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TEDxCollegePark

Welcome to the inaugural TEDxCollegePark at the University of Maryland’s Smith Performing Arts Center which will bring in thinkers and doers from all across the globe to Maryland this year.

Our theme is GET OUTside and the event will present a day full of entertainment, ideas and stories that push you to “GET OUTside” physically to appreciate the benefits of being connected outdoors as well as metaphorically to get out of your current mindsets, comfort zones, us versus them mentality and stereotypes.

Schedule of events:

8:00am Breakfast

Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf

Bring the whole family as members of the National Orchestral Institute perform Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, narrated this year by College Park City Council Member and UMD alumnus P.J. Brennan. Students will also give their own imaginative musical interpretations of beloved children’s books.

The Mock Turtle Reading Series

The Mock Turtle is a monthly reading series hosted by students from the University of Maryland’s MFA Program in Creative Writing where current MFA students and alums from UMD, as well as students from DMV-area MFA programs, can share their writing with their peers and the public. The series aims to create a sense of community among writers and lovers of literature.

The March 31 event will feature the following writers:

Fiction

Showing of Jim Henson: Commercials & Experiments

Presented in conjunction with The Jim Henson Legacy, this mind-blowing collection of shorts, crazy commercials, and other rarities from the Henson vault was one of The Jim Henson Legacy's first compilation screenings, and now, it's even better -- remastered in definition from original film elements and revised with newly discovered materials -- some of which has not been seen in 50 years. Highlights include excerpts from experimental TV programs The Cube and Youth '68, and Time Piece, the 8-minute Oscar-nominated experimental masterpiece directed by (and starring) Jim Henson himself.

Open Masterclass with Jennifer Ross

Violinist Jennifer Ross has enjoyed a full and varied career as an orchestra player, chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. She has held the position of Principal Second Violin of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 1999, touring and recording extensively, and performing as soloist. Ms. Ross graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with the late Szymon Goldberg. Her career began at the age of 19 as Associate Concertmaster of the Honolulu Symphony.

Open Masterclass with Barbara Butler

Barbara Butler is Professor of Trumpet and Director of the Artist Diploma Program at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Previously Professor of Trumpet at Northwestern University and the Eastman School of Music, Ms. Butler has also held the positions of co-principal trumpet of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, principal trumpet of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra and acting associate/assistant principal trumpet of the Houston and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras. Ms.

UMD Symphony and Wind Orchestra Conductors' Concert

The UMD Symphony and Wind Orchestras combine under the direction of the graduate conducting studio to showcase standards of the repertoire. 

Mozart - Overture to The Magic Flute

Mozart - Symphony No. 39

Hindemith - Symphony in B-flat

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9

The Feller Lecture

The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences is proud to present the first Feller Lecture: a timely political commentary and discussion featuring Chuck Todd, moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press," and alumnus Mike Viqueira "86, a jounalist and author. Visit go.umd.edu/feller18 to register.

Questions? Contact events@umd.edu or 301.405.4638.

Science On Tap

There's a parasite on our honey bees—and researchers agree that it tops the list of stress factors for honey bee health. The parasite, called Varroa destructor, is similar in proportion to humans having a tick the size of their hand. This creature exists, to some extent, in virtually every honey bee colony. Scientists believed for more than half a century that the mite consumes small amounts of bee blood. Now, they know that the mite liquifies a bee's liver and sucks part of the liver out of the bee's body.

Pints + Poses: Yoga at MilkBoy ArtHouse

Enjoy an after work flow yoga class compliments of Numi Yoga and enjoy drink specials together afterwards at MilkBoy ArtHouse. Class will be approximately an hour long. Participants can expect to move through a range of poses to relieve stress, build strength and increase mobility - all ages and abilities welcome.  

Class is free of charge and we will be accepting donations (cash or credit card) to benefit UMD Relay for Life, a UMD student-driven year-round movement to raise awareness and fundraise for the American Cancer Society. 

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