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The Jewish Studies Speaker Series at UD will focus on a wide range of Jewish issues, including the experiences of immigrants in Dela ware in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and theories and implications of Jewish identity.

The free, public talks are designed to provide students and members of the public with insight into the kinds of Judaic research and scholarship taking place at UD and in nearby communities.

The lectures, which begin Feb. 14, will be held from 12:20 to 1:35 p.m., Wednesdays, through May 16, in 122 Memorial Hall. Topics and speakers include:

Feb. 14–"Answering Israel's Critics," Daniel Drooz, adjunct professor of Jewish studies at UD;
Feb. 21–"Rich and Smart or Greedy and Pushy: Unpacking Stereotypes of Jews," Sheella Mierson of Creative Learning Solutions Inc., Newark;
Feb. 28–"Searching for History: A Look at Resources Available to the Local Historian," Toni Young, historian and author of Becoming American, Remaining Jewish: The Story of Wilmington, Delaware's First Jewish Community, 1879-1924;
March 7–"Does Jewish Law Exist Today?" Rabbi Daniel Satlow, congregation Beth Shalom, Wilmington;
March 14–"Why Should Jews Follow Jewish Law?" David Silver, UD assistant professor of philosophy;
March 21–"Business Ethics: A Jewish Perspective," David Margules Esq., Bouchard, Margules and Friedlander;
March 28–Spring break, no lecture;
April 4–To be announced;
April 11–"Inherited Holocaust Memory and the Ethics of Ventriloquism," Lori Lefkovitz, adjunct professor of Jewish studies at UD;
April 18–"Hitler's Willing Executioners," James Brophy, associate professor of history at UD;
April 25–"Yiddish and Jewish Sensibility in 20th Century Jewish American Literature," Elaine Safer, UD professor of English;
May 2–"Jewish Identity: Theory and Its Implications," Rabbi Eliezer Sneiderman, UD Chabad;
May 9–"The Political Economy of Anti-Jewish Violence in Early Modern Europe," Robert Denemark, UD associate professor of political science and international relations; and
May 16–"Y2K Jewish Population Survey Update and Series Wrap-Up," Vivian Klaff, professor of sociology and director of the Frank and Yetta Chaiken Center for Jewish Studies at UD.

For more information, call the Jewish Studies Program at 831-3324.

The 15th annual Women's History Month film series, "Focus on Resistance," will feature two guest speakers and will be held Tuesdays, from Feb. 20-March 20. All films will be shown at 7 p.m. in Room 204 Kirkbride Hall. The series is free and open to the public and includes ?

* A Women's Place, Feb. 20, which features the stories of three women in South Africa, the United States and India. The film focuses on how women's activism is changing the legal system of each coun try and on women's struggles in seeking equality in their domestic and family lives.

* Crimes of Honor, Feb. 27, is about "honor killings" in the Middle East, where women whose sexual reputations are in any way questioned can become victims of abuse, or even death, in the name of "family honor." The film focuses on local activists who are trying to eradicate the practice.

* Daring to Resist, March 6, is a film about three young Jewish women from different countries who resisted the Nazi Holocaust and survived to bear witness to later generations. It premiered on WHYY last year. For further information, visit the web site at [www.pbs.org/ daringtoresist]. Martha Lubell, one of the filmmakers, will be the featured speaker.

* Live Free or Die, March 13, is concerned with abortion politics in a small town in New Hampshire. Dr. Wayne Goldner, the obstetrician and gynecologist featured in the film, whose practice attracted protestors, will be the speaker.

* Regret to Inform, March 20, a film about Vietnam War widows on both sides of the conflict, concludes the series. The film follows an American war widow to Vietnam where her husband fought and died and also features interviews with other widows and the war's impact upon them.

The series is sponsored by the Women's Studies Indisciplinary and Black American Studies programs, the Chaiken Center for Jewish Studies, the American Association of University Professors, the Office of Women's Afffairs, the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events and the departments of Anthropology, History, Nursing, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology.

For more information, call women's studies at 831-8474.

Jazzworks: The UD Jazz Project, presents a free concert at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building. Featuring the University of Delaware Faculty Jazz, the concert will represent both traditional and contemporary genres as well as a variety of jazz styles.

Members of the UD Faculty Jazz include Vernon James and Wendell Hobbs, saxophones; Doug Mapp, bass; and Tom Palmer, drums. They will be joined by guest artist Jim Ridl on piano. The UD Faculty Jazz is dedicated to the performance and education of "America's classical music." In addition to teaching at UD, all are in demand as jazz performers in and around the Delaware Valley.

For information, call 831-2577.

The Center for Black Culture at UD is sponsoring its annual African Consciousness Celebration with a series of special events during February and March that highlight African cultural contributions to the nation and the world.

The celebration begins at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 12, with guest lecturer the Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant speaking at the Black History Month opening ceremony in the Multipurpose Room of the Trabant University Center.

Pastor of the Empowerment Temple AME Church in Baltimore, Bryant also is host of that city's top rated Sunday talk show Keepin' It Real. Prior to his pastoral role, Bryant was director of the youth and college division of the NAACP. His efforts have been spotlighted in Emerge, The Source, USA Today, and on CNN. At age 29, he was recognized by Ebony Magazine as one of America's future leaders. The event is cosponsored by the Black Student Union.

At 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, Runoko Rashidi, historian and writer, will present "African Contributions to the World," at a location to be announced. The author of African Classical Civilizations and coeditor with Ivan van Sertima, of African Presence in Early Asia, Rashidi has a pronounced interest in the African foundations of humanity and civil izations.

The event is cosponsored by the Delaware African Students Association and the Office of the Vice President for Student Life. At 4 p.m., Monday, Feb. 19, Ron Whittington, director of affirmative action and multicultural programs at UD, will present "Judy Johnson Remembered: The History of the Negro Baseball Leagues," at the Center for Black Culture.

Whittington has been offering his portrayal of Johnson, Delaware's only member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, as part of his presentations for the National Chautaugua Tour. He also does a presentation of Private William Owens, an African-American from Delaware who fought during the Civil War with the 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

On Wednesday, Feb. 28, C.O.T.O: Chocolate on the Outside, a thought provoking play that explores matters of hair texture, complexion, selling out, black love and middle class guilt, will be presented at 8 p.m. in the Bacchus theatre of the Perkins Student Center. It is co-sponsored by the Cultural Programming Advisory Board.

For more details on any of the events, call the Center for Black Culture at 831-2991.

UD's 2000-2001 Family Performing Arts Series will offer The American Family Theatre for Kids presentation of Cinderella at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 25, in Mitchell Hall.

This all-time favorite fairy tale of a poor young lady who survives the machinations of her stepsisters and wicked stepmother to win the love of a handsome prince is brought to life on stage through the magic of live musical theater. Children and adults alike will enjoy the excitement, fantasy and song as Cinderella and her new friend Mortimer Mouse sing and dance their way from the kitchen of the stepmother's house to the bright lights and handsome company of Prince Charming's ball.

American Family Theatre Inc. is the oldest and largest family theatre program in the nation, giving more than 700 productions each year in the United States and Canada.

Tickets for Cinderella are $10 for the general public, $8 for UD faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens and $5 for UD students and children, and are available at the Hartshorn box office, with credit card payment by fax at 831-4366 or phone at 831-2204. Tickets also can be obtained in person, from noon-5 p.m.

Tickets also are available at the Bob Carpenter Center and Trabant Univesity Center box offices and through Ticketmaster at 984-2000, where a convenience charge will apply.

The Family Performing Arts Series is sponsored by Arby's Roast Beef and a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts. For more information, call ?831-4891.

The Vagina Monologues, by Eve Ensler, featuring local performers from the UD community, will be held at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 14, in Mitchell Hall. Tickets are $5 and will be sold at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. A fundraising raffle will be held, and everyone will receive door prizes. Proceeds will go to a local domestic violence program run by Child Inc.

The production is part of the V-Day College Initiative, a campaign to end sexual abuse against women and to proclaim Valentine's Day as the day to celebrate women and demand the end of abuse. Other participating schools this year include Princeton, Carnegie Mellon and Odense (Denmark) universities and Mills and Agnes Scott colleges.

Called "funny" and "poignant" by The New York Times and the winner of an Obie Award, The Vagina Monologues was first performed off-Broadway and focuses on women's experiences, based on interviews with hundreds of women. The play has been performed throughout the world and has been published by Random House.

In addition to The Vagina Monologues, other awareness-raising events will be held including a Vagina Fair from 1-4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 13, in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center. Representatives from Planned Parenthood, the Museum of Menstruation and local organizations and merchants will be present.

The performance is sponsored by Students Acting for Gender Equality (SAGE) and Harrington Theatre Arts Company (HTAC).

For more information call 837-8590 or send e-mail to [beloved@ udel.edu]. For information about V-Day 2001 and violence against women, visit the web site at [http://www. vday.org].

Bassoonist Jon Gaarder will present a free recital at 8 p.m., Monday, Feb. 12, in Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. DuPont Music Building. Guest artists joining Gaarder include Linda Henderson, piano; Lloyd Shorter, oboe; and Timothy Clinch, English horn.

The program includes Sonata by Fasch, Dutilleux's Sarabande et Cortege, Valses by Mignone, Variations by Nussio and Harbison's Trio Sonata.

Jon Gaarder, a Delaware Division of the Arts Year 2000 Individual Artist Fellow, is currently instructor of bassoon at UD, where he also performs as a member of the Del'Arte Wind Quintet.

In addition, Gaarder is a member of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia-based new music ensemble Relâche, and performs numerous freelance engagements throughout the region. He received a master's degree in music performance from the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Sherman Walt, principal bassoonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Matthew Ruggiero. He continued his musical training in Canada at the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts.

The 2000 presidential election, slavery and sexual harassment are a fe w of the topics that will be discussed during the University's 2001 Research on Race, Ethnicity and Culture lecture series which begins Feb. 14. All lectures will be held on Wednesdays from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m., in 116 Gore Hall. There is no lecture on March 28 during spring break. The lectures are free and open to the public and anyone attending may bring their lunch.

The series opens on Feb. 14, with Charlotte Staelin, director of the Delaware Humanities Forum, whose topic is "Women in Asia and Africa: An Alternative Evaluation."

On Feb. 21, Robin Andreasen, philosophy, will present "A Brief History of Race Science."

On Feb. 28, Cynthia Glover, instructor in Villanova University's sociology department, will talk about "Thugs, Players, Pimps and Gangste rs: Hip Hop, Mysogyny, Homoeroticism and 21st Century Race-Gender Politics."

On March 7, A.Timothy Spaulding, English, will talk on "Who Must Tell the Stories Untold?: Women's Contemporary Vision of Slavery."

On March 14, Leland Ware, UD's Louis L. Redding Chair for the Study of Law and Public Policy, will go over the racial implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Bush vs. Gore that upheld the legality of the vote in Florida.

On March 21, Erica Armstrong, history, will question the amount of freedom pre-Civil War black women living in the north had in her lecture, "Maneuvering Manumission: Black Women and Indentured Servitude in Philadelphia 1780-1820."

On April 4, Benjamin Steiner, sociology and criminal justice, will talk about "Race, Political Consciousness and Law Making in the War on Drugs."

On April 11, Tara Kent, UD graduate student in the women's studies, will discuss "The Confluence of Race and Sex Harassment Experiences Amongst Working Women."

On April 18, "Making Whiteness Visible" is UD doctoral student Karen Gaffney's topic.

On April 25, Patricia Sloan-White, researcher at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, will talk about, "Passion and its Punishments: A Case of Sexual Harassment in a Muslim Corporation in Malaysia."

On May 2, Nora Hyland, education, will offer insight into education and race with "Challenging the Racist Narrative: Black and White Teachers Talk about Race."

On May 9, Alice Ba, political science and international relations, will conclude the series as she explores Asian culture in "An Asian Way?: Culture, Community and the Construction of Region."

For more information on the series, call 831-8474.

Control, Conflict and Courseware: Intellectual Property in Online Education" will be presented live via satellite from 2:30-4 p.m., today, Feb. 8, in 305 Pearson Hall.

Through videotaped scenarios and discussion by experts, followed by live questions via telephone and fax, viewers can learn about intellectual property issues in online education. Called "the new battleground" for colleges and their faculties, the conference will discuss what ????is fair to protect an institution's interests, compensating employees equitably and providing instruction value to students.

The conference is sponsored by the Center for Teaching Effectiveness and User Services. To register, call 831-2027 or send e-mail to [cte-reg@udel.edu].

Storyteller Peninnah Schram will be the guest speaker after Shabbat services and dinner which begin at 5:30 p.m., Friday, March 9, at the Hillel Student Center, 47 West Delaware Ave., Newark.

Cost for the event is $10 per person for dinner and speaker, and $5 for the speaker only. The event is free of charge for students, faculty and children under 18.

A teacher, recording artist and associate professor of speech and drama at Stern College of Yeshiva University, Schram travels across the Unites States and to other countries, presenting storytelling workshops and performances of stories from the Jewish oral tradition.

Schram's stories include legends, parables and folktales from Biblical, Talmudic, Midrashic, Hasidic, Yiddish, Sephardic and Israeli sources.

For more information or reservations, call 453-2001.

Ronald F. Whittington, Office of Affirmative Action and Multicultural Programs, will present "Delaware Colored Troops Help Save the Union" on Friday, Feb. 9, and Joan Del Fattore, University of Delaware professor of English, will speak on "The Politics of Religion in American Public Schools" on Friday, Feb. 16. Both programs are part of the UD Land and Seas Lecture Series.

The free, public talks will be presented at 10 a.m. at the Virden Center, 700 Pilottown Rd., Lewes, and again at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of the Methodist Manor House, 1001 Middleford Road, Seaford, on successive Fridays.

In the 1860s, Delaware's black troops marched off to join the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the most famous "U.S. colored troops" formed during the Civil War. The regiment's tale is told in the award-winning film, Glory, starring Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman, and audience members are encouraged to view the video prior to the Feb. 9 talk.

Del Fattore's program on Feb. 16 will encourage audience members to explore the evolution of thought regarding religious expression in public schools as society became increasingly diverse. Her talk will include the 19th century shooting wars over which version of the Bible should be read in school to what's happened since the school-prayer dispute first erupted with street fighting to lawsuits, through Madalyn Murray O'Hair and right into today's public debate about the much misunderstood present situation.

For more information, call 855-1620 or 735-8200.

Population and the Environment: Gaining People, Losing Ground" is the topic of the Hellen-Pattison Lecture, to be held at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 15, in 104 Gore Hall. The free, public program is sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice.

This year's speaker is Werner Fornos, president of the Population Institute in Washington, D.C., who lectures on population issues throughout the world, including extensive presentations in China. He has addressed nearly every major international population forum since the 1974 World Population Conference in Bucharest, including the 1984 International Conference on Population in Mexico City and the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. He is an elected member of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and is the United Nations representative to the International Council on the Management of Population Programs.

Fornos makes frequent national television and radio appearances and contributes newspaper and magazine articles that have been published in newspapers and periodicals such as the Washington Post, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Houston Chronicle and Atlanta Journal and Constitution. He is author of Gaining People, Losing Ground and has been named one of the world's 100 most influential persons in development and environment by the New York based Earth Times newspaper for the third consecutive year. Also, he has been presented with the Humanist of the Year Award by the American Humanist Society; the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of Maryland University College; and the Order of Merit, the highest distinction granted by the German government to a non-German citizen in recognition of humanitarian service.

Elizabeth Pattison, a former graduate of UD's bachelor's and master's programs in sociology, established in 1994 the Hellen-Pattison Endowment for the Study of Population. Named in honor of her late sister, Ann Hellen, and her late husband, Dexter Pattison, the endowment has sponsored an annual lecture on population and has supported a summer research grant for a graduate student wishing to conduct an investigation of a topic associated with population studies.

For information, call 831-8232.

The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) will offer a series of lunchtime workshops for employees this spring on how to manage conflict, money and anger and how to care for older family members.

"How Do You React to Conflict? Recognizing Your Conflict Management Style" will be presented from noon-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, in 130 General Services Building, facilitated by Patricia Porter, FSAP.
This session is a repeat of a workshop offered last fall. Recognizing that people respond differently to conflict means learning how to identify one's own conflict management style to better deal with situations in one's professional and personal life.
"Fiscal Fitness" will be held from noon-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, in 130 General Services Building, facilitated by Linus Campbell, director of education, Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS). Participants will learn how to be "money wise" by setting financial goals, creating a budget, and identifying strategies to manage money. CCCS is a free community service designed to help individuals set and reach financial goals.
"Caregiving: Planning and Services for Older Persons" offered from noon-1:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, in 130 General Services Building, will be facilitated by Karen Michel, senior administrator, Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities. This overview of the issues involved with the care of older family members is critical to understanding the key elements for future planning and dealing with legal, financial and psychosocial issues. Information will assist in identifying services available for caregivers and their loved ones.
"I'm So ANGRY I Can See Red" will be presented from noon-1:30 p.m., Thursday, April 26, in 130 General Services Building, facilitated by Donna Tuites and Patricia Porter, FSAP. This workshop will help participants learn what triggers their anger buttons, how to identify new coping strategies to help them handle their own and other people's anger, and learn to use anger in an effective, nondestructive way.

To register for any of these workshops or for more information, contact Julie Skeen at 831-2414 or by e-mail at [jskeen @udel.edu]. Participants are encouraged to bring their lunches; beverages and dessert are provided.

In addition to these workshops, a recovery support group for employees dealing with substance abuse problems, led by Tuites meets at noon, Wednesdays, in 110 General Services Building. For more information about the group, call Tuites at 831-2414.

FSAP also is considering forming two other lunchtime support groups--one for parents of teenagers, led by Yvonne Nass, Child Inc., and one on women and self esteem, led by Tuites and Porter. Call 831-2414 if you are interested in either group.

Pieces of Quilt, a musical production about the Names Project will be presented at 7 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, Feb. 9-10 and 16-17; and at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 11, and Saturday, 17, in the Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student Center. The show will give audience members a glimpse into the experiences of relatives and friends who have lost a loved one from of the A.I.D.S. virus.

Senior theatre production major Rachel Newman directs a cast of 12 in this musical comedy-drama. The Names Project is providing Harrington Theatre Arts Company (HTAC) with several quilt panels, which will be displayed, and AIDS Delaware is providing volunteers as well as educational materials.

Tickets, at the door, are $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students. Donations (monetary or nonperishable food items) for AIDS Delaware will be accepted at the door.

For information, call 831-2206.

The Delaware Water Resources Center's (DWRC) Student Research Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m.-noon, Friday, Feb. 9, in the Multipurpose Room at the Trabant University Center.

DWRC graduate fellows and undergraduate interns will present their research on water-related topics through talks and poster sessions at the public conference. Research topics include wetlands, nutrients, land use, watersheds, water quantity and quality.

One of the goals of DWRC is to provide training and education for future leaders in water science, policy and management by providing funding to support undergraduate internships and graduate fellowships.

The conference is open to all interested individuals, and pre-registration is not required. However, it is requested that those planning to attend the conference contact either Lucille Short at 831-1392 or send e-mail to Cynthia Greene at [cgreene@udel.edu] so the office can make appropriate plans.

The University of Delaware will sponsor two February performances of the play Ben Carson, M.D., which is based on a best -selling book about the life of the famed African-American pediatric neurosurgeon.

Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, in the auditorium of Caesar Rodney High School, and at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, in Mitchell Hall in Newark.

Advance tickets for the Caesar Rodney High School performance are $5 for adults, $3 for children 12 and younger. There will be an additional charge of $2 per ticket for those purchased at the door the evening of the shows. Tickets for the Mitchell Hall performance are $10 for adults, $8 for UD faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens, and $6 for students and children.

Ben Carson, M.D. is being staged in cooperation with the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts in Maryland, and both performances are sponsored by Bayhealth Medical Center.

The play is based on the autobiographical book Gifted Hands, which tells the story of Carson's life from his childhood in inner city Detroit to his life-saving work as a world-renowned neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

The play has received the approval of Carson, who delivered the 2000 spring commencement address at UD. A critic in The Baltimore Sun, wrote, "The benefit to those who see the play will be the enrichment that comes from witnessing how perseverance can lead to greatness."

The Sun added that the play "serves as an invaluable teaching tool during a time when too many youths want for motivation and direction."

An ensemble cast of five actors bring more than 40 characters to life in the play, which The Sun writer said chronicles a host of timely issues "from the detrimental role of television and peer pressure to urban violence."

Carson himself said he hopes the play "inspires young people to do something for themselves."

For information or to purchase tickets to the show at Caesar Rodney High School, call 855-1620 or 735-8200. For the Mitchell Hall show, call ?831-2204.

William Cane (the pen name of Michael Christian), the author of The Art of Kissing, The Book of Kisses, The Art of Hugging and The Art of Kissing Book of Questions and Answers, will be the featured speaker at a free, public program on Freaky Friday, beginning at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 16, in the Multipurpose Room of the Trabant University Center.

During the evening, comedian Kivi Rogers will be host and the hip-hop group, Sankofa, will perform. Photo buttons, horoscopes on a computer program and a chocolate-dipping food booth will be available.

Cane's multimedia presentation on The Art of Kissing is an entertaining mix of discussion and demonstration. Topics include the psychology of kissing, how to avoid kissing diseases, methods of making yourself more kissable to the opposite sex, intimate kisses, advice on where men and women like to be kissed best (based on the first Internet kissing survey), bizarre kissing customs from around the world, the newest fads in French kissing and instruction for today's trendiest kisses.

Cane has appeared on more than 100 television and radio programs, and his research has appeared in such publications as Glamour, Mademoiselle, Seventeen, Elle, The Washington Post and The Chicago Tribune. His books have been translated into 18 languages.

For more information, visit the web site at [www.kissing.com].

Freaky Friday is sponsored by the Student Centers Programming Advisory Board, the Cultural Programming Advisory Board, the Resident Student Association, the Black Student Union, the Hispanic Organization of Latin Americans and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Student Union.

William Owen, organist and choirmaster at Christ Church in Greenville since 1983, will present a recital at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, at Bayard Sharp Hall, as part of the Jefferson Organ Inaugural Series 200-2001.

The program includes Ofertoire from Premier Livre di Pièces d'Orgue by Jean-Francois Dandrieu, Partita on Jesu meine Freude, LV2 by Johann Gottfried Walther and Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach.

A graduate of Bowdoin College with highest honors in music, Owen received a master of music degree from Yale University and also attended Harvard University. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Vienna State Academy of Music where he studied with Anton Heiller. Before coming to Christ Church, he served as a research assistant to Aaron Copland and was soloist with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra in a historic performance of Copland's Symphony for Organ and Orchestra with the composer conducting. He also is the founder and music director of Chorale Delaware.

Tickets for the Feb. 23 concert are $10 and may be purchased at the Bob Carpenter Center and Trabant University Center box offices. For information, call UD 1-HENS. Tickets also are available through Tlicketmaster at 984-2000, and a convenience charge will apply.

The University community is invited to the spring semester of "Bach's Lunch," a series of free, public presentations and musical programs from 12:10-12:50 p.m., on select Tuesday and Wednesdays, from Feb. 14 to May 16, at Bayard Sharp Hall, celebrating the building's restoration and the installation of the Jefferson Music Gallery.

Those attending may bring their own lunches or purchase items from a Blue and Gold Club food cart outside Bayard Sharp Hall. Seating is limited and will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

The spring series includes:

Hooray for Love! Wednesday, Feb.14 (Valentine's Day), with baritone Patrick Evans and jazz pianist Michael Arenson, both music, performing tunes by Gershwin, Berlin, Kern, Porter, Rodgers and Hart and Sondheim;
Readings from American Poet Robert Frost, Tuesday, Feb. 20, by William Leach and Susan Sweeney, Professional Theatre Training Program, including "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Mending the Wall," "After Apple-Picking," "Take Something Like a Star," "The Silken Tent," "The Most of It" and others, including the poet's dialog poems, "The Death of the Hired Man" and "Home Burial";
Sviraj: Balkan Jam, Wednesday, Feb. 21, with Danilo Yanich, urban affairs and public policy, and R. E. Lopatic and Lenny Tepsich, playing lively music from the Balkans;
A Dynamic Duo, Wednesday, March 7, with students Lauren Robinson, horn, and Erica Eklund, bassoon, accompanied by Nicole Clouser, piano, performing a program of chamber music;
Fantastic & Fabulous Flutes, Wednesday, March 14, featuring the UD Flute Choir;
A Party on J.S. Bach's 316th Birthday, Wednesday, March 21, featuring the Jefferson Organ and UD music faculty members;
Guest composer, soprano Deborah Kavasch, Wednesday, April 4, from the faculty of California State University at Stanislaus, and a descendant of Bach, renowned for her expertise in the area of extended vocal techniques (supported by grants from the Faculty Senate Cultural Activities and Public Events Committee, the Office of Women's Affairs and Meet the Composer);
Familiar Relations: The du Ponts and the University of Delaware, Tuesday, April 10, with Delaware historian Carol Hoffecker, Richards Professor of History, talking about UD's unique relationship with members of the du Pont family, based on her book of the same name. The book was commissioned and published by UD in connection with the 200th anniversary of the family's arrival in America. Signed copies will be available for purchase.
Collegium Musicum: French and Italian Tastes, Wednesday, April 18, featuring UD's Baroque Chamber Ensemble, playing a sampling of music from the French and Italian Baroque on period instruments;
UD Opera Workshop Students, Wednesday, April 25, in scenes from the spring production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, with pianist Nicole Clouser;
Piano Fest!, Wednesday, May 2, with UD students Elaina Denney, Jenny Ellis, Danielle Ingram, Amber Kavanagh and Roberta Watts, performing works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart on Bayard Sharp Hall's historic Steinway piano;
String Fest!, Wednesday, May 9, with UD string faculty and students performing Felix Mendelssohn's The Octet, written when he was 16 for a double string quartet; and
Rites of Spring, Wednesday, May 16, featuring UD faculty and students performing a variety of music for the season.

For information on the series, call the Office of Public Relations at 831-2791.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, Feb. 9, for a concert with 3 Doors Down and special guests Fuel and Oleander, scheduled at 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, at The Bob.

Tickets–at $25 for the general public and $20 for UD students (limit four per ID)–will be on sale at The Bob and the Trabant University Center box offices in Newark, as well as at Ticketmaster outlets and by phone at (302) 984-2000 or (215) 336-2000, where a convenience charge will apply.

The concert is being presented by UD's Student Centers Programming Advisory Board.

3 Doors Down, a five-man rock band with a beefy sound and explosive dynamics, is now on one of the season's hottest tours, including sold-out shows in Philadelphia and New York. Named "Favorite New Artist (Pop/Rock)" at the American Music Awards, the band is up for a Grammy this month for best rock song for "Kryptonite," which already has won two Billboard Music Awards for Rock Track of the Year and Modern Rock Track of the Year.

"Kryptonite," the No. 1 charting single on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for 41 consecutive weeks, kicks off the band's debut album, The Better Life, which has sold more than 4 million copies, making it the 11th best-selling record of the year 2000. The group's latest single, "Duck & Run," was the top most added song at mainstream rock and active rock radio stations when it came out last month.

Hailing from Escatawpa, Miss., the band includes vocalist Brad Arnold, guitarist Matt Roberts, bassist Todd Harrell, guitarist Chris Henderson and drummer Richard Lyles.

"It's a rock 'n' roll band, straight up," Harrell says. "It's not really alternative or metal or anything–it's rock 'n' roll."

Fuel, the Harrisburg, Pa., based band, burst on the scene with the runaway hit "Shimmer," from its debut album, Sunburn, which went platinum. For its next step, the band recorded "Walk the Sky" for the "Godzilla" soundtrack and played large festivals throughout the country with everyone from the Foo Fighters to Green Day.

The band's second CD, Something Like Human, blends lyrical musings with explosive rhythms and what the Boston Herald called "crunching power chords and high-drama vocals." Last fall, the single from that album, Hemorrhage (In My Hands), was the top modern rock track for radio program directors across the country for eight straight weeks.

Members of the band are Brett Scallions, lead vocals and guitar; Carl Bell, guitar, vocals; Jeff Abercrombie, bass; and Kevin Miller, drums.

Oleander, an alternative pop band from Sacramento, Calif., has a new album, Unwind, that will be released in March. The band includes Thomas Flowers, vocals, guitar; Ric Ivanisevich, guitar; Doug Eldridge, bass; and Scott Devours, drums.

Vol. 20, No. 10

Feb. 8, 2001

Vol. 20, No. 10

Feb. 8, 2001

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