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Holiday fun includes Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Creole Christmas on Dec. 13, affordable events for families and a giftwrap workshop for adults. Plus, concert tickets and art classes are great gifts for all ages.
For her UAB residency, the artist is creating a two-part collaborative exhibition: “Manjari Sharma: तत् त्वम् असि (Tat Tvam Asi) The Universe is a Mirror” for the Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts and "Looking for a Silver Lining" for UAB Arts in Medicine.
See the powerful documentary “The Last Ecstatic Days” at UAB's ALys Stephens Center and hear about the cultural and spiritual considerations of dying from UAB caregivers and Aditi Sethi, M.D., with The Center for Conscious Living & Dying, with guest artist Manjari Sharma.
This free evening of art and music will now be held indoors at AEIVA and the Alys Stephens Center due to weather considerations, with a lecture by artist Odili Donald Odita and performances from Halo Wheeler, Swanglish, The BIG Reveal, and Steph and the Web.
The Alys Stephens Center’s most diverse season yet will feature artists Dru Hill, Samara Joy, “Encanto,” Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Vitamin String Quartet, Napoleon Dynamite Live! and more.
Alabama musicians can submit an audition now through June 30, and up to four finalists will be selected to perform live onstage Sept. 13 at the Arts Block Party, presented by UAB Arts.
A bone marrow donor registration and a panel discussion will be available to all attendees before the screening of the documentary. 
Their artistry is acclaimed as one of the world’s most vibrant contemporary textile traditions. During their UAB residency, the quilters will set up public sewing spaces and workshops. 
The Grammy Award-winning opera star and arts in health advocate will guide a UAB Arts in Medicine panel discussion with experts working in the arts, neuroscience and health care.
Human bodies are made to move, says UAB Arts in Medicine artist-in-residence Melissa Turnage, and “magical” energy can happen in the brain. Here are her tips for adding dance to your day.
Experience a full night of the arts, while supporting the arts, at the VIVA Health Gala, the largest annual fundraiser for UAB’s AEIVA, Alys Stephens Center, ArtPlay and Arts in Medicine.
See the band Red Baraat kick off the UAB Arts Alliance’s 2023-2024 programming year with a free, high-energy performance on Friday, Aug. 25, thanks to support from Dora and Sanjay Singh.
Party with the arts at UAB and dance to hard-driving world music by Brooklyn brass band Red Baraat, in a free concert presented by Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center.

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded UAB Arts in Medicine a research grant to study whether magic arts training can help improve motor and social-emotional function.

Classes are available for babies to adults, from creative movement and music to acting, tap and hip-hop dance, creative writing, standup, and sewing.
The Virtual Mental Health Monday series includes sessions on dance, healing rituals, forest bathing, supporting LGBTQ+ youth, suicide prevention, caregivers and reducing homelessness. 
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