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Events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from Feb. 21 through March 10

2/14/2002

lectures
22 Friday
"Do Banks Have a Future? Banking Crises Around the World." Morgan Lynge, UI. Lunch 11:45 a.m.; speaker 12:10 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

24 Sunday
"The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origins of Rabbinic Judaism and the Early Church." Adolfo Roitman, Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 7:30 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Drobny Interdisciplinary Program for the Study of Jewish Culture and Society; Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities; and Classics.

26 Tuesday
"ROTC Today." Allen B. Worley, UI. Lunch 11:55 a.m.; speaker 12:10 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your University.

28 Thursday
"Did Comparative Linguistics Prepare the Ground for the Holocaust?" Hans Henrich Hock, UI. Noon. Music room, Levis Faculty Center. Center for Advanced Study.
"Urban Landscapes and the Everyday." Walter Hood, University of California. 7 p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall. Landscape Architecture.

1 Friday
"Pentagon and Profit – Partners in Propaganda." Inger Stole, UI. Lunch 11:45 a.m.; speaker 12:10 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.
"Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy: Pragmatism and Adjudication." Richard A. Posner, University of Chicago Law School. 4 p.m. College of Law auditorium. Law, Philosophy and MillerComm.

5 Tuesday
"The Daily Illini, Inside and Out." Katherine Schwartz, UI. Lunch 11:55 a.m.; speaker 12:10 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Know Your University.

7 Thursday
"Aur Binnendifferenzierung des Weiblichen am Beispiel der Schwesterbeziehung." Gertrud Roesch, University of Leipzig. 7:30 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building. Germanic Languages and Literatures.
"Geographies of Gender: Britain in Black and White." Hazel Carby, Yale University. 7:30 p.m. Third floor, Levis Faculty Center. MillerComm, History, Women’s and Gender History Graduate Symposium Planning Council.

8 Friday
"Muslim Views on U.S. Foreign Policy." Badredine Arfi, UI. Lunch 11:45 a.m.; speaker 12:10 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. Friday Forum.

10 Sunday
"Touring Ancient Times in Contemporary Peru." Helaine Silverman, UI. 3 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Archaeological Institute of America, Classics and Krannert Art Museum.

colloquia
21 Thursday
"Custom Data Visualization Tools for Maya." Benjamin Grosser and Rob Gillespie, UI. Noon. 3269 Beckman Institute. Imaging Technology Group/Beckman Institute.
"Evangelical Movements, NGOs and Used Clothing: The Effects of Globalization on the Mayan Literacy Revitalization Movement in Guatemala." Mary Jo Holbrock, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

22 Friday
"Men of War and Wisdom: Plutarch’s Roman Aristocratic Ideal." Hans Beck, University of Cologne. 2 p.m. Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 Foreign Languages Building. Oldfather Lecture Series/Classics.
"Sitting at the Feet of Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Historic Theory: The Intellectual Life of a New Scholar." Lilie Albert, UI. Noon. 210A Education Building. Educational Research.

25 Monday
"Engaging With Difference via Mixed-Method Social Inquiry." Jennifer Greene, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Women and Gender in global Perspectives.
"Digital Geometry Processing." Peter Schröder, California Institute of Technology. 4 p.m. 1320 Digital Computer Lab. Computer Science.
"Mariners, Renegades and Castaways: C.L.R. James and the Radical Postcolonial Imagination." Cameron McCarthy, Fazal Rizvi and David Roediger, UI. 8 p.m. Levis Faculty Center. Criticism and Interpretive Theory.

27 Wednesday
" ‘Determined and Bigoted Feminists’ in the Glossies of the Teens and Twenties: Women, Magazines and Popular Modernism." Elizabeth Majerus, UI. Noon. Women’s Studies building, 911 S. Sixth St., Champaign. Women’s Studies.
Midweek Artspeak: "Painting." Jerry Savage, UI. Noon. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.
"Aviation Security Issues: A Mathematical Perspective." Sheldon Jacobson, UI. 4 p.m. 356 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.
"Exercise Immunology-Nutritional Countermeasures." David C. Nieman, Appalachian State University, Boone,
N.C. 4 p.m. 150 Animal Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.

28 Thursday
"Traveling Cultures, Flexible Identities and the Uses of International Education." Rizvi Fazal, UI. Noon. 242 Education building. Educational Research.
"How Effective are Private Schools in Latin America?" Patrick McEwan, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

4 Monday
"Embodying France as Political Criticism in Meiji Japan." Kevin Doak, UI. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. East Asian and Pacific Studies.
"Black Expatriates in Nkrumah’s Ghan." Kevin K. Gaines, University of Michigan. Noon-1:30 p.m. Second floor, Levis Faculty Center. Afro-American Studies and Research.
"Religion, Politics and Security in Central Asia." Shireen Hunter, Center for Strategic and International Studies. 3:30 p.m. 101 International Studies Building. Russian and East European Center.

5 Tuesday
"Security Protocols for Broadcast Communication." Adrian Perrig, University of California, Berkeley. 4 p.m. 2240 Digital Computer Lab. Computer Science.

6 Wednesday
"The Changing Role of Intelligence vs. Terrorism." James Marchio, United States Transportation Command’s Joint Intelligence Center. 4 p.m. 356 Armory Building. Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security.
"Metabolic and Trophic Effects of Glucagon-like Peptide-2 in the Neonatal Gut." Douglas G. Burrin, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston. 4 p.m. 150 Animal Sciences Lab. Nutritional Sciences.

8 Friday
"Black Revolt: Asian American Newspapers and the LA Riots." Michael Thornton, University of Wisconsin. 1-3 p.m. 210 Illini Union. Asian American Studies Program.
"Understanding Word Recognition in Cochlear Implants." Ted Meyer, Indiana University. 1-4 p.m. 150 Animal Sciences Lab. Pre-registration required; call 333-2230. John O’Neill Lecture/Speech and Hearing Science.

theater
21 Thursday
"Candida." Tom Mitchell, director. 8 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Bernard Shaw’s portrait of a marriage put to a test when a love-sick poet falls hopelessly for Candida, the parson’s wife. Admission charge.

22 Friday
"Candida." Tom Mitchell, director. 8 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Dessert and Conversation: 7 p.m. Krannert Room, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

23 Saturday
"Candida." Tom Mitchell, director. 8 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

28 Thursday
"Candida." Tom Mitchell, director. 8 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

1 Friday
"Candida." Tom Mitchell, director. 8 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

2 Saturday
"Candida." Tom Mitchell, director. 8 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

3 Sunday
"Candida." Tom Mitchell, director. 3 p.m. Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center. Dessert and Conversation: 2 p.m. Krannert Room, Krannert Center. Admission charge.

music
21 Thursday
Alexander String Quartet: The Complete String Quartets of Beethoven. 7 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. All 16 of Beethoven’s string quartets will be performed over a series of six performances beginning with this program, which features the string quartets Op. 18, No. 3; Op. 135; Op. 130 (alternate); and Op. 59, No. 2. Admission charge.
Music Education Senior Recital/Undergraduate Recital. Scott Beatty and Thomas Madeja, trumpet. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

22 Friday
Master of Music Recital. Christopher Mahieu, piano. 5:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
UI Chamber Orchestra. Chester Alwes, guest conductor. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. The program features important works from the orchestral repertoire. Admission charge. School of Music.
Undergraduate Recital. Heidi Radtke and Nicole Stevenson, saxophone. 8 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

23 Saturday
Alexander String Quartet: The Complete String Quartets of Beethoven. 10 a.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. The second of six performances features the string quartets Op. 18, No. 4; Op. 74; and Op. 59, No. 1. Admission charge.
Undergraduate Recital. Alex Rivera and Jessica Bayliss, euphonium. 2 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Senior Recital. Sarah Ballard, oboe. 4 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Undergraduate Recital. Chris Barnum and Chris Brown, euphonium. 8 p.m. Music Building auditorium.

24 Sunday
Undergraduate Recital. Tara Hays and Val Rocha, trumpet. 1 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Senior Recital. Brian Aron, piano. 2 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Illini Symphony. Jack Ranney, conductor. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Several School of Music ensembles join forces to present an unusual program of choral and orchestral works. Admission charge. School of Music.
UIUC Composers' Festival. Zack Browning and Stephen Taylor, co-directors. 3 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Browning and Taylor begin the festival by leading the UI New Music Ensemble in a program that includes works by faculty composers and music for instruments and electronics by guest composer Russell Pinkston, University of Texas. Additional concerts take place at Smith Memorial Hall. Admission charge. School of Music.
Concerto Urbano. Charlotte Mattax, director. 7 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Love songs of Henry Purcell and Matthew Locke.

25 Monday
UIUC Composers' Festival: Concert 2. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Zack Browning and Stephen Taylor, co-directors. With the UI New Music Ensemble. The program will feature recent compositions of student composers. School of Music.

26 Tuesday
Voice Division Recital. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
UIUC Composers' Festival: Concert 3. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Zack Browning and Stephen Taylor, co-directors. With the UI New Music Ensemble. The program will feature recent compositions of student composers. School of Music.

27 Wednesday
Master of Music Recital. Soohyun Yun, piano. 5 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
UIUC Composers' Festival: 21st Century Piano Commission Award Concert. Anthony Fuoco, piano, and Elizabeth Campbell, soprano. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Music by the winner of this year’s School of Music 21st Century Piano Commission Award, composer Kyongmee Choi, will be featured on this fourth and final concert of the festival. Admission charge. School of Music.

28 Thursday
Academy of Ancient Music. Christopher Hogwood, conductor. Robert Levin, fortepiano. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Pianist Levin illuminates an all-Mozart program by taking musical themes suggested by the audience and playing them Mozart-style. Admission charge.
Undergraduate Recital. Xin Ted Tian, violin. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Master of Music Recital. Peter Chou, trombone. 8 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

1 Friday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Lisa Kristina, soprano. 4:30 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Jazz Immersion: Cross-Cultural Directions in Jazz. Jason Finkelman, percussion. 7 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. A concert of free jazz explorations.
UI Wind Symphony and UI Symphonic Band I. James F. Keene and Thomas E. Caneva, conductors. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. The concert will feature these two ensembles from the Division of Bands. Admission charge. School of Music.
Junior Recital. Sarah Shreder, cello. 8 p.m. Music Building auditorium.

2 Saturday
Senior Recital. Michelle Molnor, violin. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Guest Artist Recital. Jean-Louis Haguenauer, Indiana University, piano. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Program will include etudes of Debussy and works of Dukas. School of Music.
The Stefon Harris Quartet. Stefon Harris, vibraphone.
8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Harris explores the rich potential of jazz composition and blazes new trails on the vibraphone. Admission charge.
Junior Recital. Jennifer Burns, viola. 8 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

3 Sunday
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Ruth Lenz, violin. 1 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Sinfonia da Camera. Fred Stoltzfus, conductor. 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With the UI Chorale and Oratorio Society. Choral and orchestral forces unite for music by Johann Sebastian Bach – the "St. John Passion." Admission charge.
Guest Artist Recital. John Mueller, University of Memphis, euphonium. 3 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Senior Recital. Thomas Parker, bassoon. 4 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Doctor of Musical Arts Recital. Jacqueline Ware, soprano. 5 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Junior Recital. Ken Windler, cello. 7 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

4 Monday
Kocian String Quartet. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Pavel Hula and Milos Cerny, violin; Zbynek Padourek, viola; and Vaclav Bernasek, violoncello.

5 Tuesday
Piano Division Recital. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Faculty Recital. Michael Ewald, trumpet. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. With Dana Robinson, organ; Ronald Romm, trumpet; and William Heiles, piano.

6 Wednesday
Kocian String Quartet. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Pavel Hula and Milos Cerny, violin; Zbynek Padourek, viola; and Vaclav Bernasek, violoncello.

7 Thursday
Junior Recital. David Husser, piano. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Graduate Woodwind Quintet. 6:30 p.m. Music Building auditorium. Theresa O’Hare, flute; Julie Meyer, oboe; Lisa Reams, clarinet; Michelle Swinney, bassoon; and Tony Licata, horn.
Faculty Recital. "The Violin-Cello." 8 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. Laurien Laufman, cello, with William Heiles, piano. A program of violin music played on the cello. Admission charge. School of Music.
Senior Recital. Scott Tomlinson, bass. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.

8 Friday
Kocian String Quartet. 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Pavel Hula and Milos Cerny, violin; Zbynek Padourek, viola; and Vaclav Bernasek, violoncello.
Ghanaian Ritual Drumming. 8 p.m. Music Building auditorium. Midawo Gideon Foli Alorwoyie and friends present an evening of ritual drumming and dancing from Ghana.

9 Saturday
Senior Recital. Margaret Plocher, soprano. 11:30 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Senior Recital. Margaret FioRito, violin. 2 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Music Education Senior Recital. Bethany Stewart, horn. 2 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.
Undergraduate Recital. Paul Carlson and Eric Weisseg, tuba. 2 p.m. Music Building auditorium.Senior Recital. Eurydice Han, piano. 5 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Master of Music Recital. Charles Lynch III, harp. 5 p.m. Music Building auditorium.
Senior Recital. Shanka La-Verne Falls, soprano. 7 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Undergraduate Recital. Rose Wollman, viola. 7 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

10 Sunday
Junior Recital. Justin White, trumpet. 11 a.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Second Sunday Concert. UI Graduate Brass Quintet. 2 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Steven Roberts and Malgorzata Wlodarska, trumpet; Lukasz Hodor, trombone; Gerald Wood, horn; and Joel White, tuba. Broadcast live on WILL-FM (90.9).
Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra. Steven Larsen, music director and conductor. 3 p.m. Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center. With The Chorale and Parkland Chorus. A centennial salute to Richard Rodgers. Admission charge.
Master of Music Recital. Julia Jamieson, harp. 4 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall.
Guest Artist Recital. Hugues Leclere, Nancy Conservatory of Music, France, piano. 7 p.m. Recital Hall, Smith Hall. Program will include works of Crumb, Cowell, Ives, Debussy, Ravel, Louvier and Chopin.
Undergraduate Recital. Megan Miller, viola. 8:30 p.m. Memorial Room, Smith Hall.

opera
23 Saturday
"The Tales of Hoffmann." Michel Singher, conductor, and Nicholas Di Virgilio, director. 8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Loosely based on three short stories by E.T.A. Hoffmann and set in a tavern where he is surrounded by students, friends and interested observers, the author weaves fantastic tales about three women he has loved. Sung in French with English surtitles. Admission charge. School of Music Opera Program.

24 Sunday
"The Tales of Hoffmann." Michel Singher, conductor, and Nicholas Di Virgilio, director. 3 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Sung in French with English surtitles. Admission charge. Libretto: 2 p.m. Krannert Room, Krannert Center. School of Music Opera Program.

dance
6 Wednesday
Bill T. Jones: "The Breathing Show." 8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. Creating a poetic response to life’s joys and struggles through the language of moving bodies. Admission charge.

7 Thursday
Studiodance I. 8 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. In addition to works by MFA degree candidates, faculty member Chris Aiken and his wife, choreographer Cathy Young, will present their duet "Cessate Di Piagarmi" ("Cease Wounding Me"). Admission charge. Department of Dance.

8 Friday
Studiodance I. 7 and 9 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. Department of Dance.

9 Saturday
Studiodance I. 7 and 9 p.m. Studio Theater, Krannert Center. Admission charge. Department of Dance.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Bill T. Jones, artistic director. 8 p.m. Tryon Festival Theater, Krannert Center. A selection of works from the company’s repertoire. Admission charge.

films
26 Tuesday
"Ballad of a Soldier." Grigorii Chukhrai, director. 7 p.m. 101 International Studies Building. Russian and East European Center.

27 Wednesday
"Hari Bhari." Shyam Benegal, director. 6:30 p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall. Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, and Urban and Regional Planning.

1 Friday
"Sa I gu: From Korean Women’s Perspectives." Noon. 209 Illini Union. Asian American Studies Program.
"Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India." 7:47 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. University YMCA.

5 Monday
"Down in the Delta." Kal Alston, moderator, UI. 3-5 p.m. Second floor, Levis Faculty Center. Afro-American Studies and Research.

6 Tuesday
International Documentary Film Series: "Kumekucha-From Sunup. Noon. 101 International Studies Building. Documents Tanzanian women’s daily lives. Asian Educational Media Service, African Studies, Russian and East European Center, Woman and Gender in Global Perspectives.
"Another America." Michael Cho, director. Noon. 209 Illini Union. Asian American Studies Program.
"Sherlock Jr." Buster Keaton, director. 4 p.m. 62 Krannert Art Museum. Part of the film series "Re-Make/Re-Model" presented by IPRH. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities.
"Slums of Beverly Hills." Tamara Jenkins, director. 6:30 p.m. Plym Auditorium, Temple Buell Hall. Women and Gender in Global Perspectives, and Urban and Regional Planning.

7 Wednesday
International Documentary Film Series: "Hell to Pay." Noon. 101 International Studies Building. An analysis of the international debt situation through the eyes of the women of Bolivia. Asian Educational Media Service, African Studies, Russian and East European Center, Woman and Gender in Global Perspectives.

sports
21 Thursday
Women’s Basketball. UI vs. Indiana University. 7 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

22 Friday
Illini Hockey. UI vs. Ferris State University. 7 p.m. UI Ice Arena. Admission charge.

26 Tuesday
Men’s Basketball. UI vs. Indiana University. 6 p.m. Assembly Hall. Admission charge.

et cetera
23 Saturday
Sushi Lessons. Walter Rhee, UI, instructor. Basic
10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; intermediate 3-5 p.m. 298 Bevier Hall. Pre-registration is required. Food Sciences and Human Nutrition.

25 Monday
Tour of the University Archives. Maynard Brichford, UI. 1-3:30 p.m. Horticulture Field Research Lab, 1707 S. Orchard St., Urbana. For more information send e-mail to debt34@msn.com. University of Wisconsin Alumni Club of East Central Illinois.

28 Thursday
Presentation and Book Signing. 3-4:30 p.m. ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. Winton U. Solberg, UI, will discuss his research regarding the university’s history and sign copies of his book, "The University of Illinois, 1894-1904: The Shaping of the University." R.S.V.P. Acceptances only by calling
333-5683 or send e-mail to j-graner@illinois.edu. University Library.
Reading group: "Women’s Ways of Activism: Black Women’s Contributions to the Black Freedom Movement." 6-8 p.m. Afro-American Studies, 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana. For more information, send e-mail to charring@illinois.edu or call 333-7781. Afro-American Studies and Research.

2 Saturday
Sushi Lessons. Walter Rhee, UI, instructor. Basic
10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; intermediate 3-5 p.m. 298 Bevier Hall. Pre-registration is required. Food Sciences and Human Nutrition.

4 Monday
"Painting in Venice." Collection in Context: A Survey of Western Art. Marcel Franciscono, UI. 10 a.m. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.
Panel discussion: "Sexual Abuse: Healing and Recovery Among African-American Women." 4-6 p.m. Music room, Levis Faculty Center. Imani Bazzell, Parkland College; Helen Neville and Anita Hund, UI. Afro-American Studies and Research.

6 Wednesday
Gallery presentation: "Authenticity." David O’Brien, UI. 5:30 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. Krannert Art Museum.

7 Thursday
Panel discussion: "Building Bridges: An Examination of Race Relations in the 21st Century." 4-6 p.m. Latzer Hall, University YMCA. George Yu, moderator, UI; Louis DeSipio and Sundiata Cha-Jua, UI; and Michael Thornton, University of Wisconsin. Reception to follow. For more information, send e-mail to sankaran@illinois.edu or call 265-6240. Asian American Studies Program.

8 Friday
82nd Annual Engineering Open House: "Free Your Mind." 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Kenney Gym Annex, 1402 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana. Bill Nye, the Science Guy, will speak from 12:30-1:30 p.m. both days on the Engineering Quad. Other highlights: the 15th annual W.J. "Jerry" Sanders Creative Design Competition; more than 150 exhibits; food and entertainment. Engineering Council students.
ACES Open House. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Stock Pavilion, 1402 W. Pennsylvania Ave.; Meat Science Laboratory, 1503 S. Maryland Ave.; Plant Sciences Laboratory, 1201 S. Dorner Drive; and ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. A unique, behind-the-scenes look at what goes on in some of the hundreds of labs, fields and greenhouses. Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

9 Saturday
ACES Open House. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Stock Pavilion, 1402 W. Pennsylvania Ave.; Meat Science Laboratory, 1503 S. Maryland Ave.; Plant Sciences Laboratory, 1201 S. Dorner Drive; and ACES Library, 1101 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana. Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.
82nd Annual Engineering Open House: "Free Your Mind." 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Kenney Gym Annex, 1402 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana. For more information, visit http://eoh.cen.uiuc.edu/eoh.cfm. Engineering Council students.

exhibits
"Black History: Spotlights of Political Change"
Government Documents Library, main hall wall cases.
"Chinese Presence in Cuba."
Latin American and Caribbean Library.
"Blacks in Chicago"
Main hall cases, Library.
"This Was Their Land: Native American Indians in the U.S."
Map and Geography Library.
"The Euro is Here"
Modern Languages and Linguistics Library.
"John Philip Sousa and the Star Spangled Banner"
Mueller case, east foyer, Library.
"Welcome Back Bears: The UI Bears Connection, 1920-2001"
University Archives.
Through Feb. 28.
"Lincoln: Greatest President, Least-Known First Lady?"
346 Library.
Through March 23.

School of Art and Design Faculty Art Exhibition
Through Feb. 24.
Featured Works: "Authenticity"
Through March 10.
"Seduction of Paint: Jerry Savage Painting, 1995-2001"
Through March 17.
Master of Fine Arts Exhibition.
On view March 9.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Admission to the museum is free; a donation of $3 is suggested.

@art gallery. Online exhibit of the UI School of Art and Design. www.art.uiuc.edu/@art.

World Heritage Museum. Closed. Will reopen as the new Spurlock Museum of World Cultures at a new location in 2002. www.spurlock.uiuc.edu

This calendar is excerpted from the Feb. 21 issue of Inside Illinois, the faculty-staff newspaper at the UI.