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Oct
29

Reassessing Racial Differences

The Perception of Racial Equality in the Obama Era

Location

The Commons : 329

Date & Time

October 29, 2016, 11:45 am – 1:15 pm

Description

*PLEASE NOTE UPDATED LECTURE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION* Melvin Thomas, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, and Hayward Derrick Horton, Associate...

Oct
29

Livewire 7: Rocks And Feathers

Elements From John Cage’s Mountain Lake Workshops

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Rotunda

Date & Time

October 29, 2016, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Description

During the 1980s, at Kass’s invitation, John Cage made repeated visits to the Mountain Lake Workshop, where he produced dozens of artworks. Artworks and related materials by Cage will be on...

Oct
28

Proof

The Pulitzer Prize & Tony Award winning play by David Auburn

Location

Black Box Theatre

Date & Time

October 28, 2016, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Description

Directed by Nyalls Hartman On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman has sacrificed years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician....

Oct
28

Livewire 7: Student Concert

Featuring the UMBC New Music & Percussion Ensembles

Location

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

Date & Time

October 28, 2016, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

The UMBC New Music Ensemble and the UMBC Percussion Ensemble perform: Earle Brown — December 1952 (1952) John Cage — Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951) Toshi Ichiyanagi — Music for Electric...

Oct
28

Livewire 7: Ray Kass Presentation

John Cage’s Watercolor Painting Experience at the Mountain

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 151 / Music Box

Date & Time

October 28, 2016, 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Description

A presentation on the collaborations of Ray Kass and John Cage, and on the visual artworks by Cage that Kass has acquired. Ray Kass is Professor Emeritus of Art at Virginia Tech, and founder...