Arts & Culture

Depiction of African and African American beauty in the media is the subject of a major Syracuse Symposium event.

The Haydn Trio Eisenstadt, one of Europe’s foremost chamber ensembles, is marking the bicentennial of Haydn’s death with a special appearance at Syracuse University.

The WIS Brass Project ensemble will kick off the second annual John Coltrane Memorial Contemporary Jazz Series at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, in the Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company Black Box Theater Dee-Davis Room, 805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse.

Syracuse Stage is one of 13 theaters across the nation to receive a grant for future audiences from the New Generations Program.

Five art education faculty and graduate students from SU have been selected to present at the 2010 National Art Education Association’s national convention.

Musician Tony Trischka ’85 is paying a rare visit to his alma mater for a public “demo, conversation.”

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.