Category Society & Culture
Annual festival boasts more than 150 films from 27 countries
Tickets are on sale for the 2005 Wisconsin Film Festival, to be held Thursday, March 31-Sunday, April 3.
Pianist Brendel to perform at Union Theater
Alfred Brendel, "reckoned to be the world's greatest living pianist," according to The New Yorker, will perform at the Wisconsin Union Theater on Thursday, March 31, at 8 pm.
Student exhibition explores ‘Art of the Printed Book’
The location of this exhibition couldn't be more appropriate: the second floor of the Memorial Library.
Graduate Music Consortium to convene at UW–Madison
Graduate students from UW–Madison, Northwestern University and the University of Chicago will combine forces for the ninth annual conference for music graduate students to be held at UW–Madison on Friday-Saturday, Feb. 25-26.
Campus balls aimed at uniting cultures, celebrating art
An innovative approach to improving the campus climate is suggested by the Latino Ball at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, in Memorial Union's Great Hall.
Cuban film festival features variety of styles
Madison's Third Cuban Film Festival, sponsored by the Division of Continuing Studies and Edgewood College, will be held Feb. 24-March 4. A special guest, director Orlando Rojas, will present his latest film.
Eroica trio brings classical sizzle to Wisconsin Union Theater
The Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio is bringing a show praised by critics for its "gusto" and "heart-stopping mastery" to the Wisconsin Union Theater at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 25.
Pilobolus brings thrilling dance to Wisconsin Union Theater
Pilobolus, a "nifty and sophisticated dance company" with "complex and brilliant choreography," according to the New York Times, performs in the Wisconsin Union Theater on Wednesday, Feb. 23, at 8 pm.
Cook named executive director of Arts Institute
Susan C. Cook, professor of music and director of Graduate Studies at the School of Music, has been named executive director of the University's Arts Institute.
Singer, guitarist brings the music of Mali to Union Theater
Malian superstar Habib Koité, "praised by everyone from Joan Baez to Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne," according to the Los Angeles Times, will perform in the Wisconsin Union Theater on Friday, Feb. 18.
Visual culturists track places of memory
Ways in which the concept of memory influences visual culture will be up for discussion at a free University of Wisconsin–Madison colloquium on Friday, Feb. 11, in Room 121, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
Music faculty to premiere newly commissioned work
"Sojourn" for piano and percussion by Serra Hwang will debut at the hands of assistant professors of music Anthony Di Sanza and Jessica Johnson at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15, in Mills Concert Hall in the Mosse Humanities Building.
Oscar nominee follows unorthodox rescue of rare camel calf
“The Story of the Weeping Camel,” a Mongolian-made documentary film, recalls efforts to save an abandoned baby camel, a rare white one at that.
Professor up for National Book Circle award
No doubt it’s a harrowing tale, and a true one: In 1970 an African-American veteran of the Vietnam War was beaten into pulp and…
Painter to discuss printmaking at Tandem Press
New York painter David Shapiro will discuss the "personal language" of signs and symbols — circles, spirals, dots, knots and more — that characterize his work in a free public lecture on Thursday, Feb. 17.
Pilobolus dance company to perform
Acclaimed for its mix of humor and invention, the unusual American dance company Pilobolus has been honored repeatedly. Now in its 31st…
First master plan meeting reveals East Campus pedestrian mall
A lively home for the arts and humanities that brings together new student housing and services along an east campus pedestrian mall was laid out by campus officials as they opened town-hall meetings on the campus master plan.