UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 20, Page 4
February 16, 1995
Up and coming
Dance and jazz in joint concert
Members of the Delaware Dance Company will join members of the
University's Faculty and Staff Jazz Ensemble at 8 p.m., Friday, March
3, in a performance at the Community Cultural Center of Cecil
Community College in North East, Md.
Together, the two groups will present a program featuring tunes
from the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Tori Amos, Enya and an updated version
of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.
Tickets are $5 per person. For information, call (410) 837-1037.
History lectures to begin Feb. 23
A new lecture series on European and world history will open at
the University with a presentation by Anthony Grafton, professor of
history at Princeton University.
Grafton, one of the leading intellectual historians of early
modern Europe in the United States, will speak on "Astrology in
Renaissance Thought" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23, in 125 Clayton
Hall.
Grafton has written a number of books on the rise of humanism and
the development of scholarship in the Renaissance, including Defenders
of the Text: The Traditions of Scholarship in an Age of Science, 1450-
1800, Forgers and Critics: Creativity and Duplicity in Western
Scholarship, Joseph Scaliger and New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power
of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery.
Presented by the Department of History, and funded in part by
alumni David Warnock and Deirdre Bosley and the University Faculty
Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events, the lecture
series is free and open to the public. For further information, call
831-8413.
Rachelle Ferrell in concert on Feb. 25
Rachelle Ferrell, described as "the jazz/pop discovery of the
decade" with a six and half octave range, will appear in concert at 8
p.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, in Mitchell Hall. Special guest Miles Jaye
also will appear.
Ferrell sings rhythm and blues, pop, jazz and funk, from a sultry
low register to soaring heights. She also is a songwriter/composer
whose album, Rachelle Ferrell, features several of her own
compositions.
Ferrell began singing professionally at the age of 13. By her mid-
teens, she was in so many choruses and choirs that her mother gave her
the keys to the car. Because it was a struggle to find an always
available accompanist, she asked her father to buy her a piano. He
said he would when she learned to play professionally. Six months
later, she had learned and gotten herself a booking and the piano from
her father. She also is a classically trained violinist and a graduate
of the Berklee School of Music.
Tickets are on sale at the box offices of Perkins Student Center
and the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark and Haneef's Bookstore in
Wilmington. Cost is $20 for the general public, $15 for University of
Delaware students and $25 at the door.
For additional information, call 831-2991.
Chapel Street sets anniversary show
The Chapel Street Players are celebrating the 60th season of
theatre in Newark. The next production is the comedy, Dearly Departed,
which focuses on a family patriarch who appears briefly in the first
scene and dies.
Several University personalities will be making cameo
appearances. The first "guest corpse" is Harold "Tubby" Raymond, head
football coach, at 8:15 p.m., March 3, opening night.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens and $5 for
students. Call 368-2248 for information.
Nursing college holds book fair
The College of Nursing will sponsor a fair featuring books on
health and related topics from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 28, in
Room 222 of McDowell Hall. Audiovisual material and software also will
be on display.
The fair is a regional event, serving the Delaware, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Maryland area. Representatives from a variety of
publishers are planning to attend and set up displays. Anyone
interested is invited to attend.
For further information, call 831-4162.
Authors to read writings in series
The Department of English will sponsor a series of creative
writing readings in February and March on the Newark campus.
The free public series opens at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23, in 110
Memorial Hall with Tongues Untied: An Intersection of Latino/a Voice
featuring Juan Felipe Herrera, Elban Sanchez and Willie Perdomo.
On Tuesday, March 7, George Owens, Delaware '78, will read from
his novel The Judas Pool. The reading begins at 7:30 p.m. in 124
Memorial Hall.
On Wednesday, March 8, British Nigerian writer Bucchi Emecheta
will present a reading, In Celebration of International Women's Day,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center.
The series concludes on Monday, March 20, with Irish poets James
Simmons and Janice Fitzpatrick, who will read from their works at 7:30
p.m. in 124 Memorial Hall.
For more information, call 831-1974.
Hen Zone to host the EarthTONES
The EarthTONES, a five-member rhythm and blues group of singers
and songwriters, will be featured in a free, public concert at the Hen
Zone at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26. Several University a cappella
groups will open for the EarthTONES, who will take the stage at 8:30
p.m.
The group was formed in Calgary, Alberta, in 1992 and have
presented more than 300 shows throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Lunch and Learn programs at noon
The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program offers "Lunch and Learn"
programs twice a month to University employees, designed to assist
individuals in maintaining a healthy lifestyle physically, mentally
and emotionally.
All of the free workshops are held from noon-1 p.m. in the
Perkins Student Center. Participants are encouraged to bring a brown
bag lunch. Beverages will be provided.
Registration is required. For information or to register, call
Darlene Sharp at 831-8308.
"Shopping Healthy," offered by Marianne Carter, nutrition and
dietetics, to educate participants on how to shop healthy and be an
educated consumer, is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 22, in the Collins
Room. Registration deadline is Feb. 20.
"Stepparenting," which explores the real world of blended
families, will be presented by Yvonne Nass, parent education
coordinator, Child Inc., on Wednesday, March 8, in the Kirkwood Room.
Registration deadline is March 6.
Faculty soprano in Loudis hall
Soprano Marie Robinson, accompanied by pianist Julie Nishimura,
will present a faculty recital at 3 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 19, in the
Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
The program will include Porgi amor by Mozart, selections from
Les nuits d'ete by Berlioz, an aria from Weber's Der Freischutz, a
leider by Richard Strauss and works by Robert Starer and Aaron
Copland.
Robinson is an associate professor of voice at the University.
She earned her doctorate in music from Florida State University.