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April 2026

Mon 27

Against a blurry green background, a white woman with blond hair, wearing a tan top with red flowers, smiles at the camera.

April 27, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Humanities Forum — Orianne Smith: Romanticism Bewitched: Witchcraft, Revolution and the Female Demonic

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Humanities

Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

The Humanities Forum presents Orianne Smith, professor of English at UMBC, who will speak on Romanticism Bewitched: Witchcraft, Revolution and the Female Demonic. Smith embarks on an interdisciplinary reimagining of witchcraft, women's writing, religion, and social reform, providing original insights on the history of witchcraft and its influence on public discourse, literature and art.

View Full Event Details and Register for Humanities Forum — Orianne Smith: Romanticism Bewitched: Witchcraft, Revolution and the Female Demonic, Monday, April 27, 2026

Wed 29

Against a cultivated landscape, a Black woman with short dark hair, wearing a gray shirt that says UMBC, and dark glasses, smiles at the camera.

April 29, 11:45 am - 1:30 pm

Guenet Abraham: Exploring and Bridging Ethiopia’s Indigenous Art, Design, and Innovation

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Visual Arts

216 Performing Arts and Humanities Building

The Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in Arts (CIRCA) presents Guenet Abraham, professor of visual arts at UMBC, who will speak on “Exploring and Bridging Ethiopia’s Indigenous Art, Design, and Innovation,” a multi-year project for which she was awarded a 2025 CIRCA Summer Fellowship.

View Full Event Details and Register for Guenet Abraham: Exploring and Bridging Ethiopia’s Indigenous Art, Design, and Innovation, Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Wed 29

Five musicians — one pianist and four cellists — perform on stage.

April 29, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

UMBC Chamber Players

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Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Chamber Players under the direction of Airi Yoshioka.

View Full Event Details and Register for UMBC Chamber Players, Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Thu 30

In a vividly lit corridor, a man in black dances with a woman in a yellow top.

April 30 - May 1

Orange Grove Dance — Site/Unseen

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Dance

UMBC Arts District

Join us for a special event with Site/Unseen, a production by Orange Grove Dance that brings ten performers into dynamic partnership with sidewalks, stairways, and the UMBC amphitheatre. Through shared weight, timing, and physical negotiation, bodies and architecture collide and collaborate, revealing the unseen choreography woven into the spaces we pass through every day. This outdoor performance, directed and choreographed by OGD Artistic Directors Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves, travels a short distance across campus, beginning at UMBC's Performing Arts and Humanities Building and concluding at the Fine Arts Building Amphitheatre.

View Full Event Details and Register for Orange Grove Dance — Site/Unseen, Thursday, April 30, 2026

Thu 30

In a dark and dimly-lit space, a person stands near a cylindrical object on the ground, surrounded by flat screens that are omitting blue images.

Featured April 30 - May 2

The Polar Ice Museum

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Imaging Research Center

The Imaging Research Center (IRC) presents The Polar Ice Museum, a series of artworks and immersive, data-driven installations that transform polar data into meaningful public engagement experiences on sea level, climate, and related environmental issues. The Polar Ice Museum will be open April 30 through May 2, with an Opening Reception on Thursday, April 30, from 4 to 6 p.m.

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May 2026

Fri 1

Featured May 1 - May 3

User Agreement

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Black Box Theatre

UMBC Theatre presents User Agreeement by Ben Holbrook and directed by Sean DiGiorgio ’26. Set in the near future, Sy and Theo attempt to navigate their bond in a world enhanced by the wonders of artificial intelligence and the occasional talking octopus. Their budding romance is tested by an increasingly complex society driven by technology and capital, asking us to wonder if two simple souls can truly connect.

View Full Event Details and Register for User Agreement, Friday, May 1, 2026

Fri 1

A woman with a medium skin tone, black hair, and black outfit, holds a piece of artwork as she looks at the camera.

May 1, 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Wei Leng Tay: Migratory Paths, from Photographic Representation to Materiality

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Visual Arts

Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

In this lecture, artist Wei Leng Tay will discuss modes of narrative-making in her art, taking migration as a central premise. From her beginnings in journalism to her current practice, she will speak about shifting ideas and uses of representation and materiality in relation to the photographic medium. She will discuss ways migration moves through some of her works, from topic to medium to form.

View Full Event Details and Register for Wei Leng Tay: Migratory Paths, from Photographic Representation to Materiality, Friday, May 1, 2026

Fri 1

May 1, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

UMBC Gamelan Ensemble

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Music

The Music Box

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Gamelan Ensemble under the direction of Michelle Purdy. The ensemble performs on a central Javanese gamelan (a gong-chime orchestra of Indonesia), and also on a Balinese gamelan angklung (one of many types of gong-chime orchestras from the island of Bali, Indonesia).

View Full Event Details and Register for UMBC Gamelan Ensemble, Friday, May 1, 2026

Sat 2

In the foreground, the side of a green taxi, and in the background a complex storefront that says Gulshan Pharmacy and Wholesale. Image by Vaniya Khan.

May 2 - May 29

UNRECONCILED: A Showcase of Student Work Exploring the Concepts of Global Asias

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Humanities
Visual Arts

Albin O. Kuhn Library Rotunda

Join us for UNRECONCILED: A Showcase of Student Work Exploring the Concepts of Global Asias, featuring work by Fatima Hafeez, Vaniya Khan, Parvata Kirthivasan, Greyson Martin, Neha Mathew, Bao Nguyen, Morgan Seabolt-Wilbanks, Julianne Scott, Bibi Qudsia Tolwak, and Michelle Yang.

View Full Event Details and Register for UNRECONCILED: A Showcase of Student Work Exploring the Concepts of Global Asias, Saturday, May 2, 2026

Sat 2

Against a black background, three people pose with musical instruments — left to right, saxophone, drums and double bass.

May 2, 11:30 am - 3:00 pm

The Ocean is Aware: A Suite for 5 Creative Musicians in 5 Movements

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Music

Rita Rossi Colwell Center

Explore the intersection between music and science as Matt Belzer, the 2025 CIRCA-IMET Artist-in-Residence, presents his new work The Ocean is Aware: A Suite for 5 Creative Musicians in 5 Movements, featuring the composer on alto and soprano saxophones, Juan Sebastián Delgado, cello, Dustin Donahue, percussion, Larry Melton, acoustic and electric bass, and Mark Merella, hybrid drum kit, with two performances at 11:30 and 1:30.

View Full Event Details and Register for The Ocean is Aware: A Suite for 5 Creative Musicians in 5 Movements, Saturday, May 2, 2026

Sat 2

A choir performs on stage with a piano positioned in front of them

May 2, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

UMBC Jubilee Singers and Gospel Choir

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Music

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents the Jubilee Singers and the UMBC Gospel Choir under the direction of Janice Jackson.

View Full Event Details and Register for UMBC Jubilee Singers and Gospel Choir, Saturday, May 2, 2026

Sun 3

A group of jazz musicians play their instruments on stage

May 3, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

UMBC Jazz in Concert

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Music

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents UMBC Jazz in Concert, featuring the Jazz Guitar Ensemble, the Jazz Small Groups, and the Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Tom Baldwin, Tom Lagana, and Matthew Belzer. Fresh from performances at the Smithsonian and Keystone Korner, the Jazz Ensemble will feature compositions by current students and alumni.

View Full Event Details and Register for UMBC Jazz in Concert, Sunday, May 3, 2026

Sun 3

May 3, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

UMBC Camerata

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Music

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Camerata under the direction of Lulu Mwangi. A small choral ensemble consisting of auditioned singers from across the university. Camerata performs a wide variety of works drawn from the expansive choral repertoire: including Renaissance motets and madrigals, folksongs, German part songs, Russian sacred liturgies, American spirituals, and new American concert works.

View Full Event Details and Register for UMBC Camerata, Sunday, May 3, 2026

Thu 7

A white man with short gray hair and slight beard, wearing glasses and a blue jacket, smiles at the camera.

May 7, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Erle Ellis — How People Make Nature Better

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Social Sciences

Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

The Social Sciences Forum presents the annual Lipitz Lecture, featuring Erle Ellis, who will speak on “How People Make Nature Better: Measuring Progress Toward a World Where People and Nature Thrive Together using the Nature Relationship Index (NRI).”

View Full Event Details and Register for Erle Ellis — How People Make Nature Better, Thursday, May 7, 2026

Fri 8

Against a dimmed background, three dancers perform on stage.

Featured May 8 - May 9

Spring Dance Showcase

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Dance

Dance Cube

The Department of Dance presents the annual Spring Dance Showcase, featuring a new faculty ballet work by Brandon Russell, senior capstone choreography by Nyah Brown, Madison Kayser, Katie King, and Kiera Richardson, new choreography by Katie Goralski, and a dance film by Gwyneth Watson.

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April 2026

Humanities Forum — Orianne Smith: Romanticism Bewitched: Witchcraft, Revolution and the Female Demonic

Guenet Abraham: Exploring and Bridging Ethiopia’s Indigenous Art, Design, and Innovation

UMBC Chamber Players

Orange Grove Dance — Site/Unseen

The Polar Ice Museum

May 2026

User Agreement

Wei Leng Tay: Migratory Paths, from Photographic Representation to Materiality

UMBC Gamelan Ensemble

UNRECONCILED: A Showcase of Student Work Exploring the Concepts of Global Asias

The Ocean is Aware: A Suite for 5 Creative Musicians in 5 Movements

UMBC Jubilee Singers and Gospel Choir

UMBC Jazz in Concert

UMBC Camerata

Spring Dance Showcase

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