UH EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – FEB.
9 - 22, 2004
MONDAY, Feb. 9
Richard Russo Readings
The Margarett Root Brown Houston Reading Series, co-sponsored
by Inprint and the University of Houston, continues with author
Richard Russo whom the New York Times called “the most expansive
of contemporary writers” and is regarded as the best writer
about small town America since Sinclair Lewis. Richard Russo Readings,
7:30 p.m., Feb 9. Cullen Performance Hall. Doors open at 6:45
p.m. Free for students and seniors. $5 general admission. Tickets
available only at the door on the night of the reading. 713-521-2026
or www.inprint-inc.org.
Opera: Miss Havisham’s Fire
Jilted at the altar 50 years earlier, the mad Miss Havisham lives
in her attic wearing her rotting wedding dress, hoping for the
return of her groom. Based on Dickens’ “Great Expectations”
and sung in English with surtitles. Miss Havisham’s Fire.
7:30 p.m., Feb 9. Edythe Bates Old/Moores Opera Center. Entrance
16 off Cullen Blvd. Reserved seating. Tickets $15, $10 students
and seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
TUESDAY, Feb. 10
Lecture: “The Voice of the
Other: Women’s Tales in Arabic Folklore in Israel”
The English Department at the University of Houston is sponsoring
this lecture with guest presenter Dr. Eli Yassif, Chair of the
Department of Hebrew Literature at the University of Tel-Aviv,
Israel. “The Voice of the Other: Women’s Tales in
Arabic Folklore in Israel.” 1 p.m., Feb. 10. Upstairs Lounge,
Main Chapel, A.D. Bruce Religion Center, Cullen Boulevard, Entrance
13. Free. 713-743-2962.
Blaffer Gallery: “Trespassing:
Houses x Artists”
“Trespassing: Houses x Artists” features designs of
houses imagined by nine contemporary artists in collaboration
with New York-based architecture firm, OpenOffice. The artists
were free to rethink the house as a spatial and social entity
and the projects are presented through a variety of strategies
including models, sketches, digital media and/or full-scale realization.
“Trespassing: Houses x Artists.” Exhibit runs through
Mar. 14. Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building. First Floor.
Gallery Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Friday; 1-5 p.m., Saturday
and Sunday. Closed Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
Blaffer Gallery: “Fraser
Stables: Solo Shoot”
“Fraser Stables: Solo Shoot” features single audio
dialogue synchronized with two different video projections reciting
the same story but at different moments in the narrative forcing
the viewer to piece together the narrative on his/her own. “Fraser
Stables: Solo Shoot.” Exhibit runs through Mar. 14. Blaffer
Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building. Second Floor. Gallery Hours:
10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Friday; 1-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.
Closed Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
Blaffer Gallery: “Inset”
“Inset” is the fifth in the museum’s Special
Projects series organized by Atopia Projects. Works commissioned
for this project respond to the challenge of engaging with or
intervening in existing institutional, social and cultural frameworks
and structures. “Inset.” Exhibit runs through Mar.
14. Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building. Second Floor. Gallery
Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Friday; 1-5 p.m., Saturday
and Sunday. Closed Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
Discussion: “Women and Buddhism”
The UH Friends of Women’s Studies present The Living Archives
2004 Series with a panel discussion titled, “Women and Buddhism”
featuring panelists Gaelyn Godwin, a teacher at the Houston Zen
Center, Anne Klein, professor of religion, Rice University, and
Kim-Lan Viola from the Vietnam Buddhist Center. Reception follows
discussion. “Women and Buddhism.” 7 p.m., Feb. 10.
Menil Collection, 1515 Sul Ross. Parking available in the Menil
lot on W. Alabama between Mulberry and Mandell. Free to members
of the Friends of Women’s Studies, $5 general public, $2
students. Limited seating, call for reservations. 713-743-3214.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11
Matters of the Heart Valentine’s
Gift Mart
The UH University Center Valentine’s Gift Mart is open to
all vendors and organizations – an opportunity to get your
name out and sell some wares. In addition, there will be a blood
drive in the UC Bayou City Room and Health Information Fair providing
health and relationship information booths. Matters of the Heart
Valentine’s Gift Mart, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Feb 11. University
Center Arbor, www.uh.edu/ucaf
or 713-743-5293.
Farfel Distinguished Lecture: “The
Creative Spirit as a Force for Humanism.”
Carlos Fuentes, Mexico’s most celebrated novelist and essayist,
is considered one of the greatest literary figures in the Spanish-speaking
world and will deliver the University of Houston annual Farfel
Distinguished Lecture this month. His presentation is titled “The
Creative Spirit as a Force for Humanism.” “The Creative
Spirit as a Force for Humanism,” Farfel Distinguished Lecture.
7 p.m., Feb. 11. Limited Seating. Free, but you must reserve a
ticket. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16, Parking lots 16B, 16C.
713-743-2255.
THURSDAY, Feb. 12
UH Poetry & Prose Readings
The spring season of Poetry and Prose gets underway with “Love
& Honors,” a juried reading of original love poetry
and prose by faculty and students of the UH Honors College. UH
Poetry & Prose Readings, 6 p.m., Feb. 12. M.D. Anderson Library,
Room 115A, 4800 Calhoun, Entrance 1. Free. 713-743-9755.
FRIDAY, Feb. 13
Theatre: Endgame
UH School of Theatre students perform existentialist Samuel Becket’s
beautiful, character-rich, “Endgame.” “Endgame”
8 p.m., Feb. 13, 14; 2 p.m., Feb. 15. Jose Quintero Lab Theatre,
Wortham Theatre Bldg., Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard. Free.
713-743-2929. www.uh.edu/theatre.
MONDAY, Feb. 16
A.I. Lack Music Master Series
Viola selections performed by acclaimed guest artist Karen Tuttle.
- A.I. Lack Music Master Series, 7 p.m., Feb. 16. Moores School
of Music, Dudley Recital Hall. Free. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
TUESDAY, Feb. 17
Winds of Texas Woodwind Quintet
Recital
Moores School of Music presents faculty and guest artists performing
works by Hindemith, Janacek and Mozart. Winds of Texas Woodwind
Quintet Recital, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 17. Moores Opera House, Entrance
16 off Cullen Boulevard. General Admission, $10, students/seniors
$5. 713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18
Faculty Recital: “Greatest
Piano Trios”
Emanuel Borok, Concertmaster, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, on violin;
David Tomatz, former Director, Moores School of Music on cello;
and Timothy Hestor on piano perform selections by Beethoven, Bloch
and Mendelssohn. “Greatest Piano Trios.” 7:30 p.m.,
Feb. 18. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard.
General Admission, $10, students/seniors $5. 713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
FRIDAY, Feb. 20
Theater: Noises Off
Go behind the scenes of what it’s like to put on a comedy
in the theatre. Hailed by critics, Michael Frayn’s farce
is guaranteed to make you laugh. Noises Off. 8 p.m., Feb. 20,
21, 27, 29; 2 p.m., Feb. 28. Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre. $13,
$6 students, $8 seniors, $10 faculty/staff/alumni. 713-743-2929.
Choral Artists: “Music for
a Cathedral”
The UH Choral Artists are a premiere graduate level Chamber Choir
of 26 advanced singers. Under the direction of Charles Hausmann,
they will perform choral selections at Trinity Episcopal Church.
“Music for a Cathedral.” 7:30 p.m., Feb. 20. Trinity
Episcopal Church, 3415 Main at Holcombe. 713-528-4100.
6th Annual Moores Jazz Festival
Texas Music Jazz Festival Project featuring Texas-based jazz musicians
in concert. 6th Annual Moores Jazz Festival, 7:30 p. m., Feb.
20. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard. General
Admission, $10, students/seniors $5. 713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
SATURDAY, Feb. 21
6th Annual Moores Jazz Festival
featuring Lew Soloff
Moores School of Music Jazz Orchestra and special guest Lew Soloff
(formerly with Maynard Ferguson and Blood, Sweat and Tears) in
concert performing selections by Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus,
Duke Ellington and more. - 6th Annual Moores Jazz Festival, 7:30
p. m., Feb. 21, Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard.
General Admission, $15, students/seniors $7. 713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
SUNDAY, Feb. 22
Choruses: “Songs of Love
and Passion”
The University of Houston Moores School of Music presents UH Choruses,
The Fort Bend Boys Choir, Langham Creek Girls Choir and the Strake
Jesuit Triple Trio performing “Songs of Love and Passion,”
an annual feast of choral music. “Songs of Love and Passion.”
3 p.m., Feb. 22. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard.
Free. 713-743-3313. www.uh.edu/music.
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