Category Society & Culture
Photo exhibit examines issue of gender using portraiture
How time has changed the answers to those questions is at the root of a new exhibition at Knapp House.
School of Music mourns loss of longtime professor
The School of Musics and opera lovers in Madison and beyond mourn the death of David Hottmann, professor of music emeritus, who passed away on Jan. 2.
Library liaison also helps others discover environmental art
Working with acclaimed environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude may not be the usual Caribbean-resort winter vacation. Nonetheless, Thomas H. Garver, liaison to the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries, is about to spend two weeks staffing an information center for Christo's new installation, "The Gates," in New York's Central Park.
Concerts, collaborations fill spring dance program
The excitement of live performance will resound throughout Lathrop Hall this spring as the Dance Program showcases works by guest artists, students, faculty and staff in a variety of events this semester.
Two faculty concerts help launch spring semester
Cellist Parry Karp, baritone Paul Rowe, soprano Cheryl Bensman Rowe, flutist Stephanie Jutt and pianist Martha Fischer will perform Ravel's "Chansons madécasses" at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 21, in Mills Concert Hall in the Mosse Humanities Building. In addition, their program will include works by Brahms, Previn and Pasatieri.
‘Snowdown’ to showcase snow artistry
Assuming that snow remains on Library Mall, sculptors in the snow medium are invited to show what they can do as part of the university's welcome activities for the new semester. Construction will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 23.
New acquisitions on display in Elvehjem
"Equilibrist," a lithograph by Swiss artist Paul Klee (1879-1940); "Small Worlds VI," a black-and-white woodcut by central European printmaker Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) and prints from the Bauhaus School, thought to usher in the modern era of design, are now on view in the Elvehjem Museum's New Acquisitions Display Case. All will be on display there until Monday, Jan. 31.
Artist in residence to perform harp works
Karen Beth Atz, artist in residence at the School of Music and principal harp with the Madison Symphony, performs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25, in Mills Hall.
Treasured job leads to library gift
The charm of Madison captured the heart of David Henige, but it was his position as African Studies bibliographer at the Memorial Library that allowed him to stay. Although he doesn't consider himself a "red-sweater-type" UW employee, he is here because he wants to be. And he's been here for 30 years.
University Club series to showcase leadership in public policy, arts and scholarship
With subjects ranging from divorce reform to Rwandan genocide to the Wisconsin Film Festival, and speakers including Wisconsin's secretary of workforce development, the Madison Symphony Orchestra's concertmaster and others, the University Club's 2005 Luncheon Series is nothing if not diverse.
Visiting virtuoso to perform with UW Jazz Big Band
Trumpet virtuoso Allen Vizzutti will be the featured soloist in a free public concert with the UW Jazz Big Band on Thursday, Dec. 9.
University Theatre stages ‘No Exit’
The door is open. Any of the three characters is free to leave at any time. None does. One of them observes, "Hell ... is other people." Clearly, each prefers "No Exit" from their own hell, as rendered in Jean-Paul Sartre's existential classic. The University Theatre's production will continue its run at 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 9-11, in Vilas Hall's Hemsley Theatre.
Choral Union, Symphony Orchestra join for ‘Requiem’
In the mid-1860s, composer Johannes Brahms encountered death in two personal encounters: his close friend and mentor Robert Schumann and Brahms' own mother. Seeking to comfort himself and others dealing with similar circumstances, Brahms composed Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45, which the Choral Union and Symphony Orchestra will present on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 11 and 12.
Elvehjem to host David Klamen exhibition
OK, what do you get when you cross a supermarket bar code with an old master painting? Answer: Artist David Klamen.
Salsa celebrates its origins at Union Theater
Musicians from the neighborhood where salsa was born and, some say, grew up will play at the Wisconsin Union Theater on Saturday, Nov. 20.
WSRC exhibitions showcase work of Madison artists
Artists Leslee Nelson and Bobbette Rose are exhibiting their work at the Women's Studies Research Center through December.