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It's a grueling schedule: For the past seven weeks, the 25-member cast of the upcoming Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program production of "Guys and Dolls" has been going through the paces, rehearsing s

Dr Simon Keegan-Phipps, Lecturer in Ethnomusicology in the University of Sheffield's Department of Music, comments on Lenny Abrahamson's latest film, Frank.

Stories from the First World War are being revealed for the first time at an exhibition by The University of Nottingham commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the conflict.

It's a grueling schedule: For the past seven weeks, the 25-member cast of the upcoming Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program production of "Guys and Dolls" has been going through the paces, rehearsing s

It's a grueling schedule: For the past seven weeks, the 25-member cast of the upcoming Ray Bolger Musical Theater Program production of "Guys and Dolls" has been going through the paces, rehearsing s

Stanford Arts Spaces presents three San Francisco Bay Area artists: Steve Goldband, Ellen Konar and Henry Bowles.

As one Department of Visual Arts 2014 MFA thesis exhibition ends, another is poised to begin. " Funeral for Ortolan ," the first of the two exhibits, closed on May 9 after a monthlong run in the Logan Center Gallery.

Quadrophenia rides again for Sussex symposium on mods, The Who and scooters Quadrophenia, the iconic album by The Who that also became the title of a cult film depicting the mods and rockers clashing on Brighton beach 50 years ago, is the subject of a University of Sussex symposium this summer.

A selection of nature-inspired works of art by Basel-based artist Mireille Gros will go on display in ETH Zurich's Collection of Prints and Drawings from 7 May to 6 July.

"Welcome to Cornell Ruins National Park," Adam T. Smith tells his students. "We're lucky today.

Smilde, center, his assistant Annegret Kellner, left, and university photographer Robert Barker look over images during the 'Nimbus' project in Milstein Hall.

A new art exhibition exploring the relationship between nature and its representations opens today at the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology.

A fascinating documentary on how musicians were trained in the 18th century and how their methods might help children learning music today is being aired on BBC Radio 3 this Sunday.

Spielberg on Spielberg In Harvard visit, filmmaker reveals motivations behind his craft W hat do a man-eating shark and a maniacal truck driver have in common? They both helped launch Steven Spielberg's career.

During the First World War artists were widely believed to be spies and, around much of the country, painting became illegal.

EVENT: "Patience on a Monument" by Eto Otitigbe, an African American polymedia artist whose art interprets issues of race and human interaction, will be the first exhibit to open in the Warfield Center's new gallery at The University of Texas at Austin.

Several full-time and adjunct professors at Columbia and Barnard, in disciplines ranging from dance to history to writing, were awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships for 2014, based on their distinguished achievement and exceptional future promise.

From villagers in Cameroon, West Africa, to war veterans in Ithaca, a Cornell-affiliated project uses theater to help empower people to express themselves and stage their stories.

The first major exhibition on Vikings at the British Museum for over 30 years which opened on 6 March in London highlights a new research project by Viking experts at The University of Nottingham.

Stanford classics Professor Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi discovers how dance challenged both the imagination and the intelligence of ancient audiences.

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Music of Jule Styne's Subways are for Sleeping to be heard for the first time since 1962. University Masters student reconstructed the musical's full orchestration using boxes of manuscripts from three US archives.

University of Washington As the United States puts ever-greater emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education to keep competitive in the global economy, schools are trying to figure out how to improve student learning in science. University of Washington researchers Katie Davis and Greg Crowther think music may be the answer for some kids.

A permanent exhibit of simple black silhouettes of North and South American birds now graces the white north wall of the visitor's center in the Imogene Powers Johnson Center for Birds and Biodiversity, home to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

"Learning to listen, listening to learn" - unter diesem Thema bietet Prof. Reinhold Wagnleitner, FB Geschichte, eine öffentlich zugängliche Ringvorlesung an.

21 Mar 2014 A new project is to investigate the women making theatre in places of conflict across the world.

A topping out ceremony has been held at The House, Plymouth University’s new £7million performing arts centre, which will be open in time for the new intake of students in September 2014.

Plagued by leeches and clad in perpetually damp tweed as he clambered over the Himalayas in search of new varieties of rhododendron, begonias and michellia - to name but a few - the Scottish-educated botanist Joseph Hooker is a largely unsung hero of the 19th century.

A change for the better Admissions dean lauds reform of SAT test, which may help to level playing field The College Board, the organization that administers the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), announced plans this month to overhaul the standardized test by 2016.

When it comes to winning Oscars and other awards to gain recognition and success in Hollywood, who you know matters just as much as who is judging, according to a new University of Pennsylvania collaborative study.