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SUMMARY:Lewis Hine in Maryland
DESCRIPTION:The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Lewis Hine in Maryland\, on display from August 24 through December 18. The exhibition will be accompanied by Lisa Oppenheim/Lewis Hine: Spine/Verso. \nFrom 1908 to 1924\, documentary photographer Lewis Hine (American\, 1874–1940) traveled throughout the United States\, using his camera to document child labor on behalf of the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). He photographed children working in coal mines\, cotton mills\, farms\, tenements\, and city streets. The NCLC used Hine’s photographs and eyewitness reports to support its campaigns for labor regulation and reform. His images appeared in pamphlets\, posters\, traveling exhibitions\, and lantern-slide presentations across the country. Ultimately\, these searing photographs helped shape labor legislation in the United States and established a model for documentary photography. \nIn July 1909\, Hine visited Maryland\, photographing child workers at Bottomley berry farms in Anne Arundel County and at the J. S. Farrand Packing Company in Baltimore. Drawn from UMBC’s Photography Collections\, this exhibition explores the places and people behind these photographs. A selection of Hine’s most iconic and enduring images situates his Maryland work within the broader context of his documentary project. The exhibition also examines how Hine’s photographs functioned as tools of visual persuasion\, working in tandem with captions\, pamphlets\, slogans\, and posters to shape public opinion — and ultimately legislation — regarding the changing role of children in the workforce and in American society. \nThis exhibition commemorates MD250 and the U.S. Semiquincentennial\, exploring themes foundational to the nation’s history\, including immigration and migration\, the power of documentary photographs\, and social justice. \n\nPublic Programs \nCuratorial tour and opening reception\nThursday September 17\, 5 p.m. \nPanel Discussion: Food and Labor in Maryland\nThursday October 22\, 6 p.m.\, followed by a reception\nThis event is co-organized with Department of American Studies and the Orser Center for Public Humanities at UMBC. \nClosing reception\nThursday December 3\, 6 p.m. \nAll public program are free and open to the public. \n\nLisa Oppenheim/Lewis Hine: Spine/Verso \nLewis Hine in Maryland is accompanied by an installation of two works from artist Lisa Oppenheim’s Spine series\, in which she appropriates images by Lewis Hine from the Library of Congress. Enlarged to life size\, the photographs depict the backs of adolescent textile workers whose bodies were curved and misshapen by their labor. Oppenheim has bifurcated each image along the vertical axis of the spine\, emphasizing the physical impact of repetitive work on the body. Lisa Oppenheim/Lewis Hine: Spine/Verso places Oppenheim’s works in dialogue with a selection of photographs from UMBC’s Lewis Hine Collection\, displayed with their versos — or backs — visible to viewers. \nIn 2023\, with support from a National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grant\, Special Collections staff undertook a major initiative to rehouse the Lewis Hine photographs and digitize their versos. The backs of the photographs bear captions\, annotations\, and inscriptions by Hine and others employed by the NCLC\, testifying to their use in the organization’s publications and promotional campaigns. Together\, these materials reveal the many forms of labor documented in Hine’s work and the ways that labor is imprinted upon — and remains legible within — the bodies of his subjects. \n \nLisa Oppenheim was born in 1975 in New York\, New York. She received a BA in art and semiotics from Brown University in 1998 and an MFA in film and video from Bard College in 2001. She attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program for studio art in 2003. Oppenheim’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at MUDAM\, The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg (2025); Huis Marseille\, Amsterdam (2024)\, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (2017)\, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (2016). In 2014\, Oppenheim was the recipient of the AIMIA|AGO Photography Prize from the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Shpilman International Photography Prize from the Israel Museum. Her work is held in the permanent collections of The J. Paul Getty Museum\, Los Angeles\, Museum of Modern Art\, New York\, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, San Francisco\, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, New York\, Santa Barbara Museum of Art\, Santa Barbara\, Centre Georges Pompidou\, Paris\, Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh\, among others. She lives and works in Brooklyn. \nImage: Lisa Oppenheim\, Correct posture for 4663. Need for advice of examining physician\, 2016. Dye sublimation print on aluminum\, 41 3/4 x 61 1/2 inches; 106 x 156.2 cm (overall). Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery\, New York. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission is free. For driving directions and parking information\, please visit here. \nLibrary Gallery hours:\nMonday\, Tuesday\, Wednesday\, Friday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.\nThursday: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\nSaturday and Sunday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. \n\nTop image: Lewis Wickes Hine\, Dangerous Business. Boy working at canning machine with open gearing. Many such machines and boys too. J. S. Farrand Packing Co.\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 1909. Gelatin silver print\, 5 x 7 in. The Photography Collections\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore County (UMBC)\, P858. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/lewis-hine-in-maryland/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261125
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SUMMARY:Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes\, We Fly
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture presents Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes\, We Fly\, an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N. Carroll. On view from August 25 through November 24\, the exhibition features artists based in or connected to Baltimore\, exploring the city’s cultural landscape through experimental and interdisciplinary practices. The exhibition title is inspired by the narrative poetry of multidisciplinary artist NIA JUNE. \nSomewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes\, We Fly includes work by Kelvin Bulluck\, Roy Crosse\, Brianna Faulkner\, Darrius Fox\, Lehna Huie\, Jeffrey Kent\, Ada Pinkston\, Kim Rice\, Margaret Rorison\, Ernest Shaw\, Shan Wallace\, and Jasmine Gabrielle Washington\, and the presentation of a filmic work produced by the collective NIA JUNE + Kirby Griffin + APoetNamedNate. \nThrough serial compositions\, photographic triptychs\, floating installations\, and cinema\, the participating artists examine themes of home\, memory\, and community. The exhibition aims to offer perspective on these themes through the lens of Baltimore’s creative community. \n\nPublic Programs \nThursday\, September 3\, 6–8 p.m.\nOpening reception and artist panel moderated by Angela N. Carroll in conversation with Brianna Faulkner\, Jeffrey Kent\, Kim Rice\, Margaret Rorison\, and Shan Wallace. \nThursday\, October 15\, 6–8 p.m.\nFree outdoor concert by Brandon Woody alongside public projection of The Unveiling of God / a love letter to my forefathers by NIA JUNE + Kirby Griffin + APoetNamedNate. \nThursday\, November 5\, 6–8 p.m.\nArtist roundtable on experimental praxis\, moderated by Ernest Shaw. \nNovember 19\, 6–8 p.m.\nArtist talk on memory\, communal and familial photographic archives\, and land sovereignty\, moderated by Jasmine Gabrielle Washington. \n\nAbout the Curator \nIn her curatorial work\, Angela N. Carroll ’06\, visual arts\, has organized exhibitions that examine and celebrate Black identity and community memory\, elevating artists and historical narratives in the Upper South. Her latest effort\, Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade at the Brandywine Museum of Art is accompanied by a monograph published by Rizzoli New York. As a scholar\, Carroll has contributed critical writing to exhibition catalogs published by The Baltimore Museum of Art\, The Des Moines Art Center\, The Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum\, The National Museum of Women in the Arts\, Nerman MOCA\, and the CueArt Foundation\, among many others. These writings evidence her significant contribution to contemporary art historical discourse. Carroll intermittently teaches at American University\, MICA and UMBC. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission is free. \nThe CADVC is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 to 5 p.m.\, and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nPlease visit here for directions and parking information. \nVisitors who need specific accommodations to attend the exhibition or events should contact the CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188. \n\nAll events at CADVC are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n\nPhoto by Tedd Henn for UMBC. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/over-the-rainbow-of-rowhomes-we-fly/
LOCATION:Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture (CADVC)
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Diffused Eroticisms: Love\, Friendship\, and Bisexuality in the Writings of Iris Murdoch
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Ethics and Values presents Diffused Eroticisms: Love\, Friendship\, and Bisexuality in the Writings of Iris Murdoch\, a conversation featuring Miles Leeson\, Reader in English Literature\, Director of the Iris Murdoch Research Centre\, University of Chichester\, and Mark Hopwood\, Assistant Professor\, Department of Philosophy\, UMBC. \nWhile she is pre-eminent as one of the twentieth century’s great novelists and philosophers\, Iris Murdoch’s life as a poet has languished in the shadows. Yet throughout her life she wrote\, revised and re-wrote a sizeable collection of poems; publishing some but keeping many private and—ultimately—shut in a chest in her attic. \nTheir recent discovery marks a significant literary event. Ranging over nearly six decades\, these searing\, confessional poems balance craft with playfulness; psychological insight with Murdoch’s own personal feelings. As an autobiographical account\, they are unlike anything else. They shine a new light on Iris Murdoch’s turbulent relationships with men and women\, her decades-long marriage and extraordinary life. \nAt this event\, Miles Leeson—co-editor of the recently released Poems from an Attic (2026)\, a carefully edited collection of Murdoch’s posthumously discovered poems—will discuss Murdoch’s exploration of the boundaries of poetry\, philosophy\, relationships\, and sexuality with Mark Hopwood\, UMBC faculty member and author of the book The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch (2025). The event will include time for audience discussion and is free and open to all. \n\nMiles Leeson is Director of the Iris Murdoch Research Center at the University of Chichester\, UK. Among his many publications are Murdoch’s edited poems\, Poems from An Attic: The Selected Poems of Iris Murdoch (Penguin\, 2026)\, his essay collection\, Visiting Mrs Bayley and Other Essays (2026) and the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Iris Murdoch due from Oxford University Press in 2028. He is the Lead Editor of the Iris Murdoch Review\, the ‘Iris Murdoch Today’ series with Palgrave Macmillan\, and hosts the Iris Murdoch Podcast. \nMark Hopwood is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at UMBC. He is the author of The Moral Philosophy of Iris Murdoch (2025) and co-editor of The Murdochian Mind (2022)\, and teaches classes in ethics\, political philosophy\, 20th century continental philosophy\, and the philosophy of art. \n\nAdmission is free. Advance registration is recommended but not required. \n\nThis event is presented by the Center for Ethics and Values and is co-sponsored by the Department of Philosophy\, the Dresher Center for the Humanities\, the Department of English\, and the Department of Gender\, Women’s\, and Sexuality Studies. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/diffused-eroticisms-love-friendship-and-bisexuality-in-the-writings-of-iris-murdoch/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Recital Hall\, MD
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities,Literary Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260909T193000
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SUMMARY:Matthew Palumbo\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Pianist Matthew Palumbo presents a lecture-recital centering on the Piano Sonata\, Op. 26\, a masterwork by Samuel Barber. Composed in 1947 through 1949\, the technically demanding Sonata was premiered by Vladimir Horowitz in Havana and quickly entered the 20th century piano repertoire. \nPalumbo says\, “I was raised with statements such as ‘great technique fits one’s unique physical structure and is governed by sincere artistry that is derived solely from the score.’ When one goes against the music\, the body protests and injury occurs. 20th and 21st century music creates unique problems in this light\, as much of it stacks dissonance with dissonance\, or resolves dissonance with ‘lesser’ dissonance. As many students begin to understand the underlying musical implications of this 20th century music\, much of the physicality has to be relearned. The goal: to refine and keep the musical intention\, while releasing the tension in a healthy manner. This lecture-recital seeks to demonstrate methods for this type of musicianship using Barber Piano Sonata as a case example.” \n\nAccomplished pianist and teacher Matthew J. Palumbo made his solo debut with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra at age thirteen as the winner of the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival. He performed across the United States and Europe in venues such as Carnegie Hall\, Benaroya Hall\, Friedberg Hall\, and in 2015 was the Maryland Artist representative for the Music Teachers National Association where he performed more locally in Strathmore\, Goodwin\, Griswald\, Katzen\, Peters\, Linehan\, numerous others\, and appeared on concert series such as First and Franklin\, Cathedral Concert Series\, Sound and Serenity\, An Die Musik\, Prince George’s Artist Series\, and others.  \nMr. Palumbo is in demand as a teacher\, adjudicator\, and master clinician throughout the Baltimore-Washington region. Most recently\, he has been a judge for the E. R. Davis\, Hartman\, Doris Chase\, and Gottlieb competitions\, and is currently the chairperson for the MTAGB Collegiate Scholarship competition in coordination with Steinway & Sons. He is a board member of the Maryland State Music Teachers Association\, an associate professor at the Community College of Baltimore County\, and was co-director and faculty at the Leon Fleisher Academy in 2022. His students have received numerous awards and have been accepted with highest scholarships to Peabody\, University of Maryland\, Towson\, Howard\, Susquehanna\, and others\, and have performed in venues such as Weill Hall and the Kennedy Center. \n\nAdmission is free\, and tickets are not required. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n\nPhoto courtesy of Matthew Palumbo. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/matthew-palumbo-piano/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260910T153000
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SUMMARY:Little Yellow Journal Tour Event with Nature Sacred
DESCRIPTION:For many years\, visitors to UMBC’s Rock Garden — also known as the UMBC Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park — have shared their thoughts\, contemplations\, doodles and more in little yellow books tucked underneath a bench in the park. Nature Sacred\, which provided funds to establish the site\, this year celebrates the 30th anniversary of the yellow books at UMBC — and across the country\, at other sites — with the Little Yellow Journal Tour. \nJoin us at this event to immerse yourself in a mindfulness walk\, journaling exercise\, and enjoy the company of others. All supplies provided. \nAt each stop on the national tour\, local Firesouls and community members will contribute reflections on loose pages in response to a few simple prompts\, including: If this Sacred Place could speak to the nation\, what would it say? Those pages will be gathered along the way and bound into a single journal at the tour’s end. \nRead more about the books here. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThe Rock Garden or Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park is located on the inside of Hilltop Circle between Commons Drive and Administration Drive\, adjacent to The Knoll. Parking is available in The Commons Garage. \n\nPhoto by Marlayna Demond ’11/UMBC. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/little-yellow-journal-tour-event-with-nature-sacred/
LOCATION:Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Literary Arts,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T183000
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SUMMARY:Janet Echelman: Radical Softness
DESCRIPTION:Internationally recognized artist Janet Echelman will present her groundbreaking work\, which seamlessly merges sculpture\, architecture\, and urban design with fields like engineering\, material science\, and computer science. Her building-scale experiential sculptures\, crafted from materials such as knotted fiber and atomized water\, are designed to transform with the movement of wind and light\, offering viewers an immersive environment to inhabit rather than just an object to observe. By blending traditional craft with modern computational software and performance elements like choreographed dancers\, Echelman combines ancient craft with original computational design software to create artworks that have become focal points for urban life on five continents. \nOprah ranked Echelman’s work #1 on her List of 50 Things That Make You Say Wow!\, and received the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award in Visual Arts in 2014\, honoring “the greatest innovators in America today.” Recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship\, Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellowship\, Harvard Loeb Fellowship\, and Fulbright Lectureship\, Echelman was named an Architectural Digest Innovator for “changing the very essence of urban spaces.” Her TED talk Taking Imagination Seriously has been translated into 35 languages with more than two million views. \nThis event is presented by UMBC’s Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA). \n\nJanet Echelman’s educational path has been nonlinear. After graduating from Harvard College\, she lived in a Balinese village for five years\, then completed separate graduate programs in painting and psychology. Tufts University recently awarded her an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts for her public artworks\, noting that she never formally studied sculpture or engineering. It was an unexpected loss of her painting materials while on a Fulbright that began her journey from collaborating with fishermen on a beach in India to crafting her monumental fluidly-moving aerial sculptures today\, in urban centers from London\, Madrid\, and Amsterdam\, to Shanghai\, Singapore\, Santiago\, and Sydney. \nEchelman’s permanent commissions have transformed urban environments worldwide\, and include Remembering the Future at the MIT Museum (2025)\, Butterfly Rest Stop in Frisco\, TX (2024)\, Current in Columbus\, OH (2023)\, Bending Arc at the St. Pete Pier in Florida (2020)\, Earthtime Korea in South Korea (2020)\, mist sculpture Pulse (2018) in front of Philadelphia City Hall\, Dream Catcher (2017) on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood\, CA\, Impatient Optimist (2015) at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle\, Every Beating Second (2011) at San Francisco International Airport\, Her Secret Is Patience (2009) in downtown Phoenix\, and She Changes (2005) in Porto\, Portugal. \nIn 2025\, Chronicle Books published Radical Softness: The Responsive Art of Janet Echelman\, a 288-page visual compendium of Echelman’s oeuvre which accompanies a traveling mid-career museum retrospective. \n\nAdmission is free. The talk will be followed by a book signing. Please register in advance for this event here. \n\nThe Fine Arts Recital Hall is located on the first floor of the Fine Arts Building. Free parking for this event is available in nearby Lot 8. \n\nImage: Janet Echelman: Butterfly Rest Stop\, Frisco\, TX\, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Echelman.) \n\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. This event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/janet-echelman-radical-softness/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Recital Hall\, MD
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T120000
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SUMMARY:Social Sciences Forum — Lily Qi: The Constitutional Promise of Representation
DESCRIPTION:Social Sciences Forum lecture with Maryland State Delegate Lily Qi\nThe Constitutional Promise of Representation\nThis Constitution Day Lecture is part of the Fall 2026 Social Sciences Forum \nDelegate Lily Qi will deliver remarks on the constitutional promise of representation and the participation of immigrant communities in American democracy\, followed by a moderated discussion. \nDelegate Qi has represented District 15 in Montgomery County since January 2019. She is the first Chinese-born legislator elected to the State House and chairs the Maryland Legislative Asian-American and Pacific-Islander Caucus. \nShe is the author of Elected American: From Red China to Blue Maryland (Temple University Press\, 2026)\, a political memoir and autobiography that explores her journey from Shanghai to the Maryland House of Delegates. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis event is hosted by the Institute of Politics and is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program\, the Department of Political Science\, the Center for Social Science Scholarship\, and the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/social-sciences-forum-lily-qi-the-constitutional-promise-of-representation/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Social Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260917T190000
DTSTAMP:20260811T185912Z
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SUMMARY:Lewis Hine in Maryland — Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents an Opening Reception for the exhibition Lewis Hine in Maryland\, on display from August 24 through December 18. The exhibition will be accompanied by Lisa Oppenheim/Lewis Hine: Spine/Verso. \nFrom 1908 to 1924\, documentary photographer Lewis Hine (American\, 1874–1940) traveled throughout the United States\, using his camera to document child labor on behalf of the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). He photographed children working in coal mines\, cotton mills\, farms\, tenements\, and city streets. The NCLC used Hine’s photographs and eyewitness reports to support its campaigns for labor regulation and reform. His images appeared in pamphlets\, posters\, traveling exhibitions\, and lantern-slide presentations across the country. Ultimately\, these searing photographs helped shape labor legislation in the United States and established a model for documentary photography. \n\nLisa Oppenheim/Lewis Hine: Spine/Verso \nLewis Hine in Maryland is accompanied by an installation of two works from artist Lisa Oppenheim’s Spine series\, in which she appropriates images by Lewis Hine from the Library of Congress. Enlarged to life size\, the photographs depict the backs of adolescent textile workers whose bodies were curved and misshapen by their labor. Oppenheim has bifurcated each image along the vertical axis of the spine\, emphasizing the physical impact of repetitive work on the body. Lisa Oppenheim/Lewis Hine: Spine/Verso places Oppenheim’s works in dialogue with a selection of photographs from UMBC’s Lewis Hine Collection\, displayed with their versos — or backs — visible to viewers. \nIn 2023\, with support from a National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grant\, Special Collections staff undertook a major initiative to rehouse the Lewis Hine photographs and digitize their versos. The backs of the photographs bear captions\, annotations\, and inscriptions by Hine and others employed by the NCLC\, testifying to their use in the organization’s publications and promotional campaigns. Together\, these materials reveal the many forms of labor documented in Hine’s work and the ways that labor is imprinted upon — and remains legible within — the bodies of his subjects. \n \nImage: Lisa Oppenheim\, Correct posture for 4663. Need for advice of examining physician\, 2016. Dye sublimation print on aluminum\, 41 3/4 x 61 1/2 inches; 106 x 156.2 cm (overall). Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery\, New York. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission to the opening reception and to the exhibition is free. For driving directions and parking information\, please visit here. \n\nTop image: Lewis Wickes Hine\, Marie and Albert Kawalski. 615 S. Bond St.\, Baltimore\, Md.\, 1909. Gelatin silver print\, 5 x 7 in. The Photography Collections\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore County (UMBC)\, P825. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/lewis-hine-in-maryland-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260928T173000
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SUMMARY:Social Sciences Forum — James Choi: How Much Should I Invest in the Stock Market?
DESCRIPTION:Social Sciences Forum lecture with James Choi\nHow Much Should I Invest in the Stock Market?\nThis annual Mullen Lecture is part of the Fall 2026 Social Sciences Forum \nIt is common to hear advice that you should invest 60% of your portfolio in stocks\, or 100 minus your age percent in stocks\, or all your long-term money in stocks. What does economics have to say about this matter? We will cover the basic approach economic theory takes\, some classic portfolio recommendations\, and new advances in how to adjust your investment allocation in light of the fact that most people’s biggest economic asset is their future wage income and Social Security benefits. \nJames Choi is Professor of Finance at the Yale School of Management. His primary research is in household finance and behavioral finance; his work on automatic enrollment has led to changes in pension plan design around the world. He has also published research on the effects of social identity and how to use psychology to increase preventive health behaviors. \nProfessor Choi is a two-time recipient of the TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award for outstanding scholarly writing on lifelong financial security. He has served as a Co-Director of the Retirement and Disability Research Center at the National Bureau of Economic Research\, an Associate Editor at the Journal of Finance and Management Science\, and a member of the FINRA Investor Issues Committee and the American Finance Association’s Ethics and Governance Committees. He holds a PhD in economics and an AB in applied mathematics from Harvard University. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis event is organized by the Department of Economics. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/social-sciences-forum-james-choi-how-much-should-i-invest-in-the-stock-market/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Social Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T133000
DTSTAMP:20260630T194100Z
CREATED:20260630T194100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T194100Z
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SUMMARY:Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Join Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (MDVLA) for a discussion on common legal issues that creative entrepreneurs or small arts organizations may encounter. This session covers contracts\, intellectual property\, and business entity basics\, empowering attendees to better understand the legal aspects of their creative work and to determine when to consult with an attorney. This information is essential for any creative entrepreneur or arts organization looking to protect their work and rights. Founded in 1985\, MDVLA is a nonprofit dedicated to safeguarding the legal rights of Maryland artists and organizations through pro bono legal services and education. \nThis event is presented by UMBC’s Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA). \n\nChristia Ravenell is the Director of Legal Services at MDVLA. In this role\, she provides legal assistance to MDVLA clients\, develops legal resource guides and professional development workshops\, supports volunteer attorneys\, and participates in advocacy and stakeholder initiatives on behalf of MDVLA and its constituency. A Baltimore native\, Ravenell holds degrees from Howard University\, New York University\, and Georgetown Law. When she’s not at an Art Law Clinic\, you can find her in dance class or digging through crates at your local record store. \n\nAdmission is free. The talk will be accompanied by a free lunch served at 11:45. (An r.s.v.p. form will be available soon.) \n\nThis event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/maryland-volunteer-lawyers-for-the-arts/
LOCATION:216 Performing Arts and Humanities Building
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Dance,Music,Theatre,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261004T170000
DTSTAMP:20260810T190644Z
CREATED:20260810T190644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T190644Z
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SUMMARY:Whistling Hens
DESCRIPTION:Showcasing two premieres and a narrative song cycle for soprano and clarinet\, the Whistling Hens duo shares stories about women\, by women. Haiku Journey (Jenni Brandon) encourages loving stewardship of our planet\, while Lingerie (Victoria Bond) bemoans frustrating aspects of women’s undergarments. The 17th Letter of the Living (Mojgan Misaghi) tells the story of Táhirih\, executed for unveiling herself in front of a council of men\, alongside Cradle Song and The Journals of Katherine Campbell\, chronicling the lives of women who changed the world through activism as artists\, healers\, and politicians. \n\nWhistling Hens® was founded by soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick (Queens University of Charlotte) and clarinetist Natalie Groom (UMBC\, Towson University) to perform and commission music by women composers to create a financially and artistically equitable future for women in music. The duo’s name was plucked from a quote by a male music critic who wrote in the New York Times in 1918\, “women composers are at best whistling hens.” \nWhistling Hens has premiered 41 pieces and commissioned 16 compositions\, 10 transcriptions\, the Whistling Hens Women Composer Coloring Book\, and inspired 26 dedicated works. Whistling Hens has released two albums\, Big Crass Monster (2025) and Reacting to the Landscape (2022)\, presenting numerous world premiere recordings featuring many of their commissioned works. \n\nThis event is sponsored by UMBC’s Department of Music. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Tickets will be available in fall 2026. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n\nPhoto of Whistling Hens by Patrick Lill. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/whistling-hens/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261006T173000
DTSTAMP:20260813T152758Z
CREATED:20260813T152758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T152758Z
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SUMMARY:Humanities Forum — Jodi A. Byrd: Indigenomicon: American Indians\, Video Games\, and the Structures of Dispossession
DESCRIPTION:Humanities Forum Lecture with Jodi A. Byrd\nIndigenomicon: American Indians\, Video Games\, and the Structures of Dispossession\nThis event is part of the Fall 2026 Humanities Forum \nSettler colonial studies and Indigenous studies are often assumed to be the same intellectual project. In Indigenomicon\, Jodi A. Byrd examines the differences between the two fields by bringing video game studies and Indigenous studies into conversation with Black studies\, queer studies\, and Indigenous feminist critique. Byrd theorizes “the image of the law of the Indigenous” as structuring dispossession in games including Assassin’s Creed\, Animal Crossing\, BioShock Infinite\, and Demon Souls. They demonstrate how games and play might reveal histories of slavery\, genocide\, and theft of Indigenous lands even as their structures obscure Indigenous spatial and embodied practices that prioritize relationships with land\, water\, plants\, and spirits. With ground and relationality defined as key concepts\, Byrd centers Indigenous visions of dystopias to reveal how game spaces encode settler structures of governance even as the design of games might yet provide vital modes of resistance to Indigenous erasure. \n\nJodi A. Byrd is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and professor of Race\, Diaspora\, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago. Their research focuses on indigenous studies\, indigenous feminist and queer studies\, and video game studies. Their book The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism (University of Minnesota Press) won the 2011 Best First Book of the Year award from the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association\, and the 2012 Wordcraft Circle Award for Academic Work of the Year. Byrd also co-edits the Northwestern University Press’ Critical Insurgencies series. Prior to joining the University of Chicago\, they were a Professor of Literatures in English at Cornell University. Byrd earned their PhD in English Literature from the University of Iowa in 2002. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis Humanities Forum event\, presented by the Dresher Center for the Humanities\, is co-sponsored by the Department of American Studies and the Department of Media and Communication Studies. \n\nUMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all faculty\, staff\, students\, and visitors. To request additional accessibility accommodations\, please contact us at least five business days in advance at dreshercenter@umbc.edu. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/humanities-forum-jodi-a-byrd-indigenomicon-american-indians-video-games-and-the-structures-of-dispossession/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260904T185719Z
CREATED:20260904T185719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T185719Z
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SUMMARY:Out of the Picture | Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Visual Arts presents screening of Out of the Picture\, the first documentary film to examine the vital world of American art criticism. The event will feature a post-screening Q&A and discussion with director Mary Louise Schumacher\, offering audiences a unique look into the making of the documentary and the essential role critics play in shaping modern culture. \nDirected by University of Maryland\, College Park alumna and former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel critic Mary Louise Schumacher\, the film follows five influential writers — Carolina Miranda (Los Angeles Times)\, Hrag Vartanian (Hyperallergic)\, Jen Graves (The Stranger)\, Jeneé Osterheldt (The Boston Globe)\, and independent critic Seph Rodney — navigating a decade of profound cultural reckoning and historic transformation across both art and media. \n\nMary Louise Schumacher is a journalist\, critic and filmmaker based in Portland\, Maine. She is the executive director of the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation\, which gives an annual prize for excellence in arts journalism to writers. She was the longtime art and architecture critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\, was the the 2019 Clarice Smith Distinguished Critic at the Smithsonian\, and the 2017 Arts & Culture Fellow with the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University\, where she spent a year studying documentary film\, among other things. Her bylines have appeared in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, ARTnews\, Hyperallergic\, Nieman Reports and Milwaukee Magazine. Out of the Picture is her first film. \n\nAdmission is free. A location will be announced. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/out-of-the-picture-film-screening/
LOCATION:Location to be announced
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T173000
DTSTAMP:20260813T162706Z
CREATED:20260813T161806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T162706Z
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SUMMARY:Humanities Forum — Kim Bowes: The Economic Lives of Rome’s Ninety Percent
DESCRIPTION:Humanities Forum Lecture with Kim Bowes\nThe Economic Lives of Rome’s Ninety Percent\nThis Ancient Studies Week Lecture is part of the Fall 2026 Humanities Forum \nHow did the majority of Romans get by? What were their strategies for survival? This talk describes how the Roman world created a set of bitter challenges and opportunistic hustles for everyone from farmers and craftspeople to day laborers and slaves. Working people co-produced a consumer revolution\, making and buying everything from fine pottery to children’s toys. Many of the poorest working people lived with — but not on — wages. And Romans’ most daunting challenge was the struggle to save. These economies of survival were shared by a wide swath of people\, blurring the lines between genders\, ages\, and legal status. \n\nKim Bowes is BFC Presidential Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Author of Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent (Princeton)\, her research and field projects address the economic lives of working people. Her work has been supported by the National Science Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and the Guggenheim Foundation. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis annual lecture is organized by the Department of Ancient Studies and part of the Dresher Center’s Humanities Forum. \n\nUMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all faculty\, staff\, students\, and visitors. To request additional accessibility accommodations\, please contact us at least five business days in advance at dreshercenter@umbc.edu. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/humanities-forum-kim-bowes-the-economic-lives-of-romes-ninety-percent/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261015T200000
DTSTAMP:20260901T181000Z
CREATED:20260813T193125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T181000Z
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SUMMARY:Brandon Woody in Concert
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes\, We Fly\, an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N. Carroll\, the Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture presents Brandon Woody in concert\, alongside a public projection of The Unveiling of God/a love letter to my forefathers by NIA JUNE + Kirby Griffin + APoetNamedNate. \n\nBrandon Woody is a Baltimore-born\, Blue Note Records trumpeter and composer whose music explores themes of love\, resilience\, and community. Since releasing his acclaimed 2025 debut album\, For The Love Of It All\, Woody has been hailed by The New York Times and The Washington Post for his expressive tone and self-assured artistry. He has performed at major global venues\, including the Newport and North Sea Jazz Festivals\, and collaborated with artists such as Robert Glasper and Solange Knowles\, as well as international brands like Calvin Klein and Vogue. Deeply rooted in his hometown\, Woody continues to use music as a tool for healing and connection through both his performances and dedicated community work. \n\nNIA JUNE is a published poet\, filmmaker\, and arts educator recognized as Baltimore magazine’s Best Poet and Best Filmmaker. Her directorial work\, including the award-winning A Black Girl’s Country and The Unveiling of God\, has been acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art and screened internationally. A proud Baltimore native\, she is a recipient of the Rubys Artist Grant and the Saul Zaentz Fellowship for her impactful contributions to the local art community. \nKirby Griffin is a self-taught filmmaker and photographer from West Baltimore who specializes in visual storytelling that centers on local culture and arts. His documentary and narrative work explores themes of healing and history\, capturing projects ranging from live music to short films. His collaborative work\, including A Black Girl’s Country and The Unveiling of God\, is currently held in the Baltimore Museum of Art’s collection. \nAPoetNamedNate is a multifaceted Baltimore-based artist whose work spans poetry\, music production\, filmmaking\, and creative direction. He is well-known for producing the Charm City Slam and for his co-directing and musical contributions to award-winning short films showcased internationally. Additionally\, he is the author of Anticipational Love Poems\, a collection exploring themes of love and desire\, and continues to use his diverse creative talents to impact the community. \n\nVisitor Information \nThe Fine Arts Building Amphitheatre is located directly outside the CADVC. \nAdmission is free. \nThe CADVC is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 to 5 p.m.\, and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nPlease visit here for directions and parking information. \nVisitors who need specific accommodations to attend the exhibition or events should contact the CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188. \n\nAll events at CADVC are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/brandon-woody-in-concert/
LOCATION:Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture (CADVC)
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260830T191751Z
CREATED:20260830T191751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T191751Z
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SUMMARY:UMBC Jazz Ensemble: Electric Miles
DESCRIPTION:The UMBC Jazz Ensemble\, led by Matt Belzer\, presents Electric Miles\, a concert in celebration of the Miles Davis Centennial focusing on the groundbreaking electric sounds of the seminal albums\, Bitches Brew\, On The Corner\, and more\, featuring compositions such as Directions\, Black Satin\, In A Silent Way\, and Star on Cicely. \n\nAdmission is free\, and tickets are not required. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/umbc-jazz-ensemble-electric-miles/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T140000
DTSTAMP:20260904T194800Z
CREATED:20260803T192730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T194800Z
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SUMMARY:Ken Lewis: Mixer\, Producer\, Musician
DESCRIPTION:Grammy Award-winning music producer\, mixer\, songwriter\, arranger\, musician\, and finisher Ken Lewis will discuss his wide-ranging career in this presentation. With 166 Gold records\, Lewis’s work has contributed to the success of global superstars including Taylor Swift\, BTS\, Kanye\, Drake\, NF\, Khalil Fong\, Alicia Keys\, Ariana Grande\, Vybz Kartel\, NewJeans\, Assi El Hallani\, Mark Ronson\, and Bruno Mars. Lewis owns a plugin company\, Mixing Night Audio\, designing and using his own plugins extensively. His Los Angeles based sync agency\, Magnetic Music\, was featured in a Super Bowl commercial this year\, and has recent sync placements with Xbox and Netflix. With over 50 billion career streams\, Lewis continues to push the production envelope with new artists Anushka Sen and COBURN\, while mixing current Kpop hits from NMIXX\, Unchild\, and Rain. \nThis event is presented by UMBC’s Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA). \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nEarl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n\nImage courtesy of Lewis. \n\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. This event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/ken-lewis-mixer-producer-musician/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261025
DTSTAMP:20260828T205938Z
CREATED:20260828T205938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T205938Z
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SUMMARY:Livewire 16: We the People
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the Livewire 16: We the People new music festival\, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States and the composers and musicians who helped share our musical landscape. Through concerts and other events\, Livewire celebrates the innovators\, the brave\, and the experimental\, celebrating artists who forge new directions\, challenge barriers\, and open doors. This year\, the newRUCKUS ensemble and the Zohn Collective present three evenings of music by Kenji Bunch\, Raven Chacon\, Chen Yi\, Viet Cuong\, Brittany J. Green\, Lou Harrison\, Edgar Meyer\, Daniel Pesca\, Steve Reich\, Frederic Rzewski\, Gabriella Smith\, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon. \n\nThursday\, October 22 \n7 p.m.\nPre-concert talk by Kenji Bunch. \n7:30 p.m.\nThe newRUCKUS ensemble presents The American Experiment\, featuring music by Kenji Bunch\, Viet Cuong\, Brittany Green\, and Gabriella Smith: \n\nKenji Bunch — new work (premiere)\nKenji Bunch — Vesper Flight (2021)\nViet Cuong — Fine Lines (2019)\nBrittany J. Green — Shift.Unravel.Break (2022)\nGabriella Smith — Anthozoa (2018)\n\n\nFriday\, October 23 \n7 p.m.\nPre-concert talk (to be announced). \n7:30 p.m.\nnewRUCKUS and Zohn Collective join forces for Coming Together\, an evening of works by Raven Chacon\, Steve Reich\, and Frederic Rzewski: \n\nRaven Chacon — (Bury Me) Where The Lightning [Will] Never Find Me (2019)\nSteve Reich — Double Sextet (2007)\nFrederic Rzewski — Coming Together (1971)\n\n\nSaturday\, October 24 \n4:30 p.m.\nPre-concert talk (to be announced). \n5 p.m.\nThe Zohn Collective performs works by Chen Yi\, Edgar Meyer\, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon\, Kenji Bunch\, Daniel Pesca\, and Lou Harrison. including: \n\nChen Yi — Qi (1997)\nDaniel Pesca — Ripple\, Current\, Eddy (2016)\n\n\nAll events will be held in Linehan Concert Hall. \nFor each evening: $15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Ticket information is forthcoming. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/livewire-16-we-the-people/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T200000
DTSTAMP:20260904T201943Z
CREATED:20260904T201943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T201943Z
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SUMMARY:Lewis Hine in Maryland — Panel Discussion: Food and Labor in Maryland
DESCRIPTION:The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents a Panel Discussion on Food and Labor in Maryland in conjunction with the exhibition Lewis Hine in Maryland\, on display through December 18. \nFrom 1908 to 1924\, documentary photographer Lewis Hine (American\, 1874–1940) traveled throughout the United States\, using his camera to document child labor on behalf of the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). He photographed children working in coal mines\, cotton mills\, farms\, tenements\, and city streets. The NCLC used Hine’s photographs and eyewitness reports to support its campaigns for labor regulation and reform. His images appeared in pamphlets\, posters\, traveling exhibitions\, and lantern-slide presentations across the country. Ultimately\, these searing photographs helped shape labor legislation in the United States and established a model for documentary photography. \nThis event is co-organized with the Department of American Studies and the Orser Center for Public Humanities. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission to the panel discussion and to the exhibition is free. For driving directions and parking information\, please visit here. \n\nImage: Lewis Wickes Hine\, This little six-year helper in Rock Creek berry field\, near Baltimore\, Md.\, was working hard\, 1909. Gelatin silver print\, 5 x 7 in. The Photography Collections\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore County (UMBC)\, P845a. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/lewis-hine-in-maryland-panel-discussion-food-and-labor-in-maryland/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261025T170000
DTSTAMP:20260811T201646Z
CREATED:20260811T201035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260811T201646Z
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SUMMARY:SoloDuo\, classical guitar
DESCRIPTION:The Baltimore Classical Guitar Society presents SoloDuo\, featuring classical guitarists Matteo Mela and Lorenzo Micheli. \nSoloDuo has performed throughout Europe\, Asia\, the United States\, Canada and Latin America\, and have been acclaimed everywhere — from New York’s Carnegie Hall to Seoul’s Sejong Chamber Hall\, from Kiev’s Hall of Columns to Vienna’s Konzerthaus — as an extraordinary ensemble. About one of their performances\, The Washington Post wrote\, “the duo’s playing was nothing less than rapturous — profound and unforgettable musicianship of the highest order.” \nIn addition to classic\, romantic and modern repertoire\, Mela and Micheli — joined by lutenist Massimo Lonardi — have extensively explored Italian music from the 17th and 18th centuries for baroque guitar and theorbo. The have recorded works by Alessandro Scarlatti\, Mauro Giuliani\, Ferdinand Rebay\, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and other composers for the Naxos\, Brilliant\, Contrastes\, Kookaburra\, Mel Bay\, and Stradivarius labels. \nSince 2015\, they have been artists in residence at the University of Colorado Boulder. \n\nTickets are $30–$35 and are available through BCGS. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/soloduo-classical-guitar/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109
DTSTAMP:20260730T174006Z
CREATED:20260628T173440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T174006Z
UID:10001305-1793232000-1794182399@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:the serpent under't
DESCRIPTION:UMBC Theatre presents the serpent under’t\, an experimental dance theatre adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth\, conceived and directed by Nigel Semaj. Blending movement\, dance\, and spoken text\, this reimagining draws inspiration from horror and the macabre of Edgar Allen Poe. Join us as we explore the shadows of the human psyche where ambition\, guilt\, and fate intertwine with the supernatural. \n\nPerformances \nThursday\, October 29\, 7:30 p.m. — Opening Night Reception\nFriday\, October 30\, 7:30 p.m. — Free performance for UMBC students\nSaturday\, October 31\, 2 p.m.\nFriday\, November 6\, 7:30 p.m.\nSaturday\, November 7\, 7:30 p.m.\nSunday\, November 8\, 2 p.m. — Actor Talkback\, Free performance for UMBC students\, Prospective Student Day \n\nTicket information is forthcoming. \nASL Interpreted performances are TBA. If you have requests around accessibility for any of our performances\, please email the UMBC arts box office. \nUMBC Theatre events are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n\nGraphic design by Eric Abele. \n\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/the-serpent-undert/
LOCATION:Proscenium Theatre
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261031T160000
DTSTAMP:20260830T204426Z
CREATED:20260830T204426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T204426Z
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SUMMARY:Halloween Spooktacular
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents a Halloween Spooktacular — a varied program with humor\, fun\, and more than a few surprises. Come in costume and enjoy an afternoon musical spectacle! Pre- and post-concert events will combine with the family-oriented program for all ages. The program\, which will feature various music ensembles\, will end with plenty of time for additional holiday plans. \nAdditional details will be announced. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/halloween-spooktacular/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T133000
DTSTAMP:20260630T201936Z
CREATED:20260630T201727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T201936Z
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SUMMARY:Mary Celenza: Television and Podcast Producer
DESCRIPTION:Mary Celenza\, a showrunner\, director\, and writer with over 25 years of experience in television and audio production\, will discuss her extensive career. She is currently the Head of Current and Executive Producer at Treefort Media\, where she oversees series for Audible\, Wondery\, Netflix\, and Focus Features. \nThis event is presented by UMBC’s Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA). \n\nOver the course of her career\, Mary Celenza has worked across a wide variety of formats including documentary\, talk\, news\, comedy\, competition and game shows. She began her career in news at Good Morning America in New York\, and later worked alongside legendary television host Barbara Walters for four years before relocating to Los Angeles. Ms. Celenza is an experienced multi-cam and single-cam director with credits spanning long and short form documentary pieces and comedic shorts. As a showrunner\, she has helmed unscripted series for Apple Music\, Disney+\, Syfy\, Discovery+\, Roku\, Prime and Pokémon. In the competition space\, she shepherded 13 seasons of the Critics’ Choice Award-winning special makeup effects series Face Off\, as well as the moving floor dance competition series Floored. In the documentary space\, she was one of the showrunners on the Disney+ series Pick of the Litter\, about Guide Dogs for the Blind\, and a documentary series for the game company Pokémon. In addition to production\, Ms. Celenza spent two years as a development executive for ABC Studios/Disney. She is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America\, and has served as a guest lecturer at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Ms. Celenza received a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1995 with a concentration in Communications and Native American Studies. \n\nAdmission is free. The talk will be accompanied by a free lunch served at 11:45. (An r.s.v.p. form will be available soon.) \n\nThis event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/mary-celenza-television-and-podcast-producer/
LOCATION:216 Performing Arts and Humanities Building
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T183000
DTSTAMP:20260813T163449Z
CREATED:20260813T163449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T163449Z
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SUMMARY:Humanities Forum — Nishant Upadhyay: Indians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race\, Caste\, and Indigeneity
DESCRIPTION:Humanities Forum Lecture with Nishant Upadhyay\nIndians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race\, Caste\, and Indigeneity\nThis lecture is part of the Fall 2026 Humanities Forum \nIndians on Indian Lands unravels Indian diasporic complicity in its ongoing colonial relationship with Indigenous peoples\, lands\, and nations in Canada. Upadhyay examines the interwoven and simultaneous areas of dominant Indian caste complicity in processes of settler colonialism\, antiblackness\, capitalism\, brahminical supremacy\, Hindu nationalism\, and heteropatriarchy. Resource extraction in British Columbia in the 1970s through the 1990s and in present-day Alberta offers examples of spaces that illuminate the dispossession of Indigenous peoples and simultaneously reveals how race\, gender\, and caste affect labor formations. Upadhyay juxtaposes these extraction sites with examples of anticolonial activism and solidarities from Tkaronto (Toronto). Analyzing silence on settler colonialism and brahminical caste supremacy\, Upadhyay upends the idea of dominant caste Indian diasporas as racially victimized and shows that claiming victimhood denies a very real complicity in enforcing other power structures. Exploring stories of quotidian proximity and intimacy between Indigenous and South Asian communities\, Upadhyay offers meditations on anticolonial and anti-casteist ways of knowledge production\, ethical relationalities\, and solidarities. Groundbreaking and ambitious\, Indians on Indian Lands presents the case for holding Indian diasporas accountable for acts of violence within a colonial settler nation. \n\nNishant Upadhyay is an associate professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado\, Boulder. They hold a PhD in Social and Political Thought from the York University\, Toronto. Upadhyay is the author of Indians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race\, Caste\, and Indigeneity (University of Illinois Press\, 2024). Their research and teaching focuses on settler colonialism and empire\, intersections of race\, caste\, and indigeneity\, queer and trans of color studies\, and South Asian diaspora. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis lecture\, presented by the Dresher Center’s Humanities Forum\, is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program. \n\nUMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all faculty\, staff\, students\, and visitors. To request additional accessibility accommodations\, please contact us at least five business days in advance at dreshercenter@umbc.edu. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/humanities-forum-nishant-upadhyay-indians-on-indian-lands-intersections-of-race-caste-and-indigeneity/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T200000
DTSTAMP:20260813T194610Z
CREATED:20260813T194610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T194610Z
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SUMMARY:Artist roundtable on experimental praxis
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes\, We Fly\, an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N. Carroll\, the Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture presents an artist roundtable on experimental praxis moderated by Ernest Shaw in conversation with Ada Pinkston and Lehna Huie. \n\nArtist Ernest Shaw\, Jr. is a Baltimore-based educator whose work explores the duality of the African American experience through sophisticated color and figurative art. His practice honors traditional African and African American figurative art\, often drawing on rhythmic influences from his West African drumming training. A product of the Baltimore City Public School system\, Shaw balances his artistic career with teaching in Baltimore City and as an adjunct professor at Coppin State University. \nAda Pinkston is a Baltimore-based multimedia artist\, educator\, and cultural organizer whose work investigates the erasures and mythologies surrounding Black life\, memory\, and public space. Using performance\, digital media\, and sculpture\, she creates speculative monuments that challenge conventional collective memory and invite deeper inquiry into what is forgotten. Pinkston\, who holds an M.F.A. from MICA and is currently a lecturer at Towson University\, has exhibited internationally and serves on the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. \nLehna Huie is a multidisciplinary artist who draws inspiration from Caribbean oral histories and dream landscapes to create visual meditations on memory and lineage. Her practice combines diverse materials—such as paint\, textiles\, and found objects—to honor and personify the lands and waters of her roots. An M.F.A. graduate from MICA\, Huie has participated in numerous international exhibitions and prestigious residencies\, while also working as a Legacy Specialist preserving intergenerational artist archives. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission is free. \nThe CADVC is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 to 5 p.m.\, and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nPlease visit here for directions and parking information. \nVisitors who need specific accommodations to attend the exhibition or events should contact the CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188. \n\nAll events at CADVC are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/artist-roundtable-on-experimental-praxis/
LOCATION:Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture (CADVC)
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261108T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261108T180000
DTSTAMP:20260830T212118Z
CREATED:20260830T212118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T212118Z
UID:10001413-1794153600-1794160800@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:UMBC Faculty String Sextet
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the UMBC Faculty String Sextet in a performance of two of the keystone Romantic works for string ensemble — the String Sextet No. 2 by Johannes Brahms\, and the String Sextet “Souvenir de Florence” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. \nAdditional details are forthcoming. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Tickets will be available in fall 2026. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/umbc-faculty-string-sextet/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T180000
DTSTAMP:20260729T202853Z
CREATED:20260729T202801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T202853Z
UID:10001318-1794330000-1794333600@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Stephanie J. Williams: Things That Don’t Have Names
DESCRIPTION:Interdisciplinary visual artist Stephanie J. Williams will tell us about her artistic practice\, which bridges sculpture and animation. Her work navigates hierarchies of taste\, unpacking how “official” histories are constructed in order to understand contemporary social coding. \nThis event is presented by UMBC’s Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA). \n\nStephanie J. Williams is an interdisciplinary visual artist whose work has been exhibited in Fictions\, part of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s F-show image of Stephanie J. Williamsexhibitions\, at the Walters Art Museum as a Sondheim Finalist\, as well as with Washington Project for the Arts\, Lawrence University\, and the Delaware Contemporary. She has been awarded residencies at Yaddo\, Sculpture Space\, Williams College\, the Nicholson Project\, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts\, and ACRE. Recent animated works have screened at Slamdance (2024)\, Ann Arbor Film Festival (2024)\, the New Orleans Film Festival (Best Animated Short\, 2022)\, Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival (2023\, Jury Citation – 2022)\, the Atlanta Film Festival (2023\, 2024) and Outfest LA LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (2023). She has received grants from the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund at Johns Hopkins University and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities. She received an MFA in sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design under a Presidential Scholarship and is currently full time faculty in Animation at Maryland Institute College of Art. \n\nAdmission is free. A reception will follow the talk. \n\nThis event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n\nImage: Stephanie J. Williams\, The Expectation of the Observed\, displayed as part of the I’ll Meet You There exhibition\, Hamiltonian Artists and The Nicholson Project\, 2026. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/stephanie-j-williams-things-that-dont-have-names/
LOCATION:427 Fine Arts Building
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T200000
DTSTAMP:20260831T033508Z
CREATED:20260831T033508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T033508Z
UID:10001420-1794333600-1794340800@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Social Sciences Forum — Natanya Duncan: Redeemed: Women of the UNIA and Du Bois’ “Damnation of Women”
DESCRIPTION:Social Sciences Forum lecture with Natanya Duncan\nRedeemed: Women of the UNIA and Du Bois’ “Damnation of Women”\nThis 48th Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture is part of the Fall 2026 Social Sciences Forum \nIn 1919\, New Jersey law student Hannah Nichols called the women of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) into action. She asked women to “present an efficient womanhood … undaunted by anyone’s objections …” in the pursuit of global Black autonomy. The phrase “efficient womanhood” would appear one year later in W.E.B. Du Bois’ 1920 essay “Damnation of Womanhood.” Du Bois declared the history of Black women as laced with “insult and degradation” that was “both fearful and glorious.” For Du Bois\, the contradictions and dilemmas Black women faced “birthed … an efficient womanhood.” The efficient womanhood activist strategy scripted and lived by UNIA women served to shape the Pan Africanism of the 20th Century. This talk will examine how the women of the UNIA set the stage for Du Bois’ expanded ideas on gender and nation building in the 20th Century. \n\nNatanya Duncan is the Director of Africana Studies and Research Institute at Queens College City University of New York and an Associate Professor of History. A historian of the African Diaspora\, her research and teaching focuses on global freedom movements of the 20th and 21st Century. Duncan’s research interest includes constructions of identity and nation building amongst women of color; migrations; color and class in Diasporic communities; and the engagements of intellectuals throughout the African Diaspora. She is the author of An Efficient Womanhood: Women and the Making of the Universal Negro Improvement Association\, (University of North Carolina Press\, 2025)\, which focuses on the distinct activist strategies in-acted by women in the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis event is organized by the Department of Africana Studies and is co-sponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship\, the College of Arts\, Humanities\, and Social Sciences Dean’s Office\, and the Dresher Center for the Humanities. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/social-sciences-forum-natanya-duncan-redeemed-women-of-the-unia-and-du-bois-damnation-of-women/
LOCATION:University Center Ballroom
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities,Social Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T213000
DTSTAMP:20260810T202628Z
CREATED:20260810T202628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260810T202628Z
UID:10001376-1794425400-1794432600@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Grigorios Zamparas\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Join us as pianist Grigorios Zamparas performs masterworks spanning the Romantic and Impressionist eras. The program features Franz Liszt’s 1849 dramatic “Dante Sonata\,” a formidable piece inspired by the Divine Comedy\, Ludwig van Beethoven’s 1804 “Waldstein” Sonata\, known for its grand scope and technical brilliance\, and selections from Maurice Ravel’s Miroirs\, a vivid five-movement suite written in 1904–05 and dedicated to his contemporaries in the Parisian artistic circle. \n\nDescribed by the American Record Guide as possessing “formidable technique\,” Grigorios Zamparas is a versatile pianist\, chamber musician\, and recitalist who has performed internationally across Europe\, South Korea\, Brazil\, and the United States. A Yamaha Artist and recording artist with eight albums for Centaur Records\, he has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras and at prominent global festivals. Zamparas currently serves as Professor of Music and chair of the music department at The University of Tampa\, where he has been recognized for his scholarship and creative work. He holds a DMA from the University of Miami and degrees from Indiana University and the University of Indianapolis. \n\nThis event is sponsored by UMBC’s Department of Music. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Tickets will be available in fall 2026. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/grigorios-zamparas-piano/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261114
DTSTAMP:20260830T215131Z
CREATED:20260830T215131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T215131Z
UID:10001417-1794441600-1794614399@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:First Works Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Dance presents the annual First Works Concert\, featuring new works by dance majors. \n\nTwo performances:\nThursday\, November 12\, 7:30 p.m.\nFriday\, November 13\, 7:30 p.m. \nAdmission is $5 general. Please visit here to reserve seats. \n\nThe Dance Cube is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for additional information. \n\nPhoto by Kiirstn Pagan ’11. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/first-works-concert-2/
LOCATION:Dance Cube
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Dance
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