Arts and Culture

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  • Media Advisory: Lecture to Examine 37 Years of Shakespeare in Delaware Park
    1/30/12
    Saul Elkin, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo and founding director of Buffalo's "Shakespeare in Delaware Park," will deliver the 2012 Gray Matter Lecture presented by the UB Humanities Institute on Feb. 1.
  • Ballet Folklorico de Antioquia, Colombia to Perform Feb. 28 at UB
    1/25/12
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present Ballet Folklorico de Antioquia, Colombia on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.
  • Zodiaque Dance Company to be in Concert Feb. 23-25, March 2-4 at UB
    1/24/12
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will present Zodiaque Dance Company in Concert "The 38th Spring Season" Feb. 23-25 and March 2-4 in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus. All performances are at 7:30 p.m., except on March 4, when the performance will be at 2 p.m.
  • UB Outlines Role in Plans for a Complete Overhaul of Perry Choice Community
    1/20/12
    The Center for Urban Studies, a research and community development unit in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, has joined itself to a massive effort: a proposal by the City of Buffalo and the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority to restructure, redevelop and rehabilitate downtown Buffalo's seriously declining Commodore Perry neighborhood and turn it into the vibrant, sustainable community it once was.
  • Digital Divide Widens, Research Finds
    1/19/12
    The "digital divide" -- the gap in Internet access and usage due to socioeconomic factors -- is increasing, according to research published in the Communications of the Association for Information Systems.
  • SOPA's Vague Language Could Lead to Wide Restrictions on Information Available on the Internet, UB Expert Says
    1/18/12
    American courts are significantly expanding the legal rights and privileges celebrities can command over others using their names or likenesses. And a University at Buffalo Law School professor is questioning whether these courts have gone too far.
  • UB Offers 1,500 Free Tickets for Distinguished Speakers Series Lecture with Soledad O'Brien
    1/13/12
    The University at Buffalo is offering free tickets to local community and religious organizations and churches and to Western New York high schools to attend UB's 36th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration event featuring Soledad O'Brien, CNN anchor, special correspondent and author.
  • The Pink Floyd Experience Is Coming to the UB Center for the Arts
    1/12/12
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Pink Floyd Experience on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, UB North Campus.
  • Women Are 'Socially' Networked, Study Shows
    1/10/12
    Bloggers and other social network users are more likely to share knowledge online where the qualities of trust, strong social ties and reciprocity are present, according to a study forthcoming in the Journal of Management Information Systems.
  • An Invitation to Lose Your 21st Century Western Mind
    1/10/12
    The University at Buffalo Intermedia Performance Studio, in collaboration with Buffalo's Subversive Theatre Collective, will present several free public events this weekend designed to help members of the audience not only understand, but actually experience, three very different theories of how the mind works.