Arts and Culture

News about UB’s arts and humanities programs and related events. (see all topics)

  • Award Goes to UB Professor for Biography of Celebrated 18th-Century Clown
    4/9/08
    The Royal Society of Literature and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation has presented its £10,000 ($19,946) annual award for non-fiction to Andrew Stott, Ph.D., associate professor of English at the University at Buffalo.
  • Sixth Season of Award-Winning Television Series, Music is Art LIVE @ The Center, to premiere April 1
    3/28/08
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo announces the premiere of the sixth season (taped Fall 2007) of its award-winning original television series, Music is Art LIVE @ The Center.
  • "Explosive Beats: Japanese Taiko Drumming" Coming to Center for the Arts
    3/28/08
    The Center for the Arts and the University at Buffalo's Asian Studies Program will present "Explosive Beats: Japanese Taiko Drumming" on April 15 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will be held in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • British Novelist Norfolk to Offer Reading
    3/26/08
    Distinguished British novelist Lawrence Norfolk will conclude this year's Exhibit X Fiction Series with a reading at 7 p.m. April 2 in Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, located in Babeville, formerly The Church, 341 Delaware Ave.
  • American Brass Quintet Sets Performance, Workshop
    3/26/08
    The distinguished American Brass Quintet will conclude this season of the Department of Music's Slee/Visiting Artist Series with a performance at 8 p.m. April 4 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall on the University at Buffalo's North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Thomas Burrows Joins the Board of Directors of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare
    3/24/08
    Thomas Burrows, executive director of the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo has been elected to join the Board of Directors of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare.
  • "Spring Awakening" to be Performed April 17-20
    3/24/08
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present Jonathan Franzen's 2007 translation of Frank Wedekind's 1891 masterpiece, "Spring Awakening." The play will be performed in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus under the direction of Kate LoConti.
  • UB Department of Theatre and Dance to Present Jane Austen's Masterpiece "Pride and Prejudice"
    3/24/08
    The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present Helen Jerome's adaptation of Jane Austen's masterpiece "Pride and Prejudice" April 16-20 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.
  • Atelier '08 -- Young Architects and Planners to Present Their Work to the Public
    3/21/08
    At its annual atelier, the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning celebrates work completed throughout the year by undergraduate and graduate students in architecture and in urban and regional planning.
  • Conference to Focus on "Re-Mapping" Buffalo's Urban Space
    3/20/08
    Issues of space, identity, urban planning, cultural geography, greening and other topics relevant to Buffalo's urban spaces will be subjects of a public community symposium to be held April 4 and 5 in two city architectural venues adapted for reuse.