College of Arts + Architecture

 The UNC Charlotte Department of Dance will feature  student ensembles in an exciting program of diverse dance styles for its Fall Concert at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20, through Saturday, Nov. 22, in the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts, Belk Theater. A 2 p.m. matinee will be on Sunday, Nov. 23.

The Department of Music Faculty and Friends Concert Series will feature the Madison Park String Quartet in a performance at 2 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 16, in Rowe Recital Hall. Led by Associate Professor of Cello Mira Frisch, the quartet includes Charlotte Symphony violinists Jenny Topilow and Kari Giles and violist Kirsten Swanson, an adjunct professor at UNC Charlotte.

Mira Frisch, associate professor of cello and director of String Chamber Music, will be the guest on the Nov. 6 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. She will discuss the upcoming  Faculty & Friends Concert, featuring the Madison Park String Quartet.

Employees can watch “The Live Wire” at their desks or on their mobile devices starting at 2 p.m..

Rob Bates, a senior in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program, has entered the competition for the official poster of the 2015 U.S. Figure Skating Championship being held in Greensboro.

Jurors will select the top three submissions by Dec. 15 with the first-place entry to be the official poster design. The public can vote for the People’s Choice Award winner online, which comes with a $750 award.

UNC Charlotte’s marching band will not perform until fall 2015, but it has a uniform and a name: the UNC Charlotte “Pride of Niner Nation” Marching Band.

Delane Vanada, assistant professor of art education and visual studies, will be among a delegation of art education researchers who will travel to Helsinki, Finland, in early November to conduct research about art education policy and practice in Finnish schools and communities.

The Department of Music Faculty & Friends Concert Series will present the Faculty Jazz Quintet in a performance of the music of Horace Silver at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, in the Rowe Recital Hall.

The Department of Theatre will present “The Merry Wives” from Thursday, Oct. 23, through Sunday, Nov. 2, in the Black Box Theater of the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts.

Shakespeare’s hilarious and biting satire “The Merry Wives of Windsor” gets a new twist in this updated staging adapted by dramaturge Andrew Hartley, Robinson Distinguished Professor of Shakespeare. Lecturer Kelly Ryan will direct the production.

Andrew Hartley, Robinson Distinguished Professor of Theatre, and theatre major Casey King, will be the guests on the Oct. 23 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. They will discuss the Department of Theatre production of “The Merry Wives,” which runs Thursday, Oct. 23, through Sunday, Nov. 2, in the Black Box Theater of the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts.

Employees can watch “The Live Wire” at their desks or on their mobile devices starting at 2 p.m..

The College of Arts + Architecture will open the exhibit “ICARUS: An Exploration of the Human Urge to Fly” Saturday, Oct. 18, at the Projective Eye Gallery in UNC Charlotte Center City.