Arts News from the Chronicles


Portrait of Oscar W.

The Irish writer and poet Oscar Wilde is famous for almost as many popular quotations as Mark Twain or Orwell. His late-Victorian world was peppered with all manner of dandyism and wise-crackery, captured perfectly in The Portrait of Dorian Gray. But his life was also colored by his…
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UGA Opera Theatre to present 'Tales of Hoffman'

In October, UGA Opera Theatre will present a concert performance of Offenbach's Tales of Hoffman: Jacques Offenbach’s supernatural tale of unrequited love, in a two-night presentation on Thursday, October 11 and Saturday, October 13 at 8 p.m. in Hodgson Concert Hall. Tickets for the program, part…

Poet Laureate Trethewey to return to campus

As noted earlier this summer, the Franklin College was very proud of the announcment that alumna Natasha Trethewey had been appointed the next poet laureate of the United States. And now we are thrilled that UGA will welcome her back to campus during the Arts Festival in November: Natasha Trethewey…

2nd Thursday concerts return with Dvořák

Since 1980, the Hugh Hodgson School of Music 2nd Thursday Scholarship Series has offered showcase performances by UGA students and faculty the second Thursday of each month throughout the academic year. Proceeds from individual ticket sales and season subscriptions allow for yearlong academic…

UGA to premiere Vogel's 'Things Fall Apart'

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