Arts and Culture

Irving Feldman, a poet whose work has brought him recognition as a MacArthur Fellow and SUNY Distinguished Professor, will read from his latest book at 8 p.m. Oct. 20 in 250 Baird Hall on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.

Pianist Leon Fleisher open the University at Buffalo Department of Music's concert schedule for October with a recital at 8 p.m. Oct. 1 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus. Among the other performers appearing at UB in October are the Meridian Arts Ensemble, the Cassatt String Quartet and the Slee Sinfonietta, UB's professional chamber orchestra. All October concerts are among the more than 50 inaugural events celebrating the investiture of John B. Simpson as UB's 14th president.

In celebration of the lifelong career of Harvey Breverman, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Art and internationally renowned artist and educator, the UB Art Galleries will present "Harvey Breverman: Humanist Impulses, Selected Paintings, Drawings, Prints."

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning landmark American musical Rent, written by Jonathan Larson and directed by Michael Greif, is coming to the Mainstage Theatre at the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo for two performances, to be held Feb. 22-23 at 8 p.m. Tickets for all performances will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Sept. 24.

The ability to form categories is a crucial cognitive ability shared by humans and animals. It plays an important role in the way in which humans and animals behave toward objects in their worlds.

The University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy has announced that Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the department's annual George H. Hourani lectures in moral philosophy.

Concerns about privacy, surveillance and censorship are not new to the world stage. With the passage of the USA Patriot Act, however, members of the art and legal communities have begun to raise new questions about the chilling effect of government policy on artistic expression. The University at Buffalo Art Gallery and UB Law School collaborate today in a unique way to discuss the impact of government policies on cultural production and personal privacy, and the art community's response to censorship.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Linda Eder at 8 p.m. on Dec. 11 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The concert is sponsored by Different Strokes -- Paint Your Own Pottery Studio.

The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Colin Quinn at 8 p.m. on Nov. 12 in the Mainstage theaterin the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored by the undergraduate Student Association.

Star 102.5, Mercedes Benz, and the Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Tears For Fears at 8 p.m. on Oct 4 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.