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EXHIBITIONS

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 Penney 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. Reception/Lecture at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, in the Reserve Room of Morris Library. For more information, including exhibition hours, call (302-831-2229). To request a printed invitation for the exhibition program and reception, call (302)-831-2231.

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

EVENTS

Poetry reading: Fleda Brown, UD professor of English and Delaware poet laureate, will read from her works at 7 p.m., at Lieberman’s Book Store, 42 E. Main St., Newark. For more information, call (302) 831-2361.

Saturday, Oct. 2

Football: Homecoming—Fightin’ Blue Hens v. Maine, noon, Delaware Stadium in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS.

Special performance: The UD Marching Band will put on an exhibition at a time to be announced at Frawley Stadium, 801 S. Madison St., Wilmington. For more information, call (302) 831-3395.

Concert: Homecoming concert, featuring Bit O’ Rhythm and Delaware Steel, 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.

Sunday, Oct. 3

Special event: Coast Day, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., on the Hugh R. Sharp Campus, 700 Pilottown Rd, Lewes. For more information, call (302) 831-8083.

Wednesday, Oct. 6

Concert: Jay Hildebrandt, bass trombone faculty recital with Julie Nishimura, piano, 8 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Friday, Oct. 8

Lecture: Byron Society of America presents the fall Byron lecture, with guest speaker Romulus Linney, 8 p.m., at a time and place to be announced. For more information, call (302) 831-2361.

Music: Master class with Dan Kamin of the Haunted Orchestra, 1:25 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. The event is free. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Concert: “Still Breathing,” a concert of contemporary music by UD’s Contemporary Music Ensemble, 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, Oct. 9

Concert: Delaware Steel, a steel drum concert directed by UD’s Harvey Price, 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.

Monday, Oct. 11

Concert: Percussion/Marimba ensembles and Delaware Steel concert, 8 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. duPont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Wednesday, Oct. 13

Concert: Low-brass ensemble recital, 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.

Thursday, Oct. 14

Concert: New Music Delaware, Relache 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, Oct. 16

Concert: Marie Robinson, soprano faculty recital with 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.

Sunday, Oct. 17

Concert: Wind ensembles 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.

Tuesday, Oct. 19

Concert: Jazz Ensemble I and II, 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, Oct. 20

Lecture: “The Canterbury Musical Tradition,” with David Flood, organist and master of choristers at Canterbury Cathederal, England, 1:25 p.m., Bayard Sharp Hall, Elkton Road and West Delaware Avenue, Newark. The event is free. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Thursday, Oct. 21

Concert: Jazz Chamber Ensemble, Vernon James director, 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, Oct. 23

Football: Fightin’ Blue Hens against William and Mary, 1 p.m., Delaware Stadium in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS.

Concert: Calliope IX, featuring more than 400 students in a fast-paced kaleidoscopic showcase. Includes UD’s jazz bands, wind and symphonic bands, orchestra, Chorale, University Singers and more, 8 p.m., Bob Carpenter Center, in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. All seating is reserved and tickets are $12. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Tuesday, Oct. 26

Workshop: Scriptwriting workshop with Jeanne Walker, UD professor, poet and playwright, 4 p.m., at a location to be announced. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (302) 831-2361.

Friday, Oct. 29

Concert: Clavier Trio, 8 p.m., Loudis Rectial Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road., Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For information, call (302) 831-2577.

Sunday, Oct. 31

Concert: University 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.

Events

Concert: Lawrence Stomberg, cello faculty recital with 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.

Lecture: Doug Goodwin, of Auburn University, will speak on a topic to be announced, 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.

Wednesday, Nov. 3

Lecture: Arica Coleman, lecturer in UD’s Department of English, will disucss “The White Man’s Indian Woman,” 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.

Film: Entre Pancho Villa y Una Mujer Desnuda, 3:35 p.m., 104 Gore Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the “Women in Global Perspective” film series. For more information, call (302) 831-1899.

Lecture: Marjorie Cohn, of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, will speak on “Passionate Collector, Enthusiastic Conservator, Devoted Curator and Unmentionable Administrator,” 4:15 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 fall 2004 lecture series. For more information, call (302) 888-4888.

Lecture: Douglass F. Taber, professor of chemistry, will speak on “Computational Organometallic Chemistry: Enantioselective Synthesis of the Isofurans,” 4 p.m., 101 Brown Laboratory, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Inorganic/Organic Chemistry Seminar Series. For more information, call (302) 831-1247.

Lecture: Michael Bustin, of the National Cancer Institute, will discuss “Protein Dynamics and Chromatin Function” at 1 p.m., 318 Wolf Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Department of Biological Sciences fall seminar series. For more information, call (302) 831-6977.

Thursday, Nov. 4

Lecture: Janis Tomlinson, director of University Museums, will discuss “Collecting Nations,” 5:30 p.m., 202 Old College, North College Avenue and Main Street, Newark, as part of the Department of Art History’s Surprising Trajectories lecture series. For more information, call (302) 831-8415.

Men’s basketball: Fightin’ Blue Hens vs. Widener University, 7:30 p.m., Bob Carpenter Center in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS

Performance: Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, 8 p.m., Mitchell Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus.
For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Concert: Tamara Bedricky and Amanda Kaletsky, acoustic performance, 8:30 p.m., The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, Academy Street, Newark, as part of the R-Series Concerts. For more information, call (302) 831-1403.

Friday, Nov. 5

Lecture: Karie Diethorn, of Independence National Historic Park, will discuss “Whose memory Is It Anyway? The Public Debate Over Interpreting a New Site for the Liberty Bell,” 2:30 p.m., 202 Old College, North College Avenue and Main Street, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS.

Lecture: Maria-Luisa Tasayco, of City College, CUNY, will speak on a subject to be announced, 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.

Saturday, Nov. 6

Symposium: “The Personal Political Art of Nanette Carter and Romare Bearden: A Symposium,” 2-5 p.m., Trabant University Center, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS.

Concert: Schola Cantorum, featuring Rachmaninof’s “All Night Vigil,” and J.S. Bach’s “BWV 106,” with Paul Head directing, 8 p.m., St. Helena Catholic Church, 602 Philadelphia Pike, Belfonte. For ticket information, call (302) 831-3397. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Sunday, Nov. 7

Concert: Schola Cantorum, featuring Rachmaninof’s “All Night Vigil,” and J.S. Bach’s “BWV 106,” with Paul Head 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.

Film: The Story of the Weeping Camel, 7:30 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark, as part of the 2004 International Film Series. For more information, call (302) 831-2361.

Monday, Nov. 8

Concert: “An Evening of Chamber Music for Piano and Strings,” Baltimore and National Symphonies, 8 p.m., Mitchell Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark Campus, as part of the Master Players Chamber Series. Tickets: $5-$17. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Music workshop: Master classes with guest artists from the Master Players Chamber Series, 1:25 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. Classes are free. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Lecture: Robert Scholes, of Brown University, will discuss “Digitizing the Humanities: The Modernist Journals Project,” 3:30 p.m., Lecture Room, Morris Library, on The South Green of UD’s Newark Campus, as part of the State of the Arts series. For more information, call (302) 831-2361.

Lecture: Judith P. Klinman, of the University of California at Berkley, will discuss “Linking Protein Flexibility to Catalysis,” 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.

Tuesday, Nov. 9

Lecture: Amanda Moniz, University of Michigan, will speak on “Transatlanic Philanthropic Collaboration and the Cosmopolitan Ideal, 1760-1815,” 12:15-1:45 p.m., 203 Munroe Hall, West Delaware Avenue, Newark, as part of the History Workshop in Technology, Society and Culture Lecture Series. For more information, call (302) 831-8413.

Lecture: Robert Scholes, of Brown University, will discuss
“Durable Fluff: or the Importance of Not Being Earnest,” 5 p.m., 103 Gore Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the State of the Arts Lecture Series. For more information, call (302) 831-2361.

Comedy: Upright Citizens Brigade, 8:30 p.m., The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, Academy Street, Newark, as part of the Comedy Coffeehouse Series. For more information, call (302) 831-1403.

Wednesday, Nov. 10

Lecture: “Melanie Holter, Department of Nursing, will discuss “Chocolate Eating Habits and the Relationship to Attitudinal and Emotional Aspects of Problem Eating,” 12:20 p.m., 103 Gore Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Research on Women Lecture Series. For more information, call (302) 831-8474.

Lecture: Slavi C. Sevov, of the University of Notre Dame, will discuss “Ligand-Free Main-Group Deltahedral Clusters: Functionalization and Oligomerization,” 4 p.m., 214 Brown Laboratory, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Inorganic/Organic Chemistry Seminar Series. For more information, call (302) 831-1247.

Lecture: Thomas Hodge, of the Centers for Disease Control, will discuss “Probing Host Pathogen Interaction with Insertional Mutagenesis and siRNA, 4 p.m., 318 Wolf Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Biological Sciences Seminar Series. For more information, call (302) 831-6977.

Thursday, Nov. 11

Concert: Local Band Night 3, 8:30 p.m., The Scrounge, Trabant University Center, Academy Street, Newark, as part of the R-Series Concerts. For more information, call (302) 831-1403.

Friday, Nov. 12

Lecture: Sotiris Zantheas, of Pacific Northwestern University, will speak on a topic to be announced, 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.

Saturday, Nov. 13

Lecture: “Opera Revue: Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill,” 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.

Sunday, Nov. 14

Concert: “Opera Revue: Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill,” 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: Take My Eyes,” 7:30 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avenue, Newark, as part of the International Film Series. For more information, call (302) 831-2361.

Monday, Nov. 15

Concert: Society of Composers Concert, featuring chamber and vocal works composed by UD composition majors, 8 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Newark. Tickets: $3-$10. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Lecture: Tania Baker, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will speak on a topic to be discussed, 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.

Tuesday, Nov. 16

Lecture: Neil Lanctot, a lecturer in the Department of History, will discuss “A Million Dollar Institution: The Rise and Ruin of Negro League Baseball,” 12:15-1:45 p.m., 203 Munroe Hall, West Delaware Avenue, Newark, as part of the History Workshop in Technology Series. For more information, call (302) 831-8413.

Comedy: Chris Johnson, 8:30 p.m., The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, Academy Street, Newark, as part of the Comedy Coffeehouse Series. For more information, call (302) 831-1403.

Wednesday, Nov. 17

Lecture: Amanda Bayer, Department of Economics, Swarthmore College, will speak on “Gender and Economic Theory,” 12:20 p.m., 103 Gore Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Research on Women Lecture Series. For more information, call (302) 831-8474.

Lecture: Virginia Spencer Carr, authorized biographer of Paul Bowles, will discuss “Paul Bowles: A Life,” noon, 1941 Lecture Room, Morris Library, on The South Green of UD’s Newark campus. For more information, call (302) 831-2231.

Lecture: James L. Leighton, of Columbia University, will speak on “Strained Silacycles: A Powerful Platform for Asymmetric and Tandem Reaction Design,” 4 p.m., 214 Brown Laboratory, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Inorganic/Organic Chemistry Seminar Series. For more information, call (302) 831-1247.

Lecture: Patricia Manes, of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, will speak on “Regulation of Cortical Neuron Migration and Dendrite Orientation by Cell Recognition Molecules,” 4 p.m., 318 Wolf Hall, on The Green of UD’s Newark campus, as part of the Department of Biological Sciences fall seminar series. For more information, call (302) 831-6977.

Thursday, Nov. 18

Concert: Brother Sister (jazz), 8:30 p.m., The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, Newark, as part of the R-Series. For more information, call (302) 831-1403.

Friday, Nov. 19

Music/study: Bass guest artist Eric Owens will conduct a vocal master class, 1:25 p.m., Loudis Recital Hall, Amy E. du Pont Music Building, Amstel Avenue and Orchard Road, Newark. The class is free. For more information, call (302) 831-2577.

Concert: Eric Owens, baritone guest artist recital, 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: Michael Zachariah, of the University of Maryland, will speak on a topic to be discussed, 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.

Saturday, Nov. 20

Football: Fightin’ Blue Hens against Villanova, 1 p.m., Delaware Stadium in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS.

Concert: Chorale, Paul D. Head, directing, with special guests, the Pennsville High School Choir, 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.

Sunday, Nov. 21

Women’s Basketball: Fightin’ Blue Hens vs. Loyola, 1 p.m., Bob Carpenter Center, in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HENS.

Film: Japanese Story, 7:30 p.m., Trabant University Center Theatre, Main Street and South College Avneue, Newark, as part of the International Film Series. For more information, call (302) 831-2361.

Monday, Nov. 22

Concert: Percussion/Marimba ensembles and Delaware Steel, with Harvey Price 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: Hazel Holden, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will discuss “Structural/Functional Studies of Enzymes of the Leloir Pathway for Galactose Metabolism,” 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.

Tuesday, Nov. 23

Lecture: Kathryn Carte Engel, of Texas A&M University, will discuss “Without a Purpose: Bethlehem’s Changing Relationship to Native American Missions, 1760-1770,” 12:15-1:45 p.m., 203 Munroe Hall, West Delaware Ave., Newark, as part of the History Workshop in Technology, Society and Culture Series. For more information, call (302) 831-8413.

Concert: Symphonic band, with James Ancona, director, 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, Nov. 27

Athletics: Men’s Basketball vs. Mt. St. Mary’s, 7:30 p.m., Bob Carpenter Center, in the David M. Nelson Athletic Complex, South College Avenue, Newark. For more information, call (302) UD1-HDNS.

Monday, Nov. 29

Lecture: Ron Raines, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will speak on a topic to be announced, 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.

Tuesday, Nov. 30

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

Performance: Professional Theatre Training Program presents Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters, 7:30 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].

Comedy: John Bush, 8:30 p.m., The Scrounge, Perkins Student Center, Academy Street, Newark, as part of the Comedy Coffeehouse Series. For more information, call (302) 831-1403.