Browse Arts and Humanities stories - April, 2009

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  • American Indian Student Films to be Broadcast
    UANews | Arizona Public Media is screening films produced by three UA students who chose to document life from the perspective of being American Indian.
  • Theatre Arts Presents ‘Way Out West’ for Young Audiences
    UANews | UA students will perform a series of stories by Susan Lowell for school-age children.
  • UA Press Receives Second Mellon Grant in 2009
    UANews | The University of Arizona Press received a major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in January. Now, the UA Press will join five other institutions in a newly funded project.
  • UA School of Theatre Arts Present One-Act Plays
    UANews | UA students will perform a series of one-act plays during a festival that gets kicked off this month.
  • University to Host Memorial Tribute to Alumnus David Foster Wallace
    UANews | Wallace was the groundbreaking author of fiction and nonfiction including "Infinite Jest," "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men" and "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again."
  • Two-Day Showcase to Feature UA Student Films
    UANews | Two UA student-run events – "foto.synthesis" and "Not Yet Rated" – will feature dozens of films created by University students.  
  • Wildcat Powwow Society Holds 14th Annual Event
    UANews | American Indian culture, food, drumming and dancing will be featured at the two-day powwow, which begins Friday at Bear Down Field.
  • Author Denis Johnson to Read for UA Poetry Center
    UANews | National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson is slated to read from his work at the UA Poetry Center this week.
  • In Honor of Humanities
    UANews | Humanities Week will feature a series of events, including a language fair, panel discussions and film screenings with some of the UA's most distinguished faculty members. 
  • Classical Meets Hip Hop
    UANews | Eric Ryan Costenbader, who is classically trained in the piano and is also drawn to hip hop music, infused the two genres to create a theme song for Zona Zoo.