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July 2008 Events Calendar
July 1
Summer School Second session begins.
Art Gallery Fifth Annual Juried Summer Exhibition, "5x5". Site-specific installations by Kyle Larabee, Mindy Nierenberg, Roy Pardi, Randal Thurston and August Ventimiglia. Aidekman Arts Center, through August 10. Summer gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call the gallery at 617-627-3518 or go to http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery.
July 4
Independence Day University holiday; no classes.
July 8
Baseball Clinic Run by the Tufts Baseball coaching staff and RBI Baseball Academy for boys and girls ages 7 through 17; four-day clinic runs though July 11. Boston Red Sox pitcher Manny Delcarmen will attend one day and speak to the athletes as a group. Huskins Baseball Field, Medford/Somerville campus, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $299; 10% discount for additional family members. For information and to register: www.rbiacademy.com/summer/2008/summerclinic/clinic.html.
July 9
The Real Scoop About Dog Food Summer Sunset Lecture Series, informational lectures for dog owners. How to read dog food labels, what your dog really needs to stay healthy, with Lisa Freeman, professor of clinical sciences (nutrition), Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Cost: $10. Information: Susan Brogan at vetceinfo@tufts.edu or 508-887-4723. Cummings School, 6-7 p.m. Grafton campus.
July 10
Music, Language and the Mind A conference in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Fred Lerdahl and Ray Jackendoff's A Generative Theory of Tonal Music. The conference runs through July 13 and is hosted by Provost Jamshed Bharucha and the Office of the Provost, Professor Joseph Auner and the Department of Music, and Professor Robert Cook and the Department of Psychology. Throughout the program sessions, the similarities between music and language and their relationship to the brain will be explored. Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center. See http://musicandlanguage.tufts.edu/ for program details. Information: Office of the Provost at 617-627-3931.
July 22
Magic Circle Theater The Phantom Tollbooth by Susan Nanus; based on the book by Norton Juster, is the story of a child, Milo, who is totally bored with learning and life until he sets out on a journey through the Phantom Toolbooth. Tickets: $7; Visa, Mastercard and Discover accepted; group rates available. Tickets and information: 617-627-3493. Aidekman Arts Center, Balch Arena Theater, performances at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Additional shows on July 23 at 10:30 a.m. and July 31 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
July 23
Magic Circle Theater The Phantom Tollbooth by Susan Nanus; based on the book by Norton Juster, is the story of a child, Milo, who is totally bored with learning and life until he sets out on a journey through the Phantom Toolbooth. Tickets: $7; Visa, Mastercard and Discover accepted; group rates available. Tickets and information: 617-627-3493. Aidekman Arts Center, Balch Arena Theater, 10:30 a.m. Additional shows on July 31 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
First Aid for the Dog Owner Summer Sunset Lecture Series, informational lectures for dog owners. Elizabeth Rozanski, professor of clinical sciences (emergency care), Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, discusses advances in veterinary medicine that can help dogs. Cost: $10. Information: Susan Brogan at vetceinfo@tufts.edu or 508-887-4723. Cummings School, 6-7 p.m. Grafton campus.
July 24
Magic Circle Theater Humpty-Dumpty Is Missing or The Mysterious Case of the Fallen Egg, a fun-filled spoof of the private-eye thrillers of the 1940s and 1950s, featuring Sammy Scoop, a private investigator in the tradition of his grandfather, Samuel Shovel, and his father, Sam Spade. Tickets: $7; Visa, Mastercard and Discover accepted; group rates available. Tickets and information: 617-627-3493. Aidekman Arts Center, Balch Arena Theater, performances at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Additional shows on August 5 at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. and August 6 at 10:30 a.m.
July 29
Magic Circle Theater Annie, a musical about a Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Tickets: $7; Visa, Mastercard and Discover accepted; group rates available. Tickets and information: 617-627-3493. Aidekman Arts Center, Balch Arena Theater, performances at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Additional shows on July 30 at 10:30 a.m. and August 6 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
July 30
Magic Circle Theater Annie, a musical about a Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Tickets: $7; Visa, Mastercard and Discover accepted; group rates available. Tickets and information: 617-627-3493. Aidekman Arts Center, Balch Arena Theater, 10:30 a.m. Additional shows on August 6 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
July 31
Magic Circle Theater The Phantom Tollbooth by Susan Nanus; based on the book by Norton Juster, is the story of a child, Milo, who is totally bored with learning and life until he sets out on a journey through the Phantom Toolbooth. Tickets: $7; Visa, Mastercard and Discover accepted; group rates available. Tickets and information: 617-627-3493. Aidekman Arts Center, Balch Arena Theater, performances at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Editor's note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the August issue of the Tufts Journal is Tuesday, July 28. Submissions may be e-mailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu or you may send Calendar announcements to Barbara Lewis, Office of Publications, 80 George Street, Medford campus.
