Arts & Culture
Syracuse Stage to Hold Children’s Auditions for ‘Disney’s Beauty and the Beast’
Syracuse Stage will host general auditions for children for two roles in the 2019/2020 season holiday show, “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” on Thursday, April 25, 4 to 7 p.m. by appointment only, at the Syracuse Stage/Syracuse University Drama Complex,…
UVP Presents ‘Culture Capture: Terminal Addition’ from the New Red Order
Light Work’s Urban Video Project presents “Culture Capture: Terminal Addition” by the New Red Order (NRO), an Indigenous artist collective. The NRO’s core contributors are Adam Khalil (Ojibway), Zack Khalil (Ojibway) and Jackson Polys (Tlingit), and they use video and…
Setnor School of Music String Students to Make National Public Radio Debut
String students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music will make their National Public Radio debut on WQXR’s “Young Artists Showcase” on Wednesday, April 3, at 9 p.m. The…
‘Three Really Mad Tenors’ to Take the Stage at ACCelerate Festival
Composer Nicolas Scherzinger finds inspiration for his work in many places. For one of his latest works, “Three Really Mad Tenors,” he found it in two places—in “Tenor Madness,” a duo jazz album by tenor saxophonists Sonny Rollins and John…
Cruel April 2019 Kicks Off at the Point of Contact Gallery
Point of Contact will once again host nationally and internationally celebrated poets for this year’s Cruel April Reading Series, which runs every Thursday in April at 6 p.m. at the Point of Contact Gallery, located on the ground floor of…
Department of Drama Presents ‘The Wild Party’
The Syracuse University Department of Drama resumes its 2018-2019 season with “The Wild Party,” written and composed by Andrew Lippa. Faculty members Katherine McGerr and Andrea Lee Smith will take the audience into the world of the Roaring ’20s with…
VPA’s M.F.A. Candidates to Present Thesis Exhibition ‘Plans Are Cancelled’
Master of fine arts (M.F.A.) candidates in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will present the thesis exhibition “Plans Are Cancelled” at three Syracuse University exhibition spaces that are part of the Coalition of Museums and Art Centers….
Ray Smith Symposium Connects Campus Community Through Indian Storytelling
The Ray Smith Symposium—in conjunction with Syracuse Symposium, whose theme this year is “Stories”—continues with eight events under the heading “Stories We Are Told, Stories We Tell.” The series, which explores the role of storytelling in Indian culture, is led…
Trombone Choir to Perform at DeWitt Community Church April 14
Bones East, a Syracuse-based, 24-piece trombone ensemble, will present a Palm Sunday concert at DeWitt Community Church (DCC). On Sunday, April 14, the group will perform from 1 to 2 p.m. in the sanctuary of DCC at 3600 Erie Blvd.,…
Internationally Acclaimed Architect Farshid Moussavi to Deliver Einhorn Lecture
The School of Architecture will host London-based architect Farshid Moussavi on Thursday, April 4, at 5:15 p.m. in Slocum Hall as its annual Einhorn Lecturer. Moussavi is a professor in practice in the Department of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate…