Wisconsin Union Theater to Host Music and Health Talk, Music Studio Class and Recital With Legendary Soprano Renée Fleming in April

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Feb. 28, 2022

Contact Information:
Shauna Breneman, Communications Director
Email: sbreneman@wisc.edu 
Phone: (608) 262-8862

WISCONSIN UNION THEATER TO HOST MUSIC AND HEALTH TALK, MUSIC STUDIO CLASS, AND RECITAL WITH LEGENDARY SOPRANO RENÉE FLEMING IN APRIL

MADISON, Wis. — People will have multiple opportunities to experience the talent of Renée Fleming as the world-renowned soprano, educator and advocate for health and well-being takes up residency at UW–Madison for three days leading up to her performance in the Wisconsin Union Theater’s Shannon Hall on April 30. Tickets for all events featuring Fleming will become available on March 1 at 2 p.m. CST.

Fleming’s time in Madison will include:

• “Music and the Mind” talk, April 28, 7 p.m.: The talk “Music and the Mind,” featuring Fleming, will explore how music can benefit many aspects of health, such as childhood development, chronic pain, communication disorders, memory disorders, mental health and movement disorders. Tickets range from $10 for current UW-Madison students with a valid Wiscard to $50 for other patrons. Discounted tickets are available to Wisconsin Union members and UW–Madison staff and faculty. Click here to purchase a ticket.
• Performance studio class, April 29, 4 p.m.: Fleming will provide professional guidance to five UW–Madison student musicians, who will perform in front of Fleming. This event is open to the public. Click here to register for a free ticket.
• Recital, April 30, 7 p.m.: Fleming will perform a variety of pieces from her wide-spanning repertoire at Shannon Hall in Memorial Union. Tickets range from $30 for current UW–Madison students with a valid Wiscard to $120 for other patrons. Discounted tickets are available to Wisconsin Union members and UW–Madison staff and faculty. Click here to purchase a ticket.

The Wisconsin Union Theater team invites patrons to purchase craft cocktails, beer or non-alcoholic beverages at Memorial Union’s Shannon Sunset Lounge from 6-7 p.m. on April 30 before Fleming’s performance. This cash-only bar will include a to-be-announced signature cocktail inspired by Fleming’s performance and Shannon Hall.

Hailed as America’s reigning diva, the people’s diva, and the world’s beloved diva, Fleming performs and embraces a vast music repertoire, from the music of Baroque Era composer George Frideric Handel to contemporary Broadway tunes.

Fleming moves seemingly effortlessly among music genres, taking audience members’ breath away with her operatic prowess and bringing audiences through a journey of emotions with rock and pop.

The fullness, warmth, and velvet quality of this world-class artist’s voice, her critically acclaimed acting ability, and her flawless technique have garnered her fans and awards across decades and throughout the world.             

Fleming has won four Grammy awards, received the U.S. National Medal of Arts, and can claim many firsts throughout her career, including being the first woman in the 125-year history of the Metropolitan Opera to solo headline an opening night gala and being the first and only opera singer to sing at the Super Bowl.

Fleming’s passion for music also extends to music’s impact on mental and physical health, which patrons can learn more about during the talk “Music and the Mind” on April 28. She will share insight into the transformative power of music and how music intersects with health and neuroscience. She has shared her fascination with how music memory is the last memory to leave someone and the implications of that fact on memory disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

“Renée Fleming’s Wisconsin Union Theater performance is a history-making moment for the Theater,” Wisconsin Union Theater Director Elizabeth Snodgrass said. “Her name will be among a list of talented artists and their unforgettable performances, joining a list that includes Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma and Gil Shaham. From the intimate setting of a performance studio class to the awe-inspiring recital in the revered acoustics in Shannon Hall, there are multiple ways to experience this legend during her time in Madison.”

The Wisconsin Union Theater originally scheduled Fleming’s performance as part of the 2019-20 season. The COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of Fleming’s original performance date. Two years later, Fleming will make her Wisconsin Union Theater debut.

Generous support from Robert and Linda Graebner and Stephen Morton helped make the long-awaited recital possible.

The Wisconsin Union Theater presents “Music and the Mind” in collaboration with John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Institutes of Health, in association with the National Endowment for the Arts. “Music and the Mind” is presented with support from Karen Pridham in honor of former Wisconsin Union Theater Director Ralph Russo.

The performance studio class is made possible in part with support from Thomas J. Gulick, who provided funding in honor of former Wisconsin Union Theater Director Ralph Sandler.

Beginning March 1 at 2 p.m. CST, patrons can obtain tickets to “Music and the Mind,” the performance studio class, and the recital online, by phone at (608) 265-2787, or at the Memorial Union Box Office.

Patrons can learn more about upcoming Wisconsin Union Theater events featuring Fleming here.

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About the Wisconsin Union Theater

For more than 75 years, the Wisconsin Union Theater has served as a center for cultural activity in the heart of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. The Theater hosts performances in multiple locations, including Memorial Union, and has an extensive history of remarkable performances. The Wisconsin Union Theater is part of the Wisconsin Union, a membership organization that blends study and leisure to create unique out-of-classroom opportunities. Learn more: union.wisc.edu/wisconsin-union-theater.

[Click here to download photos of Renée Fleming.]

To read this release online, visit union.wisc.edu/about/news/fleming-2022.

James C. Boll joins NGL as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

Madison, Wis. (February 24, 2022) – National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) is pleased to welcome James C. Boll to the team as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Corporate Secretary, Boll has 30 years of legal experience, including litigation and corporate, as well as insurance operations and regulation. Boll joins NGL’s leadership team and will be managing corporate legal operations.

“We are excited for Jim to join us at NGL. His legal expertise and insurance experience coupled with management will be a valuable asset for us as we look toward future growth and expansion,” said Kim Shaul, NGL Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer.

Boll is a former President of the State Bar of Wisconsin and former Board Member of the Dane County Bar Association. His insurance experience includes positions as General Counsel for the Wisconsin Office of Commissioner of Insurance and as litigation counsel for a major insurance company.

Boll has held numerous supervisory positions as senior corporate counsel for a utility company and, most recently, as founding partner of the law firm St. Marie Boll, LCC. He has extensive experience negotiating contracts, developing budgets, supervising outside counsel and managing legal staff.

“I appreciate the opportunity to join NGL during an exciting time of transition and growth,” said Boll. “NGL is a successful, one hundred-year-old insurance company that is committed to serving policyholders and helping them when they need it most. I look forward to working with the legal team as we advise the business units on legal and compliance obligations.”

Boll holds a Juris Doctor from Marquette University Law School. He also has a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Boll has received numerous awards and honors, including twice being honored with the State Bar of Wisconsin President’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Bar, as well as receiving the Wisconsin Judicial Council Recognition of Service. He maintains a Martindale-Hubbell – AV Preeminent Rating (highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards).

As an active member of the community, Boll has also held several appointments with the City of Madison, coached youth basketball and football, and served as a Board Director for Attic Angels Prairie Point Retirement Community and Montessori Children’s House.

Boll is married with two adult sons and is a proud supporter of Madison Memorial Spartan athletics.

About NGL

Established in 1909 National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) is an insurance company headquartered in Madison, Wis. Licensed to do business in 49 states and the District of Columbia, NGL markets preneed and individual life and annuities, as well as group markets products. Information about NGL can be found at www.nglic.com; Facebook: Facebook.com/NGLIC and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-guardian-life-insurance-company.

National Guardian Life Insurance Company is not affiliated with The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America a/k/a The Guardian or Guardian Life.

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UW–Madison Division of the Arts: 8th Biennial Conney Conference on Jewish Arts: Supporting and Encouraging New Narratives of Jewish Identity in the Arts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 24, 2022

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Douglas Rosenberg | UW-Madison Division of the Arts | rosend@education.wisc.edu

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8^th Biennial Conney Conference on Jewish Arts: Supporting and Encouraging New Narratives of Jewish Identity in the Arts

Madison, Wis. – The Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies presents the 8th biennial Conney Conference on Jewish Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, from March 27-30, 2022. All events are free and open to the public.

The Conney Conference on Jewish Arts will address themes of interdisciplinarity, diversity and intersectionality in the changing landscape of the Jewish Arts. In a moment in which we are experiencing a generational shift among Jewish-identifying artists to a more inclusive and polyvocal, fluid understanding of Jewish identity, the politics of Jewishness are foregrounded in astounding new ways. From graphic novels to digital art and highly charged dance and performance, to theater, music and literature, we see both a return to ritual and a search for new narratives of the contemporary Jewish experience. The 8th iteration of the Conney Conference on Jewish Arts will focus on the remarkable evolution of the field as it has expanded into the future while acknowledging its own histories.

Curator, writer and artist Aimee Rubensteen is the featured keynote speaker. Professor Ori Soltes will deliver a special lecture titled “Transcendent and Interdisciplinary: Butterflies in Holocaust and Post-Holocaust Imagery” on Tuesday, March 29 at 11:00 a.m. at the Pyle Center (702 Langdon Street) in honor of Marv and Babe Conney, for whom the conference is named.

For more information, visit conneyproject.wisc.edu/2022-conney-conference/.

The Conney Conference on Jewish Arts is directed by Professor Douglas Rosenberg and is generously made possible through the Mildred and Marv Conney Fund and the UW–Madison Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies. Promotional support provided by the UW–Madison Division of the Arts.

About

The Conney Conference on Jewish Arts supports the multiple ways in which historical narratives concerning Jewish identity in the arts are both fluid and contested and how, throughout history, those practices are culturally inscribed. We are interested in new interpretations, new theorizing and new ways of thinking about and visualizing Jewish culture through the arts and throughout history to the present and into the future. The Conney Project on Jewish Arts looks at all aspects of Jewish identity across multiple disciplines and through its biennial conference. We are interested in broadening this discourse to include any and all historical periods as well as geo­graphical locations and expanded notions of inclusive Jewishness. We seek to open up new discussions that inspire critical debate around both traditional and contemporary approaches to creating and circulating work of Jewish content in literature, theater, the visual and performing arts as well as in art-related scholarly writing and research. We are interested in expanding the field of discourse surrounding Jewish identity in the histories and visual cultures of artmaking, scholarship, literature, music and other art related practices in which Jewishness exerts a significant presence. We welcome all models of presentation from artists and scholars ranging from the traditional to the performative and all people who wish to participate in this dialog are welcome.

Biographies

Aimee Rubensteen | aimeerubensteen.com

Aimee Rubensteen is a curator, writer and art historian. With an interdisciplinary approach, Aimee curates physical and virtual spaces for viewing, but also, for touching, smelling, listening, eating and questioning. She is the founding art editor of PROTOCOLS, a cultural and political journal cultivating art and writing from across the global Jewish diaspora. Previously, she worked as an acquisitions curator for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and she co-founded Rojas + Rubensteen Projects. Aimee earned her master’s degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. She is based in Miami, FL.

Ori Soltes

Dr. Ori Z. Soltes is Goldman Professorial Lecturer in Theology and Fine Arts at Georgetown University. He is the former director and curator of the B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

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Kraus-Anderson to begin new Gundersen Tri-County Hospital and Clinic in Whitehall, Wis.

New hospital is an investment in rural healthcare

WHITEHALL, Wis. (February 2022) – Kraus-Anderson (KA) is about to begin construction on Gundersen Tri-County Hospital, a new hospital and renovated clinic for Gundersen Health System in Whitehall, Wis.  The new facility, which will replace the current 60-year-old hospital, serves Whitehall, Blair, Independence and surrounding communities. Construction will begin in March and is expected to be completed in the fall of 2023.

Designed by GROTH Design Group, the two-story, 69,000-square-foot hospital will feature private patient rooms, a trauma center and helipad landing zone near Emergency Services.  The hospital will also include an ER, imaging, lab, pharmacy, surgical, dietary, rehabilitation and transitional care.  A new ambulance and maintenance building will also be built on the site. The project will also remodel the current clinic.

Gundersen Health is a comprehensive not-for-profit healthcare system that serves 22 counties in western Wisconsin, northeastern Iowa and southeastern Minnesota.  Gundersen Tri-County Hospital — an investment in rural healthcare — has 250 staff and 30 providers and serves 19,000 patients annually.

Kraus-Anderson has served as construction manager on numerous Gundersen Health System’s projects, including:

–  Legacy Building, a 430,000-square-foot, six-story hospital with emergency and critical care services with helipad in La Crosse;

–  Heritage Building, a renovated a six-story hospital with various therapy and imaging services in La Crosse;

–  Behavioral Health, a two-story, 54,000-square-foot inpatient hospital in La Crosse;

–  Gundersen Winona Clinic, an 86,000-square-foot primary care clinic in Winona;

–  Gundersen Tomah Clinic, a two-story, 77,000-square-foot medical office building with a cancer center in Tomah.

COVID-19: KRAUS-ANDERSON’S COMMITMENT TO JOB SAFETY

As the world continues to deal with and adapt to the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kraus-Anderson’s top priority remains safety. The company has implemented stringent social distancing practices and other elevated safety protocol on construction job sites, details of which can be found at https://www.krausanderson.com/about/kraus-anderson-responds-to-covid-19/​.

About Kraus-Anderson

Established in 1897, Kraus-Anderson (www.krausanderson.com) is one of the nation’s premier commercial general contractors and construction managers, which has been leading the charge in sustainable design and construction for the last 25 years. With deep experience in healthcare construction, the company is currently ranked 16th in the nation among the top health care general contractors in the U.S. by Modern Healthcare magazine. Kraus-Anderson, an EEO/AA employer, is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and has regional offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wis., Bismarck, N.D., and Duluth, Bemidji and Rochester Minn.

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