Arts & Culture
New spring course offers drumming as cross-cultural community building
Beginning Nov. 9, students can register for a new spring course, EDU 200, “Rhythm and Roots: Building Cross-Cultural Community through Drumming.” Instructed by renowned music educator Nisha Purushotham, this one-credit course uses African diaspora drumming to create community across difference,…
Workshop exploring spirituality and dance will be held Oct. 25 in Hendricks Chapel
Hendricks Chapel will host a discussion and workshop on “Exploring Spirituality and Dance” with the Buglisi Dance Theatre on Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 6-8 p.m. in the Hendricks main chapel. Artistic director Jacqulyn Buglisi will explore the intersections of faith…
Syracuse Symposium, Society for New Music collaborate to present ‘Geography of the Imagination’
The Syracuse Symposium™ and the Society for New Music will present “The Geography of the Imagination,” a performance featuring the world premiere of a commissioned musical work by Gregory Wanamaker and visuals by renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems, on Sunday,…
Dekaney named interim director of Center for Live Music in the 21st Century
The Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that Joshua Dekaney has been named interim director of the Setnor School’s new Center for Live Music…
SU Drama to present reading of ‘It Can’t Happen Here’
Event is part of nationwide celebration of Federal Theatre Project The Syracuse University Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will present a staged reading of Sinclair Lewis and John C. Moffitt’s “It Can’t Happen…
UVP features video by Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle at Everson site
Urban Video Project will present “Always After (the Glass House)” by internationally recognized multimedia artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, through November and December. It will be shown Sunday-Thursday, dusk-11 p.m., outside the Everson Museum of Art. Employing footage shot on a high-speed…
Light Work to display Scott McCarney’s ‘VisualBooks’
Light Work has announced the exhibition “VisualBooks,” featuring work by Scott McCarney, which will run Nov. 1-Dec. 16. This unique and beautiful exhibition explores the book as a sculptural object that employs a variety of image-making processes. McCarney’s carefully hand-bound…
Artist manager, music producer to speak Oct. 20 as part of Soyars Leadership Lecture Series
Artist manager and attorney Michael Lehman and music producer Scott Billington will give a talk on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. The…
Buglisi Dance Theatre to complete residency with two selections
Syracuse University’s Arts.Engage and the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts have welcomed the world-renowned Buglisi Dance Theatre (BDT) for a 20-day residency at SU, which began Oct….
National Geographic film ‘Human Footprint’ to be shown Oct. 20
The Syracuse University Sustainability Division will be showing the National Geographic Channel film “Human Footprint,” on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. in Watson Theater in the Menschel Media Center. Admission is free and open to the public. Moviegoers should…