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| Vol. 17, No. 22 | March 5, 1998 |
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| Vol. 17, No. 22 | March 5, 1998 |
The UD Conflict Resolution Program of the Institute for Public Administration is offering two programs this spring-"Know How to Get the Right People to the Table," Monday, March 16, and "Great Saves: Keeping People at the Table When They Want to Walk Away," Monday, May 11.
Both free public programs will be held from 6-8 p.m. in Room 219 of the Trabant University Center. The sessions will offer tips and tools for handing difficult situations in mediations, facilitative meetings or problem-solving sessions.
"Know How to Get the Right People to the Table," facilitated by Kathleen Wian of the program, looks at who should be part of the problem-solving process and what to do when the right people don't show up or the wrong people do.
"Great Saves," facilitated by program director Marina Piscolish, discusses what do when people don't want to participate in the problem-solving process and begin to walk away in the middle of a heated session.
Registration is recommended, although walk-ins are welcome. For more information or to register, call Patricia Porter at 831-8128.
Comedy & music in the Hen Zone
Great comedy and the best in local bands can been seen in the Bacchus Theatre in the Hen Zone during March.Catch great comedy at 8:30 p.m., Tuesdays, March 10 and 17, with "Comedy Cabaret Stand-Up" nights, featuring two stand-up comics from the best area clubs.
Come back for more entertainment, at the same time and location, on "Band Night Thursdays."
The concerts feature the sounds of some of the most popular local bands. Main Street merchants will also be there offering free items. Scheduled bands include Spindrift, March 12; Caterpillar, March 19; and Burnt Sienna, March 26.
The Hen Zone is located on the lower level of the Perkins Student Center. Doors open at 8 p.m. with entertainment at 8:30 p.m.
For more information, call UD1-HENS.
See 'Salesman' on stage March 16
The After Dinner Readers' Theatre will present a staged reading of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 16, at the Chapel Street Theatre in Newark. The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the UD departments of English and theatre."Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman may be the best-known dramatic play in American literature. Critics place it in the select company of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire," Richard Davison, English, said.
The After Dinner Readers' Theatre is composed of both amateur and professional actors. For more information, call 831-1974.
Video film festival in Georgetown
The University of Delaware/Del Tech Parallel Program will present World Cinema IV, an international film festival being shown in VHS format, beginning Tuesday, March 24, with the large-screen showing of the 1972 subtitled film, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, directed by Werner Herzog.
The free public series will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesdays, in the auditorium of Carter Partnership Center on Route 18, Georgetown
Future films include: Last of the Mohicans, directed by Michael Mann and released in 1992, screened on March 31; the subtitled film, Danton, April 14; the Franco Zeffirelli film, Pagliacci, with subtitles, April 21; Seven Years in Tibet starring Brad Pitt, April 28; The Official Story, with subtitles, May 5; and the final film of the series, the 1965 Stanley Kubrick classic, Dr. Strangelove, May 12.
The series is sponsored by the University of Delaware's Liberal Studies Programs. For information, call 831-0803.
