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Photo Gallery: Intimate Apparel

Photo Gallery: Intimate Apparel

“Intimate Apparel,” written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage, tells the story of Esther, a seamstress in the early 1900s who makes intimate apparel for a living. Performances will be held on April 3 through 11 at the Inge Theatre. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the site here.      

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The Annual Visual Art Scholarship consists of various awards and scholarships given out to undergraduates in the Visual Art Department within the School of the Arts, College of Liberal Arts, and Sciences. The work displayed is put up by students who are nominated by their professors  for the scholarships, which apply to next fall and spring semesters. Prints, sculptures, and paintings fill the gallery in the Art and Design building for students to enjoy through Stop Day when all of the work will be taken down.  Candidates for the scholarships and students who exhibited their work are: Jason Bryant, Justin Bergin, Rena Detrixhe, Jenna Coon, John Stringer, Jessica Kelley, Tessa Reuber, Bran Supernaw, Bridgett Harvey, Caroline Howard, Chris Hannemann, and Leann Bova.  Photo by: Jessica Janasz

Visual Art Exhibition

Students in the Visual Art Department nominated by their professors, held an opening Sunday afternoon to display their work for the Annual Visual Art Scholarship, an opening at which the Chancellor was in attendance. The School of Arts, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers the scholarship to students made possible by a large number of donors, and the awards apply to the next fall and spring semesters. The scholarship winners will be announced next week.

A member of the University Dance Company performs an excerpt from act i, scene iii of "La Bayadere" Friday evening at the Lied Center for the University Dance Company Spring 2012 Concert. Photo by: Tara Bryant

University Dance Company’s Spring 2012 Concert

Cristina D'Alberto and two volunteer children from the audience, morph inside a cocoon on stage at the Lied Center on Saturday night during Compagnia T.P.O.'s performance of Farfalle - a visual and auditory journey through the lifecycle of a butterfly. During the performance, the audience was seated on stage encircling the performance space. Photo by: Claire Howard

Farfalle

Compagnia T.P.O performs Farfalle, a visual and auditory journey through the life cycle of a butterfly, at the Lied Center on Saturday night.

Spencer Museum event encourages student voice

Students make posters and write messages on chalkboards in the museum.

Mrs. Winemiller portrayed by Chandra Owenby Hopkins teases Alma Winemiller portrayed by Laura Williams during KU's production of Summer & Smoke directed by theatre doctoral student Boone Hopkins. The play will be showing March 9th to 11th at the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.

Cast of ‘Summer and Smoke’ explain passion for play

The Tennessee Williams play is more than 60 years old, but contains themes that exist to this day.

Photo by: Chris Bronson

Jin Xing Dance Theatre

The nationally and internationally award winning Jin Xing Dance Theatre performed at the Lied Center on Thursday, February 23, 2012.

Music student Maleah Zumalt poses with her mentor, sophomore Emily Harn. Through the Music Mentors program, volunteers are paired with children who want to learn an instrument.

Outreach program teaches kids to play instruments

Volunteers work with elementary and middle school students once a week for music lessons

Julie Miller, a senior from Hutchinson, and Alex Roschitz, a junior from Kansas City, Kan., act out a scene from Tennesse Williams' one-act play "Auto-da-fe," directed by Jacci Lufkin. "Auto-da-fe" was a part of The Undergraduate Projects, which continues tonight at 7:30 p.m. at William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall. Photo by: Tara Bryant

University puts on student-directed play

Tennessee Williams’ one-act play “Auto-da-fe” will run Thursday and Friday night in Murphy Hall.

Elvis impersonator Victor Trevino Jr. belts out an Elvis classic into the microphone Monday night at the Lied Center. The performance was part of a nationwide tour called "Elvis Lives". Photo by: Morgan  LaForge

Elvis Lives Concert

Channing Taylor, senior from Wichita, works on a new piece of jewelry Wednesday afternoon. Taylor has been selling her jewelry on Etsy.

Etsy provides market for vintage items

Students buy and sell original crafts on this retail website.

Kiosk provides an outlet for students

A student-run magazine allows students to submit their art, prose or poetry.

Director Blake Robbins talks about why he chose Lawrence to film his movie entitled "The Sublime and the Beautiful." Robbins' first experience with Lawrence came from helping KU's associate film professor Kevin Wilmott in his film, The Battle for Bunker Hill," and ever since, Robbins knew Lawrence was the perfect place for his film.

Filmmaker shoots new movie in Lawrence

Blake Robbins chose Lawrence for the setting of his newest feature film, “The Sublime and the Beautiful.”

Ensign Nellie Forbush, portrayed by Jenny Piersol, and Emile de Becque, portrayed by Marcelo Guzzo, discuss their travels which brought the two together on a tropical island in the South Pacific during Wednesday's night's performance of Rodgers & Hammerstein's award winning production of, "South Pacific" at the Lied Center. Photo by: Chris Bronson

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific performed to at the Lied Center Wednesday, January 18, 2011. The production has won several Tony Awards in 2008 and the story is Pulitzer Prize winning. The story follows two couple’s romance and its troubles through prejudices and war during WWII set in a tropical island in the South Pacific.

Photo by: Chris Bronson

Suzanne Farrell Ballet

The Lied Center hosted the Suzanne Farrell Ballet Saturday, November 12, 2011. The ballet was choreographed by George Balanchine and presented Balanchine’s famous works including “Haieff Divertimento” with music composed by Haieff, “Diamonds Pas de Deux from Jewels” with music by Tchaikovsky, “Meditation” with music by Tchaikovsky, and “Agon” with music by Stravinsky. The Suzanne Farrell Ballet is stationed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Joe Keller portrayed by Jake Smith talks with his neighbor Jim Bayliss portrayed by Kevin Siess in KU's production of "All My Sons". The play will run from Nov. 12-13 and Nov. 17-20 in Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.   Photo by: Ashleigh Lee

Kansas Theatre Presents “All My Sons”

KU Presents “All My Sons” a play by Arther Miller. The show runs Saturday Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday Nov. 13, 2:30 p.m., Thursday Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m, Friday Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m., Saturday Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday November 20, 2:30 p.m. in Crafton-Preyer Theatre.