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September 13, Monday
Classes Resume at 12:20 p.m.
University Senate Executive 
Committee Meeting, 3:30 p.m. in AD 253. For more information, call Madelyn Cicero at 442-5406.

September 15, Wednesday
ADVANCEWeb Online Catalog. 
Exploring ADVANCEWeb - The new Web catalog, hands-on. Learn the basics of searching and some of its more powerful capabilities. One hour. 2:30 p.m.
University Library B15

September 17, Friday
Classes suspended at 5:35 p.m.

September 18, Saturday
University at Albany Football vs.
Rowan, 6 p.m., University Field. For more information, call 442-3310.

September 20, Monday
Friends of the Libraries’ Outing. 
Reservations due for the Friends of the Libraries’ October 1 outing to the New York State Museum’s Rotterdam Storage Facility. For reservation information, call 442-3542. (dchris@cnsvax.albany. edu)

September 21, Tuesday
Classes resume at 1 p.m.

September 22, Wednesday
Faculty Meeting, 3 p.m. Campus 
Center Ballroom. Reception at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call Madelyn Cicero at 442-5406.
Friends of the Libraries’ Outing. 
“The Millennium and the N.Y.S. Museum: Continuing the Legacy.” Dr. Clifford Siegfried, director of the New York State Museum. University Library, B43. 12-2 p.m. The public is welcome. For more information, call 442-3542.  (dchris@cnsvax.albany.edu)

ADVANCEWeb Online Catalog. 
Exploring ADVANCEWeb - The new Web catalog, hands-on. Learn the basics of searching and some of its more powerful capabilities. One hour. 11:30 a.m.
University Library.

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Susan McClary, Professor of musicology at UCLA, and a MacArthur fellowship winner, will present a lecture on “Intellectual Creativity in the Age of Computers,” at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center, with a reception to follow in the Futterer Lounge. For more details, contact Prof. Mary Beth Winn at 442-4090. Co-sponsored by the departments of Music, English, and Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and the University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. 

September 23, Thursday
New York State Writers Institute. 
Fall 1999 Visiting Writers Series. Novelist Alice McDermott, winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Charming Billy, will read from her work at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts Center. McDermott will hold an informal seminar at 4 p.m. in Humanities 354. 

September 24, Friday
Lecture by Professor James R. Taylor,
emeritus professor of Communication, Université de Montréal, “What is an Organization?” at 1 p.m. in PC 355, Performing Arts Center, sponsored by the Department of Communication. Taylor is known internationally for his contribution to the study of the structuring properties of communication in organizational settings.
New York State Writers Institute.
Fall 1999 Classic Film Series. 
“Independent Short Films With Frank and Caroline Mouris.” Independent filmmakers Frank and Caroline Mouris, who specialize in animation and collage, have selected several examples of their work and the work of other independent filmmakers to present a celebration of short film. They will provide film commentary and answer questions immediately following the screenings. Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave, Downtown Campus. Free and open to the public.

Sept. 26 - Nov. 14
William B. Schade - A 25-Year 
Retrospective An examination of the total work of painting, sculpture, prints and drawings of this exceptionally creative and energetic artist who is a graduate of the University Art Department and faculty member of Sage College (Albany). A catalog with several essays and color illustrations will accompany the exhibition at the University Art Museum. Opening reception Sunday, September 26, 5-7 p.m.

September 27, Monday
University Senate meeting, 3:30 p.m., 
Campus Center Assembly Hall.

New University Library opens.

September 29, Wednesday
Twice Wednesday Concert Series.
Findlay Cockrell, piano. 12:20 p.m. and 4:20 p.m. Free and open to the public.Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. 
New York State Writers Institute. Fall 
1999 Visiting Writers Series. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carolyn Kizer will read from her work at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center. Earlier that afternoon at 4 p.m. in HU 290, Kizer will hold an informal seminar. Free and open to the public.

September 30, Thursday
New York State Writers Institute. Fall 
1999 Visiting Writers Series. Australian novelist and nonfiction writer Thomas Keneally, Booker Prize-winning author of Schindler’s List, will read from his new nonfiction work, The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World, at 8 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Ave., Downtown Campus. Earlier that afternoon at 4 p.m. in HU 354, Keneally will hold an informal seminar.

October 1, Friday
Friends of the Libraries’ Outing.
“Nearby and Notable”, Friends of the Libraries’ Outing to the New York State Museum’s Rotterdam Storage Facility. 12-4:30 p.m. This full afternoon outing will go to the Museum’s principal storage facility to view a vast collection of artwork that is not on public display. Meet for an early lunch at the Patroon Room before departing by bus. Cost $22 with lunch, $13 without. For reservation information, call 442-3542, by Sept. 20. (dchris@cnsvax.albany.edu)

New York State Writers Institute
Fall 1999 Classic Film Series. “The Long Goodbye” (American, 1973, 112 minutes, color, 35 mm). Elliot Gould gives a signature performance as a “revised” Philip Marlowe in director Robert Altman’s version of Raymond Chandler detective novel.
 

October 2, Saturday
Friends of the Libraries’ Outing. 
Reservations due for the Friends of the Libraries’ October 16 fall outing to 
Montgomery Place and a regional winery. For reservation information, call 442-3542.  (dchris@cnsvax.albany.edu)

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.

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. 

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