Sunday afternoon’s performance of “Einstein on the Beach” was a dazzler! Opera, fantastic dance, theater, history, philosophy, experiential art, stagecraft extravaganza – all rolled into one spectacular event! What made it all so meaningful were UMS’ incredible per-performance opportunities to explore all these elements: lectures, print and video offerings, seminars, an terrific syllabus from UMS Night School. Conversations keep popping up across the country with friends, music lovers, strangers – anyone who’s been pulled into the Einstein orbit like a magnet, or maybe moths drawn to light beam. The debrief at the next session of Night School with Mark Clague should be a dandy. Kudos to UMS for designing and implementing a great launch to the Renegade series. Can’t wait for the rest of the adventure in the weeks ahead!

UMS Night School’s first class was a smash hit! Both Mark Clague and Michael Kondziolka shared a lot of insights from their deep understanding of contemporary music; plus, their excitement about the remounting of Einstein on the Beach was infectious and made the 90 min. session fly by. In fact, it was so interesting and stimulating that I came home, dug out my 1971 copy of the biography of Albert Einstein by R. Clark and read till the wee hours! The class also inspired me to attend Peter Galison’s lecture at Rackham about the “Materiality of Time” – a superb presentation and well worth the special effort to get there.

UMS is renowned for creating excellent educational materials for K-12 students and teacher-preparation packets. It’s wonderful to see an equally outstanding series for adult audiences. Kudos to all for producing such enriching, engaging programs – and keep them coming!

This is a fantastic article about how UMS turned Snowmageddon into an artistic happening – and a great example of how creative people can make lemonade out of lemons even in the depth of winter. Bravo to all!

fabulous!!!!