Calendar of Events November 2-19

Lectures
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2 Thursday
"Amazons in Vinland." Kirsten Wolf, University of Manitoba. 7:30 p.m.
Reading Room, Levis Faculty Center. The third installment in the Die
Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft Golden Jubilee Lecture Series, which
commemorates the 50th anniversary year. Germanic Languages and Literatures.

3 Friday
"Swimming Against the Tide: Women Workers in the 1980s and 1990s." Francine
Blau, Cornell University. Lunch 11:45 a.m.; speaker 12:15 p.m. Latzer Hall,
University YMCA. Friday Forum.

4 Saturday
"Introduction to Yan Xin Qigong: Lecture-Practice." Hao Wang, UI, speaker.
4-6 p.m. Orchard Downs Community Center. Family Housing.

7 Tuesday
"The Billion Dollar Campaign, the University of the Future." B.A. Nugent,
UI. Lunch 11:55 a.m.; speaker 12:15 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know
Your University.

9 Thursday
"Hate Speech: Affirmation or Contradiction of Freedom of Expression?"
Kathleen E. Mahoney, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 4 p.m. Rowe
Auditorium, Law Building. College of Law.

10 Friday
"The Challenge of the Global Economy to Labor." Dave Ranney, UI. Lunch
11:45 a.m.; speaker 12:15 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

12 Sunday
"Black Magic." Wendell Williams, UI. 3 p.m. World Heritage Museum. Examples
of the use of 'black' by artists and craftspeople from antiquity to the
present day. World Heritage Museum Guild.

14 Tuesday
"LAS Resources, 1993-2000, and Its Extensions: A Progress Report on the
Protection and Enhancement of the Heart of the University." Jesse Delia,
UI. Lunch 11:55 a.m.; speaker 12:15 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know
Your University.

15 Wednesday
"Roman Athens: The Transformation Into an Imperial City." Michael Hoff,
University of Nebraska. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum auditorium.
Archaeological Institute of America, Classics and Krannert Art Museum.

"The Music of a Nation: Attempts to Define 'Germanness' in Music of the
18th, 19th and 20th Centuries." Pamela Potter, UI. 8 p.m. 1201 Music
Building. Music.

16 Thursday
"Electronic Empathy: Encounters With Interactive and Digital Art." Margaret
Morse, University of California, Santa Cruz. 8 p.m. Beckman Institute
auditorium. MillerComm.

17 Friday
"Organized Labor Movement in the U.S.: Confronting the 21st Century."
Roberta Lynch, AFSCME Council 31, Chicago. Lunch 11:45 a.m.; speaker 12:15
p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

"Exotic Objects of the Cosmos: Neutron Stars and Black Holes." Frederick
Lamb, UI. 7:30 p.m. 141 Loomis Lab. Astrophysics.

18 Saturday
"No Escape From Black Holes." Ed Seidel, UI. 10:15-11:30 a.m. 141 Loomis
Lab. Physics Honors Program.


Colloquia
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3 Friday
"Parallelization Is a Lot More Complicated Than Detecting Parallelism."
William Pugh, University of Maryland, College Park.
11 a.m. B2 Computer and Systems Research Laboratory. Computational Science
and Engineering, Computer Science and National Center for Supercomputing
Applications.

"Cell-Wall Molecular Biology and Signaling." Phil Robbins, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Noon. Medical Sciences Building auditorium.
Biochemistry.

"Home Media: Culture Hiding in Plain View." David W. Plath, UI. Noon. 101
International Studies Building. East Asian and Pacific Studies.

"What Has Science Brought to the Elite Athlete's Table?" Gary Winckler, UI.
Noon. 130 Freer Hall. Kinesiology.

"The Resolution of a Hartmanis Conjecture." Jin-Yi Cai, State University of
New York, Buffalo.
 2 p.m. 2240 Digital Computer Lab. Computer Science.

6 Monday
"Introduction: What Survey Respondents Need to Do to Answer a Question."
Diane O'Rourke, UI. Noon. 166 Commerce West. First in a series of four
Monday seminars introducing the newest developments in questionnaire design
based on recent research on cognitive processes. Survey Research
Laboratory.

"Appropriateness of Somaclonal Variation and Alien Species for the
Development of Disease-Resistant Wheat." Steve Leath, North Carolina State
University. 4 p.m. W-115 Turner Hall. Plant Pathology.

"Debatable Performances: The Staging of Contemporary Feminist Theory."
Amanda Anderson, Natasha Levinson and Joseph Valente, UI. 8 p.m. Levis
Faculty Center. Criticism and Interpretive Theory.

7 Tuesday
"A Fugue for Two Parts in Conjunction With the Anniversary of the October
Revolution: An Investigation of Musical Terms in the Poetry of Boris
Pasternak." Boris Katz, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building.
Russian and East European Center.

"Developments in the Monte Carlo Method for Radiative Heat Transfer in
Participating Media." John R. Howell, University of Texas, Austin. 4 p.m.
218 Mechanical Engineering Building. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

"Knots and Links in Three-Dimensional Dynamics." Philip Holmes, Princeton
University. 4 p.m. 314 Altgeld Hall. Mathematics.

8 Wednesday
"Bodily Risks/Spiritual Risks: Contrasting Discourses on Pregnancy in an
East African Community." Denise Roth, UI. 12:15-1:30 p.m. 356A Medical
Sciences Building. College of Medicine.

"The Cold Facts About Frozen Vegetables." Barbara Klein, UI. 4 p.m. 150
Animal Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.

10 Friday
"Faculty and Graduate Students' Attitudes About Mentoring." Robert Sprague,
UI. Noon. 130 Freer Hall. Kinesiology.

"The Potential Role of Flexibility in Chaperonin-Assisted Protein Folding."
Paul M. Horowitz, University of Texas, San Antonio. Noon. Medical Sciences
Building auditorium. Biochemistry.

"Metaphysics, Method and the Mouth: Some Philosophical Morals of Speech
Perception." J.D. Trout, Loyola University, Chicago. 3 p.m. 223 Gregory
Hall. Philosophy.

13 Monday
"How White People Became White: The Case of New Immigrant Workers." Jim
Barrett, UI. Noon. Afro-American Studies and Research Program, 1201 W.
Nevada St., Urbana. Afro-American Studies and Research Program.

"Improving the Reporting of Behavior: Counting and Estimation, Dating
Errors, Use of Proxy Reporters." Noon. 166 Commerce West. Seymour Sudman,
UI, speaker. Second in a series of four Monday seminars. Survey Research
Laboratory.

"Biocontrol of Soybean Seedling Diseases." Guo-Yun Yu, UI. 4 p.m. W-115
Turner Hall. Plant Pathology.

15 Wednesday
"Turning 50 - A Sharing." Bea Nettles, UI. A signing of the author's new
book. Noon. Women's Studies, 911 S. Sixth St., Champaign. Women's Studies.

"Healing Spirits: Possession as Treatment in a Multi-ethnic Community,
Tanzania." Denise Roth, UI. 12:15-1:30 p.m. 177 Medical Sciences Building.
College of Medicine.

"Is Ethnicity an Independent Predictor of Obesity? Evidence From Nutrition
and Epidemiology." Amy Luke, Loyola University, Chicago. 4 p.m. 150 Animal
Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.

16 Thursday
"ONSTAGE: Twentieth-Century Stage Designs by Africian-American Artists."
Kathy A. Perkins, UI. Noon. Center for Advanced Study, 912 W. Illinois St.,
Urbana. Center for Advanced Study.

17 Friday
"Structure of a Heptameric Transmembrane Pore at 1.9 � Resolution." J. Eric
Gouaux, University of Chicago. Noon. Medical Sciences Building auditorium.
Biochemistry.

"Rare Gas Constraints on Hydrogeologic Processes." Tom Torgersen,
University of Connecticut. 4 p.m. 228 Natural History Building. Geology.

Theater
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2 Thursday
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. In the second part of this Pulitzer
Prize-winning cycle, three families in eastern Kentucky continue their
violent and avaricious ways, as the land and its people are ravaged by the
coal industry. Recommended for mature audiences. Admission charge. Illinois
Repertory Theater.

3 Friday
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

4 Saturday
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

8 Wednesday
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part I." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize,
this sweeping epic is told in nine separate plays. In this first of two
productions, an Irish immigrant begins a legacy of violence and greed,
affecting his family into the Civil War years. Recommended for mature
audiences. Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

9 Thursday
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

10 Friday
"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 8 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. A mysterious
situation arises in a small Italian town: a husband and his mother-in-law
both claim the other is mad, and the neighbors become obsessed with
discovering which of them is right. Admission charge. Illinois Repertory
Theater.

"The Kentucky Cycle, Part I." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

11 Saturday
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part I." Tom Mitchell, director.
2 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 8 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. Admission charge.
Illinois Repertory Theater.

12 Sunday
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
3 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

15 Wednesday
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
3 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

16 Thursday
"Sesame Street Live! Let's Play School." 7 p.m. Assembly Hall. An imaginary
day of school on Sesame Street. Professor Grover gives his Muppet students
the assignment of show and tell. Admission charge.

"The Kentucky Cycle, Part I." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

17 Friday
"Sesame Street Live! Let's Play School." 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Assembly
Hall. Admission charge.

Reduced Shakespeare Company: "The Complete History of America (abridged)."
8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. From Washington to
Watergate, from New World to New World Order, the three-member  Reduced
Shakespeare Company takes you on a roller-coaster ride through the glorious
quagmire that is American history with satire and slapstick. Admission
charge.

"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 8 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. Admission charge.
Illinois Repertory Theater.

"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

18 Saturday
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part I." Tom Mitchell, director.
2 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

"Sesame Street Live! Let's Play School."
7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.
"The Kentucky Cycle, Part II." Tom Mitchell, director.
8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Recommended for mature audiences.
Admission charge. Illinois Repertory Theater.

Reduced Shakespeare Company: "The Complete History of America (abridged)."
8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 8 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. Admission charge.
Illinois Repertory Theater.

19 Sunday
"Sesame Street Live! Let's Play School."
1 and 4:30 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

"Right You Are (If You Think You Are)." Paula Plum, guest director. 3 p.m.
Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. By Luigi Pirandello. Admission charge.
Illinois Repertory Theater.

Music
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2 Thursday
Christos Tsitsaros, piano.
8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. The faculty recital features
works by Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy and Tsitsaros. Admission charge.

Graduate Recital. Irina Muresanu, violin.
8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

4 Saturday
UI Trumpet Symposium Concert. 7 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano.
8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. This performer's voice has
made her a favorite of audiences in a 20-year career that spans the world's
major opera stages, television performances, and recordings of operatic and
musical theater masterpieces. Admission charge.

MPAACT. 9 p.m. Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union. Jazz fusion at its best.
Admission charge. Illini Union Board.

5 Sunday
UI Women's Glee Club. Joe Grant, conductor. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall,
Krannert Center. The concert features Four Songs, Op. 17, by Johannes
Brahms, performed with horns and harp, plus a set of spirituals and works
of Bach. Admission charge.

The Songs of Franz Schubert. 3 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. A
song-recital series (1990-1997) featuring singers from the UI School of
Music and John Wustman, piano.

Graduate Recital. Alexandru Dumitrache, cello. 8 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

6 Monday
Composers' Forum: Concert/Discussion. William Heiles, UI, piano. Music
Building auditorium.

7 Tuesday
School of Music Centennial Student Convocation.
11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

Showcase Concert. Emanuel Vardi, coordinator. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall. Solo and chamber music performed by UI School of Music students.

8 Wednesday
Interval: Lively Arts and Lunch. Jennifer Rose. Noon. Lobby, Krannert
Center.  Accompanying herself on guitar or dulcimer, Rose brings a clear,
sweet soprano voice to Appalachian folk music, western ballads and other
songs. Intermezzo begins serving lunch at 11 a.m.

UI Chamber Orchestra. Don V Moses, conductor.
8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With Julianne Cross,
soprano, and Raymond Lin and James Balmer, graduate student conductors. The
concert program includes Symphony No. 5 by Franz Schubert and "Of" by
Donnacha Dennehy. Admission charge.

9 Thursday
Junior Recital. Barry Cohen, tenor. 11:30 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

UI Trombone Choir, Ensemble, and Chorale. Elliot Chasanov, conductor, and
Chris Nigrelli and Steve Wilson, guest conductors.
8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. A program of original works
and transcriptions for small and large trombone ensembles, featuring a
performance of Fritz Velke's "Fantasia" with soloist Barry Hearn, winner of
the 1995 Fall Trombone Solo Competition. Admission charge.

Faculty Recital. Alexander Murray, early flutes, and Kenneth Drake, fortepiano.
8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

Undergraduate Recital. Daniel Moffett and Scott Wilson, saxophone. 8 p.m.
Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

10 Friday
Graduate Recital. Rachel Portnoy, mezzo-soprano.
7 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

Faculty Recital. Kenneth Drake, fortepiano. 8 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith
Hall. All-Mozart program.

Midwest Composers Symposium. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center.
Featuring young composers from the UI, Indiana University, Oberlin
Conservatory of Music, the University of Michigan and the University of
Iowa. Concert includes performances by the UI Symphony Orchestra, UI Jazz
Band and UI New Music Ensemble. Admission charge.

11 Saturday
Midwest Composers Symposium. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center.
Concert features solos and small ensembles from the participating schools.
Admission charge.

12 Sunday
Guest Artist Recital. Taimur Sullivan, Prism Saxophone Quartet. 1 p.m.
Music Building auditorium.

Second Sunday Concert: UI Graduate String Quartet.
2 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Juliette Mihai and Ioana Missits, violin; John
Peskey, viola; and Alexandru Dumitrache, cello.  Simulcast on sponsoring
station WILL-FM (90.9).

Piano Laboratory Program Recitals. Reid Alexander, coordinator. 2 and 3:30
p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

UI Jazz Trombone Ensemble. Peter Madsen, leader. 3 p.m. Recital Hall,
Smith Hall. Jazz standards and original works arranged for five trombones
and rhythm section.

The Ahn Trio. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Three sisters
who share a gift of musical virtuosity perform trios by Joseph Haydn,
Charles Ives and Antonin Dvorak. Ticket price includes light refreshments.
Admission charge. Sunday Salon.

Music Education Senior Recital. Adam Schneblin and David Carroll, tuba. 4
p.m. Music Building auditorium.

UI Concert Choir. Chester Alwes, conductor. 7 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith
Hall. Music of Henry Purcell, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the
end of World War II.

Undergraduate Recital. Casey Robards, piano. 7 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

14 Tuesday
Voice Division Recital.
11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

Guest Artist Recital. University of Northern Iowa Brass Quintet. 8 p.m.
Music Building auditorium.

Doctor of Musical Arts Project Recital. Annie Picard, soprano. 8 p.m.
Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

15 Wednesday
UI Symphonic Band. James F. Keene, conductor, and Frederick Fennell, guest
conductor. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Fennell conducts
works with which he has been closely associated over the years, including
"Toccata Marziale" by Vaughan Williams, Suite in E-flat by Gustav Holst,
Music for a Festival by Gordon Jacob, and movements from Symphony on Themes
of John Philip Sousa. Admission charge.

16 Thursday
School of Music Centennial Convocation. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. A
convocation of faculty, students, alumni and friends of the UI School of
Music in honor of the school's 100th anniversary.

Dan Laurin, recorder. With the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble. 8 p.m.
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Laurin performs with one of
Scandinavia's leading period instrument groups. Admission charge. Prelude:
7 p.m. Tyron Festival Theater foyer, Krannert Center. Dan Laurin offers
commentary on the evening's program along with a look at various kinds of
recorders.

Composers' Forum: Concert/Discussion. Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet.
8 p.m. Music Building auditorium.

Choral Conducting Recital. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Students of Joe
Grant.

Doctor of Musical Arts Project Recital. Annie Picard, soprano. 8 p.m.
Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

17 Friday
Sinfonia da Camera. Ian Hobson, director. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall,
Krannert Center. With Gil Shaham, violin, and Debra Richtmeyer, alto
saxophone. Shaham performs Antonin Dvorak's Violin Concerto. Also on the
program is Concerto for Alto Saxophone by David Ott and Symphony No. 97 in
C major by Joseph Haydn. Admission charge. Student Performance Project:
String Ensemble From The Young Artists' Studio of Terrine Gomez. 7:30 p.m.
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Audrey Wen, Christine Hsieh, Julie
Kaufman, Christie Park, Eric Hsieh, John Liaw, Nathan Wells, Sarah Baxter,
Thayer Preece, Kirsten Melby-Thompson, Christopher Tsay  and Jeremy Hobson.

18 Saturday
Graduate Recital. Gerhard Oetiker, cello. 2 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

Piano Chamber Music Recital. 5 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall. Students of
Claude Hobson and Susan Teicher.

Master of Music Accompanying Recital. Joseph Bognar, piano. 8 p.m. Recital
Hall, Smith Hall.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Leonard Slatkin, director and conductor. 8
p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. The St. Louis Symphony
performs "Whispers and Echoes" by Claude Baker, plus Bernstein's "Overture
to 'Candide' " and Edward William Elgar's Symphony No. 1. Admission charge.

19 Sunday
UI Clarinet Choir. Kathy Bullard, conductor. 2 p.m. Music Building
auditorium. With guest artist Rosemary Williams, horn.

UI Chorale and UI Trombone Ensemble. Fred Stoltzfus and Elliot Chasanov,
conductors. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Program will
include Renaissance and Romantic choral works, as well as compositions for
trombone. ensemble. Admission charge.

UI Russian Folk Orchestra. Maria Schwartz, conductor. 3 p.m. Tryon Festival
Theater, Krannert Center. A longstanding and popular campus group continues
its tradition of performing Russian classical and folk music on authentic
Russian instruments. Admission charge.

Opera
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3 Friday
"Suor Angelica" and "Gianni Schicchi." Kurt Klippstatter, conductor, and
Bruce Donnell, director.
8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. A master at probing
emotional depths, Giacomo Puccini shows us two different glimpses of the
human condition, moving from the heartbreak and sorrow of "Suor Angelica"
(sung in Italian with English surtitles) to a light and comic look at greed
in "Gianni Schicchi" (sung in English). Admission charge. Illinois Opera
Theater.

4 Saturday
"Suor Angelica" and "Gianni Schicchi." Kurt Klippstatter, conductor, and
Bruce Donnell, director.
8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. Illinois
Opera Theater.

11 Saturday
"Suor Angelica" and "Gianni Schicchi." Kurt Klippstatter, conductor, and
Bruce Donnell, director.
8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. Illinois
Opera Theater.

12 Sunday
"Suor Angelica" and "Gianni Schicchi." Kurt Klippstatter, conductor, and
Bruce Donnell, director.
3 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. Illinois
Opera Theater.

Sports
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3 Friday
Women's Swimming and Diving. UI vs. Pennsylvania State University and
University of California.
7 p.m. IMPE indoor pool.

Women's Tennis, Illinois Midwest Regional Invitational. 9 a.m. Atkins
Tennis Center.

4 Saturday
Women's Swimming and Diving. UI vs. Pennsylvania State University and
University of California.
7 p.m. IMPE indoor pool.

Women's Tennis, Illinois Midwest Regional Invitational. 9 a.m. Atkins
Tennis Center.

5 Sunday
Women's Tennis, Illinois Midwest Regional Invitational. 9 a.m. Atkins
Tennis Center.

10 Friday
Women's Swimming and Diving. UI vs. Southern Illinois University. 5, 6:15
and 7:30 p.m. IMPE indoor pool. Diving competition begins at 3 p.m.

11 Saturday
Women's Swimming and Diving. UI vs. University of Cincinnati and Northern
Illinois University. 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. IMPE indoor pool. Diving competition
will be held at 1 p.m.

Women's Volleyball. UI vs. University of Iowa.
7:30 p.m. Huff Hall. Admission charge.

12 Sunday
Women's Swimming and Diving. UI vs. University of Missouri and University
of Kansas. 9 a.m. IMPE indoor pool.

13 Monday
Women's Basketball. UI vs. Hungary (Exhibition). 7:30 p.m. Huff Hall.
Admission charge.

14 Tuesday
Men's Basketball. UI vs. Australian National Team (Exhibition). 7 p.m.
Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

17 Friday
Women's Volleyball. UI vs. University of Minnesota. 7:30 p.m. Huff Hall.
Admission charge.

18 Saturday
Football. UI vs. University of Minnesota. 4-H Day. 1 p.m. Memorial Stadium.
Admission charge.

Women's Volleyball. UI vs. University of Wisconsin. 7:30 p.m. Huff Hall.
Admission charge.

et cetera
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2 Thursday
Library Online Catalog Workshop: "Advanced: Using Commands." 4-5 p.m. 289
Undergraduate Library. For more information, call Marcy Joncich, 333-1900.
Library.

International Coffee Hour. 7:30 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club, 307 E. John St.,
Champaign. An informal hour. For more information, contact Andrea Shields,
367-3079. Cosmopolitan Club.

3 Friday
Sherlock Holmes Society Meeting. 7 p.m. University YMCA. The story for the
month is "The Six Napoleons." Free food and movie. For more information,
call 328-1399. The Sherlock Holmes Society.

Jimmy Dore, comedian.
9 p.m. Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union. Admission charge. Illini Union Board.

4 Saturday
Chris Cringle Craft Show. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Assembly Hall. More than 140
exhibitors from throughout Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana will be on hand
for the 16th year of this event. Admission charge. Assembly Hall and
Illinois Heartland Decorative Artists.

5 Sunday
Chris Cringle Craft Show. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.
Assembly Hall and Illinois Heartland Decorative Artists.

Library Online Catalog Workshop: "Introductory: Using Interface Menus."
4-5 p.m. 289 Undergraduate Library. Runs weekly Sunday through Wednesday.
For more information, call Marcy Joncich, 333-1900. Library.

Library IBIS Workshop: "Finding Reference to Articles in Journals and
Magazines." 5-6 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. 289 Undergraduate Library. Runs weekly
Sunday through Thursday. For more information, call Marcy Joncich,
333-1900. Library.

Library IBIS Workshop: "Finding Reference to Articles in Journals and
Magazines." 7-8 p.m. 289 Undergraduate Library. Runs weekly Sunday through
Tuesday. For more information, call Marcy Joncich, 333-1900. Library.

8 Wednesday
"The Full Circle Effect: Addressing Racism and Prejudice." 9 a.m.-noon.
Third floor, Levis Faculty Center. Registration required; call 333-8342.
Human Resources Development.

Poetry reading and signing. 4 p.m. Author's Corner, second floor, Illini
Union Bookstore. Anita Feng will read from "Internal Strategies," a poetic
narrative of an immigrant born in Bejing at the outset of Communist rule.
Illini Union Bookstore.

9 Thursday
"Verbal Judo." 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Third floor, Levis Faculty Center.
Registration required; call 333-8342. Human Resources Development.

Library Online Catalog Workshop: "Advanced: Using Commands." 4-5 p.m. 289
Undergraduate Library. For more information, call Marcy Joncich, 333-1900.
Library.

Book signing. 7:30 p.m. Author's Corner, second floor, Illini Union
Bookstore. Muriel Scheinman, UI, will give a slide show and autograph
copies of her book, "A Guide to Art at the University of Illinois." Illini
Union Bookstore.

International Coffee Hour: Southern India. 7:30 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club, 307
E. John St., Champaign. South Indian desserts and music. For more
information, contact Andrea Shields, 367-3079. Cosmopolitan Club.

12 Sunday
International Dinner Series: The Caribbean.
6 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club, 307 E. John St., Champaign. Taste a variety of
tropical island delights and hear a selection of music indigenous to the
islands. For more information and to make reservations, contact Andrea
Shields, 367-3079. Cosmopolitan Club.

14 Tuesday
"How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes of Supervisors." 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Third
floor, Levis Faculty Center. Registration required; call 333-8342. Human
Resources Development.

Israel Travel-Adventure. 6:30 p.m. Illini Rooms, Illini Union. After a
dinner of typical Israeli food, see Israel's religious sites and meet its
fascinating people. For more information and to make reservations, contact
the Illini Union Ticket Office, 333-3660 or 333-1262. Illini Union
Faculty-Staff Social Committee.

15 Wednesday
Israel Travel-Adventure. 6:30 p.m. Illini Rooms, Illini Union. After a
dinner of typical Israeli food, see Israel's religious sites and meet its
fascinating people. For more information and to make reservations, contact
the Illini Union Ticket Office, 333-3660 or 333-1262. Illini Union
Faculty-Staff Social Committee.

16 Thursday
International Coffee Hour. 7:30 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club, 307 E. John St.,
Champaign. The Cosmo Club's resident entomologist, Joe Sullivan, will lead
a discussion about honey and honey bees. For more information, contact
Andrea Shields, 367-3079. Cosmopolitan Club.

17 Friday
Book signing. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. Author's Corner, second floor,
Illini Union Bookstore. Scott Mutter will autograph copies of his book,
"Surrational Images." Illini Union Bookstore.

Introductory Lectures and Panel Discussion for "Art as Signal" exhibit.
1 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.

Krannert Art Museum Student Association Art Auction. 5-7:30 p.m. Link
Gallery, Krannert Art Museum. A silent auction to raise funds for the
Krannert Art Museum Student Association, which assists KAM with funding for
visiting artists and promotes the artistic talent of UI students. Krannert
Art Museum Student Association.

19 Sunday
International Dinner Series: Thanksgiving Dinner. 6 p.m. Cosmopolitan Club,
307 E. John St., Champaign. The menu will include traditional items such as
turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and desserts. Volunteers
are needed to cook, sell tickets and perform other work for the dinner. All
proceeds will be donated to charity. For more information and to make
reservations, contact Andrea Shields, 367-3079. Cosmopolitan Club.

Exhibits
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"History of State Water Survey"
Through Nov. 30.
Mueller Exhibit Case, east foyer, Library.
"John Philip Sousa"
Through Nov. 30.
Rare Book and Special Collections, Library.
"Latin America in the World Economy"
Through Nov. 30.
Main corridor, Library.
"Military Land Grants, Famous Names and Partisan Politics, 1780s to 1840s:
The Richard Clough Anderson Collection"
Through Nov. 30.
Illinois Historical Survey, Room 346, Library.

"Post-War Works of Art by Alexandra Pragel"
Illini Union Art Gallery. Open daily 7 a.m.-10 p.m.

"Scholarly Treasures of the Library of the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign"
Through Dec. 19.
"Trees Collection of European and American Paintings"
Ongoing.
"Spirit of Generosity: Works on Paper Gifted to Krannert Art Museum"
"Maria de' Medici Enters Amsterdam: Prints by Pieter Nolpe"
"Contemporary Art Series #5: Steven Hudson"
Through Nov. 5.
"Art as Signal: Inside the Loop"
"Contemporary Series #6: William Larson"
"Curious Collections: Hanging the Unexpected"
On view Nov. 17 through Jan. 21.
Public opening: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 17.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday,
Thursday-Saturday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday.

"Venture in Culture"
"Bound for Eternity"
"Beyond the Himalayas"
"Of Kings, Crusaders and Craftsmen"
"In Search of Ancient Egyptians"
"Parthenon U-C"
"From Alexander to Augustus"
World Heritage Museum. Fourth floor, Lincoln Hall. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday;
2-5 p.m. Sunday.

"Harvesting the Past"
"The Crockerland Expedition: Life in Arctic Greenland, 1913-1917"
Discovery Room, Museum of Natural History. Natural History Building. 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

Ongoing
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Altgeld Chime-Tower Tours
12:30-1 p.m. weekdays. Enter through 323 Altgeld Hall.

Beckman Institute Cafeteria
Open to the public. 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays.

Bevier Cafe
8:30-11 a.m. coffee and baked goods; 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. lunch.

Cerebral Cafe
Noon Wednesdays when classes are in session. Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union.
Bring your lunch and opinions. Ideas for topics welcome; call Illini Union
Program Department, 333-3660.

Illini Union Food Service
Courtyard Cafe:  7 a.m.-11:30 p.m. daily. Union Park: 7 a.m.-11:30 p.m.
daily. Ballroom:  11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. weekdays.

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Tours: 2:30 p.m. daily. Meet in the main lobby. Promenade gift shop: 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Intermezzo cafe: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays.

Library Tours
Self-guided audiocassettes of main and undergraduate libraries available at
the Information Desk, second floor of the main library or the Media Center
of the undergraduate library.

Open Invitation
5-7 p.m. Wednesdays. Levis Faculty Center. Cover charge for hors d'oeuvres.

Palette Cafe and Bookstore
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 8:30 a.m.-7:30
p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday; and 2-4:30 p.m. Sunday.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion.

Robert Allerton Park
Open 8 a.m. to dusk daily. "Allerton Legacy" exhibit at Visitors Center, 8
a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Garden tours: call 244-1035.

World Heritage Museum
Heritage Bazaar gift shop: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday;
Tours: First and third Sundays at 2:15 p.m. and by appointment for groups
of 10 or more.

Organizations
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Classified Employees Association
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. first Thursday monthly. Terry Jobin, Faculty-Staff
Assistance Program director, will speak Nov. 2.

Contra Dancing
8 p.m. Fridays, except second; second Saturday. Contact Robert Herendeen,
244-2137 or 352-8938, or e-mail herendee@illinois.edu for schedule.

Illini Folk Dance Society
7:30-10 p.m. Tuesday. Illini Union. Teaching dances first hour; beginners
welcome. Anne Martel, 398-6686.

Illini Glider Club
7:30 p.m. first Thursday monthly. 132 Bevier Hall. Prospective members
welcome. Information hot line: 355-6658.

Lifetime Fitness Program
Individual and group activities. 6-8:50 a.m. weekdays. Kinesiology, 333-8323.

PC User Group
7 p.m. third Wednesday monthly. 1310 Digital Computer Lab. Mark Zinzow,
244-1289, or David Harley, 333-5656.