Arts & Culture

Terrence Mann, artistic director of the Connecticut Repertory Theater nutmeg summer series, leads a rehearsal of "1776" at the Drama-Music Building on May 23, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Nutmeg Summer Series Opens with Broadway Veteran as Director

The series opens at Harriet Jorgensen Theatre June 1 with '1776,' the musical version of events leading up to the American Revolution.

Head baseball coach Jim Penders ’94 (CLAS), ’98 MA, speaks with undergraduate and graduate music students who performed in “H.M.S. Pinafore” following the Huskies’ win over Cincinnati on April 30. (Kenneth Best/UConn Photo)

Student Artists, Athletes Find They Have a Lot in Common

'They call it rehearsal, we call it practice. ... I think there's a lot more similarities than differences.'

World War I Victory Gardens poster. (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

How the ‘War to End All Wars’ Shaped Connecticut

Art and artifacts on display at the Dodd Center and Babbidge Library recall the U.S. entry into World War I on April 6, 2017.

Guest artist Michael Lewis (Harry Fatt) is the union leader in Connecticut Repertory Theatre’s production of 'Waiting for Lefty' by Clifford Odets, onstage through March 5 at Nafe Katter Theatre. (Gerry Goodstein for UConn)

Stage Left: Playwright Enters as CRT Director

Michael Bradford directs the Connecticut Repertory Theatre's production of two one-act plays, headlined by 'Waiting for Lefty,' which opens today.

The Eye That Cries (El ojo que llora), Lima, Peru. (Photoholica Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

From Conflict to Peace: The Role of Art

Memorials commemorating a nation’s past conflicts can help build a more peaceful future, say two UConn researchers.

Retroactive Autorretrato, 2013, by Negar Ahkami, gesso, acrylic, and glitter on canvas stretched on panel. (Courtesy of Leila Heller Gallery)

New Exhibition Treads ‘Sacred Ground’

'UConn Reads: Sacred Ground' at the Benton Museum is based on this year's UConn Reads selection, which outlines a vision of America where people of all faiths can make a country where diverse traditions thrive side by side.

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Photos taken from backstage at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts during the UConn Opera production of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operetta H.M.S. Pinafore on Jan. 24, 2017. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Behind the Scenes of H.M.S. Pinafore

Take a peek behind the scenes at the dress rehearsal for UConn Opera's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operetta H.M.S. Pinafore.

UConn Opera presents 'H.M.S. Pinafore' at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Jan. 27 and 29.

UConn Presents H.M.S. Pinafore on January 27 and 29

UConn Opera Theater will present Gilbert & Sullivan’s comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore on Friday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 29 at 3 p.m. at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts. H.M.S. Pinafore – or the Lass That Loved a Sailor – was Gilbert and Sullivan’s fourth collaboration and their first major success. […]

Jeffrey Ogbar, professor of history, stands near graffiti art at the Heaven Skatepark in Hartford on July 12, 2016. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Coveted Class: Hip-Hop, Politics, and Youth Culture in America

Hip-hop reflects on our society 'fearlessly and unapologetically,' says Professor Jeffrey Ogbar.