UPCOMING EVENTS
Throughout the month:
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages presents its annual Global Cinema Series: All screenings are free and open to the public. For more information, email mcl@central.uh.edu. Read film summaries here.
FEBRUARY 26 - MARCH 3
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Inprint Brown Reading Series: Rae Armantrout and Christian Wiman
Monday, February 27; 7:30 p.m.
Location: Neuhaus Stage of the Alley Theatre, 615 Texas Ave., Houston, 77002
Price: $5 general admission; free tickets for students and seniors at the door
Contact: 713-521-2026
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Philanthropy Day at University of Houston, Central Campus
Tuesday, February 28
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The Amadeus Project: Mozart concertos on a 1795 fortepiano featuring soloist/conductor Timothy Hester, the Amadeus Project Orchestra and members of Ars Lyrica and Cambini Wind Quintet
Tuesday, February 28; 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, 3271 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77004 - Entrance 16
Price: Free morning performance for children; $15 general admission; $10 students, seniors, staff and alumni per evening
Contact: 713-743-3313
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15th Annual Table Talk: fundraising luncheon hosted by the Friends of Women’s Studies
Wednesday, February 29; 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Hilton Americas Hotel in downtown, 1600 Lamar Street, Houston, 77010
Price: $75 individual ticket or $150 ticket and Friends membership
Contact: 713-743-3214 or www.friendsofwomen.org
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Theater: The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Thursday - Saturday, March 1 – 3; 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 5; 2 p.m.
Location: UH Wortham Theatre, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
Price: $10 students and seniors, $15 UH faculty and staff, $20 general admission
Contact: 713-743-2929
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Chamber Orchestra Concert with Moores School of Music student conductors Pierre-Alain Chevalier and JungHwan Kwon
Friday, March 2; 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, 3271 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77004 - Entrance 16
Price: $10 general admission; $5 students, seniors, staff and alumni per evening
Contact: 713-743-3388
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First Friday Poetry Reading: Andre de Korvin presented by Inprint
Friday, March 2; 8:30 p.m.
Location: Inprint House, 1520 West Main, one block south of the Menil Collection, one block east of Mandell, in the Museum District of Houston
Price: Free
Contact: Robert Clark, who may be e-mailed at houstonfirstfri@aol.com
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Public Poetry featuring MFA candidate Ryler Dustin
Saturday, March 3; 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Park Place Regional Library, 8145 Park Place, Houston, 77017
Price: Free
Contact: 832-393-1313
MARCH 4 - 10
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Dance Concert: "March Madness" presented by the University Dance Theatre
Monday, March 5; 7 p.m.
Location: Studio 208 in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-2929
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Songs of Love and Passion – University Choruses with directors Betsy Cook Weber and Justin Smith
Tuesday, March 6; 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, 3271 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77004 - Entrance 16
Price: $10 general admission; $5 students, seniors, staff and alumni per evening
Contact: 713-743-3388
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Under the Influence III – Wind Ensemble with conductor David Bertman
Thursday, March 8; 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moores Opera House, 3271 Cullen Boulevard Houston, TX 77004 - Entrance 16
Price: $10 general admission; $5 students, seniors, staff and alumni per evening
Contact: 713-743-3388
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Hobby Center for Public Policy Lecture: "Graphing Political and Census Data" by William "Bill" Hobby, former lieutenant governor of Texas and past chancellor of the University of Houston System
Friday, March 9; 9:30 a.m.
Location: Room 212J in the Honors College, 2nd Floor of M.D. Anderson Library
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-3970
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Gulf Coast Reading Series: Kay Cosgrove, Corey Noll and Ashley Wurzbacher
Friday, March 9; 7 p.m.
Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet, Houston, 77005
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-3223
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La Resurrezione, an oratorio by G.F. Handel presented by Ars Lyrica
Friday, March 9; 7:30 p.m.
Location: Zilka Hall, Hobby Center, 800 Bagby, Houston, 77002
Price: Between $31.25 - $41.25 general admission; student-priced tickets available
Contact: 713-315-2525
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Food for Thought Speaker Series: "Overeating, Hunger, and Obesity" by Tracey Ledoux, Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Human Performance
Friday, March 9, 2012; 12-1:30 p.m.
Location: Honors College Commons, 2nd Floor of M.D. Anderson Library
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-3103
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The Spirituality of Stewardship, Sustainability and Food: “Eating as a Spiritual Act” lecture by Norman Wirzba, research professor of theology, ecology and rural life at the Duke University Divinity School, and panel discussion with local experts on ethical land and water use
Saturday, March 10; 1 – 4 p.m.
Location: Rothko Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross, Houston,
Price: Free
Contact: www.mitchellcenterforarts.org
MARCH 11 - 17
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Film Screening: Paul Goodman Changed My Life, documentary introduced by Tony Hoagland, associate professor of creative writing (part of the 8th Annual Houston Jewish Film Festival, March 6 - 18)
Sunday, March 11; 1 p.m.
Location: Brown Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Price: $10 general admission individual tickets; festival passes available
Contact: 713-551-7255 or 713-729-3200
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Ugo Di Portanova Lecture Series: "The Ghost of Life: For a Genealogy of Bioethics" by Rocco Ronchi, professor of Philosophy, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Wednesday, March 7; 6 p.m.
Location: Honors College Commons, 2nd Floor, M.D. Anderson Library
Price: Free
Contact: Alessandro Carrera, director of Italian Studies, acarrera@uh.edu
MARCH 18 - 24
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DJ Screw and the Rise of Houston Hip Hop exhibition opens to the public
Monday, March 19 – Friday, September 21; library hours
Location: M.D. Anderson Library, Central Campus
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-1050
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A.I Lack Series Piano Master Class and Recital: Daniel del Pino
Tuesday, March 20; 4 p.m. master class
Wednesday, March 21; 7:30 p.m. recital
Location: Dudley Recital Hall in the Fine Arts Building
Price: Free
Contact: 713-743-3313
MARCH 25 - 31
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Inprint Brown Reading Series: Téa Obreht and Gary Shteyngart
Monday, March 26; 7:30 p.m.
Location: Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater, 501 Texas Ave., Houston, 77002
Price: $5 general admission; free tickets for students and seniors at the door
Contact: 713-521-2026
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Awready! The Houston Hip Hop Conference presented by the African American Studies Program, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, UH Libraries and the Houston Enriches Rice Education Project
Tuesday, March 27; 6 – 9 p.m. The HERE Project Graffiti, B-Boy and B-Girl Exhibition at Betz Gallery
Wednesday, March 28; 10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. A Screwed Up History Conference at the University Center, UH Main Campus, Entrance 1 off Calhoun
Wednesday, March 28; 7:30 – 10 p.m. D.J. Competition and Awards Ceremony at Willy's Pub in the basement of the Rice University Student Center
Price: Registration is free and open to the public
Contact: http://lws.lib.uh.edu/hiphop/
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Dance Concert: "Opus" presented by the University Dance Theatre
Wednesday, March 28; 7:30 p.m.
Location: Barnvelder Movement/Arts Complex , 2201 Preston St.
Price: $7 general admission, $5 students and seniors (available at the door)
Contact: 713-743-2929
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