Arts & Culture
Leading public intellectual Kwame Anthony Appiah to give opening lecture Tuesday
Best-selling author/philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah will deliver the keynote lecture of the 2011 Syracuse Symposium™ on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Syracuse Symposium™ is a semester-long exploration of the public humanities presented by the Syracuse University Humanities Center for The College of…
Columbia professor addresses public monuments, collective memory at SU Milton Lecture Sept. 20
Michele Moody-Adams—a moral and political philosopher who works on contemporary ethical issues in law, politics, class, race, and gender, as well as on theoretical issues in moral objectivity and moral psychology—is delivering the Milton First-Year Lecture in Syracuse University’s College…
Yale art critic Sarah Oppenheimer to open Syracuse Architecture fall lecture series
Artist Sarah Oppenheimer, known for challenging one’s perceptions of physical space within existing structures, will speak at the Syracuse University School of Architecture on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. The lecture, co-sponsored by SU’s College of…
Tickets available Sept. 12 for David Sedaris University Lectures event
David Sedaris, one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers, will visit Syracuse University on Tuesday, Oct. 11, as part of the University Lectures series. “An Evening with David Sedaris” will begin at 6 p.m. in the Goldstein Auditorium, located in the…
National Music Publishers’ Association president to speak Sept. 8
David Israelite, the president and chief executive officer of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), will present a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman…
Setnor School to offer live streaming of ‘Preparing Students for the Changing Role of Orchestral Musicians in the 21st Century’ Sept. 9
The Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will offer live audio and video streaming of the discussion “Preparing Students for the Changing Role of Orchestral Musicians…
Th3 events slated for Thursday, Sept. 15
Th3 (The Third Thursday: Syracuse’s Citywide Art Opening) has announced the start of the 2011-12 season of bringing cultural and visual arts events and attractions to the Syracuse and greater Central New York communities. Th3 is a consortium of Syracuse arts…
Painter Jerome Witkin to give artist’s talk Sept. 6
Jerome Witkin, one of America’s leading figurative painters and a longtime professor of painting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Art, will present an artist’s talk on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 6:30 p.m. in Shemin…
2011 SyrFilmFest plans preview at Genesee Grande Hotel
The eighth annual Syracuse International Film Festival will take place Oct. 13-16, and festival organizers have planned an “Italian Appertivo” to preview the festival for the community and press. The “Italian Appertivo” will be held on Thursday, Sept. 22, from…
Menkin film nominated for best documentary at Israeli Academy Awards
“Dolphin Boy,” the most recent film by Israeli writer/director/producer Dani Menkin, has been nominated for Best Documentary at the Ophir Awards, Israel’s equivalent of the American Academy Awards. Menkin wrote and directed the film together with Yonatan Nir. It tells…