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SUMMARY:Lewis Hine in Maryland
DESCRIPTION:The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Lewis Hine in Maryland\, on display from August 24 through December 18. The exhibition will be accompanied by Lisa Oppenheim/Lewis Hine: Spine/Verso. \nFrom 1908 to 1924\, documentary photographer Lewis Hine (American\, 1874–1940) traveled throughout the United States\, using his camera to document child labor on behalf of the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC). He photographed children working in coal mines\, cotton mills\, farms\, tenements\, and city streets. The NCLC used Hine’s photographs and eyewitness reports to support its campaigns for labor regulation and reform. His images appeared in pamphlets\, posters\, traveling exhibitions\, and lantern-slide presentations across the country. Ultimately\, these searing photographs helped shape labor legislation in the United States and established a model for documentary photography. \nIn July 1909\, Hine visited Maryland\, photographing child workers at Bottomley berry farms in Anne Arundel County and at the J. S. Farrand Packing Company in Baltimore. Drawn from UMBC’s Photography Collections\, this exhibition explores the places and people behind these photographs. A selection of Hine’s most iconic and enduring images situates his Maryland work within the broader context of his documentary project. The exhibition also examines how Hine’s photographs functioned as tools of visual persuasion\, working in tandem with captions\, pamphlets\, slogans\, and posters to shape public opinion — and ultimately legislation — regarding the changing role of children in the workforce and in American society. \nThis exhibition commemorates MD250 and the U.S. Semiquincentennial\, exploring themes foundational to the nation’s history\, including immigration and migration\, the power of documentary photographs\, and social justice. \n\nPublic Programs \nCuratorial tour and opening reception\nThursday September 17\, 5 p.m. \nPanel Discussion: Food and Labor in Maryland\nThursday October 22\, 6 p.m.\, followed by a reception\nThis event is co-organized with Department of American Studies and the Orser Center for Public Humanities at UMBC. \nClosing reception\nThursday December 3\, 6 p.m. \nAll public program are free and open to the public. \n\nLisa Oppenheim/Lewis Hine: Spine/Verso \nLewis Hine in Maryland is accompanied by an installation of two works from artist Lisa Oppenheim’s Spine series\, in which she appropriates images by Lewis Hine from the Library of Congress. Enlarged to life size\, the photographs depict the backs of adolescent textile workers whose bodies were curved and misshapen by their labor. Oppenheim has bifurcated each image along the vertical axis of the spine\, emphasizing the physical impact of repetitive work on the body. Lisa Oppenheim/Lewis Hine: Spine/Verso places Oppenheim’s works in dialogue with a selection of photographs from UMBC’s Lewis Hine Collection\, displayed with their versos — or backs — visible to viewers. \nIn 2023\, with support from a National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grant\, Special Collections staff undertook a major initiative to rehouse the Lewis Hine photographs and digitize their versos. The backs of the photographs bear captions\, annotations\, and inscriptions by Hine and others employed by the NCLC\, testifying to their use in the organization’s publications and promotional campaigns. Together\, these materials reveal the many forms of labor documented in Hine’s work and the ways that labor is imprinted upon — and remains legible within — the bodies of his subjects. \n \nLisa Oppenheim was born in 1975 in New York\, New York. She received a BA in art and semiotics from Brown University in 1998 and an MFA in film and video from Bard College in 2001. She attended the Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program for studio art in 2003. Oppenheim’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at MUDAM\, The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg (2025); Huis Marseille\, Amsterdam (2024)\, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (2017)\, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (2016). In 2014\, Oppenheim was the recipient of the AIMIA|AGO Photography Prize from the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Shpilman International Photography Prize from the Israel Museum. Her work is held in the permanent collections of The J. Paul Getty Museum\, Los Angeles\, Museum of Modern Art\, New York\, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, San Francisco\, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, New York\, Santa Barbara Museum of Art\, Santa Barbara\, Centre Georges Pompidou\, Paris\, Carnegie Museum of Art\, Pittsburgh\, among others. She lives and works in Brooklyn. \nImage: Lisa Oppenheim\, Correct posture for 4663. Need for advice of examining physician\, 2016. Dye sublimation print on aluminum\, 41 3/4 x 61 1/2 inches; 106 x 156.2 cm (overall). Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery\, New York. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission is free. For driving directions and parking information\, please visit here. \nLibrary Gallery hours:\nMonday\, Tuesday\, Wednesday\, Friday: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.\nThursday: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.\nSaturday and Sunday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. \n\nTop image: Lewis Wickes Hine\, Dangerous Business. Boy working at canning machine with open gearing. Many such machines and boys too. J. S. Farrand Packing Co.\, Baltimore\, Maryland\, 1909. Gelatin silver print\, 5 x 7 in. The Photography Collections\, University of Maryland\, Baltimore County (UMBC)\, P858. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/lewis-hine-in-maryland/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260825
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261125
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SUMMARY:Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes\, We Fly
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture presents Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes\, We Fly\, an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N. Carroll. On view from August 25 through November 24\, the exhibition features artists based in or connected to Baltimore\, exploring the city’s cultural landscape through experimental and interdisciplinary practices. The exhibition title is inspired by the narrative poetry of multidisciplinary artist NIA JUNE. \nSomewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes\, We Fly includes work by Kelvin Bulluck\, Roy Crosse\, Brianna Faulkner\, Darrius Fox\, Lehna Huie\, Jeffrey Kent\, Ada Pinkston\, Kim Rice\, Margaret Rorison\, Ernest Shaw\, Shan Wallace\, and Jasmine Gabrielle Washington\, and the presentation of a filmic work produced by the collective NIA JUNE + Kirby Griffin + APoetNamedNate. \nThrough serial compositions\, photographic triptychs\, floating installations\, and cinema\, the participating artists examine themes of home\, memory\, and community. The exhibition aims to offer perspective on these themes through the lens of Baltimore’s creative community. \n\nPublic Programs \nThursday\, September 3\, 6–8 p.m.\nOpening reception and artist panel moderated by Angela N. Carroll in conversation with Brianna Faulkner\, Jeffrey Kent\, Kim Rice\, Margaret Rorison\, and Shan Wallace. \nThursday\, October 15\, 6–8 p.m.\nFree outdoor concert by Brandon Woody alongside public projection of The Unveiling of God / a love letter to my forefathers by NIA JUNE + Kirby Griffin + APoetNamedNate. \nThursday\, November 5\, 6–8 p.m.\nArtist roundtable on experimental praxis\, moderated by Ernest Shaw. \nNovember 19\, 6–8 p.m.\nArtist talk on memory\, communal and familial photographic archives\, and land sovereignty\, moderated by Jasmine Gabrielle Washington. \n\nAbout the Curator \nIn her curatorial work\, Angela N. Carroll ’06\, visual arts\, has organized exhibitions that examine and celebrate Black identity and community memory\, elevating artists and historical narratives in the Upper South. Her latest effort\, Jerrell Gibbs: No Solace in the Shade at the Brandywine Museum of Art is accompanied by a monograph published by Rizzoli New York. As a scholar\, Carroll has contributed critical writing to exhibition catalogs published by The Baltimore Museum of Art\, The Des Moines Art Center\, The Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum\, The National Museum of Women in the Arts\, Nerman MOCA\, and the CueArt Foundation\, among many others. These writings evidence her significant contribution to contemporary art historical discourse. Carroll intermittently teaches at American University\, MICA and UMBC. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission is free. \nThe CADVC is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 to 5 p.m.\, and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nPlease visit here for directions and parking information. \nVisitors who need specific accommodations to attend the exhibition or events should contact the CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188. \n\nAll events at CADVC are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n\nPhoto by Tedd Henn for UMBC. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/over-the-rainbow-of-rowhomes-we-fly/
LOCATION:Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture (CADVC)
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109
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SUMMARY:the serpent under't
DESCRIPTION:UMBC Theatre presents the serpent under’t\, an experimental dance theatre adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth\, conceived and directed by Nigel Semaj. Blending movement\, dance\, and spoken text\, this reimagining draws inspiration from horror and the macabre of Edgar Allen Poe. Join us as we explore the shadows of the human psyche where ambition\, guilt\, and fate intertwine with the supernatural. \n\nPerformances \nThursday\, October 29\, 7:30 p.m. — Opening Night Reception\nFriday\, October 30\, 7:30 p.m. — Free performance for UMBC students\nSaturday\, October 31\, 2 p.m.\nFriday\, November 6\, 7:30 p.m.\nSaturday\, November 7\, 7:30 p.m.\nSunday\, November 8\, 2 p.m. — Actor Talkback\, Free performance for UMBC students\, Prospective Student Day \n\nTicket information is forthcoming. \nASL Interpreted performances are TBA. If you have requests around accessibility for any of our performances\, please email the UMBC arts box office. \nUMBC Theatre events are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n\nGraphic design by Eric Abele. \n\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/the-serpent-undert/
LOCATION:Proscenium Theatre
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261104T133000
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SUMMARY:Mary Celenza: Television and Podcast Producer
DESCRIPTION:Mary Celenza\, a showrunner\, director\, and writer with over 25 years of experience in television and audio production\, will discuss her extensive career. She is currently the Head of Current and Executive Producer at Treefort Media\, where she oversees series for Audible\, Wondery\, Netflix\, and Focus Features. \nThis event is presented by UMBC’s Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA). \n\nOver the course of her career\, Mary Celenza has worked across a wide variety of formats including documentary\, talk\, news\, comedy\, competition and game shows. She began her career in news at Good Morning America in New York\, and later worked alongside legendary television host Barbara Walters for four years before relocating to Los Angeles. Ms. Celenza is an experienced multi-cam and single-cam director with credits spanning long and short form documentary pieces and comedic shorts. As a showrunner\, she has helmed unscripted series for Apple Music\, Disney+\, Syfy\, Discovery+\, Roku\, Prime and Pokémon. In the competition space\, she shepherded 13 seasons of the Critics’ Choice Award-winning special makeup effects series Face Off\, as well as the moving floor dance competition series Floored. In the documentary space\, she was one of the showrunners on the Disney+ series Pick of the Litter\, about Guide Dogs for the Blind\, and a documentary series for the game company Pokémon. In addition to production\, Ms. Celenza spent two years as a development executive for ABC Studios/Disney. She is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America\, and has served as a guest lecturer at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles. Ms. Celenza received a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1995 with a concentration in Communications and Native American Studies. \n\nAdmission is free. The talk will be accompanied by a free lunch served at 11:45. (An r.s.v.p. form will be available soon.) \n\nThis event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/mary-celenza-television-and-podcast-producer/
LOCATION:216 Performing Arts and Humanities Building
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T183000
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SUMMARY:Humanities Forum — Nishant Upadhyay: Indians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race\, Caste\, and Indigeneity
DESCRIPTION:Humanities Forum Lecture with Nishant Upadhyay\nIndians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race\, Caste\, and Indigeneity\nThis lecture is part of the Fall 2026 Humanities Forum \nIndians on Indian Lands unravels Indian diasporic complicity in its ongoing colonial relationship with Indigenous peoples\, lands\, and nations in Canada. Upadhyay examines the interwoven and simultaneous areas of dominant Indian caste complicity in processes of settler colonialism\, antiblackness\, capitalism\, brahminical supremacy\, Hindu nationalism\, and heteropatriarchy. Resource extraction in British Columbia in the 1970s through the 1990s and in present-day Alberta offers examples of spaces that illuminate the dispossession of Indigenous peoples and simultaneously reveals how race\, gender\, and caste affect labor formations. Upadhyay juxtaposes these extraction sites with examples of anticolonial activism and solidarities from Tkaronto (Toronto). Analyzing silence on settler colonialism and brahminical caste supremacy\, Upadhyay upends the idea of dominant caste Indian diasporas as racially victimized and shows that claiming victimhood denies a very real complicity in enforcing other power structures. Exploring stories of quotidian proximity and intimacy between Indigenous and South Asian communities\, Upadhyay offers meditations on anticolonial and anti-casteist ways of knowledge production\, ethical relationalities\, and solidarities. Groundbreaking and ambitious\, Indians on Indian Lands presents the case for holding Indian diasporas accountable for acts of violence within a colonial settler nation. \n\nNishant Upadhyay is an associate professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado\, Boulder. They hold a PhD in Social and Political Thought from the York University\, Toronto. Upadhyay is the author of Indians on Indian Lands: Intersections of Race\, Caste\, and Indigeneity (University of Illinois Press\, 2024). Their research and teaching focuses on settler colonialism and empire\, intersections of race\, caste\, and indigeneity\, queer and trans of color studies\, and South Asian diaspora. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis lecture\, presented by the Dresher Center’s Humanities Forum\, is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program. \n\nUMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all faculty\, staff\, students\, and visitors. To request additional accessibility accommodations\, please contact us at least five business days in advance at dreshercenter@umbc.edu. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/humanities-forum-nishant-upadhyay-indians-on-indian-lands-intersections-of-race-caste-and-indigeneity/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T200000
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SUMMARY:Artist roundtable on experimental praxis
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes\, We Fly\, an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N. Carroll\, the Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture presents an artist roundtable on experimental praxis moderated by Ernest Shaw in conversation with Ada Pinkston and Lehna Huie. \n\nArtist Ernest Shaw\, Jr. is a Baltimore-based educator whose work explores the duality of the African American experience through sophisticated color and figurative art. His practice honors traditional African and African American figurative art\, often drawing on rhythmic influences from his West African drumming training. A product of the Baltimore City Public School system\, Shaw balances his artistic career with teaching in Baltimore City and as an adjunct professor at Coppin State University. \nAda Pinkston is a Baltimore-based multimedia artist\, educator\, and cultural organizer whose work investigates the erasures and mythologies surrounding Black life\, memory\, and public space. Using performance\, digital media\, and sculpture\, she creates speculative monuments that challenge conventional collective memory and invite deeper inquiry into what is forgotten. Pinkston\, who holds an M.F.A. from MICA and is currently a lecturer at Towson University\, has exhibited internationally and serves on the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. \nLehna Huie is a multidisciplinary artist who draws inspiration from Caribbean oral histories and dream landscapes to create visual meditations on memory and lineage. Her practice combines diverse materials—such as paint\, textiles\, and found objects—to honor and personify the lands and waters of her roots. An M.F.A. graduate from MICA\, Huie has participated in numerous international exhibitions and prestigious residencies\, while also working as a Legacy Specialist preserving intergenerational artist archives. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission is free. \nThe CADVC is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 to 5 p.m.\, and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nPlease visit here for directions and parking information. \nVisitors who need specific accommodations to attend the exhibition or events should contact the CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188. \n\nAll events at CADVC are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/artist-roundtable-on-experimental-praxis/
LOCATION:Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture (CADVC)
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261108T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261108T180000
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SUMMARY:UMBC Faculty String Sextet
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the UMBC Faculty String Sextet in a performance of two of the keystone Romantic works for string ensemble — the String Sextet No. 2 by Johannes Brahms\, and the String Sextet “Souvenir de Florence” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. \nAdditional details are forthcoming. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Tickets will be available in fall 2026. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/umbc-faculty-string-sextet/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T180000
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SUMMARY:Stephanie J. Williams: Things That Don’t Have Names
DESCRIPTION:Interdisciplinary visual artist Stephanie J. Williams will tell us about her artistic practice\, which bridges sculpture and animation. Her work navigates hierarchies of taste\, unpacking how “official” histories are constructed in order to understand contemporary social coding. \nThis event is presented by UMBC’s Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA). \n\nStephanie J. Williams is an interdisciplinary visual artist whose work has been exhibited in Fictions\, part of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s F-show image of Stephanie J. Williamsexhibitions\, at the Walters Art Museum as a Sondheim Finalist\, as well as with Washington Project for the Arts\, Lawrence University\, and the Delaware Contemporary. She has been awarded residencies at Yaddo\, Sculpture Space\, Williams College\, the Nicholson Project\, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts\, and ACRE. Recent animated works have screened at Slamdance (2024)\, Ann Arbor Film Festival (2024)\, the New Orleans Film Festival (Best Animated Short\, 2022)\, Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival (2023\, Jury Citation – 2022)\, the Atlanta Film Festival (2023\, 2024) and Outfest LA LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (2023). She has received grants from the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund at Johns Hopkins University and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities. She received an MFA in sculpture from Rhode Island School of Design under a Presidential Scholarship and is currently full time faculty in Animation at Maryland Institute College of Art. \n\nAdmission is free. A reception will follow the talk. \n\nThis event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n\nImage: Stephanie J. Williams\, The Expectation of the Observed\, displayed as part of the I’ll Meet You There exhibition\, Hamiltonian Artists and The Nicholson Project\, 2026. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/stephanie-j-williams-things-that-dont-have-names/
LOCATION:427 Fine Arts Building
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T200000
DTSTAMP:20260831T033508Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T033508Z
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SUMMARY:Social Sciences Forum — Natanya Duncan: Redeemed: Women of the UNIA and Du Bois’ “Damnation of Women”
DESCRIPTION:Social Sciences Forum lecture with Natanya Duncan\nRedeemed: Women of the UNIA and Du Bois’ “Damnation of Women”\nThis 48th Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture is part of the Fall 2026 Social Sciences Forum \nIn 1919\, New Jersey law student Hannah Nichols called the women of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) into action. She asked women to “present an efficient womanhood … undaunted by anyone’s objections …” in the pursuit of global Black autonomy. The phrase “efficient womanhood” would appear one year later in W.E.B. Du Bois’ 1920 essay “Damnation of Womanhood.” Du Bois declared the history of Black women as laced with “insult and degradation” that was “both fearful and glorious.” For Du Bois\, the contradictions and dilemmas Black women faced “birthed … an efficient womanhood.” The efficient womanhood activist strategy scripted and lived by UNIA women served to shape the Pan Africanism of the 20th Century. This talk will examine how the women of the UNIA set the stage for Du Bois’ expanded ideas on gender and nation building in the 20th Century. \n\nNatanya Duncan is the Director of Africana Studies and Research Institute at Queens College City University of New York and an Associate Professor of History. A historian of the African Diaspora\, her research and teaching focuses on global freedom movements of the 20th and 21st Century. Duncan’s research interest includes constructions of identity and nation building amongst women of color; migrations; color and class in Diasporic communities; and the engagements of intellectuals throughout the African Diaspora. She is the author of An Efficient Womanhood: Women and the Making of the Universal Negro Improvement Association\, (University of North Carolina Press\, 2025)\, which focuses on the distinct activist strategies in-acted by women in the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis event is organized by the Department of Africana Studies and is co-sponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship\, the College of Arts\, Humanities\, and Social Sciences Dean’s Office\, and the Dresher Center for the Humanities. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/social-sciences-forum-natanya-duncan-redeemed-women-of-the-unia-and-du-bois-damnation-of-women/
LOCATION:University Center Ballroom
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities,Social Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261111T193000
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SUMMARY:Grigorios Zamparas\, piano
DESCRIPTION:Join us as pianist Grigorios Zamparas performs masterworks spanning the Romantic and Impressionist eras. The program features Franz Liszt’s 1849 dramatic “Dante Sonata\,” a formidable piece inspired by the Divine Comedy\, Ludwig van Beethoven’s 1804 “Waldstein” Sonata\, known for its grand scope and technical brilliance\, and selections from Maurice Ravel’s Miroirs\, a vivid five-movement suite written in 1904–05 and dedicated to his contemporaries in the Parisian artistic circle. \n\nDescribed by the American Record Guide as possessing “formidable technique\,” Grigorios Zamparas is a versatile pianist\, chamber musician\, and recitalist who has performed internationally across Europe\, South Korea\, Brazil\, and the United States. A Yamaha Artist and recording artist with eight albums for Centaur Records\, he has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras and at prominent global festivals. Zamparas currently serves as Professor of Music and chair of the music department at The University of Tampa\, where he has been recognized for his scholarship and creative work. He holds a DMA from the University of Miami and degrees from Indiana University and the University of Indianapolis. \n\nThis event is sponsored by UMBC’s Department of Music. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Tickets will be available in fall 2026. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/grigorios-zamparas-piano/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261114
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SUMMARY:First Works Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Dance presents the annual First Works Concert\, featuring new works by dance majors. \n\nTwo performances:\nThursday\, November 12\, 7:30 p.m.\nFriday\, November 13\, 7:30 p.m. \nAdmission is $5 general. Please visit here to reserve seats. \n\nThe Dance Cube is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for additional information. \n\nPhoto by Kiirstn Pagan ’11. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/first-works-concert-2/
LOCATION:Dance Cube
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261115T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261115T170000
DTSTAMP:20260813T204359Z
CREATED:20260813T204359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T204359Z
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SUMMARY:Walt Weiskopf Quartet
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the Walt Weiskopf Quartet\, featuring Walt Weiskopf\, saxophone\, Harry Appelman\, piano\, Amy Shook\, bass\, and Steve Fidyk\, drums. Their program will include music by Cole Porter\, Wells & Segal\, and original jazz works by Weiskopf. \n\nSince launching his career with the Buddy Rich Big Band in 1981\, saxophonist\, composer\, and author Walt Weiskopf has established himself as a prominent figure in jazz. He has built an impressive portfolio as both a leader and sideman\, collaborating with renowned artists like Frank Sinatra\, Steely Dan\, and Michael McDonald while releasing numerous critically acclaimed recordings. Beyond his performance career\, Weiskopf is highly respected for his seven books on jazz improvisation and his prolific output as a composer\, creating works that showcase both technical prowess and accessibility. \nCritics have consistently praised Weiskopf’s original compositions and arrangements\, from his early success with Simplicity (1993) to Song for My Mother (1994)\, which received significant accolades. Throughout his career\, reviewers have lauded his evolution from a promising talent to a major force in the industry\, highlighting his powerful\, unique perspective as a tenor saxophonist and arranger. His extensive body of work\, including later albums like Open Road (2015) and Fountain of Youth (2017)\, reflects a mature artist with deep experience in both music and life. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Tickets will be available in fall 2026. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/walt-weiskopf-quartet/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261118T213000
DTSTAMP:20260830T195337Z
CREATED:20260830T195337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T195337Z
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SUMMARY:UMBC Chamber Players
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the UMBC Chamber Players under the direction of Airi Yoshioka. \nStudents in the UMBC Chamber Players perform a wide variety of instrumental chamber works\, ranging from Baroque\, Classical\, Romantic to contemporary repertoire. This concert will also feature the premiere of student works. \n\nAdmission is free\, and tickets are not required. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/umbc-chamber-players/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T173000
DTSTAMP:20260813T171224Z
CREATED:20260813T171224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T171224Z
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SUMMARY:Humanities Forum — Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo: Puerto Rico\, Historical Thinking\, and the Politics of Forgetting in the Caribbean
DESCRIPTION:Humanities Forum Lecture with Jorell A. Meléndez-Badillo\nPuerto Rico\, Historical Thinking\, and the Politics of Forgetting in the Caribbean\nThis lecture is part of the Fall 2026 Humanities Forum \nPuerto Rican history has been a contested space ever since its early days. From Fray Íñigo Abad y la Sierra’s 1788 book to Paul G. Miller’s Historia de Puerto Rico in the early twentieth century\, the production of history has served different political purposes. This lecture will explore the ways that history teaching and writing gave way to racialized tropes of Puerto Rican docility and laziness. More recently\, however\, the state has moved to silence or erase the past through Puerto Rico’s “politics of forgetting.” The talk ends with the ways that these ideas are being challenged by artists and cultural producers. \n\nJorell Meléndez-Badillo’s works focuses on the global circulation of radical ideas from the standpoint of working-class intellectual communities in Puerto Rico\, the Caribbean\, and Latin America. His is the author of Puerto Rico: A National History (Princeton University Press\, 2024)\, The Lettered Barriada: Workers\, Archival Power\, and the Politics of Knowledge in Puerto Rico (Duke UP\, 2021) and Páginas libres: Breve antología del pensamiento anarquista en Puerto Rico (Editora Educación Emergente\, 2021). His work on the histories of anarchism\, labor\, and radical politics has also been published in book chapters\, as well as journal and newspaper articles in Puerto Rico and Latin America. His work has appeared in Caribbean Studies Journal\, Latin American Perspectives\, and Theory in Action\, among others. Meléndez-Badillo holds a Ph.D. in Latin American History from the University of Connecticut\, where he was a Ford Foundation Fellow and a Humanities Institute Fellow. Before the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, he was Assistant Professor and Andrew W. Mellon Faculty Fellow at Dartmouth College. He is the co-founder and co-chair of the Puerto Rican Studies Hub at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the incoming president of the Puerto Rican Studies Association. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis lecture\, presented by the Dresher Center’s Humanities Forum\, is co-sponsored by the Latin American Studies Minor. \n\nUMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all faculty\, staff\, students\, and visitors. To request additional accessibility accommodations\, please contact us at least five business days in advance at dreshercenter@umbc.edu. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/humanities-forum-jorell-a-melendez-badillo-puerto-rico-historical-thinking-and-the-politics-of-forgetting-in-the-caribbean/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T193000
DTSTAMP:20260813T195602Z
CREATED:20260813T195602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T195602Z
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SUMMARY:Artist talk about memory\, communal and familial photographic archives\, and land sovereignty
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes\, We Fly\, an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N. Carroll\, the Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture presents an artist talk about memory\, communal and familial photographic archives\, and land sovereignty\, moderated by Jasmine Washington in conversation with Darrius Fox and Kelvin Bulluck. \n\nJasmine Gabrielle Washington is a multi-disciplinary artist\, researcher\, and archivist working between Baltimore\, New York\, and Virginia. Her practice utilizes photography\, film\, and archives to explore the circulation of care and how memory shapes human understanding. She is the founder of the philanthropic infrastructure Use Your Voice and currently serves as Guest Gallery Curator at Gormley Gallery. As an MFA candidate at the Maryland Institute College of Art\, she has received numerous honors including the Fred Lazarus Award for Social Change. \nDarrius Fox is a self-taught lens-based artist from Baltimore who transitioned from wedding photography to focus on the preservation of analog techniques. He personally handles every stage of his artistic process\, from shooting and developing to scanning and printing his images by hand. His body of work encompasses a diverse range of subjects\, including urban landscapes\, portraiture\, and candid street scenes. Through his dedicated practice\, Fox captures the nuances of everyday life while honoring the traditional craft of film photography. \nKelvin Bulluck is an award-winning photographer whose editorial and fashion imagery has been featured in prominent publications like British Vogue and Essence. His artistic exploration is centered on the concept of beauty\, using portraiture to investigate societal standards and personal perspectives. He prioritizes building deep connections with his subjects to pinpoint and highlight unique aspects of their character through his lens. Bulluck’s work has also appeared on major networks such as Netflix and Lifetime\, showcasing his versatile approach to visual storytelling. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission is free. \nThe CADVC is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 to 5 p.m.\, and Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nPlease visit here for directions and parking information. \nVisitors who need specific accommodations to attend the exhibition or events should contact the CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188. \n\nAll events at CADVC are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race\, color\, religion\, sex\, national origin\, or any other protected category under applicable federal law\, state law\, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/artist-talk-about-memory-communal-and-familial-photographic-archives-and-land-sovereignty/
LOCATION:Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture (CADVC)
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T213000
DTSTAMP:20260830T185934Z
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SUMMARY:UMBC Wind Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents UMBC Wind Ensemble under the direction of Walter Harley\, with clarinet soloist Natalie Groom. The program features an eclectic mix of wind band classics and engaging new works\, including Nathan Daughtrey’s Twitch for clarinet and band. \n\nThe UMBC Wind Ensemble has celebrated performances with internationally recognized guest artists including Glee pianist and music director Brad Ellis\, Emmy-nominated composer and genre-bending violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain\, the American Brass Quintet\, singer-songwriter Diana Lawrence\, Canadian Brass veteran Joe Burgstaller\, international tuba artist Oystein Baadsvik\, Cleveland Orchestra trombonist Shachar Israel\, Marine Band co-principal oboe Trevor Mowry\, former Marine Band clarinetist Randall Riffle\, and UMBC professor of violin Airi Yoshioka. The ensemble seeks to regularly commission and perform music by living composers. Their premiere performance of Samuel Winnie’s Nightfall in Lothlorien was a finalist for the 2016 American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award. Filtering\, the ensemble’s debut album released on the Albany label in April 2022\, has been hailed by American Record Guide as a “fine album” featuring “energetic and committed playing.” \n\nAdmission is free\, but tickets are required. Tickets will be available in fall 2026. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/umbc-wind-ensemble/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T170000
DTSTAMP:20260830T205250Z
CREATED:20260830T205250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T205250Z
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SUMMARY:UMBC New Music Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the UMBC New Music Ensemble under the direction of Lisa Cella in a performance of Frederic Rzewski‘s Attica and other works. \n\nAdmission is free\, and tickets are not required. \n\nThe Music Box\, located on the first floor of the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/umbc-new-music-ensemble-3/
LOCATION:The Music Box
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261122T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260830T194736Z
CREATED:20260811T174953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T194736Z
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SUMMARY:UMBC Jazz in Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz in Concert\, featuring the UMBC Jazz Ensemble and small groups\, directed by Matthew Belzer\, Tom Baldwin\, and Tom Lagana. Program details will be announced. \n\nAdmission is free\, and tickets are not required. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/umbc-jazz-ensemble-2/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261122T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261122T213000
DTSTAMP:20260830T193031Z
CREATED:20260811T174729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T193031Z
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SUMMARY:UMBC Camerata
DESCRIPTION:The UMBC Camerata and guest artists under the direction of Lulu Mwangi present a CELEBRATION of Music\, Country\, and Humanity. \nA select choral ensemble consisting of auditioned singers from across the university\, Camerata performs a wide variety of music drawn from the expansive choral repertoire\, including Renaissance motets and madrigals\, folksongs\, German part songs\, Russian sacred liturgies\, American spirituals\, and new American concert works. Camerata has also performed choral masterworks with the Handel Choir of Baltimore and the Howard County Concert Orchestra. \nThis event is presented by the Department of Music. \n\nAdmission is free\, and tickets are not required. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall\, located in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building\, is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/umbc-camerata/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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