Museum events in April

Natural History, April, 2002

JOHN BURROUGHS ASSOCIATION

Annual award ceremony and luncheon 4/1: Burroughs Medal award for nature writing (Wilderness and Razor Wire, by Ken Lamberton); Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers awards, and Natural History Essay award. For reservations, call (212) 769-5169. Hall of Asian Peoples, 12:00 P.M.

"BASEBALL AS AMERICA"

Exhibition in Gallery 3 through 8/18. Lecture 4/4: "Baseball Behind Barbed Wire." Kerry Yo Nakagawa, author of Through a Diamond: 100 Years of Japanese American Baseball. Linder Theater, 7:00 P.M.

Lecture 4/6: "Nisei Baseball." Kerry Yo Nakagawa. Linder Theater, 2:00 P.M.

Lecture 4/6: "Baseball: The New York Game." Tony Morante, stadium tours director, New York Yankees. Kaufmann Theater, 2:00 P.M.

Roundtable 4/15: Sportswriter Jack Lang, former Mets players Ed Kranepool and Art Shamsky. Linder Theater, 1:00-2:30 P.M.

Lecture 4/19: "A Native American in the Major Leagues." Jack Aker (Potawatomi), former major-league player and coach. Linder Theater, 7:00 P.M.

HOT TOPICS IN SCIENCE AND CULTURE

Performance 4/9: "Charles Darwin: Live and in Concert." Anthropologist-songwriter Richard Milner. Kaufmann Theater, 7:00 P.M.

Panel and lecture 4/23: "Blind Evolution or Intelligent Design?" Eugenie Scott (moderator), National Center for Science Education; Michael Behe, author of Darwin's Black Box; William Dembski, author of The Design Inference; Robert Pennock, author of Tower of Babel; Michael Shermer, Skeptics Society. Co-presented with Natural History. Kaufmann Theater, 7:00 P.M.

REPORTS FROM THE FIELD

Lecture 4/10: "Wondrous Difference: Cinema, Anthropology, and Turn-of-the-Century Popular Culture." Alison Griffiths, Baruch College. Kaufmann Theater, 2:00 P.M.

Lecture 4/24: "Life With Leeches." Invertebrate biologist Mark Siddall, AMNH. Kaufmann Theater, 2:00 P.M.

Lecture 4/30 (Revolutionizing Medicine in the 21st Century series): "Viral Diseases and Host Defenses." Physiologist and cellular biophysicist Samuel Silverstein, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Caspary Auditorium, Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, at 66th Street, 7:00 P.M.

"PAPER TRAILS ... IN REAL TIME!"

Art installation through 4/21 (weekends): "The Path of Paper." Sculptor Helen Evans Ramsaran. Leonhardt People Center, 1:00-5:00 P.M.

Field trip 4/13: Center for Book Arts. Artist Benjamin Rinehart. Meet at Rotunda entrance. 4:00-6:00 P.M.

Workshops 4/14: Papermaking. Artist John Curie, Dieu Donne Papermill. Calder Lab, 1:00-2:30 P.M. and 3:30-5:00 P.M.

Gallery tour 4/20: "Mexico From Ancient Times to the Present Through Paper." Artist Miguel Cossio. Meet at Hall of Mexico and Central America, 1:00 P.M.

Workshop 4/20: "Paper Traditions of Mexican Rituals and Celebrations." Calder Lab, 3:00-4:30 P.M.

Performances 4/21: "Stories of the Creation of the World From the Popol Vuh." Leonhardt People Center, 1:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.

AMNH BOOK CLUB

Monthly meeting 4/14: Great Waters: An Atlantic Passage, by Deborah Cramer. Details at (212) 769-5200. Portrait Room, 3:00 P.M.

"CREATING ETHNICITY"

Photographic serf-portraits through 4/21: Artist Margaret Francis. Charles A. Dana Education Wing.

Panel 4/12: "Misperceptions--Representation and Media Imagery." Warrington Hudlin, Black Filmmaker Foundation; Margaret Francis; Sheryl Levart, Face to Face Press and We Interrupt This Message; Jack Shaheen, author of Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People. Linder Theater, 6:30 P.M.

Lecture and Workshop 4/13: "Changing Images ... Creating Ethnicity," 1:00 P.M. "Cultural Heritage," 2:30 P.M. Margaret Francis. Linder Theater.

Workshop 4/21: "Identity Exercise." Artist Margaret Francis. Linder Theater, 2:30 P.M.

ASTRONOMY & COSMOLOGY

Planetarium courses: 4/2-4/30 (five Tuesdays): "The Science of the Rose Center." 4/3-6/5 (eight Wednesdays): "Introduction to Space Science." 4/15-5/13 (four Mondays): "How To Use a Telescope." Complete schedule at (212) 769-5200 or www.amnh.org /hayden/.

Lecture 4/8 (Frontiers in Astrophysics series): "In Search of Our Origins." Cassini Mission imager Carolyn Porco, Southwest Research Institute and University of Colorado at Boulder. Space Theater, Hayden Planetarium, 7:30 P.M.

Lecture 4/22 (Distinguished Authors in Astronomy series): "How the Universe Got Its Spots." Cosmologist Janna Levin, University of Cambridge. Space Theater, Hayden Planetarium, 7:30 P.M.

Upcoming sky events 4/30: May's celestial highlights. Joe Rao, meteorologist and Natural History columnist. Space Theater, Hayden Planetarium, 6:30 P.M.

SCIENCE MEETS FILM

3-D film 4/25: "Shadowland or Light From the Other Side." Filmmaker Zoe Beloff. Kaufmann Theater, 7:00 P.M.

ALSO IN APRIL

Tours: 4/20 (Many Religions: One City series): "Hindu Temples." Karen Kane, AMNH. 9:30 A.M.-2:00 P.M. Information about tours, workshops, and field trips at (212) 769-5200.

Moveable Museum: "Discovering the Universe." A new exhibition about astronomy and astrophysics. Begun in 1993, this program provides walk-in exhibition space in a specially designed RV that visits schools and community groups throughout the city. Information al www.amnh.org/moveable.>