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• Elvehjem examines relationships in two exhibitions Aug. 24, 2004 Two new exhibitions exploring different kinds of relationships will open the 2004-05 season at the Elvehjem Museum of Art.
• Exhibition uses technology to celebrate women's art Aug. 4, 2004 When Helen Klebesadel read Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use" in a women's studies class some 20 years ago, Klebesadel's artistic life changed forever.
• Summer carillon recitals begin June 20 June 14, 2004 The UW-Madison Memorial Carillon, a fixture on campus since the mid-1930s, will be heard in a series of Sunday afternoon and Thursday evening recitals this summer.
• Arts Institute honors campus arts excellence May 20, 2004 A string teacher, a furniture designer, a choreographer and a mixed-media artist have received awards from the UW-Madison Arts Institute this year.
• Archaeologist tackles mysteries of Troy April 21, 2004 William Aylward, assistant professor of classics, has just returned from Turkey where he had been showing a crew from cable television's Discovery Channel the fine points of what might or might not be Homer's fabled Troy.
• Kohler Art Library exhibition explores books as art April 13, 2004 The intriguingly named Bone Folders' Guild, a group of regional book artists, will showcase books as works of art at the Kohler Art Library through Sunday, May 2.
• 'To life!' ala Hillel's Jewish Theatre Project April 13, 2004 "On Deaf Ears," Hillel's Jewish Theatre Project, will play Tuesday and Wednesday, April 27 and 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Union's March Play Circle.
• Choreographers to converge in Dance Program concert April 13, 2004 Works by modern dance choreographer Dan Wagoner and somatic arts scholar/ choreographer Ruth Solomon will be highlighted in the Dance Program's Spring Concert, Thursday-Saturday, April 22-24.
• Interdisciplinary artist to transform SoHE facade April 13, 2004 Deep into her semester-long residency, interdisciplinary artist Janet Morton is to begin work on her new outdoor installation, slated for the facade of the School of Human Ecology in honor of its centennial.
• Children's author to lecture April 13, 2004 Children's author and award-winning storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy will tell "Stories of a Dyslexic Bibliophile" at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, April 15, at the Fluno Center, as the annual lecture of the Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries.
• New Dawes book published for african literature conference April 13, 2004 As co-sponsors of the African Literature Association's 30th annual conference, April 14-18, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries released today a chapbook of African poetry and have created an exhibit on African writers. Three librarians will also participate in a panel discussion at the conference.
• Symposium to explore 'Second Life of Fashion' April 12, 2004 Only a small percentage of our cast-off garments are resold in thrift stores or sold as rags, explains Beverly Gordon, a UW-Madison professor in the Department of Environment, Textiles and Design and the university's folklore program.
• Exhibition puts new spin on night light April 8, 2004 From starlight to sunshine, from candles to bonfires, humans have always been drawn to light.
• School of Music announces online CD store April 8, 2004 Recordings by School of Music faculty at UW-Madison now can be purchased via an online CD store.
• Lecture to explore acoustics of ancient wind instrument April 2, 2004 The acoustics of an ancient aboriginal wind instrument, the didjeridu, will be the focus of a UW-Madison physics department public lecture at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 5.
• East, west converge in new University Theatre production March 24, 2004 Madison audiences will be able to experience "Wondrous Tales of Old Japan," courtesy University Theatre.
• UW-Madison hosts World Cinema Day for high school students March 22, 2004 World Cinema Day, an experimental outreach event presented by UW-Madison and the Global Film Initiative, a New York-based cinema group, premieres April 2 at the Orpheum Theatre in Madison.
• Expert panel convenes to discuss 'The Passion of the Christ' March 22, 2004 A panel of specialists convened by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Religious Studies Program will endeavor to shed some scholarly light on this highly controversial film at a public discussion on Wednesday, March 24.
• The Why Files goes Hollywood, snags a Pixie nomination March 19, 2004 The Why Files, a popular science Web magazine produced at UW-Madison, has been nominated for a Pixie Award "honoring achievement in online and broadband motion picture production."
• 'Real Women' screenwriter to speak at Latina conference March 19, 2004 Josefina Lopez, one of the writers of the film "Real Women Have Curves," will deliver the keynote address at the 10th annual La Mujeras Latinas Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.