Art collection donation brings one Union story full circle
When Larry Neckar stopped outside the Porter Butts gallery in the Memorial Union, he didn’t expect to see his brother’s name anywhere in the gallery, much less on a plaque as the first winner of the Porter Butts Creative Arts Award. Neckar decided to contact the Wisconsin Union Art Collection manager, Robin Schmoldt, to see if the Union would like a piece of his brother’s artwork, titled “Space Blooms,” to add to...
Modern jazz vocalist to perform at Union Theater
Dianne Reeves, famous jazz vocalist, will be performing in the Wisconsin Union Theater Friday, April 8. The Union Theater and Wisconsin Union Directorate Performing Arts Committee will also take this opportunity to announce much of its 2011-2012 season. Reeves has been interested in music since she was a small child living in Detroit. She began singing with a big band by the time she was 16, earning national recognition by jazz...
New cinema continues 70 years of film experiences at the Union
For film buffs, one of the highlights of the new Union South will definitely be the opening of the cinema, appropriately dubbed “The Marquee.” Not only will the new space feature 350 plush, Badger red seats equipped with cup holders, but it have the capability to show films 5-7 nights a week on a high definition digital or classic 35 mm projector. Although The Marquee aims to be the new home for film on campus, the Wisconsin Union...
Football is a hit on Broadway
UW-Madison alumni and friends got a sneak peak at the living embodiment of one of Wisconsin’s greatest traditions last October. Over 60 avid Green Bay Packers fans gathered at the Square Theater in New York for a special showing of Lombardi, a new Broadway play about former Packers head coach Vince Lombardi. Before seeing the play, guests heard from former Badger athletic director Pat Richter and local author David Maraniss in an...
Hahn & Lisitsa performance promises to be “electrifying”
Violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Valentina Lisitsa will grace the Union Theater February 17th with a special evening of fantastic classical music spanning across several periods. Hilary Hahn garnered national attention with her violin at the very young age of 12, when she debuted with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 1991. She studied at some of the most prestigious music schools including the Peabody Institute of Music and...
Behind the scenes of “East African Safari”
This March 21-22, the Wisconsin Union Theater has the honor of premiering Rick Ray’s film East African Safari as part of the Union’s Travel Adventure Film Series. We interviewed Ray to get background information on him and the film. Ray says that his film career started in fifth grade, when his teacher brought an 8mm camera to class and gave students permission to make films in place of hand-written assignments. After this...