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The Work of Artist Richard Callner, professor emeritus of the U. Albany art department, will be featured through Nov. 2 in the inaugural exhibit at the Yates Gallery in the Trustco Reading room of the new Standish Library at Siena College.

October 7, Thursday
New York State Writers Institute
Marty Pottenger, performance artist and writer, will present her Obie-winning theatrical production “City Water Tunnel #3” at 8 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., Downtown Campus. “City Water Tunnel #3” is a multimedia presentation which tells the story of the planning, building and financing of the largest non-defense public-works project in the Western Hemisphere.

Departments of English and Languages, Literatures and Cultures.
Pre-lecture seminar on the work of philosopher Jacques Derrida at 3:30 p.m. in HU 354 on the main campus. Derrida will speak Monday, Oct. 11, at 4:30 p.m. in Page Hall. Suggested readings, Force of Law and Declarations of Independence, are available in HU 235 and HU 333. Call 442-4439 or 442-4055 for more information.

October 8, Friday
New York State Writers Institute
Fall 1999 Classic Film Series. “Beaumarchais, L’insolent” (“Beaumarchais, the Scroundrel,” French, 1996, 116 minutes, color, 35 mm, in French with English subtitles). Directed by Edourd Molinaro and starring Fabrice Luchini, Manuel Blanc and Sandrine Kiberlain. 

Economics Department Seminar
Bayesian Panel Data Econometrics by Tony Lancaster, Brown University, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in BA 130.

October 9, Saturday
Race for Literacy, a new 5k event,
begins at Albany High school at 10 a.m. and ends at the new UAlbany Library. Volunteers needed from 6:30 a.m. on. Each volunteer will receive a commemorative T-shirt. To volunteer, call Robert McFarland at 442-5400. Proceeds to benefit the Times Union Classroom Enrichment Program. Check-in at the Dutch Quad parking lot from 7 to 9 a.m. All runners bused to start area at Albany High School. To register, call Dennis Kennedy at 442-3752, or register on-line at www.timeunion.com/race by Oct. 1. Registration $15 by Oct. 1; $20 the day of the race. Co-sponsors include U.Albany and the Times Union.

October 11, Monday
Jacques Derrida Visits Albany for the 
first time to deliver a lecture onThe Future of the Profession or the Unconditional University, at 4:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave. Derrida originated the idea of deconstruction. His visit is being organized by Department of English Chair Tom Cohen and Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures Chair David Wills. Derrida’s visit kicks off a year-long period of debate at UAlbany on the changing role of the humanities.

October 12, Tuesday
School of Public Health Fall Seminar Series 1999.
Welfare Reform, Uninsured Kids and the Take-up Challenge by Frank J. Thompson, interim provost, Rockefeller College. Bagels and coffee at 7:45 a.m. Seminar, 8-9 a.m. Located at the East Campus.

Post-lecture Seminar.
The work of philosopher Jacques Derrida, at 3:30 p.m. in HU 354. Call 442-4439 or 442-4055.

New York State Writers Institute. Novelist and short story writer Gish Jen, author of Who’s Irish?:and Other Stories, will speak at 5:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center.

Natural History Lecture Series. 
John Molinari, professor of meteorology, will review hurricanes, from how they are named to how they form and intensify, at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7. Examples will be shown from various Atlantic hurricanes of the 1990s, including Floyd and Gert.

Learning Disability Film Series.
The ABCs of Attention Deficit Disorder, 4 p.m., Campus Center Terrace Lounge.

October 13, Wednesday
University at Albany and RPI Fall 1999 Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series: Michael Rampino, New York University, Did a comet kill the dinosaurs? At Albany in the Earth Science Bldg. Room 232 at 4 p.m.

CETL Partners in Pedagogy Series: Teaching with Technology in the Human Diversity Classroom. In Campus Center 375. 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

October 14, Thursday
The Graduate Student Organization 
will host a panel discussion from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Alumni House on Women and the Law. Speakers are Judge Eleanor Stein, on an international rape/political asylum case; Ruth Sabo, legislative director for Family Planning Advocates, on women’s reproductive rights in NYS; and Lois Haignere, on pay equity issues. Refreshments served. Call 442-4178.

October 15, Friday
New York State Writers Institute Fall 1999 Classic Film Series. 
Don Juan, directed by Alan Crosland, starring John Barrymore, Mary Astor and Willard Louis. Don Juan was the first film to be released with sound effects and synchronized music. Starts at 7:30 p.m. at Page Hall. Free and open to the public.

October 19, Tuesday
School of Public Health Fall Seminar Series 1999
TB and International Issues from a Public Health Perspective by Max Salfinger, M.D., director, Clinical Mycobacteriology Laboratory, Wadsworth Center, NYSDOH. Bagels and coffee at 7:45 a.m. Seminar at 8-9 a.m. East Campus.

Learning Disability Film Series.
Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults, at 4 p.m. in the Campus Center Terrace Lounge.

Natural History Lecture Series.
Jeanne Adler, author of Early Days in the Adirondacks, will talk about the photographs of Seneca Ray Stoddard at 8 p.m. in Lecture Center 7.

Art of Africa and the Africa Diaspora Lecture Series. Lisa Aronson, Skidmore College, will present a lecture on Tortoises, Textiles, and Trade in Southeastern Nigeria at 7:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center. Reception to follow.

October 20, Wednesday
Twice Wednesday Concert Series. Findlay Cockrell, pianist, 12:20 and 4:20 p.m., Performing Arts Center Recital Hall. Free and open to the public. 

New York State Writers Institute. Lawrence Weschler, long-time writer for The New Yorker, and artist J.S.G. Boggs, at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center.

Fall 1999 Community Conversation Series. Jose Cruz, Department of Political Science, will speak on Demographic Changes and Political Fortunes: The Case for Latinos in NYS. Noon to 2 p.m., Mary Elizabeth Cobb Library Conference Room (B43), University Library. Sponsored by Friends of the Libraries.
University at Albany and RPI Fall 1999 Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series: Jon Price, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, TBA. At RPI in the Science Center 3W13 at 4 p.m.

October 21, Thursday
New York State Writers Institute. Nonfiction: The State of the Art. Five of today’s best magazine writers discuss feature writing and commercialism, censorship, and editorial standards. Geraldine Brooks, Jack Hitt, Tony Horwitz, Susan Orlean and Lawrence Weschler, 8 p.m. Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. 
 

October 22-24, 27-30 University Theatre Presents How I Learned to Drive by Paul Vogel is a funny and clever story of coming of age under devastating circumstances. Starts at 8 p.m. in  the Perfroming Arts Center (starts at 3 p.m. on October 24) Uptown Campus. Admission $10 for the general public and $7 for students, senior citizens, Alumni association and University staff.

October 22, Friday
New York State Association for Women In Education fall conference. Embracing the Entrepreneurial Spirit: Women Advancing in Higher Education and Beyond, Fort William Henry conference facilities on Lake George. Keynote speaker, Nancy Salzman, International Center for Change. Workshop topics include Leadership Skills and Negativity in the Workplace. For more information call Sharon Allen or Teresa DiMagno at 244-2272. 

New York State Writers Institute Fall 1999 Classic Film Series. 
Festen (The Celebration), directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Mixing farce and tragedy, The Celebration is the story of a family patriarch’s 60th birthday party which turns into an exposé of dark, painful family secrets. Starts at 7:30 p.m. at Page Hall. Free and open to the public.

October 23, Saturday
Hawthorne String Quartet with Findlay Cockrell on piano, Main Theatre, Performing Arts Center, 8 p.m. String Quintet in C Major by Franz Schubert is the featured work in a concert of chamber music by members of the Boston Symphony. Tickets are $25 for the general audience and $5 for students. Call the PAC box office at 442-3997 for more information.

October 24, Sunday
The Community Orchestra will perform a concert, I’ll Take Romance, at 7 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. The event marks the debut of new faculty member Kirk Smith, who will direct an evening of classical music featuring the works of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Admission is $5 for the general public, and $2 for students. 

October 25, Monday
The Department of Music will present an evening of classic big band music and jazz favorites, at 8 p.m. in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center. Kirk Smith and David Hosley will direct music featuring the works of Mark Williams and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Admission is $5 for the general public, and $2 for students.

October 26, Tuesday
School of Public Health Fall Seminar Series 1999
HIV and Partner Notification by Guthrie S. Birkhead, MD, MPH. Director of  Aids Institute, NYSDOH. Bagels and coffee at 7:45 a.m. Seminar at 8-9 a.m. Located at the East Campus.

Natural History Lecture Series.
Mark Brown, senior biologist with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, will give a program on little-known habits of the Adirondack fisher and the pine marten, two members of the weasel family. 8 p.m. Lecture Center 7.