Category Society & Culture

Jazz benefit for campus child care honors early childhood teachers

June 12, 2008

An annual fundraising event featuring local jazz singer Jan Wheaton will benefit University of Wisconsin–Madison campus child care centers.

University Theatre presents ‘Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)’

June 12, 2008

This summer, University Theatre will present the off-Broadway sensation "Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)."

Jazz benefit honors four early childhood educators

May 13, 2008

Local jazz singer Jan Wheaton, with the Jan Wheaton Quintet, will perform in a fundraising event to benefit UW–Madison campus child care centers.

Couple ‘houses’ Frank Lloyd Wright legacy

May 10, 2008

John and Betty Moore

Choral Union, Symphony Orchestra commemorate Ralph Vaughan Williams

April 30, 2008

The UW–Madison Choral Union and Symphony Orchestra will perform under the direction of Beverly Taylor at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater.

Advisory: Mirisch unable to attend May 2 events

April 29, 2008

Producer Walter Mirisch regrets that, due to illness, he will be unable to attend the previously announced events scheduled for Friday, May 2.

Oscar-winning producer returns to campus for reception, film screening

April 28, 2008

On Friday, May 2, UW–Madison will welcome Hollywood producer Walter Mirisch back to campus with two special events.

Professor emeritus searches for ‘Human Goodness’

April 28, 2008

University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor Emeritus of Geography Yi-Fu Tuan will discuss his latest book, "Human Goodness" (University of Wisconsin Press), at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, at University Book Store-Hilldale, 702 N. Midvale Blvd.

UW-Madison nano research mixes with art, coffee

April 28, 2008

In May, 14 striking, larger-than-life photographic prints that are both comfortingly organic and starkly abstract will enable patrons of Mother Fool's Coffeehouse in Madison to visualize a scientific world that's rarely seen outside the laboratory.

The Circus is in Town: Please direct your attention to the center ring

April 24, 2008

The joyous, colorful, energetic and out-of-this-world spectacle of the circus can’t help but capture an artist’s imagination. That exuberance will take center ring in the Chazen Museum of Art when it presents two circus-themed exhibitions: “Ringmaster: Judy Onofrio and the Art of the Circus,” and “Harry A. Atwell, Circus Photographer.”

Art department to host memorial for Gelsy Verna

April 23, 2008

The art department will host a public memorial service at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, May 2, in honor of art professor Gelsy Verna (1961-2008), who died in Madison on March 11. The memorial will be held in the banquet room of the University Club.

Arts Institute honors faculty, staff for contributions to campus

April 17, 2008

The Arts Institute has selected the recipients of its 2008 awards in the arts.

Documentary on spoken word community to premiere in Madison

April 17, 2008

A documentary that creates an emotional and personal profile of students in the First Wave Spoken Word and Urban Arts Learning Community at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will premiere in Madison on Tuesday, April 22.

Visual Culture Center reaches across academic fields

April 16, 2008

Tucked away on the fifth floor of Memorial Library in a monastic faculty study room are the digs for the recently created Visual Culture Center. The limited square footage and unglamorous address, though, haven’t prevented center leadership, in just a few years, from developing and presenting a robust program of courses, research initiatives, presentations, lectures and conferences in a field of study that is the new kid on the academic block.

Category Society & Culture

Jazz benefit for campus child care honors early childhood teachers

University Theatre presents ‘Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)’

Jazz benefit honors four early childhood educators

Couple ‘houses’ Frank Lloyd Wright legacy

Choral Union, Symphony Orchestra commemorate Ralph Vaughan Williams

Advisory: Mirisch unable to attend May 2 events

Oscar-winning producer returns to campus for reception, film screening

Professor emeritus searches for ‘Human Goodness’

UW-Madison nano research mixes with art, coffee

The Circus is in Town: Please direct your attention to the center ring

Art department to host memorial for Gelsy Verna

Arts Institute honors faculty, staff for contributions to campus

Documentary on spoken word community to premiere in Madison

Visual Culture Center reaches across academic fields

Spoken word, hip-hop events on tap for spring, summer

‘Badger Insider’ features Memorial Union’s brides, grooms

Award-winning filmmaker Pierre Sauvage to give human rights, democracy lecture

Stanley, students sing praises of reading

Student wins annual statewide poetry contest

University Theatre presents ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’