French scholar to discuss Romantic literary movement
For gardening friends and relatives, a gift subscription to Garden Check, the gardening newsletter from Delaware Cooperative Extension, may be the perfect answer. It's only $17.50 for 10 issues, and a gift card is provided for personalization.
Garden Check is written for the home gardener in the mid-Atlantic region. Now in its 20th year, Garden Check offers expert advice for the home gardener on lawn care, planting, pruning and fertilizing from March through October. Delaware Cooperative Extension specialists and agents in horticulture, plant pathology, entomology and the environment keep readers up-to-date on current practices, preventatives and products.
In addition, writers alert gardeners to upcoming problems before they get out of hand. With the increased concern about environmental issues, pesticide safety and water quality, Garden Check makes it easier for readers to avoid excessive, untimely or dangerous uses of lawn and garden products.
To subscribe and/or order a gift subscription, send a check for $17.50 for each subscription payable to University of Delaware-to Garden Check Subscriptions, 910 South Chapel St., Newark, DE 19716-1303. The first issue will arrive in March.
For more information, call Judy Magee at 831-1067 or e-mail <judmagee@udel.edu>.
Popular Ahn Trio to perform in Mitchell Hall on Nov. 13
The Ahn Trio, coming to UD Saturday, Nov. 13, is a headliner wherever it performs. "Young, lively, gifted," "Audience adored Ahn Trio," "Ahn Trio captivates," "An overwhelming experience" and "Young trio exciting performers" are some of the headlines in newspapers from across the country and Canada.
The three sisters-pianist Lucia, violinist Angella and cellist Maria-have given concerts all over the world-from Lincoln Center to Singapore's Victoria Concert Hall to Moscow's Tchaikovsky Hall and at universitities across the country. The audience reaction has been enthusiastic.
"The sellout audience went wild for this trio, with good reason," wrote the reviewer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
"My congratulations to the audience for its obvious perception of this great performance," wrote reviewer Bob Fleury, former chairperson of the music department at Pasadena City College.
Originally from South Korea, the Juilliard-trained trio first received national attention in 1987 in a Time Magazine story on "Asian-American Whiz Kids." The three sisters also have been featured in several other publications and on NBC and PBS networks.
The UD concert will begin at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 13, at Mitchell Hall, as part of the Performing Arts Series. Tickets are $6 for UD students and children, $10 for faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens and $15 for the general public.
The Ahn Trio also has conducted hundreds of workshops and master classes around the world for both children and adults. Because of their contributions to music education, the Ahns received the Kentucky Colonels Award. On campus, the trio will teach a master class at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. The class is free and open to the public. For information, call UD1-HENS.
Veterans' Day tribute scheduled today at 2 p.m.
Veterans' Day, paying tribute to those who fought and died for their country and remembering those who are missing in action, will be marked by a ceremony, sponsored by the UD Army and Air Force ROTC, at 2 p.m., today, Nov. 11, on the south side of Memorial Hall.
The program will include an invocation, the laying of a wreath, the lighting of a candle, and the playing of Taps. Following remarks by UD Air Force and Army commanders, Raymond Callahan, arts and science, will present a talk to remind participants of the commitment that veterans have made to society. The ceremony will conclude with a performance by the Pershing Rifles Drill Team.
The POW/MIA 24-hour run around the campus will begin at 3 p.m. with students running in 15-minute stints, carrying the American and POW/MIA flags in remembrance of prisoners of war and those missing in action.
Special concert to feature early brass instruments
The Department of Music will present a free concert of late-Renaissance and early Baroque music at 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 29, in Bayard Sharp Hall.
The concert features the University of Delaware Collegium Musicum, directed by Russell Murray, and special guest artists the Washington Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. A professional ensemble specializing in music for early brass instruments, the Washington Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble often adds its characteristic sound as support for choral groups or soloists in the Washington, D.C., area.
The combined ensembles will perform double- and triple-choir music, including Gabrieli's well-known Sonata piano e forte. The program also will feature a rarely performed canzona for eight sackbuts by Tiburtio Massaino, as well as music by Giovanni Gabrieli, Adrian Willaert, Claudio Monteverdi and others.
The two ensembles will use a wide variety of period instruments, including the sackbut (the direct ancestor of the trombone), the theorbo (a bass lute) and the cornett. The cornett is an early wind instrument combining a mouthpiece like a brass instrument with flute-like fingering.
Concertgoers may park without charge on an as-available basis in the lot behind the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. Parking also is available for an hourly charge in the University Parking Garage.
For more information, call 831-2577.
Art scholar to discuss current Brooklyn Museum controversy
Kobena Mercer, a multidisciplinary scholar on issues related to African art history, will discuss the current and controversial exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18, in Room 103 of Gore Hall in his talk, entitled "New British Art and Diaspora-Based Blackness."
The exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, "Sensations," includes a painting by British artist Chris Ofili called "The Holy Virgin Mary" that is flecked with elephant dung. The painting and other pieces in the exhibit so angered New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani that he ordered the museum to close the exhibit or lose it's city funding.
Mercer will venture behind the scenes of the recent controversy over the "Sensations" exhibit and discuss questions of new British art as a contradictory response to artworld globalization, with special attention to the works of such black Diasporan artists as Ofili and Steve McQueen. His talk is free and open to the public.
Also at UD, Mercer will visit a history of photography class and conduct a workshop for students.
Mercer's talk is the second in the Visiting Distinguished Minority Scholars 1999-2000 Mini Series, a new set of lectures being offered this fall at UD. Mercer is currently a fellow at the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University. His areas of research and teaching cross several disciplines, from African studies and multicultural literatures to art history, film and visual culture, especially as it relates to the black Diaspora.
He is the author of Witness at the Crossroads: An Artist's Journey in Postcolonial Space and Welcome to the Jungle: New Positions in Black Cultural Studies
The mini series is sponsored by the College of Arts and Science, the UD Office of Affirmative Action and Multicultural Programs, the Center for Black Culture, the Black American Studies and Women's Studies programs and the departments of English, Art History, History and Sociology and Criminal Justice. For more information, call 831-2361.
Noted African-American author at UD Nov. 17-18
Deborah Gray White, author of the award-winning book, Ain't I a Woman, will visit the University of Delaware on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 17 and 18.
An important scholar on issues affecting African-American women, she will speak at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17, in Room 208 Gore Hall on her newest book, Too Heavy A Load: Black Women in Defense of Themselves. The talk is part of the Delaware Seminar series and interested persons can call 831-2678 to obtain a copy of the book chapter that will be discussed at the lecture.
On Thursday, Nov. 18, she will speak at 4 p.m. in Room 115 of Purnell Hall. The topic of that talk is "Perilous Sisterhood: The Million Woman March," an examination of conflicts and dilemmas black women encounter in their organizing efforts. Both talks are free and open to the public.
Ain't I a Woman explores the experience of slavery for African-American women in the antebellum South.
White will be signing copies of Too Heavy A Load at a reception, which is open to the public, at 3 p.m., Nov. 17, at the Center for Black Culture.
For more information, call 831-2681
Troupe performs in Bacchus
The Khulumani Theatre Troupe will present an encore performance of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf in Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student Center. Performances are scheduled at 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 12; 2 and 8 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 13; and 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 14.
Tickets-at $5 for the general public and $3 for students with UD/ID-are on sale at the Trabant University Center box office and will be available at the door.
For more information, contact Kristal Collins at 837-1513 or e-mail <kcollins@ udel.edu>.
On stage with Scott Mason
Scott Mason, student centers, has written All That Matters, a new play that is being performed this month by the Chapel Street Players in Newark. The comedy-drama about a family gathering during a wedding weekend will be presented at 8:15 p.m., Nov. 12, 13, 19 and 20, and there is a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 14. For information, call 368-2248.
Hillel Center's programs set
Several events are being offered by the Hillel Student Center during the end of November.
A Kesher Speak and Eat, will be held from 6-7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18, in Trabant. University Center.
A Challah baking session is planned from 8-9 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18, at the Hillel Student Center, 47 West Delaware Ave.
The Hillel Semi-formal gathering, with the theme "Food and Creative Love," begins at 8:15 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 20. Participants will meet at the Hillel Student Center and take buses to Cavanaugh's Restaurant in Wilmington. Cost is $10 for Discover Hillel members, $15 for others. For information, call 453-0479.
Book signing set Nov. 17
 William H. Williams, Parallel Program, Georgetown, will autograph copies of his new book, Delaware, The First State: An Illustrated History, published by the American Historical Press, from 12:30-2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 17, in the University Bookstore in the Perkins Student Center.
The coffee-table style book is filled with photographs and articles about the history of and recent events in the First State.
Enjoy Bard buffoonery on Hartshorn Hall stage
Wayne Pyle (in dress) and Steve Tague (holding skull)
appear in many roles in The Compleat Works of Wllm. Shkspr.
(abridged). Pyle and Tague are both graduates of the
Professional Theatre Training Program.
Storytelling for adults set in Bayard Sharp HallTake a bit of Monty Python, add in a pinch of the Three Stooges with a dash of Masterpiece Theatre, and you've got the ingredients for a zany night of buffoonery with the Bard. The Compleat Works of Wllm. Shkspr. (abridged) continues this month at Hartshorn Hall.
Part of UD's Professional Theatre Training Program's 1999 alumni season, the play- written by Jess Borgeson, Adam Long and Daniel Singer-will be performed on 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 13; Thursday, Nov. 18; and Friday, Nov. 19. Matinee performances will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14; Saturday, Nov. 20; and Sunday, Nov. 21.
Tickets for Friday and Saturday evening shows are $10 for UD students, $15 for UD faculty, staff and senior citizens and $17 for the general public. Tickets for weeknight performances are $9 for UD students, $14 for UD faculty, staff and senior citizens and $16 for the general public. Matinees and Sunday evening performances are $7 for UD students, $12 for UD faculty, staff and senior citizens and $14 for the general public.
From a cooking show hosted by Titus Andronicus, through a football game played by the tragedies' kings, to a madcap romp with Hamlet and his friends, The Compleat Works is just that: Three actors, 37 plays and a barrage of bad puns creating a performance that you just can't miss.
For tickets or information, call 831-2202.
Storytelling for adults set in Bayard Sharp Hall
Tellabration 1999, an evening of storytelling for adults, will be presented in Bayard Sharp Hall at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 20. The UD event-being held during an international evening of storytelling along with similar programs at hundreds of sites around the world-will feature current UD students and recent graduates of the "Storytelling for Beginners" course. The tellers will each perform stories ranging from ghost and folk tales to jokes and original family heritage stories.
Selected student tellers include Stephanie Bair, Karl Chalabala, Ken Cressman, Beth Demyan, Alison Ferguson, Brenda Foraker, Sharon Gaudino, Dana Goldhar, Jennifer Greenly, Greg Hall, Julie Horleman, Paul Long, Erin Motley, Christopher Quinn, Getchen Thompson, Megan Weimar and Cory Wellman.
This first-ever campus Tellabration is sponsored by the Zeta Omicron Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, an international honor society in education. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students with a UD/ID. Seating is limited, and tickets will be sold at the door on a first-come, first-seated basis.
There also will be refreshments and door prizes at a social hour after the program.
For information, call Angela Case at 831-2319 or e-mail <acase@udel.edu> or Susie Eith <sme@udel.edu>.
Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' to be presented by ACTER
Shakespeare's Twelfth Night will be presented by ACTER, a dramatic troupe from the London stage, at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 16; Friday, Nov. 19; and Saturday, Nov. 20, in the Baccchus Theatre of the Perkins Student Center.
The troupe includes experienced actors and actresses who have played a variety of Shakespearean roles in London and throughout Great Britian. ACTER produces Shakespearean plays without props or scenery.
The troupe, which will visit English and theatre classes during the week, includes five actors and actresses.
Paul Bhattacharjee will play Malvolio and Sir Andrew; Claire Marchionne, will play Olivia and Maria; Matthew Radford will play the roles of Orsino, Feste and Fabian; Christopher Saul will play Sir Toby and Antonio; and Lucy Tregear will play Viola and Sebastian.
The ACTER visit to UD is sponsored by the Student Centers, the English and theatre departments and the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events.
Tickets are $5 for students, $10 for faculty and staff and $15 for the general public and are available at the box offices at the Trabant University Center and the Bob Carpenter Center. Group tickets for 10 or more persons are available at a 10 percent discount, and only at the Bob Carpenter Center box office.
Climatologist to speak on Delaware's weather
Daniel J. Leathers, Center for Climatic Research, who has served as Delaware state climatologist since 1993, will speak on "Drought In Delaware: A Rain of Concern," at a lunchtime lecture, from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington.
Sponsored by the College of Marine Studies and the Sea Grant College Program, the lunch/ lecture costs $10 per person. Advance reservations are necessary and may be made by calling 831-2841 or by sending e-mail to <MarineCom@udel.edu>. The Nov. 17 talk is the first in a series of four lectures.
Leathers will review the history and meteorology of droughts in Delaware, how society affects droughts and where Delawareans get their water supply. Then, he will forecast what the future holds for Delaware, including some steps the state could take to lessen the impacts of future droughts.
Leathers points out that the population in northern Delaware has nearly doubled in the past 40 years, putting increased pressure on water resources.
In northern Delaware, 75 percent of the water comes from surface streams, while southern Delaware is served by aquifers, which deplete less rapidly.
Weather and climate information, including five-day forecasts for Delaware counties, may be obtained by visiting his web site at <www.udel.edu/ leathers/stclim.html>.
A graduate of Lycoming College, Leathers has a master's degree in meteorology and a doctorate in geography from Pennsylvania State University.
Upcoming lectures in the series include "The Horsehoe Crab: How Well Do You Know the Crab That Saved Your Life?" on Jan. 13, "A Voyage to Life's Extreme: The Deep Sea" on March 14 and "All You Wanted to Know About Blue Crabs and More" on May 23.
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