Arts & Culture
Humanities Center Offers Spring Symposia
The Humanities Center will bring several renowned scholars to campus this semester to explore a wide range of contemporary issues. “This year’s HC Spring Symposia bring people and ideas into dialog with one another, not only across the humanist disciplines…
Light Work Presents Gerard H. Gaskin’s ‘Legendary’
Light Work is presenting Gerard H. Gaskin’s “Legendary,” through Aug. 8 in the Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery in the Schine Student Center. A lecture sponsored by the Syracuse University LGBT Resource Center will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 12,…
Endowment to Support Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures
When he arrived on the Syracuse University campus in 1988, he was chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics (LLL). Today, Harold G. Jones is an emeritus professor of Spanish, a philanthropist and, most recently, the man responsible…
SU Wind Ensemble to Perform Feb. 5
The Syracuse University Wind Ensemble will present a concert on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The program will include Jess Turner’s “Through the Looking Glass,” Howard Hanson’s “Chorale and…
Sustainability Book Discussion Series Begins Feb. 7
The Office of Sustainability Initiatives will sponsor a Sustainability Book Discussion Series this semester, offering members of the University community opportunities to learn about and discuss important new books with sustainability themes. All events will take place in Bird Library, Room 123, on Fridays at 1…
‘William Kentridge: Nose and Other Subjects’ Opens Jan. 30
The Syracuse University Art Galleries presents “William Kentridge: Nose and Other Subjects,” an exhibition that celebrates recent work from the renowned South African artist. Including work that illustrates his signature style of utilizing linocut blocks printed on dictionary and encyclopedia…
Lennon Kicks Off Spring Raymond Carver Lecture Series
Fiction writer J. Robert Lennon kicks off the spring 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to…
‘Arts on Main: Contemporary Prints from South Africa’ Opens Jan. 30
The Syracuse University Art Galleries presents “Arts on Main: Contemporary Prints from South Africa.” This exhibition features a selection of prints, drawings and works on paper made by emerging artists working at David Krut Projects in Johannesburg, South Africa. Eighteen…
Alfred T. Collette Dies; Was Chair of Science Teaching, Director of SU Art Collection
Alfred T. Collette, former chair of science teaching, died on Jan. 23. He was born in Syracuse on Sept. 10, 1922, the son of Samuel and Palma Quinto Collette. He was preceded in death by his father, mother and sister…
‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ to Be Performed with Organ, Trumpet at Feb. 2 Malmgren Concert
Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” will be the centerpiece of the next Malmgren Concert in Hendricks Chapel on Sunday, Feb. 2. SU Organist Kola Owolabi and Gabriel DiMartino, trumpet instructor in the Setnor School of Music in the College…