Events

Nov 16 2023 | 7:30 - 9pm, Nov 17 2023 | 7:30 - 9pm, Nov 18 2023 | 2 - 3:30pm, Nov 18 2023 | 7:30 - 9pm, Nov 19 2023 | 2 - 3:30pm

Nov. 16 - 19, 2023

by Kate Hamill, adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott

"You can be lonely in a crowd, if it's not the right crowd," says Jo in this sparkling stage version of Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel about the March sisters. Playwright Kate Hamill (The Wall Street Journal 2021's Playwright of the Year) honors the spirit of Alcott's original story while freshly interpreting it for a new era. This…

Guignol Theatre
$20 Adults / $13 Students
Nov 16 2023 | 7:30 - 9pm, Nov 17 2023 | 7:30 - 9pm, Nov 18 2023 | 2 - 3:30pm, Nov 18 2023 | 7:30 - 9pm, Nov 19 2023 | 2 - 3:30pm

Nov. 16 - 19, 2023

by Kate Hamill, adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott

"You can be lonely in a crowd, if it's not the right crowd," says Jo in this sparkling stage version of Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel about the March sisters. Playwright Kate Hamill (The Wall Street Journal 2021's Playwright of the Year) honors the spirit of Alcott's original story while freshly interpreting it for a new era. This…

Guignol Theatre
$20 Adults / $13 Students
Nov 19 2023 | 3pm

University of Kentucky Wind Symphony with YPAS Wind Ensemble
Singletary Center for the Arts | Concert Hall 
Sunday, November 19th, 2023 | 3PM

UK Wind Symphony, Dr. John Cody Birdwell, Conductor

Singletary Concert Hall
$14 Adults / $7 Students (additional online processing fees may apply)
Nov 21 2023 | 7pm
The beloved family tradition is back: NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet! Gather your loved ones for the warm glow and nostalgia of America’s favorite Christmas celebration. Experience the extraordinary international cast and Ukrainian Principal Artists performing at the peak of classical European Ballet. Be transported by the magic of jaw-dropping acrobatics, larger-than-life puppets, and stunning hand-crafted sets and costumes. Don’t miss…
Singletary Concert Hall
$30 - $80, varies by location 
Nov 30 2023 | 7:30pm

University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra
John Nardolillo, conductor
Ringel Sat, DMA’27, conductor
Nicoletta Moss, DMA’27, conductor
Merih Erdem Özden, DMA’24, conductor
Alexis Cerise, BM’23, bassoon

Hannah Eisendle: heliosis (Kentucky premiere)
Alexander Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia
Johann Hummel: Grand Concerto for Bassoon
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2

Singletary Concert Hall
$14 Adults/ $7 Students
Dec 1 - 7 2023

Join us to end the semester with the SA/VS' juried Carey Ellis exhibition and the work of digital media design students.

Carey Ellis Awards Ceremony: Friday, December 1, 5-7pmJuror: Melissa Vandenberg

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Dec 1 2023 | 5 - 7pm

Visiting Artist and Scholar Series

Much of the work is made with ordinary supplies like matches, quilts, stickers, popsicles, temporary tattoos and other domicile goods. I am partial towards the “familiar,” in hopes of making the challenging subjects addressed in the work more accessible. There is not one mode or material that is preferred over another, but I often find myself gravitating towards sculpture in addition to working with…

Bolivar Art Gallery
Free
Dec 2 2023 | 2pm, Dec 2 2023 | 7:30pm, Dec 3 2023 | 3pm

UK Choirs presents "Collage: A Holiday Spectacular"

Rejoice in the holiday spirit with the 26th annual Collage! Celebrated vocalists and musicians from the UK School of Music and the Lexington Singers Children's Choir perform holiday favorites from close to home and around the globe, conducted by UK Director of Choirs, Dr. Jefferson Johnson. Also featuring special guest choirs from George Rogers Clark HS, Lafayette HS, and…

Singletary Concert Hall
ADULT: $37.00, STUDENT: $17.00, GROUP 15+: $30.00
Dec 2 2023 | 2pm, Dec 2 2023 | 7:30pm, Dec 3 2023 | 3pm

UK Choirs presents "Collage: A Holiday Spectacular"

Rejoice in the holiday spirit with the 26th annual Collage! Celebrated vocalists and musicians from the UK School of Music and the Lexington Singers Children's Choir perform holiday favorites from close to home and around the globe, conducted by UK Director of Choirs, Dr. Jefferson Johnson. Also featuring special guest choirs from George Rogers Clark HS, Lafayette HS, and…

Singletary Concert Hall
ADULT: $37.00, STUDENT: $17.00, GROUP 15+: $30.00
Dec 2 2023 | 2pm, Dec 2 2023 | 7:30pm, Dec 3 2023 | 3pm

UK Choirs presents "Collage: A Holiday Spectacular"

Rejoice in the holiday spirit with the 26th annual Collage! Celebrated vocalists and musicians from the UK School of Music and the Lexington Singers Children's Choir perform holiday favorites from close to home and around the globe, conducted by UK Director of Choirs, Dr. Jefferson Johnson. Also featuring special guest choirs from George Rogers Clark HS, Lafayette HS, and…

Singletary Concert Hall
ADULT: $37.00, STUDENT: $17.00, GROUP 15+: $30.00
Dec 12 2023 | 7:30pm
Singletary Recital Hall
ADULT: $11.00; STUDENT: $5.00 (plus additional fees)
Jan 9 - Jun 1 2024

Walid Raad is a Lebanon-born and New York-based artist whose work investigates the ways that history is remembered and represented. He makes use of archives and photographs in the public realm and questions aspects of veracity and meaning in the context of ongoing wars in the Middle East. Raad is well-known for The Atlas Group (1989-2004), a fifteen-year project which borrows from the genres of literary fiction and conceptual photography and…

UK Art Museum
Free
Jan 9 - Jun 1 2024

This exhibition features the collaborative works that poet/author/critic John Yau has created with a range of visual artists during the past four decades. These include paintings, mixed media works on paper, print portfolios, artist books, and letterpress broadsides. As he says, “I’m into every way a poem can be done.” 

Yau’s poetry is infused with humor and intelligence, and he uses a variety of poetic forms to examine aspects…

UK Art Museum
Free
Feb 1 2024

The Musical Theatre Certificate offers students the opportunity to study this popular art form in a flexible program. As a Theatre, Voice, or Dance Major students may audition for entrance into this highly selective program each spring and can be admitted even as incoming Freshmen.

Students in this interdisciplinary program train with experts in Private Voice Coaching, Musical Theatre Dance and Technique as well as Master Classes…

Audition Registration Required
Feb 2 2024 | 8:30am - 9pm

High school dancers are invited to engage in dance workshops taught by professional dance faculty, Q&As with both faculty and current students, and tours of our facilities on campus. Plus, all participants will be provided lunch at the Gatton Student Center Champions Kitchen and one complimentary ticket to our Dance Performance mainstage production, HOME: Annual Dance Concert at 7:30 pm in the Guignol Theatre.

Fine Arts Building
$10