Tag Archives: University of Maryland

Kreativity Open Mic at Clarice Smith, Apr 10

Kreativity Open Mic at Clarice Smith, Apr 10

Kreativity Diversity Troupe Open Mic
Friday, April 10, 2015 at 7:30pm.

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Free, no tickets required. Cafritz Foundation Theatre, general admission.

Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for an open mic night, full of music, dance and spoken word.

Want to try out your own performance chops? Show up and sign up! Just looking for a night of entertainment from some of the most talented students in the metro area? Simply take a seat and enjoy the show.

Interested in learning more about Kreativity? Email kreativity.troupe@gmail.com and like them on Facebook!

Universes: Party People Salon at Clarice Smith, Mar 28

Universes: Party People Salon at Clarice Smith, Mar 28

Universes: Party People Salon
Saturday, March 28, 2015 . 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Sat, Mar 28, 2015 . 8:00PM

Tickets: Regular: $25, Student: $10. Kogood Theatre, General Admission.

Description: The award-winning ensemble UNIVERSES is known for breaking the bounds of traditional theater, fusing poetry, jazz, hip hop and Southern blues to create powerful performance experiences for diverse audiences. The Party People Salon is a unique, participatory event reflecting the revolutionary spirit of the Black Panthers and Young Lords Movements of the 1960s-1970s.

During the Salon, performance is interspersed with conversations among veteran Panthers and Lords, Black Panther Ericka Huggins and Mickey Melendez of Young Lords. They share their moving, personal stories of everyday women and men who became leaders and activists. The Party People Salon offers a rare opportunity to discover what has become of these inspiring and at times controversial citizens whose movement to make change still reverberates today.

Wake Up! at Clarice Smith, Mar 27-28

Wake Up! at Clarice Smith, Mar 27-28

Wake Up!
March 27 & 28, 2015
Conceived by Meghan Bowden and Vaughn Midder

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Fri, Mar 27, 2015 . 7:30PM
Sat, Mar 28, 2015 . 3:00PM
Sat, Mar 28, 2015 . 7:30PM

Tickets: Free, no tickets required. Dance Theatre, General Admission.

Description: You’re invited to a UMD House Party, inspired by Spike Lee’s film, School Daze (1988), the musically-driven film that chronicled the ins and outs of a fictitious historically black college.

An original site-specific, dance theatre work co-conceived by School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies artists’ Meghan Bowden and Vaughn Midder, this performance challenges current UMD students to engage in topics around race, gender, class, and sexuality, as seen through the lens of contemporary African American experience.

A TDPS Second Season Production.

Kreativity Open Mic at Clarice Smith, Mar 7

Kreativity Open Mic at Clarice Smith, Mar 7

Kreativity Diversity Troupe Open Mic
Thursday, March 7, 2015 at 7:30pm.

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Free, no tickets required. Cafritz Foundation Theatre, general admission.

Join the Kreators of the Kreativity Diversity Troupe for an open mic night, full of music, dance and spoken word.

Want to try out your own performance chops? Show up and sign up! Just looking for a night of entertainment from some of the most talented students in the metro area? Simply take a seat and enjoy the show.

Interested in learning more about Kreativity? Email kreativity.troupe@gmail.com and like them on Facebook!

Festival of Subversive Artists and Minds at Clarice Smith, Mar 7 at 8:15am

The Festival of Subversive Artists and Minds Graduate Symposium at Clarice Smith, Mar 7 at 8:15am

The Festival of Subversive Artists and Minds Graduate Symposium
Subverting Academia and Subversive Academics
Saturday, March 7, 2015. 8:15AM-6PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Free, no tickets required. Cafritz Foundation Theatre, general admission.

School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies will host Subverting Academia and Subversive Academics, Saturday, March 7, 2015.

This interdisciplinary symposium aims to offer an opportunity for scholars and artists to engage subversion’s multiple meanings and uses in research, artistic practice, scholarship and pedagogy.
Schedule

8:15AM: Registration and Welcome
9AM-Noon: Sessions
Noon: Lunch Break
1:30-4:30PM: Sessions
5-6PM: Keynote Address

Following the symposium, participants are encouraged to purchase tickets to see Good Kids in the Kay Theatre at 7:30PM.