Arts and Culture

"Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me: Narrative Poetry From Black Oral Tradition," a book collected and compiled by SUNY Distinguished Professor Bruce Jackson of the University at Buffalo, is back for a second go 'round.

SUNY Distinguished Professor Barry Smith, Ph.D., Julian Park Professor of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo, has received a $1,124,000 grant from the Volkswagen Foundation to continue support of the Buffalo-Leipzig Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science (INFOMIS) through 2007.

Martin Holt of Birmingham, Ala., a student at the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, has been named the first-prize winner in the poetry contest for high school students sponsored by the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). Initiated by CAS Dean Uday Sukhatme, the poetry contest was held as part of the college's increased efforts to introduce high school students to UB and its College of Arts and Sciences.

Where once a little language stood in the way, readers -- including a few at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab -- now can dip into the work of fifth-century Indian poet and dramatist, Kalidasa, or "listen" to a 17th-century Mexican nun excoriate men who lay siege to a woman's honor, then condemn her as a whore. These new and ancient tales are available because of LiTgloss, the hugely successful text translation Web site produced and maintained by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in the University at Buffalo.

"The Talking Cure," the installation of a graphic novel written and illustrated by Christopher Mostyn, will open with a reception at the University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery on April 8 from 6-8:30 p.m.

"Brain Wash," a video installation by Pei-Yun Lee, will open with a reception at the UB Anderson Gallery on April 8 from 6-8:30 pm. The installation will remain on view in the second floor gallery through May 9.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo and Different Strokes Paint Your Own Pottery Studio will present Linda Eder at 8 p.m. on April 30 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present a student production of "Fiddler on the Roof" on April 15-18 and April 21-24 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Media sponsor for this production is WBFO.

"Patricia Cronin, The Domain of Perfect Affection, 1993-2003," a 10-year survey of contemporary artist Patricia Cronin, will be on exhibit in the UB Art Gallery in the Center for the Arts on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus from March 26 through May 22.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present David Byrne at 8 p.m. on May 12 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.