University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. –– The Harn Museum of Art’s curator of African art will give insight to Africa’s systems of healing during a gallery talk at 3 p.m. on Feb. 25. Susan Cooksey will explore the aesthetic, multisensory and complex qualities of objects used in traditional and contemporary healing practices in Africa, which is explored in the Harn’s newest exhibition, “African Arts of Healing and Divination.”

Here’s the print version of InsideUF for February 20, 2007.

For most college students who dream of one day holding a Ph.D. in their hand, the journey through graduate school will be like nothing they ever experienced. But for University of Florida student David Green, pursuing a higher degree will be a smooth transition.

On Feb. 26, a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist will lead an open discussion on race in an expert panel sponsored by the University of Florida Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations.

Gainesville, Fla. — Film director Joel Zito Araújo will be on the University of Florida campus Feb. 20 and 21 to screen his feature film, “Daughters of the Wind,” and his documentary, “Denying Brazil.” Both works address issues of race in Brazil and have garnered multiple awards.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance and The Florida MOD Project will present “Vote: Antidote to Apathy” Feb. 23 through March 4 at the Nadine McGuire Pavilion on the University of Florida campus.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a charitable twist on throwing bowls, University of Florida’s School of Art + Art History Community Arts Projects class will host a “Bowl-A-Thon” to combat hunger on Sunday, Feb 18.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform with pianist Emanuel Ax at 7:30 p.m. March 3 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Florida campus.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — It’s an odd combination, uniting a jazz pianist with a banjo player. After all, when you think “jazz,” the banjo is not an instrument that comes readily to mind. But jazz is innovative –– the kind of art form that can be anything because it was born out of the combination of different musical styles, influences and ideas.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Moscow Festival Ballet will present “Don Quixote” at 7:30 p.m. March 2 at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Florida campus.