The Arts Is gospel music losing its Black roots? November 15, 2022 Musicologist Cory Hunter identifies a notable contemporary shift in the century-old musical form.
The Arts Sam Chanse play premieres at Sloan Performing Arts Center September 27, 2022 Fellowship is the latest production commissioned as part of the International Theatre Program’s New Voice Initiative supporting early-career playwrights
The Arts Plutzik Reading Series opens 60th anniversary season with Jericho Brown August 31, 2022 The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet will give a reading as part of the University of Rochester’s 202–23 Hyam Plutzik Memorial Reading Series—one of the nation’s oldest literary reading series.
The Arts Can arts integration deepen students’ understanding? August 2, 2022 A partnership between City of Rochester schools and the Memorial Art Gallery leads to innovation in arts education and furthers the museum's mission to serve the Greater Rochester community.
The Arts Is this the year you’re going to read Ulysses by James Joyce? June 6, 2022 Here are a few things to know about the literary masterpiece that has exhilarated and confounded its readers for 100 years.
The Arts Finding art in the tools of science April 28, 2022 This year’s Art of Science competition, which explores “the aesthetic beauty that results when science, art, and technology intersect,” drew more than 50 entries and more than 700 votes cast for People’s Choice.
The Arts Taking a page from poetry to understand the music April 18, 2022 Music theorist Matt BaileyShea explores the interrelationship between poetry, lyrics, and music in a new book.
The Arts Nearing its eighth decade, a modern musical invention remains cutting edge April 14, 2022 When the Eastman Wind Ensemble was founded at the Eastman School of Music in 1952, it launched a movement in wind music.
The Arts Artist Mizin Shin inspires change with printmaking April 7, 2022 To counter anti-Asian hate, the Rochester professor has harnessed her love of a traditional art form combined with a digital sensibility.
The Arts Walt Whitman ‘more important now than ever’ March 22, 2022 On the anniversary of the Walt Whitman’s death, Ed Folsom ’76 (PhD) looked back on the legacy of the poet’s work, examples of which are available in the University’s libraries.
The Arts New poster exhibit documents urgency, complexity of HIV/AIDS messaging March 14, 2022 On display at the Memorial Art Gallery through June 19, the first major exhibition of the University’s AIDS Education Posters highlights the role of poster art during the global epidemic.
The Arts English professor’s cotranslation of poetry wins PEN American Literary Award February 28, 2022 Everything I Don’t Know, translated from the Polish by Jennifer Grotz and Piotr Sommer, takes top honors for poetry in translation.