Displaying items by tag: arts and humanities
A new show of photographs made in and about the South curated by students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham will open at the Birmingham Museum of Art on Thursday, April 2, for the BMA’s First Thursday event.
March 31, 2015
UAB Gospel Choir Presents its Spring Concert April 13
Students will make their debuts as lead vocalists Monday, April 13, when the University of Alabama at Birmingham Gospel Choir presents its spring concert.
March 25, 2015
A Culture of Discovery
For Lisa Tamiris Becker, M.F.A., founding director of UAB's Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (AEIVA), the building is a place of discovery—a research center like no other at UAB.
March 18, 2015
Second Annual UAB Piano Day set for May 9
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Music will hold its second annual UAB Piano Day on May 9.
“Avenue Q” is a hilarious, irreverent, sweetly satiric coming-of-age parable performed by “Muppet”-style puppets alongside human actors.
March 13, 2015
Faculty Chamber Recital Rescheduled for April 6
The UAB Department of Music has rescheduled the chamber concert originally planned for March 16 to April 6.
March 12, 2015
New Curriculum for African American Studies
UAB’s African American Studies Program is undergoing a major restructuring of its course requirements. The changes allow for more flexibility along with new structure for students so they can pursue and complete the Bachelor of Arts degree in a timely manner.
March 10, 2015
Book Talk: The A.G. Gaston Motel & Civil Rights
Join the UAB African American Faculty Association as we celebrate Black History and Women's History Months. Author Marie Sutton will discuss her book on the A. G. Gaston Motel, a Birmingham civil rights landmark.
March 04, 2015
UAB Concert Choir to Perform 10 Shows in Three Days
Internationally honored student singers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will perform 10 shows in Alabama and Tennessee on a brief tour March 11-13.
March 03, 2015
Works by UAB Art Students in 39th Annual Juried Student Exhibition from March 13-April 3
Works created by 50 students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Art History and selected by juror Michael Velliquette will be on display in the 39th annual Juried Student Exhibition from March 13-April 3.
Award-winning puppeteer actor Joshua Holden will work this week with students cast in the upcoming production of “Avenue Q,” then present his own puppet show March 30.
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February 27, 2015
Nikolai Lugansky Set for UAB Piano Series Performance March 21
Pianist Nikolai Lugansky will perform on Saturday, March 21, as part of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Piano Series.
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February 19, 2015
March 9-14, Theatre UAB Presents 12th Annual Festival of 10-Minute Plays
The University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Theatre will present its 12th annual Festival of 10-Minute Plays from March 9-14.
February 17, 2015
Stitching History: Theatre Students Explore the Fabric of Time
Last fall, a local vintage-clothing collector donated more than 200 pieces to the UAB Department of Theatre—rack upon rack of dresses, skirts, bodices, hats, gloves, shoes, parasols, fans, a few men’s garments, sporting equipment, and a blue silk-peacock suit.
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February 12, 2015
UAB's Henry Panion to Lead “An All-Star Salute to Selma” on March 8
Henry Panion III, Ph.D., will produce and lead “An All-Star Salute to Selma” on Sunday, March 8, during the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee.
University of Alabama at Birmingham sophomore Aleksandra Kasman of Vestavia Hills won the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artists Competition on Saturday, Feb. 7.
February 06, 2015
Dr. Catherine Danielou Recognized by Professional Language Organizations
Dr. Catherine Danielou, Senior Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named President-Elect of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF).
February 03, 2015
UAB Presents Contemporary Colombian Artist Jessica Angel on Feb. 18
New York City-based Colombian artist Jessica Angel will give a free lecture, “Multidimensional Space,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Explore female hysteria and the dawn of modern women’s sexual liberation through the eyes of playwright Sarah Ruhl as the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Theatre presents “In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play).”
Students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Marching Blazers are preparing for a trip of a lifetime: traveling to Hawaii on March 21-28.
