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File PhotoHundreds of college dancers from across the Midwest will visit Washington University March 3-6 as part of the American College Dance Festival Association’s (ACDFA) 2005 Central Region Festival. One of 10 regional ACDFA events, the Central Region Festival brings together approximately 300 student and 50 faculty dancers representing 20 colleges and universities from nine states, along with nationally renowned choreographers David Dorfman, Donald McKayle and Trinette Singleton, who will serve as adjudicators.

Written and composed by alum Eric Dienstfrey, the special, one-night-only performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18.

Benjamin Allen, a music major in Arts & Sciences, will present a senior honors recital on at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at Grace United Methodist Church. The concert, which is free and open to the public, reflects three distinct areas that Allen has pursued at Washington University: composition, conducting and trombone.

Photo by Shawn G. HenryPowellPoet D.A. Powell, a finalist for this year’s National Book Critics’ Circle Award in poetry, will read from his work at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 3, as part of Washington University’s Writing Program Spring Reading Series.

The City as Subject: Urban Books, on view in Olin Library Special Collections through Feb. 21, features 56 artists books whose subject is the city. Sixteen of the books were created by students as part of the interdisciplinary course “Urban Books: Imag(in)ing St. Louis,” which Lima and Harper co-taught last fall thanks to a grant from the Sam Fox Arts Center.

WUSTL Photo ServicesSchool of Art 2004 Fashion ShowJunior and senior fashion design students from the Washington University School of Art will show their latest couture creations at “Gowns in the Gallery” Thursday, Feb. 24.

Benjamin Allen, a music major in Arts & Sciences, will present a senior honors recital at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, at Grace United Methodist Church. The concert, which is free and open to the public, reflects three distinct areas that Allen has pursued at Washington University: composition, conducting and trombone.

When is ugly beautiful? Find out when the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum presents She’s Hideous, an original one-act musical written and composed by Eric Dienstfrey. The special, one-night-only performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18.

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