Join us Tues 10/14, 5:30 pm at UMBC for Mel Chin: Constructing Liberation – a rare opportunity to hear from MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Mel Chin, whose groundbreaking, socially engaged work spans science, video games, ecology, and more —
Join us Tues 10/14, 5:30 pm at UMBC for Mel Chin: Constructing Liberation – a rare opportunity to hear from MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Mel Chin, whose groundbreaking, socially engaged work spans science, video games, ecology, and more —
All four performances of this weekend's theatre production, "in the darkest forest," are now sold out! Congrats to Nigel Semaj and the entire team in the UMBC Department of Theatre! https://umbc.edu/event/in-the-darkest-forest/
Join us as pianist Joel Sachs celebrates Charles Ives at 150! He'll perform the First Piano Sonata along with The Alcotts and Thoreau — Wed 4/23, 7:30pm, Linehan Concert Hall at UMBC.
https://umbc.edu/event/celebrating-charles-ives-at-150-joel-sachs-pianist/
Learn more about the fabulous work of artist Kelley Bell this Wednesday at UMBC!
In this presentation, she will take us on a tour of her best, worst and wildest art adventures and discover how delight and imagination can lead to contemplation and meaningful interpersonal connection, and how art doesn’t have to be big or in the public eye to be spectacular.
Wednesday, March 12, 12 pm, 216 Performing Arts and Humanities Building — lunch included!
https://umbc.edu/event/kelley-bell-projections-inflatables-and-artistic-spectacles/
The Department of Music presents the second UMBC Create Music Festival, an event that reimagines music education festivals for equity and 21st century music learning, with the collaboration of the BSO OrchKids program and several Maryland school large ensembles!
Saturday, March 1, 5:30 p.m., Linehan Concert Hall
Venture into the world of renowned flutist Nicole Mitchell when she performs with the UMBC Jazz Ensemble on Friday, February 28! Linehan Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m. —
https://umbc.edu/event/umbc-jazz-ensemble-with-nicole-mitchell/
Kick off your weekend with the UMBC Faculty Jazz Ensemble!
Trumpeter Brent Madsen, saxophonist Matt Belzer, pianist Harry Appelman, bassist Tom Baldwin, and drummer Mark Merella will take the stage tomorrow — Friday, February 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Linehan Concert Hall.
Still looking for that perfect Valentine's Day outing? We've got just the thing at UMBC tonight — a flute trio new music concert, “Pareidolia Memories: Imagined faces in noises of sounds remembered”! Friday 2/14, 7:30 pm, Linehan Concert Hall —
Snow? What snow?! We're on for tonight's concert by the Smithsonian Academy Orchestra! Join us Wednesday, February 12, 7:30 p.m. in Linehan Concert Hall for a rousing performance of works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn.
This afternoon, Tuesday, 2/11, join us online at 5 pm for Kei Ito: Beyond the Mushroom Cloud!
UMBC's Department of Visual Arts presents a lecture by Kei Ito, an interdisciplinary artist whose work is centered around utilizing the conceptual framework of photography to visualize the invisible.
Sunday 2/9, join us at UMBC for the Andrist-Stern-Honigberg Trio, featuring pianist Audrey Andrist, violinist James Stern, and cellist Steven Honigberg in a program of works by Rebecca Clarke, Kent Holliday, and Robert Schumann!
This Friday evening 2/7 at UMBC!
Rediscovering the Music of Lucia Dlugoszewski: Rebecca Lloyd-Jones and Dustin Donahue
Australian percussionist Rebecca Lloyd-Jones and UMBC percussion faculty Dustin Donahue present the enigmatic work of Lucia Dlugoszewski (1925–2000).
https://umbc.edu/event/the-music-of-lucia-dlugoszewski-rebecca-lloyd-jones-and-dustin-donahue/
The remarkable exhibition Revisions: Celebrating Fifty Years of the UMBC Photography Collections, closes this weekend at our Library Gallery! Here's a peek inside the show, courtesy of UMBC Magazine —
https://umbc.edu/stories/seeing-with-fresh-eyes-photography-collection/
The exhibition Levester Williams: all matters aside closes this weekend at UMBC's Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture! Thanks to BmoreArt for this great review by Lexie Mountain —
It's time for the Fall Dance Showcase! Join us at UMBC tonight and tomorrow (Fri/Sat Dec 6/7) in the Proscenium Theatre!
Opening tonight! UMBC Theatre presents Down With Love: An Actor Showcase, directed by Joseph W. Ritsch, with musical direction by Andrew Hann. Dec 6, 7 and 8, Black Box Theatre —
Join us tonight (Fri 12/6) for the UMBC Percussion Ensemble performing under the direction of Dustin Donahue! 7:30 pm, Linehan Concert Hall, free —
https://umbc.edu/event/umbc-percussion-ensemble-2/
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Photo — Sae Egoshi ’27
Hyperallergic highlights today's event at UMBC's Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture celebrating the life and legacy of Maurice Berger (1956–2020) —
https://hyperallergic.com/971798/carrying-on-the-legacy-of-trailblazing-curator-maurice-berger-umbc/
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Photo — Maurice Berger at the 2015 opening of Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television (photo courtesy Steve Miller)
Today at 4 pm, join us for an artist talk by photographer Tommy Kha, whose work is on display in the exhibition Revisions at the Library Gallery!
Tuesday December 3, free, with a reception following!
https://umbc.edu/event/artist-talk-tommy-kha/
Image: Tommy Kha, Headtown V, Whitehaven, Memphis, 2017, Courtesy of the artist.
Join us on Wednesday evening, November 20, for the UMBC Chamber Players! This free concert will feature works by Rachmaninoff, Borodin, and Brahms —