Category Society & Culture
Lecture, concert feature Irish broadcaster and traditional singer
Irish broadcaster and traditional singer Meaità Jó Shéamuis Ó Fátharta will explore the role of radio in preserving and promoting minority languages and cultures during an upcoming lecture at UW–Madison.
Guest artists to bring together university, community
Sizzling beats, exuberant motion and dynamic new poetry will heat up the night at a carnival on the UW–Madison campus that celebrates the Caribbean in music, word and dance. The event, "Sin Fronteras Multicultural Carnival: Celebrating the Word Through Dance, Poetry and Caribbean Rhythms," will be held on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. in the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
Cantus offers superb choral music at Wisconsin Union Theater
Cantus, called a "superb and innovative professional male choir...unique and charismatic group...with a delightfully refreshing and adventurous approach to choral singing" by American Record Guide, opens the spring offerings of the Wisconsin Union Theater's Concert Series on Saturday, Jan. 31, at 8 pm.
Four textile artists probe repetition in pattern
Four textile artists will explore how repetition establishes pattern in "Repeat Repeat," an exhibition of their work at the Gallery of Design in the Human Ecology Building.
Musicians offer free concert
A national tour with stops in Atlanta, Denver and Aspen will begin in Madison, as Robert McDuffie, violin, and Christopher Taylor, piano, perform on Thursday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Mills Concert Hall in the Mosse Humanities Building.
2004 Wisconsin Film Festival set for April 1-4
This year's Wisconsin Film Festival, a public program of the Arts Institute at UW–Madison, is slated for Thursday, April 1, through Sunday, April 4.
UW professor remembers Uta Hagen
The death of renowned stage actress Uta Hagen, who studied at the University of Wisconsin and received an honorary degree from UW–Madison in 2000, leaves a tremendous void in the theatrical world, according to a UW–Madison professor who knew Hagen.
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center returns to Union Theater
Having played to a full house several times in the past, an audience favorite, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, returns to the Wisconsin Union Theater on Friday, Feb. 13, at 8 p.m. with a program of music by Ravel, Adolphe and Haydn.
Musical feast in store for ’04
The School of Music and the Wisconsin Union Theater will ring in the new year and the new semester with distinguished instrumental and vocal performers.
Watercolors on display
Artist Sarah Aslakson likes to go where wild things are for inspiration. The result is an exhibition of her watercolors now at the Arboretum Steinhauer Trust Gallery.
Chinese community presents gala talent show
Members of the campus Chinese community celebrate the new year with a talent show on Sunday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St.
Center receives 1927 film
A restored print of a 1927 film that received two inaugural Academy Awards in 1929 has been donated to the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research by Twentieth Century-Fox.
Art of China, Africa fills Elvehjem’s galleries
"Circles in Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors" features more than 100 examples dating from the fifth or fourth century B.C. through the early 20th century, and will be on view at the Elvehjem Museum of Art, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003 - Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004.
McKay helps connect diverse students, faculty
Nellie McKay has been one of the motivators behind and contributors to the Lorraine Hansberry Visiting Professorship, which recently brought artist-in-residence Tim Bond on campus to teach and direct the acclaimed production of Hansberry's final play, "Les Blancs," for University Theatre, among other notable accomplishments.
Exhibition looks at AIDS in Africa
Andrew Petkun, renowned photographer, explores the global impact of HIV/AIDS in an exhibition of his work. Memorial Union Class of ’25 Gallery, through Tuesday,…
“Chapman’s Pack” caps 2003 Parallel Press chapbooks
John Niles will read from "Chapman's Pack" at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 11, in Special Collections, 976 Memorial Library.
Tudor dinner celebrates season
The Wisconsin Union's 70th annual Tudor Holiday Dinner Concerts offer an evening of fine dining, old English pageantry and rich choral presentations.
School of Music hosts a full weekend of concerts
The School of Music offers an abundance of concerts featuring faculty artists, student ensembles and guest soloists.
Horn choir concert to enhance holiday season
The UW–Madison Horn Choir will hold its annual holiday concert at the Elvhjem Museum of Art Saturday, Dec. 6.
New York choreographers showcase work in faculty concert
Works by New York choreographers Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig headline the Fall Faculty Concert presented by the UW–Madison Dance Program at 8 p.m. on Nov. 20-22, 2003 in the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space at Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.