UA Read-In Focuses on African-American Women Writers
The 2008 African-American Read-In will be held at The University of Alabama on Monday, Feb. 4 from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Crossroads Community Center Lounge, 232 Ferguson Center.
Events
UA to Co-Host Construction Safety Conference
The third annual Central Alabama Construction Safety Conference will be held at Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery on March 27, sponsored by The University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies Safe State Occupational Safety and Health Consultation Program, the Mobile Area OSHA Office, local government, major contractor associations and businesses, and Hyundai-HMMA.
Fall in Love with UA Natural History Museum at Annual Valentine’s Day Dinner
The University of Alabama’s Alabama Museum of Natural History and the UA Arboretum will host the annual St. Valentine’s Day gourmet dinner featuring big band and swing jazz music from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, in Smith Hall on Sixth Avenue on the UA campus.
UA Theatre’s ‘Mystery of Irma Vep’ Will Scare You Silly
Werewolves howl, portraits bleed and mummies come to life in Charles Ludlam’s “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” opening Tuesday, Feb. 12 at The University of Alabama’s newly renovated Allen Bales Theatre. But this campy tribute to the Gothic horror films of a bygone era is played for laughs rather than chills.
UA Events Celebrate African-American Heritage Month
The University of Alabama is celebrating African-American Heritage Month in February with the theme “Creating History Every Day” to recognize the range and diversity of contributions African-Americans have made.
Noted Filmmaker and Producer to Screen ‘Honeydripper’ at Bama Theatre Feb. 4
Distinguished filmmaker John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi are screening the West Alabama premiere of their award-winning film “Honeydripper” at the Bama Theatre Monday, Feb 4 at 7:30 p.m., sponsored in part by The University of Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences.
UA Museum, Galleries Get Fired Up Over Clay Conference
As part of the Alabama Clay Conference 23, The University of Alabama will be hosting several notable exhibits of pottery ranging from the distant past to the here and now.
UA to Host Third Annual Hip-Hop Summit
The Ferguson Center Student Union will host the third annual Hip-Hop Summit at The University of Alabama with the theme “Changing Lives Through Hip-Hop,” beginning on Monday, Feb. 4 at noon and ending with a major event closing out the summit on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m.
UA Career Center Offers Workshops on ‘Finding a Calling’
Gregg Levoy, author of “Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life,” will present a workshop for students at The University of Alabama on Monday, Jan. 28 from 7-9 p.m. in the Moody Music Concert Hall on “Don’t Just Declare a Major, Follow a Calling.”
Noted Psychologist to Give Talk on Free Will in UA’s Dinoff Memorial Lecture
Dr. Roy F. Baumeister, Eppes Eminent Professor of Psychology at Florida State University, will deliver the lecture “Free Will as the Expensive Control of Action” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1 in room 208 in The University of Alabama’s Gordon Palmer Hall.