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University of Hawai'i |
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For Immediate Release: |
September 15, 2000 |
Contact: Jim Manke - University Relations, 956-6106
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| Events at UH Campuses for the Week of Sept. 17-23 |
Saxophonist and UH Manoa music lecturer Todd Yukumoto will give a recital featuring the music and performances of artists Kenny Endo and Noel Okimoto. The recital, "Of Two Worlds," will also explore standard repertoire and new contemporary pieces for the saxophone. He will be accompanied by pianist Kelli Sato. 4 p.m. Sept. 17. Orvis Auditorium, UH Manoa. Tickets: $5 general, $3 students and seniors. For information, call 956-8742. Visit www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic for upcoming music department events.
Dr. Saleem Ahmed, a native of India and former senior fellow at the East-West Center, will deliver the free lecture "What is Islam? The Belief System." While at the East-West Center, Ahmed worked on agricultural-environmental policy issues and is now active in promoting cross-cultural understanding. 7:30-9 p.m. Sept. 19. Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall 012, UH Manoa. For more information, call 956-3836 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu.
The UH Manoa Center for Biographical Research kicks off its weekly Brown Bag Biography discussions, which will be held Thursdays throughout the academic year. This week, Douglas Bomberger, an associate professor of music at UH, will give the lecture "Nineteenth-Century Lives: Editing Brainard's Biographies of American Musicians." Noon-1:15 p.m. Sept. 21. Cottage 96-36, between Burns Hall and Hale Manoa, UH Manoa. Free coffee and tea. For more information, call 956-3774.
Elise Mellinger of Hawai'i Pacific University will give the lecture "Valuable Women: Gendered Strategies for Success in Korean College Culture." The talk is part of the UH Manoa Department of Anthropology's Fall 2000 Colloquia, which will offer a lecture almost every week during the semester. 3 p.m. Sept. 21. Social Science Building Room 345, UH Manoa. For information on upcoming lectures, visit www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/anth.
University of Delhi Professor Sumit Sarkar, who holds the John A. Burns Distinguished Professor Chair in History for Fall 2000, will present the first of his lecture series "Perspectives on Indian Social History Today." Sarkar, who is the leading social historian of modern India, will give his first talk, "Hindutva and History" 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sept. 21. St. John Auditorium Room 12, UH Manoa. For information, call 956-8486.
The UH Board of Regents will hold their September meetings at Kaua'i Community College this week. Committees will convene Thursday afternoon, Sept. 21 in the second floor student lounge. The full board will convene at the same location Friday morning, Sept. 22. Agendas are posted at www.hawaii.edu/bor/. For more information, call 956-8213.
Windward Community College will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at the future site of its new Campus Center. 11 a.m. Sept. 22. For additional information, call 235-7402.
Kennedy Theatre presents the musical fairy tale "No One Will Marry a Princess With a Tree Growing Out of Her Head!" The charming fantasy is about a princess who, with the help of a quirky wizard, must solve the riddle of the four winds before she can reach her happy ending. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22, 23, 30 and 2 p.m. Oct. 1. Kennedy Theatre, UH Ma noa. For tickets, call the box office at 956-7655. For information on fall season productions, visit www.hawaii.edu/theatre.
UH Manoa Department of Theatre and Dance challenges audience perceptions with "Flipsides of Desire," a performance that takes place simultaneously before their eyes and behind a curtain. 10:30 p.m. Sept. 22, 23, 29, 30. Tickets: $7. Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, UH Manoa. For tickets, call the box office at 956-7655.
Gallery 'Iolani at Windward Community College presents the art exhibition "European and American Posters: 1945-1990," which will give insight into Western graphic design from Europe and the United States since the end of World War II. Free and open to the public. Sept. 22-Oct. 20. Gallery 'Iolani, WCC. For more information, call 235-7346.
The Honolulu Chamber Music Series with support from the UH Manoa Outreach College and Music Department present the Orion String Quartet in concert.The concert will be preceded by a question-and-answer session with the quartet in the Music Building Room 36. 8 p.m. Sept. 23. Orvis Auditorium, UH Ma noa. Tickets: $24 general, $15 students. For information, call 956-3836 or visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu.
The Honolulu Theatre for Youth presents the performance of "The Amazing Bone" at Leeward Community College Theatre. Tickets: $5-$10. Sept 23, 30 and Oct. 7. For information, call 839-9885. For upcoming LCC Theatre events, visit www.lcc.hawaii.edu/theatre.
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