December events at UD

Through June 1: “A Century of African American Art: The Paul R. Jones Collection,” featuring 101 significant works by 66 artists, including Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Henry Ossawa Tanner, James Van Der Zee, Carrie Mae Weems and Hale Woodruff. The main exhibition space will be in the newly renovated Mechanical Hall, home of the Paul R. Jones Collection, with additional works on view in the University Gallery, located on the second floor of Old College at the corner of Main Street and North College Avenue, Newark. Mechanical Hall is located adjacent to Old College. Hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 11 a.m.-8 p.m., Wednesdays; and 1-4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays. For more information, call (302) 831-8242.

Through Dec. 17: “Mineral Collection at the University of Delaware” and “Petrified Wood: Plants from the Past,” both in the Mineralogical Museum in the Irene du Pont Mineral Room in Penny Hall, Academy Street, Newark. Hours are from noon-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, and from 1-4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call (302) 831-8242.

Through Dec. 17: “John DePol: Artist and Engraver,” exhibition in the Special Collections Gallery at Morris Library, on The South Green of UD’s Newark Campus. For more information, including exhibition hours, call (302) 831-2229.

Through Dec. 17: “American Wood Engravers,” will be on exhibition in the Information Room of Morris Library on
The South Green of UD’s Newark Campus, in conjunction with “John DePol: Artist and Engraver,” a major exhibition in place on the second floor of Morris Library. For more information, including exhibition hours, call (302) 831-2229.

Through Dec. 4: “Getting Art Started,” includes works of undergraduates in a variety of styles and media from UD’s Department of Fine Arts and Visual Communications. For more information, including hours, call (302) 831-2244.

Dec. 7-Jan. 30: New Faculty Exhibition, featuring faculty artist Peter Williams, whose works were included in the prestigious Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2002. For more information, including hours, call (302) 831-2244.

Events

Wednesday, Dec. 1

Concert: Bach’s Lunch Concert Series, program to be announced, 12:10-12:50 p.m., in Bayard Sharp Hall, Elkton-Newark Road and West Delaware Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) 831-2199.

Lecture: “The Erotics of Submissive Rebellions,” with Therese Rizzo, UD graduate student in English, 12:20 p.m., 103 Gore Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Research on Women Fall 2004 lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-8474.

Performance: Professional Theatre Training Program presents The Three Sisters, by Anton Chekhov, 7:30 p.m., Hartshorn Hall Theatre, Academy Street and East Park Place, Newark. Tickets: $10-$17. For more information, call (302) 831-2201 or e-mail [pttp-boxoffice@udel.edu].

Concert: Jazz Ensembles 1 and 2, Tom Palmer directing, 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.

Lecture: Leland Chung, director of urology research at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, will speak on a topic to be announced, at 4 p.m., in 318 Wolf Hall as part of the Department of Biological Sciences seminar series. For more information, call (302) 831-2282.

Thursday, Dec. 2

Poetry Reading: Louise Clifton will read from her poetry, 7 p.m., 127 Memorial Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus. For more information, call (302) 831-2361.

Concert: UD Jazz Chamber Ensemble, with Vernon James conducting, 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.

Concert: R-Series concerts, program to be announced, 8:30 p.m., The Scrounge in the Perkins Student Center.

For more information, call (302) 831-8192.

Friday, Dec. 3

Lecture: “Improving the Health Properties of Soy Foods by Genetic Modification of Soybean Plants,” with Howard Damude of the DuPont Experimental Station, Wilmington, 1:25-2:15 p.m., 132 Townsend Hall, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) 831-6977.

Symposium: Symposium honoring Atlanta art collector and UD benefactor Paul R. Jones, at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington. For more information, visit [www.thedcca.org].

Concert: Choral Celebration, featuring the UD Schola Cantorum, the Newark High School Choir and Orchestra and the Delaware Children’s Chorus, 8 p.m., Newark High School Auditorium, East Delaware Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) 831-3397.

Lecture: Jacob Israelachvili of the University of California, will speak on a topic to be discussed as part of the chemical engineering departmental seminar series, 10 a.m., in 102/03 Colburn Laboratory, Academy Street and Lovett Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) 831-2543.

Lecture: “Improving the Health Properties of Soy Foods by Genetic Modification of Soybean Plants,” 1:25-2:15 p.m., in 132 Townsend Hall, South College Avenue, Newark, as part of the Department of Biological Sciences seminar series. For more information, call (302) 831-6977.

Lecture: Douglas Doren, professor of chemistry, will speak on a topic to be announced, at 4 p.m., in 214 Brown Laboratory, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus. For more information, call (302) 831-1247.

Saturday, Dec. 4

Performance: Professional Theatre Training Program presents Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, 2 p.m., Hartshorn Theatre, Academy Street and East Park Place, Newark. Tickets: $10-$17. For more information, call (302) 831-2201 or e-mail [pttp-boxoffice@udel.edu].

Concert: University Singers, with Nicole Aldrich Clouser directing, 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.

Performance: Professional Theatre Training Program presents Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, 7:30 p.m., Hartshorn Hall Theatre, Academy Street and East Park Place, Newark. Tickets: $10-$17. For more information, call (302) 831-2201 or e-mail [pttp-boxoffice@udel.edu].

Gardening: “Holiday Wreath Making,” 9:30-11:30 a.m. or noon-2 p.m., Fischer Greenhouse Laboratory, behind Townsend Hall, South College Avenue in Newark, as part of the Master Gardening Workshop series. Cost: $30 (includes supplies). For more information, call (302) 831-COOP (2667), or visit [http://ag.udel.edu/ncc].

Sunday, Dec. 5

Concert: University of Delaware Orchestra, 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.

Concert: University of Delaware men’s and women’s choruses, with directors Nicole Clouser, Charles Zullinger and Lauren Conrad, 5:30 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10.

Concert: Collegium Musicum, with Russell Murray, directing, 8 p.m., Bayard Sharp Hall, Newark-Elkton Road and West Delaware Avenue, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Monday, Dec. 6

Concert: Del’ Arte, guest hornist David Wetherill, 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.

Lecture: “Biomaterials at the Beach: Metal-Protein Interactions in Mussel and Barnacle Adhesives,” with Erin O’Shea, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UC-San Francisco, 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. Tuesday, Dec. 7

Concert: Wind Ensemble concert, with Robert J. Streckfull directing. The program will feature Christopher Marshall’s “L’Homme arme,” Carolos Surinach’s “Paeans and Dances of Heathan Iberia” and Nigel Clarke’s “Samural,” 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.

Wednesday, Dec. 8

Concert: “Carols for the University,” a concert of holiday music, 12:10-12:50 p.m., and 5:15 p.m., in Bayard Sharp Hall, Newark-Elkton Road and West Delaware Avenue, Newark, as part of the Bach’s Lunch Concert Series. For more information, call (302) 831-2199.

Performance: Professional Theatre Training Program presents Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, 2 p.m., Hartshorn Hall Theatre, Academy Street and East Park Place, Newark. Tickets: $10-$17. For more information, call (302) 831-2201 or e-mail [pttp-boxoffice@udel.edu].

Men’s basketball: UD v Drexel, 7:30 p.m., in the Bob Carpenter Center in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS.

Lecture: “Molecular Mechanisms of Breast Cancer Metastasis,” with Danny R. Welch, Leonard H. Robinson Professor of Pathology and senior scientist at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, 4 p.m., in 318 Wolf Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark Campus, as part of the Department of Biological Sciences seminar series. For more information, call (302) 831-2282.

Lecture: “The Role of Fe (II) and Fe (III) Stability in Heme Protein Electrochemical Function: Lessons from the Protein Data Bank and De Novo Heme Protein Design,” with Brian Gibney, of Columbia University, 4 p.m., in 214 Brown Laboratory, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus. For more information, call (302) 831-1247.

Thursday, Dec. 9

Women’s basketball: UD v Fairfield, 7 p.m., in the Bob Carpenter Center in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS.

Friday, Dec. 10

Performance: Professional Theatre Training Program presents The Three Sisters, by Anton Chekhov, 7:30 p.m., Hartshorn Hall Theatre, Academy Street and East Park Place, Newark. Tickets: $10-$17. For more information, call (302) 831-2201 or e-mail [pttp-boxoffice@udel.edu].

Concert: Chesapeake Brass Band, UD Department of Music benefit concert, 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.

Saturday, Dec. 11

Performance: Professional Theatre Training Program presents The Three Sisters, by Anton Chekhov, 2 p.m., Hartshorn Hall Theatre, Academy Street and East Park Place, Newark. Tickets: $10-$17. For more information, call (302) 831-2201 or e-mail [pttp-boxoffice@udel.edu].

Men’s basketball: UD v Rider, 7:30 p.m., in the Bob Carpenter Center in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS.

Performance: Performance: Professional Theatre Training Program presents The Three Sisters, by Anton Chekhov, 7:30 p.m., Hartshorn Hall Theatre, Academy Street and East Park Place, Newark. Tickets: $10-$17. For more information, call (302) 831-2201 or e-mail [pttp-boxoffice@udel.edu].

Tuesday, Dec. 14

Wednesday, Dec. 15

Lecture: “Nickel-catalyzed Cycloaddition Reactions,” with Janis Louie of the University of Utah, 4 p.m., in 214 Brown Laboratory, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Department of Chemistry Inorganic/Organic seminar series. For more information, call (302) 831-1247.

Thursday, Dec. 16

Friday, Dec. 17

Wednesday, Dec. 29

Men’s basketball: UD v. UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County). 7:30 p.m., in the Bob Carpenter Center in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS.