About 400 students from 33 schools and 12 school districts will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, in the Osterhout Concert Theater for the 36th Annual Poetry and the Children Day. After the opening presentation, students will present their poems at 11 a.m. throughout the Fine Arts Building. This year’s guest poet is professor Liz Rosenberg, author of more than 30 award-winning books, including novels, poetry, and more than 20 books for young readers. The program, which brings students together for a day of poetry readings, was established as a memorial to Robert Pawlikowski. A published poet, creative writing instructor and campus administrative assistant, Pawlikowski drowned in 1975 while on vacation with his family. The event is a tribute to the efforts that Pawlikowski made during his lifetime in nurturing the expressive and intellectual powers of his students as well as those of his own children.

Harpur College of Arts and Sciences Division of Social Science Commencement, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19, Events Center.

Decker School of Nursing Commencement, noon-1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19, Events Center.

School of Management Commencement, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Sunday, May 19, Events Center.

Harpur College of Arts and Sciences Division of Fine Arts and Humanities Commencement, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, May 18, Events Center.

Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science Commencement, 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, Events Center.

Baseball at Albany, 1 p.m.

College of Community and Public Affairs Commencement, noon-1:30 p.m., Events Center.

Harpur College of Arts and Sciences Division of Science and Mathematics Commencement, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18, Events Center.

Doctoral hooding ceremony, 3 p.m., Events Center

Baseball at Albany, 1 p.m., doubleheader.

Harpur College of Arts and Sciences Division of Social Science Commencement, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Events Center.

Baseball vs. Maine, noon (doubleheader), Bearcats Sports Complex.

Graduate School of Education commencement, 5 p.m., Traditions at the Glen.

Men’s tennis at Georgia in NCAA Tournament, 1 p.m.

Softball vs. Hartford in America East Tournament, 3:30 p.m., Bearcats Sports Complex.

Nukporfe African Drumming and Dance Ensemble, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, FA-Watters. Binghamton University’s Nukporfe African Dance-Drumming Ensemble, directed by Associate Professor James Burns, will present African music performed by a full ensemble of drummers and dancers. African dance-drumming typically juxtaposes several art forms together including storytelling, pantomime, oral history and community wisdom. Tickets are $3 for the general public and will be sold at the door.

Professor John Sides of George Washington University will visit at 7 p.m. Monday, May 6, in UU-215, for a talk titled “Game-Changers or Game-Samers? The Real Story of the 2012 Election.”  Sides is a well-known expert on campaigns and is even better known for his work as co-founder and editor of www.themonkeycage.com, a blog that applies research from political science to questions of politics and policy.  The talk is open to the public.

University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus concert, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, May 5, Osterhout Concert Theater. Heather Worden will conduct the first half of the program with the ensemble, performing Franz Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony.” The second half of the program will be directed by Bruce Borton, as the orchestra and chorus perform Maurice Duruflé’s “Requiem” with soloists Michael Celentano, baritone, and Emily Geller, mezzo-soprano. Tickets for the concert are $6 general public, $3 faculty/staff/seniors and free for students and are available at the Anderson Center Box Office from noon-5:30 p.m. weekdays, by calling 607-777-ARTS, online at anderson.binghamton.edu or at the door.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” 8 p.m. May 3-4 and 2 p.m. May 5, FA-Watters Theater. Thwarted young lovers, blundering buffoons and a mischievous fairy with a potent love potion become entangled in a magical wood with hilarious results in this performance written by William Shakespeare and directed by Tom Kremer and Rodrigo Nunez. Students of Binghamton University and DUOC University in Chile, perform a bilingual production of this classical farce. General admission, $14; faculty/staff/senior, $12; student, $8 (Faculty/staff tickets are $5 for the May 4 show). Tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling the Anderson Center Box Office at 607-777-ARTS (2787) or by visiting http://anderson.binghamton.edu.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” 8 p.m. May 3-4 and 2 p.m. May 5, FA-Watters Theater. Thwarted young lovers, blundering buffoons and a mischievous fairy with a potent love potion become entangled in a magical wood with hilarious results in this performance written by William Shakespeare and directed by Tom Kremer and Rodrigo Nunez. Students of Binghamton University and DUOC University in Chile, perform a bilingual production of this classical farce. General admission, $14; faculty/staff/senior, $12; student, $8 (Faculty/staff tickets are $5 for the May 4 show). Tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling the Anderson Center Box Office at 607-777-ARTS (2787) or by visiting http://anderson.binghamton.edu.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” 8 p.m. May 3-4 and 2 p.m. May 5, FA-Watters Theater. Thwarted young lovers, blundering buffoons and a mischievous fairy with a potent love potion become entangled in a magical wood with hilarious results in this performance written by William Shakespeare and directed by Tom Kremer and Rodrigo Nunez. Students of Binghamton University and DUOC University in Chile, perform a bilingual production of this classical farce. General admission, $14; faculty/staff/senior, $12; student, $8 (Faculty/staff tickets are $5 for the May 4 show). Tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling the Anderson Center Box Office at 607-777-ARTS (2787) or by visiting http://anderson.binghamton.edu.

Professors Carrol Coates, Gerald Kadish and Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit will be honored for “50 Years of Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship” during a ceremony from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, in the Mandela Room. The event is presented by the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences dean’s office.

Baseball vs. Siena, 4 p.m., Bearcats Sports Complex.

Softball at Cornell, 3:30 p.m., doubleheader.

Percussion Ensemble Concert, 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 30, AC-Chamber Hall. The Binghamton University Percussion Ensemble, directed by Julie Licata, will perform an eclectic concert of percussion music, including student soloists and a mallet quartet, as well as the full percussion ensemble. The program will include an arrangement of Zammuto’s “The Shape of Things to Come” influenced by Sigur Ros, Paul Lansky’s “Threads”, “Intermezzo” from Shostakovich’s opera “The Nose”, and more! Tickets are $6 general public, $3 faculty/staff/seniors and free for students and are available at the Anderson Center Box Office from noon-5:30 p.m. weekdays, by calling 607-777-ARTS, online at http://anderson.binghamton.edu, or at the door.

Cinema Department welcomes visiting artist Ute Aurand, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 30, LH-6. A central figure in the vibrant experimental film scene enlivening Berlin today, Ute Aurand (b. 1957) has only recently received wide recognition outside of her native Germany for her at turns playful and poignant films that creatively engage the tradition of diary film best defined by Jonas Mekas, one of Aurand’s acknowledged influences. Aurand’s films derive much of their unique and often exuberant energy from their remarkable editing and structure, a kind of precision frame-by-frame montage, at times rapid-fire, that evokes the specific rhythm and personality of the people and places described by her camera.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” 8 p.m. April 26-27 and May 3-4 and 2 p.m. May 5, FA-Watters Theater. Thwarted young lovers, blundering buffoons and a mischievous fairy with a potent love potion become entangled in a magical wood with hilarious results in this performance written by William Shakespeare and directed by Tom Kremer and Rodrigo Nunez. Students of Binghamton University and DUOC University in Chile, perform a bilingual production of this classical farce. General admission, $14; faculty/staff/senior, $12; student, $8. Tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling the Anderson Center Box Office at 607-777-ARTS (2787) or by visiting http://anderson.binghamton.edu.

Women’s lacrosse at Stony Brook, 1 p.m.

Softball at Stony Brook, 1 p.m. (doubleheader).

Baseball vs. Stony Brook, noon, Bearcats Sports Complex (doubleheader).

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” 8 p.m. April 26-27 and May 3-4 and 2 p.m. May 5, FA-Watters Theater. Thwarted young lovers, blundering buffoons and a mischievous fairy with a potent love potion become entangled in a magical wood with hilarious results in this performance written by William Shakespeare and directed by Tom Kremer and Rodrigo Nunez. Students of Binghamton University and DUOC University in Chile, perform a bilingual production of this classical farce. General admission, $14; faculty/staff/senior, $12; student, $8. Tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling the Anderson Center Box Office at 607-777-ARTS (2787) or by visiting http://anderson.binghamton.edu.

Wind Symphony Concert: “The Divine Comedy,” 8 p.m. Friday, April 26, AC-Chamber Hall. For its final performance of the semester, the Wind Symphony will perform music depicting aspects of faith and comedy. The group presents works by Shostakovich, Tschesnokoff and Dello Joio, but the major work on this program in Robert W. Smith’s “Symphony No. 1, The Divine Comedy.” Tickets for the concert are $6 general public, $3 faculty/staff/seniors and free for students and are available at the Anderson Center Box Office fweekdays, by calling 607-777-ARTS, online at http://anderson.binghamton.edu or at the door.

Harpur Jazz Ensemble Concert with jazz pianist Larry Ham, 8 p.m., April 25, AC-Osterhout Concert Theater. The Harpur Jazz Ensemble, directed by Michael Carbone, will perform with special guest artist, jazz pianist Larry Ham. The Harpur Jazz Ensemble is a classic big band of 25-30 musicians, complemented by jazz combos, that studies and performs new and classic jazz compositions. Tickets for the evening concert are $6 general public, $3 faculty/staff/seniors and free for students and are available at the Anderson Center Box Officefrom noon-5:30 p.m. weekdays, by calling 607-777-ARTS, online at http://anderson.binghamton.edu or at the door.

Men’s track and field at Penn Relays, 9 a.m.

Baseball vs. Canisius, 4 p.m., Bearcats Sports Complex

Spring Readers Series event with Martin Espada, 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, in S1-149. A reading from Martin Espada, winner of the Binghamton University Milt Kessler Book Award in Poetry for “The Trouble Ball.” A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize with his 2006 collection “The Republic of Poetry,” Espada has published more than 15 books as a poet, editor, essayist and translator. This free event is open to all.

Cinema Department visiting artist Laida Lertxundy, 7:30-9:30 p.m., LH-6. Lertxundi makes films with non-actors, landscapes and sounds. Her work has been selected for the 2012 Whitney Biennial, MoMA, LACMA, the Viennale, Views from the Avant Garde at the New York Film Festival, and the Rotterdam International Film Festival. She received the Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker at the 48th Ann Arbor Film Festival and was named one of the “25 Filmmakers for the 21st Century” in Film Comment’s Avant-Garde Poll. She is a film and video curator in the U.S. and Spain and teaches film at the University of California, San Diego.

Students, faculty and staff will celebrate Earth Day 2012 with a zero waste festival from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, April 22, in Parking Lot F3, adjacent to the Events Center. Activities, which include food, music and environmental activities, are free and open to the public. Attendees will have a chance to take part in hands-on activities at student group tables and demonstrations. There will be recycling races, seed-planting activities, a small-scale alpaca farm and exhibits from the Binghamton Zoo. Events are sponsored by the Office of Recycling and Resource Management and Sodexo Campus Services. Electricity needs will be met by musician, Crow Weaver, and his solar-powered stage. For more information, contact Martin Larocca at 607-777-3411 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Women’s lacrosse vs. Albany, 3:30 p.m., Bearcats Sports Complex.

Men’s track and field hosts Upstate Challenge, 2 p.m.

Baseball vs. UMBC, noon, Bearcats Sports Complex (doubleheader).

Men’s lacrosse at Vermont, noon.

Softball at Hartford, 1 p.m. (doubleheader)

Men’s tennis vs. Boston University, 11 a.m., Bearcats Sports Complex.

“Progress and Risk—Fortschritt und Risiko—in German Studies” is the theme of the 2013 Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium, which will take place on Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, in the Engineering and Sciences Building, ES-2008. For program and registration information, see http://bugsc.binghamton.edu.

String Orchestra Concert, 4 p.m., AC-Grand Corridor. The University String Orchestra, conducted by Heather Worden, will perform works from the vast literature for string ensemble, from Baroque masterworks to video game music. For more information, call 607-777-2592.

The 2013 Mario and Antoinette Romano Lecture will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 19, in the AC-Chamber Hall. Naomi Lamoreaux ’72, professor of economics and history at Yale University, will discuss “Corporations are People, My Friend: The Strange History of Corporations, Government Regulation, and the Fourteenth Amendment.” Lamoreaux is Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics and History at Yale University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She received her BA in history from Binghamton University in 1972 and her Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins University in 1979. She has also taught at Brown University and the University of California, Los Angeles. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Diane Horvath via email at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 607-777-6799.

The Binghamton Research Days campus keynote event will include remarks by President Harvey Stenger and other University leaders as well as recognition of award-winning student researchers, 1-2 p.m. Friday, April 19, Old Union Hall. Student posters sessions will take place in the Mandela Room from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2-3 p.m. Friday, as well.

“Progress and Risk—Fortschritt und Risiko—in German Studies” is the theme of the 2013 Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium, which will take place on Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, in the Engineering and Sciences Building, ES-2008. For program and registration information, see http://bugsc.binghamton.edu.

Annual Ferber Lecture, 5:30 p.m., FA-258. Nina Rowe, associate professor of art history and music, Fordham University, will speak on “Jews, Synagoga and the Problem of Beauty in the Medieval City: A Challenge to Art Historians.” Co-Sponsored by the Art History Department and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS).

Shankar Vedantam, a science correspondent for National Public Radio, will deliver the keynote speech for this year’s Binghamton Research Days at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, in the Mandela Room. His talk, titled “Elite Tribes: How Mentors, Competitors and Colleagues Shape the Search for Sustained Excellence,” is free and open to the public. The focus of Vedantam’s reporting is on human behavior and the social sciences, and how research in those fields can get listeners to think about the news in unusual and interesting ways. His Binghamton talk will convey some of the excitement of research — and the larger societal implications of learning. Vedantam’s talk is the highlight of three days of activities, which include laboratory tours, student poster sessions, special recognition for undergraduate researchers and a variety of lectures and workshops. For the full schedule, visit http://go.binghamton.edu/researchdays.

David Sloan Wilson will be the speaker for the 26th Annual Abraham J. Briloff Lecture on Accountability and Society at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, in the Chamber Hall. The title of his speech will be “Evolution and Modern Accountability.” This event is free and open to the public. Wilson is distinguished professor of biology and anthropology and directs EvoS, the campus-wide evolutionary studies program. The School of Management sponsors the annual lecture series, named in honor of Abraham J. Briloff, the presidential professor of accounting and ethics at Binghamton University and Emanuel Saxe Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Bernard Baruch College. Over his long and distinguished career, he has been recognized as the ethical conscience of the accounting profession. For more information, contact Debbie Standard at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Softball at St. Bonaventure, 3 p.m., doubleheader.

Baseball vs. St. Bonaventure, 3 p.m.

Men’s tennis vs. Niagara, 2 p.m., Bearcats Sports Complex.

IASH Fellows Speakers Series, noon, LN-1106. Richard E. Lee, professor of sociology and director of Fernand Braudel Center, will present “Disciplines and the University, Today and Tomorrow: Social Humanities, Historical Social Science, and What Kind of Science.”

Spring Readers Series Event with Metta Sama and Jose Antonio Rodriguez, 8 p.m., S1-149. A reading from Binghamton University alums Metta Samá and José Antonio Rodríguez. Samá is the author of “South of Here”, while Rodríguez is the author of “The Shallow End of Sleep” and the newly published, “The Backlit Hour”, winner of the Stephen F. Austin University Press Poetry Prize. This free event is open to all. For more information, visit http://readers-series.binghamton.edu or visit Binghamton Writers on Facebook.

String Fever, 8 p.m., FA-Casadesus Recital Hall. The string students from the Binghamton University Studio Lesson and Chamber Music programs will perform solos, duos, trios and quartets in the “String Fever” concert. This concert is free, open to the public, and sponsored by the Binghamton University Music Department.

Baseball at Marist, 3 p.m.

Director and choreographer JoEllen Kuhlman works with student dancers at Binghamton University for this production to be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14, in the Osterhout Concert Theater.  The performance invites the audience into the primal kingdom of “Cosmogony” – a mythical habitat full of rhythmical creatures and exotic expressions of dance. General admission, $10; faculty/staff/senior, $8; student, $6. Tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling the Anderson Center Box Office at 607-777-ARTS (2787).

Director and choreographer JoEllen Kuhlman works with student dancers at Binghamton University for this production to be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14, in the Osterhout Concert Theater.  The performance invites the audience into the primal kingdom of “Cosmogony” – a mythical habitat full of rhythmical creatures and exotic expressions of dance. General admission, $10; faculty/staff/senior, $8; student, $6. Tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling the Anderson Center Box Office at 607-777-ARTS (2787).

Men’s lacrosse vs. Hartford, 1 p.m.

Women’s lacrosse at Boston University, 1 p.m.

Men’s tennis at UMBC, 10 a.m.

Director and choreographer JoEllen Kuhlman works with student dancers at Binghamton University for this production to be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14, in the Osterhout Concert Theater.  The performance invites the audience into the primal kingdom of “Cosmogony” – a mythical habitat full of rhythmical creatures and exotic expressions of dance. General admission, $10; faculty/staff/senior, $8; student, $6. Tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling the Anderson Center Box Office at 607-777-ARTS (2787).

The Graduate School of Education invites the campus community to the 21st Annual Edgar W. Couper Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 12, in S1-149.  The lecture is free and open to the public.  This year’s featured speaker will be Jean Anyon, professor of Social and Educational Policy at the City University of New York. Anyon’s lecture is titled “What Causes Poverty?  And What Can be Done About It?” Major federal policies assume that lack of education is the cause of poverty.  But is this true?  If poverty is not caused by a lack of education, what is it caused by?  And once we know what keeps people poor, what can we do about it? The Couper Lecture is funded by the Edgar W. Couper Endowment Fund for Educational Excellence.

Baseball at Cornell, 4 p.m.

Softball at St. Bonaventure, 3 p.m., doubleheader.

Douglas Glick, associate professor of anthropology, will present “The Social Production of Meaning: Parallelism as a Semiotic Principle” at noon Wednesday, April 10, in LN-1106. This paper explores a widespread semiotic principle grounding the social production of meaning by example. It looks at the operation of parallelism in the Barak Obama’s televised acceptance speech for his first term as president. More specifically, the paper analyzes the way in which President-elect Obama ritually transformed himself into America’s first African-American presiden

Cinema Department presents visiting artist Jonathan Walley, 7:30 p.m., LH-6. Walley is an associate professor of Cinema at Denison University specializing in avant-garde or experimental film, focusing in particular on “expanded cinema” (multi-screen works, film-based performance, film/video installation, paracinema, etc.).

To celebrate advancing one step closer to becoming the premier public university of the 21st century, the Road Map team invites the campus to its Implementation Launch at 4 p.m. Monday, April 8, in the Mandela Room of the University Union. Join the more than 400 people who volunteered to help build the Road Map as the campus celebrates Binghamton University’s bright future!

Consuming Spirits (Chris Sullivan, USA, 136 min.) is the final in the “forces of Nature” series of five films to be presented by Harpur Cinema this semester. The film will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, and Sunday, April 7, in LH-6. Over 15 years, collaborating with friends and family, Chris Sullivan created his dark and exhilarating exploration of family secrets with pen-and-ink drawings, cut-outs and miniature models. Weaving allusions to film history, with mordant observations that explore the “realms of memory and fantasy,”  A.O. Scott writes: “Consuming Spirits weaves a complicated, intoxicating spell and…the fact that these realms are represented in exaggerated, often comical pictures does not make them less disturbing…[it creates] a sense of enchantment that turns bad feelings inside out. This movie is…a wonder.”  Special note: Sullivan will introduce the film on Friday, April 5, and will answer questions after the screening. Official selection: Tribeca Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Raindance, 2012. Admission is $4. For questions or information, call 607-777-4998.

Voice majors from the Binghamton University Music Department will perform opera scenes and arias from Mozart to Bernstein at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 7, at the Phelps Mansion Museum, 191 Court St., Binghamton. The program will feature selections from Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Carmen, L’Elisir d’Amore, Die Fledermaus, Trouble in Tahiti and more! All of the students are members of the “Stage Techniques” class taught by Visiting Assistant Professor Thomas Goodheart and are vocal students of Goodheart and Professor Mary Burgess. Tickets will be $10 for the general public and free to Binghamton University students with ID. For reservations, call the Phelps Mansion at (607) 722-4873. This concert is co-sponsored by the Binghamton University Music Department and Phelps Mansion Museum. For more information, call the Music Department at (607) 777-2592,

Binghamton University string and piano students will each present a concert highlighting their accomplishments on Saturday, April 6, in FA-Casadesus Recital Hall. The cellists from the studio of Stephen Stalker will perform at 4 p.m. and the pianists from the studio of Michael Salmirs will perform at 8 p.m. The concerts are free, open to the public and sponsored by the Binghamton University Music Department.

Softball at UMBC, 1 p.m., doubleheader.

Women’s lacrosse vs. New Hampshire, 1 p.m., Bearcats Sports Complex.

Baseball at Maine, 1 p.m., doubleheader.

Women’s tennis at Stony Brook, 9 a.m.

Men’s tennis vs. Stony Brook, 1 p.m., Bearcats Sports Complex.

Consuming Spirits (Chris Sullivan, USA, 136 min.) is the final in the “forces of Nature” series of five films to be presented by Harpur Cinema this semester. The film will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 5, and Sunday, April 7, in LH-6. Over 15 years, collaborating with friends and family, Chris Sullivan created his dark and exhilarating exploration of family secrets with pen-and-ink drawings, cut-outs and miniature models. Weaving allusions to film history, with mordant observations that explore the “realms of memory and fantasy,”  A.O. Scott writes: “Consuming Spirits weaves a complicated, intoxicating spell and…the fact that these realms are represented in exaggerated, often comical pictures does not make them less disturbing…[it creates] a sense of enchantment that turns bad feelings inside out. This movie is…a wonder.”  Special note: Sullivan will introduce the film on Friday, April 5, and will answer questions after the screening. Official selection: Tribeca Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Raindance, 2012. Admission is $4. For questions or information, call 607-777-4998.

Women’s tennis at Albany, 2 p.m.

Softball vs. Syracuse, 3 p.m., doubleheader, Bearcats Sports Complex.

School of Management Spotlight, 6-8 p.m., Mandela Room. School of Management student groups will share information about their mission and purpose to help students decide if they’d like to join. Alumni and recruiters will have networking tables. Awards will be presented to the faculty, staff and student of the year. Howard Eisen ‘87 will be the keynote speaker. The first 200 people to arrive will get a free SOM T-shirt. The dress code is business casual.

Women’s lacrosse at UMBC, 4 p.m.

Kara Maloney, graduate fellow in English, will present “Future and Once: Community and Affiliation in King Arthur’s Court” from noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in the IASH Conference Room, LN-1106. Maloney will provide a post-colonial reading of one of King Arthur’s knights, taking into consideration his textual origins as well as shifts in characterization across the ninth through 15th centuries.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, AC-Osterhout Concert Theater. The Trocks, as they are affectionately known, are a company of professional male dancers presenting a playful view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form and en travesti. The comedy is achieved by incorporating and exaggerating the foibles, accidents and underlying incongruities of serious dance. As The New York Times noted, “the power of this ballet is how it stands on its own in classical aptitude. In many ways that’s the power of the Trocks too. All jokes aside, they can really dance.” Whether dance novice or aficionado, you are sure to be amused by the Trocks’ performance. Tickets are: general public, $45; faculty/staff and senior citizens, $40; students,$22. Call 607-777-ARTS.

Baseball vs. Siena, 3:30 p.m.

Classes resume, 8 a.m.

Residence halls re-open, 2 p.m.

Softball vs. Boston University, noon.

Men’s lacrosse vs. Albany, 3 p.m., Bearcats Sports Complex.

Softball vs. Boston University, noon (doubleheader).

Baseball at Hartford, noon.

Women’s lacrosse vs. Vermont, noon, Bearcats Sports Complex.

Women’s lacrosse at Colgate, 4 p.m.

Softball at George Washington, 2 p.m., doubleheader.

Baseball at Bucknell, 2 p.m., doubleheader.

Softball vs. Kent State at Radford Tournament, 3 p.m.

Men’s lacrosse vs. Quinnipiac, 1 p.m., Bearcats Sports Complex.