Calendar notices should be typed and submitted to: Calendar Coordinator, room 100, Koch Hall; e-mail: sdaniel@odu.edu; fax: 683-3093. (FMI is the number for more information; $ indicates an admission fee.)

Exhibits

Saturday, February 10
Opening reception for "Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre: Photographs of a River Life," an exhibition of photographs compiled by Tom Rankin of Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies, 7 p.m., University Gallery, 350 W. 21st St., Norfolk. FMI, 683-2355. Continues through March 11. Rankin will give a free talk at the gallery at 7 p.m. Feb. 24.

Miscellaneous

Saturday, February 10
Taping of the public radio show "The Book Guys," 2-4 p.m., 101 MGB (followed by a free appraisal session of audience members' books until 5:30 p.m.). FMI, 683-4141.

Sunday, February 11
"Taste of Asia" Festival, 4-7 p.m., Webb Center cafeteria. FMI, 683-5099. $ (for food purchases)

Monday, February 12 and 19
Discussion and support group for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people and allies to discuss issues of concern to the GLBT community, 6 p.m., Suffolk Room, Webb Center. Sponsored by multicultural student services. FMI, 683-4406.

Wednesday, February 14 and 21
Discussion and support group for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered people and allies to discuss issues of concern to the GLBT community, 1 p.m., Suffolk Room, Webb Center. Sponsored by multicultural student services. FMI, 683-4406.

Saturday, February 17
Dedication of the Dental Hygiene Clinic, 1 p.m., Technology Bldg. FMI, 683-4308.

Monday, February 19
"Is It True?", a program where nongay students, faculty and staff can learn more about the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered population, 3 p.m., Richmond Room, Webb Center. Sponsored by multicultural student services. FMI, 683-4406.

Wednesday, February 21
Retirement planning information sessions with TIAA-CREF consultant, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Reich Room, Webb Center. Appointment required. FMI, 800-842-2008.

Humanities Interdisciplinary Forum, "Word and Image," featuring faculty members Ken Daley (art), Agnes Fuller (music), Luisa Igloria (creative writing), John Morreal (philosophy) and Robert Wojtowicz (art), 3-5 p.m., Burgess Room, BAL. FMI, 683-3821.

Friday, February 23
"Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods," presented by Karen Locke of the College of William and Mary Business School, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 129 MGB. Sponsored by the psychology dept. RSVP at 683-3118.

Saturday, February 24
Oral health screenings and X-rays for $1, sponsored by the School of Dental Hygiene, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Technology Bldg. Appointment required. FMI, 683-4308. $

Sunday, February 25
Concert featuring the rock band Fuel, 5 p.m. (following the Lady Monarchs basketball game), Athletic Admin. Bldg. gym. FMI, 683-6179. $ (free to students attending game)

Meetings

Wednesday, February 21
Faculty Senate, 3 p.m., Ports./Ches. Room, Webb Center. FMI, 683-3427.

Films

Monday, February 19
"The Story of Qiu Ju," winner for Best Film and Best Actress at the 1992 Venice Film Festival, for the Chinese Film Series, 2:15 p.m., 345 Technology Bldg. FMI, 683-3973.

Performances

Friday, February 16
University Wind Ensemble and Concert Choir concert, sponsored by Graduate Programs in International Studies and the Center for Regional and Global Study Graduate Research Conference, 5:30 p.m., Atrium, Diehn Center. FMI, 683-4061.

Fri.-Sun., February 16-18, 22-25
"The Government Inspector" by Nikolai Gogal, 8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat.; 2:30 p.m. Sun.; University Theatre. Continues through March 4. FMI, 683-5305. $

Fri.-Mon., February 16-26
Gateways Music Festival, Diehn Center. FMI, 683-3020.

Monday, February 19 Stamous Scholarship Recital, 4 p.m., Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center. FMI, 683-4061.

Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 22-24
"The Vagina Monologues" by Eve Ensler, sponsored by the women's studies and theatre programs in cooperation with Planned Parenthood as part of V-Day 2001, 8 p.m., Stables Theatre. FMI, 683-3823. $ (proceeds benefit Hampton Roads women's shelters or hotlines)

Saturday, February 24
Norfolk Chamber Consort Young Artist Performance Competition, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Chandler Recital Hall, Diehn Center. FMI, 440-1803.

Third annual East Coast Gospel Music Festival, sponsored by Ebony Impact Gospel Choir, 6 p.m., Webb Center cafeteria. FMI, 683-5488. $

Sports

Thursday, February 15
Women's basketball team vs. UNC-Wilmington, 7:35 p.m., Field House. FMI, 683-4444. $

Friday, February 16
Baseball team vs. Rutgers, 3 p.m., Bud Metheny Complex. FMI, 683-4444. $

Saturday, February 17
Baseball team vs. Rutgers, 1 p.m., Bud Metheny Complex. FMI, 683-4444. $

Sunday, February 18
Baseball team vs. Rutgers, 1 p.m., Bud Metheny Complex. FMI, 683-4444. $

Wednesday, February 21
Men's basketball team vs. George Mason, 7:35 p.m., Field House. FMI, 683-4444. $

Sunday, February 25
Women's basketball team vs. George Mason, 2 p.m., Field House. FMI, 683-4444. $

Conferences

Fri.-Sat., February 16-17
"Challenges of the 21st Century," a graduate research conference sponsored by Graduate Programs in International Studies and the Center for Regional and Global Study, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Ches./Ports./Va. Beach rooms, Webb Center. FMI, 683-4669.

Sat.-Sun., February 17-18
Ninth annual Mid-Atlantic Symposium on Education, featuring keynote address by professor Richard Allington of the University of Florida, sponsored by the Darden College of Education, Sheraton Inn Oceanfront Hotel, Va. Beach. FMI, 683-4686. $

Fri.-Sat., February 23-24
Health Care Awareness Winter Retreat, sponsored by the College of Health Sciences, 1-4 and 6-9 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Saturday; Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center. FMI, 683-4256. $

Speakers

Tuesday, February 13
Stephen Carpenter, assistant professor of art, "Hypertext and Art Education: Intertextuality, Life and Learning," Literature Faculty Forum, 12:30 p.m., Burgess Room, BAL. FMI, 683-3991.

Wednesday, February 14
David Broder, political correspondent and columnist for The Washington Post, Economics Club Luncheon, noon, Sheraton Waterside Hotel, Norfolk. FMI, 683-4058. $

Retired Rear Adm. Jack Kavanaugh, "The USS Wisconsin Project," for the Faculty Emeriti Association meeting, noon, Virginia Rice Webb Room, Webb Center. FMI, 683-3259.

Thursday, February 15
Yosef Tobi, professor of Hebrew literature, University of Haifa, Israel, "Medieval Hebrew Culture in Spain Between Islam and Christianity," sponsored by foreign languages and literatures dept., 12:30-1:30 p.m., Burgess Room, BAL. FMI, 683-3981.

Emmy Award-winning television producer, reporter and author Jon Entine and legal expert and scholar Kenneth L. Shropshire, "Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We Are Afraid to Talk About It," for the President's Lecture Series, 8 p.m., MGB auditorium. FMI, 683-3116.

Tuesday, February 20
Bill Whitehurst, Kaufman Lecturer of Public Affairs, "The Bush Administration," the inaugural lecture for the new Canterbury Center Lecture Series, 12:30 p.m., Canterbury Center. Fee includes lunch. RSVP by Feb. 19 to 489-9096. $

Wednesday, February 21
Mark Mazower, historian, "Thessolonika and World War II," sponsored by Odyssey: The Hellenic Cultural Studies Program, 8 p.m., 100 Kaufman Hall. FMI, 683-3116.

Thursday, February 22
Gil Blankespoor, of the Augustana (S.D.) College biology dept., for the Biological Sciences Seminar Series, 12:20 p.m., 102 MGB. FMI, 683-4361.

David W. Faeder, vice chairman of Sunrise Assisted Living, for the College of Business and Public Administration's Landmark Executive-in-Residence Speaker Series, 12:30 p.m., 136 Diehn Center. FMI, 683-3520.

Mark Mazower, historian, "City of Ghosts: Salonica Before and After the Holocaust," for the President's Lecture Series, 8 p.m., MGB auditorium. FMI, 683-3116.