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Top 10 things to experience at the Wisconsin Film Festival
It’s not just what’s on the screen that makes the eight-day Wisconsin Film Festival so special. Here are 10 things to experience as you enjoy this annual celebration of film:
Badger football spotlighted in ‘Draft Day’
The Badger football team has a supporting role in the upcoming movie “Draft Day,” starring Kevin Costner, which premiered this month.
Recent Sightings: The Human Living Room
A pedestrian walks past "Human Living Room," an art installation in a concrete corridor of the Mosse Humanities Building.
Morgan State University Choir in concert at UW–Madison March 28
The Morgan State University Choir will perform in Mills Concert Hall, Moss Humanities Building at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 28.
Chazen exhibit examines art and cartography
The subject of one exhibit at the Chazen Museum of Art is marginal. Literally.
Sardis dig yields enigmatic trove: ritual egg in a pot
Sardis has given up another treasure in the form of two enigmatic ritual deposits, which are proving more difficult to fathom than the coins for which the city was famous.
‘Cabinet of curiosities’ captures nature through work of artists and scientists
Of all the places Sierra Swenson expected to end up during her first semester at college, precious few were lined with jars full of preserved reptiles.
World premiere taps Pro Arte Quartet’s Belgian roots
Belgian composer Benoît Mernier writes music he says communicates with audience members in a variety of ways. He believes firmly that there is no single right way to experience music - providing audience members are open to its messages.
UW faculty and design professionals gather for Design Summit 3
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will host Design Summit 3, a forum on design and innovation for faculty, staff, and working professionals on Thursday, Feb. 20.
Multicultural Theatre Festival to feature “Jungle Kings” and “Moonshine”
The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s first Multicultural Theatre Festival, featuring performances that celebrate legacies, creativity and artists, will be held later this month.
‘Getting Real IV’ hip-hop lecture series to feature educational innovators
A free semester-long series of lectures on hip-hop education will bring the nation's top scholars, artists and leaders in the growing field of hip-hop studies to campus to teach about the teaching and learning theories behind this innovative education movement.
Badger Crafters provides a creative outlet for students
Using supplies ranging from paper towel tubes to glossy magazines, a group of UW students are taking what many would throw out to create art projects ranging from dream catchers to cardboard owls.
Distinguished Lecture Series announces spring lineup
The first speaker of the spring 2014 Wisconsin Union Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series is Lawrence Krauss. This award-wining physicist will speak on Wednesday, February 12, in Varsity Hall, Union South, at 7:30 p.m.
TIP/Pete Seeger
Henry Sapoznik, executive director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture, was deeply influenced by the late Pete Seeger to take up his lifelong association with the banjo. He also worked alongside him at the annual Clearwater Festival Seeger and his late wife Toshi founded in the mid-Hudson Valley in the 1980s.
Chinese student group celebrates at gala on Friday
As the Chinese New Year approaches, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association will hold its Spring Festival Gala on Friday, Jan. 31 at the Overture Center in downtown Madison.
Live-streamed ceremony from Lincoln Center recognizes Richard Davis
In June of 2013, the National Endowment for the Arts named Richard Davis, professor of bass, jazz history, and combo improvisation at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, one of four 2014 NEA Jazz Masters, considered one of the highest honors in jazz.
First in Glass
Housed in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Glass Lab is the first collegiate program that focuses on artistic glass blowing.
UW Professor Emeritus Littleton, the ‘Father of Studio Glass,’ dies at 91
University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor Emeritus Harvey K. Littleton, the trail-blazing artist who founded the nation’s first university-based studio program in art glass more than five decades ago, passed away on Dec. 13 at his home in Spruce Pine, N.C. He was 91.
Tip: The 12 days of experts
For many, the holiday season brings joy, fun and cookies. Lots of cookies.