Category Society & Culture
Plan envisions East Campus arts district, student housing
A long-range plan to change the face of UW–Madison's East Campus by creating an arts and humanities district while providing new student housing, classrooms and a pedestrian mall was rolled out by campus planners Thursday (Nov. 6).
Students, faculty put life in new light in dance concerts
Dance Program students will explore tough issues — and hope to provide insight into dealing with them — during their fall concert, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8. Individual pieces will take inspiration from a Scottish epic poem, Spanish flamenco tradition, video tech and more.
Wisconsin Singers evoke 40 years of American tunes
The Wisconsin Singers will interpret musical chart-toppers from yesterday and today in the troupe's new show, "Hey Mr. DJ." The show opens Friday, Nov. 7, and concludes Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Wisconsin Union Theater.
‘Last Supper’ dishes out food for thought
Richard Gough is the interdisciplinary artist in residence this semester, and his medium and artistic subject is, in fact, food and our relationship to it, especially in connection with the performance of cooking, he says.
KINO filmmakers here for ‘Wis-kino’ anniversary
Wisconsin filmmakers up to the challenge are invited by a group of Montreal filmmakers to make a film in 48 hours.
Union Theater presents Varttina and Reptile Palace Orchestra
Voted by the Utne Reader one of the 'Most Exciting, Soulful Artists of 2003,' the Finnish group Varttina performs in the Wisconsin Union Theater on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m.
Author and alumnus Karl Meyer to speak at UW, book festival
Distinguished journalist and author Karl E. Meyer will visit the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus Friday and Saturday, Oct. 24-25, as a guest of the International Institute and in conjunction with the Wisconsin Book Festival.
African-American issues, theater explored
The play 'Les Blancs' is one component of the Lorraine Hansberry Visiting Professorship in Dramatic Arts at University Theatre. A national symposium on Saturday, Nov. 8, also is part of the festival.
Free tickets available for Billy Collins lecture
Tickets may now be ordered at no charge to hear Billy Collins, the nation's former poet laureate, speak at the Wisconsin Union Theater at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22.
School of Music hosts prestigious chamber ensemble
The Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings is coming to UW–Madison on Saturday, Oct. 4, to perform in Mills Concert Hall at 8 p.m. The concert is being presented as part of the School of Music's Guest Artist Series, and admission is free.
Russian folk orchestra celebrates musical traditions
People yearning to play domras and balalaikas are invited to join the Russian Folk Orchestra.
Choreographer to visit
American postmodernist choreographer and dancer Simone Forti will spend a week on campus as guest artist in residence in the Dance Program Oct. 5-11.
Tibetan monks to sing
Robed in magnificent costumes, playing traditional instruments and intoning three notes simultaneously, the monks of Tibet's Drepung Loseling Monastery bring their sacred music and dance to the Wisconsin Union Theater on Friday, Oct. 10, at 8 p.m.
Gallery of Design curator enjoys finer things in life
Ensconced in the role of curator of the Gallery of Design for the School of Human Ecology (SoHE) since July, David Wells says that his job is to shape the aesthetic experience of gallery guests. His inaugural show, "Patterns of Creative Work," in honor of SoHE's yearlong centennial celebration leads the viewer in a specific direction.
Students turn curators, show to open at Elvehjem
Last year as part of a class, 16 students curated "Reflections: Furniture, Silver and Paintings from Early America." The exhibition opens on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Elvehjem Museum of Art.
Terrace Chairs to hit the town
The Wisconsin Union's "Terrace Chairs on the Town," a centerpiece of Memorial Union's 75th anniversary celebration, features 13 oversized Terrace chairs decorated by Madison area artists.
Professor to celebrate new book, healing from stroke
Seventeen months after suffering a massive stroke, dance professor Sally Banes is celebrating the publication of a new book, "Reinventing Dance in the 1960s: Everything Was Possible" (2003: UW Press). The book, which Banes edited, boasts a foreword by Mikhail Baryshnikov and is a collection of essays on the work of such groundbreaking choreographers and performers as Meredith Monk, Anna Halprin, and Kenneth King, and companies including the Judson Dance Theater in Los Angeles.
Poet, novelist Naomi Shihab Nye to speak on reading, writing
Poet and novelist Naomi Shihab Nye will deliver the sixth annual Charlotte Zolotow Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater at UW–Madison. The free, public Cooperative Children's Book Center lecture is entitled "Just One Gazelle Would Be Fine with Me: Reading and Writing in Our Current World."
Lectures to explore ‘VOICES of Africa’
A new lecture series dedicated to identifying, presenting and exploring issues related to Africa and its Diaspora will debut Friday, Sept. 26.
School of Music plans dynamic concert season
Ensembles large and small, and music ranging from old favorites to premieres, are on the School of Music's performance agenda for the fall semester.