January 31, 2006—To promote HIV/AIDS awareness, Oberlin College and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music will present "The Oberlin AIDS Quilt Project, " a three-day exhibition of the AIDS Quilt; a guest concert by world-renowned pianist Barbara Nissman; and a lecture by two HIV-AIDS specialist physicians February 26 through February 28 on the Oberlin campus. All events are free and open to the public.

Nissman will perform works by Chopin, Liszt, Ginestera, and Prokofiev Sunday, February 26 at 8 p.m. in the Oberlin Conservatory of Music's Warner Concert Hall followed by a discussion of four panels from the AIDS Quilt displayed during the concert. Warner Concert Hall is located on South Professor St. near its intersection with West College St.

The AIDS Quilt will be on view from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday February 27 and Tuesday February 28 in the main room of Wilder Hall, 135 W. Lorain St.

HIV/AIDS up close and personal will be discussed Tuesday, February 28 by Drs. Robert Frascin o'74 and Steve Natterstad in a talk titled "Life, Love, Sex, AIDS, and Other Unscheduled Events: a personal view of HIV/AIDS from both sides of the examination table" at 8 p.m. in Wilder 112.

The doctors founded the Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation in 1999 to provide crucial services for men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS and to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic through advocacy and education.

The program will be presented under the auspices of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the College's Office of Health and Life Skills Education and Student Union. For more information, contact Lori Morgan Flood, director of the Office of Health and Life Skills Education, at 440-775-5332 or John Gilliland, assistant to the Dean of the Oberlin Conservatory, at 440-775 8200.