As Heartland Men’s Chorus brings its 22nd season to a close, the group’s music lingers in its newest recording, Quest Unending. The ninth recording from the 120-voice men’s chorus includes some of the Chorus’s most ambitious and most beautiful selections.

Heartland Men's Chorus highlights its lighter side with its final concert of the season. Divas! (June 14-15, 2008) celebrates fabulous, glamorous, iconic women of song. From Whitney to Britney and all the sequined glamour goddesses that came before, audiences will dance in the aisles during HMC’s summer concert spectacular.

Such timekeeping devices give structure to our lives, and we rely on them to chart the minutes of our days and the moments of our existence. As astronomer and anthropologist Anthony Aveni notes, "Time gets spent, wasted, killed, kept, and lost. We have leisure time, quality time, good times, bad times, hard times, and even hot times." The exhibition will be on view from August 23 t December 14 2008, at Spencer Museum Of Art, Kansas.

Floral images have been among the most popular with America's quiltmakers. This view of approximately 30 quilts from the collection considers the sources for many of the classic patchwork designs. Rather than drawing from nature, quiltmakers drew from traditions of fine and folk arts. The exhibition will be on view from July 12 to October 12 2008, at Spencer Museum Of Art, Kansas.

The summer display in the Central Court features selections from the permanent collection, including works that evoke dreams and ideas of place, near and far. The exhibition will be on view from June 21 to September 6 at Spencer Museum Of Art, Kansas.

The Department of Music and Dance in the School of Fine Arts presents the KU Wind Ensemble on Sunday, April 27, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. at the Lied Center of Kansas. This concert is part of Festival of the Arts, a month-long celebration dedicated to Murphy Hall's 50th anniversary, and will feature a work written by conductor and KU alumni, David Holsinger.

The Department of Music and Dance in the School of Fine Arts presents the KU Symphony Orchestra/KUSO on Saturday, April 26, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center of Kansas.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Murphy Hall, KU alumni William Lane and Bill Booth will teach a master class and perform at a recital on Monday, April 7, 2008. The recital begins at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall and is free and open to the public.

Heartland Men's Chorus welcomes their brothers from Wichita, the Heart of America Men's Chorus, to the Folly Theater stage for "Exile: The Journey Home," March 29-30, 2008. "We're excited to have more than 200 men on the stage of the Folly Theater," HMC artistic director Dr. Joe Nadeau said. "It's going to be a powerful sound when all these voices combine as one."

The KU Department of Music & Dance presents the University of Kansas Clarinet Festival on Sunday, March 9, 2008, from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. This event will take place in Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall.

At 3 PM Sunday, April 20, Betty Austin Hensley will perform "Flutesong on the Kansas Prairie" in the Spencer Museum of Art's Central Court. She will play the work on concert flute and on several instruments from her collection, Flutes of the World. Betty Austin Hensley's Flutes of the World comprises a wide variety of wind instruments from several different countries. A reception will follow the performance.

Drawn from the Spencer's permanent collection, Make a Mark: Art of the 1960s shows the many approaches to color, form, gesture, and layering that occupied artists in this pivotal decade. The exhibition will be on view through June 1, 2008.