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October 4, 1999
Blair quintet looks back
On Oct. 4, the Blair Woodwind Quintet glances back to celebrate what the 20th century has meant to its repertoire and offers two classics and a newcomer. Danish composer Carl Nielsen’s “Kvintet” is considered one of the most idiomatic works ever written for quintet and Francis Poulenc’s “Sextuor” features Francophile pianist Craig Nies. Topping off the program will be a work by this year’s BMI composer-in-residence, John Harbison. The program begins at 8 p.m. at the Steve and Judy Turner Recital Hall, 2400 Blakemore Ave. Tickets are $8 for adults; $6 for Vanderbilt faculty/staff; and $4 for students/seniors. Call the Blair School of Music at 322-7651 for more information.
Vanderbilt hosts national conference
Vanderbilt will host the 25th annual meeting of the Social Theory, Politics and the Arts conference Oct. 7-10 at the Holiday Inn Select-Vanderbilt. Bill Ivey, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will give an address Oct. 8 to the conference, which brings together arts administrators, educators and researchers concerned with social activities and cultural policies related to the arts. Persons interested in attending the conference in its entirety or any of the individual session should contact Linda Willingham at 322-7500.
Price to speaks on southern letters
Novelist, poet and essayist Reynolds Price will deliver the second annual Robert Penn Warren Lecture on Southern Letters Oct. 8 at the Sheraton Downtown Nashville, 623 Union St. The lecture, sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities and the Tennessee Humanities Council, is held in conjunction with the Southern Festival of Books. The event will begin with cocktails at 5:30 p.m., followed by a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Following the lecture, Price will sign books in the hotel ballroom. Tickets may be purchased at the festival headquarters booth Oct. 8 for $60. For more information, please contact the Tennessee Humanities Council at 320-7001.
Project Dialogue sponsors discussion
Michael Hodges, professor of philosophy, will facilitate a discussion on the ethics of genetic engineering Oct. 6 after a viewing of the film Gattaca, a futuristic thriller centered around a genetically-altered society of haves and have nots. Screening of the film will begin at 7 p.m. in Sarratt Cinema. Admission is $4 or $3 for students. For more information, please contact Kristen Keely at 343-0350.
Archaeology lecture scheduled
Geoffrey Conrad, a professor at Indiana University, will give a lecture Oct. 7 on “The Tainos: the Indians who greeted Columbus” at 7:30 p.m. in Room 126, Wilson Hall. The Archeological Institute of America is sponsoring the lecture, which is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Barbara Tsakirgis at 322-2516.
Lambda hosts annual show
The Vanderbilt Lambda Association will host its annual Drag Show on Wilson Lawn Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in observance of National Coming Out Day Oct. 11, a nationally recognized day of pride for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Pre-show festivities will begin at 7 p.m. with guest emcee Anthony Rapp and D.J.RON appearing at 7:30 p.m. Nashville performers will take to the catwalk at 8 p.m. An all-invited dance party at the old S.A.E. House will follow the show at 10 p.m. All members of the Vanderbilt and surrounding Nashville communities are invited. Vanderbilt Lambda is a University-sponsored organization intended to serve the needs of GLBT students, faculty and staff. Regular meetings are held every Thursday at 7 p.m. in the first floor lounge of the Chaplain’s Building (2417 West End Ave.). For more information about the Drag Show or other Lambda events, contact Aaron Skinner at 298-5016 or by e-mail at michael.a.skinner@vanderbilt.edu.
Kennedy Center address
Travis Thompson, director of the John F. Kennedy Center, will present the Seventh Annual State of the Kennedy Center Address Oct. 13 at 4 p.m. in the Cumberland Room of the University Club. His theme will be “The Right Size for the Future.” A reception will follow the address and an awards presentation. All are welcome.
Safety fair scheduled
The 1999 Safety and Security Fair/Pins and Needles Craft Fair will be held Oct. 7 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the lawn between Light Hall and the VA Hospital. This year’s theme is “The Jagged Edge of Security and Safety.” Features will include a “roll-over” demonstration by the Tennessee Department of Safety, D.U.I. testing with “Fatal Vision” glasses that simulate vision distortion, flu shots provided by Occupational Health, and information covering crisis intervention, crime prevention, auto theft, employee counseling, pedestrian safety and computer equipment safety.
Correction
Jonathan Farley, Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Science, is co-principal investigator with Ralph McKenzie for the grant “Algebras and Ordered Sets: Structure, Enumerability, Decidability.” The Register regrets the omission.