 p.m., “Fight Club,” 10 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark, as part of the weekend film series. Tickets: $3. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Concert: UD Student Concerto/Aria Competition Winner’s Concert, 3 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Sunday, April 4 Concert: Piano concert with guest artist Kevin Robert Orr, 3 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Monday, April 5 Lecture: “Optical Microscopy Studies of Photrefractive Materials,” with Daniel Higgins, Kansas State University, 4 p.m., 214 Brown Laboratory, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Analytical and Physical Chemistry seminar series. For more information, call (302) 831-1247. Music: Piano master class with Kevin Robert Orr, 1:25 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Tuesday, April 6 Lecture: “Tales from the CEO’s Office,” with John Carter of the Independence Seaport Museum, 12:15 p.m., 203 Munroe Hall, West Delaware Avenue, Newark, as part of the UD Technology, Society and Culture. For more information, call (302) 831-2371. Wednesday, April 7 Lecture: “The Return to Paradise: Brueghel and Rubens in Collaboration,” 5:30 p.m., at a location to be announced, as part of the Department of Art History lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-8415. Lecture: "Echoes of Harlem, Echoes of Jazz: Improvising History in Toni Morrison's Jazz," with Tim Spaulding, UD Department of English, 12:20 p.m., in 116 Gore Hall, as part of the Women's Studies spring lecture. For more information, call (302) 456-0918. Thursday, April 8 Concert: Stephen Framil, cellist, Julie Nishimura, piano, 8 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Friday, April 9 Film: “Old School,” 7:30 p.m., “Animal House,” 10 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, as part of the weekend film series. Tickets: $3. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Saturday, April 10 Film: “Old School,” 7:30 p.m., “Animal House,” 10, Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark. Tickets: $3. For more information, call (302) 831 8192. Tuesday, April 13 Performance: Tim Young, 8:30 p.m., the Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, Academy Street, Newark, as part of the Tuesday Night Coffeehouse series. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Performance: UD One Act Play Writing Festival, featuring winners of the UD script writing competition, 7-10 p.m., Lieberman’s Book Store, Main Street, Newark. For more information, call (302) 831-2361. Lecture: “When Small Was Beautiful: The Rise and Fall of the Appropriate Technology Movement in America,” with Carroll Pursell, of Case Western Reserve University, 12:15 p.m., in 203 Munroe Hall, West Delaware Avenue, Newark, as part of the UD History Workshop in Technology, Society and Culture lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-2371. Lecture: “The National Jewish Population Survey 2000-01: What We Have Learned About the Jewish Population,” with Vivian Klaff, professor of Jewish studies, 12:30 p.m., in 329 Purnell Hall, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark, as part of the Jewish Studies lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-3324. Wednesday, April 14 Special event: 15th anniversary celebration of the Writing Program’s distinguished teaching awards, noon, The Dome, Memorial Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus. For more information, call (302) 831-2361. Lecture: “China: Challenger or Partner,” with William Perry, former Secretary of Defense in the Clinton Administration, 7:30 p.m., Mitchell Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Global Agenda 2004 lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-8041 or visit [www.udel.edu/global]. Lecture: "Where is Home? Conversations with Mayan Migrants in Southern Delaware and their Families in the Western Highlands of Guatemala," with Tim Spaulding, assistant professor of English, at 12:30 p.m., in 116 Gore Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Women’s Studies spring lecture program. For more information, call (302) 456-0918. Lecture: “Tibetan Papermaking and Printmaking,” with Jim Canary, head conservator, Lilly Library, 4 p.m., in the Rotunda of the Winterthur Museum, Kennett Pike, Greenville, as part of the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation Students' Choice Seminars, Spring 2004 lecture series. For more information, call (302) 888-4888. Film: “Shattered Glass,” 7:30 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark. Tickets: $1. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Thursday, April 15 Lecture: “Appropriating Women’s Issues in a Time of War: RAWA, Afghan Women and the Continued Need for Resistance,” with guest speaker Anne Brodsky of the University of Maryland, 7 p.m., 127 Memorial Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus as part of “Women’s History/Women’s Lives,” the 18th annual Women’s History Month lecture series. For more information, call 9302) 831-8192. Performance: R-Series, local band night, 9 p.m., the Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, Academy Street, Newark, as part of the Thursday Night R-Series. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Study/Bus Trip: Delaware Symphony, bus leaves 5:30 p.m., from the Trabant University Center, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark. Cost: $15. For more information, call (302) 831-1296. Friday, April 16 Film: “Return of the King,” 7 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark. Tickets: $3. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Music: Violin master class with guest artist Paul Kantor, 1:25 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. Free and open to the public. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Music: Piano master class with Vladimir Feltsman, 2:30 p.m., Room 207, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Theatre: Professional Theatre Training Program presents “Love Letters,” by A. R. Gurney, 7:30 p.m., Hartshorn Theatre, Academy Street and East Park Place, Newark. Tickets: $10-$17. For more information, call (302) 831-2204. Lecture: “Regulation of mammalian iron metabolism and iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis,” with Tracey Rouault of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 4 p.m., in 214 Brown Laboratory, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Biochemistry seminar series. For more information, call (302) 831-1247. Saturday, April 17 Relay For Life: American Cancer Society event to raise money for the fight against cancer, 6 p.m., Saturday, April 17, through 9 p.m., Sunday, April 18, Delaware Field House in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. Teams must sign up ahead of time. For more information, call (302) 837-3906. Film: “Return of the King,” 7 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark, as part of UD’s weekend film series. Tickets: $3. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Theatre: Professional Theatre Training Program presents “Love Letters,” by A.R. Gurney, 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Hartshorn Theatre, Academy Street and East Park Place, Newark. Tickets: $7-$14 matinee and $10-$17 for evening performance. For more information, call (302) 831-2204. Sunday, April 18 Theatre: Professional Theatre Training Program presents “Love Letters,” by A. R. Gurney, 12:30 p.m., Hartshorn Theatre, Academy Street and East Park Place, Newark. Tickets: $7-$14. For more information, call (302) 831-2204. Monday, April 19 Film: “Return of the King,” 7 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark. Tickets: $3. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Tuesday, April 20 Conference: 2004 Delaware Wetland and Stream Restoration Conference, 820 Silver Lake, Dover. For more information, call (302) 739-4590. Lecture: “Boundaries of Life: Abortion and Euthanasia in Jewish Law,” with Rabbi Eliezer Sneiderman, director of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, Newark, 12:30 p.m., in 329 Purnell Hall, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark, as part of the Jewish Studies lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-3324. Lecture: “Reinventing Accuracy: The Case of the Electronic Wristwatch,” with Carlene Stephens and Maggie Dennis, of the Smithsonian Institution, 12:15 p.m., in 203 Munroe Hall, West Delaware Avenue, Newark, as part of UD History Workshop in Technology, Society and Culture lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-2371. Seminar: “International Conferences,” with Mark Aronson, paintings conservator at the Yale University Art Gallery, 4 p.m., in the Rotunda of the Winterthur Museum, Kennett Pike, Greenville, as part of the Winterthur/UD Program in Art conservation Students’ Choice Seminars, spring 2004. For more information, call (302) 888-4888. Wednesday, April 21 Concert: Collegium Musicum, Russell Murray, director, 8 p.m., Bayard Sharp Hall, Elkton Road and East West Delaware Avenue, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Film: “Big Fish,” 7:30 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark, as part of UD’s Wednesday film series. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Lecture: “Gay or Straight? Sexuality in Visual Art in the West,” with Hilton Brown, Harriet T. Brown Professor of Museum Studies, at 12:20 p.m., in 116 Gore Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Women’s Studies spring lecture program. For more information, call (302) 456-0918. Thursday, April 22 Performance: Omnisoul and Marlon Spike, 9 p.m., The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, as part of the R-Series concerts. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Friday, April 23 Film: “Win a Date,” 7:30 p.m., “Paycheck,” 10 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark. Tickets: $3. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Music: Vocal master class with a soloist from the cast of OperaDelaware’s production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” 1:25 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by OperaDelaware. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Saturday, April 24 Concert: Symphonic Band with Heidi Sarver, director, 3 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Film: “Win a Date,” 7:30 p.m., “Paycheck,” 10 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark, as part of UD’s weekend film series. Tickets: $3. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Sunday, April 25 Performance: “Matilda,” which follows a little girl who is too good to be true, is performed by the Cleveland Signstage Theatre in both spoken and signed English, at 2 p.m., in Mitchell Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark Campus, as part of the Family Performing Arts Series. Tickets: $5-$12. For more information, call (302) 831-2204. For information on the pre-performance buffet, call the Blue and Gold Club at (302) 831-2582. Special event: March of Dimes Walk America 2004, Step off from Delaware Field House parking lot in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark, at a time to be announced. For more information, call (302) 225-1020. Tuesday, April 27 Performance: Lee Camp will perform at 8:30 p.m., in the Scrounge in the Perkins Student Center, Academy Street, Newark, part of the coffeehouse series. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Lecture: “Antitrust and Technology Policy in Cold War America,” with Steve Usselman, 12:15 p.m., in 203 Munroe Hall, West Delaware Avenue, Newark, as part of the UD History Workshop in Technology, Society and Culture lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-2371. Lecture: “Who is a Jew: complexities of Current Jewish Identity,” with Carol Harris-Shapiro, assistant professor of contemporary Jewish studies at Gratz College, 12:30 p.m., in 329 Purnell Hall, as part of the Jewish Studies lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-3324. Wednesday, April 28 Film: “Pieces of April,” 7:30 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark, as part of the UD Wednesday film series. Tickets: $1. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Special event: “Arak Celebration,” writing award announcement and reception, noon, The Dome, in Memorial Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus. For more information, call (302) 831-2361. Lecture: “19th Century Paints,” with Leslie Carlyle, paintings conservator at the Canadian Conservation Institute, 10 a.m., in the Rotunda of the Winterthur Museum, Route 52, Greenville, as part of the Winterthur/UD Program in Art Conservation Students’ Choice seminars, spring 2004 program. For more information, call (302) 888-4888. Lecture: “Aesop and His Fables in Early Modern Japan, 1593-1843,” with Lawrence Marceau, associate professor, foreign languages and literature, 12:20 p.m., in 116 Gore Hall, as part of the Women’s Studies spring lecture program. For more information, call (302) 456-0918. Lecture: “Historically Accurate Reconstructions,” with Leslie Carlyle, paintings conservator at the Canadian Conservation Institute, 4 p.m., in the Rotunda of the Winterthur Museum, Route 52, Greenville, as part of the Winterthur/UD Program in Art Conservation Students’ Choice spring 2004 program. Thursday, April 29 Performance: “Licorice Factory,” in concert in the The Scrounge, in the Perkins Student Center, Academy Street, Newark, as part of the R-Series concerts. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Lecture: “Paintmaking for Artists and Conservators,” with Mark Golden, head of Golden Artists’ Colors, 9 a.m. and again at 7 p.m., in the Rotunda of the Winterthur Museum, Route 52, Greenville, as part of the Winterthur/UD Program in Art Conservation Students’ Choice seminars, spring 2004. For more information, call (302) 888-4888. Lecture: “’The Age of Astonishment is Beginning’: Robert Smithson’s Religious Paintings,” 5:30 p.m., at a location to be announced, as part of the Department of Art History lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-8415. Friday, April 30 Film: “Dirty Dancing,” 7:30 p.m., “The Breakfast Club,” 10 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark, as part of the UD weekend film series. Tickets: $3. For more information, call (302) 831-8192. Music workshop: Turtle Island String Quartet Workshop, 1:25 p.m., Bayard Sharp Hall, Elkton Road and West Delaware Avenue, Newark. Free and open to campus and community musicians and composers. For more information, call (302) 831-2204. Music workshop: UD Opera workshop, with Patrick Evans and Marie Robinson, co-directors and Julie Nishimura, pianist, performing three one-act comedies, all in English, at 8 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For more information, call (302) 831-2577. Performance: Turtle Island String Quartet presents “Arts of the Groove,” featuring their arrangements of well-known compositions, as well as the improvisation for which they are known, 8 p.m., Mitchell Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus. Tickets: $7-$17. For more information and tickets, call (302) 831-2204. For information on the pre-performance buffet, call the Blue and Gold Club at (302) 831-2582. Lecture: “Structural Studies of Alzheimer’s Amyloid Fibrils by Solid State NMR,” with Robert Tycko, of the National Institutes of Health, 4 p.m., 214 Brown Laboratory, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Biochemistry Seminar Series. For more information, call (302) 831-1247. Contact: Jerry Rhodes, (302) 831-4891 |