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Several plays, panel discussions on death penalty among April events

Following is a sampling of April events at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Please use this information for calendar listings and postings and in planning your event-oriented coverage. Events are free to the public unless otherwise noted.

April 1
Lecture: Youssef Nabil
6 p.m.
Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center
Egyptian artist and photographer Youssef Nabil uses the traditional technique of hand-coloring black and white prints of his contemporary style photographs. The lecture is part of the Robin and Nancy Hanes Lecture Series with support from the African Studies Center and the art department. For more information, visit http://global.unc.edu/.

April 2
Dean’s Speaker Series: William Weldon
5:30 p.m.
Koury Auditorium, Kenan-Flagler Business School
The Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Dean’s Speaker Series will feature William Weldon, CEO of Johnson & Johnson. The lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a reception following immediately afterwards in the Kenan Dining Room. Please RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or (919) 843-7787.

April 3
Videoconference: Inside the Future of News
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Carroll Hall 340
John Robinson, editor of The News & Record of Greensboro, will participate in a videoconference at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Assistant professor Ryan Thornburg will interview Robinson, followed by questions from the audience. Robinson’s appearance is part of the Inside the Future of News series. For more information, visit http://jomc.unc.edu.

10th Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration
3 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Alumni Hall, George Watts Hill Alumni Center
The UNC Graduate School will host a display of graduate students’ research projects and an awards ceremony honoring their work. The displays will open at 3 p.m. and the ceremony begins at 4 p.m., followed by a reception. For more information, visit http://gradschool.unc.edu/.

April 3-4
Conference: “Combating Sex Trafficking: Prevention and Intervention in North Carolina and Worldwide”
8 a.m. – 8:15 p.m. Thursday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
The Carolina Women’s Center will host the second annual two-day conference focusing on advocacy against human trafficking for forced labor and commercial sex work and its impact on the Southeast. For a complete list of events and registration information, visit http://fridaycenter.unc.edu/pdep/trafficking/ or call (919) 962-2643.

Musical performance: Wind Chamber Music
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
The music department’s brass quartet, saxophone quartet and other mixed brass groups will perform wind chamber music. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 4
Discussion: T Bone Burnett and Callie Khouri
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library
Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, songwriter and musician T Bone Burnett and Oscar Award-winning screenwriter and director Callie Khouri will speak April 4 in two events in Wilson Library. Burnett will discuss the music business at 11 a.m., followed by Khouri speaking on the film industry at noon. The discussions are sponsored by the University’s College of Arts and Sciences, Center for the Study of the American South, Writing for the Screen and Stage Program and Southern Folklife Collection.

Musical symposium: Ralph Locke
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Person Recital Hall
The Carolina Symposia on Music and Culture presents Ralph Locke, a professor at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 4-5
Seminar: “Words Without Borders: Literature and Translation Across Cultures”
3:30 p.m. Friday – 12 p.m. Saturday
For location details, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_3/2008_Spring/
8-WordsWOBorders.htm.
Part of the Program in the Humanities and Human Values, this seminar will explore the process of translation in literature, politics, film and photography. Registration is $120, with an optional dinner for $20. For more information and to register, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_3/2008_Spring/
8-WordsWOBorders.htm.

April 5
Lecture and book signing: Sarah Dessen
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Hanes Art Center Auditorium
Sarah Dessen, author of young adult books such as the New York Times bestseller “Just Listen” and “Someone Like You,” will be the featured presenter at the 2008 Susan Steinfirst Memorial Lecture, hosted by the UNC School of Information and Library Science. For more information, visit http://sils.unc.edu/news/releases/2007/12_steinfirst.htm.

Musical performance: Murray Perahia and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
8 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Grammy Award-winning pianist Murray Perahia will perform with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the most recorded chamber orchestra in the world. The program is scheduled to include pieces by Mendelssohn, Mozart and Bitten. The performance was made possible by the William R. Kenan Jr. Trust Endowment and is sold out. For more information, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/
performances/event.aspx?id=aa0e6ab3-5fa5-4df3-b5ba-8beecc8d48fa.

April 5-6
Theater performance: “Still … Life: An Exploration of a Killing State”
8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday
Swain Hall
The Justice Theater Project and Carolina Performing Arts present “Still ... Life: An Exploration of a Killing State, North Carolina,” an original play examining the death penalty in North Carolina, guest directed by Joseph Megel in the department of communication studies. Criminal/Justice: The Death Penalty Examined Project is made possible by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters’ Creative Campus Innovations Grant. Tickets are $15 for the general public; $12 for students and seniors. For more information, visit http://www.thejusticetheaterproject.org/.

April 8
James A. Hutchins Lecture: “Teaching Citizenship: Septima Poinsette Clark”
3:30 p.m.
Royall Room, George Watts Hill Alumni Center
Historian Katherine Mellen Charron of N.C. State University will speak about Septima Poinsette Clark’s work in the Civil Rights Movement through the Citizenship Schools and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. This lecture is sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American South. For more information, visit http://www.uncsouth.org/.

Sonja Haynes Stone Memorial Lecture: Julianne Malveaux
7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Hitchcock Multipurpose Room, Sonja Haynes Stone Center
Julianne Malveaux, the 15th president of Bennett College, will be the guest lecturer for the 15th Annual Stone Memorial Lecture. Malveaux is a noted economist, author and commentator on the economic impacts of race and culture. For more information, visit http://sonjahaynesstonectr.unc.edu/programs/events/memorial-lecture/.

Musical performance: UNC Percussion Ensemble
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Hill Hall 107
The music department’s percussion ensemble will perform. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 8-9
Theater performance: STOMP
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
STOMP is an internationally acclaimed percussion eight-member performance troupe using everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, hubcaps, and much more. Tickets are sold out. For more information, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/performances/
event.aspx?id=1892571e-5197-46c9-b479-bd2ad08ad1a0.

April 9
Panel discussion: “Doctors of Death? Exploring the Medical Ethical Issues of Capital Punishment”
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
For location details, visit http://parrcenter.unc.edu/events/seminars/spring2008/
medcapitalpunishment/index.htm
A panel of professionals, UNC faculty and students will discuss the ethical issues raised by the involvement of medical professionals in conducting executions. The event is coordinated in conjunction with the 2007-08 summer reading selection, “The Death of the Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions.” For more information, visit http://parrcenter.unc.edu/events/seminars/
spring2008/medcapitalpunishment/index.htm.

Lecture: William Burk
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Totten Center, N.C. Botanical Garden
William Burk of UNC’s biology library will speak on Alma Leonora Holland Beers, the first female botanist at UNC. She established herself in the academic halls of science and in the social fabric of Chapel Hill in the early 1900s when many opportunities for women were closed. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, visit http://ncbg.unc.edu/pages/28/.

April 10
Spotlight on student research in the School of Public Health
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Atrium, Michael Hooker Research Center
The School of Public Health’s Office of Research will showcase student research in an effort to encourage collaboration and new ideas. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, visit http://www.sph.unc.edu/.

Roy H. Park Distinguished Lecture: Rich Beckman
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Carroll Hall 111
Knight Professor Rich Beckman will give the annual Roy H. Park Lecture in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Beckman will present “The Road Less Traveled: Changing the World One Story at a Time.” For more information, visit http://jomc.unc.edu.

Lecture: Tayyibah Taylor
5:30 p.m.
Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center
Tayyibah Taylor is the founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of Azizah, a quarterly magazine designed to empower Muslim women. She will discuss marketing Muslim women. Part of the Duke-UNC Marketing Muslim Women Conference. For more information, visit http://global.unc.edu/.

April 10-11
Musical performance: An Evening of Zaruela Music
11 a.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday
Hill Hall Auditorium
The UNC Opera will present the music department’s scholarship benefit concert. Tickets are $15 for the general public; $10 for UNC students, faculty and staff. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (919) 962-1039.

April 11
Executive Alumni Series: Nido R. Qubein
6:45 p.m.
Koury Auditorium, Kenan-Flagler Business School
The Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Executive Alumni Series will feature Nido R. Qubein, president of High Point University, chairman of Great Harvest Bread Co., and a board member of La-Z-Boy Corp. and BB&T. Parking is available in the business school deck. Please RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or (919) 843-7787.

April 11-12
Seminar: “Portraits of an Artist: Mozart, ‘Amadeus’ and the Invention of Genius”
4:30 p.m. Friday – 1 p.m. Saturday
For location details, visit: http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_3/
2008_Spring/9-Amadeus.htm.
Part of the Program in the Humanities and Human Values, this seminar will use the PlayMakers Repertory Company’s presentation of Peter Schafer’s Tony Award-winning play “Amadeus” to discuss Mozart as a man and a myth. Registration is $120, plus an optional performance ticket for $22.50 and dinner for $20. For more information and to register, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_3/
2008_Spring/9-Amadeus.htm.

Workshop: “Germany’s 1968: A Cultural Revolution”
5 p.m. Friday – 5 p.m. Saturday
Hyde Hall
This workshop will explore the causes and consequences of the student revolts in Germany in the late 1960s through cultural and political scholars and historians. Registration is $30 for teachers, faculty and the general public; $15 for students. For more information and to register, visit http://www.german.duke.edu/ncgermanstudies/infopages/workshop.html.

April 11-15
Play performance: “Dead Man Walking”
8:15 p.m. Friday and Sunday, 5 p.m. Saturday and Tuesday, 4 p.m. Monday
Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art
The Department of Dramatic Art Mainstage will present “Dead Man Walking” by Tim Robbins, based on the book “Dead Man Walking” by Sister Helen Prejean. The performance is part of the Criminal/Justice: The Death Penalty Examined Project, a yearlong exploration of the death penalty made possible in part by a grant from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters’ Creative Campus Innovations Grant Program. Tickets are $5 for general public; free to PlayMakers subscribers and department Privilege Card holders. For more information, visit http://drama.unc.edu/info.htm.

April 12
Musical performance: Bang on a Can Marathon
8 p.m. – 10 p.m. in Memorial Hall
10 p.m. in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art
An extended program will feature the New York electric chamber ensemble Bang on a Can All-Stars along with Wilco’s Glenn Kotche, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo and Burmese drummer Kyaw Kyaw Naing for a night of genre-defying music. Listeners are invited to come and go as they please. Tickets are $20 for the general public; $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/performances/
event.aspx?id=4c5f08c3-77ec-4c2b-848e-95b9f8aac4a8.

Musical performance: Garnet Ungar
8 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
The music department present pianist Garnet Ungar. Ungar will also teach a master class on April 13. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 12-13
Richard Wright Centennial Celebration
For time and location details, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/Conferences/richcardwright.html
UNC will commemorate the life of pioneering African-American writer Richard Wright through a colloquium of scholars and a dramatic reading of his novel “Native Son.” The events are sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American South, Carolina Performing Arts, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Institute for the Arts and Humanities. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/csas/Conferences/richcardwright.html.

April 13
Musical performance: UNC Guitar Ensemble
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
The music department presents the UNC Guitar Ensemble’s spring concert. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 14
Department of Maternal and Child Health’s 2008 MCH Family Reunion
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
The department of maternal and child health will host a meet-and-greet at 1:30 p.m., followed by a presentation of awards and scholarships for students, faculty and staff. For more information, visit http://www.sph.unc.edu/mch/.

Public discussion: “Do Ideas Matter in American Politics?”
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Faculty Commons, Campus Y
Campus Y will host a public discussion on transcendentalism, fundamentalism and liberalism featuring Philip Gura, William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture; Michael Lienesch, professor of political science; and John McGowan, Ruel Tyson Distinguished Professor of English and comparative literature.

Fred T. Foard Jr. Memorial Lecture: Jonathan B. Oberlander
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
Jonathan B. Oberlander, will give the keynote address at the 40th annual Fred T. Foard Jr. Memorial Lecture. Oberlander holds joint appointments in the School of Public Health and the School of Medicine, focusing on health policy and social medicine. The lecture will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by a reception. Registration is required. For more information and to register, call Jerry Salak at (919) 966-0198.

Lecture: Richard Elliott Friedman
7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Auditorium, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History
Richard Elliott Friedman, the Ann and Jay Davis Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Georgia, will discuss why understanding Israel’s biblical history is essential to understanding current events. The lecture, called “A Brief History of 3,200 Years,” is hosted by the Carolina Center for Jewish Studies. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/ccjs/.

April 15
Musical performance: New music from the Composition Studio
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Person Recital Hall
The music department presents new music from the Composition Studio featuring student performers. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 16
Seminar: “Marketing to Hispanics: Creating a Successful Hispanic Market Program”
9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Freedom Forum Conference Center, Carroll Hall
Bob Lauterborn, Knight Professor of advertising, and Eva May, president of Espanol Marketing & Communications Inc., will discuss how manufacturers, retailers and service providers can create and implement successful Hispanic marketing programs. Registration is $99 before March 31; $119 after April 1. For more information, visit http://www.jomc.unc.edu/professional_development/
executive_education/marketing_to_hispanics_806_721.html.

2008 Chancellor’s Awards Ceremony
3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Great Hall, Frank Porter Graham Student Union
Each April, the Chancellor awards certificates, prizes and medals to students whose achievements in academic work as well as student activities and leadership deserve special recognition. Along with these awards, he distributes the Student Undergraduate Teaching and Staff Awards, established by students to recognize outstanding undergraduate instruction. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/chancellorsawards/.

Musical performance: New music from the Electro-Acoustic Studio
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Person Recital Hall
The music department presents new music from the Electro-Acoustic Studio. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 17
APPLES Showcase Celebration: Fruits of our Labor
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Campus Y
The APPLES Service-Learning Program will celebrate the work of students, faculty and community partners this year. A recognition ceremony and a dessert reception to honor Jim and Jean Ueltschi will follow the program presentations. For more information, visit http://www.unc.edu/apples/about/fruits/2008/index.htm.

2008 Gladys Hall Coates University History Lecture: John Burch
5:45 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library
Cartoonist John Burch of the San Antonio Express-News got his start at The Daily Tar Heel and the Chapel Hill News and will discuss the history of student cartooning at UNC in conjunction with the opening of the N.C. Collection Gallery exhibit “Lines of Humor, Shades of Controversy: A Century of Student Cartooning at UNC.” The exhibit runs through May 31. For more information, visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/cartoons.html.

April 18
Musical symposium: David Cohen
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Person Recital Hall
The Carolina Symposia on Music and Culture presents David Cohen, a professor of music at Columbia University. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

Dance performance: Merce Cunningham Dance Company
8 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Merce Cunningham Dance Company was started in 1953 by Cunningham, one of the great modern dance choreographers, in collaboration with composer John Cage, as a project at Black Mountain College near Asheville. The program will include Cunningham’s newest work, “eyeSpace,” for which iPods set to shuffle mode featuring the music of Mikel Rouse’s International Cloud Atlas will be loaned to each audience member, creating a unique music and movement convergence. Tickets are $24-50 for the general public; $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/performances/
event.aspx?id=3c25a31c-f4c3-4926-b871-1534f71d4661.

Musical performance: University Chamber Players
8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Person Recital Hall
The music department presents a performance by the University Chamber Players. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 19
Anthropology Family Science Day
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
Families are invited to visit the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s exhibit “The Ancient Carolinians.” For more information, visit http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/
index.cfm?fuseaction=calendar&month=4&day=1&year=2008.

Musical workshop: World Music Concert
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Atrium, FedEx Global Education Center
This world music workshop will feature performances by Gamelan Nyai Saraswati, traditional Javanese court music ensemble; Charanga Carolina, an ensemble specializing in Cuban danzon and New York-style salsa music; and UNC’s Ghanaian drumming group. Master Javanese musician Midiyanto will teach a hands-on workshop on the gamelan. For more information, visit http://global.unc.edu/.

April 20
Musical performance: UNC Bands Concert
1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Memorial Hall
The music department presents the University’s Band, Symphony Band and Wind Ensemble in concert. Tickets are $15 for the general public; $10 for UNC students, faculty and staff. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (919) 843-3333 or visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 21
Demonstration: “Our Vanishing Night”
7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
The Morehead Planetarium and Science Center presents a demonstration of how light pollution affects the night sky. For more information,

April 22
William S. Newman Series: Brahms’ German Requiem
8 p.m.
Memorial Hall
UNC’s Chamber Singers, Carolina Choir, Glee Clubs and the UNC Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Brahms’ German Requiem. The performance is dedicated to the memory of Professor Emeritus Lara Hoggard, who directed the Carolina Choir from 1965 through 1980. Tickets are $15 for the general public; $10 for UNC students, faculty and staff. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (919) 843-3333 or visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/performances/
event.aspx?id=4f38283b-a645-4436-b24f-7fb65e6785fe.

Poetry readings: Anne Waldman and Ed Sanders
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Bull’s Head Bookshop
Readings by poets Anne Waldman, co-founder of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa, and Ed Sanders, founder of the Fugs. Readings are in conjunction with a program on April 23 that celebrates the opening of the Rare Book Collection’s exhibit “The Beats and Beyond: Counterculture Poetics, 1952-1975” in Wilson Library. For more information on the exhibit, visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/fol/calendar_of_events_friends.pdf.

School of Education presentation: Kristen Huff
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Peabody Hall 311
Kristen Huff, Ph.D., senior director of advanced placement research and assessment design at the College Board in New York, N.Y., will speak on “Implications of Evidence-Centered Design for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment: Lessons Learned in the Context of the Advanced Placement Programs.” Huff will discuss how innovations in assessment design will likely influence the future of teaching and testing. The event is hosted by the educational psychology, measurement and evaluation program. For more information, visit http://soe.unc.edu/.

April 23
Panel discussion: “The Beats and Beyond”
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library
Poets Anne Waldman and Ed Sanders will join Robert Cantwell, professor of American studies, in a panel discussion on countercultural poetry in the mid-20th century. The discussion celebrates the opening of the Rare Book Collection’s exhibit “The Beats and Beyond: Counterculture Poetics, 1952-1975.” For more information, visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/fol/calendar_of_events_friends.pdf.

Music and dance performance: Spirit of Uganda
7:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
The performers of Spirit of Uganda will present a musical and dance celebration of Uganda’s cultural roots and new diversity. The performers range in age from 8 to 17 and serve as ambassadors for Uganda’s 2.4 million children orphaned by AIDS and civil war. The performance is part of Carolina Performing Arts’ 2007-08 World Stage series. Tickets are $20 for the general public; $10 for UNC students. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/performances/
event.aspx?id=f8177b4c-b596-4e70-a83f-51decdced331.

April 23-27
Play performance: “Witness to an Execution”
8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays
Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art
PlayMakers Repertory Company has commissioned a new work from local playwright Mike Wiley as part of the university-wide exploration of the death penalty. “Witness to an Execution” is inspired by a series of interviews that tell the story of death row inmates in the Texas prison system. Tickets are $24-32, depending on the performance date. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.playmakersrep.org/performances/
event.aspx?id=a6961704-a03c-42b4-ab45-bc5d49421d8a.

April 24
Musical performance: UNC Jazz Band
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Hill Hall Auditorium
The music department presents a performance by the UNC Jazz Band. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 25
Musical performance: UNC Jazz Combos
4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Hill Hall 107
The music department hosts the Fred and Gail Fearing Friday Afternoon Jazz Series featuring the UNC Jazz Combos. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

Musical performance: “Early Music from Spain and Latin America”
8 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Person Recital Hall
The UNC Baroque Ensemble and the Consort of Viols will perform early music from Spain and Latin America. For more information, visit http://music.unc.edu/.

April 25-26
Seminar: “Culture Wars: Religion, Reason and Atheism in America Today”
3:30 p.m. Friday – 12:30 p.m. Saturday
For location details, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_3/
2008_Spring/92-CultureWars.htm
Part of the Program in the Humanities and Human Values with support from the Frank Porter Graham Fund, this seminar will focus on the belief in God, atheist criticism and counter-criticism through questions of science, the history of religion, faith and human suffering. Registration is $200 and includes preparatory readings and dinner. For more information and to register, visit http://www.unc.edu/depts/human/level_3/
2008_Spring/92-CultureWars.htm.

April 26
Children’s presentation: Storytime Science at the Morehead Planetarium
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
The planetarium will host Storytime Science, reading science-focused children’s books and exploring the science behind the stories through hands-on activities. Fee is $4 for planetarium members; $5 for nonmembers. To register, call (919) 962-1236.

Film screening and lecture: “Searching for Angela Shelton”
5 p.m.
Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building 136
Actress and screenwriter Angela Shelton will present her documentary “Searching for Angela Shelton,” followed by a reception and book signing. Shelton set out to make a film about American women’s experiences by interviewing women who shared her name, and discovered unexpectedly that 70 percent of the women she found had been victims of rape, childhood sexual assault or domestic violence. Shelton followed up the film with a book, “Finding Angela Shelton.” Registration is requested. To register, call (919) 843-1759. For more information, visit http://ssw.unc.edu/events/AngelaSheltonLecture.pdf/.

April 27
A Tribute to Maxine Swalin
2 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Carolina Performing Arts will honor Maxine Swalin on her 105th birthday. Swalin and her late husband, Benjamin F. Swalin, helped build the N.C. Symphony. The tribute will include performances by cellist Nancy Green and pianist Frederick Moyer, grandchildren of dramatist Paul Green, a close friend of the Swalins. For more information, visit http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/performances/
event.aspx?id=b5b48fb1-4e8f-48e8-9903-dcb429ed56fc.

Discussion: “Why We Garden: A Conversation with Ken Moore”
2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Carolina Inn, Hill Ballroom
Ken Moore, retired superintendent and assistant director of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, will reflect on the past 40 years of history of the botanical garden. Throughout his reminiscence, Moore will ask the audience to discuss why they garden and describe his own journey in pursuit of the perfect garden. For more information, visit http://ncbg.unc.edu/pages/28/.

Ongoing

Feb. 14 – May 31
Exhibit: “Lines of Humor, Shades of Controversy: A Century of Student Cartooning at UNC”
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturdays, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Sundays
North Carolina Collection Gallery, Wilson Library
Student cartoons in UNC publications have entertained and informed this campus community for more than a hundred years. The exhibit features selected works from 1907-206. For more information, call (919) 962-1172 or visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/gallery/current_exhib.html.

Feb. 22 – May 11
Exhibit: “PepperPot: Multi-Media Installation, Meaning, and the Medium in Contemporary African Diasporic Art”
10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum, Sonja Haynes Stone Center
“PepperPot” is a multimedia installation featuring the work of artists Andrea Chung, Lauren Kelley, Morolake Odeleye and Cosmo Whyte, who each engage in a practice of making art that places materials at the center of the meaning of their work. For more information, visit http://ibiblio.org/shscbch/.

March 17 – May 31
Exhibit: “Paper Trail: The Poster Art of Casey Burns and Ron Liberti”
9 a.m. – 6 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturdays
Manuscripts department, Wilson Library
The Southern Folklife Collection will exhibit the work of two local poster artists whose work has advertised Chapel Hill and Carrboro’s independent rock music scene since the early 1990s. For more information, visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/posters.html or call (919) 962-1345.

April 2-20
Play performance: “Amadeus”
8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays
Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art
PlayMakers Repertory Company presents “Amadeus,” Peter Shaffer’s funny and tragic tale of Mozart and rival composer Salieri. The play won the Tony Award for best play and multiple Oscars for the movie adaptation. Tickets are $10-32, depending on the performance date. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit http://www.playmakersrep.org.

April 3-24
Lecture series: Genetics, Ethics and Human Health
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Thursdays
William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education
The “What’s the Big Idea?” series will feature four evenings of lectures by six UNC scientists offering an overview of stem cell research and genetic engineering. Topics will include the medical applications of genetic research and tissue engineering. Registration is $10 per class or $30 for the series of four lectures. For more information and to register, visit http://www.fridaycenter.unc.edu/pdep/wbi/index.htm.

April 11 – May 2
Workshop: Digital camera photography
12:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. Fridays
Totten Center, North Carolina Botanical Garden
Instructor John Sehon, an amateur photographer, will give a lecture on photography fundamentals and using digital cameras and lead a photo-taking session in the North Carolina Botanical Garden. Registration is $80 for Botanical Garden members; $90 for nonmembers. For more information and to register, visit http://ncbg.unc.edu/pages/26/.

April 14 – July 3
Exhibit: “The Beats and Beyond: Counterculture Poetics, 1952-1975”
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Saturdays
Wilson Library Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Room
Taking advantage of the depth and breadth of the Rare Book Collection’s holdings in post–World War II American poetry, this exhibit will include poets of the New York School, the San Francisco renaissance and North Carolina’s Black Mountain College, providing glimpses into the avant-garde poetry scene through lenses including the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. For more information, visit http://www.lib.unc.edu/fol/calendar_of_events_friends.pdf or call (919) 962-1143.

April 16-May 21
Class: Beginning Skywatching
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Wednesdays
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
The Morehead Planetarium will host beginning skywatching classes to identify stars and planets visible to the naked eye as well as with a planisphere. Registration is $90 for planetarium members; $110 for nonmembers. To register, call (919) 962-1236. For more information, visit http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/
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