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Each month “Vocabby’s World” helps preschoolers grow language skills by introducing new words and exploring them through song, movement and creativity.
The nonresidential camp will offer area students a comprehensive musical experience right here in the Magic City. Applications will be accepted until May 28. Camp tuition is $350.
The KCACTF awarded “Disconnect” with Special Achievement honors in directing, production design, ensemble collaboration and company-generated work, as well as a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Award.
Mother’s Day giving is covered with the Virtual Arts Pass and Alabama artisan subscription box, including a virtual Keb’ Mo’ concert, origami workshop supplies, Bottega olive oil and more.
Caroline Myers, whose partial hearing loss informs her latest works, graduates May 1 with a BFA degree from the UAB Department of Art and Art History and Honors College; this summer she will study at the New York Academy of Art.
Charismatic singer/guitarist/songwriter and five-time Grammy Award winner Keb’ Mo’ will perform an intimate solo show and do an audience Q-and-A.
The BFA exhibition is presented by the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Art History. A free virtual closing reception is planned from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, April 29.
Join UAB and Jemison Visiting Professor Amia Srinivasan, Ph.D., University of Oxford, to discuss the #MeToo movement.
Graduate students at UAB will present their research on the diamondback terrapin, understanding well-being and exercise and aging for virtual “Discoveries in the Making” series.
UAB’s Marrazzo and Kimberlin dish out an update on testing, treatment, vaccination and all things COVID-19 on April 15 in the virtual Neuroscience Café
Rollin’ In The Hay is a high-octane, groove grass/bluegrass Americana band from Birmingham, Alabama. Reserve a spot online for the concert.
“The Way You Made Me” is a story of the connections between our family, our lovers and ourselves. Student Bailey Dumlao directs the play, which will be available for viewing on Vimeo.
Safety protocols for in-person camps at UAB may include daily temp checks, staggered pickup and drop-off, small group classes, masking, distancing, and outdoor performances/art galleries.
Harris, heralded as “one of the most important young artists in jazz” by The Los Angeles Times, will perform as part of a free, live-streamed series of concerts presented by UAB’s Alys Stephens Center.
The double CD “Alabama String Quartets” features original music by composers living in Alabama — including Matthew Scott Phillips, Brian Moon, Chris Steele and Monroe Golden — performed by Amernet String Quartet.
Social Justice Café will host a virtual conversation March 31 to discuss the rise of violence and discrimination against Asian Americans during the pandemic.
UAB’s Critical Conversations series will host a discussion led by women of color on how to close the gender equity gap in areas like academia and business.
UAB Department of English students will virtually perform poetry and spoken word inspired by artworks on display at the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts.
Red Baraat has drawn worldwide praise for its singular sound, a merging of hard-driving, North Indian bhangra with elements of hip-hop, jazz and raw punk energy.
This Chamber Music @ AEIVA performance will feature a live video broadcast from the AEIVA galleries. This is a one-night-only performance with no re-broadcasting.
An Alabama native dubbed the “Queen of Quirk” by Time Magazine, DeQn Sue will perform from the Alys Stephens Center stage in a livestreamed concert.
UAB’s Haddin Forum Lecture series will host a discussion on the effects of people’s beliefs in shaping COVID reactions and experiences in the U.S. and Poland.
The National Alumni Society Scholarship Run will have options for a 5K and 10K, along with a non-running option. More than $55,000 was raised in last year’s virtual race.
See the pandemic from artists’ points of view with a new exhibition featuring works of art created by Department of Art and Art History faculty and staff.
A new course, “Holding Space: Power of Storytelling in Medicine,” teaches medical students to see patients as storytellers and experts about their own lives.
This will mark the 45th year for the annual exhibition, presented by the UAB College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Art and Art History.
“Dedication,” presented by UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, is a Black History Month tribute to icons who made their mark in the cause of civil rights, music, sports and American culture.
Social Justice Café will host a virtual conversation on Feb. 16 to discuss motivators and facilitators of the attack of the U.S. Capitol.
Darwin Day 2021 will be virtual and will feature speakers Jeanne Marrazzo, M.D., director of UAB’s Division of Infectious Diseases; Paul Goepfert, M.D., professor of medicine; and Nathan Erdmann, M.D., assistant professor of medicine.
UAB’s Alys Stephens Center will present free concerts by Eric Essix and Tracy Hamlin, DeQn Sue, Red Baraat, Stefon Harris + Blackout and Rollin’ In The Hay. Blues legend Keb’ Mo’ will perform a live-stream concert May 13; tickets are $20 per device.