Category Society & Culture
Design students to engage in ‘Fashion Fury’
Original clothing designs, the work of some 30 apparel design undergraduate students, will star in the Textile and Apparel Design Students' Association annual fashion show, "Fashion Fury," on Sunday, May 8.
Groups celebrate spring through performances
Performing arts groups across campus are blooming in the new season, offering presentations to cap off the semester. Embedded in each event is an opportunity for audiences and performers alike to scale new educational and personal horizons.
Calendar briefs
‘Traveler’s Field’ celebrates the prairie When lightning damaged a tree in rural Nebraska, inspiration also struck artist Wendy Weiss and musician Jay Kremer.
Elvehjem features Indian miniatures
Indian miniature gouache paintings collected by UW alumna Jane Werner Watson will be on exhibit at the Elvehjem Museum of Art.
Grad students organize Mesoamerican exhibit
About 10 years ago, a Mexican elder passed along a section of an 1847 map of what is today New Mexico to Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales, now graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
UW-Madison American Indian students sponsor spring pow wow
"Pow-Wows are about celebrating culture and about having fun," says David O'Connor, one of the organizers of the annual Spring Pow-Wow
Photo exhibition:’Land and Sky’
An exhibit of black-and-white nature photographs by Madison photographer Jim Barnard is on display at the Arboretum Steinhauer Trust Gallery through April 30.
International students introduce cultures through art, cuisine
Indian students at UW–Madison will provide an evening of singing, dancing and humor to acquaint faculty, staff, students and members of the general public with the culture of India. Organizers say India Night is the largest multicultural event on campus.
Students render a cappella ‘Redefined’
Hits by Jimmy Buffett, Madonna and Chicago, as well as such traditional favorites as "Bring Me to Life" and "Travelin' Soldier" will be on the concert play list as Redefined, UW–Madison's co-ed student a cappella group, presents its spring concert.
UW Opera presents ‘Vanessa’
In a premiere for the city of Madison, "Vanessa" finds two women obsessing over the same man in Samuel Barber's 1958 opera, presented by the University Opera at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 15.
‘Indian Mounds of Wisconsin’ wins Steinberg Prize
"Indian Mounds of Wisconsin," authored by Robert Birmingham and Leslie Eisenberg, has won the Elizabeth A. Steinberg Prize. The annual prize is awarded by the UW Press to honor top-quality books with Wisconsin connections.
American Indian students plan Spring Pow Wow
"Pow Wows are about celebrating culture and about having fun," says David O'Connor, one of the organizers of the annual Spring Pow Wow at UW–Madison.
Symposium to explore recent scholarship on Johann Gutenberg
Recent scholarship on Johann Gutenberg and early printing is the focus of a two-day symposium hosted by the Silver Buckle Press, Thursday-Friday, April 7-8.
World Cinema Day introduces international culture
Wisconsin high school students and their teachers from across the state will have the opportunity to see the award-winning Algerian film "Daughter of Keltoum" and talk with its director and star when they visit the university's 2005 World Cinema Day on Friday, April 1.
Influential avant garde film director to lecture
Two special lectures/screenings with Peter Kubelka, one of the most distinguished figures in avant garde film will be presented by Cinematheque on Friday and Saturday, March 11 and 12.
Overture Center to exhibit Loeser furniture
The James Watrous Gallery in the Overture Center for the Arts will host an exhibition of 10 recent pieces by furniture maker Tom Loeser, professor of art, beginning Tuesday, March 22.