Volunteers for health needed
Volunteers are needed for the 9News Health Fair on April 13 from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Hamilton Gymnasium.
Volunteers will help conduct eye examinations and take people’s weight and height.
Meals will be provided for the volunteers.
For more information or sign up for times, e-mail Elizabeth Johnson at ejohnso4@du.edu.
Monologues slated for April
The University of Denver’s performance of “The Vagina Monologues” will be held April 3, 4 and 5 in Margery Reed Theatre at 8 p.m. with doors opening at 7 p.m.
Two fundraisers will be held prior to the performances.
The first event will be “Take Back the Bars” March 12 at 60 South. There will be a $5 cover charge before 10 p.m. At the event three of the “Monologues” will be performed; advanced ticket sales will be available; and T-shirts and vagina cookies will be sold.
The second fundraiser will be held March 14 at Rhino Room’s Sugar Lounge from 7-9 p.m.
Tickets to this event are $30.
There will also be an invitational dress rehearsal of “The Vagina Monologues” on April 2.
Proceeds from the events will benefit Gateway Battered Women’s Shelter and The Gathering Place.
For tickets or more information contact Jessica Sanchez at jesanche@du.edu.
Photos from Antartica
An exhibition of photographs of Antarctica is now being held at the Denver Art Museum.
The exhibit is being held in the Morrison Concourse at the DAM, and will showcase 76 works from 16 photographers.
The photos will depict ice, penguins, wildlife, icescapes and the aurora borealis.
The DAM is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until 9 p.m. and Sunday from 12-5 p.m.
Admission is free for Colorado residents on Saturdays and $4.50 for students during the week.
For more information on this exhibit visit www.denverartmuseum.org or call 720.865.5000
Last Clarion of the quarter
This will be the last issue of the Clarion this quarter.
The newspaper is currently accepting applications for editors, photographers and reporters.
Production will resume next quarter.
China’s policy discussed
As part of the Denver, China Forum, Chen Youwei will give a lecture today from 12-1 p.m. in BCH 201.
Youwei will present “China’s Taiwan Policy after the 16th Party Congress.”
Youwei is a research associate in China studies at Johns Hopkins University and is a former political counselor of the People’s Republic of China’s embassy in Washington, D.C.
For more information contact Austin Fitzpatrick at austin_fitz@yahoo.com.
University lecturer presents
Alton B. Barbour, University Lecturer from the Department of Human Communication Studies, will deliver a lecture April 3 at 4:45 p.m. in Lindsay Auditorium.
Barbour will present “On the Difference between Knowing and Knowing About” as part of his being named University Lecturer.
Admission to the event is free.
Lamont plays
Lamont will hold several performances this week.
Wednesday the Lamont Women’s Chorus and the Lamont Men’s Choir will perform from 7:30-9 p.m. in Whatley Chapel.
Rex Nelson will conduct.
Friday Flo’s Underground will perform from 5-7 p.m. in room 121, the Recital Salon, at the Newman Center.
Also on Friday, the Lamont Wind Ensemble will perform in Sturm Hall Auditorium from 7:30-9 p.m.
Joseph Martin will conduct.
Saturday the Lamont New Music Ensemble will perform in the Recital Salon in the Newman Center from 7-8:30 p.m.
Conrad Kehn will conduct.
Admission is free to all events.
For more information call the Lamont Concert Line at x16412 or e-mail Victoria Brandys at vbrandys@du.edu.
Bands face off
KVDU will hold a battle of the bands April 24.
Those interested in participating must register before April 10.
To register or for more information contact kvdubattle@hotmail.com.
Law forum held on Iraq
A forum on Iraq will be held Wednesday from 4-5 p.m. in Sturm Hall Auditorium.
Students from the University of Denver College of Law will present topics covering international law, executive war powers, and “Just War” theory regarding the invasion of Iraq.
Claude d’Estree, a visiting scholar to the College of Law, will moderate the event.
For more information e-mail Daniel Oren at doren@law.du.edu.
Stomp the night away
Denver will host unique musical and dance performances this week.
The original musical performance group, Stomp, will be performing at the Buell Theatre today through Friday at 8 p.m.; 5 and 9 p.m. Saturday; and 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday.
Stomp is a percussion group that uses trash cans, trash can lids and brooms to perform songs.
The performers interact with the audience frequently throughout the performance, having them participate in producing the songs by making a hushing noise and clapping.
The show is often physical for the performers as they strap the trash cans to their feet and walk around the stage in choreographed routines.Tickets range from $20-45. For tickets or more information call 303.893.4100 or visit www.denvercenter.org.
The San Francisco Chronicle said that Stomp “has a beat that just won’t quit!”
In addition, Seven Nothern Colorado choreographers and Mary Wohl Haan will exhibit their talent at the “New Visions Dance Festival” presented by the Dance Collection, March 28 and 29 at 7:30 pm at the Lincoln Center Mini-Theatre in Fort Collins.
Haan, artistic director of Haan Dances, returned to Boulder after two years in New York and has begun to offer classes in the Front Range area.
Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $10 for students and children and are available at the Lincoln Center box office at 970. 221.6730.
The OpenStage Theatre & Company will present Who Will Carry the Word. The play runs April 5 through May 3, Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. and matinees on April 20, 26 and 27 at 2:00 p.m.
The play is “a powerful chronicle of over 200 French women deported as political prisoners to Auschwitz in 1943.”
Tickets are $12 for students for regular performances and $10 for matinees.
For tickets call the Lincoln Center box office at 970. 221.6730.
