Young Auditorium Archives - Page 7 of 7

Young Auditorium offers ‘sweet’ performance

September 25, 2012

Students and community members will get the chance to experience a variety of musical genres during Sweet Honey in the Rock’s performance as part of the campus’s annual Diversity Forum. Leslie LaMuro,...

Minnesota ensemble performs ‘rare’ historical music

April 3, 2012

When thinking of music to fit into the category of “early American,” many genres come to mind.

Young Auditorium pays tribute to Blues Brothers

March 7, 2012

The story of “The Blues Brothers,” originally a 1980 musical comedy film directed by John Landis starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, is coming to UW-Whitewater.

Elvis gets UW-Whitewater all ‘shook up’

February 8, 2012

Scot Bruce and Mike Albert team up to pay tribute to the “king of rock ‘n’ roll” in their performance of “Blue Suede Shoes: The Ultimate Elvis Bash.” The show will be at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 10 at the Young Auditorium.

Comedic Broadway play performs at UW-Whitewater

December 7, 2011

The Young Auditorium is showing the Broadway comedy “Church Basement Ladies - Away in the Basement” this weekend and Young Auditorium Marketing Director Leslie LaMuro said this show is always popular at UW-Whitewater.

Madison brass quintet performs on campus

October 24, 2011

The nationally recognized Wisconsin Brass Quintet will make a stop in Whitewater for a performance at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 in the Young Auditorium.

Young auditorium awarded Wisconsin grant

October 13, 2011

Young Auditorium was awarded a significant state grant in September that will be used for the current 2011-2012 season.

“Train the Trainer” forum

September 21, 2011

In response to a need for more recognition and understanding toward diversity on campus, a workshop is scheduled to take place on Friday as a follow-up to last year’s “We Are All Purple” forum. Titled “Train the Trainer,” this workshop is designed to help students and faculty members to understand others and learn how to handle difficult situations and conversations.

“Church Basement Ladies” serve up another helping of comedy

April 13, 2011

“Church Basement Ladies: A Second Helping” is a sequel to the first “Church Basement Ladies.” It maintains the same characters as the first, shedding more light on the lives of the four women. There will be two showings at 2 and 7 p.m. this Saturday in Young Auditorium.

Whitewater loses an icon: Kachel was key asset to campus development

February 9, 2011

As buildings and different aspects of campus are upgraded, some may wonder where the money comes from to construct such things during tough economical times. While state and national governments face massive debts, UW-Whitewater is still able to improve the looks and functions of its campus. Without the help of David L. Kachel, the UW-Whitewater campus would not look like it does today. Kachel died last Thursday at the age of 83.