Arts & Culture

Manil Suri, Mathematics, on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update”

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Mathematics professor Manil Suri was mentioned on Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” (Dec. 7) for winning the Bad Sex in Fiction award for his most recent novel, The City of Devi. Some of the world’s most acclaimed writers have won the award, including John Updike, Norman Mailer and Tom Wolfe. Media across the globe have covered news of the prize, awarded last Tuesday. Suri spoke about the honor with Washington Post book editor Ron Charles (read the full story here). Suri was also mentioned in The Baltimore Sun. In accepting the award, Suri’s publisher pointed out that the Times Literary Supplement praised the novel’s sex scenes as… Continue Reading Manil Suri, Mathematics, on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update”

Student Curated Exhibition in City Paper, Bmore Art

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Simple Stories: The Photography of Robert Houston, a curatorial project of the Museum Practice class (Art 427), was mentioned this week in an interview with the artist in City Paper and in the contemporary art blog, Bmore Art, as “best Baltimore art opening.” Read the interview, “Images of Struggle,” at City Paper‘s website, or see which other exhibitions top the list of Bmore Art picks. Simple Stories explores the work of photographer, Robert Houston whose photographic career documents half a century of portraits and everyday life, including his work for LIFE magazine and images of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Museum Practice is a… Continue Reading Student Curated Exhibition in City Paper, Bmore Art

Christopher Corbett, English, in The Wall Street Journal

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Christopher Corbett, professor of the practice of English, recently reviewed a new book for The Wall Street Journal about Red Cloud, a Sioux war chief who defeated the U.S. Army and negotiated unprecedented concessions from the government. In “The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend,” authors Bob Drury and Tom Clavin tell the story of the powerful and successful Indian warrior. “The great Sioux war chief, a military genius of the Indian wars, is a largely forgotten figure in the shape-shifting history of the American West,” Corbett wrote. “In his day, he presided over… Continue Reading Christopher Corbett, English, in The Wall Street Journal

Faculty, PAHB in Baltimore Sun

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The Baltimore Sun’s special education supplement last month featured William D’Eugenio ’14, theatre, and Nyalls Hartman, theatre, as they discussed the features of the Black Box Theatre and the Performing Arts and Humanities Building Theatre. D’Eugenio spoke about the influence the new facilities had in his decision to apply to UMBC and become a part of the theatre design and production program, saying that “they are built to the standards of today and offer a real broadway style experience. Working with lighting systems that are being used in professional theaters gives me an advantage when applying for jobs.” Read more… Continue Reading Faculty, PAHB in Baltimore Sun

Visibility Machines’ at CADVC in City Paper

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“Are we creating a world where atrocities can be committed at the push of a button, and then immediately forgotten?,” asks City Paper’s H. Dean Freeman in response to the exhibition currently on display in the CADVC, Visibility Machines: Harun Farocki and Trevor Paglen. Using the exhibition as a vehicle with which to discuss “what happens when technology sets its sights on mimicking human perception,” Freeman describes works in the exhibition, as “arresting” and “invigorating.” Read the article, “Droning On: UMBC show takes on technology, capitalism, and warfare” Visibility Machines, organized by visiting curator Niels Van Tomme, is on display through Feburary… Continue Reading Visibility Machines’ at CADVC in City Paper

Jessica Berman, English, Presents Guest Lecture at University of Mysore, India

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English professor Jessica Berman recently presented a guest lecture at the Maharani’s Arts and Commerce College for Women, the University of Mysore, India. Berman was in Mysore as part of an extended research trip in India to study the history of a Muslim woman writer, Iqbalunnisa Hussain, who graduated from the Maharani’s College in 1930. Berman spoke to faculty and Master’s students in English literature on “Modernism in a Post-Colonial Context.” She also interacted with students and discussed her research on Indian authors with the faculty. The lecture was presented on November 13th.

Maurice Berger, CADVC, Latest Essay in New York Times

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In the latest essay for his Race Stories column for the New York Times, Maurice Berger, CADVC, discusses Civil Rights Photographer Jon Lewis’ pictures of farm workers outside of the Jim Crow South. Berger writes about Lewis’ “precise and moving” documentation of the Delano Grape Strike that, “offers great insights about the strike and the canny understanding of photography of its leader, Cesar Chavez.” Read “A Civil Rights Photographer, and a Struggle, Are Remembered” at the New York Times Lens Blog. Berger’s Race Stories column has featured several essays centered upon race and photography including, Malcolm X as image maker, Ken Gonzales-Day, images of emancipation, the photographs of Deborah… Continue Reading Maurice Berger, CADVC, Latest Essay in New York Times

Production by Alan Kreizenbeck, Theatre, at David Mikow Art Gallery

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comfort/drones, an original production by Alan Kreizenbeck, theatre, will open in the David Mikow Art Gallery, Friday, November 17 at 7 p.m. The play, based on the writings of Wallace Shawn, is embedded with questions about morality. It is the first play to take place in the David Mikow Art Gallery, operated by Carolyn Forestiere, political science, and Asher Mikow. A group discussion will follow the performance. Performances will take place Friday and Sunday, November 17 and 19, and Saturday and Sunday, November 23 and 24, at 7pm each evening. The David Mikow Art Gallery is located at 1002 Vineyard Hill Road, Catonsville, MD 21228.… Continue Reading Production by Alan Kreizenbeck, Theatre, at David Mikow Art Gallery

Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, Hosts Enchantment Theater of Philadelphia

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Honors College Professor Ellen Handler Spitz, under the auspices of Honors College Director Simon Stacey, invited Enchantment Theater Company of Philadelphia to present two, two and a half-hour long workshops in her classes last week. Enchantment co-directors Jennifer and Landis Smith screened scenes from their latest production, spoke on their use of classical music (Rimksy-Korsakov’s “Scherezade”), masks, gigantic puppets, fabrics, projections and sleight-of-hand magic to create evocative, nearly wordless imaginings of tales from “The Arabian Nights.” Dr. Spitz’s students, having read and studied several tales from the Nights, donned masks and experienced first-hand the processes of transformation from text to theater and from words to gesture… Continue Reading Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, Hosts Enchantment Theater of Philadelphia

Lia Purpura, English, in The New Yorker

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English Department Writer in Residence Lia Purpura is featured in the latest edition of The New Yorker. The magazine published her poem “Future Perfect” in its November 18th edition. You can read the poem in The New Yorker here (subscription required). The full text of the poem is below: Future Perfect Where you were before you were born, and where you are when you’re not anymore might be very close. Might be the same place, though neither is as slippery as being here but imagining where you will have been – that point where things land, are finished, over, and gone but not yet. –Lia… Continue Reading Lia Purpura, English, in The New Yorker

Faculty and Alumni of Umbilicus Perform at The Parlor

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The percussion quartet Umbilicus, featuring Tom Goldstein, music, Shelly Purdy ’10, Will Redman ’98, and Rob Wolk ’11, performs Friday, November 15 at 8 p.m. at The Parlor, in a program including a set with new Department of Music faculty member, Patrick Crossland, trombone. Umbilicus’ set will include work by Anna Rubin, music. The Parlor 800 St. Paul Street Baltimore, MD Umbilicus was founded in 2012 in reaction to the generic contemporary percussion quartet, with the intention of promoting and performing a more experimental repertoire, much if it composed by its members. The suggested donation for this event is $5-$7.

Amy Berbert ’17 is Winner of USM Foundation Art Contest

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Freshman Amy Berbert was awarded the grand prize last month for her submission in the second annual USM Foundation Art Contest. The winning art piece meant to illustrate this year’s theme — a Steve Jobs quote, “I want to put a ding on the universe” — will be featured in December on the cover of the USM Foundation Annual Report. The winning entry, one of 88 submissions from faculty, staff and students throughout the University System, was selected because Berbert’s artwork “was clear, concise, and offered a literal and thoughtful translation of the quote.” Read more information about the contest… Continue Reading Amy Berbert ’17 is Winner of USM Foundation Art Contest

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