Category Society & Culture

UW Professor Emeritus Littleton, the ‘Father of Studio Glass,’ dies at 91

December 19, 2013

University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor Emeritus Harvey K. Littleton, the trail-blazing artist who founded the nation’s first university-based studio program in art glass more than five decades ago, passed away on Dec. 13 at his home in Spruce Pine, N.C. He was 91.

Tandem Press holds holiday open house

December 6, 2013

A holiday open house at Tandem Press will be held on Saturday, Dec. 14, featuring printmaking demonstrations throughout the day.

Mad Madison Metals forges creativity

December 4, 2013

A harvest helmet that holds growing wheat and plays music, metal safety goggles and miniature ice cream scoops – these are just a few of the objects produced by University of Wisconsin–Madison student metal artists.

Pro Arte Quartet concert postponed

November 22, 2013

The Pro Arte Quartet concert featuring the world premiere of Benoit Mernier's String Quartet No. 3, originally scheduled for today, Friday, Nov. 22, has been postponed.

UW professor invites all to join “collective act of digital creativity”

November 15, 2013

Madison residents can join with others around the globe this weekend in "The Makerthon" - a collective act of digital creativity as people join together to create an online novel.

Hip-Hop in the Heartland institute provides teaching engagement tools

June 11, 2013

The 8th Annual Hip-Hop in the Heartland Educator and Community Leader Training Institute, July 22-26 at Union South, will immerse participants in dynamic best-practices and multi-disciplinary tools to engage students in history, language, political science and other topics along with instruction on building or enhancing curriculum through performance art.

Children’s Theatre opens door to Waisman Center resources

May 9, 2013

The Waisman Center Children’s Theatre series might make fewer headlines than the center’s groundbreaking research. Still, it maintains a valuable place among the center’s offerings. On Sunday afternoons during the academic year, it provides an accessible, welcoming opportunity for children of all ages and abilities to enjoy the arts.

Author Galeano coming to UW for Havens Center honor

May 1, 2013

Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano will receive the University of Wisconsin–Madison A. E. Havens Center's Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship on May 9 during a rare trip to the United States.

International urban movement conference celebrates 10th anniversary

April 30, 2013

A decade of urban dance movement evolution will be marked as competitors from around the world converge on UW–Madison May 1-5 for 10th Annual International Festival of Urban Movement.

Violinist Tyrone Greive to retire from School of Music

April 30, 2013

After 36 years as professor of violin at UW–Madison, Tyrone Greive is retiring this spring. But the indefatigable musician, well-known to Madison audiences as the former concertmaster of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, will still teach, perform and indulge his lifelong passion for Polish string literature.

Filmmaker, glaciologist, artist to receive honorary degrees May 17

April 23, 2013

Honorary degrees will be bestowed on three individuals considered to be pioneers in their fields at UW–Madison commencement in May. One is a groundbreaking documentary filmmaker, another is a trailblazing glaciologist, and the third is a world-renowned glass artist.

Choral Union, Chamber Orchestra to perform Kyr’s ‘Passion’

April 23, 2013

In its 120 years of existence, the UW–Madison Choral Union has established a reputation for performing major choral compositions by well-known masters. But the Choral Union has also presented contemporary compositions and will do so Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28 when it performs Robert Kyr’s “Passion According to Four Evangelists.”

English Professor Levine talks Mad Men

April 11, 2013

Caroline Levine is a scholar of Victorian literature — one who’s spent plenty of hours poring over the words of Charles Dickens, George Eliot and the Brontë sisters. Yet one of the University of Wisconsin–Madison English professor’s newest publications is an essay on the popular television series Mad Men, an edgy drama centered on a Madison Avenue ad agency in the 1960s.

Recent sightings: Buzz talk

April 5, 2013

Internationally recognized artist and barber Faisal Abdu’Allah talks about his work while cutting the hair of volunteer Alison Jones-Chaim during a live salon held…

UW film professor reflects on friendship with Ebert

April 5, 2013

David Bordwell first met Roger Ebert, who died yesterday after a long battle with cancer, in 2000. Ebert invited him and his wife, film theorist Kristin Thompson, to dinner after Bordwell gave a speech in Chicago.

MFA Student Emily Belknap Receives 2013 Chazen Prize

March 19, 2013

Painter and sculptor Emily Belknap has been named the winner of the 2013 Chazen Prize to an Outstanding MFA Student.

Indian author Arundhati Roy to visit

March 5, 2013

Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus March 20-21, 2013 to speak to Wisconsin high school students. Roy will offer the keynote presentation for the Great World Texts Student Conference, sponsored by the UW–Madison Center for the Humanities, and will spend the day interacting with students who have read her Booker Prize-winning novel, "The God of Small Things."

Wisconsin Film Festival expands to eight days

March 1, 2013

The Wisconsin Film Festival - the largest campus-based film festival in the United States, averaging over 100 films and up to 34,000 attendees each spring - will spread out beyond one weekend for the first time this year, giving audiences eight days to take in the wide range of cinema being offered.

Art in the public eye highlights community expression

February 27, 2013

A public humanities project that began as an effort to help Latino youth express themselves through art has produced a gigantic mural, a moving documentary, and a new Madison youth collective, thanks to a partnership between University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate students and community partner Centro Hispano.

Science + art exhibit focuses on the beauty of a cure

February 20, 2013

An unusual exhibit focusing on cancer recovery through the lens of art and science will open Feb. 22 in the Biochemistry Department on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.