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Volume 24  |  Friday, June 8, 2001  |  Number 10
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Fermilab Art Series Presents:

Max Morath -- The Ragtime Man

June 16, 2001, 8 p.m., Ramsey Auditorium. Tickets: $12 ($6 ages 18 and under).

Max Morath returns to present a musical glance at an earlier America, blending humor, satire, and song with plenty of rocking ragtime piano solos along the way. Morath takes his audiences to the infant years of the 20th Century, when ragtime, Americas first Pop Music, bewitched the kids and scandalized their parents.

International Film Society Presents:

Being John Malkovich

June 8, 2001, 8.pm., Ramsey Auditorium. Tickets: $4. Dir: Spike Jonze, USA (1999), 112 min.

A puppeteer discovers a door in his office which turns out to be a portal into the mind of actor John Malkovich. Things become even more bizarre and humorous when the puppeteer decides to try to sell trips inside.

Gun Crazy

July 13, 2001, 8 p.m., Ramsey Auditorium. Tickets: $4. Dir: J. H. Lewis, USA (1950) 86 min.

Bart Tare, a man with a love for guns from childhood, falls for what he thinks is the perfect woman. A Bonnie and Clyde type adventure film that has become a film noir classic.

ONGOING

NALWO Free English classes in the Usersí Center for FNAL guests, visitors and their spouses. The schedule is: Monday and Friday, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Separate classes for both beginners and advanced students.

Fermilab Art Gallery

Employee Arts and Crafts Show, until June 13, second floor crossover of Wilson Hall.

DANCING

International folk dancing, Thursdays, 7:30-10 p.m., Village Barn, newcomers always welcome. Scottish country dancing, Tuesdays, 7:30 - 10 p.m., Village Barn, newcomers always welcome. For information on either dancing group, call Mady, (630) 584-0825 or Doug, x8194, or email folkdance@fnal.gov.

The last dance of the Barn Dance season will be Sunday, June 10, 6:30-9:30 p.m. in the Fermilab Village Barn. Beginners and experienced dancers are welcome. The band Bloody Banjoists will play and Bill Sudcamp will be the caller. Adults: $5; ages 12-18: $2; under 12: free. For more information contact Dave Harding (x 2971, harding@fnal.gov) or Lynn Garren (x2061, garren@fnal.gov) or visit our webpage at www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkclub/. Dances will resume in the fall.

Bristol Renaissance Faire

Kenosha, Wisconsin

Discover a day filled with revelry and merriment, the arts, enlightenment, and delightful family fun. Entertainment on 16 open air stages. Delectable treats from 50 food booths. Marketplace with over 180 high-quality arts and crafts shops. Faire runs June 30 through August 26. Discounted tickets ($12.50/$5.50) for sale in the Recreation Office, WH15W.

Milestones

BORN

  • Chance William, to Bill (CD/ESD) and Mo Barker; on May 8.

  • Isaac Thomas, to Leonard (PPD-BMS) and Patricia Nelson; on May 3.

    AWARDED

  • Ph.D., to Eva Halkiadakis, Rutgers University (KTeV experiment)

  • Ph.D., to Jonathan Link, University of CaliforniañDavis (FOCUS experiment)

  • B.S.A., to Lavernzell Ruffin, Aurora University.

    DIED

  • Lynn Miller, Assistant Professor at James Madison University and member of the MINOS collaboration, on May 16.

  • last modified 6/18/2001 by C. Hebert   email Fermilab

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