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  • UB Anderson Gallery to present "Ode to Michael Goldberg: Selective Thievery and the Practice of Looking"
    8/28/08
    The University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery will present the memorial exhibition, "Ode to Michael Goldberg: Selective Thievery and the Practice of Looking" Sept. 13 to Jan. 18. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will open with a public reception to be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Sept. 13.
  • M&T Bank Dance Series to Present The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa
    8/28/08
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will present The Song and Dance Ensemble of West Africa at 8 p.m. on Oct. 2 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The performance is sponsored by M&T Bank.
  • Propelled By Its Reputation, UB Poetry Collection Hits the Road
    6/19/08
    Founded more than 70 years ago, the University at Buffalo Poetry Collection was the first to archive the manuscripts and artifacts of living writers, many of them largely unknown outside their field and some of whom were considered outrageous. Today they are famous and however wild and wooly it was when archived, this enormous trove of material written on the vanguard is "ripe" today and widely accepted as seminal to some of the most important movements and literary forms of the 20th century.
  • Gerber Receives National U.S. Postal Service Award for Research
    6/19/08
    How did 19th-century immigrants maintain relationships with loved ones thousands of miles away, much less preserve ties with pasts rooted in places they had left voluntarily? In his critically acclaimed book, "Authors of Their Lives: The Personal Correspondence of British Immigrants to North America in the Nineteenth Century," David A. Gerber, Ph.D., analyzes the cycle of correspondence between immigrants and their homelands to uncover the critical role played by letters in reformulating personal relationships made vulnerable by separation.
  • Exhibit of Work by NLXL to Be on View July 1-25 in UB Art Gallery
    6/16/08
    The University at Buffalo Art Gallery will present an exhibition featuring graphic posters and an interactive, multimedia installation by NLXL, a design studio for visual communication and interaction design based in The Hague, July 1-25.
  • June in Buffalo, UB's Annual Music Festival and Conference, to explore "Music and Computers"
    5/30/08
    "Music and Computers" is the theme of this year's edition of June in Buffalo, the annual festival and conference dedicated to emerging composers that will take place June 2-7 at UB.
  • UB to Hold 2008 Summer Dance Program
    5/23/08
    The University at Buffalo Department of Theatre and Dance will again offer its exciting and educational Summer Dance Program.
  • Singing Legend Tony Bennett To Perform at UB
    5/23/08
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo will welcome Tony Bennett at 8 p.m. on Dec. 14 in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. The concert will be presented by The Derico of East Amherst Corporation.
  • UB Anderson Gallery Announces Upcoming Exhibitions by Gerald Mead
    4/17/08
    The University at Buffalo Anderson Gallery has announced the opening of two upcoming exhibitions by local artist, curator and collector Gerald Mead.
  • Center for the Arts receives five Telly Awards
    4/17/08
    The Center for the Arts at the University at Buffalo has been selected to receive five Telly Awards in recognition of the television productions: Music is Art LIVE @ The Center; Bullseye; and The Mystical Arts of Tibet.