Weekly Calendar
20th-Century Tastemakers
By Heather Egan Stalfort JHU Museums
Liz O'Brien, first speaker in the
interior design series, will talk about Samuel
Marx.
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The inaugural The House Beautiful Lecture Series at
Evergreen Museum & Library focuses on
20th-century tastemakers whose work promoted the idea that
life could be improved through artful
design of everyday objects.
This year's series presents notable experts and authors in
modern design talking about three
luminaries in the field: Samuel Marx, John Russell Pope and
Maison Jansen. A book signing and special
reception with the speaker follows each lecture.
Single tickets are $20; $15 for Evergreen members and
students with valid ID. Series tickets
are $48; $33 for Evergreen members and students with valid
ID. Advance prepaid reservations are
recommended as seating is limited. Tickets are available
online through MissionTix at
www.missiontix.com, by phone at 410-516-0341 or in
person at the museum (handling charges apply for
phone and online orders).
The three lectures, all of which begin at 6:30 in the Bakst
Theatre, are as follows.
♦ "Ultramodern Samuel Marx: Architect, Designer,
Art Collector," by Liz O'Brien. Wednesday,
March 26.
Art expert and dealer Liz O'Brien is a leading force in
rediscovering the work of many
midcentury designers and is widely regarded as one of the
foremost experts in the field. She became
interested in the work of American architect Samuel Marx
more than 10 years ago and began
exhibiting his work at her New York gallery. Although Marx
was born at the end of the 19th century,
he had the eye of a modernist — as an architect,
furniture designer, connoisseur and collector. "Rooms
designed by Samuel A. Marx have so satisfying a feeling of
oneness that it's frequently hard to say
where the architecture ends and the furniture begins," said
House Beautiful magazine in 1948. O'Brien
will discuss many of Marx's undiscovered projects and his
range of furniture designs.
♦ "Mastering Tradition: The Residential
Architecture of John Russell Pope," by James B. Garrison.
Wednesday, April 23.
John Russell Pope designed several hundred buildings and
monuments, from a series of jewel-like mausoleums to more
than 100 houses to vast estates with integrated ensembles
of living, work and
leisure buildings. Architect James B. Garrison takes as his
starting point several of Pope's key
residential projects in Baltimore and Washington, such as
the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion on Mount
Vernon Place in Baltimore, to show how these relate to his
better-known public works. Garrison has
more than 20 years of experience in architecture and
historic preservation, including research and
restoration work on many National Historic Landmark
structures. In addition to his architectural
practice, he writes and lectures extensively on the history
and architecture of southeastern
Pennsylvania, where he lives on the Main Line.
♦ "Fit for a King: The Furniture and Design of
Maison Jansen," by James Archer Abbott.
Wednesday, May 28, 6:30 p.m.
Maison Jansen was the most celebrated decorating firm in
the world throughout the 20th
century, with a client list that included the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor, the Shah and Shahbanou of
Iran and John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy. The Paris-based
firm designed custom furnishings for
interiors that celebrated its signature aesthetic — a
heady combination of Bourbon historicism
combined with Hollywood-style glamour. Evergreen curator
James Archer Abbott will talk about his
recently published book, Jansen and Jansen Furniture, and
present highlights of some of the firm's
most alluring commissions. Abbott was previously curator of
the Woodrow Wilson House in
Washington, D.C., and curator of decorative arts at the
Baltimore Museum of Art.
Colloquia
Tues., March 25, 4:15 p.m. "Supported Catalysts With
Atomic Control," a Chemistry colloquium with
Scott Anderson, University of Utah. 233 Remsen. HW
Thurs., March 27, 3 p.m. "Alchemy in the Margins:
Private Practices and Alchemical Agendas in the
Age of Reason," a History of Science, Medicine and
Technology colloquium with Bruce Moran,
University of Nevada, Reno. Seminar Room, 3rd floor, Welch
Medical Library. EB
Thurs., March 27, 3 p.m. "Polar Ring Galaxies: From
Outer Stellar Tails to Dense Decoupled Cores," a
Physics and Astronomy colloquium with Linda Sparke,
University of Wisconsin. Schafler Auditorium,
Bloomberg Center. HW
Thurs., March 27, 3:45 p.m. "What It Means to Be
'Sufficiently Similar': Trajectory of a Phonologically
Significant Generalization," a Cognitive Science colloquium
with Eric Bakovic, University of California,
San Diego. 134A Krieger. HW
Fri., March 28, 2 p.m. "Management Issues in
Disaster Shelter Operations: Lessons From the
Astrodome," an Applied Physics Laboratory colloquium with
Daniel Boatright, University of Oklahoma.
Parsons Auditorium. APL
Conference
Mon., March 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Why Women Cry
III," a STAR conference on women's health issues.
Topics include sex, love, power, controlling finances;
there will be topics for men also. Sponsored by
SOURCE. Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel, 101 W.
Fayette St.
Fri., March 28, and Sat., March 29, 9 a.m. to 5:45
p.m. Kant's Critique of Judgment: Art, Science and
Religion," an International Graduate Philosophy conference
with a welcome address by David Bell,
KSAS, and keynote addresses by Eckart Forster, KSAS;
Reinhard Brandt, University of Marburg; and
Rolf-Peter Horstmann, University of Berlin. Sherwood Room,
Levering. HW
Dance
Sat., March 29, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Preparatory
Dance Showcase, with guest choreographer Bonnie
Scheibman, and guest dancers from Pennsylvania Ballet II,
an annual showcase integrating ballet and
contemporary dance with visual art inspired by current
exhibits at the BMA. $18 general admission,
and $10 for children, senior citizens, students or groups.
Sponsored by Peabody Institute. Baltimore
Museum of Art.
Forum
Wed., March 26, 12:15 p.m. "The Catch-Up Dilemma:
Implications for Nutrition Transit," a Global
Health Leaders forum with Cesar Victora, SPH. Sponsored by
International Health and the Center for
Global Health. W1214 SPH (Sheldon Hall). EB
Information Sessions
Tues., March 25, 3 to 4 p.m. Information session for
the SoN Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing
program, with faculty and staff. For information or to
register, go to
www.son.jhmi.edu/academics/more/receptions. Pinkard
Bldg. EB
Mon., March 31, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. "Hopkins in the
Capital," information sessions for the MA in Applied
Economics, MA in Environmental Sciences and Policy and MA
in Government programs, featuring a Q&A
with associate dean Sarah Steinberg and associate program
chairs. Sponsored by Advanced Academic
Programs. B-339 and B-340, Rayburn House Office Building,
Washington, D.C.
Lectures
Mon., March 24, 5:15 p.m. "An Errant Eye: The Poetry
of Topography in Early Modern France," a
Philological Society lecture by Tom Conley, Harvard
University. 223 Gilman. HW
Wed., March 26, 3:45 p.m. The Sam Shapiro Lecture in
Health Services Research — "Improving Health
Care Quality and Value" by Donald Berwick, CEO, Institute
for Healthcare Improvement. Sponsored
by Health Policy and Management, Health Services Research
and Development Center. W1020 SPH.
EB
Wed., March 26, 6:30 p.m. "Ultramodern Samuel Marx:
Architect, Designer, Art Collector," by art
expert and dealer Liz O'Brien. First in the three-part
lecture series The House Beautiful, sponsored
by Evergreen Museum & Library. After the lecture, O'Brien
will sign copies of her book by the same
name. (See story, "20th-century tastemakers," in this
issue.) Bakst Theatre, Evergreen Museum and
Library.
Thurs., March 27, 4:30 p.m. The Christie Lecture
— "Exploring Manipulation" by Matthew Mason,
Carnegie Mellon University. Sponsored by Mechanical
Engineering. B17 CSEB. HW
Fri., March 28, 4 p.m. "Language Unmoored: Signs and
Revolution in Kleist's The Betrothal in St.
Domingue," a German and Romance Languages and Literatures
lecture by Andreas Gailus, University of
Minnesota. 223 Gilman. HW
Music
Wed., March 26, 7:30 p.m. The Peabody Lab Band
performs. East Hall. Peabody
Sat., March 29, 7:30 p.m. "New Music —
Organically Grown," new compositions by Peabody's Ying-Chen
Kao, featuring Jay Clayton, voice; Gary Thomas, flute and
saxophone; and Donald Sutherland, organ.
Part of the Sylvia Adalman Artist Recital Series. Griswold
Hall. Peabody
Seminars
Mon., March 24, noon. "SIRT1: A Key Regulator of
Aging and Calorie Restriction," a Physiology seminar
with Danica Chen, MIT. Co-sponsored by the Center for
Metabolism and Obesity Research. West
Lecture Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Mon., March 24, 12:15 p.m. "Henry Beecher's
Bombshell? Ethics and Omissions in Clinical Research in
the 1960s," a Berman Institute of Bioethics seminar with
Susan Lederer, Yale University School of
Medicine. Lunch provided. Co-sponsored by the Institute of
the History of Medicine. W3008 SPH. EB
Mon., March 24, 12:15 p.m. "The Human Subventricular
Zone: Neural Stem Cells and Pathogenesis," a
Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with Alfredo
Quinones, SoM. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San
Martin Drive. HW
Mon., March 24, 3 p.m. "The Hitchin System for
Parabolic Higgs Bundles," a Mathematics seminar with
Johan Martens, University of Toronto. 308 Krieger. HW
Mon., March 24, 4 p.m. The David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Sleep Function and Synaptic
Homeostasis" with Giulio Tononi, University of Wisconsin
Medical School. Sponsored by the Krieger
Mind/Brain Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Tues., March 25, 11:30 a.m. "Putative Pathologic Myc
Target Genes in a Human B Cell Neoplastic Model"
with Jason Yustein, and "Cerebral White Matter Atrophy and
Cognitive Dysfunction Following
Traumatic Brain Injury" with Tracy Vandorsall, Johns
Hopkins Postdoctoral Association scientific
seminars. Tilghman Auditorium. EB
Tues., March 25, 3 p.m. "Influence of Ambient Media
on Mechanical Stability of Solids," a Geography
and Environmental Engineering seminar with Eugene Shchukin,
WSE. 234 Ames. HW
Wed., March 26, noon. "Kant and Rastafari on
Respect," a Political Science seminar with Neil Roberts,
KSAS. 366 Mergenthaler. HW
Wed., March 26, 4 p.m. "Leishmania: Host Cell
Interactions Following Transmission by Vector Sand
Flies," a Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences seminar with
David Sacks, NIAID/NIH. West Lecture
Hall (ground floor), WBSB. EB
Thurs., March 27, noon. "Genetic and Phenotypic
Variation in Africa," an Infectious Diseases and
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology joint seminar with
Sarah Tishkoff, University of Pennsylvania.
W2030 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 27, noon. "Swann Park, Industrial
Exposures and Public Health," an Environmental Health
Sciences seminar with Genevieve Matanoski, SPH. W1214 SPH
(Sheldon Hall). EB
Thurs., March 27, noon. "Documenting Cell Biology
and Anatomy at Johns Hopkins," a Cell Biology
seminar with Nancy McCall, SoM. Suite 2-200, 1830 Bldg.
EB
Thurs., March 27, 12:10 p.m. "Water Treatment
Technologies for Microbial Removal: Implications for
Community and Household Communication," a Health, Behavior
and Society seminar with Kellogg
Schwab, SPH. W2017 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 27, 4 p.m. "Improving Deep Brain
Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease," an Electrical and
Computer Engineering seminar with Sridevi Sarma, Harvard
Medical School and MIT. 117 Barton. HW
Thurs., March 27, 4:15 p.m. "Activation and
Functionalization of Molecular Nitrogen by Transition
Metal Complexes," a Chemistry special seminar with Michael
Fryzuk, University of British Columbia.
233 Remsen. HW
Thurs., March 27, 4:30 p.m. "Cobordism Category of
Surfaces With Flat Connections," a
Mathematics/Topology seminar with Nitu Kitchloo, University
of California, San Diego. 302 Krieger.
HW
Fri., March 28, 11 a.m. "Scalar Dispersion in
Inhomogeneous Flow," a CEAFM seminar with Laurent
Mydlarski, McGill University. 110 Maryland. HW
Fri., March 28, noon. "Umbilical Cord Care Among
Neonates in Bangladesh" with Amitha Kalaichandran,
and "Examining How Increased Use of Antiretroviral Therapy
Affects Population Immunity to Vaccine-
Preventable Infectious Diseases in Lusaka, Zambia" with
Brian Kalish, Framework Program in Global
Health research presentations. Sponsored by the Center for
Global Health. W3031 SPH. EB
Fri., March 28, 12:15 p.m. "HIT Implementation: An
Implementation Story From the Wild West," a
Health Sciences Informatics Journal Club seminar with
Robert Borotkanics, SoM. W1214 SPH
(Sheldon Hall). EB
Thurs., March 28, 5 p.m. "From Inference to Insight:
A Model of Literary Reasoning," a Humanities
Center seminar with Leroy Searle, University of Washington.
111 Gilman. HW
Mon., March 31, noon. "O-GlcNAc, Nutrient Sensing,
Diabetes," a Biological Chemistry seminar with
Xiaoyong Yang, The Salk Institute. Co-sponsored by the
Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research.
612 Physiology Bldg. EB
Mon., March 31, 12:15 p.m. "DeMISTifying the Brain:
Dissecting the Function of Complex Neural
Circuits," a Carnegie Institution Embryology seminar with
Alla Karpova, HHMI, Janelia Farm Research
Campus. Rose Auditorium, 3520 San Martin Drive. HW
Mon., March 31, 3:30 p.m. "Clues on How We Age From
the Evolutionary Biological Theory of Why We
Age," a Seminar on Aging with George Martin, University of
Washington School of Medicine.
Sponsored by the Center on Aging and Health, Geriatric
Medicine and Gerontology and the Older
Americans Independence Center. Suite 2-700, 2024 E.
Monument St. EB
Mon., March 31, 4 p.m. David Bodian Seminar in
Neuroscience — "Visual Experience-induced Regulation
of Excitatory Synapses in Primary Sensory Cortices" with
Hey Kyoung-Lee, University of Maryland,
College Park. Sponsored by the Krieger Mind/Brain
Institute. 338 Krieger. HW
Mon., March 31, 4 p.m. "Cellular Mechanisms
Underlying Prostatic Hyperplasia in an Aging Animal
Model," a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology seminar with
Terry Brown, SPH. W2030 SPH. EB
Special Events
Mon., March 24, 7:30 p.m. "Women for President:
Media Bias in Eight Campaigns," a Master of Arts in
Communication Program round table and book signing with
Erika Falk, author of Women for President.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Refreshments and networking begin at 7 p.m. Room
LL7, Washington D.C. Center.
Tues., March 25, 6:30 p.m. "Science of Sugar," with
Diane Bukatman, chef/owner, For the Love of
Food cooking school. For JHU students only. Sponsored by
Women of Whiting. B17 CSEB. HW
Wed., March 26, and Thurs., March 27, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
and Fri., March 28, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Grad Fair,
a bookstore event to prepare JHU students for commencement;
a chance to purchase caps and gowns,
order personalized announcements, order class rings, sign
up with Alumni Relations and more. Barnes &
Noble Johns Hopkins. HW
Wed., March 26, 6 p.m. Opening reception for the
exhibition Harmony to the Eyes: Charting Palladio's
Architecture From Rome to Baltimore. The exhibit runs
through June 17. Sponsored by Friends of the
Libraries. To RSVP, call 410-516-7943 or go to
www.library.jhu.edu/friends/events/palladioinvite.pdf.
George Peabody Library. Peabody
Wed., March 26, 8 p.m. The 2008 Foreign Affairs
Symposium — "AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria:
Contemporary Global Epidemics," a panel discussion with
Randall Packard, SPH. Glass Pavilion, Levering.
HW
Sports
Tues., March 25, 3:30 p.m. Baseball, Blue Jays vs.
McDaniel. Homewood Field. HW
Thurs., March 27, 7 p.m. Women's Lacrosse, Blue Jays
vs. Cincinnati. Homewood Field. HW
Sat., March 29, 12:30 p.m. Baseball, Blue Jays vs.
Swarthmore. Homewood Field. HW
Sat., March 29, 2 p.m. Men's Lacrosse, Blue Jays vs.
North Carolina. $7 general admission, $5 for
children 12 and under; $10 for reserved seating. Homewood
Field. HW
Sun., March 30, noon. Women's Lacrosse, Blue Jays
vs. Denver. Homewood Field. HW
Workshops
Center for Training and Education workshops. To
register, go to
training.jhu.edu/html/managementstaffdev/msdlinks/
msdregform.pdf. Johns
Hopkins@Eastern.
Mon., March 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Conquering
Negativity: Creating Optimism in the Workplace,"
with Mark Hankerson, SoM. Room B101.
Mon., March 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Assertive
Communication: On and Off the Job," with Virginia
Jacobs, SoM. Room B102.
Tues., March 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. "Thinking Outside
the Box: Creativity and Innovation at Work,"
with Mark Hankerson, SoM. Room B101.
Wed., March 26, 12:15 p.m. "Job Search Strategies
for International Students," a Career Services
workshop, co-sponsored by the Office of International
Services. W4030 SPH. EB
Thurs., March 27, 1 p.m. "Search Google Like a Pro,"
a Center for Educational Resources workshop with
Brian Cole. To register, go to www.cer.jhu.edu. Garrett
Room, MSE Library. HW
Thurs., March 27, 6 to 8 p.m. "Your Professional
Image: Building and Developing Skills for Success," a
BFSA Professional Development Committee workshop. Suite
C150, Johns Hopkins@Eastern.
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