What: Conversations: Art, Politics and North Texas, a series of five Dallas-Fort Worth artists/scholars discussing the intersection of art and politics, at the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas.
When: 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Oct. 27, Feb. 2 and March 2
Where: Room 101, Art Building
Cost: Free
Parking: Visitors may park at Highland Street Garage and Union Circle Garage for $2 an...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- "An American Void" by Washington Post national reporter Stephanie McCrummen took the top prize at the 2016 Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest sponsored by the University of North Texas' Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference.
The story, published in September 2015, focused on the friends of the alleged murderer of nine members of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, North...
Denton, TX-- Retired University of North Texas Director of Orchestral Studies, Dallas author and conductor Anshel Brusilow won Gold in Foreword Reviews' 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. The honor was for his memoir Shoot the Conductor: Too Close to Monteux, Szell, and Ormandy, co-written with Robin Underdahl and published by UNT Press.
Narrowed down from nearly 2,000 entries by a panel of librarians and booksellers, along with Foreword Reviews' editorial staff, the winners in 66...
What: University of North Texas' Early Childhood Music program for children from birth to 5 years old. Children will play games and interact with their parents while learning about music.
When: There will be two five-week sessions held Fridays from July 8 – Aug. 5 and Saturdays from July 8 – Aug. 6.
Where: Room 115 of the Music Annex Building, at the corner of Avenue C and Highland in Denton (1630 W. Highland St.).
Cost: $75 for newborns and babies up to to 24...
Journalism students and faculty from the University of North Texas are watching history unfold and are experiencing global news coverage at work while on a study abroad trip to London.
"It is a little overwhelming since many students haven't experienced anything like this before," said Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism Principal Lecturer Neil Foote. "News crews are crowded around the House of Parliament and are set up to do live shots covering the results of the vote. A ton of media are at 10...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Three graduates of the University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism won the prestigious Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award in the category of online feature reporting for work they did while they were students.
Danielle Garcia, a December 2015 journalism graduate from Dallas, won the award for her piece "...
What: Sheryl WuDunn, the first Asian American to win a Pulitzer Prize and co-author of A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity, and Gilbert King, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, both speaking at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference sponsored by the Frank W. Mayborn...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas senior Jacob Sampson has won one of the most prestigious playwriting awards for students – the Václav Havel Library Foundation Award and DAMU Contest for the U.S. Students of Drama and Performance Studies.
Sampson will travel to the Czech Republic in November for a two-week residency in which his play The Essay will be read by the theatre faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) in Prague; attend classes at different DAMU departments; and visit Prague...
What: The summer Thursday Night Music Series at UNT on the Square, presented by the University of North Texas Institute for the Advancement of the Arts and the UNT College of Music.
When: 8 p.m. every Thursday night June 9-Aug. 4.
Where: UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St., on Denton's historic courthouse square.
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DENTON (UNT), Texas - John W. Richmond, director of the Glenn Korff School of Music in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been named the dean of the University of North Texas College of Music.
“Dr. Richmond possesses the leadership and experience needed to support and grow the reputation of UNT’s College of Music as one of the largest and most respected comprehensive music schools in the world,” said Finley Graves, provost and vice president for academic...