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SN: This concert features a double bill of two jazz combos: the Vijay Iyer Trio and Rudresh Mahanthappa’s Apex. What can audience members expect to hear from these two ensembles? In what…

Just came across this interesting article about what theatergoers ate in Elizabethan times, as determined by excavations under the Globe and Rose Theaters. Oysters anyone?  Sturgeon?  How about an elderberry pie? What’s…

UMS Programming Director Michael Kondziolka is a man brimming with enthusiasm for the performing arts, and that enthusiasm is infectious.

Finally–the time has come! Thanks to the Ann Arbor District Library, we launched the beginnings of the UMS digital archive!

Welcome to the first in a series of weekly summer blog posts called “UMS Staff Picks”. These posts will feature my interviews with UMS staff members in which they discuss the event…

Michigan Today presents the history of the organ in Hill Auditorium, dating back more than 100 years.

This Day In UMS – May 11, 1963 Hill Auditorium The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, conductor Isaac Stern, violinist Trumpet Voluntary – Purcell Concerto in e minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op….

To close out this season’s Dance Series, we had three mesmerizing performances by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on April 22-24. For a long time, members of our staff had wanted to try out the concept of a “post-it wall” in the lobby for a performance. We thought it would be interesting to try this with a dance company because dance can inspire so many different feelings, interpretations, and questions.