Listed below are links for the new season and discounted tickets at Hippodrome and Broadway Across America venues.  The new special codes are either broadwayweekday or broadwayweekend

These links have been provided by Megan Miley, Manager Regional Sales, Broadway Across America. Her contact information if needed is listed below. Please feel free to share with co-workers, family and friends.

Broadwayweekday

https://oss.ticketmaster.com/html/go.htmI?l=EN&t=baabal&o=71448647&g=816

Broadwayweekend

https://oss.ticketmaster.com/html/go.htmI?l=EN&t=baabal&o=71448647&g=815

&customerID=976F0ecfa91d671a3ffcd8638ed23081

Please refer to the above links for purchasing discounted tickets for the 2011/2012 season. Click on the link, use the promo code listed before the site and create an account.

Feel free to send along to friends and family!

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We wanted to reach out as we've partnered with Goldstar for heavily discounted tickets to Grease at the Olney Theater and Cirque Du Soleil at 1st Mariner Arena.

All you have to do to get the discount is create a free Goldstar account.

To sign up and redeem for Cirque, visit:
http://tinyurl.com/cirquebaltimore
39% off!

To sign up and redeem for Grease, visit:
http://tinyurl.com/greasedc
48% off!

Think. Create. Engage.

What makes UMBC offerings in the arts and humanities unique? Why might you choose to attend a UMBC theatre performance, humanities forum lecture or arts exhibition? And, perhaps most important, what does the arts and humanities experience at UMBC feel like?

Those are some of the questions that a committee of from UMBC’s Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA), the provost’s office and the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) started asking last year. Beginning today, the results can be seen in a new branding and marketing campaign that reflects—and sets expectations of—the experience at UMBC.

The most noticeable feature of the campaign is a box emblazoned with the “think, create, engage” tagline. The three words signify how people interact with the arts and humanities at UMBC, which have a reputation for being provocative and unique. Promotional materials will also engage people by placing them directly in the experience.

“The words nicely reflect what the arts and humanities departments—faculty, students, curricula—are all about,” said CAHSS Dean John Jeffries.

The path to the new campaign started last year when discussions about the Performing Arts and Humanities Building (PAHB) made clear that the broad range of UMBC’s arts and humanities offerings needed increased awareness both on and off campus.

Based on feedback from an initial survey of UMBC event attendees and other research, teams of OIA staff members produced three sample campaigns, with logos, ads and other materials. The approaches were then tested in an online survey, where nearly 400 UMBC students, faculty, staff and alumni weighed in. 

“We received feedback that was very thoughtful and deeply felt, which helped us to build a campaign that speaks to the authentic experience people have through UMBC’s arts and humanities departments and events,” said Miriam Tillman, assistant vice president of marketing and creative services.

Following revisions and refinement with input from CAHSS department chairs and directors, the current branding campaign emerged.

The logo will soon be making a big impact on campus on the fence surrounding the PAHB construction site, and the brand will also be visible online, on posters, on campus digital signage and on a new umbc.edu/engage website.

The brand is expected to raise awareness off campus as well, as its launch signals the start of a new advertising campaign for arts and humanities events.  In the near future, “Think Create Engage” advertisements will be seen and heard in local media.

“It is important that the arts and humanities at UMBC get wider visibility for the nature and quality of the work that the departments do.  This campaign is intended to do just that,” said Jeffries.

(8/28/11)

2 Timothy 2:20-22 (NIV)

²⁰ In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. ²¹ Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.

²² Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Reflection:

Crafting a high quality sword is a complex process, which requires much expertise and time.  The process requires a combination of many factors including choosing the right steel with the right carbon content, purification of the metal, blade design, and the actual forging process under high heat.  When done properly the result is a beautiful and strong instrument, an instrument ready to be tested in battle.

As Christians, we have been given the wonderful opportunity of becoming useful instruments of the Lord as we join Him in the advancement of His Kingdom.  In this life, we are faced with choices that will lead us down either an honorable or dishonorable path, but we have been called by the Lord to honor him; being prepared to do His good work.  In this passage, Timothy is encouraged to run, to flee from anything that would be dishonorable. Instead, he is to pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, together with the community of believers in seeking a pure heart before the Lord.

Responding to the Transmission:

Yes, we have been called for greater things in this life, and as we choose to honor the Lord we will be shaped into useful instruments for the Lord’s service. Let’s spend time in prayer asking for the Spirit’s empowering to pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace together with the community; seeking a pure heart before the Lord.

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Across the country, there is a not-so-secret war brewing over a once settled issue…

Abortion.

Members of the decidedly pro-life Republican Party are mobilizing. Their goal is to restrict or deny a woman’s right to choose. Unfortunately for them, their goal remains elusive.

In Kansas, a new state budget barred Planned Parenthood from any of the state’s federal funding. On Tuesday, a judge ordered the state to resume payments immediately. (To be clear, Planned Parenthood does not use federal funds to pay for abortions.)

Also this week, a judge in Texas blocked parts of a law that would require women to go through a sonogram before an abortion, a tactic used to make them rethink their decision.

Considering abortion was made legal in 1973, should opponents abort their mission?