The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance is presenting the world premiere of “Moby-Dick,” a play by Dr. Steve Burch, UA associate professor of theatre. The play will be performed Monday, Feb. 21, through Sunday, Feb. 27, in the Marian Gallaway Theatre on Stadium Drive in the UA Theatre District.
Donna Meester, associate professor in The University of Alabama’s department of theatre and dance and director of costume design/production, has been awarded The Kennedy Center Golden Medallion for her service to the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
Dr. Angeliki Ziaka of Aristotle University will visit The University of Alabama from Monday, Feb. 21, to Friday, Feb. 25, to meet and converse with faculty and students across the College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Robert Cialdini, an internationally recognized authority on influence, persuasion, negotiation and compliance, will deliver the annual Harold Basowitz Memorial Lecture at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, in room 208 of Gordon Palmer Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
Screenings of the upcoming PBS documentary “Freedom Riders” and the satiric film “CSA” will highlight the 23rd Annual Southern Intellectual History Circle Conference from Thursday, Feb. 24, through Saturday, Feb. 26, at The University of Alabama.
The University of Alabama theatre and dance department presents “Flora, the Red Menace,” a musical by the creators of “Chicago” and “Cabaret,” from Monday, Feb. 14, to Sunday, Feb. 20, in the Allen Bales Theatre on Stadium Drive in the UA Theatre District.
Noted Canadian novelist Francine D’Amour will deliver a lecture in French titled “Pour de vrai, pour de faux : le processus d’écriture et ses transformations” (“ True or False: The Process of Writing and its Transformations”) at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, in 205 Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.
PixelCon 2011, presented by The University of Alabama’s ABXY Gaming Network in association with Creative Campus Initiative, will be from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, at UA’s Ferguson Center.
UA’s Alabama Museum of Natural History will host a screening of “Ghost Bird,” the documentary by Scott Crocker, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, in room 205 of Smith Hall on The University of Alabama campus.
Family physician and author Dr. Rani G. Whitfield of television’s “Hip Hop Doc” will give the keynote address at the first Rural Health Care Minority Summit on Saturday, Jan. 22, at The University of Alabama.