Calendar of Events through May 20

NOTE TO REPORTERS AND EDITORS:  Spring is the busiest time of the
year at Ohio State.  To help you keep track of what's happening
when, the Office of University Communications will distribute a
weekly list of upcoming events.

     Contact information:  The person listed at the end of each
entry will have the most direct information about the event.
However, feel free to call on our news services staff for
assistance with these or other Ohio State news stories:  Tom
Spring, 292-8309; Ruth Gerstner, 292-8424; and Amy Murray, 292-
8385.

     News releases:  There is a longer news release for the items
marked with an asterisk.  To obtain a copy, call Von Reid Vargas
at 292-8455, and indicate whether you would like to receive it
via e-mail, fax or U.S. Mail.  Most releases may also be accessed
via The Ohio State University home page on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS

Through April 30

*Exhibition:  Processing of Perception, technology-based artwork
focusing on ways in which computers are being used to create
different and at times competing views of reality, sponsored by
the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design at three
electronically connected sites:  Wexner Center for the Arts, 1891
N. High St.; Center of Science and Industry, 280 E. Broad St.;
Martin Luther King Jr. Performing and Cultural Arts Complex, 867
Mount Vernon Ave. Free. Bob McCarthy, 292-3416, or Lois F.
Wernet, 292-8835.

Through May 5

*Celebration:  Hispanic Awareness Celebration, dozens of
presentations, lectures, films, and social events, various
locations.  A calendar is available from Hispanic Student
Services, 292-2917.  Carmen Alvarez-Breckenridge, 292-2917.

Through June 9

*Exhibition:  The Ohio State University, 1870-1995: 125 Years of
History, historic photographs, books, memorabilia, Philip Sills
Exhibit Hall, William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, 1858 Neil
Ave., 7:45 a.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday,  8 a.m.-10 p.m.
Saturday, 11 a.m.-midnight Sunday.  Free.  Raimund E. Goerler,
292-2409.

April 25-29

Theater:  Twelve Angry Jurors, by Sherman L. Sergel, examining
what is meant by "reasonable doubt" in a court of law, presented
by the Department of Theatre, Mount Hall Theatre, 1050 Carmack
Road.  Admission charge.  Theatre Box Office, 292-2295.

April 29

Dog show:  Pedigree Pentathlon, "a tail-wagging good time" for
dogs and their owners, featuring timed events, prizes, dog food
samples, pet care advice, multimedia program; hosted by Olympic
gymnast Peter Vidmar and sponsored by the Ohio State student
chapter of the American Veterinary Medial Association and
Pedigree dog foods.  10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Whetstone Park, High
Street, Clintonville.  Free.  Larry Rummell, 292-1171.

Football:  Annual spring game, 1:30 p.m., Ohio Stadium.  Free.
Sports Information, 292-6861.

May 1 - July 14

Exhibition:  A Salute to Miss Lace: Milton Caniff's World War II
Comic Strip "Male Call," Cartoon, Graphic, and Photographic Arts
Research Library, 27 W. 17th Ave. Mall.  Free.  David Sims or
Lucy Caswell, 292-0538.

May 2

Presentation:  "The Culture of the St. Gall Abbey from the Middle
Ages through the Baroque," by Werner Vogler, director of the St.
Gall Stiftsarchiv in St. Gall, Switzerland, 3:30-4:30 p.m.,
Philosophy Commons, 347 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall.  Free.
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, 292-6985;
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 292-7495.

May 3-20

Theatre:  The Trial, a surrealistic examination of guilt and
innocence involving a bank clerk who becomes victim of an insane
and faceless bureaucracy; Department of Theatre, Stadium II
Theatre, Drake Union, address.  1849 Cannon Drive.  Admission
charge.  Theatre Box Office, 292-2295.

May 3

*Lecture:  "Art Standards and Substandards, Flawed Policies, and
the Advantages of Seeing in the Dark," by Brent G. Wilson,
professor and head of the art education program at The
Pennsylvania State University, part of the 1995 Barnett Arts and
Public Policy Lecture Series, 1 p.m., College of Law Auditorium
(room 130), 55 W. 12th Ave.  Free.  Robin Atwood, 292-5649; Lois
Foreman Wernet, 292-8835.

Initiation:  Mortar Board student honorary society initiation of
new members, the Oval and Browning Amphitheater, 1:15 p.m.,
Martha Schmiesing, 298-8353.

Music:  The Ohio State University Symphonic Band, conducted by
Richard Blatti, 8 p.m., Weigel Auditorium, 1866 College Road.
Free. 292-5272.

May 5

Meeting:  The Ohio State University Board of Trustees, Fawcett
Center for Tomorrow, 2400 Olentangy River Road, 9:15 a.m.,
committees; 10 a.m., board meeting.  Tom Spring, 292-8309.

Opera/Music: Mozart's Don Giovanni, 7:30 p.m., Weigel Auditorium,
1866 College Road.  Admission charge.  Wexner Center Ticket
Office, 292-2354.  Also Sunday, May 7 at 2:30 p.m.  Wexner Center
Ticket Office, 292-2354.

May 6

*Festival:  Medieval and Renaissance Festival, performers will
entertain with medieval swordfights, plays, a human chessboard,
dances, juggling, magic, music, games, amusements, 11 a.m. to 6
p.m., South Oval, 12th Avenue and College Road; rain site: Ohio
Union.  Free.  Michael Gray, 688-2627, or Polly Reeder, 292-2324.

*Community Clean-up:  The second "High on Pride" litter pick-up
in the neighborhoods surrounding Ohio State by student, faculty,
staff and community volunteers.  9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the area
south and east of campus.  Headquarters at the Jesse Owens
Recreation Center on West 11th Avenue.  Ruth Gerstner, University
Communications, 292-8424.

Greek Week:  Greek Games, fraternities and sororities compete in
amusing contests such as the hot dog and dizzy lizzie relays, 1
p.m., the Oval.  Free.  Tracy Stuck, 292-8763.

*Book fair:  Multicultural Children's Book Festival, more than
700 books about different cultures, written for children from
infancy to 10th grade; Michelle Hopkins of WBNS-TV and Diane
Bennett of Action for Children will read stories to children;
book sale proceeds benefit Ohio State's A. Sophie Rogers
Laboratory for Child and Family Studies, 1-5 p.m., The Ohio State
University Community Extension Center, 905 Mount Vernon Ave.
Free.  Rogers Lab, 292-1187.

Meeting:  University Senate, 9 a.m. to noon, 103 Kottman Hall,
2021 Coffey Road.  University Senate, 292-2423.

May 7

Track and field:  Jesse Owens Track Classic, men and women, field
events begin at 8 a.m., running events begin at 1 p.m., Ohio
Stadium.  Free.  Sports Information, 292-6861.

May 9

Lecture:  Yitzhak Shamir, former prime minister of Israel,
8 p.m., Ohio Union Ballroom.  Admission charge.  Schottenstein
Chabad House, 294-3296.

May 10

Music: University Band, conducted by Craig Young, 7:30 p.m.,
Browning Amphitheater, Mirror Lake, Free.  292-3007.

May 11

Music:  Jazz Lab Ensemble, directed by Pharez Whitted, Browning
Amphitheater, Mirror Lake, Free.  292-3007.

May 12

Music:  Symphonic Choir, conducted by James Gallagher, and
Women's Glee Club, conducted by Hilary Apfelstadt, Weigel
Auditorium.  Free.  292-3007.

May 12-13

Fair:  Spring Gardening Fair and Plant Sale, featuring plant
sale, educational exhibits, and tips from gardening and tree
experts, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. May 12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 13, Dakan Hall
lawn, Fyffe Road north of Lane Avenue, sponsored by The Chadwick
Arboretum.  Free.  Mary Maloney, 688-3479.

May 17

Theater:  Dancing at Lughnasa, The OSU Theatre Company, directed
by Rex McGraw, 7:30 p.m., Thurber Theatre.  Also May 18-20 and
May 23-27 at 8 p.m., May 20 at 2 p.m.  Admission charge.
Tickets, 292-2295.

May 18

Talk:  A Conversation with Yvonne Rainer and Lynne Tillman.
Tillman, a New York-based writer and critic, will conduct an
illustrated conversation with choreographer and film maker Yvonne
Rainer, recipient of the 1995 Wexner Prize, 4:30 p.m., Film/Video
Theater, Wexner Center for the Arts. Free.  Darnell Lautt, 292-
0330 or 292-9923.  Note:  Rainer films will be screened as
follows:  "Privilege," May 4; "Film About a Woman Who," May 12;
and "Journeys from Berlin/1971" May 17, all at 7:30 p.m. in the
Film/Video Theater.  Admission.  Darnell Lautt, 292-0330, 292-
9923.

May 19-20

*1995 Barnett Arts and Public Policy Symposium: "Good Policy, Bad
Policy, No Policy:  The Arts and Education," Sullivant Theatre
and Wexner Film/Video Theater.  Features Leonard Garment, former
counsel and special advisor on civil rights and cultural matters
to President Nixon; Frank Hodsoll, consultant on federal
management and arts education and past chairperson of the
National Endowment for the Arts; Samuel Hope, executive director
of the National Office for Arts Accreditation in Higher Education
and executive editor of Arts Education Policy Review, Carolyn
Adams Kahn, member of the dance faculty at City College of New
York and curator of the American Dance Legacy Institute in
Providence, R.I.; Scott Sanders, deputy chairperson for
partnership programs at the National Endowment for the Arts,
Elizabeth Vallance, director of education for the St. Louis Art
Museum, Brent G. Wilson, professor and head of the art education
program at The Pennsylvania State University.  Registration fee.
Robin Atwood, 292-5649, Jean Morris, 292-8571, Lois Foreman
Wernet, 292-8835.

May 20

Music:  Men's Glee Club, conducted by James Gallagher, special
benefit concert, Pontifical College Josephinum, admission, 292-
4622.

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