Arts & Entertainment
June 1, 2003
Rag to riches
From ragtime ditties to grand opera, alumnus of the year William Bolcom has mixed pop tunes with classical music to become one of America's greatest living composers.
Setting the standard
In recognition of their excellence in undergraduate education, the UW School of Drama and the UW Transition School/Early Entrance Program share the 2003 Brotman Awards for Instructional Excellence, the UW announced April 3.
March 1, 2003
Peg Phillips, 1918-2002
Peg Phillips, a retired accountant who took acting classes at the University of Washington at age 65 and went on to have a career that lasted nearly two decades, died Nov. 8. She was 84.
June 1, 2002
Star stuntwoman
Jumping out of helicopters, driving speeding cars and fighting bad guys is all in a day’s work for Marla Casey, ’86.
Reversal of fortune
For more and more workers, the American Dream is just a mirage, say the authors of a new book.
March 1, 2002
Making it work
He transformed an obscure theater group into a legend; he nurtured three Pulitzer Prize-winning plays; he may even masquerade as a female playwright—but drama professor Jon Jory insists it's all in a day's work.
Athlete and actor
Herman Brix’s storybook account of growing up in the lumber camps of Washington to become an Olympic athlete and major movie star is the subject of Mike Chapman’s 2001 book "Please Don’t Call Me Tarzan."
September 1, 2001
The magic realist
After childhood abandonment and heartbreak, Alfredo Arreguin became one of the foremost Mexican-American painters of his generation.
June 1, 2001
She has answers
Taking the “if you want something done, do it yourself” mentality her parents instilled in her, Carol Bolt, ’94, a Seattle artist, wrote The Book of Answers.
December 1, 2000
Tift retrospective
Mary Dreher Tift's vision of taking family objects—cut glass bowls, cigar boxes, carafes—and turning them into works of art will be on display in an exhibit.
Stepping out
It isn't just her personality that makes Hannah Wiley ideally suited to run the UW's summer arts festival. It's her choices in the earlier chapters of her life.
September 1, 1999
Starring role
For the past three springs, Pamela Reed has come to campus to work with undergraduates and students in the Professional Actor Training Program
Against all odds
After surviving the horrors of the Holocaust, Tom Lantos got a fresh start at the UW. Now he is serving in Congress, and his story is part of an Oscar-winning film.
December 1, 1998
Martyrs and myths
The early Christians weren't all martyrs and they weren't all poor, says a UW sociologist whose book sheds new light on the rise of the Christianity.
Our ‘Black Sheep’
There aren't many UW alumni who win the Medal of Honor, write a best-selling book and have Robert Conrad portray them in a TV series. In fact, there is only one.
September 1, 1998
Touchable art
Georgia Gerber, '82, who has become one of the most well-known and sought-after bronze sculptors in America.
March 1, 1998
George Tsutakawa, 1910-1998
George Tsutakawa was a longtime art professor at the University of Washington who was one of the Pacific Northwest's most talented and prolific artists.
September 1, 1997
Patrick Duffy, ’71, spent more time on stage than in class
No entertainer can escape dying on stage every now and then. But Patrick Duffy, '71, is one of the few actors who has come back from the dead.
June 1, 1997
Art and resilience
The 1997 UW Alumnus Summa Laude Dignatus and pioneer in photorealism survived a spinal blood clot to paint again.
March 1, 1997
Artistic expansion
The Henry will take a major step forward as the familiar red brick building is joined with a new, modernist three-level structure.