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Mix it up this spring. Start with a production uniting puppetry, plot and music. Add some madness at a basketball pep rally. Sprinkle in some dreams at the alumni Wedding Expo. Cook up your own activity at our annual open house; then cool down at a library exhibit.
March 4: 8 p.m.
March 5: 8 p.m.
March 6: 3 p.m.
Blair Thomas & Co. Puppeteers
Featuring Contemporary Music Ensemble
eight blackbird and Soprano Lucy Shelton
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Puppetry takes on new meaning in the hands of artist Blair Thomas, who creates a new dimension of reality with this program. Thomas combines multiple forms of puppetry with music and narrative based on the writings of Federico Garcia Lorca and Wallace Stevens and the compositions of Ben Johnston and Arnold Schoenberg. The performances promise to be among the wildest, most unpredictable and visually arresting events the center has ever hosted.
March 10
Terrapin Tournout Pep Rally
Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Time 9:30–11:30 p.m.
Free (cash bar)
Be a part of the madness—March Madness, that is. Join Maryland fans for a pep rally during the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament. This year’s tournament is in Terp territory (at the MCI Center in D.C.), a great opportunity to build the Terrapin Spirit as the basketball team seeks to hold on to the championship title. Enjoy visits by the band, cheerleaders, Testudo and more.
March–July 2005
“Taking a Leading Role:
Women in Broadcasting History”
Hornbake Library
Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the university’s Library of American Broadcasting made accessible to researchers 18 collections pertaining to women and the roles they have played, both in front and behind the scenes, in the development of American broadcasting. The upcoming exhibit includes a publicity shot (right) of comedian Fred Allen and CBS executive Helen Sioussat from her book Mikes Don’t Bite.
April 14
Sadat Lecture for Peace
Featuring James Baker, former Secretary of State
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
7 p.m.
The University of Maryland welcomes James Baker to campus as the keynote speaker for the Sadat Lecture for Peace. Baker served under three presidents, including as Secretary of State under President George H.W. Bush from 1989–1992. The annual lecture is part of the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development that was established at the University of Maryland in the fall of 1997 in memory of the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. The chair was made possible by the commitment of Anwar Sadat’s widow, Jehan Sadat, to her husband’s legacy of leadership for peace.
April 30
Maryland Day 2005
Campuswide
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
The University of Maryland’s annual open house is a day of learning, exploration and fun for the entire community. There is something for everyone to experience—exhibits and workshops, live music and dance performances, sporting events, lectures, petting zoos and tours of campus sights, including the new Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center.
May 7
Annual UM Bands “Pops” Concert
UM Symphonic Wind Ensemble
John Wakefield, conductor
UM Concert Band
L. Richmond Sparks, conductor
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
8 p.m.
Now in its 29th year, this annual crowd pleaser boasts an entire evening of audience favorites for brass, woodwinds and percussion.
May 15
Wedding Expo 2005
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, University of Maryland
1–4 p.m.
$5 Alumni Association Members;
$20 Non-members
In celebration of the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center’s inaugural year, the alumni association is welcoming alumni and friends to Wedding Expo 2005. The region’s finest wedding and special events companies will gather to display their products and services. Wedding Expo 2005 includes a fashion show and tours of the Riggs Alumni Center’s 16 public event spaces, which can be adapted for bar and bat mitzvahs, birthdays, anniversaries and more. RSVP by April 29 to be entered in our drawing for door prizes.
Photo Credits:
Blair Thomas & Co. photo courtesy of Blair Thomas; Terrapin Tournout Pep Rally photo courtesy of Sports Relations; Women in Broadcasting History photo
courtesy of the Library of American Broadcasting;
Maryland Day photo by John T. Consoli.
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