Shannon Thomason
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- Advancement
- The Arts at UAB
- AEIVA
- Alys Stephens Center
- Arts in Medicine
- ArtPlay
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department of Art and Art History
- Department of Communication Studies
- Department of Music
- Department of Theatre
- Institute for Human Rights
- Department of World Languages and Literatures
- The Graduate School
- Libraries
- National Alumni Society
- WBHM
Theatre UAB will present “God of Carnage,” “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812,” “The Revolutionists,” and “She Kills Monsters,” with Disney’s “Freaky Friday” in collaboration with Red Mountain Theatre Company.
Murrow Awards are among the most prestigious in broadcast and digital news and honor outstanding achievements in electronic journalism.
Cat Power pays homage to Bob Dylan’s iconic 1966 concert with soulful renditions of his timeless classics.
This free evening of art and music will now be held indoors at AEIVA and the Alys Stephens Center due to weather considerations, with a lecture by artist Odili Donald Odita and performances from Halo Wheeler, Swanglish, The BIG Reveal, and Steph and the Web.
For the 30th anniversary season, the band dug into the archives to craft a show of songs from different decades, including “Liberty Fanfare,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Thriller” and more.
This semester, at least 1,621 students are eligible to graduate, and 892 students are expected to walk in two ceremonies.
This marks the fifth year in a row that the UAB chapter has been accorded this honor.
Summer doesn’t have to end yet: At Legacy Family Day, play games on the Campus Green, race rubber ducks in the Rec Center pool, dunk a UAB celebrity and more.
The Alys Stephens Center’s most diverse season yet will feature artists Dru Hill, Samara Joy, “Encanto,” Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Vitamin String Quartet, Napoleon Dynamite Live! and more.
Enjoy the annual concert of patriotic music and movie soundtrack tunes beginning at 7 p.m., then watch the fireworks show shot from Red Mountain at 9 p.m.