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UAB piano students win state music auditionsIn the college piano competition, junior Zoe Willis won the upper division and sophomore Mira Walker won the lower division.Student filmmakers will host Steel Reel Film FestivalFilms from student and amateur filmmakers from around Alabama will be screened April 10.Theatre UAB presents “Hairspray” April 11-15With deliriously tuneful songs, big musical numbers, a huge cast and colorful costumes, “Hairspray” celebrates the ’60s and equality.Birmingham students to design custom Converse creations at UABFaculty and students in the Department of Art and Art History will lead the design workshops.Actress Annaleigh Ashford in residence at UAB March 31-April 1The public will have an opportunity for a Q-and-A with the actress at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 1.Masquerading Politics: traditions in a West African town and their relationship to hip hop
Dr. John Thabiti Willis will take a close look at masquerade traditions in the West African town of Otta in Yoruba, and two renowned Hip Hop scholars will offers comments and insights.
UAB's 42nd annual Juried Student ExhibitionMore than 80 works created by University of Alabama at Birmingham students were selected by guest juror Virginia Griswold for the 42nd annual Juried Student ExhibitionMapping the spread of crime could help save communities at riskUAB criminal justice students and faculty explore the factors shaping neighborhood evolution and share potential solutions for communities at risk.Theatre UAB presents "Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays"This collection of plays delves into the universal challenges of relationships and the power of love with both humor and heartbreak.Theatre UAB presents "Silent Sky" Feb. 21-25The true story of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, who discovered how to measure the universe and changed the field of astronomy.UAB to host 23rd annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art HistoryKeynote speaker Meryl Bailey will speak about cultural heritage, art and the law.Read the Newest DFLL NewsletterWant to catch up with what's been happening in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures? Read the latest newsletter to get an overview of of student awards and scholarship, study abroad news, and upcoming events!Braziel wins national book contestA UAB alumna and director of the Ada Long Creative Writing Workshop won the 2017 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry.UAB Music alumnus John Strohm named Rounder Records presidentJohn Strohm, a music technology grad, says he owes a debt of gratitude to UAB and his professors for “making it easy to find my way on this professional journey.”New course: Pulpits in ProtestThis course will cover four major social movements involving African Americans and the protest speeches, sermons, and songs given by women and men from the Black Church and beyond.
UAB Music presents new spring 2018 performances, symposiumsNew performances have been announced for spring 2018 by the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music.
Birmingham Neighborhood StudiesBirmingham Neighborhood Studies explores the visual and material culture, history, and urban development of four Birmingham neighborhoods in transition.
Choirs sing in the holiday season at “Christmas at the Alys” on Dec. 4An annual tradition since 2001, the concert features hundreds of singers as the UAB choirs and Trumpet Ensemble are joined by area high school choirs and the Steel City Men’s Chorus.UAB Gospel Choir presents reunion concert Nov. 13The University of Alabama at Birmingham Gospel Choir will present its 22nd anniversary concert, and bid farewell to founding director Kevin P. Turner, on Monday, Nov. 13.
Free “Sound the Trumpets” concert Nov. 12 at UABPerformers will “Sound the Trumpets” for a light-hearted romp through the history of the trumpet at the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Sunday, Nov. 12.
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