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Calendar Highlights

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EPIIC Global Cities Symposium

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Anything to Declare?

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Two seniors make a lesson out of the magical series in an Ex College course

February 2009 Events Calendar

February 1

Women’s Fencing Tufts at MIT Invitational, 8 a.m.

A Tapestry of Memories: The Art of Dinh Q. Lê The first major survey of the work of this Vietnamese-American artist. Lê’s tapestries and video installations reveal a two-decade-long introspective journey in which the artist has brought his vision to bear on the dislocation and cultural displacement he experienced, first in fleeing his homeland, then with his immersion in American culture, and ultimately upon the return to his estranged and yet familiar country. Through his art, Lê has sought to negotiate the differing perspectives he holds—Vietnamese, American-Vietnamese and American—on Vietnam, the American-Vietnam War and his place in the two societies in which he finds both belonging and alienation. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, through March 29. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For information, call 617-627-3518 or go to http://ase.tufts.edu/gallery/exhibitions/exhibitions.html. Curatorial tours of A Tapestry of Memories on February 7 and 22 at 2 p.m. “A Tapestry of Viewpoints: The Social and Cultural History of Vietnam,” a panel discussion and reception on February 12 at 6 p.m.

Christian Tomaszewski: Hunting for Pheasants New York-based Christian Tomaszewski (b. 1971) is an installation artist whose work over the past decade has been heavily influenced by film, filmic representation and recreations of film sets from memory on both miniature and monumental scales. Tomaszewski’s project Hunting for Pheasants takes its inspiration from the Polish School of film posters of the 1960s and 1970s, a prominent influence on Polish artists born in the 1970s. Expanding upon his November 2008 exhibition at Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer in Cologne, Tomaszewski’s installation comprises a series of 82 “poster drawings” for movies that don’t actually exist, installed over a colorful array of striped panels on the gallery’s perimeter walls, as if curated to give a taste of a certain political moment with its own particular bygone aesthetic. Aidekman Arts Center, Koppelman Gallery and Remis Sculpture Court, through March 29. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For information, call 617-627-3518 or go to http://ase.tufts.edu/gallery/exhibitions/exhibitions.html.

Tokyo Streets Aidekman Arts Center, New Media Wall, through March 29. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Thursdays until 8 p.m. For information, call 617-627-3518 or go to http://ase.tufts.edu/gallery/exhibitions/exhibitions.html.

Men’s Squash NESCAC Tournament at Trinity/Wesleyan, 6 p.m.

February 2

Town Meeting with Dean Lonnie Norris The town meeting with the dean provides an opportunity to update faculty and staff about current and future plans at Tufts Dental School and the university. Beverages and light refreshments will be served. Please feel welcome to bring your lunch. Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Merritt Auditorium, noon. Boston campus.

February 3

Changing Pharmacogenentics Landscape Part of the Program in Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics scientific seminar series, with Andrew D. Johnson, NIH/NHLBI genomics and bioinformatics research fellow and a researcher on the Framingham Heart Study. Information: 617-636-6997. Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, 75 Kneeland St., Suite 1100, 3:30–5 p.m. Boston campus.

Women’s Basketball UMass Dartmouth at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m.

Ice Hockey Tufts at Suffolk, 7:15 p.m.

February 4

Goddard Chapel Forum on Religion & International Relations “Talking with Adversaries,” the Rev. Raymond G. Helmick, department of theology, Boston College. For more information, contact the Chaplain’s Office at 617-627-3427 or email Linda.Karpowich@tufts.edu. Goddard Chapel, 6 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Tufts at UMass–Dartmouth, 7 p.m.

February 5

Noontime Concerts at Goddard Chapel Leah Kosch on piano. Goddard Chapel, 12:30 p.m.

Chaplain’s Table on Religion and Social Justice Overview of program, the Rev. David O’Leary, university chaplain. MacPhie Conference Room, 5–7 p.m.

Women’s Squash Tufts vs. Wellesley at Belmont Hill, 6:30 p.m.

February 6

6th Annual Health Sciences Mini-Symposium for Teaching and Learning “Innovative Teaching with Technology at Tufts” will explore innovative teaching with technology practices at Tufts. These mini-symposia are free for Tufts faculty. For more information and to register go to: www.regonline.com/09HSMini-Symp. Sackler Center, 8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Boston campus.

Women’s Squash Tufts vs. Bates at Bowdoin, 6 p.m.

Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Bates at Bowdoin, 6 p.m.

Men’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at MIT/Middlebury Invitational, 7 p.m.

Women’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at MIT/Middlebury Invitational, 7 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Tufts at Trinity, 7 p.m.

February 7

Men’s Track & Field Tufts Invitational III, Gantcher Center, 10 a.m.

Women’s Track & Field Tufts Invitational III, Gantcher Center, 10 a.m.

Men’s Squash Maine Round Robin at Bowdoin, 11 a.m.

Women’s Squash Maine Round Robin at Bowdoin, 11 a.m.

Men’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at MIT/Middlebury Invitational, 1 p.m.

Women’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at MIT/Middlebury Invitational, 1 p.m.

Women’s Squash Tufts vs. George Washington at Bowdoin, 2 p.m.

Men’s Squash Tufts vs. George Washington at Bowdoin, 2 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Amherst at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 2 p.m.

Tufts University Art Gallery Curatorial Tour of A Tapestry of Memories, Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, 2 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Tufts at Amherst, 3 p.m.

Ice Hockey Tufts at Trinity, 7:15 p.m.

February 8

Ice Hockey Tufts at Wesleyan, 3 p.m.

February 10

Chemistry Lecture “Molecular Interactions at Ferroelectric Surfaces,” with Professor Dawn Bonnell, University of Pennsylvania. Refreshments will be served 30 minutes prior to the seminar in Pearson 212. For information contact Ruth Ayers at 617-627-6491 or Ruth.Ayers@tufts.edu. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m.

Men’s Squash Tufts at Brown, 5 p.m.

Women’s Squash Tufts at Brown, 5 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Tufts at Trinity, 7:30 p.m.

February 11

Microbiology Seminar “New Regulators of Cellular Homeostasis and Virulence in the Human Respiratory Pathogen, Streptococcus pneumoniae,” with Malcolm E. Winkler, director of the biotechnology program and professor of biology, Indiana University. Jaharis Center, Room 508, noon–1 p.m. Boston campus.

Fares Center Lecture Series “Fact and Fiction in U.S.-Iran Relations Before and After the Islamic Revolution: Lessons for Policy,” with Gholam R. Afkami, director of the Oral History Project, Foundation for Iranian Studies. Information: http://farescenter.tufts.edu/events/ or call 617-627-6560. Cabot Intercultural Center, 7th floor, 5:30 p.m.

Equine Health Lecture Series “Advances in Imaging for Equine Patients,” with Katherine Chope, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Cost: $25. To register, contact Susan Brogan at 508-887-4723 or vetceinfo@tufts.edu. Information: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/events/20090114.html. Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, 7–9 p.m. Grafton campus.

February 12

Biology Lecture “The Neurobiology of Pheromone Detection and Central Processing of Mice,” with Michael J. Baum, professor of biology, Boston University. Pizza to be served. Administration Building, Kohnstamm Conference Room, noon–1 p.m. Grafton campus.

Chaplain’s Table on Religion and Social Justice “Feminism and Religion,” with La Tayna Purnell, educational leadership policy studies, Indiana University. MacPhie Conference Room, 5–7 p.m.

Tufts University Art Gallery “A Tapestry of Viewpoints: The Social and Cultural History of Vietnam,” a panel discussion and reception. For more information, go to http://ase.tufts.edu/gallery. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, 6 p.m.

Our Town Tufts Opera presents Ned Rorem’s Our Town, based on the Thornton Wilder play; performed by members of the Tufts Opera Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. Tickets $1 with Tufts ID; $7 general public. Seating is general admission. Additional performances: February 13, 8 p.m.; February 14, 8 p.m.; and February 15, 3 p.m. Tickets on sale at the Granoff Music Center Box Office, 617-627-3679, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m. –5 p.m. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.

February 13

Our Town Tufts Opera presents Ned Rorem’s Our Town, based on the Thornton Wilder play; performed by members of the Tufts Opera Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. Additional performances: February 14, 8 p.m., and February 15, 3 p.m. $10 for adults/general public; $7 with Tufts ID or for students. Seating is reserved. Tickets on sale at the Granoff Music Center Box Office, 617-627-3679, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.

Ice Hockey Salem State at Tufts, Malden Forum, 7 p.m.

Men’s Track and Field Valentine Invitational at Boston University, 11 a.m.

February 14

Men’s Track and Field Valentine Invitational at Boston University, 10 a.m.

Men’s Basketball Tufts at Bates, 2 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Bates at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m.

Ice Hockey Southern Maine at Tufts, Malden Forum, 4 p.m.

Our Town Tufts Opera presents Ned Rorem’s Our Town, based on the Thornton Wilder play; performed by members of the Tufts Opera Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. Additional performance: February 15 at 3 p.m. $10 for adults/general public; $7 with Tufts ID or for students. Seating is reserved. Tickets on sale at the Granoff Music Center Box Office, 617-627-3679, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.

February 15

Our Town Tufts Opera presents Ned Rorem’s Our Town, based on the Thornton Wilder play; performed by members of the Tufts Opera Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. $10 for adults/general public; $7 with Tufts ID or for students. Seating is reserved. Tickets on sale at the Granoff Music Center Box Office, 617-627-3679, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 3 p.m.

February 16

President’s Day Observed University holiday; no classes.

February 17

Chemistry Lecture “High-Valent Iron(IV)-Oxo Complexes of Heme and Non-Heme Ligands on Oxygenation Reactions,” with Prof. Wonwoo Nam, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea. Refreshments will be served 30 minutes prior to the seminar in Pearson 212. Information: Ruth Ayers at 617-627-6491 or Ruth.Ayers@tufts.edu. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m.

Women’s Basketball Tufts at Worcester State, 7 p.m.

Thesis Recital Jean Y. Foo, a graduate student in music, presents her thesis recital with the Juventas Ensemble, members of the Tufts Applied Music Faculty and guests Fumito Nunoya, Joshua Hahn and Matthew Davis. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.

February 19

EPIIC Global Cities Symposium The international symposium is an annual public forum designed and enacted by students in the Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) program. It features scores of international practitioners, academics, public intellectuals, activists and journalists in panel discussions and workshops. This year’s symposium will explore how the shape of our cities affects the future of our planet and the lives of more than three billion urban dwellers. For more information, visit EPIIC’s website at http://www.tuftsgloballeadership.org/calendar/2009/02/19/epiic-global-cities. Medford/Somerville campus, various locations, all day.

Goddard Chapel Noontime Concert Stephanie Budwey on organ. Goddard Chapel, 12:30 p.m.

Chaplain’s Table on Religion and Social Justice The Rev. Hank Pierce, Unitarian Universalist Church, Medford. MacPhie Conference Room, 5–7 p.m.

Anything to Declare? This masterpiece of turn-of-the-century French bedroom farce by Maurice Henequin and Pierre Veber, translated and directed by Laurence Senelick, revels in disguises, misunderstandings and double entendres. Tickets: $7 with Tufts ID; $7 for subscribers/seniors; $12 general admission. To order tickets or learn more, contact the box office at 617-627-3493. Additional performances February 20–21 and February 26–28. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m.

February 20

EPIIC Global Cities Symposium The international symposium is an annual public forum designed and enacted by students in the Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) program. It features scores of international practitioners, academics, public intellectuals, activists and journalists in panel discussions and workshops. This year's symposium will explore how the shape of our cities affects the future of our planet and the lives of more than three billion urban dwellers. For more information, visit EPIIC’s website at http://www.tuftsgloballeadership.org/calendar/2009/02/19/epiic-global-cities. Medford/Somerville campus, various locations, all day.

Town Meeting with Dean Lonnie Norris The town meeting with the dean provides an opportunity to update faculty and staff about current and future plans at Tufts Dental School and the university. Beverages and light refreshments will be served. Please feel welcome to bring your lunch. School of Dental Medicine, Merritt Auditorium, noon. Boston campus.

Men’s Track and Field New England Division III Championships at MIT, noon.

Friends of Tufts Libraries Author talk by Susan Napier, professor and director of the Japanese Program and author of From Impressionism to Anime: Japan as Fantasy and Fan Cult in the Mind of the West. Tisch Library, Hirsh Reading Room, 3:30–5 p.m.

Anything to Declare? This masterpiece of turn-of-the-century French bedroom farce by Maurice Henequin and Pierre Veber, translated and directed by Laurence Senelick, revels in disguises, misunderstandings and double entendres. Tickets: $7 with Tufts ID; $7 for subscribers/seniors; $12 general admission. To order tickets or learn more, contact the box office at 617-627-3493. Additional performances February 21 and February 26–28. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m.

Ice Hockey Tufts at UMass–Boston, 7 p.m.

Women’s Track & Field New England Division III Championships at Bowdoin, 10 a.m. Through February 21.

February 21

Men’s Track and Field New England Division III Championship at MIT, 10 a.m.

Tufts University Art Gallery “Curatorial Tour of A Tapestry of Memories,” Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, 2 p.m.

The Dragon King A benefit performance by Tanglewood Marionettes for the Eliot-Pearson Children’s School Scholarship Fund. $6 in advance, $8 at the door; tickets can be ordered from the Eliot-Pearson Children’s School, 105 College Ave., 617-627-3434, or through http://ase.tufts.edu/epcs/formStart.asp. Cohen Auditorium, 20 Talbot Ave., 11 a.m.

February 22

Japanese Chamber Music Tufts applied music faculty member Ayakano Cathleen Read leads a concert of classical and contemporary Japanese chamber music for koto, voice and shakuhachi. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 3 p.m.

February 23

Ice Hockey Tufts at Babson, 4 p.m.

Miriam S. Balmuth Lectures: Economic Growth and Contraction in the Roman World “The Archaeology of Economic Institutions,” presented by Andrew Wilson, professor of the archaeology of the Roman Empire, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University. Additional lectures February 24–26. For more information, contact David Proctor at 617-627-3213 or david.proctor@tufts.edu. Cabot Intercultural Center, Room 206, 7:30–9 p.m.

February 24

Miriam S. Balmuth Lectures: Economic Growth and Contraction in the Roman World “The Possibilities and Limits for Pre-industrial Growth,” presented by Andrew Wilson, professor of the archaeology of the Roman Empire, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University. Additional lectures February 25 and 26. For more information, contact David Proctor at 617-627-3213 or david.proctor@tufts.edu. Cabot Intercultural Center, Room 206, 7:30–9 p.m.

February 25

Equine Health Lecture Series “Fat, Furry or Foot-Sore? Distinguishing Between Equine Metabolic Syndrome and Cushings,” presenting updates on the diagnosis and treatment of these two confusing conditions, with Julia Paxson, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. Cost: $25. To register, please contact Susan Brogan at 508-887-4723 or vetceinfo@tufts.edu. Information: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/ce/events/20090114.html. Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, 7–9 p.m. Grafton campus.

Miriam S. Balmuth Lectures: Economic Growth and Contraction in the Roman World “Before the Pin Factory: Divisions of Labour and Mass Production,” presented by Andrew Wilson, professor of the archaeology of the Roman Empire, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University. Additional lecture February 26. For more information, please contact David Proctor at 617-627-3213 or david.proctor@tufts.edu. Cabot Intercultural Center, Room 206, 7:30–9 p.m.

February 26

Fletcher Faculty/Staff Waits on You Dinner For more information, email sarah.strong@tufts.edu. Fletcher School, Hall of Flags, 6–10 p.m.

Miriam S. Balmuth Lectures: Economic Growth and Contraction in the Roman World “Mining, Metal Supply and the Supply of Money,” presented by Andrew Wilson, professor of the archaeology of the Roman Empire, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University. For more information, contact David Proctor at 617-627-3213 or david.proctor@tufts.edu. Cabot Intercultural Center, Room 206, 7:30–9 p.m.

Anything to Declare? This masterpiece of turn-of-the-century French bedroom farce by Maurice Henequin and Pierre Veber, translated and directed by Laurence Senelick, revels in disguises, misunderstandings and double entendres. Tickets: $1 for today’s performance only. To order tickets or learn more, contact the box office at 617-627-3493. Additional performances February 27–28. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m.

The Mockingbird Trio Experience new works for contralto, viola and piano written expressly for the trio by Boston composers. Featuring the premieres of “A Field Guide to Backyard Birds” by Francien Trester and “From the Fall of Sparrow” by John McDonald. With Elizabeth Anker, contralto; Scott Woolweaver, viola; and John McDonald, piano. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.

February 27

Men’s Track and Field New England Open Championships, Boston University, 10 a.m. Through February 28.

Women’s Track & Field New England Open Championships, Boston University, 10 a.m. Through February 28.

February 28

Family/Children’s Concert: Stories! Tufts students present an instrumental concert for children ages 5 and up that examines how music can be a story and tell a story at the same time. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 1 p.m.

Portrait: Music of Charles Mingus Tufts applied music faculty member Diane Richardson sings to the music of legendary jazz artist Charles Mingus, with guests Steve Hunt, piano; John Lockwood, bass; Yoron Israel, drums; Victor Mendoza, vibraphone; Bill Pierce, sax; Tiger Okoshi, trumpet; Rob Thompson, violin; Matt Marvuglio, flute; and Sa Davis, percussion. Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m.

Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the March issue is Thursday, February 19. Submissions may be e-mailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu or you may send Calendar announcements to Barbara Lewis, Tufts Publications, 80 George St., Medford campus.

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