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Ladies, learn the fundamentals of football with UAB Coach Garrick McGee and his wife Tiffany, complete with lunch and fun on the practice field.

An ensemble born from collaboration in the Department of Music will perform a concert at UAB as part of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance season.

UAB students, faculty and staff and the community are invited to boogie down for a good cause when Dance Marathon kicks off at 7 p.m. April 19.

The master class April 15 with Indian slide guitar master Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and ethnic percussionist Pandit Subhen Chatterjee is open to the public.

These exhibitions are the pinnacle of achievement for those students accepted into the BFA program at UAB.

Ripped from the 1992 World Weekly News tabloid headline, “Bat Boy: The Musical” is a big-hearted satire, set to a peppy, pop-rock score.
Students will enjoy a master class in clarinet and piano when Duo Pegasus visits UAB April 5; the public can enjoy a free concert that night.

Violinist Inui and pianist Varvaresos will perform works by Mozart, Strauss, Schubert and Bartok for this intimate performance.

The UAB Percussion Ensemble and marimba artist Michael Burritt will perform with area high school all-star musicians in a free public concert.

Spalding is set to perform at 7:30 p.m. April 15, in a free show as part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Civil Rights Commemorative Series.

The goal for the UAB NAS Scholarship Run is to raise more than $80,000 in scholarship funds. The race has a new location, the Alumni House.

Lazarre-White will speak about his new short film, “200 Years,” that honors the risks and sacrifices of Americans in pursuit of freedom and equality.

The Marching Blazers competed against 17 other bands from around the world and performed the UAB Fight Song, “Land of 1,000 Dances” and more.
ArtPlay has just announced new classes and workshops for spring and more camps for summer; registration is open now.

Using both modern dance and ballet, “Play” expresses the importance of playtime as children and asks the question, “At what age did we stop playing?”

Four female soloists, two sopranos and two altos ages 11-18, are needed for the performance of the 1963 commemorative work “A More Convenient Season.”

“WOOSH,” a new work by Assistant Professor of Music Price, has been selected for the 2013 New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival.

The UAB Gospel Choir is set for two tours, including one to the U.S. Virgin Islands, a live concert at UAB and the national release of their new CD.

See seven plays in one performance when Theatre UAB presents the 10th annual Festival of 10-Minute Plays, featuring super-short plays.

Art & technology meet for this free festival, with digital projections created by Birmingham artists, live music, dance, digital graffiti wall and more.
The ASC presents the American Legacies show, blending New Orleans jazz with bluegrass from the hills of Appalachia, together on stage March 9.
American pianist Daneshpour will perform works by Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Prokofiev when she closes the UAB Piano Series season.
Young Concert Artist Charlie Albright will perform in ArtPlay’s grand parlor, with a program that includes works by Shubert, Beethoven and Chopin.
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian McKnight, a Birmingham audience favorite, will make his Alys Stephens Center debut March 2.

“Sans Titre VII,” composed by William Price, will be performed at the Ohio conference by James Zingara, one of a dozen performances planned.

A performance by comedian Gallagher scheduled for Feb. 16 has been postponed. All ticketholders have been notified of the change.
Singer-songwriters Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin will present a special acoustic show together on stage at UAB’s Alys Stephens Center.

Submit your message or dream in 40 characters and see it up in lights at the Alys Stephens Center “Lux Somnia: Light Dreams” festival May 2-3.

Enjoy a free early-music recital Feb. 10 featuring a newly refurbished Italian harpsichord, soprano Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and guest artists.

“A Letter Edged in Black” will be on show Feb. 4-23, with a free closing reception Feb. 22, which will feature a live music installation.

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