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UH EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – FEB.
2 - 15, 2004
MONDAY, Feb. 2
MSM Concert
Moores Brass Quintet will perform selections by Bach, Gregson,
Ewald and Hillendahl. Moores Brass Quintet. 7:30 p.m., Feb. 2.
Dudley Recital Hall, Fine Arts Bldg. $10 General admission, $5
Students/seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
TUESDAY, Feb 3
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.
THURSDAY, Feb. 5
Opera: La Finta Giardiniera
Mozart’s saga of a countess who goes undercover as a gardener
to win back the man she loves in this romantic comedy. Sung in
Italian with English surtitles. La Finta Giardiniera. 7:30 p.m.,
Feb. 5, 7 and 8. Edythe Bates Old/Moores Opera Center. Entrance
16 off Cullen Blvd. Reserved seating tickets $15; $10 students
and seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
FRIDAY, Feb. 6
Opera: Miss Havisham’s Fire
Jilted at the altar 50 years earlier, the mad Miss Havisham lives
in her attic wearing her rotting wedding dress, hoping for the
return of her groom. Based on Dickens’ “Great Expectations”
and sung in English with surtitles. Miss Havisham’s Fire.
7:30 p.m., Feb. 6, and 9; 2 p.m., Feb. 8. Edythe Bates Old/Moores
Opera Center. Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. Reserved seating. Tickets
$15, $10 students and seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.
MONDAY, Feb. 9
Richard Russo Readings
The Margarett Root Brown Houston Reading Series, co-sponsored
by Inprint and the University of Houston, continues with author
Ruchard Russon whom the New York Times called “the most
expansive of contemporary writers” and is regarded as the
best writer about small town America since Sinclair Lewis. Richard
Russo Readings, 7:30 p.m., Feb 9. Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Ave.
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.
TUESDAY, Feb. 10
Lecture: “The Voice of the
Other: Women’s Tales in Arabic Folklore in Israel”
The English Department at the University of Houston is sponsoring
this lecture with guest presenter Dr. Eli Yassif, Chair of the
Department of Hebrew Literature at the University of Tel-Aviv,
Israel. “The Voice of the Other: Women’s Tales in
Arabic Folklore in Israel.” 1 p.m., Feb. 10. Upstairs Lounge,
Main Chapel, A.D. Bruce Religion Center, Cullen Boulevard, Entrance
13. Free. 713-743-2962.
WEDNESDAY Feb. 11
Matters of the Heart Valentine’s
Gift Mart
The UH University Center Valentine’s Gift Mart is open to
all vendors and organizations – an opportunity to get your
name out and sell some wares. In addition, there will be a blood
drive in the UC Bayou City Room and Health Information Fair providing
health and relationship information booths. Matters of the Heart
Valentine’s Gift Mart, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Feb 11. University
Center Arbor, www.uh.edu/ucaf
or 713-743-5293.
Farfel Distinguished Lecture: “The
Creative Spirit as a Force for Humanism.”
Carlos Fuentes, Mexico’s most celebrated novelist and essayist,
is considered one of the greatest literary figures in the Spanish-speaking
world and will deliver the University of Houston annual Farfel
Distinguished Lecture this month. His presentation is titled “The
Creative Spirit as a Force for Humanism.” “The Creative
Spirit as a Force for Humanism,” Farfel Distinguished Lecture.
7 p.m., Feb. 11. Limited Seating. Free, but you must reserve a
ticket. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16, Parking lots 16B, 16C.
713-743-2255.
For more information about UH visit the university’s ‘Newsroom’ at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom.
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