Spitzer, a humanities professor at Miami-Dade Community College, has moonlighted as a photographer of both blues and jazz artists for the last 20 years. He captures the artists while in concert, creating through a still photograph a glimpse of the musical transformation that occurs when the performers are on stage. Blues masters like James Cotton, B.B. King, John Mayall and KoKo Taylor are among the 50 musicians featured in the photographic essay, which will be on view in the West Gallery. The University Gallery is located on the second floor of Old College. Gallery programs are made possible, in part, by the Delaware Division of the Arts and the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events.
All events are free and open to the public.
Valentine's benefit for AIDS research Two University of Delaware students, Marcus Kline and Kiva Kolstein, decided to take action in the fight against AIDS after the recent death of Pedro Zamora, a young cast member of MTV's The Real World. Our goal is to promote awareness and educate people about AIDS in the heterosexual community, particularly the college-aged group. The two have organized a Valentine's Day benefit gala of dining and dancing to benefit the Philadelphia AIDS Task Force, which supports AIDS education in local universities. Bus transportation will be available, and tickets will be on sale after the first of the year. Students from the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel and Temple universities also are being invited to the event.