January 15, 2001 Take Note Banana Joe's to reopen January 24 With a whole new look and feeling, Banana Joe's Coffee Shop is set for its January 24 grand reopening--and everyone is invited. From noon until 1 p.m., the café will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony, free coffee giveaway, and kudos from Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood. Since shutting down last summer, Banana Joe's has been revamped with a glass partition separating the coffee shop and the newly expanded Crown College dining hall. The coffee shop will have delectable pastries, bagels, pizza, French fries, and espresso. Recreation Department offers a variety of classes The Winter 2001 Recreation, Intramural and Sports Guide has a number of classes of interest to faculty and staff. Among the upcoming offerings are: Mindfulness in Everyday Life Monday, January 22, 7 - 10 p.m. Stevenson Fireside Lounge $15 (students & Rec card holders); $20 (staff, faculty & community members) Acupressure I Thursdays, January 18 - March 8; 6:45 - 9:45 p.m. Activity Room, East Field House $52 For more information or to register, call (831) 459-2806. Wednesday Evening Recital series under way Attention all music lovers: The Music Department is now offering a buy three, get one free deal for the Wednesday Evening Recital winter season. Buy advance tickets to any three recitals in January and February and a get a ticket to a fourth concert free. Offering performances of world-class artists at great prices, the Music Department will present the following concerts: "An Evening of Art Song," January 17: Brian Staufenbiel, tenor, and Michael McGushin, piano, perform works by Britten, Barber, Schubert, and Bowles. "En Blanc et Noir," January 24: Pianist Mary Jane Cope performs late 19th- and early 20th-century French music for piano featuring Debussy's "En blanc et noir," suite for two pianos (with guest Erika Caston Arul), and solo works by Fauré, Messiaen, Poulenc, and Ravel. "Hesterian Musicism," January 31: Composer and performer Karlton Hester describes "Hesterian Musicism" as the collective creation involved in performances that emerge from the Afrocentric jazz tradition. Hester, making his UC Santa Cruz debut, will play flutes and saxophones and will be joined by guest artists including UCSC artists David Evan Jones (piano) and George Marsh (percussion). "Gwendolyn Mok and Jean-Michel Fonteneau," February 7: Gwendolyn Mok's all-Ravel program in the Recital Hall last season received a very enthusiastic response from the audience. This season, this internationally known artist returns with cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in an evening of works by Poulenc, Debussy, Strauss, and Frank Bridge. "Love is in the Air," February 14: Patrice Maginnis, soprano, and Anatole Leikin, piano, perform Schumann's song cycle "Frauen Liebe und Leben" (A Woman's Life and Love), music for solo piano by Franz Liszt, plus popular love songs by George Gershwin and more. Performances are Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the Music Center Recital Hall. General ticket prices are $10, seniors/$8, and $5/students with identification. For more information, contact the Ticket Office at (831) 459-2159. Noontime yoga classes The Recreation Office is offering drop-in fitness classes this winter. Yoga stretch classes take place every Friday through March 16. Classes are from noon to 1 p.m. in the Martial Arts Room at the East Field House. Yoga/Pilates classes are every Monday through March 12. Classes are from noon to 1 p.m. in the Activity Room at the East Field House. Join a rapidly growing number of staff and faculty who have discovered this healthy, inexpensive way to exercise. For more information, call (831) 459-2668. Call for UCRS Advisory Board candidates Employees who are active members of the University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP) but not members of the Academic Senate are invited to run for election to the University of California Retirement System (UCRS) Advisory Board. The term of the elected candidate will be April 1, 2001, through June 30, 2004. Interested candidates must submit a brief biographical statement and a petition signed by at least 50 active UCRP members who are not Academic Senate members. Nomination packets are available from the campus Benefits Office. UC HR/Benefits must receive completed nomination packets by Friday, January 19, 2001. Full text of memo UCSC Forum on Community Television Below is the broadcast schedule for UCSC Forum for January. Shows air on Community Television, Channel 72, at 8 p.m. Sundays, with a rebroadcast at 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays. January 14: Angela Oh on Racial Politics (repeat) (rebroadcast January 17) January 21: Ravi Rajan: "Modernizing Nature: Tropical Forests, Scientific Experts, and the Contested Legacy of British Colonial Ecodevelopment: 1800-2000" (repeat) (rebroadcast January 24) January 28: Angela Davis: "The Prisoner Exchange: The Underside of Civil Rights" (repeat) (rebroadcast January 31) Construction update Currents is now providing monthly updates on construction projects that have an impact on campus transportation and parking. Construction update story For more information, visit the Transportation and Parking Services web site and the Physical Planning and Construction web site.