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University of Hawai'i |
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For Immediate Release: |
October 27, 2000 |
Contact: Jim Manke - University Relations, 956-6106
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| Events at UH Campuses for the Week of Oct. 29-Nov. 4 |
The Center for Japanese Studies will sponsor the free seminar "Genealogy and Musical Tradition in Japanese Court Music Gagaku," which will be given by Naoko Terauchi, a professor of cross-cultural studies at Kobe University in Japan. 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 31. Moore Hall 319, UH Manoa. For information, call the center at 956-2665 or visit www.hawaii.edu/cjs.
UH Manoa Center for Pacific Islands Studies and Research Program and the East-West Center will present the seminar "Population and Social Change in New Caledonia Following the Matignon Agreements." The lecture will be given by Jean Louis Rallu of the Population, Society and Development Studies Program, EWC and the National Institute for Population Studies in Paris. Noon Oct. 31. Burns Hall 2121, UH Ma noa. For more information, call 956-7700 or e-mail ctisha@hawaii.edu.
The UH Manoa College of Arts and Humanities will offer the lecture "The Secret Meaning of Halloween," which will be given by visiting Professor Jay Martin. 4 p.m. Oct. 31. Architecture 205, UH Manoa. For more information, call 956-6052.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's science and research programs in Hawai'i and the Pacific will be examined by its Science Advisory Board during public meetings. The 15-member body will also look at the UH Sea Level Center and the Tsunami Warning Program, the report of the President's Panel on Ocean Exploration, regional aquaculture and other UH-related issues. Oct. 31-Nov. 2. DoubleTree Alana Waikiki Hotel. For more information, call Delores Clark at 532-6411 or visit www.sab.noaa.gov.
Leeward Community College Theatre presents its version of "The Rocky Horror Show," a raunchy pastiche of rock 'n' roll in a brilliant musical spoof of a horror story. 8 p.m. Oct. 31 and Nov. 3, 4. LCC Theatre. Order tickets online at http://alaike.lcc.hawaii.edu/theatre/.
The UH Manoa Academy for Lifelong Learning and Arts and Sciences will present the lecture "Nightingales and Magpies: Voices Out of Contemporary China," featuring Daniel Kwok, UH emeritus professor of history and Freedom Forum scholar. Kwok, author of Turbulent Decade, A History of the Cultural Revolution, will present an overview of current concerns in contemporary China. 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 1. Campus Center 308, UH Manoa. For more information, call R.J. Goodman at 956-8224.
Charles Benn of the UH Manoa Department of Religion will give the Chinese Studies seminar "Daily Life in Tang China." Noon-1:15 p.m. Nov. 1. Center for Korean Studies Auditorium, UH Manoa. For more information, call Matt Olson at 956-2691 or e-mail china@hawaii.edu.
Internationally renowned political scientist Michael Parenti will give free lectures on two UH campuses this week. Parenti, who is the author of 14 books, will discuss poverty and wealth, U.S. intervention in foreign affairs and other issues of national interest. The first lecture will be held 12:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at Hemenway Theatre, UH Manoa. The second lecture takes place noon Nov. 2. at UH Hilo/Hawai'i CC Library Lanai. For more information, call the Associated Students of the University of Hawai'i at 956-4822.
UH Manoa ethnic studies Professor Noel Kent will give this week's free Brown Bag Biography lecture, "The Election of 1900 - with Leading Roles Played by: Wm. McKinley, W.J. Bryan (The Prophet from the West), 'Dollar Mark' Hanna and Teddy 'Bull Moose' Roosevelt." Noon-1:15 p.m. Nov. 2. Cottage 96-36 between Burns Hall and Hale Manoa, UH Manoa. For more information, call the Center for Biographical Research at 956-3774.
Deborah Olszewski of the Bishop Museum will present this week's anthropology colloquium, "Long Before Farming: Pleistocene Lakes and Hunter-Gatherers in the Inland Levant Museum." 3 p.m. Nov. 2. Social Science Building Room 345, UH Manoa. For upcoming anthropology colloquia, visit www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/anth.
Club Xcel of Hawai'i presents "A Glance at the Past" Entertainment Production 2000! featuring bands, dancers, a fashion show, musical drama, prizes and more. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2. Campus Center Ballroom, UH Manoa. Tickets: $4 pre-sale, $7 at the door. Call 388-2350 or 258-3871 for more information.
Singer-songwriter J.P. Cormier will join Dan Crary, inventor of the flatpicking style of guitar, in the performance "Celtic-Hawaiian Guitar Summit: A Meeting of Hearts & Strings," sponsored by the UH Ma noa Outreach College. Local legends Ledward Ka'apana and George Kahumoku, Jr. will also perform. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Nov. 3. Hawai'i Public Radio's Atherton Performing Arts Studio. For tickets, call 956-6878.
Japanese language Professor Kyoko Hijirida will give the free lecture "Monbusho's Policy on Japanese Language Education for Foreign-born Students in Japan: Eductation for International Understanding at the Public Schools," sponsored by the Center for Japanese Studies. 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 3. Moore 319, UH Manoa. For information, call Viet Ngo at 956-2665 or e-mail viet@hawaii.edu. Visit www.hawaii.edu/cjs.
UH Manoa Outreach College will sponsor the 2nd Annual Sale of Used Books for Children, which supports Children's Literature Hawai'i and the Biennial Conference on Literature & Hawai'i's Children. Attendees will receive $3 credit toward books for parking fees paid. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 4. Krauss Hall Courtyard, UH Manoa. To donate books, call 373-9522 or 956-7559.
Douglas Bomberger, UH Manoa associate professor of music, will be a guest on the "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera with HOT" program on radio station KHPR. Nov. 4. Bomberger has worked with the Hawai'i Opera Theatre and given pre-performance lectures in the past. For information, call Bomberger at 956-7795.
A contemporary jazz performance will showcase the UH Manoa Music Department's student Jazz Ensembles program. The concert will also feature UH alumnus and veteran trumpeter DeShannon Higa, who has worked with artists like Al Jarreau, Johnny Mathis and the Temptations. 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4. Music Department Courtyard, UH Manoa. Tickets: $5 general, $3 students, seniors and UH staff. For more information, call 956-8742. For upcoming department events, visit www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic/schedule.htm.
The Kapi'olani Community College Koa Gallery presents its latest exhibit, "The Keepsake," new constructions by artist Helene Wilder. The gallery displays 17 wood boxes containing figures resembling ancient Egypt's mummified cats or tops from canopic jars. Each "keepsake" also includes a hand-rubbed print of the engraved lids to each box. Now-Nov. 16. Koa Gallery, KCC. For more information, call 734-9375.
The East-West Center Gallery and the UH Manoa Art Gallery feature concurrent exhibitions of work by 60 contemporary Native Hawaiian artists from Hawai'i and throughout the world. "Mai Na Kupuna Mai, Ho'i I Ka Pu 'olo," or "That which comes from the ancestors is returned as gifts," is running now-Dec. 22 at the East-West Center Gallery at John A. Burns Hall and will also run through Nov. 3 at the UH Manoa Art Gallery. For information, call 944-7341 or 956-6888.
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