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May 9 Friday

Violin master class with Paul Kantor. Noon, Old Capitol Senate Chamber. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603.

Opening reception for The Power of Line and Master of Fine Arts 2008. 3:30 p.m., Museum of Art. Free. For information, call Museum of Art, 319-335-1727.

"Mourning Aletheia" by Joshua Casteel. Iowa New Play Festival reading. 2 p.m., Catalano Studio, Rm. 172, Theatre Building. Free. For information call Department of Theatre Arts, 319-335-2700.

"We Three" by Mary Hamilton. Iowa New Play Festival production. 5:30 & 9 p.m., David Thayer Theatre, Theatre Building. $6 ($4 for students, senior citizens and youth), For information call Department of Theatre Arts, 319-335-2700.

Leif Enger, “Live from Prairie Lights” fiction reading. 7 p.m., Prairie Lights Books. Free. For information, call Prairie Lights, 319-337-2681.

"Performing Iowa: Dance Gala," video screening, 7:30 p.m., Room 240 Art Building West. Free. For information, call Dance Department, 319-335-2228.

University Choir and Women’s Chorale. 8 p.m., Clapp Recital Hall. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603.

May 10 Saturday

Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey, family event. 10 a.m., Meeting Room A, Iowa City Public Library. Free. For additional information, call 319-335-0009.

"Painted Skin" by Joe Luis Cedillo. Iowa New Play Festival reading. 1:30 p.m., Catalano Studio, Rm. 172, Theatre Building. Free. For information call Department of Theatre Arts, 319-335-2700.

Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey, drum-making activity. 2 p.m., Iowa Children's Museum, Coral Ridge. Free with museum admission. For additional information, call 319-335-0009.

Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey, interactive performance. 3 p.m., Iowa Children's Museum, Coral Ridge. Free with museum admission. For additional information, call 319-335-0009.

"Dust Town" by Morgan Sheehan-Bubla. Iowa New Play Festival production. 5:30 & 9 p.m., E.C. Mabie Theatre, Theatre Building. $6 ($4 for students, senior citizens and youth), For information call Department of Theatre Arts, 319-335-2700.

Volkan Orhon, double bass, and Réne Lecuona, piano. 3 p.m., Clapp Recital Hall. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603.

Kantorei and Camerata Singers. 8 p.m., Clapp Recital Hall. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603.

May 11 Sunday

Cyro Baptista and Beat the Donkey. 2 p.m., Hancher Auditorium. $26/24/23; youth $13/12/11.50. For tickets, call 319-335-1160; toll-free 1-800-HANCHER; or click here.
—pre-performance picnic. Free to tickeholders.

Tricia Park, violin, and Conor Hannick, piano. 3 p.m., Clapp Recital Hall. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603.

Semi-Annual Last Chance Concert. Iowa Percussion, Dan Moore, director. 8:02 p.m., Clapp Recital Hall. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603.

May 12 Monday

Jeffrey Agrell, horn; Maurita Murphy Mead, clarinet; and Richard Gloss, piano. 8 p.m., Clapp Recital Hall. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603. (Rescheduled from April 18)

May 17 Saturday

Dance Forum Spring Concert. UI Dance Department. 8 p.m., Space/Place Theatre, North Hall. $12; UI student $6; Free admission for children under 12. Advance tickets at University Box Office, IMU, 319-335-3041. For information, call Dance Department, 319-335-2228.

May 18 Sunday

Dance Forum Spring Concert. UI Dance Department. 3 p.m., Space/Place Theatre, North Hall. $12; UI student $6; Free admission for children under 12. Advance tickets at University Box Office, IMU, 319-335-3041. For information, call Dance Department, 319-335-2228.

A Concert of Sacred Music: Stephen Swanson, baritone, and Delbert Disselhorst, organ, with faculty and students of the UI School of Music. 3 p.m., Clapp Recital Hall. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603. (Rescheduled from April 27.)

May 20 Tuesday

Pro Corde Chamber Consort, William LaRue Jones, conductor, with Ksenia Nosikova, piano. 7:30 p.m., Clapp Recital Hall. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603.

May 22 Thursday

Pro Corde Chamber Consort, William LaRue Jones, conductor. 7:30 p.m., Clapp Recital Hall. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603.

May 23 Friday

Jan Belder, harpsichord. 8 p.m., Harper Hall, Voxman Music Building. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603.

May 24 Saturday

Delbert Disselhorst and Brett Wolgast, organ. 2 p.m., Clapp Recital Hall. Free. For information, call School of Music, 319-335-1603.

May 30 Friday

Mike Farrell, “Live from Prairie Lights” nonfiction reading. 7 p.m., Prairie Lights Books. Free. For information, call Prairie Lights, 319-337-2681.

June calendar to be posted soon.