Week of April 22, 2012 to April 28, 2012

1. Sunday, April 22, 2012

   1. All DayMoms Weekend 2012
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
   2. 1:00 pmIllinois vs. Purdue
      Urbana, Ill.
   3. 1:05 pmBaseball vs. Ohio State
   4. 2:00 pmDessert and Conversation: Our Town
      Krannert Center, Krannert Room
   5. 3:00 pmOur Town
      Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse
   6. 3:00 pmUI Wind Orchestra
      Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall

2. Monday, April 23, 2012

   1. 3:00 pmShakespeare's Birthday Party
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 346 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
   2. 5:15 pmEuropean Movie Night: Welcome to the Sticks
      

      Lucy Ellis Lounge: Room 1080, Foreign Languages Building, 707 S. Mathews, Urbana (map)
   3. 7:30 pmIan Hobson Presents the Complete Solo Piano Works of Robert Schumann: Last Reflections
      Smith Memorial Hall

3. Tuesday, April 24, 2012

   1. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmDennis Beard
      EIR Workshop: Angel Investors
   2. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmDr Pantelis Lekkas (Onassis Foundation Senior Visiting Scholar & Associate Professor of Political Science, Panteion University, Athens, Greece)
      Nationalism qua modernization: The Greek War of Independence
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, 1080 FLB
   3. 12:00 pmAllan S. Hoffman, ScD*, Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering Department, University of Washington
      The Origins and Evolution of Controlled Drug Delivery Systems (DDS)
      IGB Conference Center (Room 612)
   4. 4:00 pm - 6:00 pmWayne Wiegand
      History Salon: Wayne Wiegand "Right Here I See My Own Books"
      126 Library and Information Science Building
   5. 5:00 pm - 8:00 pmTECH Cocktail Champaign
      Houlihans at the I Hotel, 1900 S. First Street, Champaign
   6. 7:30 pmUI Jazz Trombone Ensemble
      Krannert Center, Studio Theatre
   7. 7:30 pmUI Steel Band and I-Pan
      Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse
   8. 7:30 pmUI University Band and UI Campus Band
      Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall

4. Wednesday, April 25, 2012

   1. 11:15 am - 11:45 amMary Wolters
      Mindful Meditation
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   2. 11:15 am - 11:45 amMary Wolters
      Mindful Meditation
      Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, Urbana
   3. 12:00 pmBespoke Innovations: apply, attend info session
      163 Everitt
   4. 12:00 pmDr Pantelis Lekkas (Onassis Foundation Senior Visiting Scholar & Associate Professor of Political Science, Panteion University, Athens, Greece)
      Nation and People
      Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
   5. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmMargaret Schneemann, Water Resource Economist, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
      Sustainability Seminar Series
      Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, One E. Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820
   6. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmMargaret Schneemann - Water Resource Economist, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
      Sustainability Seminar series - Reducing Water Supply Vulnerability in the Chicago Metro Region: Water Pricing as an Adaptive Climate Change Strategy
      Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, One E. Hazelwood Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
   7. 12:00 pmTest anxiety workshops - Spring 2012
   8. 12:30 pm - 1:30 pmData Purchase Program Brownbag
      428 Main Library, 1408 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
   9. 4:00 pm

      Her Excellency, Marina Kaljurand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Estonia to the United States

      
      Estonia's Experiences Prior to and Since Integration into the EU
      

      Levis Faculty Center, Room 407, 919 W. Illinois, Urbana, IL (map)
   10. 5:00 pmECE Explorations (200): "No Seminar- Research Symposium"
       151 Everitt Lab
   11. 5:30 pmStryker's Annual Engineering Challenge Info Session
       Illini Union, Room 209
   12. 7:30 pm

       Jim Tusty, Producer of The Singing Revolution
       Carol Leff, Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

       
       The Singing Revolution
       

       Bevier Hall, Room 180, 905 S. Goodwin, Urbana, IL (map)
   13. 7:30 pmUI Harding Symphonic Band and UI Hindsley Symphonic Band
       Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall
   14. 7:30 pmUI Jazz Combo I
       Krannert Center, Studio Theatre

5. Thursday, April 26, 2012

   1. All Day

      Ambassador to the United States Marina Kaljurand (Estonia)

      Ambassador to the United States Zygimantas Pavilionis (Lithuania)

      Ambassador to the United States Andrejs Pildegovics (Latvia)

      Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, Speechwriting to the President of the USA

      Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council, The White House

      Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

      Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis, Member of Latvia’s Parliament

      
      The Global Baltics: The Next Twenty Years
      

      750 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL (map of conference sites)
   2. 2:00 pmThomas Swensen, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in American Indian Studies
      Indigenous Historical Ecologies at Fort Ross California State Park's 'Cultural Heritage Day'
      Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building
   3. 4:00 pmYi-Min Wang
      ECE Colloquium (ECE500): TBA
      151 Everitt
   4. 5:00 pmKrannert Uncorked
      Krannert Center, Lobby
   5. 7:30 pmChanticleer
      Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall
   6. 7:30 pmParadises Lost
      Krannert Center, Tryon Festival Theatre
   7. 7:30 pmUI Jazz Ensemble III
      Krannert Center, Studio Theatre

6. Friday, April 27, 2012

   1. All Day

      Ambassador to the United States Marina Kaljurand (Estonia)

      Ambassador to the United States Zygimantas Pavilionis (Lithuania)

      Ambassador to the United States Andrejs Pildegovics (Latvia)

      Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, Speechwriting to the President of the USA

      Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council, The White House

      Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

      Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis, Member of Latvia’s Parliament

      
      The Global Baltics: The Next Twenty Years
      

      750 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL (map of conference sites)
   2. All DayChristie Clinic Illinois Marathon
   3. 8:30 amGrad College deadline for MS thesis deposit for May Graduation
   4. 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

      Omar Al-Ghazzi, University of Pennsylvania
      Beyazit Akman, Illinois State University – Dept. of English
      Myria Georgiou, London School of Economics — Communications Dept.
      Dima Issa, University of Balamand
      
      

      
      Turkish Studies Symposium: Turkish Transnational Television - Reshaping of Diaspora Identities in Europe and the Rise of a Regional Cultural Hegemon
      

      Music Room, Levis Faculty Center, 919 West Illinois Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801 (map)
   5. 3:00 pmDonald Sawyer, Visiting Lemann Professor at Harvard
      Lecture: Saving South America's Ecosystem Functions
      101 International Studies Building, 910 S. Fifth Street, Champaign
   6. 7:30 pmParadises Lost
      Krannert Center, Tryon Festival Theatre
   7. 7:30 pmPilobolus
      Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse
   8. 7:30 pmUI Concert Jazz Band
      Krannert Center, Studio Theatre

7. Saturday, April 28, 2012

   1. All Day

      Ambassador to the United States Marina Kaljurand (Estonia)

      Ambassador to the United States Zygimantas Pavilionis (Lithuania)

      Ambassador to the United States Andrejs Pildegovics (Latvia)

      Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, Speechwriting to the President of the USA

      Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council, The White House

      Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

      Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis, Member of Latvia’s Parliament

      
      The Global Baltics: The Next Twenty Years
      

      750 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL (map of conference sites)
   2. All DayChristie Clinic Illinois Marathon
   3.  Midwest Workshop on Control and Game Theory
      Coordinated Science Laboratory
   4. 3:00 pmUI Latin Jazz Ensemble
      Krannert Center, Studio Theatre
   5. 6:30 pmLibretto: Paradises Lost
      Krannert Center, Krannert Room
   6. 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmWECE/IEEE Semi-Formal Dance
      ARC
   7. 7:30 pmBalkanalia Concert: Songs of Heartbreak and Longing from Albania to Armenia
      

      Smith Recital Hall, 805 S. Matthews, Urbana, IL (map)
   8. 7:30 pmParadises Lost
      Krannert Center, Tryon Festival Theatre
   9. 7:30 pmPilobolus
      Krannert Center, Colwell Playhouse
   10. 7:30 pmUI Jazz Ensemble II
       Krannert Center, Studio Theatre
   11. 7:30 pmUI Varsity Men's Glee Club 125th Anniversary Concert
       Krannert Center, Foellinger Great Hall
   12. 7:30 pmVarsity Men's Glee Club 125th Anniversary reunion concert
       Foellinger Great Hall, KCPA