UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 10, Page 4
November 2, 1995
Up and coming
Lifelong learners to exhibit artwork
Forty members of the University's Academy of Lifelong Learning
will exhibit paintings and sculpture in a fall exhibit scheduled from
Monday through Friday, Nov. 6-10, in Arsht Hall on the Wilmington
Campus.
The free public exhibition will be on display from 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., daily, and parking is free.
The Academy of Lifelong Learning was established in 1980 to
provide opportunities for the continuing education of students of
retirement age. Many members also serve as instructors.
For more information, call 573-4417.
Hen Zone offers comedy, music
Comedy, musical acts and a theatre production are just a few of
the events that will be presented in November at the Hen Zone.
Free events, with doors opening at 8 p.m. and performances at
8:30 p.m., include Nero in concert, Tuesday, Nov. 2; stand-up comedy,
Tuesday, Nov. 28; and Mythril in concert, Thursday, Nov. 30.
Also in the Hen Zone, the Bacchus Players will present the
classic musical The Fantasticks at 8:15 p.m., Friday and Saturday,
Nov. 10-11, and again on Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 16-18. Ticket
prices are $5 for students, $8 for UD faculty and staff and $10 for
the general public.
For more information on Hen Zone activities, call the Hen Zone
hotline at 831-6694.
Play reading set in Perkins Nov. 15
The University will present a free, public reading of the new
play A House for Fools by Mary Rose Callaghan at 7:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, Nov. 15, in the Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student
Center.
Presented for the English Alumni Night and sponsored by the
Department of English, A House of Fools presents the tensions in a
mother-daughter relationship. The cast will consist of current and
emeritus faculty, a department alumnus and professional actors.
James Cunningham, associate professor of theatre at UD, is
directing, and Joy Schweizer is producing.
The author, Mary Rose Callaghan, is currently one of Ireland's
most significant writers. She has written three novels, Mothers,
Confessions of a Prodigal Daughter and The Awkward Girl, and a murder
mystery for young adults. She also is a contributing editor of The
Journal of Irish Literature.
For more information, contact the Department of English at 831-
1974.
Immigration topic of Nov. 14 talk
"Immigration: Should We Close the Door?" is the topic of a free,
public talk by Mark Miller, political science and international
relations, scheduled for 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Arsht Hall on
the University's Wilmington Campus.
Miller is an internationally recognized authority on immigration
and an editor of the International Migration Review.
The lecture is part of the College of Arts and Science outreach
series on "Issues at the End of the Millennium." Another talk,
"Whither Russia?" by David Shearer, associate professor of history,
will be presented Dec. 5.
'Belmont Salon' on Friday evening
"The Belmont Salon" a free, formal public presentation of
research and other works by University students, will be held at 7
p.m., Friday, Nov. 3, in the Ray Street C main lounge.
This year's program will feature a martial artist, scientific
researchers and visual artists.
Lavender series lecture on Nov. 8
Performer and musicologist Philip Brett will be the next speaker
in the Lavender Scholar lecture series.
Brett, professor of music and chairman of the music department at
the University of California, Riverside, will discuss "Piano Four-
Hands: Schubert and the Performance of Gay Male Desire" at 7 p.m.,
Wednesday, Nov. 8, in Room 130 of Smith Hall. The program is free and
open to the public.
Born in England, Brett studied at Cambridge, becoming a fellow
and dean of King's College, before going to the University of
California at Berkeley, where he taught for many years. He is the
general editor of The Byrd Edition, the new collection of the
composer's works now approaching its 16th volume.
As a performer, he won a Noah Greenberg Award in 1980 with his
productions of Monteverdi's Orfeo and Peri's Eurydice, and a Grammy
nomination in 1991 for a recording of Handel's Susanna, with his
University of California at Berkeley Chamber Chorus and the
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.
In 1977, he published the first article to examine the
implications of Benjamin Britten's homosexuality for the composition
of the opera Peter Grimes, an area he also examined in a Cambridge
Opera Handbook on the opera. In 1988, he initiated the Gay & Lesbian
Study Group of the American Musicological Society, and he helped found
the conference and publication series, Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the
Performative in 1993. He co-edited the first collection of lesbian and
gay musicology, Queering the Pitch, which appeared early last year.
Presented by the Lavender Scholars, a group of lesbian and gay
male faculty, staff and graduate students at UD, the lecture series is
sponsored by the University Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural
Activities and Public Events, the colleges of Education and Urban
Affairs and Public Policy and the offices of Residence Life and
Affirmative Action and Multicultural Programs, the Black American
Studies and Women's Studies programs and the departments of Economics,
English, History, Music and Philosophy.
For more information, contact Kristen Miller at 831-8703.
ADD programs on Nov. 12 and 13
Daniel Amen, M.D., a nationally recognized expert in the field of
attention deficit disorder (ADD), will present two public lectures and
a day-long clinical seminar at the University on Sunday and Monday,
Nov. 12 and 13, in Clayton Hall.
Amen will present a lecture, "Windows into the ADD Mind," about
the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit disorder, at noon and
again at 5 p.m. on Nov. 12. The first session is especially
appropriate for young adults and their families. Both lectures will
include a presentation of Amen's ground-breaking research on brain
scans and ADD.
"A Clinician's Guide to Understanding and Treating Attention
Deficit Disorder" is the topic of Amen's seminar, scheduled to begin
at 8:30 a.m., Nov. 13. Designed for medical professionals, counselors,
teachers, therapists and others who deal with ADD, the seminar will
address current clinical and research issues regarding the disorder.
Amen will be drawing extensively from his own practice in his
discussion and also will present his research on the use of brain
imaging as a means of aiding clinical practice.
Amen is a board-certified child, adolescent and adult
psychiatrist and medical director of the ADD Clinic in Fairfield,
Calif.
He has evaluated and treated more than 2,500 patients with ADD.
His books include Windows Into the ADD Mind: A Teenager's Guide to
ADD, New Skills for Frazzled Parents and Don't Shoot Yourself in the
Foot.
Tickets for the Nov. 12 lectures are $5 for students and $10 for
the general public.
Tickets for the Nov. 13 seminar for professionals are $95 (if
received before Nov. 1) and $105 (after Nov. 1). There is an
additional $30 charge for an accompanying workbook. The session for
professionals includes a continental breakfast, lunch and two coffee
breaks.
The programs are sponsored by the College of Arts and Science and
its Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories, in cooperation with
the National Science Foundation.
For information call 651-6830.
Series on diversity continues Nov. 3
Two sessions remain in the series of free public teleconferences,
entitled "Putting the Pieces of Diversity Together," is scheduled
through February.
These include:
* "Multicultural Education: Valuing Diversity in the
Classroom," 1-3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 3, in Room 006 Willard
Hall Education Building; and
* "Global Education: Bringing the World into the Classroom," 1-
3 p.m., Friday, Feb. 23, in Pearson Hall auditorium.
Dedicated to the late Barbara Rexwinkel, who was director of
housing assignment services, the programs are sponsored by the Campus
Diversity Unit of the Commission to Promote Racial and Cultural
Diversity, the centers for Intercultural Teacher Education and
Teaching Effectiveness and the offices of Student Life, Dean of
Students and International Programs and Special Sessions.
The series is free and open to the public. Parking is available
in the pay-to-park lot (#57) on Academy Street for all programs,
except the Nov. 3 session in the Willard Hall Education Building. On
that date, parking will be in lot (#17) on Main Street.
Persons with disabilities may request accommodations by calling
831-2835 (voice), 831-4552 (TDD) or 831-2063 (fax).