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  • 1/23 Don't Miss the Benton Opening Reception

    THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART CORDIALLY INVITES YOU
    to the Opening Reception 

    in celebration of the new exhibitions
    Persepolis: Word & Image
    Making the Movement Move: Photography, Student Activism, and Civil Rights 

    Thursday, January 23, 4:30-7pm

    Refreshments
    Free admission 

    Featuring the DEBUT PERFORMANCE at 6 pm of BLUES WITHOUT BORDERS, a new group of musicians from the UConn community:
      Bass: Harry A. Frank, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
      Drums: Lewis Gordon, Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies
      Vocals:  John Bailey, University Communications
      Piano: Mark Overmyer-Velázquez, Associate Professor of History & Director, Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean and Latin American Studies 
      Guitar: Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh, Professor of Political Science

    THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
    University of Connecticut
    School of Fine Arts
    245 Glenbrook Road
    Storrs, CT

    Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 - 4:30 / Saturday, Sunday 1 - 4:30
    The Beanery and The Store hours: Tuesday - Friday 8:30 - 4 / Saturday, Sunday 1 - 4 

    860.486.4520

    www.benton.uconn.edu

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    For more information, contact: The Benton at 860-486-4520