05-05-95 Calendar of Coming Events 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 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. 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 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 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. HealthTeam Activity: "BabyFest '95," exhibits, programs and activities for new and soon-to-be parents, sponsored by University Medical Center, Big Bear, WSNY, WCMH, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Columbus Convention Center. Free. 293-5123. May 6-August 13 Exhibition: "Rem Koolhaas and the Place of Public Architecture," Wexner Center for the Arts. Free. Walk-in tours 1 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays beginning May 18. Darnell Lautt, 292-0330. 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. Swine Competition: Performance Tested Market Hog Contest, start of contest culminating in live animal and carcass evaluation of hogs at the Ohio State Fair, 1-5 p.m. May 12 and 8 a.m.-1 p.m. May 13, Ohio State University Swine Evaluation Station, Don Scott Field. Keith Irvin, 292-6407. May 13 Run: Buckeye 5K Fun Run and Roll, 5-kilometer race for wheelchair rollers and runners, benefiting Think First, the university's brain and spinal cord injury prevention program. Entry fee. Think First, 293-4571. 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. (Rainer films will be screened as follows: "Film About a Woman Who," May 12; and "Journeys from Berlin/1971" May 17, both at 7:30 p.m., Film/Video Theater. Admission charge. Darnell Lautt, 292-0330. Fitness Forum: "Changing Sleeping Habits," by Charles Pollak, medical director, Sleep Disorders Center, 8:30 a.m., Lane Avenue Shopping Center, 1581 W. Lane Ave. Free. University Medical Center Communications, 293-5123. 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 *Open House: First public viewing of design alternatives, including maps, drawings, and concepts, to improve the University District, consultants on hand to talk with public, sponsored by Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment Inc., 1-4 p.m., St. Stephen's Episocopal Church parish hall, 30 W. Woodruff Ave. Steve Sterrett, 294-7300. Music: Men's Glee Club, conducted by James Gallagher, special benefit concert, Pontifical College Josephinum, admission, 292-4622. May 24 Music: Concert, Symphonic, and University bands, 7:30 p.m., Browning Amphitheater, Mirror Lake, Free. 292-3007. # [Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) Fri, 5 May 1995 13:12:12 -0400] All documents are the responsibility of their originator.