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By Carrie Stern
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday September 11, 2003

Going on around Campus

· The Arizona Repertory Theater presents "Rumors" by Neil Simon, author of "The Odd Couple," as well as "Brighton Beach Memoirs." This week's showings are Sept. 11 ö Sept. 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Marroney Theatre, on the southeast corner of North Park Avenue and East Speedway Boulevard. General admission is $22, students pay $15. Call 621-1162 for more details.

· The UA Museum of Art will hold a symposium on the museum's "Love and/or Terror" exhibition. The symposium begins at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 12, and will include a print viewing, a book signing, and a lecture, followed by a public reception. The evening-long event takes place at the Center for Creative Photography, with the reception at the UA Museum of Art. Information is available at 621-7567 or http://www.loveandorterror.arizona.edu.

· Mexican songstress Eugenia Le—n will open the 2003-04 UAPresents season with a performance on Sept. 13. The event begins at 8 p.m. at Centennial Hall, and ticket prices range from $12 to $30. Call 621-3341 for ticket or show information.

· The Faculty Artist Series for this week is a "Flutes and Friends" performance, featuring contemporary composers playing in Baroque and Neo-Romantic styles. The show takes place at the Holsclaw Recital Hall, at the south end of the pedestrian underpass on East Speedway Boulevard, east of North Park Ave. Admission is $10 general, $8 for UA employees and seniors, and $4 for students. For more information call the UA Fine Arts box office at 621-1162 or MusiCall at 621-2998.


Going on in Film

· The Gallagher Theater will play host to the Cultural Film series tonight, Sept. 11. This week's film is "The Pianist," based on the autobiography of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a composer who played the last live music heard on Polish airwaves before the Nazis attacked with artillery. The film portrays the life of Szpilman, a Polish Jew, from his time in the grim Warsaw ghetto to the eventual rediscovery of his talent and his courage, via an unexpected source of inspiration. The movie costs $3 and will begin at 9:30 p.m. at Gallagher Theater, in the Student Union Memorial Center. Call 621-8046 for details.

Other Gallagher Theater Showtimes, Student Union Memorial Center.

The Italian Job: 12 a.m., Sept. 11; 7 p.m., Sept. 12 and 13.
28 Days Later: 9:30 p.m., Sept. 12 and 13.
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Floyd: 7 p.m., Sept. 16 and 17.
Spiderman: 9:30 p.m., Sept. 16 and 17.
All tickets are $3.

· The German Film Series will be showing "The Axe of Harnack" on Sept. 11. The film, a story of the atrocities committed by ordinary people during the Nazi era, is in German with English subtitles. Shortly after its original release in 1951, this controversial film was withdrawn from German theatres. In 1981, "The Axe of Harnack" was finally made available to the general public, and tonight is your chance to see it for free. The movie begins at 7:30 p.m., in the Modern Languages auditorium. Call 621-7385 for more information.

· This week's installment of the International Arts Society Film Series is "Roman Holiday," a romantic comedy starring Gregory Peck and a young Audrey Hepburn. Hepburn won an Academy Award for her performance as Princess Anne, traipsing through Rome with a reporter (Peck) as her companion. The movie will be shown in the Modern Languages auditorium, at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 12. Admission is free, call 621-3527 for more information.

· "Four Little Girls," presented by the Africana Studies Film Series, is a documentary dealing with the tragic bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. on Sept. 15, 1963. Perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan, the blast killed four young girls and sent shock waves through the community, as well as through America at large. This film explores the political and historical effects of this sad event, from a cultural and national standpoint. The showing begins at 5 p.m. on Sept. 16, at the Africana Studies Program at 1521 E. First St. Details are available at 621-5665.

· Historical and political movies not quite your thing? No problem; how about a math movie? The "Fermat Fest Plus Ten" film series begins on Sept. 17 with "The Proof," a BBC-Nova video delineating mathematician Andrew Wiles' long struggle to prove Fermat's Last Theorem. The film will be shown at 4 p.m. in the Economics building, room 111. Call 621-6874 for additional information.

· The Poetry Center will present a free screening of "Slam," a film featuring the verbal art of Saul Williams. Williams has been described as "part of a new wave of wordsmiths reclaiming poetry from ivory tower academics and advertising executives alike." His "convergence between spoken word and today's rap music" has earned him international fame, including prizes at the Sundance Festival and Cannes for this movie. The film begins at 7 p.m. in the Integrated Learning Center, room 130. Contact 626-3765 for more information on the event.


Going on in Music

· Tucson's own Calexico will perform a Courtyard Concert at the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Ave., on Sept. 12. The band, called "an authentic voice of the American desert" by Rolling Stone, is touring in support of their fourth release, Feast of Wire. Tickets are $15, with a $2 discount for TMA members. More information is available at 297-9133.

· The baroque-themed Belladonna will perform as part of the Arizona Early Music Society's concert series on Sept. 14, at 3 p.m. at St. Philip's in the Hills church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave. General admission is $15, seniors pay $12, and students get in for a cool $5. Call 889-4310 for additional information.

· Rockers Queensryche will perform at the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St., on Sept. 16. The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets cost $25. Call 798-3333 for information.

· The Joggers promise to help you "get exercise while you rock" at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., on Sept. 16. The show starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $4. More information is available at 622-8848.

· Whirlwind Heat will perform at Club Congress, 311 E. Congress St., on Sept. 17, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $4. Call 622-8848 for more information.

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