gazette community calendar - u of i activities

Lectures
“Terrorism, Cinema and the Middle East: Exploring a Dynamic Ideograph”, Wednesday, 4 p.m., University Capitol Centre, Room 2520D. Presented by Dan Berkowitz. Open to the public. (319) 335-3451 or denise-filios@uiowa.edu

Author Ishmael Beah reading, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 214 E. Jefferson St. Sponsored by the University Lecture Committee. (319) 335-3255.

“Pushing For Change”, Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Medical Education Research Facility. Presented by Leonard Pitts, Jr. and Michael Hill. Sponsored by Ongoing Covenant with Black Iowa. www.uiowa.edu/~ocbi

“Face to Face: The Terror of Interrogation”, Friday, 3:30 p.m., Old Capitol Senate Chamber. (319) 335-1727.

Out & About
Campus Activities Board Movie, Thursday, 9 p.m., Pappajohn Business Building. Film TBA. (391) 335-3059.

Introduction to Calligraphy, Friday, 5:30 to 7 p.m., University Capitol Centre, Room 1117. Ramon Lim presents. international.uiowa.edu/confucius

Life in Iowa: Halloween Swingers Ball, Friday, 7 to 11 p.m., Masonic Temple, 312 E College St. $5 members, $10 non-members. Sponsored by the UI Office of International Students and Scholars. julie-pollock@uiowa.edu or (319) 335-0335.

Big Band Halloween Dance Party, Friday, 7:30 to 11 p.m., Old Brick. Featuring the D. Anthony Moonglow Dance Orchestra. $13, $6 students.

Night Games, Saturday, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., UI Field House. Free food and activities, open to the public. www.recserv.uiowa.edu/events/nightgames.htm

Readings
“Live From Prairie Lights”, Wednesday, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights Books. Dan Dorst reads. (319) 337-2681 or wsui.uiowa.edu

“Live From Prairie Lights”, Thursday, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights Books. Francine Prose reads. (319) 337-2681 or wsui.uiowa.edu

Programs
“We’re So Crafty”, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Women’s Resource and Action Center. Knitting, sowing and crochet. Open to the public. (319) 335-1486 or www.uiowa.edu/~wrac/groups.htm

Dance Marathon Cancer Awareness Forum, Wednesday, 8 to 9:30 p.m., Pomerantz Center. (630) 772-7362 or dm.medrel@gmail.com

Dance Gala 2008: Special Issue, Thursday through Saturday, 8 p.m., North Hall. (319) 335-3041 or dance.uiowa.edu

“Sharp Teeth and Claws in the Age of Dinosaurs”, Saturday, 2 p.m., UI Museum of Natural History. Fossils presented by Don Johnson. Free. (319) 335-0606 or www.uiowa.edu/~nathist

Music
Iowa Woodwind Quintet, Wednesday, 8 p.m., Old Capitol Senate Chamber. (319) 335-1603.

Pianist Joel Schoenhals, Thursday, 8 p.m., Old Capitol Senate Chambers. (319) 335-1603.

Electronic Music Studios performance, Saturday, 3 p.m., Becker Communication Studies Building, room 101. Lawrence Fritts directs. (319) 335-1603.

Camerata Singers, Saturday, 8 p.m., Congregational United Church of Christ, 30 N. Clinton St. David Puderbaugh conducts. (319) 335-1603.

Films
Proseminar in Cinema & Culture: Sub-Saharan African Cinemas, Thursday, 7 p.m., Becker Communication Studies Building, room 101. Open to the public. icc@uiowa.edu or (319) 335-1348.