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Arts Roundup
Performances by violinist Itzhak Perlman, Takács Quartet with special guest Erick Eckert, a riveting play–Trojan Women: A Love Story and more!
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Conducting a Musical Partnership
Seattle Symphony music director Ludovic Morlot plays a significant role in the UW School of Music.
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Women in Combat, Women Onstage
Julia Sears (2012) and Maggie Moore (2012) collaborated with female veterans to create a play about women in combat.
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"Timber Curtain," a poetic exploration of the Seattle community
Written by Department of English Senior Lecturer, Frances McCue, "Timber Curtain," describes the Seattle community from the tear-down of the Hugo House to today.
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MFA painter Arley Morales brings laborers into the limelight
Morales, a fine arts graduate and DACA recipient, took inspiration from Latino artists and a poet in developing her style.
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From UW to Whole Foods, remembering a local ceramics artist
The halls of the University of Washington’s ceramics and metal arts building is abuzz with new students embarking on a new school year. But for some, the building feels empty.
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Seattle’s real Spider Man sets us straight: They’re not out to get you
With more than 170,000 glass vials containing spiders pickled in alcohol, yes, it is cramped in this room in the basement of the Burke Museum at the University of Washington.
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A woolly discovery
Long considered to be a myth, a Native blanket made of dog hair has surfaced at the Burke Museum.
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Character: Theater teacher Tim Bond
“As a boy, the first predominantly black cast I saw was in the musical version of ‘Raisin in the Sun.’ Suddenly I could imagine myself up there.”
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English professor William Streitberger honored for book on Queen Elizabeth I’s Revels Office
Longtime English professor William Streitberger has been honored by the Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society for his book “The Masters of Revels and Elizabeth I’s Court Theatre.” -
Plight of immigrants brought to light in ambitious Tacoma Art Museum show
A new exhibition featuring UW art professor Zhi Lin at the Tacoma Art Museum focuses on a time in history when U.S. society rejected immigrants.
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Hands free music
Dr. Thomas Duell, a neurologist at Swedish Medical Center and a music professor at UW, invented an instrument that reads the electrical activity of the brain and turns it into musical notes.
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Run-up to revolution: Early American history seen through the stage in Odai Johnson’s book ‘London in a Box’
The true cultural tipping point in the run-up to the American Revolution might not have been the Boston Tea Party, but Congress' decision to close the theaters in British America.
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You can play this musical instrument with just your thoughts
Good news for people who hate practicing scales: scientists have created a musical instrument you can play with just your thoughts.
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'A Joyful llife'
UW student portrays Bellevue women in photo project