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University of Hawai'i |
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For Immediate Release: |
September 22, 2000 |
Contact: Jim Manke - University Relations, 956-6106
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| Events at UH Campuses for the Week of Sept. 24-30 |
In the first of three recitals in the series "Russian Art of the Piano," 13-year-old pianist Bronika Kushkuley returns to Hawai'i to perform the music of Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, Ravel and Chopin. Kushkuley was the first-prize winner of three international piano competitions, including the 1997 Young Pianists Competition, and has performed at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fishery Hall and Teatro Marcello in Rome. 4 p.m. Sept. 24. Orvis Auditorium, UH Manoa. For information and ticket reservations, call 946-6151. For upcoming music events, visit www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic/schedule.htm.
Former East-West Center fellow Saleem Ahmed will give the lecture "What is Islam? Essential Practices" after a free video screening of "The Five Pillars of Islam." Ahmed, who has been active in promoting cross-cultural understanding, discusses Islam's "silent majority" who have made the religion the world's second largest. 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Sept 26. Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss 012, UH Ma noa. Free. For information, call 956-5666. For upcoming Outreach College events, visit www.outreach.hawaii.edu.
Peter Hoffenberg, an assistant professor of history at UH Manoa, will give this week's lecture in the International Cultural Studies Fall 2000 lineup. Hoffenberg will discuss "The Holocaust Memorial in Berlin: An Architectural and Historical Controversy." Noon-1:20 p.m Sept. 27. Burns 2118, East-West Center, UH Manoa. For information, call 944-7585.
The Koa Gallery at Kapi'olani Community College presents "Paintings and Poems," an exhibition of new work by artist Paul Levitt with written responses by his wife, Robin Lung. In his playful and whimsical pieces, Levitt mixes visual metaphors and patterns. Sept. 27-Oct. 20. Koa Gallery, KCC. Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. For information, call 734-9375.
UH Hilo will hold a celebrity roast for Barry K. Taniguchi, president and CEO of KTA Superstores. All proceeds will go to the Mits Sumada Endowed Scholarship Fund to benefit students at Hawai'i Community College. Taniguchi is one of Hawai'i's well-respected business leaders as well as a tireless volunteer for many community organizations. 5:30 p.m. Sept. 28. UH Hilo Campus Center Dining Room. For information, call (808) 974-7433.
Stephen O'Harrow, professor of oriental philology at UH Manoa, will give this week's Brown Bag Biography lecture: "Jesus of Nazareth: A Philologist Looks at the Art of Biography." Noon-1:15 p.m. Sept. 28. Cottage 96-36, between Burns Hall and Hale Manoa, UH Manoa. Free coffee and tea. For information, call the Center for Biographical Research at 956-3774.
Terry Hunt, an associate professor of anthropology at UH Manoa, will give the lecture "The Evolution of Cultural Elaboration in Polynesia: Case Studies from Rapa Nui and Hawai'i." Hunt - an archaeologist who has conducted field research in Hawai'i, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa and Papua New Guinea will discuss a recent theoretical model for reproductive tradeoff and cultural elaboration on the remote Rapa Nui. 3 p.m., Sept. 28. Social Science 345, UH Manoa. Co-sponsored by the Center for Pacific Island Studies. For information on upcoming anthropology colloquia, visit www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/anth.
The UH Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine will hold dedication ceremonies for the new Institute for Biogenesis Research in the Biomedical Sciences Building. Scientists in this department are led by world-renowned cloning researcher Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi. 10 a.m. Sept. 28. Media inquiries to Ruth Limtiaco at 591-6599. For other information, call Kathy Nelson at 956-3712.
University of New Delhi Professor Sumit Sarkar, a leading social historian of modern India, will give his second lecture in the UH Ma noa Burns Chair Lecture Series, "Perspectives on Indian Social History Today." This week's lecture is titled "From Subalternity toward Cultural Nationalism? The Trajectory of Subaltern Studies." 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Sept. 28. St. John Auditorium, UH Manoa. For information, call 956-8486.
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. 29, 30. Tickets: $7. Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, UH Manoa. For tickets, call the box office at 956-7655.
The Honolulu Theatre for Youth presents the performance of "The Amazing Bone" at Leeward Community College Theatre. Tickets: $5-$10. Sept 30, Oct. 7. For information, call 839-9885. For upcoming LCC Theatre events, visit www.lcc.hawaii.edu/theatre.
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