Bravo! Annual Opera Gala

Sellers Auditorium, Bryant Conference Center 240 Paul W Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

The UA Opera Guild’s annual gala is among the major fundraisers for the opera program and generates nearly 75% of the program’s annual operating budget. Buy tickets for "Bravo! For the Love of Opera" now!

Bravo! Annual Opera Gala

Sellers Auditorium, Bryant Conference Center 240 Paul W Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

The UA Opera Guild’s annual gala is among the major fundraisers for the opera program and generates nearly 75% of the program’s annual operating budget. Buy tickets for "Bravo! For the Love of Opera" now!

PERFORMANCE – “The Colored Museum”

Allen Bales Theatre, Rowand-Johnson Hall 348 Stadium Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Take a journey through the eleven exhibits of The Colored Museum and explore what it means to be Black in contemporary America. Come face to face with old and new stereotypes and, through George C. Wolfe’s “in-your-face” satire, challenge your understanding of Black culture. Buy tickets in advance at UA University Tickets.

PERFORMANCE – “The Colored Museum”

Allen Bales Theatre, Rowand-Johnson Hall 348 Stadium Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Take a journey through the eleven exhibits of The Colored Museum and explore what it means to be Black in contemporary America. Come face to face with old and new stereotypes and, through George C. Wolfe’s “in-your-face” satire, challenge your understanding of Black culture. Buy tickets in advance at UA University Tickets.

PERFORMANCE – “The Colored Museum”

Allen Bales Theatre, Rowand-Johnson Hall 348 Stadium Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Take a journey through the eleven exhibits of The Colored Museum and explore what it means to be Black in contemporary America. Come face to face with old and new stereotypes and, through George C. Wolfe’s “in-your-face” satire, challenge your understanding of Black culture. Buy tickets in advance at UA University Tickets.

“Stories That Stand Still” – A Discussion of Craft by Carmen Maria Machado

Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

This talk will explore the craft of writing fiction that doesn’t move—fiction contained in a single, discreet space as large as a house, and as small as a bed—and the implication it has for our understanding of gender, characterization, plot, and time. Stories discussed will include Angela Carter’s “The Fall-River Axe Murders,” Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Nancy Hale’s “The Earliest Dreams,” and Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “The Future Looks Good.” This [...]

Free

“Stories That Stand Still” – A Discussion of Craft by Carmen Maria Machado

Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

This talk will explore the craft of writing fiction that doesn’t move—fiction contained in a single, discreet space as large as a house, and as small as a bed—and the implication it has for our understanding of gender, characterization, plot, and time. Stories discussed will include Angela Carter’s “The Fall-River Axe Murders,” Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Nancy Hale’s “The Earliest Dreams,” and Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “The Future Looks Good.” This [...]

Free

“Stories That Stand Still” – A Discussion of Craft by Carmen Maria Machado

Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

This talk will explore the craft of writing fiction that doesn’t move—fiction contained in a single, discreet space as large as a house, and as small as a bed—and the implication it has for our understanding of gender, characterization, plot, and time. Stories discussed will include Angela Carter’s “The Fall-River Axe Murders,” Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers,” Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour,” Nancy Hale’s “The Earliest Dreams,” and Lesley Nneka Arimah’s “The Future Looks Good.” This [...]

Free

An Evening with Carmen Maria Machado

Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Celebrated writer Carmen Maria Machado will read a selection of her work and answer audience questions. Copies of her books will be available for purchase and signing. Machado’s writing defies and blends genres such as surrealism, fantasy, and horror to create writing that is so palpable it seems alive. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is the Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania.

Free

An Evening with Carmen Maria Machado

Camellia Room, Gorgas Library 711 Capstone Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States

Celebrated writer Carmen Maria Machado will read a selection of her work and answer audience questions. Copies of her books will be available for purchase and signing. Machado’s writing defies and blends genres such as surrealism, fantasy, and horror to create writing that is so palpable it seems alive. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is the Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania.

Free