Sharpen up your dance moves with free hip-hop, house and jazz classes. No experience necessary! Brought to you by the Delta Chi Xi Honorary Dance Fraternity, a group devoted to furthering academic excellence, serving the community and sharing the art of dance among fellow students.
6-7PM: Jazz with Jen Graham
7-8PM: House with Jonathan Hsu
10-11PM: Contemporary with Latefia Bradley
11PM-12AM: Hip-Hop wit Devin Seldon
Enjoy the breeze underneath a living canopy of plants while helping UMD graduate student Nick Cloyd, who is studying ecological technology and design, research how these structures improve the microclimate and attitudes about green technology. Presented in partnership with the UMD Department of Environmental Science and Technology.
Get your hands dirty and make happy little trees out of acrylic paint, pastels and other crafting materials while watching classic episodes of Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting. If it doesn’t come out just right, that’s okay. As Bob himself said, “We don’t make mistakes – just happy little accidents.” Presented in partnership with the UMD Art & Learning Center.
Time for a throwback! In synchronization with a master gamer speeding through each level of the classic NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) video game Mega Man 2, this band meticulously replicates every musical cue and boss battle. Bit Brigade elevates game music to its proper place in the foreground of epic technical rock and plays the games like they don't need the extra lives. Which, for the record, they don't.
For more information about Bit Brigade, visit www.bitbrigade.com.
Do a sun salutation in the sun! Start your afternoon at an outdoor, music-driven yoga class taught by UMD RecWell yoga instructor Dean K. Your body and mind will thank you. Presented in partnership with UMD Recreation & Wellness.
We recommend you arrive 10 minutes early.
Lay out on a blanket, put on your sunglasses and Baked Goods wash over you. With a sound reminiscent of the Dave Matthews Band, this five-piece band from Merrick, New York combines jazz, funk and rock ‘n’ roll. This is what your end-of-summer dreams sound like.
For more information about Baked Goods, visit www.bakedgoodsofficial.com.
Dance to the highly infectious rhythm of Brazil’s popular forró music! Accompanied by a full band of percussion, drums, guitar, cavaco, bass and accordion, the performers will teach you the basic steps – no experience necessary.
This project is a collaboration between Pablo Regis and UMD alumni Kate Spanos and Ceylon Mitchell II.
Artful fun for the whole family! Join in for crafting, lunch and a salsa dance class led by the Maryland Latin Dance Club. Quinteto Latino, a group that blends the vibrant colors and vigorous rhythms of Latin American music with the voices of the wind quintet, will perform salsa, new twists on traditional folk songs and more.
To sign up, email Jane Hirshberg at janeh22@umd.edu or visit the Langley Park Community Center.
This program will feature one of Brahms’ most emotionally charged masterpieces, the Piano Quartet in C-Minor Op. 60, alongside the beloved Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, KV493 and the Andalusian folk-infused Piano Quartet in A-Minor, Op. 67 by Joaquin Turina.
All members of the ARHU community are invited to attend the college’s Annual Faculty & Staff Convocation on Thursday, September 8, 2016.
