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UH EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC –
JAN. 19 – FEB. 1, 2004
TUESDAY, Jan. 20
Blaffer Gallery: “Trespassing:
Houses x Artists”
“Trespassing: Houses x Artists” features designs of
houses imagined by nine contemporary artists in collaboration
with New York-based architecture firm, OpenOffice. The artists
were free to rethink the house as a spatial and social entity
and the projects are presented through a variety of strategies
including models, sketches, digital media and/or full-scale realization.
“Trespassing: Houses x Artists.” Exhibit runs through
Mar. 14. Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building. First Floor.
Gallery Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Friday; 1-5 p.m., Saturday
and Sunday. Closed Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
Blaffer Gallery: “Fraser
Stables: Solo Shoot”
“Fraser Stables: Solo Shoot” features single audio
dialogue synchronized with two different video projections reciting
the same story but at different moments in the narrative forcing
the viewer to piece together the narrative on his/her own. “Fraser
Stables: Solo Shoot.” Exhibit runs through Mar. 14. Blaffer
Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building. Second Floor. Gallery Hours:
10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Friday; 1-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.
Closed Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
Blaffer Gallery: “Inset”
“Inset” is the fifth in the museum’s Special
Projects series organized by Atopia Projects. Works commissioned
for this project respond to the challenge of engaging with or
intervening in existing institutional, social and cultural frameworks
and structures. “Inset.” Exhibit runs through Mar.
14. Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building. Second Floor. Gallery
Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Friday; 1-5 p.m., Saturday
and Sunday. Closed Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 21
A.I. Lack Music Master Series –
Guest Master Class
Guest Master Class with William Sharp, baritone. A.I. Lack Music
Master Series, 3 p.m., Jan. 21. Dudley Recital Hall, Fine Arts
Bldg. Free. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
THURSDAY, Jan 22
Energy Conference
The Global Energy Management Institute at the University of Houston
presents the 2nd Annual Energy Trading & Marketing Conference
– “Restoring Confidence.” This conference features
local and national experts in panels and discussions. “Restoring
Confidence,” 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Jan. 22. Conrad Ballroom,
2nd floor, UH Hilton Hotel, Entrance 1 off Calhoun. Cost: $499.
713-743-4372. http://www.bauer.uh.edu/gemi/events/trading_conference.htm
Hospitality Law Conference
The second annual edition of the conference designed for general
counsel and executives of lodging, restaurant, and club operations;
risk managers; safety & security directors; legal practitioners
in the hospitality industry; and hospitality law faculty. “Second
Annual Hospitality Law Conference,” 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.,
Jan. 22, and 8:30 to 11 a.m., Jan. 23. UH HiltonHotel, Entrance
1 off Calhoun. Cost: $295; $215 for educators. 713-963-8800.
FRIDAY, Jan. 23
International Piano Festival
Enjoy the works of Beethoven, Franck and Schumann featuring pianist
Abbey Simon. International Piano Festival, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 23.
Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd., Fine Arts Bldg.,
Reserved seating tickets, $25; $15 students and seniors. 713-743-3313,
www.uh.edu/music.
SATURDAY, Jan. 24
International Piano Festival –
Guest Master Class
Master class with featured guest pianist, Ruth Slenczynska. International
Piano Festival Master Class, 9 a.m., Jan. 24. Dudley Recital Hall,
Fine Arts Bldg., Reserved seating. Tickets, $10; $5 students and
seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
International Piano Festival –
Artists Conversations Luncheon
Brown bag lunch/artist panel discussion with guests Peter Frankl,
Ruth Slenczynska and festival founder and UH Cullen Professor,
Abbey Simon. Artists Conversations Luncheon. 12:30 p.m., Jan.
24, Room 108, Moores School of Music. Tickets $15. 713-743-3313.
www.uh.edu/music.
International Piano Festival –
Master Class
Master class with featured pianist, Abbey Simon. International
Piano Festival Master Class, 2 p.m., Jan. 24. Dudley Recital Hall,
Fine Arts Bldg., Reserved seating. Tickets, $10; $5 students and
seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
International Piano Festival –
Guest Recital
Concert with featured guest pianist, Peter Frankl performing works
by Mozart, Schubert, Bartok, Kodaly and Debussy. International
Piano Festival – Guest Recital, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 24. Moores
Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. Reserved seating. Tickets,
$25; $15 students and seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
SUNDAY, Jan. 25
International Piano Festival –
Guest Master Class
Master class with featured guest pianist, Peter Frankel. International
Piano Festival Master Class, 11:30 a.m., Jan. 25. Dudley Recital
Hall, Fine Arts Bldg., Reserved seating. Tickets, $10; $5 students
and seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music,
www.peterfrankl.co.uk
International Piano Festival –
Guest Recital
The New York Times writes that guest pianist, Ruth Slenczynska,
is “The greatest keyboard genius since Mozart!” Ms.
Slenczynska will perform works by Brahams, Shostakovich, Beethoven
and Chopin. International Piano Festival – Guest Recital,
3 p.m., Jan. 25. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd.
Reserved seating. Tickets, $25; $15 students and seniors. 713-743-3313,
www.uh.edu/music.
Concert: Nature Walk
AURA: Contemporary Music Ensemble presents “Nature Walk”
– music inspired by nature; featuring guest artist David
Heuser and Ross Edwards, Don Grantham and Brad Sayles. Concert:
Nature Walk. 7:30 p.m., Jan. 25. Moores Opera House, Entrance
16 off Cullen Boulevard. Reserved seating. Tickets, $10; $5 students
and seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
MONDAY, Jan. 26
Yusef Komunyakaa and Kevin Young
Readings
The Margarett Root Brown Houston Reading Series, co-sponsored
by Inprint and the University of Houston, begins 2004 with two
exceptional authors, Yusef Komunyakaa and Kevin Young. Komunyakaa
is a Pulitzer Prize winning author of poetry and Young is currently
the Ruth Lilly Professor of Poetry at Indiana University. Yusef
Komunyakaa and Kevin Young Readings, 7:30 p.m., Jan. 26. Alley
Theatre, 615 Texas Avenue. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Free for students
and seniors. $5 general admission. Tickets available only at the
door on the night of the reading. 713-521-2026 or www.inprint-inc.org.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 28
Debate: “Considering God
in Government”
Looking at issue of separation of church and state, the UH Law
Center will host “Considering God in Government.”
The debate will pit Kevin J. Hasson, president of the Becket Fund
for Religious Liberty, against the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive
director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
“Considering God in Government.” 1 p.m., Jan. 28.
Krost Hall Auditorium, UH Law Center, Entrance 19 off Calhoun
Rd. Parking in Lots 19B and 21A. 713-743-2201, briefcase@uh.edu.
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