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Early Books Lecture Series VII: War, Peace, Faith, Poetry
SCHEDULE CHANGE: The lecture originally scheduled for February 2 will now be held on March 2. There will not be an Early Book Lecture on February 2.
The University Libraries Special Collections hosts Early Books Lecture Series VII, an annual exploration throughout February by UA scholars of the treasure trove of medieval texts held by the UA Libraries. More...
New Topographics
A reprising of the pivotal 1975 New Topographics exhibition will be on view at the Center for Creative Photography this spring before it continues on an international tour. Co-organized by former CCP Director, Dr. Britt Salvesen, and the curator of photographs at George Eastman House International Museum of Photography, Dr. More...
Curtain Call: An Exhibition of the UA Vaudeville Collections
The University of Arizona Vaudeville Collections take center stage as the University Libraries host Curtain Call, an exhibition of the world’s largest collection of vaudeville treasures from Special Collections. The exhibit, documenting one of the nation’s most influential entertainment genres, will showcase a variety of items from several collections: The American Vaudeville Museum Collections, the Arthur Frank Wertheim papers and the David Soren Popular Sheet Music Collection. More...
New Topographics Opening Reception and Artists' Talk
Join Bill Jenkins, the curator of the original 1975 presentation of New Topographics and exhibiting artists Joe Deal and Frank Gohlke as they discuss the origins and impact of that seminal project. Moderated by Britt Salvesen, Department Head and Curator of the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography, and the Department Head and Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. More...
Frank Gohlke: Selected Readings
This event celebrates exhibiting artist Frank Gohlke's continued exploration of the landscape and the publication of his new book, Thoughts on Landscape: Collected Writings and Interviews (Tucson: Hol Art Books, 2009). Gohlke, Laureate Professor of Photography at the University of Arizona, will sign books following his reading. More...
Get on the bus! PCPL Bookmobile visits
Want a copy of the latest best seller? Need to catch up on some leisure reading and DVD viewing? Running short on time and can't make it to your local public library branch? We've got a solution! This spring, the Pima County Public Library Bookmobile will be at the UA campus the first Tuesday of the month -- Feb. More...
Visiting Artist Lecture
For several decades renowned American artist Arnold Crane has been acquainted with and documented the lives of many of the world's finest photographers, including Man Ray, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, Paul Strand, Edward Steichen, W. Eugene Smith, Robert Frank, Bernice Abbott, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Harry Callahan, Aaron Siskind, Lee Friedlander, and Garry Winogrand. More...
Encore! The Fabulous Vaudeville Follies (event)
Encore! The Fabulous Vaudeville Follies, a free, public program in the University of Arizona Main Library, East Lobby, will feature UA's musical theater majors group performing 50 minutes of vaudevillian show music giving audience members a chance to hear the songs of a bygone, but deeply influential, era in American entertainment. The performance is being held in conjunction with Curtain Call, an exhibit on vaudeville's impact on entertainment and its reflection of late-19th and early 20th-century American society and history featuring artifacts from the University Libraries' vaudeville collections. More...
Talkies Come to Town II
The Friends of The University Libraries are pleased to present Talkies Come to Town II, a collection of film clips from the days of vaudeville taken from the Libraries' Special Collections. The clips include The Ink Spots, Joe E. Brown and many more vintage performances. This fundraiser for the University Libraries will be Sunday, Feb. More...