Cloistered Women's Voices: Symposium on Sound, Song and Lyric in Early Modern Convents
Thursday, March 31, 2016, 6:00 pm St. Augustine's Chapel
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SWAP Talk with Kathryn Engle and Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, 2016 Recipients of Eller & Billings Student Research Awards
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Wed, 08/31/2016 - 11:28 am
This SWAP (Sharing Work on Appalachia in Progress) event will feature talks by two recipients of 2016 UK Appalachian Center Eller and Billings Student Research Awards. Kathryn Engle presents Stinking Creek Stories: Life, Agriculture, and Community in Rural Southeastern Kentucky; Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth presents "You can make a tree sing: that's the magic": Musical Instrument Makers and the Re-enchantment of Livelihood and Material in West Virginia. Both awardees are UK Graduate Students. This is a free event for UK Students, Faculty, and Staff!
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UK Appalachian Center
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Lexington Old-Time Music Gathering
Please, join in the fun at the Lexington Old-Time Music Gathering in Lexington, KY! This event spans February 12, 2015 through February 15, 2015 and has something for everyone. This is an opportunity for community engagement, learning about traditional mountain music, and hearing artists perform. During the Saturday, 2/14/15 event, there will be fun for all ages at the Appalachian Youth Day portion of the event from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission for the Youth Day is free, and there will be workshops, open mic, jam sessions, singing, and dances! (Please note that a parent must accompany children at all times.) Please, see the Lexington Old-Time Music Gathering website for detailed information, including a full schedule of performers and events: http://lexoldtime.com/.
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Various including ArtsPlace, 161 North Mill Street, Lexington, KY, Al's Bar, Willy's Locally Known, and Windy Corner Market
Type of Event (for grouping events):
Lexington Old-Time Music Gathering
Please, join in the fun at the Lexington Old-Time Music Gathering in Lexington, KY! This event spans January 12, 2015 through January 15, 2015 and has something for everyone. This is an opportunity for community engagement, learning about traditional mountain music, and hearing artists perform. During the Saturday, 2/14/15 event, there will be fun for all ages at the Appalachian Youth Day portion of the event from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission for the Youth Day is free, and there will be workshops, open mic, jam sessions, singing, and dances! (Please note that a parent must accompany children at all times.) Please, see the Lexington Old-Time Music Gathering website for detailed information, including a full schedule of performers and events: http://lexoldtime.com/.
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Various including ArtsPlace, 161 North Mill Street, Lexington, KY, Al's Bar, Willy's Locally Known, and Windy Corner Market
Korean Music and Culture Festival on Sunday
This special Korean Music and Culture Festival begins 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, in the Student Center Grand Ballroom (3rd floor). This event is free and open to the public.
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Thu, 11/21/2013 - 11:46 am
'Appalachia in the Bluegrass' Welcomes Skipjack, Stephen Wade
Americana, old-time music, the banjo and vivid stories take the spotlight at the University of Kentucky for the next two performances in the “Appalachia in the Bluegrass” concert series.
Break dancing with the dead: Popular music and the role of ancestors in Maya language revitalization
Dr. Barrett will talk about Maya understandings of the dead, funerary practices, and ways of communicating with the ancestors, and then discuss the emergence of rock and hip hop music performed in Mayan languages and the ways they emphasize the ancestors in their music.
El Dr. Barrett explicará como los Mayas se comunican con sus ancestros, las prácticas funerarias que los mayas tienen y sus pensamientos en cuando a los muertos. También hablará sobre como los ancestros tienen un rol en la inspiración de la música Maya y como el rock y hip hop ha influenciado a esta cultura.
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Niles Gallery
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Gaines Fellowship Awarded to 12 UK Scholars
The University of Kentucky Gaines Center for the Humanities has chosen 12 outstanding undergraduates as new scholars for the university's Gaines Fellowship Program for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years.
Instrumental Music from the Soviet Union and Beyond
This podcast is a recording from the Russian Music Festival, which took place on February 28th in Singletary Center for the Arts Recital Hall and was presented by the College of Arts & Sciences and the
Folk Artist Si Kahn, Dulcimer Player Don Pedi to Play at UK
Fans of folk music and the dulcimer should check out the next two concerts in the "Appalachia in the Bluegrass" concert series.
