NEWS RELEASE

Office of External Communications

Houston, TX 77204-5017 Fax: 713.743.8199

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 21, 2005

Contact: Contact: Mike Emery
713.743.8186 (office)
713.415.6551 (pager)
pemery@uh.edu

NEW DATES SET FOR UH EVENTS POSTPONED BY HURRICANE RITA

The following University of Houston events have been rescheduled as a result of Hurricane Rita:
urban landscapes/ephemeral markets – This exhibition in the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture’s Building Archives will open at 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29. For details, call 713-743-2400.

“Arms and the Man” – The UH School of Theatre’s season opener set for Sept. 30 will now premiere at 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7. The play will also be performed at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8; 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 9; 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 14 and 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 15. All performances will be held in UH’s Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre. For more details, call 713-743-2929 or visit http://www.hfac.uh.edu/theatre/.

Moores School of Music’s Symphony Orchestra- A symphony concert scheduled for Sept. 30 will now be performed Friday, Oct. 28, in the Moores Opera House. For more information, call 713-743-3313.

Dolores Huerta Lecture – This lecture that was set for Thursday, Sept. 22, will be rescheduled on a date to be determined. For more information, call 713-743-3109.

“Sonic Boomers” – This event is part of the Houston Alumni Organization’s “Learning and Latte” speaker series. It was originally scheduled for Sept. 22 and will now be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 6 in UH Athletics/Alumni Center. For more details, call 713-743-0828.

Inprint Brown Reading Series – The readings scheduled for Sept. 26 at the Hobby Center will be rescheduled for a later date.

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