Arts & Culture

Award-winning physicist and materials scientist George Crabtree will present “The Energy of Light” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Life Sciences Complex Auditorium, Room 001.

Tom Sheehan, first-prize winner of the 2009 Arthur Poister Organ Competition, will present an organ recital Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 8 p.m.

Mark Jarzombek, professor of the history and theory of architecture at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning, will speak at the School of Architecture on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Scholar and activist Angela Davis will deliver a free lecture at Syracuse University, as part of her month-long Visiting Distinguished Professorship.

Syracuse Symposium’s theme of “Light” continues with a special presentation by James Schmidt, a Boston University professor renowned for his expertise in European political and social thought.

Dan Huston will deliver the talk “Mindful Communication and Emotional Intelligence: Opening Our Minds and Our Hearts to Improve Communication, Effectiveness and Well-Being” on Wednesday, Oct. 7.

Janis Potter, one of America’s most in-demand solo marimba artists, will present a master class on Tuesday, Oct. 13, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Gregory Wood, a member of the strings faculty in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), will present a violoncello recital Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m.

Massimo Vignelli, one of the most recognized and internationally acclaimed Modernist designers, will speak on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 5:30-7 p.m. as part of “Design is One,” the fall theme of the Golden Mean Series.

Recommended for ages 13 and up, “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” runs Oct. 14-Nov. 1.