SMU Events: March 26 - April 1, 2006

March 26

• Meadows Symphony Orchestra: “Rising Stars,” 3 p.m., SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, Caruth Auditorium, 6101 Bishop Blvd. Tickets: $6-$12. For more information, please call (214) 768-2787.
   
• Concert: “An Influence Matures,” Voices of Change, 7:30 p.m., SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, Caruth Auditorium, 6101 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call (214) 378-8670.

March 26 – April 29

• Exhibition: "Six Centuries of Master Bookbinding,” Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.- 9 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; SMU’s Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries, located in Bridwell Library, 6005 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call (214) 768-3483.

March 26 – May 28

• Exhibition: “Juan van der Hamen y León and the Court of Madrid,” SMU’s Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. Daytime ticket prices: $8 per person for ages 12 and up; free on Thursday nights after 5 p.m.; always free for members, SMU faculty/staff/students and children under 12. For more information, please call (214) 768-2516.

March 26 – June 4

• Exhibition: “Maya Textile Art: Collection of the Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya,” SMU’s Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. Daytime ticket prices: $8 per person for ages 12 and up; free on Thursday nights after 5 p.m.; always free for members, SMU faculty/staff/students and children under 12. For more information, please call (214) 768-2516.

March 27 & April 3, 10, 17

• Godbey Lecture Series: “Immigration: Becoming American in North Texas” featuring SMU professors, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., Maggiano’s, 205 Northpark Center, Dallas. Tickets: $126 for members; $151 for nonmembers. Ticket prices include four lectures and lunch. For more information, please call (214) 768-2532.

March 28

• Visiting Artists Lecture Series: Featuring Brian Murphy, who paints self-portraits in watercolor and oil, 6:30 p.m., SMU’s Meadows Museum, 5900 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call (214) 768-2787.
   
• Concert: Meadows Chorale Graduate Conductors’ Concert, 8 p.m., SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, Caruth Auditorium, 6101 Bishop Blvd. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call, (214) 768-2787.
   
• Tate Lecture Series: “The Jones Day Lecture,” featuring Juan Enriquez, founder, Harvard Business School’s Life Sciences Project, 8 p.m., Dallas Hall, McFarlin Auditorium, 6405 Boaz Lane. Tickets: $40-$60. For more information, please call (214) 768-8283.

March 31

• Exhibit Opening: “Business in the Borderlands: From the Seven Cities of Cibola to Semiconductors,” 6 p.m., SMU’s Fondren Library West, DeGolyer Library, 6404 Hilltop Lane. Free and open to the public. For more information, please call (214) 768-3225.
   
• Concert: “The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics,” Meadows Wind Ensemble, 8 p.m., SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, Caruth Auditorium, 6101 Bishop Blvd. Tickets: $6-$12. For more information, please call (214) 768-2787.

April 1

• Symposium: “Consumer Culture and Capitalism in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands,” 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m., Hughes-Trigg Student Center, 3140 Dyer St. Tickets: $5. Additionally, a prepaid lunch is available. For more information, please call (214) 768-3684.

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