Public Appearances

Tim Gunn

Monday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m. A UCA Distinguished Lecture Star of Project Runway and Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style Gunn is chief creative officer at Liz Claiborne Inc., taking the post on March 5, 2007. Formerly, Gunn served as chair of the Department of Fashion Design at Parsons: The New School for Design and was a … [Continue Reading]

American Legacies: Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band

Sunday, September 30 at 3:00 p.m. A Night Out at Reynolds Series Since opening its doors to the public in 1961, it has been the mission of the Preservation Hall to showcase the national treasures of traditional New Orleans jazz music. Forty-eight years later, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has featured many of the … [Continue Reading]

The Capitol Steps

Monday, October 8 at 7:30 p.m. Broadway Series Formed in 1981, the Capitol Steps began as a group of Senate staffers who set out to satirize the very people and places that employed them. Taken together the performers have worked in a total of eighteen Congressional offices and represent 62 years of collective House and … [Continue Reading]

Rufus Wainwright

Thursday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. Pops Series Rufus Wainwright has recorded seven albums of original music and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written a classical opera and set Shakespeare sonnets to music for a theater piece by Robert Wilson. His recently released, seventh studio … [Continue Reading]

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap

Thursday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m. Pops Series Gary Puckett and The Union Gap had six consecutive gold records and sold more records in 1968 than any other recording act ...including The Beatles. They are one of only a handful of artists whose first five releases went gold. Not even Elvis accomplished this. Their … [Continue Reading]