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Upcoming Arts & Humanities Events
The Collage Show Part I
On view May 27 – September 4 | VPA Art Gallery
The Collage Show Part II
On view May 27 – September 4 | B12.1 Art Gallery
Closing Reception & Collage Workshop: Wednesday, September 2 | 12:30 - 2 p.m. | VPA Art Gallery
Frankenstein
Auditions
Tuesday, August 25 | 4 -7 p.m. | VPA Main Stage
Callbacks
Thursday, August 27 | 4 -7 p.m. | VPA Main Stage
Music Auditions
Tuesday, September 1 | 4 - 6 p.m. | VPA 112
Music Callbacks
Wednesday, September 2 | 4 - 6 p.m. | VPA 112
LevelUP: When Am I Going to Need This? Using What You Learn in Class Elsewhere with Professor Billy Justus
Tuesday, September 8 | 12:30 p.m. | Multipurpose Room B13.210
LevelUP: Learning in Your Own Style with Professor Bethany Watkins
Wednesday, September 9 | 12:30 p.m | CB 231
ReadUP Blackout Poetry WorkshopTuesday, September 15 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. | B13.709/711/713
LevelUP: Generative AI: Best Practices, Dos, and Don'ts for College Students with Professor Kevin Tucker
Tuesday, September 15 | 12:30 p.m. | CB 231
ReadUP Presents Artist Talk Featuring Joseph Cohen
Wednesday, September 16 | 10 - 11 a.m. | CSI Science Hotspot
Lauren Lohman: Descendants
On view: September 16th - October 15th | VPA Art Gallery
Reception: Wednesday, September 16 | 12:30 - 2 p.m. | VPA Art Gallery
LevelUP: How to Skim While Reading with Professor Jamie Stoops
Thursday, September 17 | 12:30 p.m. | Multipurpose Room B13.210
Kayla Woods: Biophilia
On view: September 12th - October 20th | B12.1 Art Gallery
Reception: Monday, September 21st | 12:30 - 2 p.m. | B12.1 Art Gallery
ReadUP Science and Nature Poetry Competition Call for Submissions
Opens: Tuesday, September 22 | Closes: Friday, October 30
ReadUP Faculty and Staff Book Club
Tuesday, September 22 | 2:30 - 12 p.m. | B13.709/711/713
Performing Arts Series: The Best of Second City
Tuesday, September 22 | 7:30 p.m. | VPA Main Stage Theatre
LevelUP: Organizing to Thrive: From Chaos to Control with Professor Bethany Watkins
Wednesday, September 23 | 12:30 p.m. | Multipurpose Room B13.210
LevelUP: How to Actually Get Stuff Done: From One Procrastinator to Another with professor Ashton Trumble
Tuesday, September 29 | 12:30 p.m. | CB 231
LevelUP: Write Here, Write Now: Strategies for Essay Exam Success with Professor Kevin Tucker
Thursday, October 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Multipurpose Room B13.210
UPLift Hosts Cheryl Strayed
Monday, October 5 | 11 a.m. | VPA Main Stage Theatre
LevelUP: Clock out of Chaos: Time Management for Success with Leslie Thomas
Wednesday, October 7 | 12:30 p.m. | SLRC B12.835
LevelUP: How to Write and Format Your History Essay with Professor Isaiah Tadlock
Tuesday, October 13 | 11:00 a.m. | Multipurpose Room B13.210
ReadUP: History of Science and Medicine Speaker Series: Professor Rachel Louise Moran on the History of Mental Health
Wednesday, October 14 | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Multipurpose Room B13.210
UPRoar Fall Reading
Monday, October 19 | 2 - 3 p.m. | CB 231
LevelUP: Basics of Academic Writing with Kim Hayden
Wednesday, October 21 | 12:30 p.m. | CB 231
LevelUP: Alliteration and How to Use It in Poetry to Generate Ideas with Professor Greg Oaks
Monday, October 26 | 12:30 p.m. | Multipurpose Room B13.210
LevelUP: The Call of the Void: Philosophy of Intrusive Thoughts with Professor Ashton Trumble
Tuesday, October 27 | 12:30 p.m. | CB 231
Philosophy in Film: Coco
Wednesday, October 28 | 11 a.m. | LSC-UP
UPRoar Call for Submission
Sunday, November 1
LevelUP: How to Write an Effective Scholarship Essay with Kim Hayden
Wednesday, November 4 | 12:30 p.m. | CB 231
LevelUP: Bad Arguments That Sound Good with Pal Naquin
Tuesday, November 10 | 2:30 p.m. | Multipurpose Room B13.210
Performing Arts Series: National Geographic Live: Uncovering Our Concrete Jungle
Thursday, November 19 | 7:30 p.m. | VPA Main Stage Theatre
TEDx Speak UP
Saturday, February 20 | 9 a.m. | VPA Main Stage Theatre
Windows to the World
Wednesday, April 7 | 10 - 11 a.m. | Grand Hall
Box Office
Please arrive at least 10 minutes before your event's start time. There is NO late seating for VPA Main Stage or Black Box Theatre events. All events are subject to change or cancellation.
For questions, please call 281.290.2742.
Directions to LSC-UP Visual & Performing Arts Center
Lone Star College-University Park is located at 249 and Louetta. If you are entering from the main entrance, please park in Garage 10 or 11 and take the elevators between Garage 10 and 11 to the second floor.
For the Visual & Performing Arts Center (VPA) there is parking located in the front of the building.
- Visual & Performing Arts Center (VPA) | Located across from Center for Science and Innovation (CSI).
- VPA Box Office Suite (101) | Walk in the VPA and to the left you will find the front window of the Box Office Suite.
- VPA Main Stage Theatre (110) | Walking into the VPA, you can either take the right or left route to find the Main Stage taking the big doors near the center walls.
- VPA Black Box Theatre (138) | The first two big doors located on the right wall will take you to the Black Box.
- VPA Art Gallery | Entering the VPA, the Art Gallery is located directly to the right.
- Interdisciplinary Teaching Hall (108) | Down the hall on the left you can find the Interdisciplinary Teaching Hall in room 108.
- VPA Rehearsal Hall (112) | Down the hall on the left and past the double doors, the are doors on the left wall that will take you into the Rehearsal Hall.
- VPA Arts Studio (121) | Taking the right hallway past the double doors, all the way down the hall on the right you will find the doors to room 121. - Art Galleries
- VPA | Entering the VPA, the Art Gallery is located directly to the right.
- B12.1 | Enter building 12 and continue down the hallway till you reach the Division 1 suite. Down this hall is where the Art Gallery starts. - First Floor Atrium (B12.1) | Continue down the hallway until you reach the elevators between buildings 12 and 13. Take them down one floor and they'll open onto the First Floor Atrium.
- The Multipurpose Room (B13.210) | Continue down the hallway toward buildings 12 and 13. Just past the elevators, you'll see the Multipurpose Room on your right behind glass doors.
- The Café (C) and Grand Hall (W) | Turn right down the first long hallway you see, and follow it all the way back. Go around the big circle and head down the left hallway for East Dining (it's just to the left of Abby's, the cafeteria) or to the right hallway for West Dining.
