Man, Image, Idea: Photographs of Men from the Mark Rice Collection
Man, Image, Idea: Photographs of Men from the Mark Rice Collection
August 30 – December 12
UMBC Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Man, Image, Idea: Photographs of Men from the Mark Rice Collection
August 30 – December 12
UMBC Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
In his bequest to Johns Hopkins University, John Work Garrett described his library as “a memorial to my family,” recalling the ubiquity of books, and the love of book collecting, that had shaped two generations of the Garrett family at Evergreen. Join rare book curator Earle Havens, Ph.D., for an illustrated talk that will highlight his new and extensive research on the John Work Garrett Library—one of the truly great private rare book and manuscripts collections of late 19th- and early 20th-century America.
MICA's B.F.A. in Game Design presents its annual Fall Arcade, a curated display of playable student designed games, including table-top, local multiplayer games and VR experiences.
Most of the games were developed over a three to four week period by small teams in the program's Gameplay, 2D Game Design, 3D Game Design courses.
UMBC is delighted to announce distinguished operatic soprano and pedagogue Carol Vaness as the guest artist for the Third Annual David W. Smith Memorial Gala to benefit vocal arts at UMBC. Please join us for an unforgettable evening of song and celebration.
MICA and the Mount Royal School of Art M.F.A. program present internationally recognized artist Xu Bing discussing his global art practice, which is known for large-scale installations that incorporate a variety of materials, such as tobacco, silkworms and corn husks, to address cultural and social issues. The lecture will be followed by a conversation with MICA President Samuel Hoi.
“Harmonious Monk: Martin Luther and His Reformation through Music”
Christopher Boyd Brown, Associate Professor of Church History, Boston University
Wednesday, October 4, 7 – 9 p.m.
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall
McDaniel College theatre arts students perform Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, which “has become an icon of American culture,” according to the Library of Congress, and is on its list of “88 Books that Shaped America.” Gené Fouché, theatre arts lecturer, directs the production.
UMBC Humanities Forum — Ancient Studies Week
"Life, Love, and Law in Classical Athens"
Victoria Wohl, Professor of Athenian Literature and Culture, University of Toronto
Monday, October 9, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
UMBC Social Sciences Forum
Séverine Autesserre: “The Trouble With The Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding”
Wednesday, October 11, 4 – 5 p.m.
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
Pop-Up Choir Event for Adults!
Dates:
October 12, 2017
November 9, 2017
December 21, 2017
January 11, 2018
February 8, 2018
March 8, 2018
April 12, 2018
May 10, 2018
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Ages: 18+
Cost: Pay what you can
CADVC Launch Event with Dr. Maurice Berger
Thursday, October 12, 4 – 6 p.m.
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
Please join us for a reception celebrating the launch of four research projects by CADVC Research Professor and Chief Curator, Dr. Maurice Berger. Please RSVP to [email protected].
Over the past year, Dr. Maurice Berger has completed four major research projects for the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, UMBC:
This screening shares stories of immigrants living in the Baltimore area, in the narrators’ native language. This oral histories project between undergraduate students of foreign languages and immigrants in the Baltimore Metropolitan area features interviews in Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Presented in partnership with Loyola University Maryland.
Program Made Possible Through Maryland Humanities Grant Program, Humanities Fund for Baltimore and the Loyola University Center for Community Service and Justice.
7:30pm | FREE - Please RSVP
Historical structures vital to the streetscape that survive from the period of Frederic Douglass’s residence in Fell's Point include two small wooden houses on South Wolfe Street that represent over 200 years of Baltimore history. Preservation architect Bryan Blundell will discuss construction of the houses around 1797 and their role in providing housing and opportunities for free African-American ship caulkers from the 1830s to the 1850s.
UMBC Humanities Forum — Webb Lecture
"The Changing Face of Modern War: Chemical Weapons and Civilian Bodies in the Aftermath of WWI"
Susan R. Grayzel, Professor of History, Utah State University
Wednesday, October 18, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
MICA presents its annual haunted house, a student-run production that creates a large-scale, immersive experience in terror. This year the haunted house is themed backwoods, which invited guests to walk through a series of rooms themed on popular urban legends.
McDaniel College’s Alumni Association honors alumni who personify the college’s 150-year tradition of excellence with the Alumnus of the Year, Professional Achievement, College Service and Community Service awards, as well as the Green Terror Sports Hall of Fame awards. Cost is $35 per person. Visit https://ilovethehill.mcdaniel.edu/homecoming to purchase tickets or for more information.
In conjunction with McDaniel College’s Homecoming, the official Birthday Party marking the college’s 150th anniversary features live music, children’s activities, food and a beer and wine garden. In addition, the reception for the “150 Years on the Hill” timeline exhibition in Rice Gallery highlighting each decade of the college’s history and historic campus tours take place. The Birthday Party is then slated to continue at the Homecoming football game at Kenneth R. Gill Stadium with a cake-cutting ceremony at halftime.
Sunday, October 22, 3 p.m.
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall
Performing Arts and Humanities Building
The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Matthew Belzer. The program will prominently feature the works from John Coltrane’s iconic album A Love Supreme.
A Love Supreme is an extended work in 4 movements, originally for a jazz quartet. The UMBC Jazz Ensemble is drawing on the original recording as well as Wynton Marsalis’s arrangement for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as inspiration for their interpretation.
Ongoing research investigating the lives of the enslaved people at Homewood in the early nineteenth century reveals that men, women, and children inhabited unexpected spaces. From destroyed dwellings to the extant rooms of Homewood and the carriage house, historian Abby Schreiber, Ph.D., will discuss the conditions in which people lived and worked, carried on their family lives, and spent their time.
UMBC Social Sciences Forum
Mullen Lecture, Department of Economics
Deirdre McCloskey: “Human Values and The Great Enrichment”
Monday, October 23, 4 – 5 p.m.
Albin O. Kuhn Library, 7th Floor