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November Calendar of Events NOVEMBER 1 University Gallery "Hollywood Icons, Local Demons," an exhibition of 18 large sign-board paintings that serve as portable advertisements for traveling performances throughout West Africa. University Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Ave., through December 15. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday, noon-8 p.m., and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Exhibit is free and open to the public. For information, call (617) 627-3518 or visit the web site www.tufts.edu/as/gallery China Conference "Beyond China Watching: Pedagogy, Area Studies and Geopolitics," ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center, through November 2. For a complete schedule of the two-day conference, registration and directions, visit the web site http://ase.tufts.edu/chinese/conference.htm Mathematics Colloquium "Indecomposable Spaces: When Set Theoretical Topologists Turn Evil," Monica Moreno Rocha, assistant professor of mathematics at Tufts. Bromfield-Pearson Building, Room 101, 3:45 p.m. Balch Arena Theater "Broadway" by Philip Dunning and George Abbott; directed by Laurence Senelick, choreography by Judith Chaffee. When this comedy-melodrama first opened in New York in 1926, it was hailed as a highly accurate snapshot of life along the Great White Way at the height of Prohibition. Performances are November 1-2, Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m. Matinee on November 2, 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $6 for senior citizens and $5 with a valid Tufts ID. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information and to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call (617) 627-3493, weekdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Concert The Boston-based Kalistos Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Chris Younghoon Kim, director of choral activities at Tufts, will present the second in a series of four concerts in its inaugural 2002-2003 season. The concert will feature works by Jeffery Cotton, Benjamin Britten and Frank Bridge. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students and $5 for senior citizens and children under 14. For more information, visit the web site www.kalistos.org or call 1-800-896-7340. First & Second Church, 66 Marlborough St., Boston, 8 p.m. Sailing Sloop Nationals at Brown, through November 3. NOVEMBER 2 Men's Cross Country NESCAC Championship at Tufts, noon. Grafton campus. Women's Cross Country NESCAC Championship at Tufts, noon. Grafton campus. Field Hockey Colby at Tufts, Huskins Field, 12:30 p.m. Football Colby at Tufts, Ellis Oval, 1 p.m. Women's Soccer Colby at Tufts, Kraft Field, 1:30 p.m. Balch Arena Theater "Broadway" by Philip Dunning and George Abbott; directed by Laurence Senelick, choreography by Judith Chaffee. When this comedy-melodrama first opened in New York in 1926, it was hailed as a highly accurate snapshot of life along the Great White Way at the height of Prohibition. Balch Arena Theater, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $6 for senior citizens and $5 with a valid Tufts ID. Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For more information and to purchase tickets over the phone with a credit card, call (617) 627-3493, weekdays 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tufts Composers Showdown Graduate students William Zuck III and Don Schechter face off in a performance featuring new works for bass and string quartets, flute and piano, tuba and piano and sopranos. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. Sailing Women's Victorian Urn Trophy at Harvard, through November 3. Sailing Nickerson Trophy at Vermont, through November 3. Sailing Tufts Invitational at Tufts. NOVEMBER 3 Men's Soccer NESCAC playoffs, 1st round. Women's Soccer NESCAC playoffs, 1st round. Protestant Worship Services Crane Room, Paige Hall, 7 p.m. Roman Catholic Mass Sacred Heart Church, Winthrop Street, Medford, 10 p.m. NOVEMBER 4 Flu Vaccine Clinic Sponsored by Health Service for faculty and staff. Wear short sleeves. Cost is $15. Health Service conference room, 124 Professors Row, 5-7 p.m. NOVEMBER 5 NOVEMBER 6 Lecture "South Asians in the House! Youth Culture and Citizenship," Sunaina Maira, author of Desis in the House: Indian American Youth Culture in New York City and assistant professor of Asian American studies, UMass-Amherst. Braker 001, 7 p.m. NOVEMBER 7 Friends of Tufts Libraries Author Talk Joseph Hurka, lecturer in English, received the 19th annual Pushcart Editors' Book Award for Fields of Light: A Son Remembers His Heroic Father, which intersperses a gripping family history with a father's fight against Communism, his imprisonment by Czech authorities, his escape in the early 1950s, his employment as a spy for the U.S. government and his eventual reunion with his son and family. A book-signing and light refreshments will follow the talk. Tisch Library, Austin Conference Room, 3:30 p.m. Chaplain's Table "Lessons of Tolerance and Pluralism from Islamic Societies," Sadaf Gulamali, A04. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. 2002 Earle P. Charlton Lecture "Germs Cells and Sex Chromosomes: An Evolving Alliance," Dr. David C. Page, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Department of Biology, MIT. DeBlois Auditorium, Sackler Center, 4 p.m. Boston campus. For more information, contact the Sackler dean's office at (617) 636-6767 or e-mail cathy.samson@tufts.edu NOVEMBER 8 Mathematics Colloquium "Krylov Subspace Methods and Newton-Krylov Methods," Homer Walker, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Bromfield-Pearson Building, Room 101, 3:45 p.m. Sailing Singlehanded Nationals, Houston, Texas, through November 10. NOVEMBER 9 Women's Cross Country ECAC Championships at Williams, noon. Football Tufts at Middlebury, 12:30 p.m. Concert The Tufts Symphony Orchestra is joined in concert by pianist Janet Schmalfeldt, associate professor of music, who will perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, while Cathleen Ayakano Read will present a new work by Noriko Yamaguchi for Koto and Orchestra. Cohen Auditorium, 8 p.m. Sailing Michael Horn Trophy at Harvard, through November 10. NOVEMBER 10 Roman Catholic Mass Sacred Heart Church, Winthrop Street, Medford, 10 p.m. NOVEMBER 11 NOVEMBER 12 Graduate Students Registration for spring 2003 courses, through November 15. NOVEMBER 13 Concert Kiniwe, Tufts' West African drumming and dance ensemble, offers a performance of West African songs, dances and drumming by students in Prof. David Locke's classes in the music and dance departments. Presented will be Agbekor of the Ewe people and Bamaya of the Dagomba people. Children are welcome. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 14 Immunology "Mechanisms Controlling the Horizontal and Vertical Transmission of Cholera Toxin Genes," Dr. Matthew K. Waldor, associate professor of medicine, Tufts School of Medicine. Sackler Center, DeBlois Auditorium B, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Chaplain's Table "God?" Alexis Gerber, A04. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Concert Tufts Jazz Big Band presents a hot and fiery performance featuring the best music jazz has to offer; conducted by Joel LaRue Smith. Cohen Auditorium, 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 15 NOVEMBER 16 Women's Cross Country NCAA New England Championships at Westfield State, noon. Concert Performance by the 140-voice Tufts Third Day Gospel Choir. Tickets available in advance only from choir members. The 7 p.m. concert will be performed off campus at a location to be announced. Call (617) 627-4042 for information. Sailing Atlantic Coast Women's Championship at Connecticut, through November 17. Sailing Atlantic Coast Dinghy Championship at Coast Guard, through November 17. Sailing Atlantic Coast Freshmen Championship at Hobart, through November 17. NOVEMBER 17 Protestant Worship Services Crane Room, Paige Hall, 7 p.m. Roman Catholic Mass Sacred Heart Church, Winthrop Street, Medford, 10 p.m. NOVEMBER 18 Undergraduates Registration for spring 2003 semester classes, through November 22. NOVEMBER 19 NOVEMBER 20 Religion and the Movies Clips and discussion of religious content from "Portrait of an Artist," the Rev. David O'Leary, university chaplain. Tisch Library, AV Room, 7-9 p.m. Concert The Tufts Chamber Singers preview music that will be performed during their spring 2003 tour to Spain, and the Tufts Flute Ensemble performs dynamic music for flute choir. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 21 Immunology "Studying the Pathogenesis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Mice," Dr. Richard A. Van Etten, Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School. Sackler Center, DeBlois Auditorium B, 4 p.m. Boston campus. Chaplain's Table "Church on Sunday, Work on Monday…," Laura Nash, senior research fellow, Harvard Business School. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Concert NME presents "Physical Memory" to remember Jonathan Neuman ("Johnny Physical"), a beloved ensemble member and talented young musician. Also featuring memorial performances of works by Earle Brown, Edward Cohen and Ralph Shapey and the world premiere of "Tufts Sesquicentennial Commission," a modular work-in-progress by Diana Dabby. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 22 NOVEMBER 23 Concert "Winds from Around the World," the Tufts Wind Ensemble, in celebration of World Music Month, will explore music by composers representing Japan, Brazil, Mexico, the Netherlands and the British Isles. Cohen Auditorium, 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 24 Protestant Worship Services Crane Room, Paige Hall, 7 p.m. Roman Catholic Mass Sacred Heart Church, Winthrop Street, Medford, 10 p.m. NOVEMBER 25 Concert The Tufts Early Music Ensemble, an ensemble of singers, viola da gambas, lutes, recorders and more, along with the zinks, sackbuts and dulcians of the Tufts Renaissance Wind Band, perform the German Renaissance music of Isaac, Senfl, Walter and others. Alumnae Lounge, 8 p.m. NOVEMBER 27 NOVEMBER 28 NOVEMBER 29 Editor's note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the December issue of the Tufts Journal is Tuesday, November 26. Submissions may be e-mailed to barbara.lewis@tufts.edu or you may send Calendar announcements to Barbara Lewis, Office of Publications, 200 Boston Ave., Medford campus.
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