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Concert: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Matthias Pintscher and violinist Nicola Benedetti are featured in two of the monuments of nineteenth century music, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major and the Second Symphony of Johannes Brahms. Matthias Pintscher has performed with many of the world’s most prominent orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Berlin, and the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich.

Thursday Scholarship Series: Hodgson Wind Ensemble

Thursday Scholarship Series: Hodgson Wind Ensemble

Join the Hodgson Wind Ensemble for an exciting and innovative finale to the 2017–2018 Thursday Scholarship Series.The Thursday Scholarship Series began in 1980 and, as the flagship concert series at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music, continues the tradition of “Music Appreciation Programs” started by Hugh Hodgson himself in the 1930s. Proceeds from contributions and ticket sales to these concerts are among the primary means through which School of Music scholarship funds are raised each year. 

 

 

Reading: Cathy Park Hong

The University of Georgia Creative Writing Program is pleased to present poet Cathy Park Hong for a reading.

This event is sponsored in part by Distinguished Research Professor of English and African American Studies Dr. Ed Pavlić and is free and open to the public.

2018 Annual E. Paul Torrance Lecture: Didi Dunphy

The Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development is excited to announce local artist Didi Dunphy as our 2018 Annual E. Paul Torrance Lecturer! "Art is a Verb, So Let's Do It,"  Didi Dunphy, former visiting scholar and professor in the contemporary and digital media arts at UGA's Lamar Dodd School of Art who works as an independent curator in partnership with regional art museums. 

Lecture: Juan Pablo Molyneux

“My Russian Rooms,” Juan Pablo Molyneux. interior designer.

A committed classicist, Molyneux creates spirited interiors that are rooted in history without being historical recreations. Residential projects of note include the restoration of the early-12th-century Château de Pouy-sur-Vannes in Bourgogne, the 17th-century Hotel Claude Passart in Paris and a royal palace and gardens in Qatar. His work has been published in Architectural Digest and featured in countless books on interiors.

Museum Mix

The museum’s thrice-annual late-night art party features a live DJ, free refreshments and galleries open until 11 p.m. Music will be provided by DJ Mahogany. For more information, visit: https://georgiamuseum.org/calendar/event-all/museum-mix17/2018/04/19/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/1206524366145426/

Lunchtime Time Machine

This installment of the Department of History’s undergraduate lecture series, "Who Opened the U.S.-Mexican Border?," features Cindy Hahamovitch. Hahamovitch is the author of two books: The Fruits of Their Labor: Atlantic Coast Farmworkers and the Making of Migrant Poverty, 1870-1945 (1997) and the triple prize-winning No Man's Land: Jamaican Guestworkers in America and the Global History of Deportable Labor (2011). She teaches courses on U.S. history, immigration, food and power, the U.S. between 1945 and 1975, and labor history.

Free pizza will be served.

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