Arts & Culture
Ten seniors named VPA Scholars
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that 10 seniors have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars program was established to recognize the achievements of the college’s top seniors in…
La Casita presents free workshop on theater and social change
The La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otisco St., Syracuse, will present an introductory workshop on the use of theater as a means for social change on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The workshop is free and open to…
Song by SU staff members included in ‘PeaceSongsCNY’ CD
An original song, “Migrant Road,” performed by Syracuse University staff members David Robertson and Janet Fletcher, will be included on the new compact disc titled PeaceSongsCNY, honoring the 75th anniversary of the Syracuse Peace Council.
Discounted tickets available to Syracuse theater and opera through Pulse holiday special
Give the gift of arts of culture this holiday season, or enjoy your own inexpensive night at the theater. While tickets last, the Pulse Performing Arts Series is offering discounted tickets as part of a holiday promotion for SU students,…
Children’s touring production ‘New Kid’ to have additional public performances Dec. 3 and 10 at Syracuse Stage
Public performances of this year’s Bank of America Children’s Tour “New Kid,” produced by Syracuse Stage and the Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will be held at noon on Dec. 3 and…
A fantastical, musical adventure for the holidays in ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’
London. The war is on and the bombs are falling. Four children—Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy—flee the perils of the Blitz to the safety of the countryside. In an old wardrobe, they discover a portal to the land of Narnia,…
Sherman presents video art in Nova Scotia
Tom Sherman, professor of art video in the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, presented his recent video art at the ADJA Gallery in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. He also presented his video and lecture at the McLuhan100 Conference in Toronto on Nov. 10. His presentation was “Technology as language: Cultural engineering begets personal humans.”
VPA’s Waggoner releases ‘Terror and Memory’
Andrew Waggoner, professor of composition in the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, just had his new CD, “Terror and Memory” released on Albany Records.
Rodriguez co-authors ‘Liminal Traces: Performing, Storying, and Embodying Postcoloniality’
Amardo Rodriguez, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, co-authored the new book “Liminal Traces: Performing, Storying, and Embodying Postcoloniality” (Sense Publishers, 2011).
Cuperman presents at New York University
The presentation took place on Nov. 9, at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center of New York University.