Photography lecture Joel Leivick, who teaches the history of photography at Stanford University, will give a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday on the main stage the Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts. Admission is free. The Marble Quarries of Tuscany,'' will open Thursday and continue through Nov. 30. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. The FCCJ Jazz Ensemble will perform an evening of big band music at 8 p.m. Tuesday on the main stage of the Nathan H. Wilson Center for the Arts.
Admission is free.
Karpeles exhibits The Karpeles Manuscript Library is featuring two manuscript exhibits. One, on early American-Soviet space travel, will be up through Dec. 31. The other, inspired by Y2K problems, concentrates on the dilemmas calendars have created for man through the ages. It will run through Dec. 15. The library, at First and Laura streets, is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday.