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Festival leverages power of film for community action
The Tales from Planet Earth film festival takes center stage in Madison Friday-Sunday, Nov. 6-8, with something new: a built-in call to action. Read More
Festival leverages film for community action
The Tales from Planet Earth film festival takes center stage in Madison Friday-Sunday, Nov. 6-8 with something new — a built-in call to action. Read More
Slide show: A Century of Song
“On, Wisconsin!” — the fight song near and dear to every Badger’s heart — turns 100 this year, and the UW Marching Band paid tribute at the Homecoming game at Camp Randall Stadium on Oct. 17. Read More
Contest celebrates 100 years of ‘On, Wisconsin!’
It is 32 bars of hummable, toe-tapping Badger spirit and it turns 100 years old this year. Yes, the song "On, Wisconsin!" has hit the century mark, and Badger fans with spirit to spare can create their own versions of the song and submit them to a contest that will run throughout the academic year. Read More
Recent sightings: Drive-By Press
Justin Maes (left) and Joseph Velasquez (right) create a woodblock print on a T-shirt during the Drive by Press mobile-printing event at the… Read More
Artists may apply to install art at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
Artists on campus and across the Midwest are invited to submit an application for the commission of art to be installed in the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery. Read More
First Wave wins state arts award
A top Wisconsin arts honor - the 2009 Governor's Award in Support of the Arts - has been given to the University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives (OMAI), which oversees the First Wave Learning Community. Read More
Two new dance faculty introduced in showcase
The Dance Program has added four new faculty members to its roster during the past two years, adding depth to the program’s instruction in current dance scholarship as well as dance history and the ongoing and evolving cultural fusion of dance around the globe. Read More
Arts Enterprise Forum spotlights prominent arts and culture leaders
The Arts Enterprise Forum, presented by the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arts Institute and the UW–Madison Arts Enterprise, offers an opportunity for the Madison community to hear and interact with three nationally respected leaders who are reshaping arts and culture. Read More
Chancellor’s lecture launches Year of the Humanities
A lecture that delves into the songs and sexuality of ancient Greek drinking parties and a talk on the 1989 German revolution that brought down the Berlin Wall are just two events that will mark the Year of the Humanities on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Read More
UW-Madison hosts campuswide series on future of hip hop in academia
The University of Wisconsin–Madison will host a semester-long fall lecture series based on the scholarship and art of hip hop. Read More
Intersection of art and business examined in ‘Art as Business as Art’ course
On his recent whistle-stop "Arts in Crisis" tour, the Kennedy Center's Michael Kaiser bemoaned how much more money goes into training artists to be good artists than to be good managers of their own careers. Read More
Chazen features mezzotints, silver pieces in exhibits
Don’t let the big dig on University Avenue where the Peterson Building used to be keep you from visiting the Chazen Museum of Art. The museum is open for visitors, and two current exhibits there are worth a look: “Mezzotints, Prints of Darkness” and “Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj.” Read More
Civil War history comes to life at Camp Randall
The rich history and music of the Civil War era will revisit the grounds of historic Camp Randall on Saturday, July 25, as part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Read More
UW-Madison students perform at International Youth Poetry Slam Festival
Thirteen UW–Madison students from the First Wave Hip Hop Theater Ensemble will perform in the 12th Annual Brave New Voices (BNV) International Youth Poetry Slam today (July 15) in Chicago. Read More
Educators to learn about using hip hop, spoken word as classroom tools
More than 40 educators from nine states will attend the fourth annual Hip Hop and Spoken Word Teacher/Educator Institute on campus July 6-10. Read More
Sounds of early music to fill Madison air
Study with virtuosos and early music vocal masters, and perform period music at the Madison Early Music Festival July 11-18. Read More
Summer campus film schedules announced
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Cinematheque and the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Film Committee have assembled summer programming that will entertain and enlighten. Read More
Incoming freshman reflects on singing for Obama
UW-Madison incoming freshman Kayla Jenerson kicked off President Barack Obama’s visit to Green Bay June 11 by singing the national anthem. Read More