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HIGHLIGHTS
OF UPCOMING EVENTS:
Face of the Gods Art Exhibition
Friday, September 14 - Thursday, October 25
Face of the Gods: Art & Altars
of Africa features 15 altars that are
both recreations of traditional African sites of worship and "living"
altars made by contemporary artists to explore African art and religion.
Free. The Art Museum at FIU. FIU-University Park. Call 305-348-2890
or visit www.fiu.edu/~museum.
Biscayne Bay Society's Eminent Lecture
Series
Tuesday, October 9, 11:30 a.m.
Meet nationally syndicated WLRN radio host Diane Rehm at a lunch
and lecture to benefit FIU's Biscayne Bay Campus. Tickets are $75
per person or $700 for a table of 10. Roz and Cal Kovens Conference
Center Ballroom. FIU-Biscayne Bay. Call 305-919-5703.
Faculty Recital
Tuesday, October 9, 8 p.m.
Robert Davidovici, violin, Kemal Gekic, piano. Free. Wertheim Performing
Arts Center. FIU-University Park.
Writers on the Bay
Thursday, October 11, 8 p.m.
Peggy Payne, a journalist, travel writer and author of two novels,
Revelation and Sister India. Free. FIU-Biscayne Bay. AC 194.
Suburbia
October 11-14, 18-21
FIU's Department of Theater and Dance presents Suburbia,
a razor-sharp drama that zeros in on nine Gen-Xers who reminisce
about their high school glory days. FIUAA member tickets $7 with
a current membership card. Wertheim Performing Arts Center. FIU-University
Park. Call 305-348-3789.
FIU Football Scrimmage
Wednesday, October 17, 5 p.m.
Join fellow alumni, students, faculty, and FIU staff for an afternoon
of football excitement. Free. North Miami Stadium. FIU-Biscayne
Bay. Call 305-348-2756.
FIU Music Festival 2001
Thursday, October 25 - Saturday, November 17
The sixth annual festival will widen audience's musical horizons
with classical and jazz attractions scheduled for venues in Miami,
Miami Beach, Coral Gables, and North Miami Beach in addition to
FIU's University Park and Biscayne Bay Campus. Call 305-348-998
or visit www.fiumusicfestival.org.
Lecture: "A Comanche Life"
Thursday, October 25
7- 9 p.m.
A lecture by LaDonna Harris will be held on "A
Comanche Life." Ms. Harris is a remarkable statesman and national
leader and an advocate on behalf of Tribal America. Presented by
the he Department of Religious Studies. Kovens Conference Center,
Biscayne Bay Campus. For information and reservations, call 305-348-2186.
Third Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial
Lecture
Friday, October 26, 6:30 p.m.
African-New World Studies Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture
Series presents Hilary Beckles, University of the West Indies pro-vice
chancellor and professor of Economic and Social History. To RSVP,
call 305-919-5521 by Fri., October 19. Wertheim Performing Arts
Center. FIU-University Park.
Football Scrimmage
Saturday, October 27, 3:30 p.m.
Simulating the kind of game-day atmosphere football fans can expect
with the start of competition in the fall of 2002, today's scrimmage
offers all the fun of tailgating and action on the field. FIU Community
Stadium. FIU-University Park. Free. Call 305-348-2756.
Shakespeare's Journey
October 27 - 28
FIU's Department of Theater and Dance presents Shakespeare's
Journey, an original work by department
chair Leroy Clark that captures the vibrant spirit of Elizabethan
drama as it follows the life story of the Bard. FIUAA member tickets
$7 with a current membership card. Wertheim Performing Arts Center.
FIU-University Park. Call 305-348-3789.
FIU Women's Soccer
October 31 - November 3
Women's soccer hosts the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Teams competing
include the University of Arkansas, Little Rock; Arkansas State
University; Middle Tennessee State University; and others. FIU-University
Park. Call 305-348-2756.
The Crucible
November 8 - 11
November 15 - 18
FIU's Department of Theater and Dance presents The
Crucible, Arthur Miller's Tony Award-winning
courtroom drama about a seductive young woman who accuses an innocent
Puritan wife of witchcraft. FIUAA member tickets$7 with a current
membership card. Wertheim Performing Arts Center. FIU-University
Park. Call 305-348-3789.
Vanities
November 29 - December 2
FIU's Department of Theater and Dance presents Vanities, a bittersweet
and hysterically funny retro/contemporary play that chronicles the
lives of three intriguing Texas women who find themselves challenging
the rules and expectations of an ideal, all-American life. FIUAA
member tickets $7 with a current membership card. Wertheim Performing
Arts Center. FIU-University Park. Call 305-348-3789.
Men's Basketball - FIU vs UM
Monday, December 3, 7:30 p.m.
Join in the newly recreated basketball rivalry that pits the Golden
Panthers against the University of Miami Hurricanes. Miami Arena.
Call 305-348-2756.
Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian
American Art Museum
December 7, 2001 - January 27, 2002
Arte Latino celebrates the vitality of Latino art traditions and
innovations from the 18th through the 20th centuries. The Art Museum
at FIU. FIU-University Park Call 305-348-2990 or visit www.fiu.edu/~museum.
Third Annual Orange Bowl Women's Fab
Four
Sunday, December 9, 2:00 p.m.
The FIU women's basketball team will goes up against Colorado State
University. Tickets $10. American Airlines Arena. Call 305-371-4600
ext. 115 or visit www.orangebowl.org.
Aluminum by Design Exhibition
December 14 - April 7, 2002
Aluminum by Design: Jewelry to
Jets takes traces the history of the
earth's most abundant metal. Once considered more precious that
gold, aluminum transformed 20th century culture in the United States
and the world as it increasingly became the material of choice for
everything from pots and pans to roller blades and robots. $5 adults.
The Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. Call 305-531-1001
or www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu.
Log onto www.fiu.edu/calendar.htm
for more upcoming events at FIU.
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