News Release

The noon-time series is presented by the Office of Special Events. This spring the series will be held in a new location, the Clipper Room, located in Shriver Hall on the Homewood campus. Admission is free and open to the public.

Other February events in the series are:

• Feb. 14. "Sex At The Zoo." An illustrated talk with Roger C. Birkel, executive director of the Baltimore Zoo.
• Feb. 21. A performance by the Scat Madrigals, a vocal jazz ensemble from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
• Feb. 28. "Papa, the Pops and Me." A talk by Johanna Fiedler, daughter of the famed Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops Orchestra.

• March 6. A performance by Orlando Cotto, marimbist and winner of the 1996 Yale Gordon Concerto Competition at the Peabody Institute. This presentation is cosponsored by the Peggy and Yale Gordon Trust.
• March 13. "Women Heroes Transforming History: The Creation of Joan of Arc." A talk by Laura Harrington, playwright and faculty member at M.I.T.
• March 27. "What's Happening in the Economy and Why." A talk by Raymond J. Saulnier, former chair of Columbia University's Department of Economics and chairman of President Eisenhower's Council of Economic Advisers.

• April 3. "So That Others May Live," a talk by Carolyn Hebard, team leader of the U.S. Disaster Team K-9 Unit, the group that responds to disasters both nationally and internationally.
• April 10. "Following the First Ladies: An Insider's View." A talk by Donnie Radcliffe, author and former columnist for The Washington Post.
• April 17. "Our Obsolete Embargo Against Cuba." A talk by Wayne Smith, Johns Hopkins University visiting professor of Latin American studies.
• April 24. A performance by the world renowned string ensemble, The Edinburgh Quartet. This concert has been supported in part by The British Council.