A variety of events, including lectures, panel discussions, poetry readings, and an art exhibit, will take place in March in honor of Women's History Month. Most of the events will take place at UNLV.

The kick-off event, the opening of the art exhibit "Different Looks: Women Artists of UNLV," will take place Thursday (March 1) from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Richard Tam Alumni Center.

Ellen Rose, chair of UNLV's Women Studies Program, will discuss the background and purpose of Women's History Month, while UNLV art professor Cathie Kelly will introduce the exhibit and talk about women's art at UNLV. Light refreshments will be served.

The exhibit will remain at the center through March 30. Following is a list of other events scheduled as part of Women's History Month. Unless otherwise noted, they take place on the UNLV campus.

-- March 2. "Financial Empowerment for Women" workshop. Noon-1 p.m. at Frank and Estella Beam Hall, Room 222.

-- March 5, 12, 19, and 26. Women-only "Open Mike" Poetry and Music. 6:30-8 p.m. at Caf? Espresso Roma, 4440 S. Maryland Parkway.

-- March 6. A class on Power and Control: How to Create Intimacy. Noon-1 p.m. Moyer Student Union, Room 203.

-- March 6 and 7. Grant Writing Workshop. This two-day workshop will meet 4-7 p.m. March 6 in the Rod Lee Bigelow Health Sciences Building, Room 130 and 4-6:30 p.m. March 7 in Bigelow Health Sciences, Room 134.

-- March 8. International Women's Day: Panel Discussion on Women's Activism. 6-8 p.m. Rod Lee Bigelow Health Sciences Building, Room 133.

-- March 9. Class on Yoga: Relaxation in the Workplace. Noon-1 p.m. Moyer Student Union, Room 203.

-- March 10. Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. 7:45 a.m. at the Galleria Mall.

-- March 13. Workshop on Women's Search for the Feminine Divine. Noon-1 p.m. Student Services Complex, Room 254.

-- March 19. Lecture on Dynamics of Goal Setting. 6-7:30 p.m. Classroom Building Complex, Room A-112.

-- March 21. Lecture on Gender and (Crime) Victims' Rights: Failure to Consider Women's Situations. 7:30 p.m. Classroom Building Complex, Room A-108.

-- March 23. Presentation by Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa of the seventh annual Attorney General's Nevada's Women's Role Model Awards. Noon-1 p.m. Moyer Student Union, Room 201.

-- March 29. "Looking Back at Nevada," a reception and show previewing the video biographies of nine women who contributed to the development of Las Vegas. 5:30 p.m. at the Winchester Community Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.

-- March 30. Class on Street Smarts and Personal Safety. Noon-1 p.m. Flora Dungan Humanities Building, Room 109.

-- March 31. Class on Physical Techniques for Self-Defense. Noon-3 p.m. McDermott Physical Education Center, Room 506.

Among the sponsors and contributors for Women's History Month are UNLV's Women's Studies Program, Jean Nidetch Women's Center, Women's Research Institute of Nevada, Nevada Institute for Children, William S. Boyd School of Law, College of Liberal Arts, departments of history and art, and Richard Tam Alumni Center. Also sponsoring or contributing to the events are the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN); Winchester Community Center; Caf? Espresso Roma; the Nevada attorney general's office; poetess Danna Botwick; Liz Moore, the Southern Nevada Coordinator of PLAN; and Jerry Schefcik, director of UNLV's Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery.

For additional information about Women's History Month, call UNLV's Women's Studies Program at ext. 0837 or the Jean Nidetch Women's Center at UNLV at ext. 4475.