For the Record

T.J. Tarn, Ph.D., Richard L. Axelbaum, Ph.D.

Young Choreographers in April

The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present a “Young Choreographers Showcase” April 2-4 in the Annelise Mertz Dance Studio in Mallinckrodt Student Center. The lineup will feature an eclectic collection of works by eight student choreographers from the PAD’s Dance Program. All works were selected by a jury of dance faculty. Styles […]

Poet Laureate Glück to present for The Writing Program

U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück will present a talk on poetry at 8 p.m. April 6 and will read from her work at 8 p.m. April 8 as part of the Spring Reading Series 2004, offered by The Writing Program and the Department of English, both in Arts & Sciences. Both events are free and […]

Campus Authors: Hugh Chaplin

Lenabell tells the story of a woman with sickle cell disease — including her experimental failures as well as near-miraculous successes.

PAD to debut Williams play Me, Vashya

Scholars from around the world will come to the Hilltop Campus Feb. 12-14 for the symposium “Tennessee Williams: The Secret Year.”

Teatro Hugo & Ines to perform at Edison

Puppetry? Not just for kids anymore. Teatro Hugo & Ines — aka Hugo Suarez and Ines Pasic — create a world of unlimited, cartoon-like possibility, enlisting elements of puppetry, mime and dance to transform hands, feet, elbows, knees and bellybuttons into a colorful parade of extraordinary, oddball characters. At 8 p.m. Jan. 16-17, the Edison […]

Transforming the culture

Jeff Pike was about to meet the police when he made a terrible realization. Pike, now the dean of the School of Art, was then a junior at the Kansas City Art Institute and had been assigned to the Kansas City Police Department for a class on community graphic design. A week prior, detectives had […]

Form and balance

Photo by Kevin LowderVisiting artist Jennifer Medina leads an advanced master class for the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.
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