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SUMMARY:Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81
DESCRIPTION:The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81\, a photography exhibition on display from January 26 through May 22. \nIn 1976\, American photographer Mary Ellen Mark and sociologist Karen Folger Jacobs spent thirty-six days living in the Oregon State Hospital\, where they photographed the residents of Ward 81\, the hospital’s all-female\, high-security psychiatric unit. Their unprecedented access allowed them to create a deeply nuanced portrayal of women navigating psychiatric care in the mid-1970s. Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81 brings together Mark’s photographs\, Jacobs’s newly uncovered audio recordings\, and rare archival materials\, offering an intimate and expanded view of this landmark documentary project. \nAn opening reception and curatorial tour will be held on Thursday\, February 12\, at 5 p.m. \nA public program featuring Kaitlin Booher (William and Sarah Ross Soter Associate Curator of Photography\, Columbus Museum of Art) and Holly Avella (assistant professor of media studies and data analytics\, UMBC) will be held on Thursday\, April 2\, at 5 p.m. \nRead the review by Jack Livingston in BmoreArt\nRead the review by Rona Kobell in The Banner \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\nImage: Mary Ellen Mark\, [Laurie in the Bathtub\, Ward 81\, Oregon State Hospital\, Salem\, Oregon\, USA]\, 1976. © Mary Ellen Mark\, courtesy of The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/mary-ellen-mark-ward-81/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T213000
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SUMMARY:UMBC Faculty Jazz Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz Faculty Ensemble\, featuring saxophonist Matt Belzer\, bassist Tom Baldwin\, and drummer Mark Merella. They will be joined by UMBC student Leo Hickman on mandolin. The ensemble will perform modern interpretations of classic and recent jazz compositions. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Please visit here to reserve seats. \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-jazz-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:20260307T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T153000
DTSTAMP:20260223T215820Z
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SUMMARY:Maryland All State Senior Jazz Band
DESCRIPTION:The Maryland Music Educators Association presents the All State Senior Jazz Band. Students from across the state will be selected to participate in this concert by audition\, and students from multiple county schools will be represented. \n\nTickets for this event are sold through the Maryland Music Educators Association. Please visit here for additional information. \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/maryland-all-state-senior-jazz-band/
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:20260307T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260307T213000
DTSTAMP:20260206T173657Z
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SUMMARY:Susie Ibarra: Rhythm in Nature
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) presents Filipinx-American composer\, percussionist\, and sound artist Susie Ibarra\, who will present her groundbreaking work at UMBC in a concert\, spatial audio installation\, and workshop. Ibarra’s interdisciplinary practice focuses on strengthening connections to the natural environment and advocating for stewardship through sound. Ibarra’s work calls upon Asian percussive traditions\, jazz sensibilities\, as well as on her extensive study in a wide range of interests\, including improvisation\, sonic mapping\, and artistic intervention for societal transformation. The concert will include performances by UMBC music students and faculty. \n\nSusie Ibarra creates immersive experiences through sound to invite people to connect to their natural and built environments. Her Pulitzer Prize winning work Sky Islands is a musical call to action\, highlighting the endangered rainforests of her home region of Luzon\, Philippines\, with the aim of connecting people to our fragile and beautiful ecosystems and to draw awareness to changing climate and global community practices. Sky Islands was commissioned by the Asia Society in 2022 and had its world premiere in 2024\, with additional support from the Fromm Music Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grant. Ibarra works to support Indigenous and traditional music cultures\, including Musika Katatube from the Philippines and leads several ensembles\, including Talking Gong Trio with Claire Chase and Alex Peh. She has recorded over forty albums and has performed around the world\, including at the 2012 Olympics in London\, as part of the 2013 Sharjah Biennial\, and at Carnegie Hall. Ibarra has received numerous awards and fellowships\, including a Creative Capital Artist Award (2025)\, Callie’s Studio Residency in Berlin (2025)\, DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program Fellowship (2024-25)\, the Charles Ives Fellowship (2024) with the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Music Fellowship (2022)\, a United States Artists Fellowship (2019)\, a Doris Duke United States Artist Fellow in Music (2019)\, the National Geographic Explorers Storyteller Award (2020)\, and a TED Senior Fellowship (2014). Ibarra is the founder of Susie Ibarra Studio and\, with artist-musician and engineer Jake Landau\, co-founded the label and publisher Habitat Sounds. Her book Rhythm in Nature: An Ecology of Rhythm was published by Habitat Sounds in 2024. She is a Yamaha\, Zildjian\, and Vic Firth Drum Artist. \n\nA spatial audio installation will open at 6:30\, followed by a concert at 7:30. \nAdmission is free\, but tickets are required. Please visit here to reserve seats. \n\nLinehan Concert Hall is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n\nPhoto by Rajesh Kumar Singh. \n\n\nThis event is funded in part by the Arts+ Initiative and the College of Arts\, Humanities\, and Social Sciences\, with additional support from the Global Asias Initiative. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/susie-ibarra-rhythm-in-nature/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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SUMMARY:Sérgio and Odair Assad\, classical guitar — Farewell Tour
DESCRIPTION:The Baltimore Classical Guitar Society presents Brazilian-born brothers Sérgio and Odair Assad\, who have created a new standard of guitar innovation\, ingenuity\, and expression. Their exceptional artistry and uncanny ensemble-playing rooted in a family rich in Brazilian musical tradition and studies under guitarist/lutenist Monina Távora\, a disciple of Andrés Segovia. Their virtuosity has inspired a wide range of composers to write for them\, including Astor Piazzolla\, Terry Riley\, Radamés Gnattali\, Marlos Nobre\, Nikita Koshkin\, Roland Dyens\, Jorge Morel\, Edino Krieger\, and Francisco Mignone. Sérgio Assad has expanded their repertoire by composing works for the duo\, as well as for various musical partners\, both in recital and with symphony orchestra. \nThey have worked extensively with renowned artists such as Gidon Kremer\, Dawn Upshaw\, Turtle Island String Quartet\, Yo-Yo Ma\, and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. Odair is based in Brussels\, where he teaches at Ecole Supérieure des Arts\, while Sérgio resides in Chicago. The brothers launched their international career after winning the 1979 Young Artists Competition in Bratislava. Their diverse repertoire spans folk\, jazz\, Latin\, and classical transcriptions of Bach\, Rameau\, Scarlatti\, Gershwin\, Ginastera\, and Debussy. Sérgio premiered his concerto Phases with the Seattle Symphony\, and they have performed with major orchestras worldwide. Highlights include a 2004 multi-generational Assad family tour\, soundtrack features\, collaborations with Paquito D’Rivera\, Romero Lubambo\, Yo-Yo Ma\, and recordings on Nonesuch and GHA that earned Latin Grammy awards. In 2015\, they received the Guitar Foundation of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award. In the 2025–2026 season\, Sérgio and Odair Assad will celebrate their 60th anniversary as a duo. Their concert in Baltimore is part of their Farewell Tour. \n\nTickets are $45 and $50 and are available through the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society. \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/sergio-and-odair-assad-classical-guitar-farewell-tour/
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:20260309T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T203000
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SUMMARY:Humanities Forum — Hanna Pickard
DESCRIPTION:Evelyn Barker Memorial Lecture with Hanna Pickard\nWhat Would You Do Alone in a Cage with Nothing but Cocaine? A Philosophy of Addiction\nThis event\, rescheduled from February 23\, is part of the Spring 2026 Humanities Forum \nAddiction science is at an impasse. Rates of addiction remain high. Translational results from decades of research conducted within the dominant brain disease paradigm are shockingly meager. Meanwhile\, theories of addiction multiply and compete\, fomenting disagreement about something as apparently simple as how addiction should be defined. Ultimately the cost of this impasse is borne by people with addiction themselves. Drawing on philosophy together with sources ranging from the history of the science of animal models to the voices of people who live with addiction\, Hanna Pickard presents a new paradigm that shifts our gaze away from a broken brain and onto the psychology and humanity of people who struggle with drugs. \nHanna Pickard is Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics and Krieger-Eisenhower Professor at Johns Hopkins University. \n\nAdmission is free\, but reservations are encouraged. A reception will follow. \n\nThe Evelyn Barker Memorial Lecture is presented by the Department of Philosophy and the Center for Ethics and Values\, and is co-sponsored by Dresher Center for the Humanities\, the Center for Public Health Research\, and the Human Context of Science & Technology Program. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/humanities-forum-hanna-pickard-what-would-you-do-alone-in-a-cage-with-nothing-but-cocaine-a-philosophy-of-addiction/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Recital Hall\, MD
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T213000
DTSTAMP:20260206T173521Z
CREATED:20260128T163848Z
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SUMMARY:Ruckus
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents RUCKUS\, the faculty new music ensemble at UMBC\, in a concert that highlights the work of pivotal American composer George Lewis. Working with Lewis in residence at UMBC\, RUCKUS explores the striking breadth of his work from the elegiac intensity of Signifying Riffs to the haunting\, ecstatic sound world of Hexis. Flutist Lisa Cella presents the world premiere of Lewis’s Dark Matter for solo bass flute and live electronics. Two raucous\, virtuosic works by Viet Cuong and David Lang complete an eclectic portrait of American music in the 21st century: \n\nGeorge Lewis — Hexis\nGeorge Lewis — Dark Matter\nGeorge Lewis — Signifying Riffs\nDavid Lang — these broken wings\nViet Cuong — Fine Lines\n\nWith a mission to champion new and innovative works\, RUCKUS is dedicated to supporting innovative artists and early-career composers through commissions and collaboration. RUCKUS works directly with students working toward the Certificate in American Contemporary Music\, often performing alongside these students and mentoring their creative work. Each year\, the ensemble co-hosts the Livewire Festival\, bringing guest artists and other ensembles from around the world to Baltimore for a weekend of cutting-edge contemporary music. \nRUCKUS features Lisa Cella\, flute; Airi Yoshioka\, violin; Juan Sebastián Delgado\, cello; Liana Harron\, piano; Dustin Donahue\, percussion; and Philip Mann\, conductor. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Please visit here to reserve seats. \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\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n  \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/ruckus-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:20260324T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T183000
DTSTAMP:20260126T191705Z
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SUMMARY:Zoë Charlton: Third Watch
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Innovation\, Research\, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) presents artist Zoë Charlton\, who will speak about the process behind creating Third Watch\, her new public art work featuring illuminated sculptures depicting three pregnant female figures\, inspired by African traditions. The three figures installed at the top of the North Avenue Market in Baltimore watch over the neighborhood and are meant to invoke a sense of peace\, protection\, and light\, qualities that the community hopes to embrace as it moves forward after years of struggle. Third Watch was made possible through a commission from the Inviting Light Initiative funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies to help revitalize the Station North Arts and Entertainment District. Charlton will be joined by Adam Nelson and Peter Karis from Paradise Labs\, the team that she worked with to fabricate the work. \n\nAdmission is free\, but attendees are encouraged to RSVP in advance. \n\nZoë Charlton builds a visual language of assembly through drawing\, collage\, installation\, and animation as ways to bring fragments of history into conversation. Her work explores how identity\, place\, and material culture converge in the figure\, where personal inheritance and memory meet. Across large-scale graphite drawings and layered paper constructions\, she maps the relationship between body and landscape\, inheritance and visibility. Each work becomes a kind of ledger as an account of how objects and histories carry us\, how the past lingers in gesture and surface. Charlton is a Professor of Art and Director of the School of Art at George Mason University\, where she cultivates a culture of care\, inquiry\, and shared leadership within the arts in higher education. From 2003 to 2022\, Charlton taught full-time at American University in Washington\, D.C.\, where she earned tenure in 2009\, chaired the Department of Art (2015–2018)\, and became the first Black American tenured Full Professor in the department. Charlton’s practice extends beyond the studio into collective forms of making and leading. She co-founded ‘sindikit (2016–2022)\, an artist initiative that investigated intersections of art\, gender\, sexuality\, race\, and their economies\, and co-launched as a founding member\, Kindred CRAFT (Kindred Creative Residence + Agro-ForesT) (2022–23)\, a BIPOC and LGBTQIA+–led arts and ecology collective in Vermont. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in public collections including The Phillips Collection\, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art\, the Baltimore Museum of Art\, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. A recipient of Pollock-Krasner and Rubys Grants\, she has also served in public arts leadership roles\, holding two terms on the Maryland State Arts Council (2017–2023) and the Washington Project for the Arts (2018-2025)\, and currently sits on the board of Threewalls\, and serves as a trustee at The Phillips Collection. \n\nParadise Labs is a team of makers\, creators\, and problem-solvers specializing in museum\, zoo\, aquarium exhibit design\, as well as medical simulation assemblies and limited run manufacturing. With decades of experience\, they craft immersive exhibits that inspire curiosity\, spark wonder\, and connect people with the natural world. Whether it’s building larger-than-life sculptures\, crafting intricate habitats\, or designing hands-on interactive experiences\, Paradise Labs believe in the power of storytelling through design. \n\nImage: Zoë Charlton\, Third Watch\, photo by Side A Photography. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/zoe-charlton-third-watch/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Recital Hall\, MD
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T213000
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SUMMARY:Huang-Miyamoto Duo — CANCELED
DESCRIPTION:Please note that this event has been canceled. We hope to reschedule at a future date. \nExplore the rarely heard F-A-E Sonata — the collaborative work of Robert Schumann\, Johannes Brahms\, and Albert Dietrich — as well as Schumann’s epic Violin Sonata No. 2 in this concert by the Huang-Miyamoto Duo\, featuring violinist Wanchi Huang and pianist Peter Miyamoto. The concert will also include a new work for solo violin\, to be announced. \nIn 1853\, three composer friends — the established Robert Schumann\, and the younger Johannes Brahms and Albert Dietrich — combined their talents to write the F-A-E Sonata\, a four movement work for violin and piano they dedicated as a gift to violinist Joseph Joachim. The first movement\, by Dietrich and sonata form\, is followed by a short intermezzo by Schumann\, a scherzo by Brahms\, and a final fourth movement by Schumann. \n\nWanchi Huang made her solo debut at the age of 14 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Catherine Comet. She has enjoyed a career as an active performer in chamber music\, solo recitals\, and as a soloist with regional orchestras throughout North America and Asia\, at venues including Kennedy Center\, Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Curtis on Tour and numerous music festivals. She is currently professor of violin at James Madison University School of Music. \nPianist Peter Miyamoto has enjoyed a brilliant international career\, performing to great acclaim in recital and as soloist in Canada\, England\, France\, Germany\, Greece\, Italy\, Poland\, Russia\, Serbia\, Switzerland\, China and Japan\, and in major US cities such as Boston\, Chicago\, Dallas\, Indianapolis\, Los Angeles\, Miami\, New York\, Philadelphia\, San Francisco and Washington D.C. In 1990\, Miyamoto was named the first Gilmore Young Artist. He won numerous other competitions\, including the American Pianist Association National Fellowship Competition\, the D’Angelo Competition\, the San Francisco Symphony Competition and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Competition\, and was a top-prize winner in the National Chopin Piano Competition. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Ticket availability will be announced. \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/huang-miyamoto-duo/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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SUMMARY:Humanities Forum — Jessica Hernandez: Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement
DESCRIPTION:Humanities Forum Lecture with Jessica Hernandez\nGrowing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement\nThis event is part of the Spring 2026 Humanities Forum \nIndigenous scholar\, scientist\, and community advocate\, Jessica Hernandez (Binnizá/Zapotec and Maya Ch’orti’)\, discusses Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement. She offers readers an Indigenous\, Global-South lens on the climate crisis\, delivering a compelling and urgent exploration of its causes—and its costs. Hernandez shares how the impacts of colonial climate catastrophe—from warming oceans to forced displacement of settler ontologies—can only be addressed at the root if we reorient toward Indigenous science and follow the lead of Indigenous peoples and communities. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThe Humanities Forum is presented by the Dresher Center for the Humanities. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship; the Department of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems; and the Department of Geography and Environmental Systems. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/humanities-forum-jessica-hernandez-growing-papaya-trees-nurturing-indigenous-roots-during-climate-displacement/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T213000
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SUMMARY:Anderson & Roe Piano Duo with Wordsmith\, piano and spoken word
DESCRIPTION:In a Chamber Music Maryland first\, Anderson & Roe Piano Duo\, hailed as “the most dynamic duo of this generation\,” joins forces with acclaimed Baltimore rapper and poet Wordsmith for an electrifying fusion of classical virtuosity and hip-hop storytelling. Created exclusively for Chamber Music Maryland\, this groundbreaking collaboration explores themes of light\, unity\, and transcendence\, culminating in a world premiere that redefines the concert experience. Wordsmith’s original poetry and performance are woven throughout\, adding a fresh narrative voice to works like the evocative Nocturne on Neptune and new music developed in real time. \nThis concert is more than a performance—it’s a bold reimagining of what classical music can be in 2026. \nThe program: \n\nProkofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major\, Op. 25\, “Classical” (arranged for two pianos)\nHolst\, arr. by (Anderson & Roe / Wordsmith): Nocturne on Neptune\nBizet\, arr. by (Anderson & Roe): Carmen Fantasy for Two Pianos\nLeonard Cohen\, arr. by (Anderson & Roe): Hallelujah Variations\nWordsmith / Anderson & Roe: World Premiere to be announced\nThe Beatles\, arr. by (Anderson & Roe): Let It Be\n\n\nTickets for this event are sold through Chamber Music Maryland. Please visit their site for additional information. \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/anderson-roe-piano-duo-with-wordsmith-piano-and-spoken-word/
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:20260329T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260329T170000
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SUMMARY:Yang Gao\, piano
DESCRIPTION:The UMBC Piano Studio presents Yang Gao in a program of works by Leoš Janáček\, Isaac Albéniz\, and Fryderyk Chopin: \n\nLeoš Janáček — Piano Sonata 1.X.1905\nIsaac Albéniz — Iberia Book 2: Rondeña\nFryderyk Chopin — Preludes\, Op. 28\n\nChinese-born pianist Yang Gao is praised for performances that blend emotional depth with refined musical insight. He has been described as playing “with exuberance\, graced with a sensitive touch and eloquent articulations.” Zhu Xiao-Mei praised his playing as “delicate and sincere\, with a singing quality that speaks directly to the heart and brings listeners to tears.” \nGao is currently pursuing his doctor of musical arts at the Peabody Conservatory\, where he studies with HieYon Choi. His principal mentors also include Awadagin Pratt and Vladimir Feltsman. Gao currently serves as a piano minor instructor at Peabody Conservatory and chamber music instructor at Homewood Chamber Music Seminar. He is a 2025–2026 InterPlay artist at UMBC. In 2026\, Gao created the Lyra Concert Series as his most recent project. \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/yang-gao-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;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260330T213000
DTSTAMP:20260329T203541Z
CREATED:20260329T203541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260329T203541Z
UID:10001212-1774899000-1774906200@options.umbc.edu
SUMMARY:UMBC Faculty Wind Quintet
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Music presents the UMBC Faculty Wind Quintet in a program of new works by UMBC student composers as well as La cheminée du roi René by Darius Milhaud\, a staple of the woodwind quintet repertoire. \n\nThe ensemble features Lisa Cella\, flute; Fatma Daglar\, oboe; Natalie Groom\, clarinet; Chandra Cervantes\, horn; and Richard Spittel\, bassoon. \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\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/umbc-faculty-wind-quintet/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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GEO:39.255760007248;-76.715719439268
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T173000
DTSTAMP:20260223T193747Z
CREATED:20260223T193747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T193747Z
UID:10001184-1774972800-1774978200@options.umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Warren Milteer\, Jr. — Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era
DESCRIPTION:The Social Sciences Forum presents the annual Low Lecture\, featuring Warren Milteer\, Jr.\, associate professor of history at The George Washington University\, who will speak on Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era. \nAt the outbreak of the Civil War\, the vast majority of the nation’s people of color were enslaved. Yet nearly half a million of these people were free. For the first time\, Warren Eugene Milteer\, Jr. recounts the story of free people of color in the Civil War era United States. He shows how the nation’s growing divide in the years leading up to the war\, the events of the war itself\, and the policies of the postwar period shaped the lives of free people of color living in various regions of the country. His telling also reflects on the ways free people of color used their voices\, military service\, and political acumen to push for a better version the United States. Calling upon their experiences fighting for equal rights in the prewar years\, free people of color took advantage of the disruption created by the war to lobby for the end of discrimination across nation. \n\nWarren Milteer\, Jr. is a historian of the United States with research interests in early America\, the nineteenth-century U.S.\, the U.S. South\, free people of color\, race\, slavery\, and Native America. His publications include two academic books\, Beyond Slavery’s Shadow: Free People of Color in the South (2021) and North Carolina’s Free People of Color\, 1715-1885 (2020)\, the independently published Hertford County\, North Carolina’s Free People of Color and Their Descendants (2016)\, as well as articles in the Journal of Social History and the North Carolina Historical Review.  Milteer was the recipient of the Southern Historical Association’s Charles S. Sydnor Award for the best book in Southern history in 2022\, the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association’s Ragan Old North State Award for nonfiction in 2022\, and the Historical Society of North Carolina’s R. D. W. Connor Award in 2014 and 2016 for the best journal article in the North Carolina Historical Review. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis event is hosted by the Department of History and co-sponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/warren-milteer-jr-out-of-this-strife-will-come-freedom-free-people-of-color-and-the-fight-for-equal-rights-in-the-civil-war-era/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Social Sciences
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260401
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260419
DTSTAMP:20260226T232458Z
CREATED:20260226T232458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T232458Z
UID:10001194-1775001600-1776556799@options.umbc.edu
SUMMARY:despite // bất chấp: The 2026 Intermedia and Digital Arts (IMDA) MFA Thesis Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:The Intermedia and Digital Arts Master’s Program presents despite // bất chấp: The 2026 Intermedia and Digital Arts (IMDA) MFA Thesis Exhibition. On view from April 1 through 18 at the Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture\, the exhibition features work by graduating students Taylor Goad\, Nia Hampton\, Bao Nguyen\, and Lynn Nguyen. \n\nAn Artist Reception will be held on Thursday\, April 2\, from 6 to 8 p.m. \nOn April 15\, from 12 to 1 p.m.\, the public is invited to attend the annual RTKL Lecture featuring Taylor Goad. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission to the exhibition and all public programs is free. The CADVC is open Wednesday and Thursday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.\, and on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nParking is free during evening and weekend hours\, and metered parking is available other times. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \nVisitors who need any specific accommodations should contact CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/despite-bat-chap-the-2026-intermedia-and-digital-arts-imda-mfa-thesis-exhibition/
LOCATION:Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture (CADVC)
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260402
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260413
DTSTAMP:20260402T153644Z
CREATED:20250820T021433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260402T153644Z
UID:10000849-1775088000-1776038399@options.umbc.edu
SUMMARY:The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
DESCRIPTION:UMBC Theatre presents The Wonderful Wizard of Oz\, adapted by Jacqueline Lawton and directed by Joseph W. Ritsch. \nLife in modern day Baltimore has been a bit boring for Dorothy and her little dog Toto. Until one day\, when a cyclone swoops in and takes them “over the rainbow” to the wonderful and magical land of Oz. With the Scarecrow\, the Tin Man\, and the Cowardly Lion\, Dorothy sets off on the adventure of a lifetime down the yellow brick road to the Emerald City. These new friends brave witches\, flying monkeys\, and a Haunted Forest all to meet the Wizard of Oz\, who promises to make their dreams come true. \n\nPerformances \nThursday\, April 2\, 7:30 p.m. — Opening night reception\nFriday\, April 3\, 7:30 p.m. — Free performance for UMBC students\nSaturday\, April 4\, 2 p.m.\nFriday\, April 10\, 10:00 a.m. — Special student matinee! (This performance is now sold out.)\nFriday\, April 10\, 7:30 p.m.\nSaturday\, April 11\, 2:00 p.m. — Talkback with playwright Jacqueline E. Lawton\nSunday\, April 12\, 2:00 p.m. — Free performance for UMBC students; Prospective student day; Actor talk-back; ASL Interpreted Performance (please email PAHBBoxOffice@umbc.edu if you would like to be in view of the interpreters!) \n\n$15 general public; $10 for UMBC students\, faculty\, staff\, and alumni; $10 senior citizens over 55. Please visit here to reserve seats. \nContent Disclosure: TBA \n\nThe Proscenium Theatre is easy to visit\, with plenty of free parking. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \n\nPoster artwork by Eric Abele. \nProduced by special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials supplied by WILLIAM MORRIS ENDEAVOR ENTERTAINMENT\, LLC. \n\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative.
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/
LOCATION:Proscenium Theatre
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T183000
DTSTAMP:20260328T164614Z
CREATED:20260328T163406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T164614Z
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SUMMARY:Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81 — Public Program
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the exhibition Mary Ellen Mark: Ward 81\, on display at the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery through May 22\, the Library Gallery presents a public program featuring Kaitlin Booher (William and Sarah Ross Soter Associate Curator of Photography\, Columbus Museum of Art) and Holly Avella (assistant professor of media studies and data analytics\, UMBC). \nBefore her appointment to the Columbus Museum of Art\, Kaitlin Booher served as the Beaumont and Nancy Newhall Curatorial Fellow in the Department of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art\, where she worked on a wide range of photography exhibitions and collection installations. With a background in psychology and counseling\, Holly Avella’s current work focuses on digital mental health and therapeutic platforms\, including AI and social media. \n\nAdmission is free\, and the discussion will be followed by a reception. \n\nFor driving directions and parking information\, please visit here. \n\nImage: [Tommie peeking out of room window\, Ward 81\, Oregon State Hospital]\, 1976. © Mary Ellen Mark\, courtesy of The Mary Ellen Mark Foundation. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/mary-ellen-mark-ward-81-public-program/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://options.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Ward-81-3.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T200000
DTSTAMP:20260324T182729Z
CREATED:20260324T182729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260324T182729Z
UID:10001205-1775152800-1775160000@options.umbc.edu
SUMMARY:despite // bất chấp: Artist Reception
DESCRIPTION:The Intermedia and Digital Arts Master’s Program presents the Artist Reception for despite // bất chấp: The 2026 Intermedia and Digital Arts (IMDA) MFA Thesis Exhibition. On view from April 1 through 18 at the Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture\, the exhibition features work by graduating students Taylor Goad\, Nia Hampton\, Bao Nguyen\, and Lynn Nguyen. \n\nVisitor Information \nAdmission to the Artist Reception\, the exhibition\, and all public programs is free. The CADVC is open Wednesday and Thursday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.\, and on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nParking is free during evening and weekend hours\, and metered parking is available other times. Please visit here for directions and parking information. \nVisitors who need any specific accommodations should contact CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188 as soon as possible. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/despite-bat-chap-artist-reception/
LOCATION:Center for Art\, Design\, and Visual Culture (CADVC)
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260407
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260501
DTSTAMP:20260428T022931Z
CREATED:20260330T222808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T022931Z
UID:10001214-1775520000-1777593599@options.umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Bartleby 50+ Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of a historic UMBC undergraduate publication and the university’s Arts+ initiative\, the Bartleby 50+ exhibition presents a retrospective of works from the undergraduate creative arts journal\, published since 1972. (An early iteration\, The Red Brick\, saw a single issue published in 1969.) Bartleby remains a vital part of our campus community as a voice for undergraduate student creativity\, including fiction\, poetry\, creative nonfiction\, and art. \nThe exhibition will feature selections of photographs\, poems\, and posters\, all created by undergraduate artists originally published in Bartleby. Additionally\, archival issues of the journal will be on display. Both the exhibition opening and offsite reading will include alumni published in Bartleby\, who will read and discuss their work. The exhibition opening will also include a catered reception\, remarks from the curatorial team and Student Affairs leadership\, and the opportunity to explore the publication’s history through interpretive works\, ephemera\, and more. \n\nPublic programs \nAn opening reception will be held on Tuesday\, April 7\, from 4 to 6 p.m. \nA reading\, sponsored by the Ivy Bookshop\, will take place at Bird in Hand Café & Bookstore (11 East 33rd Street\, Baltimore)  on Friday\, April 17\, from 6 to 8 p.m. This event is free\, but please r.s.v.p. here. \n\nAdmission is free. \nThe Library Rotunda is located on the first floor of the Library\, straight ahead\, past the Gallery entrance and the circulation desk. The Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery is open most days of the year\, holidays excepted. Please visit here to check specific building hours. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/bartleby-50-exhibition/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Rotunda\, MD
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Literary Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T173000
DTSTAMP:20260223T195904Z
CREATED:20260223T195904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T195904Z
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SUMMARY:Amber Spry — The Technological Future: Shifting the Focus from What We Build to Who We Build It For
DESCRIPTION:The Social Sciences Forum presents Amber Spry\, assistant professor in the Departments of Politics and African + African American Studies at Brandeis University\, who will speak on The Technological Future: Shifting the Focus from What We Build to Who We Build It For. \nWe are at a crossroads where the technologies we create today will shape democracy\, work\, and community for years to come. Yet too often\, conversations about artificial intelligence focus on technical capabilities rather than human consequences — on what these systems can do\, rather than who they’re designed to serve. Dr. Amber Spry brings a unique dual perspective as both an academic researcher studying political behavior and identity\, and a practitioner embedded in the tech industry working on responsible innovation. In this talk\, she urges us to consider how the design of AI systems encodes choices about whose values are upheld\, whose intelligence counts\, and whose futures are prioritized. Drawing on her work developing frameworks for algorithmic fairness\, co-designing new technology with communities\, and studying how democratic institutions adapt to technological change\, Dr. Spry explores what it means to create innovation that genuinely serves the public good. She provides a vision for recognizing everyday people as partners in shaping technological futures\, and why making technology responsive to human experience isn’t just an ethical imperative\, it’s essential for creating technology that actually works for the complex\, interconnected world we live in. \n\nAmber Spry is an Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Politics at Brandeis University. She is a thought leader bridging social scientific insights with application in the tech industry\, most recently as Meta’s Academic Collaborator for Social Impact Research where she led the creation of measurement systems to understand social outcomes across Instagram\, Facebook\, AR and VR applications\, and artificial intelligence. She is a founding member of Meta’s Co-Design Lab\, a central organization that brings everyday people alongside engineers and designers to create new technologies with\, not just for\, the communities who use them. She also convened the Responsible Innovation in AI Workshop in collaboration with the New York Academy of Science and Arizona State University\, which gathered technologists\, academics\, and civil society to create actionable frameworks and guidelines for solving pressing technological challenges. \nSpry’s expertise is in research design and analysis focusing on identity\, beliefs\, and behavior in our social\, political\, and digital lives. Her forthcoming book Identity Inventory: What Group Ties Can (and Can’t) Tell Us About Politics argues that measurement matters for our understanding of identity politics in the US. She uses innovative survey design methods to observe identity across multiple dimensions\, demonstrating that our inferences about what groups want from the government can shift depending on how individuals are asked to self-identify. Her work has been supported by the Russell Sage Foundation and the National Science Foundation. \nSpry holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University\, and she is a proud alumna of UMBC where she earned her B.A. in Political Science and Media and Communications Studies. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThis is event is hosted by Center for Social Science Scholarship\, with support from the Division of Research and Creative Achievement and the Department of Media & Communication Studies. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/amber-spry-the-technological-future-shifting-the-focus-from-what-we-build-to-who-we-build-it-for/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Social Sciences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T203000
DTSTAMP:20260312T172903Z
CREATED:20260305T202021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T172903Z
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SUMMARY:Amina Ross — Eye of a storm: an aesthetic practice of turbulence
DESCRIPTION:In this artist lecture\, Amina Ross unearths the possibilities of a multi-media practice through an active engagement of turbulence. How might an art practice pull apart the complexities of our current conditions by offering transitory spaces of refuge? How might transformation of an unbearable reality become possible only through “staying with the trouble”*? \nComing into an awareness of a world outside of oneself is a textured terrain. Glissant names this navigation of the other “turbulence”**. Our moment\, marked by precarity\, is readily named turbulent. An eye of a storm is a place of ephemeral peace. Metaphors of meteorological tumult loop like an R&B refrain. These weather conditions articulate the uncontrollable forces of change that we live within. Through their work\, Ross suggests embracing this constant fluctuation\, riding the waves of this storm\, and being together even when being together is difficult\, as strategies for navigating and staying alive through the unknowable. \nFeaturing interviews with Patricia Nguyen\, Ladan Osman\, Jozi Zwerdling and Damarni Tyrell and Friends.\n* Donna Haraway\, Staying with the trouble\n** Édouard Glissant\, Poetics of Relation \n\nAmina Ross is an artist whose practice scrutinizes the subtle workings of systems of power and their influence on sense perception and behavior. Ross’s creative output spans video\, sound\, sculpture\, and installation\, emphasizing nonlinear storytelling\, free association\, and plural meaning. Their work has recently been exhibited at MoMA PS1 (Queens\, NY)\, Museum of Contemporary Art\, (Chicago\, IL)\, Ruffin Gallery (University of Virginia)\, Someday (New York\, NY)\, the Hessel Museum of Art (Hudson\, NY)\, the Tang Teaching Museum (Saratoga Springs\, NY)\, and Sentiment (Zurich\, CH). Ross’s films have been screened internationally\, including at MIXNYC Festival\, Tate Modern\, The New Museum\, and The Walker Art Center. In the summer of 2023\, they were a featured artist at the 68th annual Flaherty Film Seminar: Queer World Mending\, and in 2024\, they were a MacDowell Fellow. Ross was the 2023-2024 Estelle Lebowitz Artist in Residence at Rutgers University. They have recently completed residencies at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art\, Denniston Hill\, Fire Island Artist Residency\, Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting\, Wave Hill\, Abrons Art Center\, and Harvestworks. They hold a BFA from SAIC and an MFA from Yale School of Art\, where they received the Fannie B. Pardee Prize in sculpture. Ross’s work has been featured in critical writings\, including an essay by scholar Kelly Chung in Liquid Blackness\, Vol. 8\, Issue 1 (Duke University Press). Other discussions of their work can be found in The Echoing Ida Collection (Feminist Press at CUNY)\, Where the Future Came From by Meg Duguid (Soberscove Press)\, and Support Networks by Abigail Satinsky (University of Chicago Press). An interview with Ross can also be found in BOMB Magazine. \n\nAdmission is free. \nOn Friday\, April 10 at 12 p.m\, please return for Ruptures\, a film screening. \n\nPhoto: Carolyne Teston \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/amina-ross-eye-of-a-storm-an-aesthetic-practice-of-turbulence/
LOCATION:030 Meyerhoff Chemistry Building
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T213000
DTSTAMP:20260329T195346Z
CREATED:20260328T184647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260329T195346Z
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SUMMARY:UMBC Wind Ensemble — Profit and Peril
DESCRIPTION:Join us as the UMBC Wind Ensemble presents Profit and Peril\, which explores through music the human cost of progress across American history and lived experience. The event features the UMBC Camerata (Lulu Mwangi\, director) and guest vocal soloist Janice Jackson of UMBC. From the American Revolution to the rise of artificial intelligence\, the program traces how systems of power—political\, industrial\, and technological—shape and challenge human lives. The performed works humanize industrial labor\, the Great Migration\, and the lasting impact of racial and economic injustice. Across wind ensemble\, choral\, and vocal works—including music from Hamilton—the program centers the individuals living within these systems\, ultimately affirming dignity\, resilience\, and human connection as the true measure of progress. \n\nThe UMBC Wind Ensemble\, directed by Brian Kaufman\, has pioneered a new vision for the wind ensemble in the 21st century. Performing wind ensemble classics\, world premieres of contemporary works\, spoken word pieces\, popular songs\, collaboratively composed originals\, and music with cultural influences from around the world\, the group regularly collaborates with community partners to engage audiences in pressing social issues through music\, multimedia\, and discussion. The 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 had radio play nationally and has been hailed by American Record Guide as a “fine album” featuring “energetic and committed playing by this wind band.” \n\nAdmission is free\, but tickets are required. Please visit here to reserve seats. \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-profit-and-peril/
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:20260410T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260410T130000
DTSTAMP:20260312T172801Z
CREATED:20260305T202755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T172801Z
UID:10001199-1775822400-1775826000@options.umbc.edu
SUMMARY:Amina Ross — Ruptures — Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Ruptures gathers short films by Amina Ross that linger at the edge of collapse. Moving between video\, sound\, and digital space\, the works explore moments when systems strain\, bodies speak\, and structures begin to crack open. For Ross\, rupture is not simply destruction. It is a threshold where the pressure of the present splits something apart and makes space for new forms of relation\, perception\, and possibility. \n\nAmina Ross is an artist whose practice scrutinizes the subtle workings of systems of power and their influence on sense perception and behavior. Ross’s creative output spans video\, sound\, sculpture\, and installation\, emphasizing nonlinear storytelling\, free association\, and plural meaning. Their work has recently been exhibited at MoMA PS1 (Queens\, NY)\, Museum of Contemporary Art\, (Chicago\, IL)\, Ruffin Gallery (University of Virginia)\, Someday (New York\, NY)\, the Hessel Museum of Art (Hudson\, NY)\, the Tang Teaching Museum (Saratoga Springs\, NY)\, and Sentiment (Zurich\, CH). Ross’s films have been screened internationally\, including at MIXNYC Festival\, Tate Modern\, The New Museum\, and The Walker Art Center. In the summer of 2023\, they were a featured artist at the 68th annual Flaherty Film Seminar: Queer World Mending\, and in 2024\, they were a MacDowell Fellow. Ross was the 2023-2024 Estelle Lebowitz Artist in Residence at Rutgers University. They have recently completed residencies at Bemis Center for Contemporary Art\, Denniston Hill\, Fire Island Artist Residency\, Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting\, Wave Hill\, Abrons Art Center\, and Harvestworks. They hold a BFA from SAIC and an MFA from Yale School of Art\, where they received the Fannie B. Pardee Prize in sculpture. Ross’s work has been featured in critical writings\, including an essay by scholar Kelly Chung in Liquid Blackness\, Vol. 8\, Issue 1 (Duke University Press). Other discussions of their work can be found in The Echoing Ida Collection (Feminist Press at CUNY)\, Where the Future Came From by Meg Duguid (Soberscove Press)\, and Support Networks by Abigail Satinsky (University of Chicago Press). An interview with Ross can also be found in BOMB Magazine. \n\nAdmission is free. \nOn Thursday\, April 9 at 7 p.m\, please join us for a lecture by the artist. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/amina-ross-film-screening/
LOCATION:306 Fine Arts Building
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T200000
DTSTAMP:20260328T195512Z
CREATED:20260328T195512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T195512Z
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SUMMARY:Step Back in Time: An Immersive Medieval Banquet
DESCRIPTION:Transport yourself to the Rhine Valley for an evening of history and creativity! In conjunction with this year’s Meeting in the Middle undergraduate conference\, UMBC’s Medieval and Early Modern Studies program invites you to Klopp Castle in Bingen for an immersive dining experience. \nThe year is 1161. As an honored guest of the court\, you will dine in the presence of the visionary nun Hildegard of Bingen and newly appointed Archbishop of Mainz\, Conrad of Wittelsbach. This isn’t just a dinner\, though; it’s a living art installation meticulously crafted by the students of an interdisciplinary arts course created just for this event. \nThe Evening’s Festivities Include: \n\nA Three-Course Feast: Enjoy a catered period-appropriate menu.\nHildegard’s Own Spiced Wine: Complimentary with the meal.\nSocial Hour: Arrive early to enjoy a selection of spirits and ales available for purchase one hour before the banquet begins.\nMusic\, Dance\, and Art: Experience the sounds and steps of the 12th century with live period music and dance. Recreations of Hildegard’s painted visions will be on display as well.\n\nSupport Our Scholars: When purchasing your ticket\, please consider adding a donation to our “Student Access Fund” to help keep this experience affordable for all undergraduate attendees. \n\nTickets are $25 general public and $12 for students. Please visit here to reserve seats. \n\nThis program is made possible through generous support from UMBC’s Arts+ initiative as well as the Departments of Dance\, English\, Music\, Theatre\, and Visual Arts. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/step-back-in-time-an-immersive-medieval-banquet/
LOCATION:Dance Cube
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Dance,Humanities,Music,Theatre,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Andrist-Daglar-Falkner Faculty Chamber Music Concert
DESCRIPTION:Three members of UMBC’s music faculty — pianist Audrey Andrist\, violist Renate Falkner\, and oboist Fatma Daglar — present an afternoon of chamber music for their unusual instrumental pairing. Their concert will feature works by Claude Debussy\, Rebecca Clarke\, Cécile Chaminade\, and Charles Martin Loeffler: \n\nRhapsodie (1903) for English horn and piano by Claude Debussy (1862–1918)\nMorpheus (1917) for viola and piano and Passacaglia on an Old English Tune (1941) by Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)\nÉtude de concert\, Op. 35\, No. 2 “Autumn” (1886) for piano solo by Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)\nTwo Rhapsodies (1901) for oboe\, viola and piano by Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935)\n\n\nHailed as a “stunning pianist with incredible dexterity” (San Francisco Classical Voice)\, Canadian pianist Audrey Andrist has thrilled audiences around the globe\, from North America to Japan\, China and Germany with her “passionate abandon\,” “bright energy\,” and “great intelligence.” She has performed in many of North America’s most prestigious venues\, including the Kennedy Center in Washington\, DC\, Place des Arts in Montreal\, Chicago’s Ravinia Festival\, and Alice Tully Hall in New York. \nPraised for her versatility and creativity\, American violist Renate Falkner leads an active career as an educator\, recitalist\, and orchestral and chamber musician\, performing across the U.S. and abroad. Equally at home on both modern and baroque viola\, she performs regularly with groups such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (at home and on international tours)\, Atlanta Symphony\, Cincinnati Symphony\, Jacksonville Symphony\, and Artis-Naples\, and is a former member of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. \nFatma Daglar is the oboist of the acclaimed wind quintet Zéphyros Winds. She is the principal oboist of Annapolis Symphony Orchestra\, Post-Classical Ensemble\, Maryland Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. She has held the position of assistant principal oboe with the Louisville Orchestra and has performed on oboe and English horn with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra\, Richmond Symphony Orchestra\, Wolf Trap Opera Orchestra\, Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra\, Delaware Symphony Orchestra\, Washington Concert Opera Orchestra\, National Philharmonic Orchestra\, Britt Festival Orchestra\, among many others. \n\n$15 general admission\, $10 seniors\, $5 students. Please visit here to reserve seats. \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\n\nThis event is supported in part by the Arts+ initiative. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/andrist-daglar-falkner-faculty-chamber-music-concert/
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:20260413T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T173000
DTSTAMP:20260331T183129Z
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SUMMARY:Stephen C. Angle: Progressive Confucianism\, Nei-Wai Citizenship\, and the Family
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Ethics and Values presents the Eminent Scholar Lecture\, featuring Stephen C. Angle\, Mansfield Freeman Professor of East Asian Studies and Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University\, whose talk is entitled Progressive Confucianism\, Nei-Wai Citizenship\, and the Family. \nIn its most general sense\, progressive Confucianism is the project of critically developing the on-going Confucian tradition in light of insights and challenges from modern thinkers and societies. Two of the core commitments of the tradition are that (1) all people have the inherent possibility of becoming more virtuous\, and our socio-political arrangements should support such growth as much as possible; and (2) internal (or nei) moral growth is inextricably linked to external (or wai) activity\, which is summed up in the regulative ideal of “inner sageliness\, outer kingliness.” In a contemporary\, post-monarchical context\, the most encompassing role for individuals can thus be called nei-wai citizenship. The thesis of this presentation is that playing one’s role within the family is a key aspect of nei-wai citizenship\, and that such a reframing allows us to see filiality in a broader light than most recent discussions. By viewing filial children as not only having particularist care for their parents but also — as citizens — being responsive to the ways more general structures impact their parents (and others’ parents)\, we can both answer some of the most pressing objections to contemporary Confucian-inspired social policies and also offer a compelling update to pre-modern Confucianism’s famous analogy between family and state. \n\nA dessert reception with the speaker will follow the talk. \nAdmission is free\, but registration is recommended. To reserve a seat\, please visit here. \n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Philosophy\, Politics\, Economics\, and Law Program. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/stephen-c-angle-progressive-confucianism-nei-wai-citizenship-and-the-family/
LOCATION:Fine Arts Recital Hall\, MD
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260415T173000
DTSTAMP:20260126T235027Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T235027Z
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SUMMARY:Humanities Forum — Aisha Beliso-De Jesús: Excited Delirium: Race\, Police Violence\, and the Invention of a Disease
DESCRIPTION:Humanities Forum Lecture with Aisha Beliso-De Jesús\nExcited Delirium: Race\, Police Violence\, and the Invention of a Disease\nThis event is part of the Spring 2026 Humanities Forum \nThe Humanities Forum presents Aisha Beliso-De Jesús\, Olden Street Professor of American Studies and Chair of the Effron Center for the Study of America\, Princeton University\, who will speak on Excited Delirium: Race\, Police Violence\, and the Invention of a Disease. \nIn 1980\, Charles Wetli — a Miami-based medical examiner and self-proclaimed “cult expert” of Afro-Caribbean religions — identified what he called “excited delirium syndrome.” Soon\, medical examiners began using the syndrome regularly to describe the deaths of Black men and women during interactions with police. Police and medical examiners claimed that Black people with so-called excited delirium exhibited superhuman strength induced from narcotics abuse. It was fatal heart failure that killed them\, examiners said\, not forceful police restraints. In Excited Delirium\, Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús examines this fabricated medical diagnosis and its use to justify and erase police violence against Black and Brown communities. Exposing excited delirium syndrome’s flawed diagnostic criteria\, she outlines its inextricable ties to the criminalization of Afro-Latiné religions. Beliso-De Jesús demonstrates that it is yet a further example of the systemic racism that pervades law enforcement in which the culpability for state violence is shifted from the state onto its victims. In so doing\, she furthers understanding of the complex layers of medicalized state-sanctioned violence against people of color in the United States. \n\nAdmission is free. \n\nThe Humanities Forum is presented by the Dresher Center for the Humanities. This lecture is co-sponsored by the Critical Disability Studies Minor; the Department of Africana Studies; the Department of American Studies; the Dresher Center’s Disability Studies Working Groups in the Humanities; the Latin American Studies Minor; and the Department of Sociology\, Anthropology\, and Public Health. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/humanities-forum-aisha-beliso-de-jesus-excited-delirium-race-police-violence-and-the-invention-of-a-disease/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Humanities
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260416T180000
DTSTAMP:20260413T151800Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260413T151800Z
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SUMMARY:Manil Suri: A Room in Bombay
DESCRIPTION:Manil Suri\, distinguished university professor of mathematics and statistics\, and the author of the forthcoming memoir A Room in Bombay\, is joined by Aditya Desai ’09\, English and media and communication studies\, to discuss the book. \nManil Suri is the author of three internationally acclaimed novels — The Death of Vishnu\, The Age of Shiva and The City of Devi — and a book on popular mathematics\, The Big Bang of Numbers. He has served as a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. A passionate promoter of both mathematics and the humanities\, he has motivated audiences worldwide to embrace both\, rather than just one or the other. \nAditya Desai is a writer\, editor\, teacher\, and activist who lives in Baltimore. He also works with several arts and racial justice organizations in Baltimore\, including the CityLit Project\, Baltimore Youth Arts\, and the Asian Pasifika Arts Collective. \n\nAdmission is free\, and a reception will follow the talk. \n\nThis event has been organized by the Asian Studies Program with support from the Global Asias Initiative. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/manil-suri-a-room-in-bombay/
LOCATION:Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Literary Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T170000
DTSTAMP:20260312T184517Z
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SUMMARY:Art Rysing 2026: Truth\, Racial Healing\, and Transformation
DESCRIPTION:Baltimore’s creative heart beats stronger than ever as we gather for Art Rysing 2026: Truth\, Racial Healing\, and Transformation — a citywide celebration of art\, equity\, and community healing through creative expression. \nBuilding on the legacy of previous Arts Rysing gatherings as a creative response to the murder of Freddie Gray in 2015\, this year’s 11th convening expands its reach and impact\, bringing together youth arts organizations\, cultural leaders\, educators\, and community visionaries who use art as a catalyst for justice\, belonging\, and renewal. Hosted at the Rita Rossi Calwell Center (IMET) Building on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor\, Art Rysing 2026 will showcase the transformative power of the arts to bridge divides\, amplify silenced voices\, and foster truth-telling in pursuit of racial equity and collective healing. \nRooted in the Truth\, Racial Healing and Transformation framework\, Art Rysing 2026 embodies a deep commitment to dismantling systems and mindsets that uphold racial hierarchy\, while cultivating spaces for authentic dialogue\, trust\, and repair. TRHT envisions a Baltimore — and a world — where every young person\, artist\, and neighbor experiences a genuine sense of belonging. It centers the stories of those historically excluded\, while celebrating art’s power to spark empathy\, courage\, and change. \nThis gathering will uplift collaborations with Baltimore’s thriving arts community\, ensuring that transformation is multiracial\, multigenerational\, and rooted in community voice. \nFor complete information\, please visit the Art Rysing page at the Shriver Center. \n\nAdmission is free\, but an r.s.v.p. is required. \n\nArt Rysing 2026 is sponsored by the Shriver Center’s Choice Program\, in collaboration with the Truth\, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center and WombWork Productions\, Inc. \nInvited partners: Arts for Learning Maryland\, Bloomberg Arts Internship\, Baltimore Peace Movement\, Baltimore School for the Arts\, Choice Youth\, Digital Empath\, DJ Nice\, Holistic Life Foundation\, Larry Whaddup Caudle\, Leaders of A Beautiful Struggle\, Linehan Artist Scholars\, Living Classrooms\, MICA\, Sisterhood (UMBC)\, The Gathering Space at UMBC\, Bloomberg Arts\, and Youth As Resources. \n 
URL:https://options.umbc.edu/event/art-rysing-2026/
LOCATION:Rita Rossi Colwell Center
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260418T210000
DTSTAMP:20260329T201040Z
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SUMMARY:The U.S. Army Blues and All That Jazz!
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. Army Blues\, a component of the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own\,” will perform a free concert at UMBC in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month. This special event will feature the 2025 Collegiate and High School solo competition winners from the Army Blues Young Artist Competition\, alongside Naptown Jazz Kids\, the premier jazz organization for young people in Annapolis. Naptown Jazz Kids was founded in 2019 by artistic director Steve Fidyk and is dedicated to enhancing and expanding jazz through education\, performance\, and community service opportunities. \nStationed at historic Fort Myer\, Virginia\, the U.S. Army Blues is the premier jazz ensemble of the U.S. Army. After informal beginnings in 1970\, this 18-piece ensemble became an official element of the Army Band in 1972. The Army Blues strive to fulfill their mission through public concerts\, educational outreach\, and the preservation of the tradition of America’s unique art form: jazz. \n\nAdmission is free\, but tickets are required. Please visit here to reserve seats. \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/the-u-s-army-blues-and-all-that-jazz/
LOCATION:Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall\, Catonsville\, MD\, 21250\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Arts and Culture,Music
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