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UH EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – APRIL
5 – APRIL 18, 2004
MONDAY, April 5
Opera: Der Freischutz
The Moores School of Music presents Der Freischutz featuring Carl
Maria Von Weber. Sung in German with English subtitles, this opera
ushered in the age of Romanticism with its blend of the natural
and supernatural. Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischutz. 7:30 p.m.
April 5. Edythe Bates Old/Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off
Cullen Blvd. Reserved seating. $15 general admission, $10 students/seniors,
713-743-3313, http://www.uh.edu/music.
TUESDAY, April 6
2004 School of Art Masters Thesis
Exhibition
This exhibition represents painting, photography, graphics and
sculpture showcasing each student’s artist development through
the MFA program. "2004 Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition,"
through April 11. Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building, First
Floor. Free. Gallery hours, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 1
p.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Closed Monday. 713-743-9528.
www.blaffergallery.org.
International Dinner Series: Southeast
Asia
The Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management and
Barron’s Restaurant present the Spring 2004 International
Dinner Series. Student-run dinners feature different cuisines
from around the world every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday through
April 29 with “Southeast Asia” scheduled this week.
Spring 2004 International Dinner Series, “Southeast Asia,”
5 -7:30 p.m., April 6, 7, 8. Barron’s Restaurant. For reservations
and information, 713-743-2555 or http://www.hrm.uh.edu/barrons.
THURSDAY, April 8
Blaffer Gallery Luncheon
Enjoy lunchtime conversation with Master of Fine Arts Thesis artists
Denise Kroneman, Steve Neves and Joe Wooten to discuss their current
exhibits at Blaffer Gallery. "Artists Luncheon," 12
p.m., April 8. Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building, 713-743-9528.
http://www.blaffergallery.org.
FRIDAY, April 9
Theater: “I Hate Hamlet”
The ghost of famed Shakespearean star John Barrymore haunts a
young actor who had been offered the role of the melancholy Dane
- but he hates the part. What he wants is a hot television career
and the ghost engages him in verbal as well as physical dueling
while taking on the theater, women, art success and television.
“I Hate Hamlet” 8 p.m., April 9, 10, 16, 17; 2 p.m.,
18. Lyndall Finley Wortham Theatre, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd.
$11 general admission, $7 seniors, $5 students, 713-743-3313,
http://www.uh.edu/music
SATURDAY, April 10
People’s Law School
The People’s Law School at the UH Center for Consumer Law
offers a free seminar answering questions about such subjects
as business law, consumer law, bankruptcy, health insurance law,
small claims court, how to deal with an attorney and a new course
on “Teen Rights.” Classes taught by local judges,
attorneys and professors. People’s Law School Seminar. 9
a.m. – noon, April 10. Krost Hall, UH Law Center. Free,
but you must register. For more information call 713-743-2168.
Register online at http://www.law.uh.edu/peopleslaw/homepage.html
MONDAY, April 12
Concert
AURA: Contemporary Music and the Sandra Organ Dance Company present
“Musica Celestis,” present works by Edwards, Greenbaum,
Kernis, Smith and Hindson. “Musica Celestis,” 7:30
p.m., April 12. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd.
$15 general admission, $10 students/seniors, 713-743-3313, http://www.uh.edu/music.
TUESDAY, April 13
Screening: “Chaos”
The UH Department of Modern and Classical Languages French Sections
Class presents “History of French Cinema: French Women Directors”
with a series of films held on the UH campus with today’s
movie, “Chaos” a film about a friendship between a
bourgeois French woman and an Algerian prostitute examining violence
against women in the Algerian culture as well as in the French
society at large. History of French Cinema: French Women Directors/“Chaos”
3 p.m., April 13. 322 Agnes Arnold Hall, Entrance 14 off Cullen
Blvd. Free. 713-743-3007.
International Dinner Series: Central
America & Mexico
The Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management and
Barron’s Restaurant present the Spring 2004 International
Dinner Series. Student-run dinners feature different cuisines
from around the world every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday through
April 29 with “Central America & Mexico” scheduled
this week. Spring 2004 International Dinner Series, “Central
America & Mexico,” 5 -7:30 p.m., April 13, 14, 15. Barron’s
Restaurant. For reservations and information, 713-743-2555 or
http://www.hrm.uh.edu/barrons.
Festival of Music and Dance
The Moores School of Music Ballet Orchestra and Ballet II perform
during UH’s Festival of Music and Dance. “Festival
of Music and Dance,” 7:30 p.m., April 12. Moores Opera House,
Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. Reserved Seating. $15 general admission,
$10 students/seniors, 713-743-3313, http://www.uh.edu/music.
SUNDAY, April 18
Concert: Choral Artists
The Moores School of Music presents the Choral Artists under the
direction of Charles Hausmann. The Choral Artists are a premier
graduate level chamber choir consisting of 26 advanced singers
who will perform Bach’s Mass in B Minor. Choral Artists
Concert, 3 p.m., April 18. Moores Opera House, Entrance 16 off
Cullen Boulevard. $10 general admission, $5 students/seniors 713-743-3313,
http://www.uh.edu/music.
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