What: Alice Giles, one of the world's leading harp soloists, will perform at the University of North Texas as part of the Mary Jo and V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series for 2014-15.
When: 8 p.m. Oct. 22 (Wednesday)
Where: Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2210 North Interstate 35E
Cost: UNT Students: Free with ID
Faculty/Staff/Alumni Association Members: $5
General Public: $10
UNT students can print their free ticket, while UNT faculty/staff/alumni and...
What: The University of North Texas' College of Visual Arts and Design presents the Tactical Robotics Symposium: Latin American Media Art at the Intersection of the Pedagogy
When: Public event is 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 1 (Wednesday); workshops for UNT students are on Oct. 2.
Where: Art Building, Room 223, 1201 W. Mulberry St., Denton, at the corner of Mulberry and Welch streets
Cost: Free
DENTON (UNT),...
What: The 8th annual North Texas Medieval Graduate Student Symposium, a UNT event, will be held again this year allowing graduate students to present papers on a variety of medieval topics. The Texas Medieval Association's 25th annual conference will also be held at UNT this year. The conference includes lecture sessions, keynote addresses and a concert, which are open to the public.
When/Where: The North Texas Medieval Graduate Student Symposium is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 2 (Thursday) in the UNT Art Building. The Texas Medieval Association's...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Novelist and essayist Jo Ann Beard will open the University of North Texas' 2014-2015 Visiting Writers Series with a reading on Sept. 25 (Thursday). She will be followed by poet and essayist Dan Beachy-Quick, who will host a reading on Oct. 7 (Tuesday).
Sept. 25 (Thursday)
4 p.m. -- Question-and-answer session for students, Room 204, UNT's Curry Hall, 200 Avenue A
8 p.m. -- Reading and...
What: Work from three University of North Texas alumni, photographer Rachel Cox, painter Xiaoze Xie and mixed media artist Elliott Johnson, will be on display. The three artists received one of the Dallas Museum of Art's Awards to Artists.
When: A reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Oct. 4 (Saturday). The exhibit will run Oct. 4 - Dec. 4 (Thursday)
Gallery hours: 5–8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.–2 p...
What: UNT Opera and chamber orchestra's dramatic concert performance of Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).
When: 3 p.m. Sept. 21 (Sunday)
Where: Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35 Frontage Road, Denton. The concert will also be streamed online.
Tickets: $15 each. Purchase tickets online or by calling the...
What: Pierrot Throughout the World – A concert tribute to 20th-century composer Arnold Schoenberg will be presented by the University of North Texas Pierrot Chamber Players with works featuring composers from three countries
Program: Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Arturo Marquez's Danzón No. 2 as arranged by UNT doctoral student Bobby Lapinski; and the world premiere of Richard Brook's L'Après-midi d'un Schoenberg
When: 8 p.m. Sept. 17 (Wednesday)
...DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Two University of North Texas doctoral students in the Department of English, Jenny Molberg and Chelsea Wagenaar, recently received awards for their poetry.
Wagenaar won the Philip Levine Prize in Poetry from Fresno State University for her book "Mercy Spurs the Bone," that will be published this November. She received a $2,000 award.
"I can hardly wrap my mind around it," Wagenaar said. "When you enter...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – A diverse array of productions will be presented for the 2014-15 season by the Department of Dance and Theatre at the University of North Texas.
The season includes six mainstage productions and one First Stage Series performance, which is produced and directed by students. Susan Sargeant, an award winning director and artistic director of Wingspan Theatre, will direct Once in a Lifetime, while professional director George Boyd will helm The Diver's Wife. Award-...
What: The UNT Symphony Orchestra's first concert of the fall 2014 season includes performances of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, an orchestral work based on the tales in The Arabian Nights, and of Ginastera's Harp Concerto. Prior to the concert, there will be a Meet the Author event featuring Conductor David Itkin, whose book "Conducting Concerti" was released in August 2014. The Harp Concerto is one of the pieces highlighted in Itkin's book. There will also be a display of three harps from the 18th and 19th centuries, donated to the...