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Master's thesis exhibition scheduled
Jason Flack, a Master of Fine Art candidate in the Department of Art, will open his master's thesis exhibition, "Imminent," with a reception from 7:30-8:30 p.m. tomorrow in the UB Anderson Gallery. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on view through May 4.
Flack's work combines personal history with the nature and problems of life. While his images and sculptures portray individual struggles and the missing pieces of family history resulting from a genetic disease that plagues him and his family, they also confront issues of greater scope: dealing with impending problems, the daily struggle with personal "temptations" and the nature of life, which is eventual death.
Born in Newark, N.Y., in 1972, Flack received a B.F.A. in photography from Brockport State College in 1994. He has exhibited widely in Western New York, including at the UB Art Gallery and the Carnegie Arts Center. Currently gallery director of the UB Art Department Gallery and a freelance photographer, Flack has worked as a photography instructor at UB and at the Charles G. Finney Corporate High School in Penfield.
UB Anderson Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.
For more information, call 829-3754.
RIA schedules lecture
"The Continuity of Alcohol Problems from Adolescence to Early Adulthood" will be the topic of a lecture by Michael Windle, professor of psychology in the Department of Developmental Psychology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB), to be held at 10 a.m. May 2 in the first-floor seminar room at UB's Research Institute on Addictions, 1021 Main St., Buffalo.
The lecture, which is part of RIA's Spring Seminar Series, is free of charge and open to the public.
Director of the UAB Center for the Advancement of Youth Health and the UAB Comprehensive Youth Violence Center, Windle is a developmental psychologist with interests in risk and protective factors for child and adolescent alcohol and substance use, mental health and injurious behaviors. Among his currently funded projects is a National Institutes of Health MERIT Award for a longitudinal study investigating risk and protective factors for adolescent alcohol and other substance use and mental health.
Windle has published more than 150 journal articles and book chapters, as well as three books. He earned his doctorate in human development and family studies at Pennsylvania State University.
The RIA seminar series, held each spring and fall, provides information about the study of alcohol, other drugs and other related issues of interest to researchers, clinicians, policy makers and the general public.
WBFO to present Falletta recital
JoAnn Falletta, music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, will
give a guitar recital during an appearance at 7 p.m. on May 8 in the auditorium of Allen Hall, South Campus. Performing with Falletta will be clarinetist Robert Alemany and flutist Betsy Reeds.
The concert performance will be presented by WBFO 88.7 FM, UB's National Public Radio affiliate, and will be a broadcast live on WBFO. It will be hosted by Bert Gambini, WBFO music director. The program will include Rossini's "Overture to the Thieving Magpie" (arranged by Ferdinando Carulli), Ibert's "Entracte," Matiegka's "Notturno" and Piazzola's "Obvilion."
For more information, call 829-6000 or visit http://www.wbfo.org.
"Copacabana" to come to CFA
The Center for the Arts will present the nationally touring production of "Barry Manilow's Copacabana" at 8 p.m. on May 16 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
"Her name was Lola…"—the unforgettable opening lyric of Manilow's Grammy Award-winning hit song, "Copacabana," is the inspiration for an exciting and passionate new musical. "Copacabana" is a tale of love and romance set at the heart of the swinging nightclub scene of the 1940s.
While creating the world's next big hit, Stephen, an aspiring songwriter, is carried back to an era when "music and passion were always the fashion" at the world famous Copacabana nightclub in New York City. In his dream, Lola Lamar, a hopeful showgirl, is launched on the path to stardom as a Copa Girl with the help of Tony Starr, a bartender with dreams of his own.
Captivated by Lola's performance, the villainous Rico whisks her away to the Tropicana nightclub in Havana. From this exotic, distant new world, a tale of old-fashioned love, jealousy and murder in the entangled lives of Lola, Tony and Rico unfolds amidst dazzling costumes, spectacular sets and sensational choreography.
With music by Manilow, lyrics by Bruce Sussman and Jack Feldman, and book by Barry Manilow, Jack Feldman and Bruce Sussman, the New York Daily News called "Copacabana" "the hottest show north of Havana…."
Patrons are encouraged to arrive at the CFA by 7 p.m. for Art On Wheels' unveiling of the "Ooh La Lincoln of the Queen City" art car sculpture, sponsored by West Herr Automotive Group.
Tickets for "Barry Manilow's Copacabana" are $38.50, $34.50 and $30.50. Tickets are available from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday in the CFA box office and at all Ticketmaster locations.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.
Andrews to present lecture
Penelope Andrews, professor of law at CUNY, will discuss "From Du Bois to Mandela: Rethinking and Pursuing Women's Rights and Equality as Fundamental to Democracy" at 2 p.m. today in 101 Baldy Hall, North Campus.
The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is presented by the Department of African American Studies. Lecture co-sponsors are the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy and the Baldy Center Program on Gender, Law and Social Policy; the Institute for Research and Education on Woman and Gender, and the Department of Women's Studies.