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Digital Pub Night, Thursday, May 23, 7pm

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Neil Feather at Worlds in Collusion

Neil Feather in Worlds in Collusion

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Trial of the Catonsville Nine

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Homo Will Inherit, Gay Expectations Too

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The Vagina Monologues, 2009

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Poet Gayle Danley



Spotlight UB Performing Arts Series

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Spotlight UB is pleased to present another season of theatrical productions, comedy, film and concerts in the Wright Theater, an acoustically designed space on the fifth floor of the UB Student Center. The diversified programming spans the arts from Bach to storytelling, from dramatic to integrated performance. 

 

Emerging Voices Project:

EVP continues into its fifth year, showcasing UB writer work on Thursdays at 7pm, free of charge.

  • May 23, Digital Pub Night: a lively web-writing discussion with Professor Betsy Boyd, senior editor of Baltimore Fishbowl, and online journal creators and alum Jenny O'Grady of Light Ekphrastic and Andrew Keating and Rafe Posey of Cobalt Review.
  • May 30, Playwright Lab: readings of short plays by Charles Clark, Chloe McDaniel and Rachel Upton are performed by Jay Hargrove, Chantia Jackson, Anthony Scimonelli and Brandan Tate. The undergrad plays explores themes ranging from racial profiling to belief in Santa.
  • June 6, Hopper's Women: Kayla Jones, Kelly McPhee, Latonia Moss, Meredith Purvis, and Joan Weber perform faculty Kendra Kopelke's poems from her collection that was inspired by the women in the American realist painter's light-infused work. Images of Edward Hopper's paintings provide the backdrop for the poem performances.
  • June 13, Good God! Staged reading of faculty Jon Shorr's latest play about a modern-day Job, directed by Iron Crow's Artistic Director, Steve Satta

Visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SpotlightUB.

Purchase tickets to events at the UB Student Center's Wright Theater via www.etix.com; search under "University of Baltimore." As with all online ticketing services, etix charges a minimal processing fee. Tickets are also available one hour before the show at the door. Tickets to all Spotlight events are $5 for UB alumni.

All events are held in the Wright Theater on the fifth floor of the UB Student Center, 21 W. Mt. Royal Ave. (at the corner of Maryland and Mt. Royal avenues).

Learn about parking for Spotlight UB events.

If any audience members require an event to be interpreted for the deaf, please e-mail spotlightub@ubalt.edu with your request. Requests can only be honored at two weeks prior to performance.

Want to talk about art? Visit the video blog !?Y-Art?!, featuring many Spotlight UB artists at mysuperartfriends.blogspot.com.