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  • Philosophy Department Announces 2004 Hourani Lectures in Moral Philosophy
    9/16/04
    The University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy has announced that Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the department's annual George H. Hourani lectures in moral philosophy.
  • Watching and Being Watched
    9/10/04
    Concerns about privacy, surveillance and censorship are not new to the world stage. With the passage of the USA Patriot Act, however, members of the art and legal communities have begun to raise new questions about the chilling effect of government policy on artistic expression. The University at Buffalo Art Gallery and UB Law School collaborate today in a unique way to discuss the impact of government policies on cultural production and personal privacy, and the art community's response to censorship.
  • Special Holiday Concert by the Celebrated Singer Linda Eder to be Held Dec. 11
    9/10/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Linda Eder at 8 p.m. on Dec. 11 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The concert is sponsored by Different Strokes -- Paint Your Own Pottery Studio.
  • Popular SNL/Comedy Central Performer Colin Quinn to Bring his Stand-Up Comedy to UB's CFA
    9/10/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Colin Quinn at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12 in the Mainstage theaterin the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored by the undergraduate Student Association.
  • Tears For Fears to Perform Oct. 4 in UB's Mainstage Theater
    9/10/04
    Star 102.5, Mercedes Benz, and the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Tears For Fears at 8 p.m. on Oct 4 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • UB Presidential Inaugural Event to Feature Soprano Kathleen Battle and Pianist Ted Taylor
    9/10/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Kathleen Battle at 8 p.m. on Oct. 14 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Amherst Campus. This performance is made possible by the Bernice Poss Memorial Fund.
  • UB Poetics Program Continues with Readings and Talks by Three of America's Most Influential Writers: Howe, Federman and Filreis
    9/9/04
    The University at Buffalo Poetics Program will continue its Fall 2004 series of literary readings and lectures, "Wednesdays at 4 PLUS," with a reading of works in progress by graduate students in the UB Poetics Program at 4 p.m. on Sept. 15, followed by additional readings and talks by Alan Filreis, Susan Howe and Raymond Federman.
  • Center for the Arts to present "Adventures of the Monkey King: A Beijing Opera" on Oct. 8
    9/9/04
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present "Adventures of the Monkey King: A Beijing Opera" at 8 p.m. on Oct. 8 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Spectacular "Wall of Gold" by Tuscaroran Artist Part of National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
    9/8/04
    When the ground-breaking and long-awaited $199 million National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) opens in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 21, it will feature a spectacular "Wall of Gold" developed by guest curator Jolene Rickard, Ph.D., associate professor of art history at the University at Buffalo and Tuscaroran photographer, art historian, theorist and essayist.
  • UB Reading Series Opens Thursday with Literary Star Arundhati Roy and Acclaimed Gertrude Stein Expert, Ulla Dydo
    9/7/04
    Wednesdays at 4 PLUS, the distinguished reading series founded by poet Robert Creeley, former David Gray Chair in Poetics at the University at Buffalo, opens its Fall 2004 program this week with two literary stars who will make presentations on Sept. 9: Indian novelist and activist Arundhati Roy and author Ulla Dydo, a "reader of Gertrude Stein without equal."