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RIA seminar is cancelled
The Research Institute on Addictions has announced that the fall seminar scheduled for Oct. 9—“Identifying the Mechanisms of Action in Motivational Interviewing: Pilot Study Findings and Future Research Directions”—has been cancelled.
RIA hopes to reschedule the lecture by Jon Morgenstern, professor of clinical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, and director of substance abuse treatment, New York Presbyterian Hospital, for sometime in the spring.
Zodiaque fall concert set
The work of seven noted choreographers will be featured as part of the Zodiaque Dance Company’s fall concert, to be presented Oct. 21-25 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
Performances are at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
Choreographing work for the concert, which launches Zodiaque’s
36th season, are Cathy Allen from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Anne Burnidge, UB assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance; Buffalo's own Barbara Denny; celebrated Canadian choreographer David Earle; Jon Lehrer, artistic director of LehrerDance; Karen Schupp from Arizona State University; and Tom Ralabate, UB associate professor of theatre and dance and artistic director of the Zodiaque Dance Company.
Tressa Gorman Crehan, clinical assistant professor of theatre and dance, will serve as Zodiaque’s managing director for the 2009-10 season.
Tickets for the fall concert are $18 for general admission and $10 for students and seniors, and are available at the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations, including Ticketmaster.com.
For more information, call 645-2787.
Gardner to speak at Jewish Bookfair
James A. Gardner, vice dean for academic affairs and Joseph W. Belluck and Laura L. Aswad Professor of Civil Justice in the UB Law School, will discuss “What Are Campaigns For? The Role of Persuasion in Electoral Law and Politics” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 in Temple Sinai, 50 Alberta Drive, Amherst (off Eggert Road behind Northtown Plaza).
The presentation is part of the 43rd Annual Jewish Community Bookfair and Cultural Arts Festival. A reception will follow.
“When we ask, ‘what are campaigns for,’ people are often pretty sure they know the answer, but do they? It’s not nearly as clear as most people assume,” Gardner says.
He makes a compelling case that our expectations regarding political campaigns are unrealistic, distracting us from the most formidable challenges that our democracy faces.
Adeptly combining history, political science and law, Gardner argues that we should pay greater attention to engaging citizens between campaigns, rather than just during them.
A UB faculty member since 2001, Gardner also directs the Edwin F. Jaeckle Center for State and Local Democracy in the Law School. He is the author or editor of five books and more than 40 articles.
The cost of the program is $6. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the Jewish Community Center front desk, or at the door at Temple Sinai.
Abolitionist music to fill UB Art Gallery
The UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts will present “Get off the Track,” a performance by the Hutchinson Family Revival that coincides with the closing of “Stephen Marc: Passage on the Underground Railroad,” an exhibition of montages that explore the network of secret routes and safe houses used by escaping African-American slaves.
The performance by the Buffalo-based, music re-enactment ensemble, which is co-sponsored by Department of African American Studies, will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 16 in the first floor gallery. It will be free and open to the public. The exhibition, which also is free and open to the public, will be on view through Oct. 17.
The Hutchinson Family Revival recreates the New Hampshire musical group that toured the United States from 1840 to 1880, singing the popular music of the time. The original Hutchinson family members were social activists, who campaigned vigorously through their music for the causes in which they believed. They often appeared at abolitionist meetings and rallies, singing anti-slavery songs between appearances by escaped slaves like Frederick Douglass, and speeches by such prominent abolitionists as
William Lloyd Garrison and Nathaniel P. Rogers.
“Get off the Track!” features the anti-slavery songs sung at such meetings and rallies.
The UB Art Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with extended hours until 7 p.m. on Thursday. For more information, call 645-6912.
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