Arts in medicine
This year, the UAB Center for the Arts will raise the curtain for iconic star of stage and screen Bernadette Peters, in an elegant evening at the Alys Stephens Center.
Hear guitar-and-violin duo Davis & Haleigh with Vishnu Ramprasad as they blend musical traditions from Alabama and India in this Pay-What-You-Choose concert.
The show will feature individuals with physical disabilities and mobility limitations as artists, models and collaborators, including Noah Galloway, with looks including floral, streetwear, athleisure and formal.
Give a class or summer camp to a budding artist, concert tickets to see a legendary performer, Alys Stephens Center gift certificates or premium memberships with exclusive perks.
Hear “The Science of Color Vision” lecture Sept. 9, and get screened for colorblindness Sept. 25 and be entered to win a pair of color correcting glasses.
At “A Night of the Arts” Gala on Sept. 5, works by four Alabama artists exhibited by the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts this year will vie for the top prize — a permanent home at UAB.
Eat, drink and dance at the 2025 Arts Block Party, a night of music, art and community, featuring vibrant emerging jazz artists Endea Owens and The Cookout.
Residents from five subsidized senior housing communities participated in the study, which showed that physical acting in a theater training experience program could improve physical functioning.
This all-inclusive evening, the biggest fundraiser of the year for UAB’s nonprofit arts organizations, includes valet parking, food, drinks, a private concert by Wilson Phillips and an after-party.
See performers Wilson Phillips, Sutton Foster, “Arrival from Sweden: The Music of ABBA,” Lisa Loeb and Joan Osborne, Darlene Love, Il Divo, Ira Glass, Indigo Girls, and more.
People with spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis or transverse myelitis shared stories, lyrics and poetry about life in a wheelchair to create this original new work for the stage, part of the UAB Disability Arts Festival.
Stroker, who made history as the first actress in a wheelchair to appear on Broadway and win a Tony Award, will sing Broadway standards and contemporary hits accompanied by a pianist.
The festival will celebrate the work of artists across all genres from the disability community, amplify voices and experiences, and advocate for change.
AIM’s Virtual Mental Health Monday series offers discussions on such topics as suicide prevention, accessibility in the arts and more.
Holiday fun includes Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Creole Christmas on Dec. 13, affordable events for families and a giftwrap workshop for adults. Plus, concert tickets and art classes are great gifts for all ages.
For her UAB residency, the artist is creating a two-part collaborative exhibition: “Manjari Sharma: तत् त्वम् असि (Tat Tvam Asi) The Universe is a Mirror” for the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts and "Looking for a Silver Lining" for UAB Arts in Medicine.
See the powerful documentary “The Last Ecstatic Days” at UAB's ALys Stephens Center and hear about the cultural and spiritual considerations of dying from UAB caregivers and Aditi Sethi, M.D., with The Center for Conscious Living & Dying, with guest artist Manjari Sharma.
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.
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.
Alabama musicians can submit an audition now through June 30, and up to four finalists will be selected to perform live onstage Sept. 13 at the Arts Block Party, presented by UAB Arts.