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February 3, Thursday
Celebrate Black History Month
Colloquy on the Black Family Dr. Marcia Sutherland and Dr. Sharon Parkinsons, Department of Africana Studies. Lecture begins at 4:30 p.m. in Humanities 039. For more information call Dr. Leonard A. Slade, Jr., at 442-4726.

Greyfriar Living Literature Series presents: Eugene Garber, award-winning fiction author, in Standish Library at 8 p.m. at Siena College. Free and open to the public. For more information contact Nate Leslie, English Dept., at (518)783-2954.

February 4, Friday
New York State Writers Institute
Spring 2000 Classic Film Series:
All About Eve, starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. A wickedly entertaining story of backstage back-stabbing. Starts at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall. Free and open to the public.

Celebrate Black History Month
Concert by The Black Apostolate Choir at 7 p.m.in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. For more information call Dr. Leonard A. Slade, Jr., at 442-4726.

February 5, Saturday
Big Purple Growl & Ferocious Feast. 
Tickets are $15 for adults, $6 for children 7-12, and free for children younger than 6. RSVP by Jan. 27. Call the Alumni Association at (518) 442-3080 or check out the Web site , www.albany.edu/alumni/bpg.html. 

Great Danes Basketball UAlbany takes on the Stony Brook Seawolves. The women play at 5:30 p.m. and the men play at 7:30 p.m.

February 8 -15
Sexuality Week 2000
Featuring speakers and workshops campus-wide the entire week. Featured speakers include: Dr. Ruth Westheimer, R. Samuel Lurie and Joel Goldman. For more information about schedules and workshops contact Middle Earth at (518) 442-5800.

February 8, Tuesday
New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Series. Tina Howe, award-winning playwright, will present the Burian Lecture at 8 p.m. in the Studio Theatre of the Performing Arts Center, main campus.

The Department of Educational Theory and Practice will hold a meeting on the regulation changes in New York State related to teacher preparation and certification (initial and professional), at 1 p.m. in the Campus Center Assembly Hall. The focus will be to review the new regulations and their implications for the initial secondary teacher education program at UAlbany.

February 9, Wednesday
New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Series. Tina Howe will read from and discuss her work at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Co-sponsored by the UAlbany Department of Theatre.

February 10, Thursday
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Program 2000 presents: 
Dr. Carl Schmid of University of California - Davis. Featuring Transcriptional regulation of Alu RNA and its role in the cell stress response. Hosted by Dr. Al Millis. Seminar held in Biology 248 at 4:10 p.m. For more information call (518)442-4361.

New York State Writers Institute
Spring 2000 Classic Film Series:
Slam, starring Saul Williams, is a story of a Washington, D.C., prisoner whose life is transformed by poetry. Starts at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall. Free and open to the public.

Third Annual Building Brands and Business on the Web Internet Symposium, sponsored by the University at Albany Foundation Council for Economic Outreach at the Albany Marriott. For more information contact www.internetsymposium.com.

February 11, Friday
New York State Writers Institute Spring 2000 Classic Film Series:
The star of Slam, Saul Williams, along with Sonia Sanchez, will read from his work. Starts at 7 p.m. in Page Hall as part of the Black Arts & Hip Hop Conference being sponsored by the Albany State University Black Alliance.
For a complete listing and registration information, call ASUBA at (518) 442-5678 or visit its Web Site at: www.angelfire.com/biz5/conference. 

Becoming Woman - A One-Day Conference: Sponsored by the Center for Arts and Humanities of the University at Albany. This one-day conference on the interaction among feminism, philosophy, queer theory and visual and performance art will explore the concept of “becoming woman.” The conference will be held at the Performing Arts Center Lab Theatre from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. A reception will follow until 8:30 p.m. 

February 11-April 23
American Folk Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art at the New York State Museum. Works by Rufus Hathaway, Edward Hicks, Joshua Johnson and Ammi Phillips will be featured. The exhibition in the West Gallery is the third installment in the Fleet Great Art Exhibition and Education Program. The State Museum, located on Madison Avenue, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (518) 474-5877.

February 14, Monday
University Senate Meeting at 3:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Assembly Hall. Contact Madelyn Cicero at 442-5406.

February 15, Tuesday
Author and lecturer Dr. Ruth Westheimer will speak at 8 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom as part of Sexuality Week 2000 Educational Programs. Westheimer has taught at Cornell and Columbia University and is currently an adjunct associate professor at New York University. Seventeenth Annual Sexuality Week (Feb. 8-15). Call 442-5800 for more information. Reception and book signing after the talk.

Celebrate Black History Month
Dr. Lillian Serece Williams, Women’s Studies Department, reads from her new book, Strangers in the Land of Paradise: The Creation of an African-American Community in Buffalo, New York, 1900-1940. The reading begins at 4:30 p.m. in Humanities 039. For more information call Dr. Leonard A. Slade, Jr., at 442-4726.

The Graduate Student Organization
will be sponsoring a blood drive at the School of Public Health on the East Campus, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. To schedule an appointment, call Larry Preston at 402-0281.

February 16, Wednesday
Moving or Living Off-Campus? 
Off-Campus Awareness Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the main lobby of the Campus Center. Sponsored by the Office of Personal Safety & Off-Campus Affairs.

Friends of the Libraries Spring 2000 Community Conversation Series International Organized Crime and Its Impact on Narcotics Trafficking in N.Y.S. Presenter: Thomas Constantine, former chief of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. From noon-2 p.m. in Cobb Library Conference Room, University Library B43. The public is welcome. Refreshments available. For more information contact 437-3931 or dchris@cnsvax.albany.edu.

February 17, Thursday
New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Series. Lydia Davis, a short story writer, novelist and translator, will read from and discuss her work at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. 

February 18, Friday
New York State Writers Institute Spring 2000 Classic Film Series:
The Big Deal On Madonna Street, directed by Mario Monicelli, in Italian with English subtitles. A takeoff on classic caper films centers on a clumsy thief who organizes his fellow crooks to rob a jewelry store. Starts at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall. Free and open to the public.

Healthcare and the Media: The Media’s Role in Shaping Public Opinion, from 7:30 to 9:15 a.m. at the New York State Nurses Association Conference Center, 11 Cornell Road, Latham. Please contact the Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management of the School of Business, UAlbany, at 442-3913 for reservations.

February 21, Monday
Poetry Workshop offered by writer- in-residence Edward Sanders. Sanders will conduct a nine-week workshop limited to 12 writers. To be considered manuscripts must be submitted and accepted. For more information about schedule and guidelines, contact the Writers Institute at (518)442-5620 or on line at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst. 

February 24, Thursday
New York State Writers Institute Visiting Writers Series. Xue Di, a Chinese poet and critic, will read from and discuss his work at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Co-sponsored by University at Albany Department of East Asian Studies.

Celebrate Black History Month
Lecture from What the Music Said, Mark Anthony Neal, Department of Africana Studies, at 4:30 p.m. in Humanities 039. For more information, call Leonard A. Slade Jr. at 442-4726.

February 25, Friday
New York State Writers Institute Spring 2000 Classic Film Series:
The Floating Weeds, directed by Yasujiro Ozu, in Japanese with English subtitles. A powerful drama about an acting troupe that visits a seaside community. Starts at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall. Free and open to the public.

Nonfiction Workshop offered by writer-in-residence Le Anne Schreiber. Schreiber will conduct a 10-week workshop limited to 10 writers. To be considered manuscripts must be submitted and accepted. For more information about schedule and guidelines contact the Writers Institute at (518)442-5620 or on line at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst. 

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