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February Calendar of Events February 1 University Art Gallery “Altered States: Views of Transition in Recent Photography,” images by six artists who examine how the effects of industry and development in the United States and abroad are inscribed into our environment. Photographers Steven Smith, Josh Winer, Mori Insinger, Sze Tsung Leong, Chris Jordan and Xing Danwen bring a unique perspective to the changing objects and landscapes they photograph—from cityscapes to suburban sprawl, and from rock formations to recycled electronics. Aidekman Arts Center, Tisch Gallery, through April 1. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Thursday until 8 p.m. For more information, call 617-627-3518 or go to http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery. University Art Gallery “Jun Yang: HERO—This Is WE,” a two-channel video installation that explores the notion of nationalism in historical, cultural and political contexts. The flag is explored as a symbol of national existence, pride and self-identification. In one of the two videos narrated by the artist, Yang appropriates mass media sources to illustrate China’s political, economic and cultural development since he left the country as a child. In the second video, in which footage from the 2004 Athens Olympics runs in slow motion silently alongside the first, Yang renders various flags white to suggest one international people. Aidekman Arts Center, Koppelman Gallery, through April 1. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Thursday until 8 p.m. For more information, call 617-627-3518 or go to http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery. New Media Wall Continuous screenings of art works in video and film. Featured is “Jun Yang and Soldier Woods,” a short video that deals with the question of translation by exploring how the pronunciations, interpretations and associations of the artist’s name vary in different cultural contexts. Aidekman Arts Center, adjacent to the Tisch Gallery entrance, through April 1. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Thursday until 8 p.m. For more information, call 617-627-3518 or go to http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery. University Gallery “Nuvolomondo,” the first site-specific installation by Boston painter Cristi Rinklin, commissioned for the Harry Remis Sculpture Court at the Aidekman Arts Center at Tufts. Culling imagery from sources as varied as Rococo art, cellular biology, natural history illustration, cosmological phenomena and decorative patterns, Rinklin’s lush environment depicts a world based on real objects and pictorial traditions, altered by technology, and completed by the imagination of the artist. Inspired by her recent visiting artist and scholar residency at the American Academy in Rome, Rinklin’s “cloud-world” installation is a “techno-ornate” burst of color and form. A contemporary interpretation of Baroque ornament, architectural details and stained glass panels, the installation is a stimulating experience that changes form and mood throughout the day. Aidekman Arts Center, Remis Sculpture Court, through May 30. The exhibition is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday until 8 p.m. For more information, call the gallery at 617-627-3518 or go to http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gallery. Microbiology Seminar “The Chemistry of a Bacterial Conversation,” Dr. Roberto Kolter, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School. Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, noon. Boston campus. Tisch College Social Policy Forum “Still Separate, Still Unequal: The Continuing Decapitation of Potential in America’s Apartheid Schools,” keynote speaker: Jonathan Kozol, education activist and author of The Shame of a Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid in America. Cabot Center, ASEAN Auditorium, 3:30 p.m. Chaplain’s Table on Mystics, Prophets and Activists in Religion “Mysticism as Resistance,” the Rev. David O’Leary, university chaplain. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Annual Black History Month Kickoff Remis Sculpture Court, 5:30 p.m. February 2 Men’s Basketball Tufts at Middlebury, 7 p.m. Ice Hockey Tufts at Wesleyan, 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball Middlebury at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. Women’s Squash NESCAC Tournament, Trinity College, through February 4. February 3 Men’s Track & Field Tufts Stampede, Gantcher Center, 10 a.m. Women’s Fencing NYU at Tufts, 11 a.m. Women’s Track & Field Tufts Stampede, Gantcher Center, 11 a.m. Men’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at MIT Invitational, 1 p.m. Women’s Swimming & Diving Tufts at MIT Invitational, 1 p.m. Men’s Basketball Tufts at Williams, 3 p.m. Ice Hockey Tufts at Trinity, 3 p.m. Women’s Basketball Williams at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m. February 4 February 5 HNRCA Seminar “Whole Grain Intake, Adiposity and Related Metabolic Consequences in the Elderly,” Nicola McKeown, scientist, Nutritional Epidemiology Program, HNRCA. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 4-5 p.m. Boston campus. February 6 Chemistry Seminar “Biochemical and Structural Foundations Underlying Notch Activation and Restraint,” Dr. Steve Blacklow, Harvard Medical School. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m. February 7 Blood Drive The Leonard Carmichael Society sponsors its annual American Red Cross blood drive. Appointments can be made on www.Tuftslife.com by clicking on the sign-up icon on the right-hand side of the webpage. For more information, e-mail Katie Muller (katie.miller@gmail.com) or Marybeth Paruti (marybeth.paruti@gmail.com). Hodgdon Hall lounge, noon-5 p.m. Equine Health Lecture Series “Nutrition for Your Horse: What You Feed Is What You Get,” Dr. Lisa Freeman, associate professor of clinical sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. The third of six Wednesday evening lectures for New England horse owners. Pre-registration fee for each lecture is $20; registration at the door is $25. For more information, call the Office of Continuing Education at 508-887-4723 or e-mail susan.brogan@tufts.edu. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, registration: 6:30 p.m.; lecture: 7-9 p.m. Grafton campus. February 8 Chaplain’s Table on Mystics, Prophets and Activists in Religion “Queer Activism in the Church,” Allison McNeill. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Men’s Squash Tufts at Brown, 6 p.m. Women’s Squash Tufts at Brown, 6 p.m. Granoff Music Center Grand Opening All six Tufts a cappella groups come together for their first performance in the new music center. The Amalgamates, Beezlebubs, Essence, Jackson Jills, Shir Appeal and sQ! will each perform a short set in this special festival preview performance. The event will also feature an appearance by the Mystics, the a cappella group of alumni Bubs as they dedicate the new Beelzebubs Box Office. This is a ticketed event; tickets are free, but limited. Tickets are available at the Beelzebubs Box Office in the Granoff Music Center, weekdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, shows at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. February 9 Women’s Basketball Tufts at Bowdoin, 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball Bowdoin at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. Ice Hockey Tufts at Salem State, 7:30 p.m. February 10 Granoff Music Center Grand Opening A series of free 20-minute Youth Music Workshops in a variety of disciplines, tailored to middle- and high-school students. Sessions of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, which teaches musical concepts through movement, will be offered for kids in kindergarten through grade 4. Parents are invited to join their children at the event. Throughout the morning workshops, John McDonald, associate professor of music, will compose a piece in one hour, and you can watch, and maybe help him along the way. Pre-registration is required by e-mailing Edith Auner at edith.auner@tufts.edu or calling 617-627-2253. Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, 10 a.m.-noon. Women’s Track & Field Tufts at MIT Invitational, 10 a.m. Men’s Track & Field Tufts at MIT Invitational, 10 a.m. Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Hobart at Cornell Round Robin, 10 a.m. Gallery Tour View the spring exhibitions with a Tufts gallery guide. Aidekman Arts Center, noon-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-3 p.m. Granoff Music Center Grand Opening “Lunch Hour Jazz,” the Tufts Big Band, directed by Joel LaRue Smith, will offer a concert of lush jazz harmonies and infectious, pulsating rhythms from Cuba. Tickets, which are free, are required and can be reserved by coming to the Granoff Music Center Beezlebubs Box Office or by e-mailing ryan.saunders@tufts.edu. This is first come, first served, so once the tickets are distributed, the event will be closed. Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 12:30 p.m. Women’s Squash Tufts vs. William Smith at Cornell Round Robin, 1 p.m. Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Navy at Cornell Round Robin, 1 p.m. Women’s Basketball Tufts at Colby, 2 p.m. Men’s Basketball Colby at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 3 p.m. Ice Hockey Southern Maine at Tufts, Malden Forum, 4 p.m. Women’s Squash Tufts vs. Cornell at Cornell Round Robin, 4 p.m. February 11 Granoff Music Center Grand Opening The Boston Symphony Orchestra will perform one of its Community Concerts to kick off a Sunday afternoon series at Tufts of community concerts, which are open to the public and feature uniquely different music, ensembles and events. The BSO will perform Schoenberg’s “String Quartet, No. 2 in F Sharp Minor, Opus 10” and Haydn’s “String Quartet in G Major, Opus 77, No. 1.” A pre-concert lecture by Joseph Auner, professor and chair of music and Schoenberg scholar, begins at 2:15 p.m. Free tickets are required for the event. Space is limited, and tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. You can reserve tickets either by contacting the BSO via e-mail at education@bso.org with your name, address and phone number and number of tickets you would like, or you can call 617-638-9300. You can also reserve tickets by e-mailing Ryan Saunders at ryan.saunders@tufts.edu with your name, address and phone number, or by calling 617-627-2253 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, Distler Peformance Hall, 3 p.m. February 12 HNRCA SEMINAR “Plant Sterols, Friend or Foe? Lessons From the Framingham Offspring Study,” Nirupa Mattahan, scientist, Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, HNRCA. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 4-5 p.m. Boston campus. February 13 Men’s Squash Tufts vs. Bates at Belmont Hill, 6:45 p.m. Women’s Squash Tufts vs. Bates at Belmont Hill, 6:45 p.m. February 14 February 15 Chaplain’s Table on Mystics, Prophets and Activists in Religion “Gendered Identity: Pakistani Women and Faith,” Naila Baroch. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Men’s Basketball UMass-Boston at Tufts, Cousens Gym, 7 p.m. Theater “Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants,” a futuristic comedy by Y York; directed by Downing Cless, associate professor of drama. The play tells the story of a zany family’s independence in a world of genetic control and environmental catastrophe. Shows are February 15-17 and 22-24 at 8 p.m. and February 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $7 with a Tufts ID and for subscribers and seniors; $10 general admission. Tickets for the February 15 show are $5 and include the opening night reception. Tickets for the February 22 show are $1. Tickets for the February 24 matinee are buy one, get one free. For tickets and information, call the Balch Arena Theater box office at 617-627-3493, weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m. February 16 Ice Hockey Tufts at Babson, 7 p.m. Theater “Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants,” a futuristic comedy by Y York; directed by Downing Cless, associate professor of drama. The play tells the story of a zany family’s independence in a world of genetic control and environmental catastrophe. Shows are February 16-17 and 22-24 at 8 p.m. and February 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $7 with a Tufts ID and for subscribers and seniors; $10 general admission. Tickets for the February 22 show are $1. Tickets for the February 24 matinee are buy one, get one free. For tickets and information, call the Balch Arena Theater box office at 617-627-3493, weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m. February 17 Ice Hockey Tufts at UMass-Boston, 3 p.m. Theater “Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants,” a futuristic comedy by Y York; directed by Downing Cless, associate professor of drama. The play tells the story of a zany family’s independence in a world of genetic control and environmental catastrophe. Additional shows are February 22-24 at 8 p.m. and February 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $7 with a Tufts ID and for subscribers and seniors; $10 general admission. Tickets for the February 22 show are $1. Tickets for the February 24 matinee are buy one, get one free. For tickets and information, call the Balch Arena Theater box office at 617-627-3493, weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m. February 18 February 19 February 20 February 21 February 22 Noon Hour Concert Pianist Sarah Takagi performs works by Liszt, Bach and Beethoven. Goddard Chapel, 12:30 p.m. Artist’s Talk Jun Yang discusses his exhibition, “Jun Yang: HERO—This Is WE,” a two-channel video installation that explores the notion of nationalism in historical, cultural and political contexts, currently showing in the Koppelman Gallery. Reception to follow. Aidekman Arts Center, 6:30 p.m. Chaplain’s Table on Mystics, Prophets and Activists in Religion “The Evolution of a Christian Anarchist Student Movement,” Jeremia Jenkins. MacPhie Conference Room, 5-7 p.m. Cross-Cultural Leadership Program International Symposium “Asia’s Rising Giants: China and India,” Medford/Somerville campus, through February 25. For more information and a symposium schedule, go to www.tilip.org. Theater “Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants,” a futuristic comedy by Y York; directed by Downing Cless, associate professor of drama. The play tells the story of a zany family’s independence in a world of genetic control and environmental catastrophe. Shows are February 22-24 at 8 p.m. and February 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $7 with a Tufts ID and for subscribers and seniors; $10 general admission. Tickets for the February 22 show are $1. Tickets for the February 24 matinee are buy one, get one free. For tickets and information, call the Balch Arena Theater box office at 617-627-3493, weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m. February 23 Women’s Track & Field Open New England Championships, Boston University, 4 p.m. Theater “Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants,” a futuristic comedy by Y York; directed by Downing Cless, associate professor of drama. The play tells the story of a zany family’s independence in a world of genetic control and environmental catastrophe. Shows are February 23-24 at 8 p.m. and February 24 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $7 with a Tufts ID and for subscribers and seniors; $10 general admission. Tickets for the February 24 matinee are buy one, get one free. For tickets and information, call the Balch Arena Theater box office at 617-627-3493, weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Balch Arena Theater, 8 p.m. February 24 Women’s Track & Field Open New England Championships, Boston University, 11 a.m. Theater “Rain. Some Fish. No Elephants,” a futuristic comedy by Y York; directed by Downing Cless, associate professor of drama. The play tells the story of a zany family’s independence in a world of genetic control and environmental catastrophe. Tickets are $7 with a Tufts ID and for subscribers and seniors; $10 general admission. Tickets for today’s matinee are buy one, get one free. For tickets and information, call the Balch Arena Theater box office at 617-627-3493, weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Balch Arena Theater, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. February 25 February 26 HNRCA Seminar “Can Exercise Improve Immune Function in the Aged?” Jeffrey A. Woods, associate professor of kinesiology, nutritional sciences and pathology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Mezzanine Conference Room, 4-5 p.m. Boston campus. Miriam S. Balmuth Lectures “The Invention of Modernity, Choice, Knowledge, and Action in Classical Greek Thought: The Happiest Man in the World We Lost: Herodotus,” Josiah Ober, professor of political science and classics, Stanford University. Cabot Center, ASEAN Auditorium, 7-9 p.m. Additional lectures will be given on February 27 and 28. Check those listings below for details. February 27 Chemistry Seminar “Single Molecule Spectroscopic Studies of Protein Nucleic Acid Interactions in the Reverse Transcription of HIV-1 in Vitro,” Prof. Paul Barbara, University of Texas at Austin. Pearson Chemistry Building, Room P-106, 4:30 p.m. Miriam S. Balmuth Lectures “The Invention of Modernity, Choice, Knowledge, and Action in Classical Greek Thought: Democracy and Military Efficiency: Thucydides,” Josiah Ober, professor of political science and classics, Stanford University. Braker Hall, Room 001, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tufts Composers Jiwon Chang presents her graduate thesis work, “Kindermusik,” for piano, marimba and string quartet. Free and open to the public. Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 8 p.m. February 28 Equine Health Lecture Series “Getting Your Horse Fitness Ready: Time to Think Spring,” Dr. Patty Provost, assistant professor of clinical sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. The fourth of six Wednesday evening lectures for New England horse owners. Pre-registration fee for each lecture is $20; registration at the door is $25. For more information, call the Office of Continuing Education at 508-887-4723 or e-mail susan.brogan@tufts.edu. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Agnes Varis Lecture Hall, registration: 6:30 p.m.; lecture: 7-9 p.m. Grafton campus. Miriam S. Balmuth Lectures “The Invention of Modernity, Choice, Knowledge, and Action in Classical Greek Thought: Wise Athenians and Grazing Cows: Plato,” Josiah Ober, professor of political science and classics, Stanford University. Braker Hall, Room 001, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Editor’s note: The deadline for Calendar submissions for the March issue of the Tufts Journal is Tuesday, February 20. 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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