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Reassessing Racial Differences

The Perception of Racial Equality in the Obama Era

Location

The Commons : 329

Date & Time

October 29, 2016, 11:45 am – 1:15 pm

Description

*PLEASE NOTE UPDATED LECTURE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION* Melvin Thomas, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, and Hayward Derrick Horton, Associate...

Livewire 7: Rocks And Feathers

Elements From John Cage’s Mountain Lake Workshops

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Rotunda

Date & Time

October 29, 2016, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

During the 1980s, at Kass’s invitation, John Cage made repeated visits to the Mountain Lake Workshop, where he produced dozens of artworks. Artworks and related materials by Cage will be on...

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The Pulitzer Prize & Tony Award winning play by David Auburn

Location

Black Box Theatre

Date & Time

October 28, 2016, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Description

Directed by Nyalls Hartman On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman has sacrificed years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician....

Livewire 7: Student Concert

Featuring the UMBC New Music & Percussion Ensembles

Location

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

Date & Time

October 28, 2016, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

The UMBC New Music Ensemble and the UMBC Percussion Ensemble perform: Earle Brown — December 1952 (1952) John Cage — Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951) Toshi Ichiyanagi — Music for Electric...

Livewire 7: Ray Kass Presentation

John Cage’s Watercolor Painting Experience at the Mountain

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 151 / Music Box

Date & Time

October 28, 2016, 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Description

A presentation on the collaborations of Ray Kass and John Cage, and on the visual artworks by Cage that Kass has acquired. Ray Kass is Professor Emeritus of Art at Virginia Tech, and founder...

Art Bus Trip to New York

Location

On Campus : Commons Circle

Date & Time

October 28, 2016, 7:00 am – 11:30 pm

Description

The Art Bus will ferry students to New York City. The itinerary includes visits to art museums and artists' studios. Visual Arts majors will have priority but on October 24th. extra spaces will be...