Issue date: March 18, 2004

Calendar

The Carl Rosa Opera will present "The Mikado" at 7 p.m. March 21 in the Great Hall of Wharton Center.

For tickets or information on public programs or events:

Abrams Planetarium - 355-4672

Athletic Ticket Office - 355-1610

Breslin Student Events Center - 432-5000 or (800) 968-BRES

Kresge Art Museum - 355-7631 or 353-9834

MSU Alumni Association - 355-8314; 877-MSU-ALUM

MSU Museum - 355-7474

School of Music - 355-3345

Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education - 432-5566

Department of Theatre - 355-0148

Wharton Center - 432-2000 or (800) WHARTON

FRIDAY, MARCH 19

Noon-9:30 p.m.

Eighth annual Lansing Home and Garden Show. Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education.

7:30 p.m.

Michigan Science Fiction Writers series with Steven Lee Climer. W449 Main Library. Free. Sponsored by Libraries, Computing and Technology.

8 p.m.

“Milky Way Legacy.” Abrams Planetarium show.

SATURDAY, MARCH 20

10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Eighth annual Lansing Home and Garden Show. (See noon March 19.)

8 p.m.

MSU Symphony and Philharmonic Orchestras Honors Concert. Great Hall, Wharton Center.

8 p.m.

“Milky Way Legacy.” (See March 19.)

SUNDAY, MARCH 21

10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Eighth annual Lansing Home and Garden Show. (See noon March 19.)

2:30 p.m.

“Little Star That Could.” Abrams Planetarium children’s show.

4 p.m.

“Milky Way Legacy.” (See 8 p.m. March 19.)

7 p.m.

“The Mikado” presentation by Carl Rosa Opera. Great Hall, Wharton Center.

MONDAY, MARCH 22

6 p.m.

“Jazz in the Library” with Donald Walden, University of Michigan. W449 Main Library. Free. Sponsored by Libraries, Computing and Technology and School of Music.

TUESDAY, MARCH 23

7:30 p.m.

MSU Jazz Combos. Music Building Auditorium.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24

11:45 a.m.-3 p.m.

“Border Crossings: Multiple Oppressions and LBGT Identities” conference. Wilson Hall. Free. To register, call (517) 355-8286. Sponsored by Women’s Resource Center, Office of Multicultural Development and LBGT Concerns.

7 p.m.

“Keynote Address: Eli Clare.” Parlor Room C, MSU Union. Free. Sponsored by Women’s Resource Center, Office of Multicultural Development and LBGT Concerns.

7:30 p.m.

Pianists Albertine and Ralph Votapek. Music Building Auditorium.

7:30 p.m.

Melissa Manchester and Paul Williams. Great Hall, Wharton Center.

THURSDAY, MARCH 25

8 a.m.-1 p.m.

“The Best is Yet to Come: Conversations About Women in the Middle” conference. Gold Rooms, MSU Union. Free. To register, call (517) 353-1635. Sponsored by Women’s Resource Center.

7 p.m.

“Sopyonje” film presentation. B106 Wells Hall. Sponsored by Asian Studies Center.

7:30 p.m.

MSU Wind Symphony and Chamber Winds. Great Hall, Wharton Center.

7:30 p.m.

World View Lecture Series with Alan Dershowitz. Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center. Free.

FRIDAY, MARCH 26

11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Michigan Holstein Foundation Sale. Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. Free.

7 p.m.

“Map of the Human Heart” film presentation with Michael Unsworth. W449 Main Library. Free. Sponsored by Libraries, Computing and Technology.

7:45-11 p.m.

MSU Observatory open house and public viewing. Weather permitting.

8 p.m.

MSU Opera Theatre and Symphony Orchestra present “La Boheme.” Fairchild Theatre.

8 p.m.

“Celebration of Women in Jazz” featuring Sunny Wilkinson, Marion Hayden, Ellen Rowe and Gaylynne McKinney. Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center.

8 p.m.

“Milky Way Legacy.” (See March 19.)

SATURDAY, MARCH 27

8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Great Lakes Spring Dairy Show. Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. Free.

9 a.m.-noon

“The Care and Nurture of Children’s Singing Voices” seminar with Joanne Rutkowski, Pennsylvania State University. Parlor Room B, MSU Union. To register, call (517) 432-9678.

7:45-11 p.m.

MSU Observatory open house and public viewing. (See March 26.)

8 p.m.

“La Boheme.” (See March 26.)

8 p.m.

“Milky Way Legacy.” (See March 19.)

SUNDAY, MARCH 28

8 a.m.-6 p.m.

4-H/AHAM Performance Clinic. Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education.

2:30 p.m.

“Little Star That Could.” (See March 21.)

2:30-7 p.m.

Women’s Leadership Conference and Banquet. McDonel Hall. Admission: $5 for students; $15 for public. To register, call (517) 353-1635. Sponsored by Women’s Resource Center.

3 p.m.

Les Ballet Africains. Great Hall, Wharton Center.

3 p.m.

“La Boheme.” (See 8 p.m. March 26.)

4 p.m.

“Milky Way Legacy.” (See 8 p.m. March 19.)

MONDAY, MARCH 29

7:30 p.m.

Mezzo-soprano Patricia Green and pianist Sergei Kvitko. Music Building Auditorium.

TUESDAY, MARCH 30

7 p.m.

“The Strongest Link: Trivia Game Honoring and Celebrating Women.” Brody Complex. Free. Sponsored by Women’s Resource Center.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31

7:30 p.m.

MSU Symphony Band. Great Hall, Wharton Center.

THURSDAY, APRIL 1

12:15-1 p.m.

“Motherhood and the Tenure Track: Can You Have Both?” presentation by Ellen Ernst Kossek. Ohio State Room, MSU Union. Free. To register, call (517) 353-1635. Sponsored by Women’s Resource Center.

7 p.m.

Korean drums student performance. Third floor, International Center. Free. Sponsored by Asian Studies Center.

7:30 p.m.

Clarinet Contemporary Music Festival. Music Building Auditorium. Free.