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A new take on the "Mother Earth" theme: The Joseph Gross Gallery urges you to discover the parallels between nature and women this morning at the "Landscapes of Exploitation" exhibition. Harmony Hammond, a full professor at the UA and noted feminist artist, has put together a collection of her mixed media paintings in order to illustrate the connectivity between the abuse of the land and the mistreatment of women in America. Hammond's work will be on display in the gallery weekdays between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. until Feb. 26. You are also cordially invited to attend the artist's reception between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the gallery. Get more information by calling 626-4215.
In the mood for a romantic lunch date? A fluorescent-light serenade awaits you at the Slonaker House this morning. Be there at 11 a.m. with a classy brown bag lunch in hand, and enjoy the first performance of the Slonaker Concert Series. The Honors Center and the School of Music and Dance will be presenting various UA music students who will provide the perfect ambiance for your peanut butter and jelly sandwich (or sushi, if that's your preference). Contact Lucia Barton at 626-7183 for program information.
In this lovely modern culture, most of the drum beats we hear are either synthetic or born of elaborate drum kits manned by crazy-haired, shirtless rock stars. Not that there's anything wrong with that - it's just that there is more diversity to percussion than we are typically exposed to. Break the mundane today at the Drums Across Cultures performance on the Mall. The San Jose Taiko Company will give you a taste of the most-likely-unfamiliar between noon and 1 p.m., courtesy of The Department of Multicultural Programs and Services, UA Presents and the Asian Pacific American Cultural Resource Center. Get a hold of Olga Carranza at 621-1094 for further information.
Wily scientists - they're speaking in secret languages again! Dmitri Kharzeev (Brookhaven National Laboratory) will grace the illuminati with a discussion of "New Frontiers of QCD at RHIC" at today's Physics Colloquium. Anyone who can figure out what all those abbreviations stand for should come to room 201 of the Physics and Atmospheric Sciences building at 4 p.m. Particularly thirsty members of the secret physics society may show up in room 218 at 3:30 p.m. for complimentary refreshments. Call Nancie Nunez at 621-2249 for the details and secret knock.
If you've been at least scanning the international and U.S. news sections of the paper lately, you know that Brazil's economy (and Russia's and Japan's...) is in a smidgen of trouble. How does this compare with American economic activity? Find out today at the 1999 Fathauer Lecture in Political Economy. James Q. Wilson, James Collins Professor of Management at UCLA, will be the fourteenth esteemed speaker in this series. Meet him in the Berger Auditorium of McClelland Hall at 5 p.m. for a lecture on "Moral Intuitions." (I didn't know we even had those things anymore!) The event is sponsored by the Karl Eller Center and the UA College of Business and Public Administration. Julieta Gonzalez can tell you more at 621-2576.
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