Arts & Culture
Zito participates in ‘Speaking Shakespeare’ in New York City
Zito was one of five masters of the spoken word who gathered for “Speaking Shakespeare.”
Traub lecture to kick off 2011-12 Ray Smith Symposium
Valerie Traub, the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of English and Women’s Studies and chair of women’s studies at the University of Michigan, will lead off the 2011-12 Ray Smith Symposium with her lecture “Shakespeare’s Sex,” Sept. 8-9 on the…
Entertainment attorney Loren Chodosh to speak Sept. 1
Loren Chodosh, an entertainment attorney and founding member of Loren Chodosh, P.C., will present a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management….
Industrial and interaction design students explore board games in ‘Game On!’ at Design Gallery
Most of us remember playing board games as young children. We not only mastered strategy and spatial recognition—if we were lucky, we learned diplomacy, teamwork and how to be a gracious winner and a good loser. Early games date back…
Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series opens with SU alumnus Rahul Mehta
Rahul Mehta G’03 will open the Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series with readings from his short story collection, “Quarantine” (Harper Perennial, 2011), at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in Huntington Beard Crouse (HBC) Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded…
Andrew Mellon Foundation commits $1 million for Phase II of CNY Humanities Corridor
The Central New York Humanities Corridor—an interdisciplinary partnership among Syracuse University, Cornell University and the University of Rochester focused on enhancing scholarship in the humanities—has received a second award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in the amount of $1…
Human Rights Film Festival brings compelling new films to Syracuse Sept. 15-17
Members of the Syracuse University and Central New York communities will have an opportunity to view award-winning films from around the world during “Illuminating Oppression: 9th Annual Human Rights Film Festival,” Thursday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Sept. 17. This three-day…
Digital Witness Symposium explores power of the archive for human rights media
Following its successful inauguration at last year’s Illuminating Oppression: 8th Annual Human Rights Film Festival, the Digital Witness Symposium returns this year on Friday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. This year’s symposium,…
Composer Phillip Rothman to perform original score for D.W. Griffith’s silent film ‘Way Down East’
The Syracuse International Film Festival has commissioned composer Phillip Rothman to write a score for the 1920 D.W. Griffith silent film “Way Down East.” Rothman will debut the original composition, scored for eight musicians, with the film screening Oct. 14…
Fall exhibition at SU Library: ‘Just One Word: Plastics’
The opening and reception for Syracuse University Library’s fall exhibition, “Just One Word: Plastics” will be held in the Special Collections Research Center Gallery, sixth floor, Bird Library on Thursday, Sept. 15, from 5-7 p.m. The exhibit will run from…