Arts & Culture
SU Women’s Choir to present festival concert featuring CNY choirs Oct. 15
The Syracuse University Women’s Choir, under the direction of Barbara M. Tagg, faculty member in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will hold its ninth…
Wabash professor explores photography’s impact on Pompeii excavation Oct. 5
The excavation of an ancient street in Pompeii is the subject of an upcoming lecture at Syracuse University. Jeremy Hartnett, assistant professor of classics at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind., will present “Excavation Photographs and the Rediscovery of the Via…
Renowned composer Philip Rothman to discuss his career and music Oct. 13
Renowned composer Philip Rothman will join Patrick Jones, director of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 12:30 p.m. for “Conversations…
Harlem stride pianist Stephanie Trick to perform at Syracuse University
Arts Engage, in collaboration with Phi Beta Kappa and the College of Visual and Performing Arts, will host renowned pianist Stephanie Trick on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 8 p.m. in Setnor Auditorium, in Crouse College. Arts Engage, the portal of…
‘New generation’ architect Bjarke Ingels of BIG to lecture at Syracuse Architecture
Architect Bjarke Ingels, founding partner of BIG (Copenhagen, NYC), will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. His lecture, “Hedonistic Sustabinability,” is free and open to the public….
Art and science historians headline new ‘transdisciplinary humanities’ series at SU
Art historian James Elkins and science historian Michael Lynch will headline the first installment of “IMAGES? Precisely!,” a new lecture series presented by The Syracuse University Humanities Center. The multimedia program, which is free and open to the public, is…
‘Koppel-Langella: One on One’ to air Sept. 29 on PBS
“Koppel-Langella: One on One,’’ the conversation between Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor Frank Langella ’59 and former “Nightline” anchor Ted Koppel ’60, H’82, is set to air at 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, on WCNY channels 24.1 and 24.4…
SU Drama to present pro-union classic ‘The Cradle Will Rock’
Here’s how Marc Blitzstein described his 1937 musical: “a labor opera composed in a style that falls somewhere between realism, romance, vaudeville, comic strip, Gilbert & Sullivan, Brecht and agitprop [agitation and propaganda].” In other words, it has great laughs,…
Syracuse Architecture presents lecture by renowned architect, educator Peter Eisenman
Syracuse University School of Architecture presents the lecture “Project or Practice?” by internationally renowned architect, distinguished author and teacher Peter Eisenman on Friday, Sept. 30, at 5 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and will take…
VPA’s Takesue wins Futurestates Audience Award
Kimi Takesue, assistant professor of film in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Transmedia, had her ITVS/PBS-commissioned narrative film “That Which Once Was” receive the Futurestates Audience Award.