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September Calendar of Events September 1 September 2 September 5 September 6 September 7 September 8 University Gallery “Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator,” an exhibition organized by guest curator Judith Hoss Fox that explores the creative intersection of art, fashion and human needs. The exhibition includes 43 works by international artists. Fox will host a special tour of the exhibition on September 8, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Opening reception: September 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, through November 13. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. For more information, call the gallery at 617-627-3518 or go to http://www.tufts.edu/as/gallery. University Gallery “Silkworm Grind,” a large-scale installation created by Mei-ling Hom in collaboration with the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. The work consists of three aluminum silkworms suspended from the ceiling. Each form is sheathed in colorful silk and emits a pungent aroma as the forms slowly gyrate. Opening reception: September 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Aidekman Arts Center, Koppelman Gallery, through November 13. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. For more information, call the gallery at 617-627-3518 or go to http://www.tufts.edu/as/gallery. University Gallery “Selections from the United Nations Sculpture Series,” artist Wenda Gu’s fusion of traditional Chinese ink painting, seals and furniture with the materials and notions of a new millennium. Gu began the series in 1993 and has installed it in 15 countries. His two site-specific, 22-foot-high sculptures at Tufts are totems made from human hair of various races, formed into blocks and supporting the pseudo-calligraphic characters of an invented language. Opening reception: September 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Aidekman Arts Center, Remis Sculpture Court, through January 8, 2006. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Thursday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. For more information, call the gallery at 617-627-3518 or go to http://www.tufts.edu/as/gallery.. University Gallery Jan Lourie, J57, a former software developer for IBM, talks about “Gotham I,” her joint exhibition (with Janet Firestone) of “fusion prints” of New York City that are on display through September 30 in the Slater Concourse Gallery of the Aidekman Arts Center. Remis Sculpture Court, 5:30-8:30 p.m. September 9 September 10 Women’s Cross-Country Tufts at Connecticut College Invitational, 11 a.m. Men’s Cross-Country Tufts at Connecticut College Invitational, noon. Golf Tufts at Bowdoin Invitational, noon. Continues on September 11 at noon. Men’s Soccer Tufts at Colby, 1 p.m. Field Hockey Tufts at Colby, 1 p.m. Women’s Soccer Tufts at Colby, 3:30 p.m. September 12 HNRCA Seminar “Vitamin D and Cancer,” Dr. Edward Giovannucci, professor of nutrition and of medicine, Harvard University. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 4-5 p.m. Boston campus. September 13 Molecular Microbiology Seminar “Swimming in the Stomach: Chemotaxis in the Ulcer-causing Bacterium Helicobacter pylori,” Karen Otteman, Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California at Santa Cruz. Posner Lecture Hall, 11 a.m.-noon. Boston campus. Volleyball Endicott at Tufts, 7 p.m. September 14 Field Hockey Tufts at Wellesley, 4 p.m. Women’s Soccer Wheaton at Tufts, 4:30 p.m. September 15 Artist’s Talk Jan Lourie, J57, a former software developer for IBM, talks about “Gotham I,” her joint exhibition (with Janet Firestone) of “fusion prints” of New York City that are on display at the University Gallery through September 30. Aidekman Arts Center, Slater Concourse Gallery, 6-8 p.m. September 16 September 17 Men’s Cross-Country Tufts at UMass-Dartmouth Invitational, noon. Volleyball Tufts vs. Bates at Bowdoin, noon. Men’s Soccer Middlebury at Tufts, 1:30 p.m. Field Hockey Middlebury at Tufts, 1:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer Middlebury at Tufts, 3:30 p.m. Golf Tufts at Duke Nelson Invitational at Middlebury, through September 18. September 19 September 20 Charles Francis Adams Lecture A talk by Daniel Schorr, veteran reporter and commentator. For more information contact Bernie Kelley-Leccese at ext. 7-2734 or e-mail bernie.kelley-leccese@tufts.edu. Cabot Center, 5-6:30 p.m. Volleyball Tufts at Gordon, 7 p.m. September 21 Men’s Soccer Salve Regina at Tufts, 4 p.m. September 22 Gallery Tour Michelle Fornabai, Hope Ginsburg and Andrew Mowbray, three of the artists showing work in the exhibition “Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator,” talk about the exhibition on display in the Tisch Gallery. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, 6:30-8 p.m. September 23 September 24 Women’s Soccer Amherst at Tufts, 11 a.m. Men’s Cross-Country Jumbo Invitational, Tufts Cross-Country Course, noon. Grafton campus. Women’s Cross-Country Jumbo Invitational, Tufts Cross-Country Course, noon. Grafton campus. Golf Tufts at Sid Farr Tournament at Colby, noon. Gallery Tour Take a 45-minute tour of the fall exhibitions at the University Gallery with a Tufts gallery guide. Exhibitions include “Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator” in the Tisch Gallery, “Selections from the United Nations Sculpture Series” by Wenda Gu in the Remis Sculpture Court and “Silkworm Grind” by Mei-ling Hom in the Koppelman Gallery. Aidekman Arts Center, 1-2 p.m. Field Hockey Amherst at Tufts, 1 p.m. Football Tufts at Wesleyan, 1 p.m. Men’s Soccer Amherst at Tufts, 1:30 p.m. September 25 September 27 Men’s Soccer Rhode Island College at Tufts, 4 p.m. Richard E. Snyder President’s Lecture “Step Across This Line: An Evening with Salman Rushdie.” One of the world’s most successful, celebrated and controversial authors will explore freedom of expression, religion and its relationship to popular culture and modern society, current events at home and abroad and the role of the artist in society. Tickets are free. Tufts students may obtain tickets at the Dowling Hall front desk. Members of the public should call 617-627-2000 for ticket information. Seating is limited. A reception and signing of Rushdie’s latest novel, Shalimar the Clown, will follow. Cohen Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. September 28 Field Hockey Tufts at Bentley, 7 p.m. September 29 Women’s Soccer Tufts at Worcester State, 4 p.m. Charles Francis Adams Lecture “What Use Is Diplomacy Today?” Sir Kieran Prendergast, Goodman United Nations Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and former UN under-secretary general for political affairs (1997-2005). Cabot Center, 5-6:30 p.m. September 30 Volleyball Tufts Invitational, 6 p.m. Continues on October 1. Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the October issue of the Tufts Journal is Tuesday, September 27. 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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