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SUMMARY:Picturing Mobility: Black Tourism and Leisure during the Jim Crow Era
DESCRIPTION:The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents the exhibition Picturing Mobility: Black Tourism and Leisure during the Jim Crow Era\, on display from September 2 through December 19. \nPicturing Mobility explores what it meant to seek leisure and travel as a Black American during the Jim Crow era. The exhibition features snapshots and travel ephemera of Black leisure experiences primarily from the mid-Atlantic during the 1920s to 1960s. From beach outings to family road trips\, these images offer glimpses into everyday moments of happiness\, relaxation and community\, challenging dominant narratives that define the era solely through restriction and struggle. Viewers are encouraged to reflect on the emotional power of these images of Black resistance and mobility. \nExplore more about the Picturing Mobility exhibition. \n\nPublic Programs \nFriday\, September 19\, 5 p.m. — Join us for a curatorial talk with Elizabeth Patton\, chair and associate professor of media and communication studies at UMBC\, followed by an opening reception. \nThursday\, December 4\, 5 p.m. — Join us for a panel discussion with Corey Lewis\, Ashley Minner Jones\, Oyinda Omoloja\, Elizabeth Patton\, and Beth Saunders. The conversation will be moderated by Sophia Blessit-Sottileo\, Dean and Vice Provost of the AOK Library & Gallery. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission to Picturing Mobility and the public program 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: 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.\nSaturday and Sunday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. \nPlease note — The Library Gallery will be closed from Wednesday\, November 26\, through Saturday\, November 29. \n\n\nThe presentation of this exhibition and its public programs is supported by the Arts+ Initiative; the College of Arts\, Humanities\, and Social Sciences; and an arts program grant from the Maryland State Arts Council\, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support comes from the Libby Kuhn Endowment Fund\, as well as individual contributors. \n\nImage: Addison Scurlock\, Picnic\, #78\, [Highland Beach\, Maryland]\, c. 1931\, printed 1982. Gelatin Silver Print\, The Photography Collections\, UMBC (P82-17-014). \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/picturing-mobility-black-tourism-and-leisure-during-the-jim-crow-era/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250930
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251225
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SUMMARY:Inclusive Excellence
DESCRIPTION:The campus community is invited to explore Inclusive Excellence\, a a set of two visual arts exhibitions in The Commons. Developed by students in the spring 2025 Professional Practices in Graphic Design course taught by adjunct professor Katie Heater ’09\, visual arts\, and MFA ’13\, imaging and digital arts\, the striking installations can be viewed in the Mezzanine Gallery and West Entrance to The Commons. \nPlease visit here to learn more about Inclusive Excellence. \n\nAdmission is free. \nThe Commons is open Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.\, on Friday from 7:30 a.m. to midnight\, on Saturday from 8 a.m. to midnight\, and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information about building hours\, please visit here. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/inclusive-excellence/
LOCATION:The Commons
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Student Arts Events,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T170000
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DTSTAMP:20251209T190515Z
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SUMMARY:Harmony Across Borders: UMBC Choirs Homecoming Concert
DESCRIPTION:In June 2025\, three UMBC choirs took part in an extraordinary summer performance tour through Europe. The UMBC Camerata\, conducted by Lulu Mwangi\, and UMBC Jubilee Singers and Gospel Choir\, conducted by Janice Jackson\, began with a concert in the beautiful city of Paris\, and then headed to Prague to perform with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra at the Summer Proms concerts. \nThe singers\, consisting of music and non-music majors\, staff\, alumni and community members\, joined forces with the Jeremy Winston Chorale and other talented singers to form a 100-voice American Choir. It was an opportunity for cultural exchange\, with students learning about European history and architecture\, and broadening global perspectives. \nIn this Choirs Homecoming Concert\, the choirs will perform selections from their European tour\, talk about their experiences\, present photos and videos from the trip\, and thank all the supporters who made this event possible. \n\nAdmission is free\, but ticket reservations are required. Please visit here to reserve seats. \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-choirs-homecoming-concert/
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:20251007T190000
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SUMMARY:Energy Wars at Home and Abroad
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Ethics and Values presents Energy Wars at Home and Abroad: A conversation with Andrew Light\, Philosopher and Former Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs at the Department of Energy (2021–2025). The conversation will be moderated by Blake Francis\, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Human Context of Science and Technology Program. \nAndrew Light is Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy\, Philosophy\, and Atmospheric Sciences\, at George Mason University; and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth\, at the University of Chicago. \n\nAdmission is free. Preregistration is recommended\, but not required — please visit here to reserve a seat. \nUMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all faculty\, staff\, students\, and visitors. To request accessibility accommodations\, please contact ethics@umbc.edu. \n\nThis event is presented by the Center for Ethics and Values; the Human Context of Science and Technology Program; and the Philosophy\, Politics\, Economics\, and Law Program. The event is cosponsored by the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems and the School of Public Policy.
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/energy-wars-at-home-and-abroad/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Recital Hall\, MD
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T130000
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SUMMARY:Entrepreneurship for Social Impact in the Arts and Humanities
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) presents a panel discussion\, Entrepreneurship for Social Impact in the Arts and Humanities. \nEntrepreneurship is often defined as the process of identifying\, developing\, and bringing a new venture to life\, often involving innovation\, risk-taking\, and the creation of economic value. Another way to think about entrepreneurship is through a measurable impact: solving a problem. Entrepreneurship is at the heart of much research in the arts and humanities\, however this work is often oriented towards social impact rather than monetary gain. This panel will highlight the entrepreneurial work of UMBC arts and humanities faculty in both their research and teaching. \nFeatured panelists: \n\nMelissa Blair is an Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Public History in the Department of History.\nAnn Sofie Clemmensen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Dance\, teaching courses in contemporary movement practice\, improvisation\, composition\, and interdisciplinary creative research.\nAmy Froide is Director of the Dresher Center for Humanities and is a Professor in the Department of History where she teaches courses in British history and European Women’s History\, focusing on the years 1500–1800.\nKevin Fulmer is Director of the Alex Brown Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.\nSteven McAlpine is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Individualized Study program at UMBC.\n\nComplete biographies of the speakers are available on CIRCA’s event site. \n\nAdmission is free\, but reservations are requested. A lunch will be served at 11:45 a.m. preceding the event. \n\nThis event is co-sponsored with the Dresher Center for the Humanities. \n\nPhoto by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/entrepreneurship-for-social-impact-in-the-arts-and-humanities/
LOCATION:216 Performing Arts and Humanities Building
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Dance,Humanities,Music,Theatre,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251123
DTSTAMP:20251209T190514Z
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SUMMARY:Pedagogy Study Hall
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture (CADVC) presents Pedagogy Study Hall\, a collaborative exhibition\, research project\, and public humanities residency by interdisciplinary artist Tomashi Jackson and policy analyst and economic advocate Nia K. Evans. The project examines systems of investment and disinvestment in the arts and humanities as reflections of broader civic and economic structures. Drawing on Baltimore’s grassroots history of cultural labor and social justice organizing\, Pedagogy Study Hall offers a multilayered model for public memory\, artistic research\, and civic pedagogy. \nPedagogy Study Hall is not a static exhibition but a process — an accumulative and iterative space where teaching\, learning\, and collective study unfold in real time. Jackson and Evans define pedagogy not only as the philosophy and practice of teaching\, but also as the systems of decision-making and environments that make learning possible. \nThe CADVC exhibition presents a spatialized archive of research collected through two years of public programs\, interviews\, and collaborative inquiry. Materials include audio and video recordings\, a mural documenting a timeline of salient events\, zines\, press clippings\, archival documents\, and program-based ephemera. Programming explores the interplay of art\, law\, policy\, education\, and community activism in shaping the cultural landscape. Key elements include: \n\nTimeline Mural: A graphite-washed wall charting arts and humanities legislation and other datapoints from the founding of the NEA and NEH through the present\, with new entries added during the exhibition based on Baltimore interviews and research.\nVideo Installations: A series of interviews with historians\, civil rights attorneys\, and Baltimore cultural workers\, expanded over the run of the show. In the CADVC theater\, a looped projection of Tommy Tonight — Jackson’s drag alter ego — critiques cultural institutions such as the library\, the museum\, and the artist residency space. This includes On My Own (Devotions in the BMA & at Lisa’s House in Roxbury) (2023)\, produced at the Baltimore Museum of Art during Jackson’s residency with CADVC. At night\, a large-scale amphitheater projection extends the exhibition outward into public space.\nPublic Programs: The exhibition functions as a forum for active research. Live interviews and conversations recorded during public programs will be added to the gallery over time\, generating new content and extending the exhibition’s evolving form. These materials will provide the foundation for a multimedia publication\, edited by Evans and scheduled for release in 2027.\n\n\nAcross its run\, Pedagogy Study Hall will host a wide-ranging series of public events including reading groups\, drawing sessions\, workshops\, and roundtables. Highlights include: \n\nOctober 9 — Opening Reception & Artist Talk (5:30–7:30 p.m.; moderated by Teri Henderson)\nOctober 10 — Visionaries and Outcasts Reading with Tomashi Jackson\, Nia K. Evans\, Michael Brenson\, and Annie Storr (10–11:30 a.m.)\nOctober 11 — Talk/Draw with Jackson\, Evans\, Michael Hunt\, and members of With Us For Us coalition. DJ: M’Balou Camara (1–4 p.m.)\nOctober 17 — Public Arts & Humanities Panel (curated by Christopher Brooks) (12–1:30 p.m.)\nOctober 24 — Public Drawing Session with Alx Velozo (2–4 p.m.)\nOctober 29 — Dresher Center for the Humanities — CURRENTS: Arts & Humanities in Baltimore (12–1 p.m.)\nOctober 30 — Poetry Workshop with Ainsley Burrows (5–7:30 p.m.)\nNovember 5 — Nicole King on Poppleton and activist print culture (3–4 p.m.)\nNovember 12 — Public Drawing Session with Alx Velozo (3–5 p.m.)\nNovember 13 — Denise Meringolo on public history\, digital publishing\, and the Baltimore Uprising (12–1:30 p.m.)\nNovember 19 — Roundtable on Education History & Policy\, Part II\, with Tomashi Jackson and Nia K. Evans (live) & Davarian Baldwin and Matt Cregor (via Zoom) (12–1:30 p.m.)\nNovember 20 — With Us For Us in Conversation with Nia Evans (6–8 p.m.)\nNovember 22 — Closing Talk/Draw with Eric Mack\, Tomashi Jackson\, and Nia Evans. DJ: M’Balou Camara (1–4 p.m.)\n\nProgram details and updates will be posted at cadvc.umbc.edu. \n\nAbout the Contributors \nTomashi Jackson is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice combines painting\, printmaking\, and sculpture with archival research into public policy\, civil rights\, and histories of segregation. Her work has been widely exhibited\, including solo shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver\, ICA Philadelphia\, and the Parrish Art Museum\, and is held in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art\, the Guggenheim Museum\, and the High Museum of Art. \nNia K. Evans is the Executive Director of the Boston Ujima Project\, an economic and cultural justice organization. Trained in labor relations\, education\, and policy\, Evans has advanced community-led funding initiatives and is co-creator of The Frames Debate Project\, a multimedia initiative linking policy and lived experience. She is editor of the forthcoming Pedagogy Study Hall publication. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission is free. \nPedagogy Study Hall will be open Tuesday through Saturday\, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is free during evening and weekend hours\, and metered parking is available other times. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \nVisitors who need specific accommodations to attend our events or exhibitions\, should contact the CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188. \n\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative.
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/pedagogy-study-hall/
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:20251012T150000
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SUMMARY:UMBC Jazz Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz Ensemble\, directed by Matthew Belzer\, in a program of music by Charles Mingus\, Quincy Jones\, Pat Metheny\, Jack DeJohnette\, Kenny Wheeler\, and Fred Sturm. \nThe program: \n\nCanon — Charles Mingus\nAscending — Fred Sturm\n‘Deed I Do (as performed by Ella Fitzgerald) — Music and Words by Fred Rose and Walter Hirsch\, arranged by Quincy Jones\nGentle Piece — Kenny Wheeler\nAhmad The Terrible — Jack DeJohnette/arranged by Matt Belzer\nSong For Bilbao — Pat Metheny/arranged by Alan Baylock\n\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/
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:20251014T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T190000
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SUMMARY:Mel Chin: Constructing Liberation
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) presents artist Mel Chin\, known for the broad range of approaches in his art\, including works that require multi-disciplinary\, collaborative teamwork and works that enlist science as an aesthetic component to developing complex ideas. Chin uses technology\, collage\, sculpture\, and large-scale installations to create a body of work centered around environmental\, political\, and social issues\, inserting art into unlikely places and forms\, including video games\, destroyed homes\, toxic landfills\, and popular television. Interested in creating greater social awareness and responsibility\, and making a place for possible political transformation\, Chin engages wide-ranging communities in the conception\, execution\, and success of his work. \nChin’s work is in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Art\, Museum of Modern Art\, High Museum of Art\, the Menil Collection\, the Museum of Fine Arts\, Houston\, the Whitney Museum of American Art\, and the Cantor Art Center at Stanford University. He was the recipient of a 2019 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant. Read more about Chin on CIRCA’s event page. \n\nAdmission is free\, and a reception will follow. Please RSVP for this event. \n\nImage: Mel Chin\, The Eye of the Beholder (1 dollar denomination)\, from Erased U.S. currency series\, 1995. \n\n\n\n\nThis event is funded by the Arts+ Initiative and the College of Arts\, Humanities\, and Social Sciences. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/mel-chin-constructing-liberation/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Recital Hall\, MD
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T160000
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SUMMARY:Disability and the Ideal in Archaic Greek Art
DESCRIPTION:Ancient Studies Week Lecture with Debby Sneed\, California State University Long Beach\nPart of the Fall 2025 Humanities Forum \nDisability and the Ideal in Archaic Greek Art \nThe study of Greek art is heavily influenced by the notion of the ideal and idealized human body\, which has long been assumed to exclude various aspects of bodily difference and disability. In this talk\, Debby Sneed will present a marble sculpture of a korē (maiden) that was dedicated on the Athenian Acropolis in the late 6th century BCE. This sculpture represents a dwarf woman\, likely the daughter of a married couple whose names are preserved on the inscribed base. Altogether\, this sculpture and its base represent the best-attested dedication from the Acropolis in the Archaic period\, and yet it remains largely unknown to students of ancient Greek art because of the difficulties art historians have had placing her\, with her body\, into preconceived ideas about ideal Greek representations. With an approach informed by theories developed in the field of disability studies\, we can reassess this sculpture and\, with it\, our understandings of ancient Greek art\, display\, and dedication in 6th century BCE Athens. \n\nDebby Sneed is Assistant Professor of Classics at California State University\, Long Beach and Field Supervisor of the Athenian Agora excavations and summer program. She researches physical disability in the ancient Greek world and advocates for accessibility in the modern fields of Classics and Archaeology. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nCo-sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Critical Disability Studies Minor. \n\nPhoto: Sean DuFrene / Photographer\, Strategic Communications\, California State University\, Long Beach
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/disability-and-the-ideal-in-archaic-greek-art/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251018
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SUMMARY:Baye & Asa
DESCRIPTION:Join us for two evenings of cutting edge modern dance as the Department of Dance presents the New York City-based duo Baye & Asa. \nBaye & Asa is a company creating movement art projects directed by Amadi ‘Baye’ Washington & Sam ‘Asa’ Pratt\, who met when they were 6 years old. The duo states\, “The physical aggression in our choreography is a symptom of our political rage\, and a yearning to personally implicate ourselves. We use our choreography to create political metaphors\, interrogate systemic inequities\, and contemporize ancient allegories; we build theatrical contexts that celebrate\, implicate\, and condemn the characters onstage.” \nBaye & Asa have presented their work at The Joyce Theater\, The Metropolitan Museum of Art\, La MaMa Experimental Theater Club\, Baryshnikov Arts Center\, Jacob’s Pillow\, Pioneer Works\, Guggenheim Works & Process\, and the American Dance Festival. Named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2022\, they were recipients of Dance Magazine’s 2023 Harkness Promise Award. Baye & Asa have created works for The Martha Graham Dance Company\, BODYTRAFFIC\, and Alvin Ailey II. \nTheir program at UMBC will feature two works: \n\nSuck it Up: Commercial images promise status\, offer solutions to inadequacy\, and breed entitlement. Internalized deficiency has created a culture of resentment. Suck it up: a duet confronting the violent fallout of male insecurity and entitlement.\nSecond Seed: Second Seed is a short film responding to D.W. Griffith’s 1915 silent film The Birth of a Nation. Griffith’s film is an assertion of White Supremacy\, and a veneration of the KKK. Our works confront the myth of Griffith’s “helpless white minority\,” and the cult of white-victimhood’s enduring impact on American polity. Second Seed is our collision with this American artifact.\n\n\n\n\n$10 general admission\, $7 for UMBC students and seniors. \nTwo performances in the Dance Cube — click on the event to reserve seats.\nThursday\, October 16\, 7:30 p.m.\nFriday\, October 17\, 7:30 p.m. \n\nThe Dance Cube\, located on the third floor of the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for additional information. \n\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/baye-asa/
LOCATION:Dance Cube
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Dance
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251019
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SUMMARY:Livewire 15: Blazing Trails
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the Livewire 15: Blazing Trails new music festival. Through concerts and other events\, Livewire celebrates the innovators\, the brave\, the experimental\, the “firsts”: the trail blazers. Each event celebrates artists who forged new directions\, challenged barriers\, and opened doors for those who followed. We are proud to present Zosha Di Castri as our composer in residence. \n\nThursday\, October 16 \n6:45 p.m.\, The Music Box\nKeynote talk with Zosha Di Castri \n7:30 p.m.\, Linehan Concert Hall\nRUCKUS\, the faculty ensemble in residence at UMBC\, performs a concert of works by Zosha Di Castri\, Sofia Gubaidulina\, Tania León\, George Lewis\, and Joan Tower. Please visit here for complete information. \n\nFriday\, October 17 \n12 p.m.\, Linehan Concert Hall\nEmerging Artists Concert \n1:30 p.m.\, The Music Box\nZosha Di Castri: My Music \n6:45 p.m.\, The Music Box\nPre-concert talk with richard valitutto\, Julius Eastman scholar and editor of this evening’s edition of Femenine \n7:30 p.m.\, Linehan Concert Hall\nFor the second evening of the Livewire 15 new music festival\, the RUCKUS ensemble is joined by UMBC affiliate faculty to present Julius Eastman’s concert-length work\, Femenine. Please visit here for complete information. \n\nSaturday\, October 18\n \n12:30 p.m.\, The Music Box\nAlison Knowles: Proposition #2\, Made a Salad\nHow often do you get a chance to eat a work of art? RUCKUS presents a lunchtime performance of Alison Knowles’s groundbreaking Fluxus work\, Proposition #2: Make a Salad. Please visit here for complete information. \n2 p.m.\, The Music Box\nThomas Moore: John Cage‘s Etudes Australes and their call to action\nMaleke Glee: Sonic-Hybrity and Interdisciplinary Interventions in Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter \n7:30 p.m.\, Linehan Concert Hall\nWith characteristic elan and virtuosity\, Ensemble Bravura and conductor Philip Mann present a multifaceted and eclectic Livewire 15 festival finale exploring human interconnection\, with works by David Baker\, Jennifer Higdon\, Myroslav Skoryk\, Karlheinz Stockhausen\, and Joan Tower. Please visit here for complete information. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall and The Music Box\, both located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, are easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n  \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/livewire-15-blazing-trails/
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:20251016T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T173000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190512Z
CREATED:20251007T163802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190512Z
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SUMMARY:Migrant Ecologies: Plant Worlds and the Afterlives of Empire
DESCRIPTION:Migrant Ecologies: Plant Worlds and the Afterlives of Empire\nBanu Subramaniam\, Luella LaMer Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies\, Wellesley College\nPart of the Fall 2025 Social Sciences Forum \nHow have histories of colonialism and their foundational language of gender\, race\, sexuality\, and nation shaped the language\, terminology\, and theories of the modern plant sciences? How and why do botanical theories remain grounded in the violence of their colonial pasts? In wrestling with these difficult origins\, Subramaniam develops the concept of migrant ecologies to retheorize plant migration and reproductive biology. She explore new biological frameworks that harness the power of feminist thought in order to reimagine and reinvigorate our love of plants. \n\nBanu Subramaniam is the Luella LaMer Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Wellesley College. Trained as a plant evolutionary biologist\, Banu engages the feminist studies of science in the practices of experimental biology and is author of Botany of Empire (2024)\, Holy Science (2019) and Ghost Stories for Darwin (2016). \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis event is organized by the Department of Gender\, Women’s\, + Sexuality Studies\, and cosponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship\, the Dresher Center for the Humanities\, and the Department of Geography & Environmental Systems. \n\nPhoto courtesy of the speaker. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/migrant-ecologies-plant-worlds-and-the-afterlives-of-empire/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Social Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T213000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190512Z
CREATED:20250901T193101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190512Z
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SUMMARY:Livewire 15 — RUCKUS: Trailblazers
DESCRIPTION:The RUCKUS ensemble opens the Livewire 15: Blazing Trails new music festival\, highlighting innovators of contemporary music\, performing works of pivotal women composers Sofia Gubaidulina\, Tania León\, and Joan Tower in addition to the music of festival composer-in-residence\, Zosha Di Castri. RUCKUS is also thrilled to present a work by ground-breaking composer/improviser/scholar George Lewis\, who will be in residence at UMBC in March 2026. \nWith a mission to champion new and innovative works\, RUCKUS is dedicated to supporting innovative artists and early-career composers through commissions and collaboration. RUCKUS works directly with students working toward the Certificate in American Contemporary Music\, often performing alongside these students and mentoring their creative work. Each year\, the ensemble co-hosts the Livewire Festival\, bringing guest artists and other ensembles from around the world to Baltimore for a weekend of cutting-edge contemporary music. \n \nRUCKUS features Lisa Cella\, flute; Airi Yoshioka\, violin; Juan Sebastián Delgado\, cello; Liana Harron\, piano; Dustin Donahue\, percussion; and Philip Mann\, conductor. The ensemble is frequently joined by UMBC Affiliate Artists Natalie Groom\, clarinet; Patrick Crossland\, trombone; and Nicholas Currie\, violin. \nThe program:\nSounds of the Forest — Sofia Gubaidulina\nParajota Delaté — Tania León\nInto the Night — Joan Tower\nForma Della Spazio — Zosha Di Castri\nHexis – George Lewis\nSprung Testament — Zosha Di Castri \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Please visit here to reserve seats. \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\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n  \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/livewire-15-ruckus-trailblazers/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251017T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251017T213000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190511Z
CREATED:20250901T195447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190511Z
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SUMMARY:Livewire 15 — Julius Eastman’s Femenine
DESCRIPTION:For the second evening of the Livewire 15: Blazing Trails new music festival\, the RUCKUS ensemble is joined by UMBC affiliate faculty to present Julius Eastman’s concert-length work\, Femenine. Largely dismissed during his lifetime\, the music of Julius Eastman is only now beginning to be recognized for its innovative approach to minimalist music in the 1970s. Immersive and ecstatic\, Femenine draws together a wide range of musical influences while inviting the creative input and spontaneous decision-making of the performers. \nWith a mission to champion new and innovative works\, RUCKUS is dedicated to supporting innovative artists and early-career composers through commissions and collaboration. RUCKUS works directly with students working toward the Certificate in American Contemporary Music\, often performing alongside these students and mentoring their creative work. Each year\, the ensemble co-hosts the Livewire Festival\, bringing guest artists and other ensembles from around the world to Baltimore for a weekend of cutting-edge contemporary music. \n \nRUCKUS features Lisa Cella\, flute; Airi Yoshioka\, violin; Juan Sebastián Delgado\, cello; Liana Harron\, piano; Dustin Donahue\, percussion; and Philip Mann\, conductor. The ensemble is frequently joined by UMBC Affiliate Artists Natalie Groom\, clarinet; Patrick Crossland\, trombone; and Nicholas Currie\, violin. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Please visit here to reserve seats. \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\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n  \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/livewire-15-julius-eastmans-femenine/
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:20251018T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T140000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190511Z
CREATED:20250902T005229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190511Z
UID:10000952-1760790600-1760796000@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Livewire 15 — Alison Knowles\, Proposition #2: Make A Salad
DESCRIPTION:How often do you get a chance to eat a work of art? RUCKUS presents a lunchtime performance of Alison Knowles’s groundbreaking Fluxus work\, Proposition #2: Make a Salad. In a radical turn away from the conventions of classical music\, Knowles frames the concert experience around a simple\, everyday act. The performers will trade their instruments for whisks\, knives\, and colanders\, and every audience member will be served. \nThis event is part of the Livewire 15: Blazing Trails new music festival. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n  \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/livewire-15-alison-knowles-proposition-2-make-a-salad/
LOCATION:The Music Box
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T213000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190510Z
CREATED:20250901T203029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190510Z
UID:10000950-1760815800-1760823000@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Livewire 15 — Ensemble Bravura
DESCRIPTION:With characteristic elan and virtuosity\, Ensemble Bravura and conductor Philip Mann present a multifaceted and poignant Livewire 15: Blazing Trails festival finale exploring human interconnection. Memory\, friendship\, and remembrance bind works of disparate traditions together in a contemporary program featuring two of Ensemble Bravura’s principal musicians as soloists. International luminary of the bassoon Kim Walker is highlighted in two works written for her: Karlheinz Stockhausen’s In Freundschaft for costumed solo bassoonist with movement\, and an evocative concerto\, and Trilogy by David Baker\, which draws upon blues and jazz idioms with an electric bass and percussion joining the ensemble. Alexander Bedenko\, principal clarinet\, performs Jennifer Higdon’s hauntingly beautiful Soliloquy\, which is fittingly paired with Joan Tower’s In Memory\, as both works are deeply personal statements of intimate connection. A final addition to the program is the Melodia of Miroslav Skoryk\, which offers a profound and timely example of the apotheosis of interconnection — solidarity. \nWith its recent recording debut for SONY Classics\, Ensemble Bravura\, is an innovative group of soloists and versatile artists committed to distinctive performances of masterworks\, championing the music of living composers\, and collaborating with leading artists and creators. Conducted by founding artistic director\, Philip Mann\, Ensemble Bravura is led by Naumberg laureate and concert artist\, Grace Park. Members appear regularly on the world’s stages as soloists\, are winners of numerous international competitions\, and perform as principal musicians in great orchestras such as the London and Chicago Symphonies\, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra\, London’s Philharmonia Orchestra\, and organizations like the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Please visit here to reserve seats. \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\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n  \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/livewire-15-ensemble-bravura/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T190000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190510Z
CREATED:20250716T165709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190510Z
UID:10000827-1760981400-1760986800@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Extreme Heat: Rowan Bathhurst\, Kei Ito\, and Rachel Stein address Climate Change through Science-Informed Art
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) presents Rowan Bathhurst\, Kei Ito\, and Rachel Stein in a conversation about Climate Change through Science-Informed Art. This event will take place at The Crow’s Nest in downtown Baltimore\, where all three artists are in residence. \nFounded in 2024 by Leo Martinez-Diaz\, The Crow’s Nest is an art incubator in Baltimore that provides studio\, social\, and exhibition space for artists seeking to address the twin challenges of climate change and environmental justice through artistic expression and cultural production. In summer 2025\, the Crow’s Nest launched the Extreme Heat Fellowship to support the work of three Baltimore-based artists\, Rowan Bathurst\, Kei Ito\, and Rachel Stein to address the growing public health threat of extreme heat in Baltimore and in urban areas around the world. The three fellowship winning artists were given studio space\, honoraria\, and opportunities to work with public health researchers from Johns Hopkins University. The artists will present their resulting works in artist talks and in an accompanying exhibition at the Crow’s Nest. \nRowan Bathurst is a painter living and working between Baltimore and São Paulo\, Brazil. Her practice centers on portraiture\, primarily depicting women\, drawn from her own photographs of close friends and incorporating landscapes and visual elements inspired by her time living in rural Brazil and travels across continents. Kei Ito is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is centered around utilizing the conceptual framework of photography to visualize the invisible. Rachel Stein is an interdisciplinary artist and educator who aims to activate the mind and body through immersive installation that encompasses video\, photography\, soundscapes\, and interactive sculpture. Learn more about all three artists on CIRCA’s event page. \n\nAdmission is free. \nThe Crow’s Nest is located at 116 W. Mulberry Street\, Baltimore\, MD 21201. \nVan transportation will be available from and to UMBC. Please visit here to reserve a space. \n\nImage: Kei Ito\, Zen for a Dying Planet\, gelatin silver chemigram \n\n\nThis event is funded in part by the Arts+ Initiative. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/extreme-heat-rowan-bathhurst-kei-ito-and-rachel-stein-address-climate-change-through-science-informed-art/
LOCATION:The Crow’s Nest
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T144500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251021T154500
DTSTAMP:20251209T190510Z
CREATED:20251014T172756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190510Z
UID:10000976-1761057900-1761061500@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Harlem Renaissance Prose and Poetry Reading
DESCRIPTION:Join the Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery for a special event honoring the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance. We invite you to read selections of prose and poetry from various writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Samples will be provided\, however\, readers are encouraged to bring any selections of their choosing. \nSpecial Collections will also have a small exhibition on display in the Rotunda. \nParticipants will be entered into a raffle to win two tickets to Shakespeare in Harlem\, a co-production of UMBC Theatre\, the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company\, and The Black Classical Acting Ensemble. \n\nAdmission is free. Please visit the Dresher Center’s site for complete information. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/harlem-renaissance-prose-and-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery Rotunda
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities,Literary Arts
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T213000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190509Z
CREATED:20250714T205049Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190509Z
UID:10000822-1761161400-1761168600@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Relic
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents Relic\, a period instrument chamber orchestra that connects with audiences through intimate\, imaginative and dramatic representations of early music\, with the goal of reaching communities in all 50 states. Relic’s innovative programming\, which uses narrative “chapters” to unite a variety of repertoire into a breathtaking concert experience\, has captured the hearts of new and seasoned concertgoers alike. \nRelic’s program at UMBC is entitled The Spheres: Embark on a journey through the cosmos\, where mysteries of the universe unfold in all their glory and splendor. This program brings to life the rich mythology and awe of the celestial bodies through captivating masterpieces of the Baroque era. This evocative program tells the story of the universe through the timeless voices of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries\, featuring works by Lully\, Vivaldi\, Handel\, and Bach. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Please visit here to reserve seats. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n\n\nThis event is funded in part by the Arts+ Initiative. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/relic/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T193000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190509Z
CREATED:20251014T181056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190509Z
UID:10000977-1761240600-1761247800@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:AI as Your Design Sidekick
DESCRIPTION:Join Carson Becker of Gibbon Studio for a workshop\, AI as Your Design Sidekick\, intended to bridge design\, creativity\, and responsible AI. Attendees will learn DIY methods to improve websites with AI\, to improve SEO with AI\, and can enter a raffle for a free year of ChatGPT Plus. \n\nAdmission is free. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/ai-as-your-design-sidekick/
LOCATION:Imaging Research Center
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Student Arts Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251023T200000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190509Z
CREATED:20250821T025711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190509Z
UID:10000851-1761242400-1761249600@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:A Harlem State of Mind: 100 Years of the Renaissance
DESCRIPTION:A Harlem State of Mind: 100 Years of the Renaissance\nThe Annual Daphne Harrison Lecture\, part of the Fall 2025 Humanities Forum \nJoin us for a special celebration of the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance from an interdisciplinary perspective focused on music\, history\, literature\, and art. Moderated by Camee Maddox-Wingfield\, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology\, a panel of UMBC faculty will explore the impact and legacy of this intellectual\, social\, and artistic movement. \nPanelists: \n\nEarl Brooks is Associate Professor of English at UMBC. He currently serves as the Associate Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities. His recent book\, On Rhetoric and Black Music (Wayne State University Press\, African American Life Series\, June 2024)\, examines how Black music functions as rhetoric\, considering its subject not merely reflective of but central to African American public discourse.\nMichelle Scott is Professor of History\, as well as affiliate faculty in Africana Studies; Gender\, Women’s\, + Sexuality Studies; and the Language\, Literacy\, and Culture Doctoral Program at UMBC. Her recent book\, T.O.B.A. Time: Black Vaudeville and the Theater Owner’s Booking Association in Jazz Age America\, (University of Illinois Press\, 2023) is a study of the 1920s national black vaudeville theater circuit that trained Black entertainers including Cab Calloway\, Count Basie\, Bessie Smith\, and the Nicholas Brothers.\nJames Smalls is Professor in the Department of Visual Arts and serves as affiliate faculty in Africana Studies and Gender\, Women’s\, + Sexuality Studies at UMBC. He is currently working on a book about the life\, legacy\, and visual significance of Senegalese performer Féral Benga (1906–57) and restore him to his rightful place in art history.\nCamee Maddox-Wingfield is Assistant Professor of Sociology\, Anthropology\, and Public Health at UMBC. She is a cultural anthropologist with ethnographic research interests in cultural activism and identity formation among Caribbean and African diaspora dance communities. Dr. Maddox is currently working on a project that examines the interrelationship among dance\, cultural citizenship\, and spiritual orientation in Martinique’s bèlè dance tradition.\nMatt Belzer is a Teaching Professor and Director of Jazz Studies in the Department of Music.\n\nThe UMBC Jazz Ensemble\, directed by Matt Belzer\, will perform music selections from the Harlem Renaissance: \n\nBlack and Tan Fantasy (1927 version) — Duke Ellington\nBlack Beauty (1928) — Duke Ellington\nEast St. Louis Toodle-oo (1927 version) — Duke Ellington/Bubber Miley\n\n\nAdmission is free. \n\n\nThe Daphne Harrison Lecture is organized by the Dresher Center for the Humanities. \nThis event is funded by the Arts+ Initiative and the College of Arts\, Humanities\, and Social Sciences\, and is co-sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies; the Department of English; the Department of History; and the Department of Music. \nImage by Sonia Pivovarov ’26\, visual arts. and Linehan Artists Scholar.
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/a-harlem-state-of-mind-100-years-of-the-renaissance/
LOCATION:Dance Cube
CATEGORIES:Arts and Culture,Dance,Humanities,Music,Theatre,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251024T170000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190508Z
CREATED:20251007T162408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190508Z
UID:10000970-1761298200-1761325200@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Queer Artists + Archives Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Long before institutions turned their attention to LGBTQ+ archives\, Queer individuals preserved\, shared\, and celebrated their own personal and community histories. Celebrating Archives month and LGBTQ+ History month\, the Queer Artists + Archives Symposium brings together artists\, archivists\, and historians — as well as those working across disciplines — to reflect upon the evolving role of archives in preserving and sharing the stories and histories of Queer artists. Participants include Rahne Alexander\, Alexander D’Agostino\, Leslie Cozzi\, Kate Drabinski\, Ben Egerman\, Hunter O’Hanian\, Joseph Plaster\, James Smalls\, and SHAN Wallace. \nThis symposium is held in honor of Amos Badertscher and in celebration of the recent publication Amos Badertscher: Images and Stories (Phaidon\, 2025). \n\nThe Queer Artists + Archives Symposium is free and open to the public. \nRegistration is required. Please complete the registration form by October 20\, 2025; requests after this date will be accommodated when possible. \nRefreshments and lunch will be provided. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/queer-artists-archives-symposium/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251026T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251026T170000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190508Z
CREATED:20250721T182437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190508Z
UID:10000832-1761490800-1761498000@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Faces of Love
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special afternoon with soprano Seyoung Jeong\, pianist Edwin Kim\, and cellist DoYeon Kim\, as they explore Faces of Love\, featuring works by Robert and Clara Schumann\, alongside five of the most popular Korean contemporary art songs. \nIn this program\, the artists explore the profound emotional landscape of Robert Schumann’s Frauenliebe und -leben (“Woman’s Love and Life”)\, an 1840 song cycle penned the year of Schumann’s marriage with pianist Clara Wieck. Between each of the eight songs of the cycle\, in which the soprano symbolizes Clara\, and the piano represents Robert\, a spoken narration will guide the audience through their poignant story. \nThe concert will also feature Clara Schumann’s Drei Romanzen for Cello and Piano (1853)\, and will close with all three artists performing five of the most popular Korean contemporary art songs\, also singing about faces of love. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Please visit here to reserve seats. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/faces-of-love/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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GEO:39.255760007248;-76.715719439268
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T130000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190508Z
CREATED:20250717T175305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190508Z
UID:10000828-1761739200-1761742800@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Arts Alumni Spotlight: Ellington Carthan and Hannah Korangkool
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for presentations by two accomplished alumni\, Ellington Carthan ’18\, music (jazz studies and music technology)\, and Linehan Artist Scholar Hannah Korangkool ’15\, visual arts (graphic design)\, who will tell us about their journeys from UMBC to their current careers. This event is hosted by the Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA). \n\nEllington Carthan is a passionate educator and is an assistant professor of music at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. His presentation\, Thriving in the Arts: From UMBC to “Making it” will focus on the three crucial skills that have allowed him to thrive in the arts: Social Intelligence\, Belief\, and Honesty. His diverse career includes performing\, teaching\, and composing. In January 2022\, Carthan released his debut live album Ellington Carthan Live: Volume 1. Since the album’s release he has performed for President Joseph Biden and Attorney General of Massachusetts Maura Healy. He has also performed at prestigious venues such as Dizzy’s Club at Lincoln Center\, Blues Alley\, Kennedy Center\, Wolf Trap\, the National Gallery of Art\, Olney Theatre\, Prima Theatre\, as well as other venues throughout the mid-Atlantic. \nHannah Korangkool is senior graphic designer at the global headquarters of Actalent\, a leading provider of engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. Korangkool will share the value of venturing into uncharted territory (sometimes quite literally) and how embracing every opportunity for growth can shape your journey as an artist navigating today’s dynamic and often chaotic creative workforce. With over a decade of experience in the Baltimore area\, Korangkool has continually pushed the boundaries of graphic design\, expanding her work into creative management and art direction — spanning everything from food photography to stadium-scale productions. \n\nAdmission is free\, and lunch will be served. RSVPs are requested — please visit here to reserve a space. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/arts-alumni-spotlight-ellington-carthan-and-hannah-korangkool/
LOCATION:216 Performing Arts and Humanities Building
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T143000
DTSTAMP:20251209T190507Z
CREATED:20251021T171541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190507Z
UID:10000979-1761742800-1761748200@umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Special Collections Open House
DESCRIPTION:Stop by the Library Gallery for a Special Collections open house with Lindsay DiCuirci’s English 243 class! Rare books\, serials\, pamphlets\, and even comics from the historical publications collections in Special Collections will be on display. The student docents will be available to talk with you about each item. Highlights include: \n\na 15th-century Bible with it’s very own wormhole\nstar charts in a 16th-century astronomy book\n19th-century fashion magazines\nand a 20th-century comic book featuring one of Batman’s early adventures\nand more!\n\n\nAdmission is free. \n 
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/special-collections-open-house/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251101
DTSTAMP:20251209T190507Z
CREATED:20251006T200514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T190507Z
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SUMMARY:Rich Zim artist talk and workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Visual Arts hosts Rich Zim\, who is about to celebrate 40 years of professional stop motion animation\, for an artist talk and claymation workshop. His notable credits include Gumby\, Pee-wee’s Playhouse\, The Nightmare Before Christmas\, James and the Giant Peach\, Coraline\, and The SpongeBob Movie. He is currently the CEO and president of Zim animation\, where he has been making psychedelic oozing dripping clay animation sequences in his own studio for projects such as Smiling friends\, Rick and Morty\, Middlemost Post and many other TV shows and movies. \nArtist Talk — Moving Blobs of Clay: Thursday\, October 30\, 7 p.m.\, 030 Meyerhoff Building. Join Rich Zim as he looks back on clips from his 40 year clay animation career. See behind the scenes footage and hear amazing stories about one man moving a blob clay and pushing a button to shoot frames. \nSpooky Claymation Workshop: Friday\, October 31\, 10 am. to 4 p.m.\, Fine Arts Building (register here for this event — space is limited). Explore wild transformations\, exaggerated actions and otherworldly effects with clay in this spooky-themed animation workshop. Drawing on his years of experience on stopmotion productions like Gumby\, Pee Wee’s Playhouse\, Coraline and Nightmare Before Christmas\, Rich Zim will guide students in creative and spontaneous imaginings under the camera. \n\nAdmission is free.
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/rich-zim-artist-talk-and-workshop/
LOCATION:Various Venues
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Shakespeare in Harlem
DESCRIPTION:UMBC Theatre presents Shakespeare in Harlem by Langston Hughes\, adapted and directed by Gerrad Alex Taylor\, a university-professional collaboration between UMBC Theatre and the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company. \nThe year 2025 marks the centennial of the Harlem Renaissance\, perhaps the largest cultural and artistic American movement of the 20th century. In celebration\, the Department of Theatre will amplify the work of Black and African American theatre-makers and our engagement with the Baltimore theatre community by mounting an adaptation of Shakespeare in Harlem by Langston Hughes. \nA rare gem from Langston Hughes\, this collection of monologue poems revives the rhythms of jazz\, the blues\, and the pulse of the Harlem Renaissance—its love\, struggles\, and street-corner spirit. In director Gerrad Alex Taylor’s adaptation\, Hughes’ words come alive in a dynamic full-length play\, blending poetry\, music\, and dance for an immersive journey into the world he so vividly celebrated. \nThe production process will include a UMBC residency of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s Black Classical Acting Ensemble in the Fall of 2025\, culminating in a two-week run of the play performed by a cast of professionals and students. In Winter 2026\, the play will be remounted for a week’s run at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s downtown home on South Calvert Street. \n\nPerformances at UMBC’s Proscenium Theatre \nThursday\, October 30\, 7:30 p.m. — Opening Night Reception\nFriday\, October 31\, 7:30 p.m. — Free Performance for UMBC students\nSaturday\, November 1\, 7:30 p.m. — Alumni Night\nFriday\, November 7\, 7:30 p.m.\nSaturday\, November 8\, 7:30 p.m.\nSunday\, November 9\, 2 p.m. — Free Performance for UMBC Students; Prospective Student Day; Actor Talk-Back \nPerformances at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (7 South Calvert Street\, Baltimore\, MD 21202) \nThursday\, January 15\, 2026\, 7:30 p.m. (Black Out Performance)\nFriday\, January 16\, 2026\, 8 p.m.\nSaturday\, January 17\, 2026\, 2 p.m.\nSunday\, January 18\, 2026\, 2 p.m. \n\n$15 general public\, $10 for the UMBC community (students\, faculty\, staff\, alumni)\, $10 seniors. \nPlease visit here to reserve seats for the UMBC performances. \nContent Disclosure: This play contains racially and sexually charged language\, including derogatory and offensive language\, staged violence\, including the use of a prop gun\, and references to drinking. This play deals with themes of racism\, sexism\, death\, poverty\, and displacement. \n\nThe Proscenium Theatre is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n\nPoster artwork by Eric Abele. \n\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative.
URL:https://umbc.edu/event/shakespeare-in-harlem/
LOCATION:Proscenium Theatre
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Theatre
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