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IN TOWN HAPPENINGS
ONGOING EVENTS
The Lucy Craft Laney
Museum of Black History,
1116 Phillips St. will be spon
soring a visit by popular story
teller Mitchell Capel, in his
character of Gran'Daddy
Junebug, on Mon., Jan. 10, at
7 pm. Admission will be $2
and refreshments will be
served. The museum will also
be sponsoring several visits by
Mr. Capel on Jan. 11 at sev
eral local schools: Lucy Craft
Laney HS , Houghton El
ementary School and East
Augusta Middle School. Regu-
. B The Augusta Symphony
V 7 Master Works Series
/‘ Presents
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- World-renowned Pianist Performs
, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto N 0.3
‘ Saturday, January 8, 2000
- 8:00pm
at the ASU Maxwell Performing Arts Ctr.
‘ Join us for a "Pre-concert Chat"at 7:oopm
o Call 826-4705 for tickets
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lar museum hours: Mon. -Fri.,
9a.m. tol p.m. Admission: $2
adults. Call (706) 724-3576
for more details.
The Augusta-Richmond
County Museum, 560
Reynolds St., will host a new
exhibition, “The 1900 s:
Threshold to the New Millen
nium” which willdebutJan. 8.
Museum hours are Tuesday -
Saturday, 10 am. to 5 pm,,
and Sunday 1 - 5 pm. For
more information, call (706)
722-8454.
The National Science
JANUARY 6. 2000
Center's Fort Discovery will
host a special “Science of
Hockey” event on Jan. 21, at
1:30 p.m. Augusta Lynx play
ers and science center staff
will demonstrate and explain
the science and sport of hockey
There are also 270 interactive
exhibits throughout Fort Dis
covery. Included with admis
sion to Fort Discovery, SB/
adults, $6/children 4-17 years.
For further info, call (706)821-
0200 or 1-800-325-5445
CURRENT AND Up-
COMING EVENTS:
AUGUSTA FOCUS
The Gertrude Herbert
Institute of Art offers chil
dren, youth and adult art
classes and family workshops
The institute will display stu
dent art works from Peter H
Craig Elementary from Jan. 8
- Feb. 26 For more info, call
722-5495.
First Friday Celebration
will be held along Artists’ Row
on Broad St. on Jan 7,510 9
p.m. For more info, call 774-
1006
“Warfare in Africa” pro
gram will be held at the Au
ASU presents Cullum
Lecture Series
Each year Augusta State University brings the culture of
another country to campus through the Cullum Lecture
Series. This year, the program for the Spring 2000 semes
ter will focus on the Arab-Israeh peace process. Through
films and lectures by visiting scholars and experts, stu
dents as well as the Augusta community, will have the
opportunity to learn the social, political, economic and
historical aspects of the involved countries
ASU students who wish academic credit for enrolling in
the Cullum Lecture Senes should see their advisorsduring
registration, January 5-7. The semester-long series 1n
cludes evening programs that are open to the community
Admission 1s free
The programs include
- Tues., Jan. 11, film at 11:30 am., The 50 Years War
Israel and the Arabs (first segment )
-Thurs., Jan 13, Dr Kenneth W Stein of Emory Umiver
sity. 1130 am,, “US Engagement in the Arab-Israeh
Negotiations: From Kissinger to Chinton.” 7 p m , “Egvp
tian-Israeli Relations 1973-1999 "
- Tues., Jan. 18, film at 11.30 a.m., The 50 Years War
Israel and the Arabs (second segment ). 7 p.m. Dr Shireen
Tahmasseb Hunter, director of Islamic Studies at the
Center for Strategic and li.ternational Studies, Washing
ton, D.C. “The Future of Islam ™ Evening program pre
sented in conjunction with Lyceum Series.
- Tues., Jan. 25, Mr. Sherwin B. Pomerantz, Georgia
Dept. of Industry, Trade and Tourism, Eastern Mediterra
nean Regional Office, Jerusalem. 11:30 am., “Cultural
Changes as a Result of the Arab-Israeli Peace Process ™ 7
p.m., “Economic Changes as a Result of the Arab-Israeh
Peace Process.”
-Tues., Feb. 1, Mr. Ilan Segev, consul general of the State
of Israel, Atlanta office. 11:30 am_, “Israel-U.S. Relations
and the Peace Process.” 7 p.m., “Israel and the Peace
Process.”
- Tues., Feb. 8, Dr. Simona Sharoni, Evergreen State
College, Olympia, Wash. 11:30 a.m_, “Gender in Conflict
Women, Men and the Palestiman-Israel Conflict” 7p.m ,
“Gender and Politics of War and Peace in Israel/Palestinc
and Northern Ireland.”
- Tues., Feb. 15, Dr. Mounir A Farah, associate director
of the King Fahd Middle East Studies Program of the
University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. 11:30 am., “The
Peace Process: A Genuine Effort in Conflict Resolution or
a Race to a Dead End” 7 p.m., “Syra and the Arab-Israel
Peace Process.”
- Tues., Feb. 22, Drs. Kevin and Becky Lewis of the
University of South Carolina at Columbia. 11:30 am_,
“Politics and Religion, Tradition and Modernity in Gaza "™ 7
p.m.,“Feminism Veiled: Teachingin the Islamic University
of Gaza™
- Tues. Feb. 29, Dr. Joshua Getz of Emory University in
Atlanta. 11:30 am., “The Arab Other in the Works of AB.
Yehoshua and David Grossman” 7 p.m., “Anton Shamas’
Arabesques: Home and Homelessness in a Hebrew Novel by
an Israeli Arab.”
gusta Sheraton Hotel on Jan
7, beginning 7 p.m. Presenta
tions, demonstrations, discus
sions, stmulations and displays
will be on the agenda includ
ing “Warfare in Africa: Devel
opments in the 18" and 19"
centuries,” “WWI in East Af
rica: Naval Actions and Battles
for the Lakes,” and “African
Queen: A Simulation and Dis
play.” Admission: ASU and
Paine College students and
faculty free with current IDs,
students free, and adults $3
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