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MONDAY, JAN. 14 – SUNDAY, JAN. 20, 2013

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2013 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK CONFERENCE – The 2013 Economic Outlook Conference, presented by The University of Alabama’s Center for Business and Economic Research, will be Wednesday, Jan. 16, at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center. The UA center, CBER, is part of the Culverhouse College of Commerce. Leading experts on the U.S. and Alabama economies will review recent trends and discuss prospects for 2013. Conference registration and information is available online at http://cber.cba.ua.edu. Contact: Carolyn Trent, ctrent@cba.ua.edu, 205/348-3589 or Bill Gerdes, bgerdes@cba.ua.edu, 205/348-8318.

REALIZING THE DREAM – The singing ensemble Take 6 and the Aeolians of Oakwood University will highlight the 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, in the Concert Hall at The University of Alabama’s Moody Music Building. Tickets for the event are $15 and may be reserved by calling 205/348-7111. The concert is part of a weekend of events organized by West Alabama’s Martin Luther King Realizing the Dream Committee, including a banquet featuring Cynthia Tucker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist formerly with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Tucker is a native of Monroeville, Ala., and a graduate of Auburn University. She is the Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. In addition to the concert, the Realizing the Dream Committee will recognize three West Alabamians at the banquet at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at the Hotel Capstone. Tickets are $25 each and are available by calling 205/348-7111. Contact: Richard LeComte, media relations, rllecomte@ur.ua.edu, 205/348-3782

ORGAN’S 25^TH ANNIVERSARY – A big pipe organ deserves a big birthday party. So for the 25th anniversary of the Holtkamp organ in the Concert Hall of Moody Music Building, The University of Alabama will present the world premiere of “The Freese Collection,” performed by Dr. Faythe Freese, UA professor of organ. The interdisciplinary performance also will feature the Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre and a NALL art show titled “Violata Pax” (Wounded Peace). The NALL art show and three identical concerts will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, Thursday, Jan. 24, and Friday, Jan. 25, in the Concert Hall. Tickets are $12 and $18. The Jan. 23 event includes a reception and concert. Tickets for this combined event are $30. Tickets are available at UA’s School of Music website: http://uamusic.tix.com/. The Jan. 25 concert will launch UA’s 2013 Church Music and Organ Conference, also in the Moody Music Building. Contact: Dr Faythe Freese, ffreese@music.ua.edu, 205/348-3329

EVENTS

SONIC FRONTIERS – The University of Alabama’s Sonic Frontiers concert series presents Czech Republic-based bassist, improviser and composer George Cremaschi at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at the Paul R. Jones Gallery, 2308 Sixth St. The performance is free and open to the public. Cremaschi will perform a solo set of original compositions and improvisations for acoustic bass and electronics. The second half of the concert will feature the world premiere trio of Cremaschi, and UA’s own Dr. Tim Feeney (percussion) and Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar (soprano saxophone). Contact: Dr. Andrew Raffo Dewar, 205/348.9928, adewar@ua.edu

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CHEMISTRY OF COLLEGE FOR A DAY – Dozens of high-school students enrolled in chemistry classes at three area schools will soon spend a day doing experiments inside a UA chemistry lab. Approximately 80 students from Central, Northridge and Greene County high schools will get an opportunity to hone their lab skills Jan. 24 inside four labs within UA’s Science and Engineering Complex. The day is coordinated by Dr. Martin Bakker, associate professor of chemistry, to expose these students to fully equipped chemistry labs and opportunities to learn from science experiments they typically do not have opportunity to conduct. Watch for more details, or contact Chris Bryant in media relations for assistance at 205/348-8323 or cbryant@ur.ua.edu. Bakker may be reached at 205/348-9116 or bakker@bama.ua.edu.