School of Fine Arts
An Inspiring Voice for Peace to Sing March 23 at Jorgensen
Sanam Marvi, Pakistan’s inspiring diviner of South Asia’s humanist, folk, and Sufi texts, is a vocal warrior for tolerance, spirituality, and peace. Whether singing in Urdu, Sindhi, or Saraiki, Marvi finds comfort in the wisdom of Sufis, and in the couplets on divine love and devotion of the great poets. Reaching across generations and cultures […]
Benton Exhibit of Women Artists to Confront Portrayal and Recognition
Opening March 23, 2017 to coincide with Women’s History Month, three new exhibitions at the Benton highlight women artists. Objectifying Myself explores work by women artists, created between 1968-2005, which serve, to some degree, as self portraits. But these “self portraits” employ surrogate objects rather than depictions of the artists’ faces or bodies. Artists in […]
‘Twisted Tales’ to Terrorize Audiences at the Ballard!
Step right up ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and prepare to be shocked, delighted, and horrified during Doc Foster’s Twisted Tales! The one and only Doctor Thaddeus J. Foster rolls into town to beguile audiences with his rare and ghastly brand of storytelling. Nowhere else will audiences have the opportunity to marvel as monsters, […]
A UConn SFA Grad explains his journey from these very walls to the big bad world.
Michael Siporin Levine, 2011 UConn BFA, sat down in Storrs Center’s Barnes & Noble in awe of how much has changed on campus in a few short years. After earning his BFA in printmaking at UConn, he continued on to graduate school at the University of Georgia and earned his MFA in 2014. After a […]
Mozart’s Comedic Opera ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ to Scandalize von der Mehden on March 24 and 26
UConn Opera Theater presents Mozart’s comic opera Le Nozze di Figaro on Friday, March 24 at 7:30 and Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 at the von der Mehden Recital Hall. Based on Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais’ controversial 1784 play and with a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, Mozart tells the story of a countess and her servants […]
On EIR and Conducting: an Interview with Professor Harvey Felder
We sat down with Associate Professor Harvey Felder, the Director of Orchestral Studies and Conductor of the UConn Chamber Orchestra, as he discussed the recently initiated UConn Ensemble in Residence (EIR) Program. With the upcoming Ensemble in Residence performance on March 8th at 7pm in the Ferguson Library in Stamford, CT, the string orchestra is […]
Japanese Drum Troupe, Kodo, Brings DADAN to Jorgensen
Kodo Presents the North American Premiere of DADAN: Celebrating a Sensational 35 Years, The World’s Supreme Taiko Drumming Troupe Brings Unparalleled Artistry and Athleticism to UConn’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Thurs, Mar 9, at 7:30 pm Kodo — the world’s foremost professional taiko company which has singularly played the most important role in […]
Over 200 Would-Be Entrepreneurs Seek Mentoring, Business Advice
More than 200 students attended the kickoff for UConn’s sixth annual Innovation Quest (iQ), hoping their dreams of creating a new business will come to fruition. The iQ program offers advice, encouragement and mentoring from experts in business incubation and strategy.
Greenhouse Studios’ First Projects Grapple with ‘The Limits of Text’
Greenhouse Studios, a new research unit at the University of Connecticut, is beginning implementation of a collaboration-first approach for the creation and communication of scholarship thanks to a $789,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This award is the first of its kind at UConn and part of the Mellon Foundation’s Scholarly Communications program, […]
Stage Left: Playwright Enters as CRT Director
Michael Bradford directs the Connecticut Repertory Theatre's production of two one-act plays, headlined by 'Waiting for Lefty,' which opens today.