As part of the 2004-2005 Fine Arts Research Lecture Series, John McCannon will be giving a talk entitled "Heroic Retrospection: Idealizations of the Archaic in Fin-de-Siècle Russian Painting." The lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 16 January 2005, in Quance Theatre (Education Building). All are welcome. For details, see www.usask.ca/music/other_events/farls/lectures.html.