Category: National Clippings

• Shakespeare in Wisconsin 2016: Anna Deavere Smith showcases the power of words

  Posted on Jun 15th

  by Erin Doherty Throughout 2016, our Year of Shakespeare in Wisconsin, we will bring you stories, events, lectures, performances, and more. All are […]

• Go Big Read selects ‘Evicted’ for 2016-17

  Posted on Apr 27th

  ~ Kari Knutson, University Communications It’s the story of eight Milwaukee families faced with losing their homes. It’s also a powerful analysis […]

• Libraries, Arts Institute, & Chazen Present Shakespeare in Wisconsin 2016

  Posted on Jan 26th

  Folger Shakespeare Library Partnering with 52 Host Sites Across the Country for Traveling Exhibition to Mark the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s Death. […]

• NPR: 400 Years After His Death, Shakespeare’s First Folio Goes Out On Tour

  Posted on Jan 5th

  2016 is all about William Shakespeare! Celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Bard’s death, the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to join […]

• ‘Just Mercy’ Author Bryan Stevenson to Visit Campus Oct.26.

  Posted on Oct 20th

  ~Story by Jenny Price, University Communications Archbishop Desmond Tutu calls Bryan Stevenson “America’s Mandela.” Stevenson has spent his career fighting for racial justice and […]

• Folksongs of Another America: UW-Madison Professor, Mills Music Library featured on Swiss Public Radio

  Posted on Jul 20th

  Material from the Mills Music Library was recently featured on Swiss Public radio, with Prof. Jim Leary discussing his forthcoming UW Press […]

• MAYRENT INSTITUTE NOW HOME TO OLDEST SURVIVING RECORDINGS OF YIDDISH MUSIC

  Posted on Jul 9th

  The Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture has acquired the twelve earliest known cylinder recordings of Yiddish music, released c.1901 by the one-time […]

• Art history students turn shopkeeper’s ledger into Smithsonian exhibit

  Posted on Jun 30th

  Art history students turn shopkeeper’s ledger into Smithsonian exhibit by Susannah Brooks (University Communications) In the spring of 2013, sixteen students at […]

• Michael Enyart, Director of the Business Library, Honored by the Special Library Association

  Posted on Jun 29th

  Michael Enyart, Director of the Business Library, was awarded the Distinguished Member Award ​​from the Business & Finance Division of the Special Library Association. Enyart […]

• Architecture of Illusion – Celebrating renowned artist Richard Haas: His Wisconsin roots, connection to Frank Lloyd Wright, and bringing the Wisconsin Idea to life

  Posted on May 14th

  (Madison and Milwaukee) – From small-town Wisconsin to the world stage, internationally renowned artist Richard Haas enjoys an impressive list of accolades. […]

• The Rise and Fall and Rise of Paramount Records, Celebrated with a Three-Day Program April 23-25

  Posted on Apr 21st

  ~ By Megan Katz How did a Wisconsin chair company, producing records on the cheap and run by men with little knowledge […]

• Ebling Library hosts the 9th annual Health Sciences Student Art exhibit

  Posted on Apr 20th

  Ebling Library hosts the 9th annual Health Sciences Student Art exhibit from April 9th to May 10th, 2015. The Opening Reception will […]