Bale Boone Symposium to Explore Religion
Gaines Center for the Humanities will present a symposium exploring the connections between religion and such topics as history, science and politics.
ArtsAsia Festival Puts Spotlight on Throat Singing
The UK ArtsAsia Festival will bring the acoustic quartet Huun Huur Tu to the Bluegrass for a concert Oct. 8, at the Singletary Center for the Arts. The quartet's concert is one of three featured events centered on the art of throat singing.
Huun Huur Tu Concert
WHAT: Huun Huur Tu Concert
WHEN: Saturday, October 8 at 7:30p.m.
WHERE: Singletary Centure for the Arts
Tickets: $20 general/$15 students at www.singletarytickets.com or 859-257-4929
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Singletary Center for the Arts
Throat Singing Demonstration
WHO: Dr. Theodore Levin and Sayan Bapa (Huun-Huur-Tu)
WHAT: Throat singing demonstration and discussion of musical aspects of Huun Huur Tu's music
WHERE: Briggs Theater, UK Fine Arts Building
WHEN: Saturday October 8, 3:30p.m.
Free and open to the public
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Briggs Theater, UK Fine Arts Building
Music and the Spirit World in Central and Siberia
WHO: Theodore Levin, Dartmouth College
WHAT: "Music and the Spirit World in Central Asia & Siberia"
WHERE: Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library
WHEN: Friday October 7,2011 3:30p.m.
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Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Library
Music and Ritual Himalayan Music
WHO: Pritam Bhartwan
WHAT: An exploration of the joyful and ecstatic devotional music from the central Himalayas of India with musician and healer Pritam Bhartwan
WHEN:October 6, 2011 7:00p.m.
WHERE: Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Fine Arts Library
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Niles Gallery, Lucille Caudill Little Library
ArtsAsia Focuses on Chinese Visual Culture
The University of Kentucky's ArtsAsia Festival breaks new ground this year with a two-day symposium on Chinese art, design, film and architecture.
Carter G Woodson Lecture Series - Robert Mock
WHO: Dr. Robert Mock
WHAT: Carter G. Woodon Lecture Series - "Groups, Organizations and Identity: Intercultural Communication in Black Greek Letter Organizations
WHERE: Student Center Room 211
WHEN: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 4:00p.m.
This talk centers on a course being offered in Spring 2012. The course will recognize and select appropriate methods of Black Greek Letter Organizations in a variety of contexts including communication, leadership, and community service. Students will identify and explain the concepts of African American cultural communication pertaining to linguistic, rhetorical, and relational styles.
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Student Center Room 211
Kentucky SkyTalks with Tim Knauer
Tim Knauer is a professor for the department of Physics and Astronomy, and the director of the MacAdam Student Observatory. Each month, he hosts the Kentucky SkyTalks, an ongoing series of discussions on the science of life and the universe.
This podcast was produced by Stephen Gordinier.
UK Chemistry Demonstration Show
In celebration of National Chemistry Week, the UK Chemistry Department will be presenting a demonstration show Friday October 21, 2011 at 7 pm in room 139 of the Chemistry/Physics building at 505 Rose street. Come one come ALL!!! This fun-filled evening has become a much-anticipated annual event. Students of the Chemistry Department of the University of Kentucky will inform, entertain and amaze you with a variety of demonstrations of the colour, charm and excitement of chemistry. For children in school, ask your teacher if attendance can earn you extra credit in a science course. For parents, don't get left out, learning something new keeps you young!
For more information contact Pauline Stratman, psst223@uky.edu.
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Location:
Chemistry/Physics Bldg, Room 139