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Hollywood, Broadway alums spark new class

February 20, 2004

An innovative new class is tapping the University of Wisconsin–Madison's pipeline to the entertainment industry, bringing back alumni who have made a splash in Hollywood and on Broadway to share their experiences with students and the public.

Contemporary dance performance set for Feb. 13-14

February 11, 2004

Dance Program chair Jin-Wen Yu will perform in "Madison-Chicago," a cross-cultural and multimedia contemporary dance concert featuring Jin-Wen Yu Dance and Hedwig Dances Company of Chicago.

Celtic Film Festival reveals Celtic culture in many guises

February 10, 2004

Ireland and Scotland, of course, but also Britain and even parts of France: The Celts spread their language and culture far afield in Europe. A film festival by the Madison Celtic Cultural Center, sponsored by the Department of History, will display the faces of Celtic culture on Sunday, Feb. 15.

Carnival brings together university, community

February 10, 2004

Sizzling beats, exuberant motion and dynamic new poetry will heat up the night at a campus carnival that celebrates the Caribbean in music, word and dance.

‘Secret Garden’ tells children’s tale in song

February 10, 2004

“The Secret Garden”will open on Friday, Feb. 27, and run Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 28 and 29; and Thursday-Sunday, March 4-7, in the Wisconsin Union Theater.

Lecture, concert feature Irish broadcaster and traditional singer

February 9, 2004

Irish broadcaster and traditional singer Meaití 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

January 29, 2004

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

January 28, 2004

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

January 27, 2004

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

January 27, 2004

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

January 19, 2004

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

January 15, 2004

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

January 14, 2004

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

January 13, 2004

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

January 13, 2004

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

January 12, 2004

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

January 2, 2004

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

January 2, 2004

"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

December 31, 2003

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

December 9, 2003

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,…