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Saturn
7 p.m.
Sludge metal band Torche will perform at Saturn in Avondale. Tickets begin at $12. The doors will open at 7 p.m. and the show will begin at 8 p.m.
Selma Movie Screening
Hill Student Center Theatre
6:30- 9 p.m.
“Selma,” the historical drama about the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965, will show in the theatre of the HSC to commemorate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Wednesday, Jan. 20
Hill Student Center Grand Opening
Hill Student Center
2 p.m.
The much-awaited HSC is open, and UAB will hold an official opening ceremony at the new building on Jan. 20. At 2 p.m., President Ray Watts will speak, followed by a ribbon-cutting at 2:30 p.m. There will be free food, prizes and music at the event.
Diet, Exercise and the Biology of Aging
Learning Resource Center, Room 235
12- 1 p.m.
Nathan LeBrassuer, Ph.D., assistant professor of physiology at the Mayo Clinic’s Rochester, Minnesota, location, will lecture on diet, exercise and the biology of aging as part of UAB’s aging seminar series. The series, which will begin on Jan. 20 and run through April, is free and open to the public.
Thursday, Jan. 21
Hermès Quartet
Alys Stephens Center
7 p.m.
The internationally-acclaimed quartet, composed of violinists Omer Bouchez and Elise Liu, violist Yung-Hsin Chang, and cellist Anthony Kondo, will perform at the Alys Stephens Center. Tickets cost $37.50 and includes hor d’oeuvres and beverages.
UAB Men’s Basketball vs. Rice
Bartow Arena
8 p.m.
The Blazers will face off against the Owls of Rice University at home. UAB’s men’s basketball team is on a 12-game winning streak and hopes to make 13 with this game against Rice. A tailgate will take place on the lawn of Bartow before the game, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 22
Enrique Martínez Celaya
AEIVA
5 p.m.
Artist Enrique Martínez Celaya has works permanently displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York among others. He will speak on his Small Paintings 1974 - 2015 at 6 p.m. in the Hess Family Lecture Hall. The event is free.
Camille Armstrong Comedy Show
Hill Student Center Alumni Theatre
7- 9 p.m.
The Black Student Awareness Committee will host its annual comedy show in the HSC theatre. This event is free and precedes the step show that will benefit the Camille Armstrong Scholarship Fund on Saturday, Jan. 23.
Saturday, Jan. 23
Red Shoe Run
SoHo Sqaure, Homewood
7:30 a.m.
A 10-mile, 5K and 1-mile fun run will take place to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama. The RMHCA houses families from outside Birmingham whose children require treatment from the hospitals here. The 10-mile run registration fee is $45, the 5K is 30 and the 1-mile run is $20. Register at www.redshoerun-bham.org.
Camille Armstrong Memorial Scholarship Step Show
Alys Stephens Center
7 p.m.
UAB political science student Camille Armstrong lost her life in a car accident just weeks before graduating. A scholarship fund has been established in her name, and the Camille Armstrong Memorial Step Show has taken place at UAB annually since 1990 to raise money for the fund. Student organizations perform step dances at the event. Tickets are $10 for UAB students, faculty and staff.
UAB Men’s Basketball vs. North Texas
Bartow Arena
7 p.m.
UAB Men’s Basketball is set to play the University of North Texas in conference play at home.
Sunday, Jan. 24
Stephen Kellogg
WorkPlay
6:30 p.m.
American singer-songwriter Stephen Kellogg will play with Anthony D’Amato. Both men are guitarists whose music combines a sense of rock, pop and occasionally country. Tickets begin at $15.
