Arts News

The Lamar Dodd School of Art proudly presents “INCANDESCENCE”: BFA Fall 2025 Capstone Exhibition. The opening reception will be held Friday, November 21, from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Dodd Galleries of the school’s Main Art Building on East Campus. The exhibition will be on view through December 4.

The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, in partnership with The Georgia Review, presents a reading by award-winning novelist Hanna Pylväinen on Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall. Admission is free, and no tickets are required.

UGA Presents welcomes the Branford Marsalis Quartet in its return to Hodgson Concert Hall on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. The concert is centered around “Belonging,” the group’s new release on Blue Note Records.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, led by Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann, brings one of the most powerful musical statements ever written to the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center’s Hodgson Concert Hall on Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m.

This year, the University of Georgia’s monthlong Spotlight on the Arts celebration will begin with an ambitious new event: the first UGA Poetry Festival, a two-day series of public readings by five major American poets.

UGA Theatre will summon chainsaws, demons and laughter on the Fine Arts Stage this fall with “Evil Dead: The Musical” — a high-octane, blood-soaked and side-splitting adaptation of Sam Raimi’s cult-classic horror films.

Nicholas Enrico Williams oversees five ensembles for the School of Music.

The internationally acclaimed Nordic trio Dreamers’ Circus will perform at the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center’s Hodgson Concert Hall on Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the UGA Presents ’25-’26 season.

The University of Georgia will celebrate the visual, literary and performing arts with more than 40 events and exhibitions in November during the 14th annual Spotlight on the Arts festival.

The UGA Performing Arts Center continues its 30th anniversary season with the return of world-renowned pianist Angela Hewitt on Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. at Hodgson Concert Hall.