Thea Sharrock’s irresistible new production of Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy stirs wit, sentiment, intrigue, and love into a charming confection that challenges the traditional rules of romance. The film will screen on Saturday, April 23 at noon; Sunday, April 24 at 12:30 p.m.; and Monday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. All tickets for this presentation are $15. Free for UM students. To purchase tickets online or for more information, visit www.cosfordcinema.com or call 305-284-4861.

Kenneth Broad, associate professor in the Division of Marine Affairs and Policy at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer, will present “Caves, Climate and Cognition: Recent Findings from Bahamas Blue Holes” on Monday, April 25 at 12:20 p.m. in the Cox Science Center, Room 166. Internationally known for his exploration of underwater caves, Broad has participated in and led scientific and film expeditions on several continents, including an exploration of one of the world’s deepest caves in Mexico’s Huautla Plateau. Most recently, he led a multidisciplinary team on a National Geographic Society expedition to explore the underwater “blue holes” of the Bahamas. Broad is also director of UM’s Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy. For more information about this event, please contact William Browne at [email protected] or Julia Dallman at [email protected].

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology will host a seminar on Monday, April 25 at 12 p.m. in the Rosenstiel Medical Science Building, Room 3109. Annalise Smith, graduate student, will present “The Development of Synergistic Therapies for Her-2/Neu Positive Breast Cancer.” For more information or to add your name to the department’s distribution list, please contact Janisse Delgado at [email protected].

The Department of Art and Art History presents the Sixth Annual “Salon des Refuses” exhibition, named after the celebrated Salon des Refusés exhibition of 1863 in Paris in which the Impressionists exhibited their revolutionary new paintings that had been “refused” by the French Academy. The Department of Art and Art History will showcase the work of students who entered the Annual Juried Student Competition and were not accepted.

In celebration of the event, an opening reception will be held on Friday, April 1 at 5 p.m. along with the department’s annual barbecue.

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The College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Art History will present a Master of Fine Arts exhibition by Sean Smith beginning Saturday, April 9. Focusing on stimulating all five senses, Creativity Driven by Southern Hospitality is Smith’s attempt to create Gesamtkunstwerk (Total Art). Smith agrees with a Richard Wagner essay titled “The Artwork of the Future,” in which he mentions the combination of the arts through theater. He describes that this is the clearest and most profound way to present folklore or cultural identity. By exploring the creative process through performance, functional sculptures, contemporary abstract paintings, and postmodern ideas about art and its possibilities, Smith will entice and invite the viewer not only to enjoy his work as a spectator but also to participate in multiple creations displayed during his hospitable artistic happening. Creativity Driven by Southern Hospitality will be on view from April 9 to May 1 at UM’s Wynwood Project Space, 2200A NW 2nd Avenue, Miami. An opening reception for the artist will be held Saturday, April 9 at 6 p.m. A group painting will begin at 7 p.m.

For more information aboutthe artist, visit www.seansmithart.com. A full schedule of exhibitions can be viewed at www.as.miami.edu/art. For more information about the exhibition or Wynwood Project Space, call 305-284-2543 or email [email protected].