Category Society & Culture
Gigi cancels; Hassan Hakmoun to replace
The Wisconsin Union Theater announces that Gigi has canceled her fall tour and will not perform in the theater this season. Moroccan musician Hassan Hakmoun has been booked for the same day and time, Saturday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m.
Huppler drawings go on display
The exhibition "Dudley Huppler: Drawings" is scheduled to open Saturday, July 13, at the Elvehjem Museum of Art.
UT presents a comic classic
Starting this weekend, University Theatre presents "Barefoot in the Park," a comedy from one of the American theatre's most popular playwrights.
Elvehjem highlights donated works
A selection of artwork donated to the Elvehjem Museum of Art will be displayed July 6-Aug. 25.
Early music concerts planned
The Madison Early Music Festival adopts a French accent for its third season, devoting a significant portion of its offerings to Medieval and Renaissance France.
Tintypes offers pure entertainment
The University Theatre's summer season kicks off this June with Mary Kyte's "Tintypes," a Tony-nominated musical that charts the course of America's history at the tumultuous turn-of-the-century.
Carillon recitals set for Sundays
University carillonneur Lyle Anderson plans to perform free public recitals weekly on Sundays at 3 p.m., June 23-Aug. 11.
Luso-Brazilian experts to gather
A conference, "Luso-Brazilian Studies in the New Millennium," is scheduled June 14-15 at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
Humanities center plans a busy year
The Center for the Humanities will feature six prominent speakers in its 2002-03 Humanities Without Boundaries Lecture Series. The center also will present panels on 'Women and Science' and 'Rembrandt and the Jews.' From April 7-13, the center will sponsor lectures, performances and events commemorating the centennial of 'The Souls of Black Folk' by W.E.B. Du Bois.
Wisconsin Union Theater announces 2002-2003 season
The Wisconsin Union Theater's next season of arts and entertainment events, planned by students and staff of the Union Theater, features professional artists and attractions in three annual series and a special.
Digital Bazaar set for Humanities
The annual Digital Bazaar Friday, May 3, features many forms of electronically produced, modified or presented art.
New master’s exhibits to open
Presenting innovative artwork in master's degree exhibitions, Carol Parker and Laurel Lueders fill the Gallery of Design May 3-10 with images that shift the boundaries between public and private space.
Professor illuminates art of friendship
A.D. Pirous, one of Indonesia's most distinguished artists, has many stories to tell: making propaganda posters during the national revolution during the late 1940s, studying abstract art with Dutch cubists, organizing Indonesia's Istiqlal Festival of Islamic Art, trying to prevent his paintings from being faked or stolen, voicing his anguish about state-sponsored atrocities in his home province of Aceh. Kenneth M. George, professor of anthropology at UW–Madison since 1999, has been Pirous' friend for the last 17 years.
Four to receive art awards
The Arts Institute plans to recognize faculty, staff and students for excellence in creative inquiry, outreach and professional excellence. Recipients will be recognized at a program and reception Friday, April 26.
Festival melds technology, arts
The annual Festival of Interarts and Technology will showcase a wide range of visual, multimedia and performing works by student artists.
Campus jazz band, in midst of tour, to cut first CD at area club
The UW Jazz Big Band, 18 student musicians under the direction of Claude Cailliet, is busy touring this spring and plans to record a compact disc at a concert at Luther's Blues Wednesday, April 24, at 9:30 p.m.
‘Flea In Her Ear’ closes University Theatre season
Mistaken identities, attempted indiscretions, high fashion and a hilarious cast of characters combine with uproarious results in the University Theatre's last play of the spring season. 'A Flea in Her Ear,' an outrageous French farce, is transported to the wild 1960s in a modern translation by acclaimed Chicago director Frank Galati. Veteran University Theatre director Norma Saldivar heads a cast and production team as they take a no-holds-barred romp through the show.
Faculty stage dance concert
The Spring Faculty Concert April 25-27, 8 p.m. in the Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, features visiting artist Barbara Grubel and other faculty artists.
Class stages African art exhibition
Sixteen students in an art history class have been preparing since September for an African art exhibition.
Student art show runs through May 12
The UW–Madison Student Art Show opens today, April 12, in the Wisconsin Union Art galleries.