Opening Night
7:30 Performance Biro by Ntare Mwine
Actor and playwright Ntare Mwine reads selected scenes from his acclaimed one-man play Biro. Based on a true story, the work follows the life of a Ugandan man who was born during the reign of Idi Amin, and who ends up in the U.S., determined to survived despite being homeless, alone and HIV positive. Mwine has appeared in numerous television shows and films, including the 2006 thriller Blood Diamond.

8-11PM: Late Night at the Fowler
Exhibition preview, with DJ music by Jeremy Sole's Musaics, in-gallery puppet performances, complimentary desserts and cash bar. R.S.V.P. recommended: (310) 206-7001 or fowlermembership@arts.ucla.edu.

Opening Day
1pm Flesh & Blood
This hip-hop dance-theater piece about teenagers in Los Angeles and around the world shows how HIV/AIDS has affected all our lives. The show was created by Kevin Kane and his cast of 12. Location: Glorya Kaufman Hall (Room 200), adjacent to the Fowler. Cost: $6. For tickets and information, call (310) 794-9208.

Exhibition Tours
2, 3, and 4pm with curators David Gere and Robert Sember

2:30PM Girots in the Gallery: Is it OK to Touch?
This poignant puppet performance addresses the discrimination faced by people who are affected by and infected with HIV/AIDS. Developed especially with middle school and upper-elementary school audiences in mind, the program offers honest, accurate, age-appropriate information that addresses the human rights of people living with AIDS.

7pm Fowler OutSpoken Lecture with Douglas Crimp: Action around the Edges
Renowned art historian, critic and AIDS activist Douglas Crimp discusses "pre-AIDS" New York from a chapter of his memoir about the proximity and simultaneity of artistic and sexual experimentation in the declining industrial spaces of 1970s Manhattan. Crimp rejects claims that the experimentation of the period led to the AIDS epidemic. Following the lecture, a moderated discussion featuring Crimp will explore the current state of art and AIDS activism.