2024-02-02 UWSP Jazz Fest 2024 UWSP Jazz Fest 2024 February 2 UWSP Jazz Fest 2024 Friday, February 2, 2024 Featuring the Pedrito Martinez Group Offering Middle and High School performances and clinics, and masterclasses with UWSP Jazz faculty. There will be an afternoon concert for attendees featuring the UWSP Jazz Ensemble and the Pedrito Martinez Group, followed by a Q & A session. Complete the Festival Application to participate in...
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Totality February 4 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Totality Totality is a program covering everything you need to know about lunar and solar eclipses. We look back to the proof of general relativity and look forward to upcoming eclipses and where to witness them. Our production includes a variety of wonderful styles, from spectacular space environments to humorous pop-up books. A very special part... Free
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Sky Quest February 4 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Sky Quest Sky Quest is a family favorite, telling the story of one woman's quest for astronomy exploration and her childhood dreams of the stars. The educational focus of Sky Quest is to introduce easily observable objects in the night sky with emphasis on finding them and knowing their characteristics. It also stresses the idea that anyone... Free
Featured 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Designing for Sustainability and Resiliency: A Tale of Two Towns Featured February 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Designing for Sustainability and Resiliency: A Tale of Two Towns Sustainable and Resilient Communities Series 2023-2024 Strategic design planning begins with understanding landscape patterns and dynamics as well as the livelihoods and sense of place for local communities. Geospatial Solutions Director Janet Silbernagel brings her expertise to a presentation that touches on the challenges of successful design for sustainability and resilience. In 2018, Janet’s local... Free
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Eurydice February 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Eurydice A Staged Reading Wausau, Stevens Point, Marshfield Directed by Greg Pragel "Eurydice" reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus's infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father...
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series Eurydice February 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series Eurydice A Staged Reading Wausau, Stevens Point, Marshfield Directed by Greg Pragel "Eurydice" reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus's infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father...
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series Eurydice February 10 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series Eurydice A Staged Reading Wausau, Stevens Point, Marshfield Directed by Greg Pragel "Eurydice" reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus's infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father...
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Totality February 11 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Totality Totality is a program covering everything you need to know about lunar and solar eclipses. We look back to the proof of general relativity and look forward to upcoming eclipses and where to witness them. Our production includes a variety of wonderful styles, from spectacular space environments to humorous pop-up books. A very special part... Free
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eurydice February 11 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Eurydice A Staged Reading Wausau, Stevens Point, Marshfield Directed by Greg Pragel "Eurydice" reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice not through Orpheus's infamous pilgrimage to retrieve his bridge, but through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young on her wedding day, Eurydice must journey to the underworld, where she reunites with her father...
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Hub City Wind Concert | UWSP at Marshfield February 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Hub City Wind Concert | UWSP at Marshfield Robert Johanek - Director English music for concert band by Holst, Elgar, Vaughn Williams, Alford, and The Beatles tickets.uwsp.edu
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Suzuki Marathon February 17 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Suzuki Marathon
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm Event Series Suzuki Recitals February 18 @ 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm Event Series Suzuki Recitals 12:30 p.m. | 2:00 p.m.
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Phantom of the Universe February 18 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Phantom of the Universe This planetarium show journeys across space and time, speeding alongside particles before they collide in a visually stunning explosion of light and sound. Then, learn how scientist around the world are collaborating to track down dark matter… the hunt is on. Narrated by Academy Award winner, Tilda Swinton with sound by an Academy Award winning... Free
Featured 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Performance and Jazz Study Day Featured February 21 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Performance and Jazz Study Day Come learn about the UWSP Performance Major, Jazz Studies Major, and the Bachelor of Arts in Music! Open to all high school students interested in music performance or jazz studies. Brass Strings Woodwinds Voice Piano Percussion Guitar Jazz Registration will take place starting at 8am in the lobby of the Noel Fine Arts Center. REGISTER...
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Black History Event: Alvin Hall – Driving the Green Book February 21 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Black History Event: Alvin Hall – Driving the Green Book Join UW-Stevens Point for a special Black History Month event featuring Alvin Hall, author and podcast host of Driving the Green Book. The event is being held in person and virtually. Join award-winning broadcaster Alvin Hall on a journey through America's haunted racial past, with the legendary Green Book as your guide. In the summer... Free
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope February 25 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope Two Small Pieces of Glass – The Amazing Telescope show follows two students as they interact with a female astronomer at a local star party. Along the way, the students learn the history of the telescope from Galileo's modifications to a child's spyglass — using two small pieces of glass — to the launch of... Free
Featured 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series Kodachrome Featured March 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series Kodachrome Directed by Tyler Marchant Welcome to Colchester, a small town where everybody knows each other, and the pace of life allows the pursuit of love to take up as much space as it needs. Our tour guide is Suzanne, the town photographer, who lets us peek into her neighbors’ lives to catch glimpses of romance...
Featured 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series Kodachrome Featured March 2 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series Kodachrome Directed by Tyler Marchant Welcome to Colchester, a small town where everybody knows each other, and the pace of life allows the pursuit of love to take up as much space as it needs. Our tour guide is Suzanne, the town photographer, who lets us peek into her neighbors’ lives to catch glimpses of romance...
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Wisconsin Trumpet Guild Conference March 2 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Wisconsin Trumpet Guild Conference Wisconsin Trumpet Guild Conference Rex Richardson, Trumpet Matt Buchman, Piano David Story, Bass Ryan Korb, Drum set Date: Saturday, March 2, 2024 Time: 7:30 p.m. Venue: Michelsen Hall, Noel Fine Arts Center FREE
Featured 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series Kodachrome Featured March 3 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Event Series Kodachrome Directed by Tyler Marchant Welcome to Colchester, a small town where everybody knows each other, and the pace of life allows the pursuit of love to take up as much space as it needs. Our tour guide is Suzanne, the town photographer, who lets us peek into her neighbors’ lives to catch glimpses of romance...
Featured 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Planets, A Journey Through the Solar System Featured March 3 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Planets, A Journey Through the Solar System Planets is a breakthrough in large format of fascinating landscapes that make up the solar system. You fly over the reliefs of Mars or Jupiter’s clouds, you dive inside the rings of Saturn and you will relive the tumultuous era of planet formation. But be careful not to hit an asteroid! Through images of space...
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm From Earth to the Universe March 3 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm From Earth to the Universe The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has been the subject of campfire stories, ancient myths, and awe for as long as there have been people. A desire to comprehend the universe may well be humanity's oldest shared intellectual experience. Yet only recently have we truly begun to grasp our place in the vast cosmos.... Free
Featured Featured February 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Designing for Sustainability and Resiliency: A Tale of Two Towns Free