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Monday, February 10
Class: Visual Basic Introduction, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Acrobat, 1-3 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Colloquium: Invisible Effects and Unintended Consequences of EU Enlargement, noon-3 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies, Center for European Studies, Center for International and Comparative Law of the Law School, European Union Center and the William Davidson Institute.
Cooking Workshop: Hearty Winter Menu, 7-10 p.m., Michigan League Kitchen. Roast chicken, mashed potatoes, roast vegetables. Sponsored by Michigan League Programming Office, 763-4652. Registration and fee required.
Film Series: U-M-Dearborn Cultural Film Series, Gabbeh, 6:15 p.m., CASL Building, Room 1030. Sponsored by U-M-Dearborn, (313) 593-1902.
Lecture and Performance: Randall Faber, The ABC’s of Artistry, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Rackham Auditorium. In this lecture/performance presentation for music teachers, students and performers, Faber highlights key elements of expression that contribute to artistic performance. The concepts are illustrated through examples from the intermediate and advanced piano-teaching repertoire. Sponsored by the School of Music, Music Teachers National Association Student Chapter, 764-0594. Registration and fee required.
Lecture: John Perry, Is There Any Hope for Compatibilism?, 3-5 p.m., Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, 764-6285.
Lecture: Judith Leavitt, What Do Men Have to Do with It? Fathers and Childbirth in Mid-20th Century America, 4-5:30 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. What was the role of fathers during the births of their children in the mid-20th century, when childbirth was a highly medicalized, in-hospital experience for most American women? Leavitt will put men at the center of some significant changes in hospital practices during this period. Sponsored by the Science, Technology and Society Program, Program in Society and Medicine, the Center for the History of Medicine and the Department of History, 615-8482.
Lecture: Max Bond, 6 p.m., Art and Architecture Building, Room 2104. Sponsored by the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 764-1300.
Lecture: U-M “tries” World Performance Studies, 7 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1840. A trial staged by Glenda Dickerson. Sponsored by the International Institute’s Center for World Performance Studies, 936-2777.
Preseason Volleyball Tournament: The Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Preseason Volleyball Tournament will take entries 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Feb. 10-12 at the Intramural Sports Building (IMSB), 606 E. Hoover. Entry fee is $35 per team. A mandatory managers’ meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 13 at Cliff Keen Arena. The tournament is 10 a.m. Feb. 15-16 at the IMSB. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Recital: Saxophone Studio Recital, 7:30 p.m., Britton Recital Hall. Featuring the students of Donald Sinta. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Seminar: Opening Your Classroom to Multicultural Learning: How to Prepare Undergraduates Effectively for Diversity Content, 3-5 p.m., Michigan League, Michigan Room. Features Les Thornton, associate professor of education, U-M-Dearborn. Hear methods used by an experienced instructor of large multicultural education lecture classes at U-M. Sponsored by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, http://www.crlt.umich.edu 764-0505.

Tuesday, February 11
Book Club: Royal Shakespeare Company Book Club, “Coriolanus,” 7-8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library, Multi-purpose Room. U-M English Prof. Linda Gregerson will examine issues including the tensions between military and political culture, patriotism and popular esteem, exile and belonging, familial allegiance and the cult of heroism. Sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, 647-4418.
Class: PageMaker Intermediate, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Excel I, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Concert: University Symphony Orchestra, An Evening of World Premiere Performances, 8 p.m., Power Center. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Discussion: Research Responsibility Program, Howard Rush, Animal Subject Protections, 5-7 p.m., Towsley Center, Room G2314. Rush is director of the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine and associate professor of laboratory animal medicine in the Medical School. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, 763-1289.
Expo: Michigan Union Expo, 3-5 p.m., Michigan Union Ballroom. Highlighting the many amenities and services the Union has to offer for special events. In anticipation of its 100th anniversary, the Union will provide tours. Sponsored by the Michigan Union, 763-5911.
Fair: Cultural Fair, 12:30 p.m., Media Union Gallery. Experience cultures and sample foods from around the globe. Student groups will host the fair by sharing foods and traditions, and providing an opportunity for the University community to celebrate its diversity. Sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Education, College of Engineering, 647-7151. * MLK Symposium 2003 event.
Information Forum: Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) Information Forum for Administrators and Faculty, 10 a.m.-noon, Rackham Auditorium. The SEVIS Steering Committee invites administrators and faculty who work with international students and visitors to attend an information forum on the new SEVIS and other recent changes to immigration and visa regulations and procedures. Representatives from the International Center, MAIS, the General Counsel’s office and admitting offices will give an overview of federal law and regulations, outline changes in University processes to comply with these new reporting requirements and discuss the impact for students and visitors. Sponsored by the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, 764-8221.
Lecture: Kenneth Sims, Colonial Degradation or Post-Colonial Regeneration? Developing Tumilaca after Two Political Collapses, noon-1 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 2609. Sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 763-0553.
Lecture: Haiping Yan, Rhythms of the Unreal, noon, Institute for the Humanities, Osterman Common Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Lecture: Hai Ren, The Hong Kong Countdown and Public Time-Telling in China, noon-1 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Ren situates the countdown in a historical relationship between time-telling and media, and also traces the geneaology of the countdown to Daoism and Cold War politics. School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies, 764-6308.
Lecture: Susan Douglas, The Mommy Wars: How the Media Turn Motherhood into a “Cat Fight,” 3:30-5 p.m., Michigan Union, Pond Room. Douglas will explore how media images pit mothers against each other and reinforce an ideology of “intensive mothering,” characterized by unattainable standards of devotion and perfection no mother can meet. Sponsored by the Center for the Education of Women, 998-7080.
Lecture: Joseph Roach, One Among Several Factors: Performing the Great Hole of History, 4 p.m., Michigan League, Michigan Room. Sponsored by the International Institute’s Center for World Performance Studies, 936-2777.
Reading Group: Black History Month, “Rainbow Pages” reading group, featuring E. Lynn Harris’ “A Love of My Own: A Novel,” noon, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies (CAAS), Resource Center/Library. Sponsored by CAAS, 764-5517.
Workshop: Researching in Public Health, 5-7 p.m., School of Public Health II, Classroom A. Learn to search UM-MEDSEARCH, MIRLYN and other online literature searching tools pertinent to public health. Register to: phisa.training@umich.edu. Sponsored by Health Sciences Laboratories, 936-1391.

Wednesday, February 12
Art Video: Die Brucke: The Birth of Modern Art in Germany, 12:10 p.m., Museum of Art. Follows the rise of Die Brucke, one of the most celebrated schools of German modern art. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Book Release: Elizabeth Sears and Thelma Thomas, “Reading Medieval Images—The Art Historian and the Object,” 4:30-6:30 p.m., Shaman Drum Bookshop, 311-315 S. State St. Sponsored by University of Michigan Press, 763-0163.
Career Series: Job Seekers Network Part II: Launching Your Active Job Search, Resumes and Cover Letters, noon-1:30 p.m., Center for the Education of Women (CEW). Sponsored by CEW, 998-7080.
Class: Employee Orientation & Training: How to Make It More Successful, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: Thriving During Change, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: Access Introduction, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: PowerPoint I, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: WWW HTML Authoring Introduction, 1-5 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Self-Understanding for Better Communication, 1-5 p.m. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: Culinary School and Nutrition Education, Creative Cooking for Women’s Health, 6-8 p.m., East Ann Arbor Health Center Demonstration Kitchen. Healthful foods such as fish, soy, flax seeds, low fat dairy and citrus fruits can help prevent heart disease, birth defects, cancer and the common cold. Sponsored by M-Fit, 975-4387, ext. 236. Registration required.
Clothesline Project: 1-4 p.m., Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC), 715 N. University, Suite 202. The Clothesline Project is a visual display that calls attention to sexual violence. The project displays shirts designed by survivors of violence and families or friends of survivors. The shirts hang side-by-side to “Break the Silence” and to bear witness to sexual violence. Sponsored by SAPAC, 998-9368.
Colloquium: Ajay Skaria, Can There Be a Gandhi in the History of Ahimsa?, 4-6 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Program in the Comparative Study of Social Transformations, 936-1595.
Concert: Symphony Band, 8 p.m., Michigan Theater. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Exposition: School of Information ExpoSItion, 12:30-4 p.m., Media Union. Meet master’s and doctoral students interested in part-time or full-time jobs or internships. View their projects that demonstrate Java, e-commerce, community networking, usability, information management, archiving, databases, digital imaging, search and retrieval and more. Sponsored by the School of Information, 615-8294 or http://si.umich.edu/exposition 
Information Forum: SEVIS Information Forum for Administrators and Faculty, 7-9 p.m., Rackham Auditorium (see Feb. 11 description).
Lecture: Jitka Maleckova, Women and Nation on the Margins of Europe, noon, School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies and the Department of History, 647-4185.
Lecture: Paul Goldberger, Architecture, Museums and Authenticity, 5-7 p.m., Hutchins Hall, Room 100. As the Museum of Art plans for its own expansion, it looks at the history, meaning and emerging larger significance of museum architecture. Goldberger will address the aesthetic and social significance of recent museum architecture in a public lecture that will explore the context and meaning of such projects, their aspirations and their achievements. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Luncheon: 5th Annual MLK Luncheon & Discussion Series: Engineering Bioethics: Critical Issues that Govern the Process of Improving Our Lives, noon, Lurie Engineering Center, Room 1210. Advances made in the life sciences and, in particular, in bioengineering and biomedical engineering, are creating new possibilities, but also raise difficult ethical questions that previous generations of scientists and engineers have not had to address. This program will focus on some of the ethical questions involving cloning, stem cell research and related technical areas. Panelists and participants will discuss the development of guidelines for those working to develop and apply the new technologies. Sponsored by the College of Engineering, Tau Beta Pi, 647-7151. * MLK Symposium 2003 event.
Lecture: Eric Rabkin, Mars 103: The Evolution of Mars: A Cultural History, 7:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. How have our cultural imaginings about Mars changed as mankind’s scientific knowledge of Mars has changed? Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Music: Jazz Night, 8-10 p.m., Leonardo’s. An evening combining combos with jazz jam. Jazz combos entertain with standards, bebop and improv. Bring your instrument and join in or come to listen. Sponsored by Pierpont Commons Arts & Programs, 647-6838.
Seminar: Kristin Dunkle, Sex, Violence and a Retrovirus, 3-4 p.m., School of Public Health I, Room 3040. Sponsored by the Department of Epidemiology, 764-5436.
Seminar: Using Role Plays and Theatre in Teaching, 3-5 p.m., Michigan League, Koessler Room. Participants will learn several techniques that inspire students to examine topics from a variety of differing perspectives. Sponsored by Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, 764-0505.
Workshop: African American Heritage Month, Connecting the Past to the Present: A Relationship Workshop, noon-2 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, U-M-Flint. Explore the history of family and the development of relationships in the African American community. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.
Workshop: Successful Stepfamily Living, noon-1:30 p.m., Michigan Union, Wolverine Room. An interactive workshop focused on the challenges and rewards of stepfamily living. Discussion will include issues unique to stepfamilies, common pitfalls and tools for change. Co-sponsored by the Work/Life Resource Center, Center for the Education of Women, and Faculty & Staff Assistance Program, 936-8677.
Workshop: Creative Arts, Beginning Knitting, 6-8 p.m., Michigan League, Room 4. The workshop will teach the basics of knitting. Make something handmade for loved ones and friends or learn the skills to join U-M Knitwit, which makes hats for those in need. Sponsored by the Michigan League Programming Office, 763-4652. Fee required.

Thursday, February 13
Book Club: Royal Shakespeare Company Book Club, “Merry Wives of Windsor,” 7-8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library, Multi-purpose Room. U-M Theater and Drama faculty member John Neville-Andrews will lead participants in exploring how comedy, characters and plot of play are derived from class distinction, civility and incivility, money, insiders and outsiders, wealth and all its meanings, women’s revenge, acceptance and non-acceptance, amorous desire, cross-dressing and the obsession with wealth and money. Sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, 647-4418.
Class: Access Forms, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Dreamweaver I, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Next Steps: Fundamentals of Design Layout, 1-5 p.m. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Clothesline Project: 1-4 p.m., Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center (SAPAC), 715 N. University, Suite 202 (see Feb. 12 description).
Film: African American Heritage Month, Scattered Africa!, noon-2 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, U-M-Flint. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.
Lecture: Jeffrey Orringer, Cutaneous Laser Surgery and Cosmetic Dermatology, 10-11:30 a.m., Kellogg Eye Center, Auditorium. Sponsored by The Geriatrics Center, 998-9353. Registration required.
Lecture: Douglas Howland, The Sinking of the S.S. Kow-hsing: An Exercise in International Law and Diplomacy, noon, School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Japanese Studies, 764-6307.
Lecture: Royal Shakespeare Company Residency, Ashutosh Varshney, Focus on India, noon, William Davidson Institute. Sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, 647-4418.
Lecture: Carol Jacobsen, Challenging Women’s Criminalization. Art and Activism, noon-1:30 p.m., Lane Hall, Room 2239. Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 764-9537.
Lecture: Marjorie Perloff, The Futurist Movement Revisited, 4 p.m., Michigan League, Michigan Room. The “futurist movement” is the name Perloff gave to that period of ferment immediately before and after World War II when artists and writers in Europe and America sought new modes
Lecture: Black History Month, Patrick Williams, Educational Learning Styles of Children of Color, noon, Haven Hall, Room 4701. Sponsored by the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, 764-5517.
Lecture: Twila Tardif, Parallel Worlds of Different Words? Verbs and Nouns in Chinese and English, noon-1:30 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Chinese and English speakers differ in how they use two universal features of language: nouns and verbs. Specifically, Chinese speakers tend to use more verbs and English speakers more nouns when describing identical situations. Sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies, 764-6308.
Lecture: Derek Collins, The Magic of Homeric Verses, noon, Institute for the Humanities, Osterman Common Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Lecture: Susan Douglas, Growing Up Female with the Mass Media, 1:30-3 p.m., College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Building, Room 1030, U-M-Dearborn. Sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program in collaboration with Text in Community, (313) 593-1391.
Lecture: Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaero Polo, 6 p.m., Chrysler Center, Chesebrough Auditorium. Sponsored by the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 764-1300.
Lecture: Marsha Ackerman, Michigan’s Weather Man: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Mark Walrod Harrington, 7 p.m., U-M Detroit Observatory, 1398 E. Ann. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
Lecture: B.D. Wong, All the World’s a Stage: Supporting the Transformation from Exclusion to Inclusion, 7 p.m., Michigan League, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. He is known as Father Ray Mukada on HBO’s “Oz” and Dr. Huang on NBC’s “Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit.” Wong first gained national attention with his Broadway debut starring in the celebrated “M. Butterfly,” for which he received a Tony Award. The lessons he learned in order to survive and excel in a vocation fraught with rejection and racism have given him a perspective on diversity. In his presentation, audiences get a rare glimpse into the development of an actor and the deeply personal issues of transformation. Sponsored by Dialogues on Diversity, Rackham Graduate School Housing Information and the Department of Theater and Drama, 615-1291 or 647-2655. * MLK Symposium 2003 event.
Lecture: M. Elsbeth McPhee, Endangered Species and Genetics, 7-8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library. Sponsored by the Life Sciences Values & Society Program, http://www.aareads.org 
Lecture: Robert West, Science Museums Today and Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. West will discuss the challenges facing science museums in the 21st century and how some museums are meeting those challenges. The illustrated lecture will show specific examples of how the science museum business is changing, adapting and evolving. Co-sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History and the Museum Studies Program, 763-4191.
Relays Meet: The entry deadline for the Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Relays Meet (1/2-mile, 1-mile and 2-mile) is 4:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Entry fee is $25 per team. The meet is 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the U-M Track Building. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Seminar: The Committed Classroom: Pedagogy for Social Justice, Action and Transformation, 5-7:30 p.m., Michigan League, Michigan Room. U-M faculty will discuss their own approaches to courses and curricular work that have a definite social agenda. Sponsored by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, 764-0505.
Workshop: African American Heritage Month, African Drum and Dance Workshop, 6-8 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, Happenings Room, U-M-Flint. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.
Friday, February 14
Class: Eat That Frog!, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: Managing Departmental Conflict for Managers, Directors and Department Heads, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: GoLive Layouts and Special Effects, 9 a.m.-noon., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: WWW Getting Started with Web Publishing at U-M, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Photoshop I, 1-4 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Dance Lessons: Second Friday Swing, 9 p.m.-midnight. Features The Johnstown Cats and free dance lessons from 9-10 p.m. Learn all that you need for an above-average swing technique. Sponsored by Pierpont Commons Arts & Programs, 647-6838.
Lecture: Eve Ensler, Imagining V-World, 3 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room 1800. Ensler is a playwright and activist and founder of V-Day: a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. Part of the Women in the Aftermath of War Series. Sponsored by the Center for the Education of Women, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Women’s Studies Program, http://lsa.umich.edu/women 
Lecture: Walter Moss, DNA and the Death of the Russian Romanov Ruling Empire, 7-8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library. Sponsored by the Life Sciences Values & Society Program, http://www.aareads.org 
Performance: Eve Ensler, Necessary Targets, 1 & 8 p.m., Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. The Midwest premiere of Ensler’s new play is the story of two American women who journey to Bosnia to help women refugees and emerge deeply changed themselves. The play runs Feb. 6-March 9. Sponsored by the Center for the Education of Women, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Women’s Studies Program, 663-0681.
Play: Assassins, 8 p.m., U-M-Flint Theatre. Sponsored by the U-M-Flint Department of Theatre and Dance, (810) 237-6520.
Symposium: Alternative Energy: Economic Impact and Opportunity, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Crowne Plaza, Ann Arbor. The need for sustainable alternative energy sources is obvious. The symposium will discuss how investment capital can be attracted to the alternative energy sector to spur innovation and commercialization, current market adoption of fuel cell technologies and Michigan’s future in alternative energy. For registration information, visit http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/news_events or call 615-4419. Sponsored by Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Energy Club, Technology Transfer Office and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
Saturday, February 15
Concert: Jazz Festival Feature Concert #1, 4 p.m., Power Center. Featuring the Jazz Ensemble and the Count Basie Orchestra. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-2538. Tickets required.
Concert: Jazz Festival Feature Concert #2, 8 p.m., Michigan Theater. Featuring the Dave Holland Quintet and the Dave Holland New York Big Band. Sponsored by the University Musical Society and the U-M Jazz Festival, 764-2538. Tickets required.
Festival: Jazz Festival, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., School of Music. Features performances by 25 high/middle school jazz bands, U-M jazz combos, Jazz Trembone Ensemble, U-M Jazz Flute Ensemble, clinics. Lectures and master classes. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594. Registration fee required.
Lecture: Saturday Morning Physics, Vaughn Cooper, The Timing of Biological Evolution, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Dennison Hall, Room 170. Evolution, the process of biological change, takes place on many time scales. Sponsored by the Department of Physics, 764-4437.
Lecture: Jazz Festival Historical Lecture Series, Ella Fitzgerald—First Lady of Song, 2 p.m., Blanche Anderson Moore Hall. Co-sponsored by the School of Music and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, 764-0594.
Panel Discussion: Genetic Dilemmas: Cloning, Genetic Testing, Frozen Embryos and other Controversial Technologies, 2-4 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library. Sponsored by the Life Sciences Values & Society Program, http://www.aareads.org 
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Winter, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 8 description).
Planetarium Show: The Mars Show, 12:30 & 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 8 description).
Play: Assassins, 8 p.m., U-M-Flint Theatre. Sponsored by the U-M-Flint Department of Theatre and Dance, (810) 237-6520.
Performance: Dragontree, Waterfall, Tea by choreographer Jessica Fogel, 2 p.m., Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Generating expressive movements in response to both the appearance and uses of the familiar and esoteric plants on display, performers will dance amidst trees and waterfalls, on ledges, bridges and walls. Sponsored by Ann Arbor Dance Works, 998-7061. Admission fee and reservations required.

Sunday, February 16
Concert: Michigan Chamber Players, 4 p.m., Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Film: Rivers and Tides, 3-5 p.m., Museum of Art. The film follows Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy over the course of a year, capturing his creative process on film. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Winter, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 8 description).
Planetarium Show: The Mars Show, 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 8 description).
Play: Assassins, 2 p.m., U-M-Flint Theatre. Sponsored by the U-M-Flint Department of Theatre and Dance, (810) 237-6520.
Performance: Dragontree, Waterfall, Tea by choreographer Jessica Fogel, 2 p.m., Matthaei Botanical Gardens (see Feb. 15 description).

Monday, February 17
Book Club: Royal Shakespeare Company Book Club, 7-8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library. Sadia Abbas, Love and Language in “Midnight’s Children.” Sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, 647-4418.
Broomball Season: The Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Broomball season (sororities, independent women and co-rec only) will take entries 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Entry fee is $80 per team. A mandatory managers’ meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 19 at Cliff Keen Arena. Games begin March 3 at Yost Ice Arena. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Class: Flash Introduction, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Dreamweaver II, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Concert: University Philharmonia Orchestra, 8 p.m., Michigan Theater. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594
Cooking Workshop: Learning Vegetarian, 7-10 p.m., Michigan League Kitchen. Sponsored by Michigan League Programming Office, 763-4652. Registration and fee required.
Discussion: Research Responsibility Program, Edward Goldman and John O’Shea, Human Participant Protections-Social Sciences, 5-7 p.m., Student Activities Building, Maize & Blue Auditorium. Goldman is an attorney for the U-M Health Systems and adjunct lecturer in the School of Public Health. O’Shea is a professor of anthropology in LSA. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, 763-1289.
Forum: Composers’ Forum, 8 p.m., Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594
Lecture: Magnificenza! The Medici, Michelangelo and the Art of Late Renaissance Florence, noon-1 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636 (International Institute). The second of three lectures and slide shows highlighting the Medici Collection showing at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) March 16-June 8. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the DIA, 615-7317.
Lecture: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Whose Life is it Anyway? Identity and Individuality in Ethics and Politics, 4 p.m., Michigan League, Michigan Room. Appiah’s lecture continues the development of his essays on “The State and the Shaping of Identity.” Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Meeting: Friends of Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Daytime Herb Study Group, noon, Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Sponsored by Friends of Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 484-0913 or (248) 349-5310.
Mini-Soccer Season: The Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Mini-Soccer season will take entries 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Entry fee is $80 per team. A mandatory managers’ meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Feb. 19 at Cliff Keen Arena. Games begin March 4 at the Sports Coliseum. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Panel: Iraq: Crisis and Confrontation in Global Perspective, 7-9 p.m., Lorch Auditorium. Sponsored by the Center for Middle East and North African Studies, Center for Russian and East European Studies and Korean Studies Program, 936-6510.
Volleyball Season: The Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Volleyball season will take entries 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building (IMSB), 606 E. Hoover. Entry fee is $80 per team. A mandatory managers’ meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at Cliff Keen Arena. The season will begin March 3 at the IMSB. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Workshop: Family Education Workshop, 6-8 p.m., East Ann Arbor Health Center, Lower Level Conference Room. This workshop offers patients, families and the community an opportunity to learn about depression and get information about risk factors, treatments, impact on families and healthful ways of interacting with each other. Sponsored by the Depression Center, 764-0267. Registration and fee required.

* MLK Symposium 2003 events. For more information and event sponsors, visit http://www.mlksymposium.org.

Tuesday, February 18
Class: Excel II, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: FileMaker Pro II, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Photoshop II, 1-4 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Concert: University Choir and Orpheus Singers, 8 p.m., First Congregational Church, State and William. Program will include works by Britten, Rautaavarra and others. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Discussion: Kwame Anthony Appiah and several U-M faculty members discuss his Feb. 17 lecture (see Feb. 17 description), Michigan League, Michigan Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Discussion: Joseph Bristow, Oscar Wilde and Textual Criticism: The Variorum of “Dorian Gray,” 4 p.m., Angell Hall, Room 3222. Co-sponsored by the Nineteenth Century Forum, Department of English Language and Literature, Department of History and the Lesbian Gay Queer Research Initiative, http://www.umich.edu/~ncf 
Guest Piano Recital: Kyung-joo Chun, 8 p.m., Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Lecture: Black History Month, Patrick Williams, Educational Learning Styles of Children of Color, noon, Haven Hall, Room 4701. Sponsored by the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, 764-5517.
Lecture: Twila Tardif, Parallel Worlds of Different Words? Verbs and Nouns in Chinese and English, noon-1:30 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Chinese and English speakers differ in how they use two universal features of language: nouns and verbs. Specifically, Chinese speakers tend to use more verbs and English speakers more nouns when describing identical situations. Sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies, 764-6308.
Lecture: Derek Collins, The Magic of Homeric Verses, noon, Institute for the Humanities, Osterman Common Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Lecture: Susan Douglas, Growing Up Female with the Mass Media, 1:30-3 p.m., College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Building, Room 1030, U-M-Dearborn. Sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program in collaboration with Text in Community, (313) 593-1391.
Lecture: Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaero Polo, 6 p.m., Chrysler Center, Chesebrough Auditorium. Sponsored by the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 764-1300.
Lecture: Marsha Ackerman, Michigan’s Weather Man: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Mark Walrod Harrington, 7 p.m., U-M Detroit Observatory, 1398 E. Ann. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
Lecture: B.D. Wong, All the World’s a Stage: Supporting the Transformation from Exclusion to Inclusion, 7 p.m., Michigan League, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. He is known as Father Ray Mukada on HBO’s “Oz” and Dr. Huang on NBC’s “Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit.” Wong first gained national attention with his Broadway debut starring in the celebrated “M. Butterfly,” for which he received a Tony Award. The lessons he learned in order to survive and excel in a vocation fraught with rejection and racism have given him a perspective on diversity. In his presentation, audiences get a rare glimpse into the development of an actor and the deeply personal issues of transformation. Sponsored by Dialogues on Diversity, Rackham Graduate School Housing Information and the Department of Theater and Drama, 615-1291 or 647-2655. * MLK Symposium 2003 event.
Lecture: M. Elsbeth McPhee, Endangered Species and Genetics, 7-8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library. Sponsored by the Life Sciences Values & Society Program, http://www.aareads.org 
Lecture: Robert West, Science Museums Today and Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. West will discuss the challenges facing science museums in the 21st century and how some museums are meeting those challenges. The illustrated lecture will show specific examples of how the science museum business is changing, adapting and evolving. Co-sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History and the Museum Studies Program, 763-4191.
Relays Meet: The entry deadline for the Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Relays Meet (1/2-mile, 1-mile and 2-mile) is 4:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Entry fee is $25 per team. The meet is 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the U-M Track Building. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Seminar: The Committed Classroom: Pedagogy for Social Justice, Action and Transformation, 5-7:30 p.m., Michigan League, Michigan Room. U-M faculty will discuss their own approaches to courses and curricular work that have a definite social agenda. Sponsored by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, 764-0505.
Workshop: African American Heritage Month, African Drum and Dance Workshop, 6-8 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, Happenings Room, U-M-Flint. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.

Wednesday, February 19
Art Video: The Haunted Screen, 12:10 p.m., Museum of Art. Explores the role of German Expressionist film in the early 20th century. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Book Club: Royal Shakespeare Company Book Club, 7-8:30 p.m., Shaman Drum Bookshop, 311-315 S. State St. Discussion of “Midnight’s Children.” Sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, 647-4418.
Career Series: Job Seekers Network Part II: Launching Your Active Job Search, Interviewing, noon-1:30 p.m., Center for the Education of Women (CEW). Sponsored by CEW, 998-7080.
Class: Employee Orientation & Training: How to Make It More Successful, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: WWW HTML CGIs and Forms, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Access Tables and Relationships, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Flash Intermediate, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Word I, 1-4 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Concert: Concert Band, 8 p.m., McMorran Auditorium, Port Huron. Program will include works by Saint-Saens, Hindemith, Dan Welcher, Bernstein and Arnold. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Lecture: Boris Kats, The Image of a Jewish Musician in Russian Literature and Culture, noon, School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies, 647-4185.
Lecture: Pamela Davis-Kean, Women, Minorities, and Information Technology: Results from Three Longitudinal Studies, noon-1:30 p.m., Lane Hall, Room 2239. Why are women and minorities underrepresented in the IT labor force? The Gender and Achievement Research Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation, has addressed the issue in terms of three questions. Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 764-9537.
Lecture: Gordon Kane, The Victor Weisskopf Collegiate Professorship in Physics Inaugural Lecture, Can We Learn the Ultimate Law(s) of Nature?, 4:10 p.m., West Hall, Room 340. Many particle physicists expect the next major progress toward understanding the fundamental laws of nature will be the discovery of “supersymmetric” particles. Kane will summarize where we are today in learning the basic laws and how our knowledge can be organized into effective theories. Sponsored by LSA, 998-6251.
Mini-Course: Study Groups for Seniors, War Continues. Why?, 10-11:30 a.m., Anna Botsford Bach Home, 1422 W. Liberty. Continues every Wednesday through March 19. Sponsored by the Geriatrics Center, 998-9351.
Movie: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 8 p.m., Michigan League, The Underground. Sponsored by the Michigan League Programming Office, 763-4652.
Open House: Kindergarten open house, 5-6 p.m., U-M-Dearborn Student Services Building. Sponsored by the Early Learning and Child Development Center, (313) 593-5424.
Roundtable: Faculty Roundtables on Academic Service Learning, 4-5:30 p.m., Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning. Sponsored by the Center for for Research on Learning and Teaching, http://www.crlt.umich.edu 764-0505.
Seminar: Cleopatra Caldwell, Racial Identity as a Risk or Protective Factor in the Health Risk Behaviors and Well-being of African American Adolescents, noon-1:30 p.m., School of Public Health I, Faculty Lounge. Sponsored by the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health, 647-6665.
Seminar: Dr. Bruce Edgar, Growth and Cell Cycle Control in Drosophila, noon, Natural Science Building, Room 2004. Sponsored by the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, 763-4710.
Seminar: Richard Bauer, Molecular Epidemiologic Discovery of Uropathogenic Escherlichia coli Virulence and Transmission Factors, 3-4 p.m., School of Public Health I, Room 3040. Sponsored by the Department of Epidemiology, 764-5436.
Tour: Tour, 2-5 p.m., U-M Detroit Observatory, 1398 E Ann. It is the oldest observatory in the United States to retain its original telescopes in their mounts. Recently restored, it houses exhibits and collections highlighting the observatory’s role in introducing scientific research to campus, and significant discoveries made by its astronomers. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
Workshop: Africa Workshop with Ousman Kane, Muslim Modernity in Postcolonial Nigeria, 6 p.m., Haven Hall, Room 4701. Sponsored by the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, 764-5517.
Workshop: The Art and Science of Healthy Eating, 7:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. Learn about the science of a healthy diet and the art of preparing healthy meals that are tasty and attractive. Sponsored by the Comprehensive Cancer Center and University Catering, 764-0478.

Thursday, February 20
Class: Dreamweaver III, 9-11 a.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Business Communication: Writing with Power, 9 a.m.-noon. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: Access Reports, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Word II, 1-4 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Next Steps: Fundamentals of Design Layout, 1-5 p.m. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Film: African American Heritage Month Film Festival, Faat Kine, noon-2 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, U-M-Flint. The latest master work by the father of African cinema set in contemporary Senegal. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.
Lecture: J. Alfred Bailey, What Really Happened in the Second World War; Revisionism in History, 10-11:30 a.m., Kellogg Eye Center, Auditorium. Sponsored by the Geriatrics Center, 998-9351. Registration and fee required.
Lecture: David Hughes, Okinawan Music Today: Music of Okinawa, of Japan or of the World?, noon, School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Japanese Studies, 764-6307.
Lecture: Parag, Aggarwal, Prevention of Chemotherapy-Dinduced Alopecia in Rats by CDK Inhibitors, 4 p.m., C.C. Little Building, Room 2548. Sponsored by the Program in Medicinal Chemistry, 647-8429.
Performance: Classical Music by the School of Music’s Student Outreach Artist Program 12:10 p.m., University Hospital, Lobby, Floor 1. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Reading Series: Natalie Handal, 4-5 p.m., U-M-Dearborn CASL Building. Handal has had her work featured in numerous magazines, literary journals and anthologies. Sponsored by U-M Dearborn’s Arab American Writers Series, (313) 593-5209.
Reception: Black History Month, Expressions of the African Diaspora, 6:30 p.m., Haven Hall, 4th and 5th Floors. Celebrate the work of local and campus artists at a gala reception celebrating the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies’ (CAAS) new location in Haven Hall. Sponsored by CAAS, 764-5517.
Talk: Maribeth Graybill, Arts of Zen, 7 p.m., Museum of Art. Graybill, senior curator of Asian art, will guide viewers through a look at Zen portraits, landscapes and calligraphy of the 16th through 20th centuries from both China and Japan, addressing assumptions and questions about the relationship between artistic style and religious meaning. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Workshop: Study Skills Workshop, 7-8:30 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, Michigan Rooms A&B, U-M-Flint. The workshop will help parents learn how to help their children develop study skills. It is designed for parents of students in third through 12th grade. The workshop will feature coordinator of academic enrichment Michael Kassel, who has helped adult learners with study skills for more than 11 years. Sponsored by the U-M-Flint Study Development Center, (810) 762-3456.

Friday, February 21
Carnival: Carnival Da Bahia Brazil 2003 “Voyage to Africa-Brazil,” 8:15 p.m., Michigan League, Ballroom. Sponsored by the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, 764-5517.
Class: Basics of Investing, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: Flash Action Scripting, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Excel III, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Film: Flowers of Shanghai, 8 p.m., Angell Hall, Auditorium A. Explores the lavish, elegant and decadent world of late 19th century Shanghai brothels. Sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies, 764-6308.
Panel: The Past as Forgery, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Media Union. Reception 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Media Union, http://www.ummu.umich.edu 
Photo Show: African American Heritage Month, A Day in the Life of Africa!, 6-8 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, U-M-Flint. A collection of pictures from photojournalists around the world highlighting the wonders and struggles of the continent. Also features a fashion show and sampling of authentic African cuisine. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.

Saturday, February 22
Music: African American Heritage Month, Gospelfest!, 7 p.m., U-M-Flint Theater. Gathering of local gospel choirs. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Winter, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).
Planetarium Show: The Mars Show, 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).

Sunday, February 23
Lecture: Richard LeSueur, Falstaff, the Jolly Knight of Windsor, 3 p.m. Ann Arbor District Library, Multipurpose Room. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library, 327-4200.
Nursing Career Fair: Passion for Nursing Career Fair, 1-4 p.m., Towsley Center. All RNs, nursing students and LPNs are invited to attend the fair to tour U-M’s facilities, participate in on-site interviews and talk with nurses and managers from the School of Nursing. Sponsored by the U-M Health System, (877) 687-7386.
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Winter, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).
Planetarium Show: The Mars Show, 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).

Monday, February 24
Class: Dreamweaver IV, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Winter, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).
Planetarium Show: The Mars Show, 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).
Softball: Entries for the Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Michigan Classics Softball Program will be taken at Cliff Keen Arena, 606 E. Hoover, following a 6 p.m. mandatory managers’ meeting. Entry fee is $530 per team for single-game leagues and $1,060 for doubleheader leagues. Payment of the entry fee is due at the Feb. 24 meeting/registration. Games begin May 5 and will be played at the Mitchell Fields Mondays-Fridays. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
and languages of expression and took charge of their own publication. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Lecture: Charles Brooks, Protein Folding: Mechanism, Kinetics and Thermodynamics, 4 p.m., C.C. Little Building, Room 2548. Sponsored by the Program in Medicinal Chemistry, 647-8429.

Sue Coe lecture, 5 p.m., Feb. 13, Art and Archiitecture Auditorium

Lecture: Sue Coe, 5 p.m., Art and Architecture Building, Auditorium. A politically oriented artist, Coe began her career as an illustrator for such publications as the New York Times and Time magazine. Later, she began creating extended visual discourses on subjects (such as racial discrimination or animal rights) that she felt were not being adequately addressed by conventional news organizations. Supported by the Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Fund. Sponsored by the School of Art and Design, 936-2082.
Meeting: U-M Retirees Association, 3:15 p.m., Pittsfield Township Administration Building, located at the corner of Platt Road and Michigan Ave. (U.S.12), 6201 W. Michigan Ave. The February meeting of the U-M Retirees Association will feature a question-and-answer session dealing with the new U-M Pharmacy Benefit Program. Guest speakers will be Marty Eichstadt, director of benefits, and members of her staff. Hot and soft drinks will be served. Members will receive a postcard with a map and complete directions. Sponsored by the U-M Retirees Association, 747-9220.
Open Forum: Open forum to discuss proposed amendments to the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities, 2 p.m., Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room. The Statement of Students Rights and Responsibilities, which applies to all students, describes behaviors that are inconsistent with University values, and outlines procedures to respond to violations. Sponsored by the Student Relations Advisory Committee of SACUA and the Michigan Student Assembly, http://www.studentpolicies.dsa.umich.edu/review 
Performance: Love Songs by The Choral Connection, 12:10 p.m., University Hospital, Lobby, Floor 1. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Tour: Guided tour of the exhibition Graphic Visions: German Expressionist Prints and Drawings, 7 p.m., Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Workshop: Creative Arts, Charcoal Drawing, 6-8 p.m., Michigan League, Room D. Discover how to develop sensitive drawings that express moods and mystery. Special attention will be given to opposing elements (light and dark, negative and positive space) to create strong compositions that have unity and movement. Sponsored by Michigan League Programming Office, 763-4652. Fee required.

Friday, February 14
Class: Eat That Frog!, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: Managing Departmental Conflict for Managers, Directors and Department Heads, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: GoLive Layouts and Special Effects, 9 a.m.-noon., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: WWW Getting Started with Web Publishing at U-M, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Photoshop I, 1-4 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Dance Lessons: Second Friday Swing, 9 p.m.-midnight. Features The Johnstown Cats and free dance lessons from 9-10 p.m. Sponsored by Pierpont Commons Arts & Programs, 647-6838.
Lecture: Eve Ensler, Imagining V-World, 3 p.m., Chemistry Building, Room 1800. Ensler is a playwright and activist and founder of V-Day: a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. Sponsored by the Center for the Education of Women, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Women’s Studies Program, http://lsa.umich.edu/women 
Lecture: Walter Moss, DNA and the Death of the Russian Romanov Ruling Empire, 7-8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library. Sponsored by the Life Sciences Values & Society Program, http://www.aareads.org 
Play: Eve Ensler, Necessary Targets, 1 & 8 p.m., Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. The Midwest premiere of Ensler’s new play is the story of two American women who journey to Bosnia to help women refugees and emerge deeply changed themselves. Part of the Women in the Aftermath of War Series, the play runs Feb. 6-March 9. Sponsored by the Center for the Education of Women, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and the Women’s Studies Program, 663-0681.
Play: Assassins, 8 p.m., U-M-Flint Theatre. Sponsored by the U-M-Flint Department of Theatre and Dance, (810) 237-6520.
Symposium: Alternative Energy: Economic Impact and Opportunity, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Crowne Plaza, Ann Arbor. The need for sustainable alternative energy sources has never been more obvious than it is today. The symposium will discuss how investment capital can be attracted to the alternative energy sector to spur innovation and commercialization, current market adoption of fuel cell technologies and Michigan’s future in alternative energy. For registration information, visit http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/news_events or call 615-4419. Sponsored by the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Energy Club, Technology Transfer Office and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.
Symposium: Educational Symposium on Sexual Assault, 1:30 p.m. (after V-Day Rally), Michigan Union, Pond Rooms A, B and C. Sponsored by the Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, 998-9368.

Saturday, February 15
Concert: Jazz Festival Feature Concert #1, 4 p.m., Power Center. Featuring the Jazz Ensemble and the Count Basie Orchestra. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-2538. Tickets required.
Concert: Jazz Festival Feature Concert #2, 8 p.m., Michigan Theater. Featuring the Dave Holland Quintet and the Dave Holland New York Big Band. Sponsored by the University Musical Society and the U-M Jazz Festival, 764-2538. Tickets required.
Festival: Jazz Festival, 8 a.m.-3 p.m., School of Music. Features performances by 25 high/middle school jazz bands, U-M jazz combos, Jazz Trembone Ensemble, U-M Jazz Flute Ensemble, clinics. Lectures and master classes. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594. Registration fee required.
Film: Bombay, 6:30-10 p.m., Natural Science Auditorium. Sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, 764-0352.
Lecture: Saturday Morning Physics, Vaughn Cooper, The Timing of Biological Evolution, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Dennison Hall, Room 170. Evolution, the process of biological change, takes place on many time scales. Some “living fossils” remain virtually unchanged for hundreds of millions of years, while each winter brings a newly adapted flu bug. Sponsored by Department of Physics, 764-4437.
Lecture: Jazz Festival Historical Lecture Series, Ella Fitzgerald—First Lady of Song, 2 p.m., Blanche Anderson Moore Hall. Co-sponsored by the School of Music and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, 764-0594.
Panel Discussion: Genetic Dilemmas: Cloning, Genetic Testing, Frozen Embryos and other Controversial Technologies, 2-4 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library. Sponsored by the Life Sciences Values & Society Program, http://www.aareads.org 
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Winter, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. The winter sky contains the brightest stars of any season. Among the constellations are Greek and Roman mythologies. The bright stars, constellations and planets are the subjects of this live and on-tape presentation. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Planetarium Show: The Mars Show, 12:30 & 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. Narrated by “Star Trek’s” Patrick Stewart, this program presents a history of the planet and reasons for our interest in it. Following the program, a brief live discussion will update viewers on current issues about Mars. Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, 764-0478.
Play: Assassins, 8 p.m., U-M-Flint Theatre. Sponsored by the U-M-Flint Department of Theatre and Dance, (810) 237-6520.
Performance: Dragon Tree, Waterfall, Tea by choreographer Jessica Fogel, 2 p.m., Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Generating expressive movements in response to both the appearance and uses of the familiar and esoteric plants on display, performers will dance amidst trees and waterfalls, on ledges, bridges and walls. Sponsored by Ann Arbor Dance Works, 998-7061. Admission fee and reservations required.

Sunday, February 16
Concert: Michigan Chamber Players, 4 p.m., Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Film: Rivers and Tides, 3-5 p.m., Museum of Art. The film follows Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy over the course of a year, capturing his creative process on film. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Lecture and Luncheon: Royal Shakespeare Company Residency, Learning Shakespeare, noon, Alumni Center, Founder’s Room. Featuring English Prof. Ralph Williams and University Musical Society President Ken Fischer. Sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies and the University Musical Society, 764-0384. Tickets and reservations required.
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Winter, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).
Planetarium Show: The Mars Show, 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).
Play: Assassins, 2 p.m., U-M-Flint Theatre. Sponsored by the U-M-Flint Department of Theatre and Dance, (810) 237-6520.
Play: The Vagina Monologues, 2 & 7:30 p.m., Power Center. Tickets required, 763-8587 or http://www.umich.edu/~muto 
Performance: Dragon Tree, Waterfall, Tea by choreographer Jessica Fogel, 2 p.m., Matthaei Botanical Gardens (see Feb. 15 description).

Monday, February 17
Book Club: Royal Shakespeare Company Book Club, 7-8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library. Sadia Abbas, Love and Language in “Midnight’s Children.” Sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, 647-4418.
Broomball: The Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Broomball season (sororities, independent women and co-rec only) will take entries 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Entry fee is $80 per team. A mandatory managers’ meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 19 at Cliff Keen Arena. Games begin March 3 at Yost Ice Arena. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Class: Flash Introduction, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Dreamweaver II, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Concert: University Philharmonia Orchestra, 8 p.m., Michigan Theater. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594
Cooking Workshop: Learning Vegetarian, 7-10 p.m., Michigan League Kitchen. Vegetable quiche, macaroni and cheese and pasta with vegetables and alfredo sauce. Sponsored by Michigan League Programming Office, 763-4652. Registration and fee required.
Discussion: Research Responsibility Program, Edward Goldman and John O’Shea, Human Participant Protections-Social Sciences, 5-7 p.m., Student Activities Building, Maize & Blue Auditorium. Goldman is an attorney for the U-M Health System and adjunct lecturer in the School of Public Health. O’Shea is a professor of anthropology in LSA. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, 763-1289.
Forum: Composers’ Forum, 8 p.m., Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Health Fair: 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Michigan Union. Free health fair providing cholesterol and blood pressure screenings for faculty, staff, students and the community. Health consultation and nutrition information will be provided. Sponsored by M-Fit Employee Wellness Program, 975-4410, ext. 221.
Lecture: Magnificenza! The Medici, Michelangelo and the Art of Late Renaissance Florence, noon-1 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. The second of three lectures and slide shows highlighting the Medici Collection showing at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) March 16-June 8. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the DIA, 615-7317.
Lecture: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Whose Life is it Anyway? Identity and Individuality in Ethics and Politics, 4 p.m., Michigan League, Michigan Room. Appiah’s lecture continues the development of his essays on “The State and the Shaping of Identity,” originally delivered in 2001 as the Tanner Lectures on Human Values in Cambridge, England. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Lecture: Monica Green, The Gentle Hand of a Woman? Trota and Women’s Medicine at Salerno in the 12th Century, 5:30-6 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1644. Sponsored by the Science, Technology and Society Program, 615-8482.
Lecture: Lindy Roy, Danger and Pleasure the Architecture of ROY, 6 p.m., Art and Architecture Building, Room 2104. Sponsored by the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 764-1300.
Meeting: Friends of Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Daytime Herb Study Group, noon, Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Sponsored by Friends of Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 484-0913 or (248) 349-5310.
Mini-Soccer: The Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Mini-Soccer season will take entries 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Entry fee is $80 per team. A mandatory managers’ meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Feb. 19 at Cliff Keen Arena. Games begin March 4 at the Sports Coliseum. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Panel: Iraq: Crisis and Confrontation in Global Perspective, 7-9 p.m., Lorch Hall, Auditorium. Sponsored by the Center for Middle East and North African Studies, Center for Russian and East European Studies and Korean Studies Program, 936-6510.
Volleyball: The Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Volleyball season will take entries 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building (IMSB), 606 E. Hoover. Entry fee is $80 per team. A mandatory managers’ meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at Cliff Keen Arena. The season will begin March 3 at the IMSB. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Workshop: A.W. Brian Simpson, The Role of the Individual in the Invention of the Age of Human Rights, 4-5 p.m., Hutchins Hall, Room 132. Sponsored by the Center for International and Comparative Law, 764-0535.
Workshop: Family Education Workshop, 6-8 p.m., East Ann Arbor Health Center, Lower Level Conference Room. This workshop offers patients, families and the community an opportunity to learn about depression and get information about risk factors, treatments, impact on families and healthful ways of interacting with each other. Health care providers will highlight the most important facts about depression and its effect on different ages. Multi-generational education materials will be provided and open discussions will be held at the end of the workshop. Sponsored by the Depression Center, 764-0267. Registration and fee required.

Tuesday, February 18
Class: Excel II, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: FileMaker Pro II, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Photoshop II, 1-4 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Concert: University Choir and Orpheus Singers, 8 p.m., First Congregational Church, State and William. Program will include works by Britten, Rautaavarra and others. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Discussion: Kwame Anthony Appiah and several U-M faculty members discuss his Feb. 17 lecture (see Feb. 17 description), Michigan League, Michigan Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Discussion: Joseph Bristow, Oscar Wilde and Textual Criticism: The Variorum of “Dorian Gray,” 4 p.m., Angell Hall, Room 3222. Co-sponsored by the Nineteenth Century Forum, Department of English Language and Literature, Department of History and the Lesbian Gay Queer Research Initiative, http://www.umich.edu/~ncf 
Guest Piano Recital: Kyung-joo Chun, 8 p.m., Britton Recital Hall. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.

‘Dragon Tree, Waterfall, Tea’

Professor of Dance Jessica Fogel presents a new work Feb. 15-16 at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens, 1800 N. Dixboro Road.
Fogel is choreographer of “Dragon Tree, Waterfall, Tea,” a unique journey through the conservatory. Generating expressive movement in response to both the appearance and use of the esoteric plants on display, performers dance amidst trees and waterfalls, ledges, bridges and walls. Greg Laman, composer and sound engineer for the School of Music, will create a sound for the performance.
Performances are free and open to the general public, but regular admission will be charged to the conservatory (adults $3, children $1, U-M students free with ID). Seating is limited and reservations are required.
To make a reservation, call (734) 998-7061.
Lecture: Black History Month, Patrick Williams, Educational Learning Styles of Children of Color, noon, Haven Hall, Room 4701. Sponsored by the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, 764-5517.
Lecture: Twila Tardif, Parallel Worlds of Different Words? Verbs and Nouns in Chinese and English, noon-1:30 p.m., School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Chinese and English speakers differ in how they use two universal features of language: nouns and verbs. Specifically, Chinese speakers tend to use more verbs and English speakers more nouns when describing identical situations. Sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies, 764-6308.
Lecture: Derek Collins, The Magic of Homeric Verses, noon, Institute for the Humanities, Osterman Common Room. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Lecture: Susan Douglas, Growing Up Female with the Mass Media, 1:30-3 p.m., College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Building, Room 1030, U-M-Dearborn. Sponsored by the Women’s Studies Program in collaboration with Text in Community, (313) 593-1391.
Lecture: Farshid Moussavi and Alejandro Zaero Polo, 6 p.m., Chrysler Center, Chesebrough Auditorium. Sponsored by the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, 764-1300.
Lecture: Marsha Ackerman, Michigan’s Weather Man: The Triumphs and Tragedy of Mark Walrod Harrington, 7 p.m., U-M Detroit Observatory, 1398 E. Ann. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
Lecture: B.D. Wong, All the World’s a Stage: Supporting the Transformation from Exclusion to Inclusion, 7 p.m., Michigan League, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. He is known as Father Ray Mukada on HBO’s “Oz” and Dr. Huang on NBC’s “Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit.” Wong first gained national attention with his Broadway debut starring in the celebrated “M. Butterfly,” for which he received a Tony Award. The lessons he learned in order to survive and excel in a vocation fraught with rejection and racism have given him a perspective on diversity. In his presentation, audiences get a rare glimpse into the development of an actor and the deeply personal issues of transformation. Sponsored by Dialogues on Diversity, Rackham Graduate School Housing Information and the Department of Theater and Drama, 615-1291 or 647-2655. * MLK Symposium 2003 event.
Lecture: M. Elsbeth McPhee, Endangered Species and Genetics, 7-8:30 p.m., Ann Arbor District Library. Sponsored by the Life Sciences Values & Society Program, http://www.aareads.org 
Lecture: Robert West, Science Museums Today and Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. West will discuss the challenges facing science museums in the 21st century and how some museums are meeting those challenges. The illustrated lecture will show specific examples of how the science museum business is changing, adapting and evolving. Co-sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History and the Museum Studies Program, 763-4191.
Relays Meet: The entry deadline for the Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Relays Meet (1/2-mile, 1-mile and 2-mile) is 4:30 p.m. at the Intramural Sports Building, 606 E. Hoover. Entry fee is $25 per team. The meet is 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19 at the U-M Track Building. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
Seminar: The Committed Classroom: Pedagogy for Social Justice, Action and Transformation, 5-7:30 p.m., Michigan League, Michigan Room. U-M faculty will discuss their own approaches to courses and curricular work that have a definite social agenda. Sponsored by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, 764-0505.
Workshop: African American Heritage Month, African Drum and Dance Workshop, 6-8 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, Happenings Room, U-M-Flint. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.

Wednesday, February 19
Art Video: The Haunted Screen, 12:10 p.m., Museum of Art. Explores the role of German Expressionist film in the early 20th century. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Book Club: Royal Shakespeare Company Book Club, 7-8:30 p.m., Shaman Drum Bookshop, 311-315 S. State St. Discussion of “Midnight’s Children.” Sponsored by the Center for South Asian Studies, 647-4418.
Career Series: Job Seekers Network Part II: Launching Your Active Job Search, Interviewing, noon-1:30 p.m., Center for the Education of Women (CEW). Sponsored by CEW, 998-7080.
Class: Employee Orientation & Training: How to Make It More Successful, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: WWW HTML CGIs and Forms, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Access Tables and Relationships, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Flash Intermediate, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Word I, 1-4 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Concert: Concert Band, 8 p.m., McMorran Auditorium, Port Huron. Program will include works by Saint-Saens, Hindemith, Dan Welcher, Bernstein and Arnold. Sponsored by the School of Music, 764-0594.
Lecture: Boris Kats, The Image of a Jewish Musician in Russian Literature and Culture, noon, School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Russian and East European Studies, 647-4185.
Lecture: Pamela Davis-Kean, Women, Minorities, and Information Technology: Results from Three Longitudinal Studies, noon-1:30 p.m., Lane Hall, Room 2239. Why are women and minorities underrepresented in the IT labor force? The Gender and Achievement Research Program, with funding from the National Science Foundation, has addressed the issue in terms of three questions. Sponsored by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, 764-9537.
Lecture: Gordon Kane, The Victor Weisskopf Collegiate Professorship in Physics Inaugural Lecture, Can We Learn the Ultimate Law(s) of Nature?, 4:10 p.m., West Hall, Room 340. Many particle physicists expect the next major progress toward understanding the fundamental laws of nature will be the discovery of “supersymmetric” particles. Kane will summarize where we are today in learning the basic laws and how our knowledge can be organized into effective theories. Sponsored by LSA, 998-6251.
Mini-Course: Study Groups for Seniors, War Continues. Why?, 10-11:30 a.m., Anna Botsford Bach Home, 1422 W. Liberty. Continues every Wednesday through March 19. Sponsored by the Geriatrics Center, 998-9351.
Movie: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, 8 p.m., Michigan League, The Underground. Sponsored by the Michigan League Programming Office, 763-4652.
Open House: Kindergarten open house, 5-6 p.m., U-M-Dearborn Student Services Building. Sponsored by the Early Learning and Child Development Center, (313) 593-5424.
Roundtable: Faculty Roundtables on Academic Service Learning, 4-5:30 p.m., Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning. Sponsored by the Center for for Research on Learning and Teaching, http://www.crlt.umich.edu 764-0505.
Seminar: Cleopatra Caldwell, Racial Identity as a Risk or Protective Factor in the Health Risk Behaviors and Well-being of African American Adolescents, noon-1:30 p.m., School of Public Health I, Faculty Lounge. Sponsored by the Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health, 647-6665.
Seminar: Dr. Bruce Edgar, Growth and Cell Cycle Control in Drosophila, noon, Natural Science Building, Room 2004. Sponsored by the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, 763-4710.
Seminar: Richard Bauer, Molecular Epidemiologic Discovery of Uropathogenic Escherlichia coli Virulence and Transmission Factors, 3-4 p.m., School of Public Health I, Room 3040. Sponsored by the Department of Epidemiology, 764-5436.
Tour: Tour, 2-5 p.m., U-M Detroit Observatory, 1398 E Ann. It is the oldest observatory in the United States to retain its original telescopes in their mounts. Recently restored, it houses exhibits and collections highlighting the observatory’s role in introducing scientific research to campus, and significant discoveries made by its astronomers. Sponsored by the U-M Detroit Observatory, 763-2230.
Workshop: Africa Workshop with Ousman Kane, Muslim Modernity in Postcolonial Nigeria, 6 p.m., Haven Hall, Room 4701. Sponsored by the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, 764-5517.
Workshop: The Art and Science of Healthy Eating, 7:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History. Learn about the science of a healthy diet and the art of preparing healthy meals that are tasty and attractive. Sponsored by the Comprehensive Cancer Center and University Catering, 764-0478.

Thursday, February 20
Class: Dreamweaver III, 9-11 a.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Business Communication: Writing with Power, 9 a.m.-noon. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: Access Reports, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Word II, 1-4 p.m., Room 2078, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Next Steps: Fundamentals of Design Layout, 1-5 p.m. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Film: African American Heritage Month Film Festival, Faat Kine, noon-2 p.m. and 6-8 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, U-M-Flint. The latest master work by the father of African cinema set in contemporary Senegal. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.
Lecture: J. Alfred Bailey, What Really Happened in the Second World War; Revisionism in History, 10-11:30 a.m., Kellogg Eye Center, Auditorium. Sponsored by the Geriatrics Center, 998-9351. Registration and fee required.
Lecture: David Hughes, Okinawan Music Today: Music of Okinawa, of Japan or of the World?, noon, School of Social Work Building, Room 1636. Sponsored by the Center for Japanese Studies, 764-6307.
Lecture: Parag, Aggarwal, Prevention of Chemotherapy-Dinduced Alopecia in Rats by CDK Inhibitors, 4 p.m., C.C. Little Building, Room 2548. Sponsored by the Program in Medicinal Chemistry, 647-8429.
Performance: Classical Music by the School of Music’s Student Outreach Artist Program 12:10 p.m., University Hospital, Lobby, Floor 1. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Reading Series: Natalie Handal, 4-5 p.m., U-M-Dearborn CASL Building. Handal has had her work featured in numerous magazines, literary journals and anthologies. Sponsored by U-M Dearborn’s Arab American Writers Series, (313) 593-5209.
Reception: Black History Month, Expressions of the African Diaspora, 6:30 p.m., Haven Hall, 4th and 5th Floors. Celebrate the work of local and campus artists at a gala reception celebrating the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies’ (CAAS) new location in Haven Hall. Sponsored by CAAS, 764-5517.
Talk: Maribeth Graybill, Arts of Zen, 7 p.m., Museum of Art. Graybill, senior curator of Asian art, will guide viewers through a look at Zen portraits, landscapes and calligraphy of the 16th through 20th centuries from both China and Japan, addressing assumptions and questions about the relationship between artistic style and religious meaning. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Workshop: Study Skills Workshop, 7-8:30 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, Michigan Rooms A&B, U-M-Flint. The workshop will help parents learn how to help their children develop study skills. It is designed for parents of students in third through 12th grade. The workshop will feature coordinator of academic enrichment Michael Kassel, who has helped adult learners with study skills for more than 11 years. Sponsored by the U-M-Flint Study Development Center, (810) 762-3456.

Friday, February 21
Carnival: Carnival Da Bahia Brazil 2003 “Voyage to Africa-Brazil,” 8:15 p.m., Michigan League, Ballroom. Sponsored by the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, 764-5517.
Class: Basics of Investing, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Sponsored by HR Development, http://www.umich.edu/~hraa 764-7410. Registration required.
Class: Flash Action Scripting, 9 a.m.-noon, Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Class: Excel III, 1-4 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Film: Flowers of Shanghai, 8 p.m., Angell Hall, Auditorium A. Explores the lavish, elegant and decadent world of late 19th century Shanghai brothels. Sponsored by the Center for Chinese Studies, 764-6308.
Panel: The Past as Forgery, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Media Union. Reception 5:30-6:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Media Union, http://www.ummu.umich.edu 
Photo Show: African American Heritage Month, A Day in the Life of Africa!, 6-8 p.m., Harding Mott University Center, U-M-Flint. A collection of pictures from photojournalists around the world highlighting the wonders and struggles of the continent. Also features a fashion show and sampling of authentic African cuisine. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.

Saturday, February 22
Music: African American Heritage Month, Gospelfest!, 7 p.m., U-M-Flint Theater. Gathering of local gospel choirs. Sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity Initiatives, (810) 762-3351.
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Winter, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).
Planetarium Show: The Mars Show, 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).

Sunday, February 23
Lecture: Richard LeSueur, Falstaff, the Jolly Knight of Windsor, 3 p.m. Ann Arbor District Library, Multipurpose Room. Sponsored by the Ann Arbor District Library, 327-4200.
Nursing Career Fair: Passion for Nursing Career Fair, 1-4 p.m., Towsley Center. All RNs, nursing students and LPNs are invited to attend the fair to tour U-M’s facilities, participate in on-site interviews and talk with nurses and managers from the School of Nursing. Sponsored by the U-M Health System, (877) 687-7386.
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Winter, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).
Planetarium Show: The Mars Show, 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).

Monday, February 24
Class: Dreamweaver IV, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Room 2074, CSSB. Sponsored by IT Education Services, http://www.itd.umich.edu/education 763-3700. Registration required.
Planetarium Show: The Stars of Winter, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).
Planetarium Show: The Mars Show, 2:30 p.m., Exhibit Museum of Natural History (see Feb. 15 description).
Softball: Entries for the Intramural Sports Program’s 2003 Michigan Classics Softball Program will be taken at Cliff Keen Arena, 606 E. Hoover, following a 6 p.m. mandatory managers’ meeting. Entry fee is $530 per team for single-game leagues and $1,060 for doubleheader leagues. Payment of the entry fee is due at the Feb. 24 meeting/registration. Games begin May 5 and will be played at the Mitchell Fields Mondays-Fridays. Sponsored by the Department of Recreational Sports, 763-3562.
and languages of expression and took charge of their own publication. Sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities, 936-3518.
Lecture: Charles Brooks, Protein Folding: Mechanism, Kinetics and Thermodynamics, 4 p.m., C.C. Little Building, Room 2548. Sponsored by the Program in Medicinal Chemistry, 647-8429.
Lecture: Sue Coe, 5 p.m., Art and Architecture Building, Auditorium. A politically oriented artist, Coe began her career as an illustrator for such publications as the New York Times and Time magazine. Later, she began creating extended visual discourses on subjects (such as racial discrimination or animal rights) that she felt were not being adequately addressed by conventional news organizations. Supported by the Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Fund. Sponsored by the School of Art and Design, 936-2082.
Meeting: U-M Retirees Association, 3:15 p.m., Pittsfield Township Administration Building, located at the corner of Platt Road and Michigan Ave. (U.S.12), 6201 W. Michigan Ave. The February meeting of the U-M Retirees Association will feature a question-and-answer session dealing with the new U-M Pharmacy Benefit Program. Guest speakers will be Marty Eichstadt, director of benefits, and members of her staff. Hot and soft drinks will be served. Members will receive a postcard with a map and complete directions. Sponsored by the U-M Retirees Association, 747-9220.
Open Forum: Open forum to discuss proposed amendments to the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities, 2 p.m., Michigan Union, Kuenzel Room. The Statement of Students Rights and Responsibilities, which applies to all students, describes behaviors that are inconsistent with University values, and outlines procedures to respond to violations. Sponsored by the Student Relations Advisory Committee of SACUA and the Michigan Student Assembly, http://www.studentpolicies.dsa.umich.edu/review 
Performance: Love Songs by The Choral Connection, 12:10 p.m., University Hospital, Lobby, Floor 1. Sponsored by Gifts of Art, 936-2787.
Tour: Guided tour of the exhibition Graphic Visions: German Expressionist Prints and Drawings, 7 p.m., Museum of Art. Sponsored by the Museum of Art, 763-8662.
Workshop: Creative Arts, Charcoal Drawing, 6-8 p.m., Michigan League, Room D. Discover how to develop sensitive drawings that express moods and mystery. Special attention will be given to opposing elements (light and dark, negative and positive space) to create strong compositions that have unity and movement. Sponsored by Michigan League Programming Office, 763-4652. Fee required.