University of Wyoming Calendar for Sept. 14-20 Friday, Sept. 14, 6 p.m. -- UW Art Museum opening reception for “Portrait of a Place: Wyoming's Red Desert”; “Antarctica”; “Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde”; and “The Indian Portraits,” Art Museum. Free. Saturday, Sept. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 16, 1-5 p.m. -- Downtown Loft Art Exhibition, Murdock Law Offices, at 211 S. 2nd St., Suite B, Laramie. Friday, Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. -- The World Music Concert Series presents Japanese Koto Master Musician Junko Shigeta playing music from the traditional repertoire of Japan, Fine Arts Center concert hall. Tickets cost $5. Monday, Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m. -- The Summit Chamber Players perform their 2007 Brazilian Tour Concert “Musas e Musicas: Music by Women Composers,” Fine Arts Center concert hall. Free. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1 p.m. -- The Distinguished Speakers Series presents Norm Augustine, retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation, on "How America Can Compete in the Emerging Global Economy." Wyoming Union Family Room. Free. Thursday, Sept. 20, 6 p.m. -- Thursday Night Garden Party presents the jazz duo of Peter Queal and Bill Plummer, Wyoming Union Gardens. Free. Art exhibitions, Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m . -- “Portrait of a Place: Wyoming's Red Desert”; “American Modernists”; “Antarctica”; “Forbidden Art: The Postwar Russian Avant-Garde”; and “The Indian Portraits”; Centennial Complex, 2111 Willett Drive. Free. Call (307) 766-5000 for updates on UW events and activities or go online at www.uwyo.edu/calendar. Visit www.uwyo.edu/finearts for Department of Theatre and Dance and Department of Music event information and tickets. Posted on Friday, September 07, 2007