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UAB becomes a family tradition when alumni parents and grandparents present UAB pins to their currently enrolled students.
ArtPlay’s Kids Night Out provides fun and enriching hands-on arts activities for children ages 5-12 — while the adults enjoy select performances at UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center.
UAB Football plays Middle Tennessee at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, in Protective Stadium. Tickets are $20-$45; free for UAB students.
The Dragon Wagon bus tours are a chance for alumni to relive their college days while exploring the transformation of UAB’s campus since graduation.
From a lunch and learn to a screening of APT’s “Monograph” with newly discovered footage of Dial, “Chamber Music @ AEIVA” and a spoken word evening, join AEIVA for free events this fall.
Reserve a seat now for this free show featuring violinist Ariel Horowitz and percussionist Britton-René Collins at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center on Oct. 13.
UAB Arts in Medicine and the Birmingham VA’s Whole Health initiative are partnering to present weekly arts workshops for Birmingham-area veterans.
Volunteers will come out in droves to clean, educate, assist and improve the Birmingham community through acts of service on this day.
The College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music presents recitals and concerts by students, faculty and guest artists, and many of the performances are free.
Neon puppets come to life in complete darkness in this modern version of Aesop’s classic fable, an all-ages family show presented by UAB’s Alys Stephens Center.
Engage in a sewing session and learn about social change advocacy at the UAB School of Public Health
A(MEND) will feature a discussion of quilting as it relates to social change advocacy, followed by a sewing session.
Sample classes, create works of art, and enjoy music, food and more at the free ArtPlay birthday celebration. Plus "Alice's Even Bigger Tea Party" is Sept. 24-25.
Kevin Spencer, Ph.D., a leading authority on the therapeutic benefits of magic tricks in education and rehabilitation, presents a fun-filled show with storytelling, stage magic and audience participation.
Presented by the UAB National Alumni Society, these professional education seminars can help people develop financial planning, personal branding, workplace and life skills.
During this session, moderated by Regina Benjamin, M.D., 18th U.S. surgeon general, panelists will discuss the move from health disparities to health equity.
Theatre UAB will present “A New Brain,” “Sense and Sensibility,” “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” “Sanctuary City,” and “Into the Woods” for its 2022-2023 season.
Grammy-nominated guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd has sold millions of albums worldwide, with a string of No. 1 blues albums and mainstream rock singles, and has won awards including the Blues Foundation’s Keeping the Blues Alive.
New artists added include Patti LaBelle, Punch Brothers and Béla Fleck, Tommy Emmanuel, Geena Davis, John Paul White with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Smokey Robinson, and Sheila E.
Nine short films made by 13 UAB College of Arts and Sciences students will premiere at the Sidewalk Film Festival from Aug. 22-28.
Outstanding high school music students can practice and perform with the Marching Blazers for the UAB vs. Georgia Southern game half-time show, entertaining a crowd of thousands in Birmingham’s Protective Stadium.
More than 1,700 students will graduate from UAB this summer, and nearly 1,000 will walk in two commencement ceremonies at Bartow Arena.
The UAB National Alumni Society presents free webinars with guidance and more on relevant and trending topics from academics and experts in their fields.
Artists Geena Davis, John Paul White with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Smokey Robinson and Sheila E. will perform this season at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center.
A.J. Croce will perform a special night of music featuring a complete set of classics by his late father, Jim Croce, some of his own tunes and songs that influenced them both.
Join the UAB National Alumni Society on the Campus Green for pictures with Blaze, water fun, face painting, snacks and more. Tickets are $5.
UAB Football will play MTSU at Protective Stadium on Oct. 8 for Homecoming 2022. New this year is Blazer Bingo night, with all proceeds benefiting student scholarships.
The UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts will present the first major retrospective exhibition in Alabama of legendary artist Thornton Dial Sr. from Sept. 9-Dec. 10. A free panel discussion and opening reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9.
UAB faculty, staff and students are helping create, organize and perform in the massive opening and closing ceremonies, happening July 7 and July 17 at Protective Stadium.
The World Refugee Day Simulation offers an immersive experience and concrete steps to take action. UAB graduate student Agok Ayuen, who grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya and is now training in the School of Public Health, is helping to organize the event.
Bring blankets, chairs and picnics for the 7 p.m. concert, then stay to watch the fireworks show from atop Red Mountain.