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Office of External Communications

Houston, TX 77204-5017 Fax: 713.743.8199

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September 27, 2006

Contact: Joan Gallo
713.743.8158 (office)
jcgallo@central.uh.edu

UH EVENTS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – OCT. 9 – 22, 2006

MONDAY, Oct. 9

Barron’s Restaurant
Barron’s restaurant is managed and staffed by University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel Restaurant and Management students who present soups, salads and sandwiches weekdays during the lunch hour. 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Monday – Friday, Barron’s Restaurant, Hilton University of Houston Hotel, Entrance 1 off Calhoun. 713-743-2558. Menu: www.hrm.uh.edu/?PageID=150

Industrial Design Exhibit
“Designing Domesticity: Industrial Design for Modern Living, 1930-1950” is the latest exhibit in the Gerald. D. Hines College of Architecture galleries. The exhibit showcases products by the most famous designers of the mid-20th century era and includes everything from the streamlined appliances of the 1930s to the Space-age devices and modern furniture of the 1950s. The exhibit will be on display through Oct. 28. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Friday. College of Architecture galleries, 4200 Elgin, Entrance 18. Free. 713-743-2400. www.arch.uh.edu.

TUESDAY, Oct 10

Blaffer Gallery – ‘A Fiction of Authenticity: Contemporary Africa Abroad’
Blaffer Gallery’s latest exhibition featuring works by 11 African artists working in Europe and the United States. Works in painting, photography, sculpture and video highlight the exhibit, which runs through Nov. 11. Blaffer Gallery, 120 Fine Arts Building, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. Gallery hours, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday – Friday; 1 - 5 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday. Free. 713-743-9528. www.blaffergallery.org.

Film Series: ‘The Central American Wars: El Norte’
The UH Department of Modern and Classical Languages Spring Film series continues with the Latin American film, “The Central American Wars: El Norte.” 2:30 p.m., Oct. 10. World Cultures and Literatures Seminar Room, 444 Agnes Arnold Hall, Entrance 14 off Cullen Blvd. 713-743-0900. langlab@mail.uh.edu.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11

TV Taping: ‘The After Party’
Take a tour of Houston’s PBS station, KUHT-TV, and then attend the taping of the weekly show “The After Party” with Ernie Manouse. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how television shows are made and win door prizes. 1 – 3 p.m.,
Oct. 11. KUHT-TV, 4343 Elgin. 713-748-8888, www.houstonpbs.org.

Theater: ‘Tanks Under Trees’
Collaborators Anne Waldman and Douglas Dunn combine text, movement, sound and film producing a dynamic performance. Based on Waldman’s book, ‘Structure of the World Compared to a Bubble, “Tanks Under Trees” utilizes established and improvised moments. 7 p.m., Oct. 11. Jose Quintero Lab Theatre, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. Free, 713-743-5548, www.mitchellcenterforarts.org/public/default.aspx

SUNDAY, Oct. 15

Faculty Recital: ‘American Contemporary Music’
The Moores School of Music presents ‘American Contemporary Music,’ featuring works by Copland, Corigliano and Rorem. 3 p.m., Oct. 15. Dudley Recital Hall, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. $10 general admission, $5 students/seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.

Sacred Harp: Acapella Song
Houston’s Sacred Harp a capella singers gather monthly to sing hymns, odes and anthems based on the mid-19th century book “The Sacred Harp” by B.F. White. 3 – 5 p.m., Oct. 15. A.D. Bruce Religion Center, Entrance 13 off Cullen Blvd. Free. 713-910-7855 or 713-743-5050. www.fasola.org

MONDAY, Oct. 16

Chamber Music Master Class
The Moores School of Music in cooperation with Houston Friends of Music presents a Chamber Music Master Class with acclaimed guest members of the Vienna Piano Trio. 1 p.m., Oct. 16. Dudley Recital Hall, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. Free. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.

TUESDAY, Oct 17

Film Series: ‘The Battle of Algiers’
The UH Department of Modern and Classical Languages Fall Film series continues with the conflicts in the Middle East featuring the 1965 film, “The Battle of Algiers.” 2:30 p.m., Oct. 17. World Cultures and Literatures Seminar Room, 444 Agnes Arnold Hall, Entrance 14 off Cullen Blvd. 713-743-0900. langlab@mail.uh.edu.

Faculty Recital: ‘American Contemporary Music’
The Moores School of Music faculty members present works by Glinka, Reinecke and Hurlstone. 7:30 p.m., Oct. 17. Dudley Recital Hall, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. $10 general admission, $5 students/seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18

TV Taping: ‘The After Party’
Take a tour of Houston’s PBS station, KUHT-TV, and then attend the taping of the weekly show “The After Party” with Ernie Manouse. Get a behind-the-scenes look at how television shows are made and win door prizes. 1 – 3 p.m.,
Oct. 18. KUHT-TV, 4343 Elgin. 713-748-8888, www.houstonpbs.org.

THURSDAY, Oct. 19

Inprint Studio Series
Inprint, in association with DiverseWorks and the University of Houston’s Creative Writing Program, brings authors in the literary arts for readings. Novelist Farnoosh Moshiri will read from her works “Against Gravity” and “The Bathhouse.” 6 p.m., Oct. 19. Honors College, M. D. Anderson Library, Entrance 1 off Calhoun. 713-521-2026. www.inprint-inc.org

FRIDAY, Oct. 20

Seminar: ‘Peering Into the Subduction Thrust Seismogenic Zone at the Nankai Trough, Southwestern Japan’
The University of Houston Geosciences Dept. welcomes Nathan L. Bangs from the University of Texas as he presents his lecture, “Peering Into the Subduction Thrust Seismogenic Zone at the Nankai Trough, Southwestern Japan.” 3 p.m., Room 634, Science and Research Bldg. Entrance 14 off Cullen Blvd. Free. 713-743-3399.

Opera: ‘Street Scene’
“Street Scene,” based on Elmer Rice’s Pulitzer Prize winning play shows a gritty, realistic glimpse into the working class in New York City circa the early 1930s. Adapted for opera by Kurt Weill. 7:30 p.m., Oct. 20, 21, 23; 2 p.m., Oct. 22. Edythe Bates Old Theater, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Entrance 16 off Cullen Blvd. $15 reserved seating, $10 students/seniors. 713-743-3313, www.uh.edu/music.

SATURDAY, Oct. 21

Exhibition and Silent Auction
The University of Houston Friends of Women’s Studies presents an exhibition and silent auction titled “Hats Off to Her – Story!; Celebrating Ten Years of Women’s Archive and Research Center, Hats Off to Our Pioneering Mothers! They Paved the Way.” 8 p.m. – Midnight, Oct. 21. Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion, M. D. Anderson Library, Entrance 1 off Calhoun. $100 general admission, $35 students.
713-743-3773.

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