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See art from graduating BFA artists at UAB’s AEIVA from April 7-29

The BFA exhibition is one of the UAB Department of Art and Art History’s premier events, culminating with a free closing reception Friday, April 28.

Author to discuss “Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust” on April 4

The UAB Institute for Human Rights presents W. Jake Newsome, Ph.D., whose book traces the transformation of the pink triangle from a Nazi concentration camp badge and emblem of discrimination into a global symbol of pride.

Smokey Robinson live at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center on April 21

Winner of a Grammy Living Legend Award, Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts Award, Robinson is America’s “greatest living poet,” who has crafted decades of beloved chart-topping hits.

UAB Department of Music presents PRISM concert March 27

The all-department concert will feature faculty and student performances, including solo and ensemble, choral, symphonic, piano, voice, percussion, chamber music, gospel, and more.

Hone your writing skills at the Ada Long Creative Writing Workshop with guidance from nationally acclaimed writers

The workshop will train students on a variety of creative writing skills and will culminate in published pieces in the workshop’s yearly anthology.

John Paul White and Alabama Symphony Orchestra together in live crossover performance April 6

With the ASO, Grammy Award winner White — formerly half of The Civil Wars — will reimagine the Southern rock, Americana and country hits that made him famous.

UAB 2023 Summer Camps are here

As summer approaches, registration for many UAB summer camps is now available.

UAB Piano Series presents Rachel Breen on March 26

Breen’s performances have been described as “truly show-stopping” by Gramophone UK. She will perform works by Bach, Medtner, Schoenberg and Mozart.

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center presents Patti LaBelle on March 19

Grammy Award-winner LaBelle is an R&B icon, named one of Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Greatest Singers, with hits from “Lady Marmalade” to “New Attitude.”

March 9, join UAB’s Chamber Music @ AEIVA, inspired by “Black is Beautiful”

UAB graduate and award-winning composer Eric Mobley and Gospel Choir Director Reginald Jackson, Ph.D., will perform works in response to Kwame Brathwaite’s photography exhibition at UAB’s Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts.

March 10, see Victor Wooten featuring Steve Bailey and Derico Watson in Bass Extremes

Wooten has been called the most influential bassist of the last two decades and one of the Top 10 Bassists of All Time by Rolling Stone Magazine.

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center presents Meshell Ndegeocello on March 9

A 10-time Grammy nominee, Ndegeocello is a composer, a producer and a virtuoso on the electric bass guitar. She is a featured artist for the MUSE musicians conference.

Theatre UAB presents “Sanctuary City” from March 6-10

Audiences are in for an unconventional experience in this brisk 90-minute show, which uses citizenship and documentation to speak on identity, belonging and privilege and is shaped by the actors’ own heritage.

Art students explore curative plants and botanical research in the South

Professor Emeritus Michael Flannery will talk about five native Alabama plants with curative powers Feb. 27, and work with students researching botanicals for an art exhibition later this year.

Celebrate Darwin Day 2023 with UAB’s Department of Biology

Hosted by the UAB Department of Biology, Darwin Day 2023 will be an opportunity to explore current research and will feature an in-depth lecture that dives into the compelling self-destructive nature of human behavior.

“Get funky” Feb. 23 as Ranky Tanky featuring Lisa Fischer brings the sounds of Gullah tradition to Birmingham

Grammy Award winners Ranky Tanky, from South Carolina’s West African-rooted Gullah community, combine songs carried down through generations with their own original compositions.

Students learn about integrity, service, diversity and more for UAB Creed Week, Feb. 6-10

UAB Blazers will live the tenets of Creed Week by packing meals for the hungry, engaging in social justice discussions and more.

2023 Summer camps registration opens Feb. 6

Summer camps at UAB provide working parents child care opportunities while school is out of session.

Free MUSE Conference for musicians is March 9-10

The MUSE Conference, created by jazz guitarist Eric Essix and UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, features music industry professionals who will provide musicians with the tools to succeed.

See absurd comedy “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” from Feb. 22-26 at UAB

Acclaimed as a post-modern dramatic masterpiece, “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from two minor characters in Shakespeare’s play.

Run for UAB scholarships April 15

Registration is open now for the 17th annual UAB National Alumni Society Scholarship Run, and runners can choose the virtual option or run in person.

Add music, movement and more to your 2023 with ArtPlay spring classes

Classes are available for babies to adults, from creative movement and music to acting, tap and hip-hop dance, creative writing, standup, and sewing.

Learn the history, celebrate the legacy, art and culture

Black History Month at UAB brings everyone together for explorations of history, language and Gullah culture, and see “Black Is Beautiful,” Will Downing with Maysa, and Ranky Tanky.

Valentine’s Day done right: See Will Downing’s Sophisticated Soul Explosion on Feb. 14

UAB’s Alys Stephens Center has your Valentine’s Day plans covered with Will Downing’s Sophisticated Soul Explosion featuring special guests Maysa and poet Hank Stewart.

Register today for Blazer Bingo hosted by the UAB National Alumni Society

UAB National Alumni Society supports scholarship fund through a bingo night series featuring prizes, food and more.

UAB’s AEIVA presents “Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite” from Feb. 7-March 25

Brathwaite deployed his photography from the late 1950s through the 1960s as an agent of social change, and his collective popularized the transformative idea “Black Is Beautiful.”

New exhibition highlights Birmingham people who live with physical disabilities

Photographer Harper Nichols, a 2022 UAB graduate who focused on her own disability for a photographic series while in school, hopes the exhibition opens conversations.

Hear Ukrainian women’s voices in special issue of NELLE literary journal

In addition to NELLE’s usual annual compilation of diverse, risky, smart writing from women writers, the new edition features a special folio by writers who are Ukrainian, Ukrainian American or who live in Ukraine.

Jan. 22, UAB Piano Series presents Clayton Stephenson

In 2022, American pianist Clayton Stephenson became the first Black finalist at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Jan. 29, see Winnie the Pooh at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center

This beautiful, fresh stage adaptation is told with stunning life-sized puppetry through the eyes of the beloved characters, in a new story from the Hundred Acre Wood.

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