Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas will exhibit 'An Idyllic Vision: The Modern Japanese Landscape' from December 1, 2007 through Spring 2008, at Asia Gallery.

Kansas has become the first state to directly target industries' carbon dioxide emissions, recently denying a coal-fired power plant a clean air permit.

KU's Murphy Hall celebrates its 50th birthday this school year, as the Music and Dramatic Arts Building on the campus of the University of Kansas was dedicated on November 10, 1957. The Department of Music & Dance and Department of Theatre & Film will present a year-long series of activities to celebrate the students, faculty and staff who have occupied its halls and rooms.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Murphy Hall, the Department of Music & Dance and Department of Theatre & Film will present a symposium on November 9-10 entitled "Musical Theatre in 1957."

An annual tradition for more than 2,000 Kansas Citians, the Heartland Men’s Chorus holiday concert provides seasonal entertainment that is alternately traditional and irreverent. This year’s concert kicks off the holiday with country flair, as Walton’s mountain meets “Brokeback Mountain” for Christmas Down Home (November 30, December 1-2).

Spencer Museum exhibition of photographs, selected from the Spencer's permanent collection, seeks to explore how the Constructivist movement—armed with the mission of reinventing Russian society—successfully created images that were strongly rooted in design while reflecting the distinctive characteristics of Soviet life.

Commissioned by the Spencer Museum of Art, artists María Velasco and Janet Davidson-Hues have created an unusual "way-finding system" for the museum. Inspired by images from the SMA collection and common traffic signage, their works outside the museum announce "Warning: Art Approaching," while MP3 audio tours inside offer offbeat looks at the collection, encouraging visitors to slow down and, as the title suggests, stop, look, and listen.

The KU Department of Design announces the creation of a new undergraduate photography and digital media major, photomedia. With the launch of this new program, KU becomes the only school in Kansas to offer a comprehensive and professional-based photography and media program.

Spencer Museum exhibition employs photographs from the Spencer's collection to explore 100 years of the 20th-century New York experience. Many an important photographer has turned his or her camera toward the Big Apple and together they present a portrait of a vital, diverse, and entrancing city.

The Department of Music and Dance in the School of Fine Arts presents the KU Wind Ensemble on Friday, September 28, 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center of Kansas.

The University of Kansas Department of Music and Dance presents a lecture and concert featuring modern and classical Japanese musical works on Thursday, September 27, at 7:30pm in Swarthout Recital Hall.

Spencer Museum of Art presents Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist, on view from September 8, 2007 through December 2, 2007, organized by the Spencer Museum of Art at The University of Kansas, curated by Susan Earle, curator of European and American art and coordinated by Stephanie Knappe, doctoral candidate in art history.