Brigham Young University May 2003 What's New Calendar
All Month
The Utah Valley Regional Family History Center has changed its Sunday library hours to 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. They will still be hosting Sunday library tours, Family Search orientation classes, and genealogy classes for mature groups. The tours will be the second and fourth Sundays of each month. For more information, call (801) 422-6200.
The Earth Science Museum is displaying "Torvosaurus Tanneri," a large, carnivorous dinosaur. The museum also features two fully mounted skeletons of Camptosaurus and Allosaurus, a mural of the Utah-Colorado region in the Jurassic period, a 150-million-year-old dinosaur egg and a preparation lab window showing museum personnel preparing fossils.
Visitors may touch real fossils at the fossil touch table and see a unique Diceratops skull. Admission is free. For more information, call (801) 378-3680. The Earth Science Museum is located at 1683 North Canyon Road in Provo, Utah. The museum is open Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m.
Through the generosity of Fred and Sue Morris of Salt Lake City, the world's most complete collections of waterfowl and pheasants will be exhibited at the as a part of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum's permanent collection.
Other exhibits on display are "Ecosystem Dioramas," "Africa: A Diverse Continent" and "Synoptic Collections" of vertebrate animals.
Gallery shows for the public featuring reptiles are conducted Mondays at 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 1:30 p.m.
"Saturday Safari" is a program at the museum tailored to children between ages five and twelve. It focuses on teaching about animals, plants and the world around them. Classes are Saturday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
The Nature's Art Show will run through the end of May.
Please call (801) 422-5051 for more information. The museum is open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Museum of Peoples and Cultures, located at 700 N. 100 E. in Provo, is currently showcasing "Custom Made: Artifacts as Cultural Expression." The exhibit explores the qualities that define cultures around the world. The exhibition leads visitors through North America, South America and into the isles of the Pacific.
Also exhibited is "In Search of Relics: The Pectol-Lee Collection of Artifacts from Capitol Reef," an exciting collection from two families motivated by their faith to collect artifacts. To prove the veracity of the Book of Mormon, these "cowboy archaeologists" searched for ancient relics in the dry caves of southern Utah when it was still private land. They found a rich stash of artifacts from antiquity, many of them fragile organic materials that were miraculously preserved. Among the relics are a cradle board, the only one of its kind in the world, an animal headdress used as a hunting disguise or by a shaman to ensure a successful hunt, baskets, clothing, moccasins, cordage, rope and many other objects. A mixture of Anasazi, Fremont and Ute cultures is represented in this marvelous exhibit.
The museum also offers tours and teaching kit programs. The teaching kits are provided as supplementary resources for teaching anthropology in Utah. The museum also offers volunteer opportunities. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. For more information, call (801) 422-6698.
Complimentary tours of the BYU campus are available weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the BYU Visitors Center. For more information call (801) 422-4678.
The BYU Counseling and Career Center is offering a new workshop on debt management. Other workshops will take place all month, including financial management, interviewing, choosing a major and career and many others. All workshops are in 2562 Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center. For a complete schedule and to make an appointment, contact the center at (801) 422-2689, or access a calendar at www.byu.edu/ccc/calend.
Monday, April 28-Saturday, May 10
The BYU Bookstore has its Women's Gift Guide sale. The sale will include items for Mother's Day. For more information, contact Karen Huntsman at (801) 422-6806.
Tuesday, May 6
Old Testament scholar and Methodist minister Margaret Barker will discuss "What Did Josiah Reform? The Earlier Religion of Israel" at a BYU forum at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
The devotional will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV (Channel 11), KBYU-FM (89.1), the BYU-Television and BYU-Radio satellite networks and at broadcasting.byu.edu. It will be rebroadcast Sunday, May 18, at 6 and 11 a.m. on KBYU-TV, and on BYU-Television at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 13
BYU statistics professor H. Dennis Tolley will be featured at a BYU devotional at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
The devotional will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV (Channel 11), KBYU-FM (89.1), the BYU-Television and BYU-Radio satellite networks and at broadcasting.byu.edu. It will be rebroadcast Sunday, May 25, at 6 and 11 a.m. on KBYU-TV, on BYU-Television at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on Sunday, May 18, on KBYU-FM at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, May 20
Elder David E. Sorensen of the Presidency of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be featured at a BYU devotional at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
The forum will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV (Channel 11), KBYU-FM (89.1), the BYU-Television and BYU-Radio satellite networks and at broadcasting.byu.edu. It will be rebroadcast Sunday, June 1, at 6 and 11 a.m. on KBYU-TV, on BYU-Television at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on Sunday, May 25, on KBYU-FM at 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 22
The Special Collection Motion Picture Archive Film Series will be showing "The Glenn Miller Story" in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium. The program begins at 7 p.m., and the doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. No food or drink is allowed in the auditorium. Ages eight and older are welcome. For more information, contact Special Collections at 422-6371 or 422-3514.
Tuesday, May 27
BYU accounting professor E. Kay Stice will be featured at a BYU devotional at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
The devotional will be broadcast live on KBYU-TV (Channel 11), KBYU-FM (89.1), the BYU-Television and BYU-Radio satellite networks and at broadcasting.byu.edu. It will be rebroadcast Sunday, June 8, at 6 and 11 a.m. on KBYU-TV, on BYU-Television at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on Sunday, June 1, on KBYU-FM at 8 p.m.
Writer: Liesel Enke
