{"id":2888,"date":"2012-04-03T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T20:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/college.web.unc.edu\/?p=2888"},"modified":"2024-07-02T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:28:16","slug":"april-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=2888","title":{"rendered":"UNC College April calendar: James Fallows, Orville Schell, marriage, music and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got spring fever? April is jam-packed with events across the College of Arts and Sciences.\u00a0 Asia experts James Fallows and Orville Schell discuss China Rising, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Louis Menand kicks of the IAH\u2019s 25th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary, and there\u2019s lots of music on the Hill. Check out these highlights and more, with links below:<\/p>\n

April 1: UNC Guitar Ensemble, 2 p.m. Hill Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 2: METAMORPHS: Artists Spin Science, a discussion with artists and scientists about how artists utilize science in their work. 6 p.m. Hyde Hall.\u00a0https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/2012\/03\/16\/metamorphs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 3: Digital storyteller Caitlin Fisher will discuss Building Small Worlds: New Stories for New Screens. 5 p.m. Institute for the Arts and Humanities, Hyde Hall, University Room.\u00a0http:\/\/www.iah.unc.edu\/calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

April 3:\u00a0 U.S. Army War College Professor and author Larry Goodson will discuss the U.S. exit strategy from Afghanistan and Iraq. Part of the Great Decisions Speaker Series. 7 p.m. Carroll Hall 111.\u00a0http:\/\/go.unc.edu\/t7KCn<\/a><\/p>\n

April 3: New Music from the Composition Studio. 7:30 p.m. Person Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 4: University of South Carolina English Professor Meili Steele will discuss Narrative and the Crisis of Public Reason. 4 p.m. Institute for the Arts and Humanities, Hyde Hall incubator.\u00a0http:\/\/www.iah.unc.edu\/calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

April 4-22: PlayMakers presents Noises Off, an uproarious comedy about a fifth-rate theater troupe on a bottom tier provincial tour. Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, Country Club Road. Ticket information:\u00a0http:\/\/www.playmakersrep.org<\/a><\/p>\n

April 5: Andy Reynolds,\u00a0associate\u00a0professor of political science and chair of global studies, will discuss The Burmese Spring. 12:30 p.m., FedEx Global Education Center Room 1009.\u00a0http:\/\/global.unc.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 5: Till Death Do Us Part. Panelists discuss the history and evolution of the institution of marriage in the U.S. Part of The Parr Center\u2019s Lunch and Learn Series. 12:30 p.m. Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library. Registration required.\u00a0http:\/\/parrcenter.unc.edu\/events<\/a><\/p>\n

April 5: Works in Progress reading by Lori Ostlund, the Kenan Visiting Writer. 12:30 p.m. Donovan Lounge, 223 Greenlaw Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/english.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 5: Gender, Islam and the Politics of Integration in the New Europe, part of the North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series. 5 p.m.\u00a0 Hyde Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/ncgs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 5: Equality Matters, a discussion on the legal, economic and social implications of same-sex unions. 5:30 p.m. Hyde Hall, University Room.\u00a0http:\/\/sexualitystudies.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 9: Asia experts James Fallows and Orville Schell will discuss China Rising: What does China\u2019s unprecedented boom mean for the global economy, U.S. foreign policy, human rights and the environment? Fallows and Schell are the Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professors. 5:30 p.m. FedEx Global Education Center, Nelson Mandela Auditorium.\u00a0https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/2012\/03\/06\/frey2012\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 9 \u2013 May 13: UNC studio art honors students exhibit their work in the Alcott Gallery, Hanes Art Center. Reception April 13, 2 to 4 p.m.\u00a0sparklehoof@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

April 9: PlayMakers and the department of dramatic art present 8, a one-night staged reading of a new play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California\u2019s Proposition 8. 7:30 p.m. Paul Green Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, Country Club Road. Free, tickets required. (919) 962-7529,http:\/\/www.playmakersrep.org<\/a><\/p>\n

April 10: Adrian Johns of the University of Chicago will discuss The Invention of Scientific Reading. Part of the English and comparative literature department\u2019s Critical Speaker Series. 5:30 p.m. Pleasants Family Assembly Room, Wilson Library.\u00a0http:\/\/englishcomplit.unc.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 11: Panel discussion with Adrian Johns: Recent Problems in the History of the Book. Part of the English and comparative literature department\u2019s Critical Speaker Series. 3:30 p.m. Donovan Lounge, 223 Greenlaw Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/englishcomplit.unc.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 11: Salata Baladi, film screening sponsored by Carolina Center for Jewish Studies exploring cultural, lingual and national perspectives on Jewish life in Egypt. 7 p.m. Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center.\u00a0http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/ccjs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 11: UNC Symphony Orchestra, Dvorak Symphony No. 5 and Works by Jennifer Higdon and Alan Hovhaness. 7:30 p.m. Memorial Hall. Tickets: (919) 843-3333.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 12: Distinguished UNC English Professor and author Minrose Gwin, a Carolina Women\u2019s Center Faculty Scholar, will read from Sweethearts, her novel in progress.. 12:30 p.m. Donovan Lounge, 223 Greenlaw Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/englishcomplit.unc.edu\/events<\/a><\/p>\n

April 12: Green Mirage, film\u00a0 exploring cultural, lingual and national perspectives on Jewish life in Egypt. 7 p.m. Room 009, Fred Brooks Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/ccjs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 12: UNC Percussion Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. Kenan Music Building.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 12-15: Theatrical Translation as Creative Process: A Conference\/Festival, presenting four staged readings of new translated plays. Part of the Process Series. Locations and times vary.\u00a0anversen@email.unc.edu<\/a>\u00a0http:\/\/uncnews.unc.edu\/content\/view\/4936\/66\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 13-15: The philosophy and classics departments present Bernard Williams\u2019 Antiquity, a conference in honor of the late English moral philosopher. Institute for the Arts and Humanities, Hyde Hall.\u00a0bpboyle@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

April 13: Priceless Gems Walking Tour: Coker Arboretum with Grant Parkins, NC Botanical Garden natural science educator. 3 p.m. UNC Visitors\u2019 Center at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.\u00a0http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/visitors\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

April 13: European Union Youth Orchestra, with the Carolina Choir and UNC music faculty. 8 p.m. Memorial Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/www.carolinaperformingarts.org<\/a><\/p>\n

April 16: Spring Celebration of Undergraduate Research. 1 to 3:45 p.m. Frank Porter Graham Student Union.http:\/\/go.unc.edu\/c3NJo<\/a><\/p>\n

April 16: Material Culture and Jewish Identity, Or What Makes a Jewish Home Jewish? Lecture by Professor Vanessa Ochs of the University of Virginia. Sponsored by Carolina Center for Jewish Studies. 7:30 p.m. UNC\u2019s William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education.\u00a0http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/ccjs\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 17: The Psychiatrist and Marketplace or the Madness in Treating Madness. A discussion of money, ethics and the pharmaceutical industry. Part of The Parr Center\u2019s Lunch and Learn Series. 12:30 p.m. Hyde Hall, University Room. Registration required.\u00a0http:\/\/parrcenter.unc.edu\/events<\/a><\/p>\n

April 17: Raul Rodriguez, who has served as CEO of the North American Development Bank, executive director at the Mexican Foreign Trade Bank and chairman of marketing and business consulting firms in Mexico, will discuss Mexico\u2019s transborder challenges. Part of the Great Decisions Speaker Series. 7 p.m. Carroll Hall 111.\u00a0http:\/\/go.unc.edu\/t7KCn<\/a><\/p>\n

April 17: University Chamber Players. 7:30 p.m. Person Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 18, 20: UNC Opera presents Dream Lovers by Samuel Coleridge Taylor and Highway One USA by William Grant Still. Hill Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 19: Hutchins Lecture with Paul Reyes, author of Exiles in Eden, a book about the Florida foreclosure crisis. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American South. 4:30 p.m. Graham Memorial, Room 039.\u00a0http:\/\/www.uncsouth.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 19: Faculty Jazz Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Hill Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 20: Pulitzer prize recipient Louis Menand will discuss The Humanistic Condition to celebrate the Institute for the Arts and Humanities\u2019 25th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary. 3 p.m. Carroll Hall Auditorium.\u00a0http:\/\/www.iah.unc.edu\/calendar<\/a><\/p>\n

April 20: Priceless Gems Walking Tours presents Super Tour Days, with campus tours every hour on the hour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. UNC Visitors\u2019 Center at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center.\u00a0http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/visitors\/index.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

April 20: Fred and Gail Fearing Jazz for a Friday Afternoon: UNC Jazz Combos. 4 p.m. Kenan Music Building.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 20: UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band. 8 p.m. Memorial Hall. Tickets: (919) 843-3333.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 21: Sixth Annual Global American South Conference, The Changing Face of the American South: Demographic Shifts and Migrations. FedEx Global Education Center. Registration required.\u00a0http:\/\/globalsouth.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 21: UNC Jazz Band. 8 p.m. Hill Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 22: UNC Glee Clubs. 3 p.m. Hill Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 22: University Band. 5 p.m. Forest Theatre.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 25-29: PlayMakers presents Penelope, the final play in the PRC2 series. Kenan Theatre, Center for Dramatic Art, Country Club Road. Tickets:\u00a0http:\/\/www.playmakersrep.org<\/a><\/p>\n

April 26: Music on the Porch with Maria Albani, Heather McEntire and Shirlette Ammons. Moderated by Freddie Jenkins of Back Porch music. Center for the Study of the American South. 5:30 p.m. The Love House, 410 E. Franklin St.\u00a0http:\/\/www.uncsouth.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

April 27: N.C. Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Swing into Spring: A Big Band Calvacade. 8 p.m. Hill Hall. Tickets: (919) 843-3333.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

April 28: The Uhlman Family Seminar on Jewish Life and the American South, with UNC American Studies Professor Marcie Ferris,\u00a0 Institute of Southern Jewish Life historian Stuart Rockoff and College of Charleston Professor Adam Mendelsohn. 9:15 a.m. \u2013 4:30 p.m. Tuition: $125, plus $15 for optional lunch.\u00a0http:\/\/go.unc.edu\/Pp87L<\/a><\/p>\n

April 29: UNC Baroque Ensemble. 3 p.m. Person Hall.\u00a0http:\/\/music.unc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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