Arts & Culture
Syracuse Legacies Organ Conference to Be Held March 29-31
The Rose, Jules R., and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and Hendricks Chapel will co-host the Syracuse Legacies Organ Conference March 29-31. The festival and symposium honor the contributions of three…
Vanessa Williams Performance Supports Scholarship for Black and Latino Students
Syracuse University’s Office of Multicultural Advancement is hosting a benefit concert featuring award-winning singer and stage, television and film actress Vanessa Williams ’85 on Wednesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research…
School of Education’s Keith Distinguished Speaker Series Brings Peter H. Reynolds to Syracuse
The School of Education and the Jo-Linda and Dennis Keith Distinguished Speaker Series announce the 2019 speaker, acclaimed author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds. He will visit Syracuse for a two-day residency on Tuesday, March 19, and Wednesday, March 20….
School of Art Graduate Student to Exhibit Work at California’s New Buckwheat Space
Rene Gortat, a sculptor and graduate studio arts student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Art, will present “Artist Shelter” during the “(W)here” exhibition at Buckwheat space, 11564 Tioga Dr., Morongo Valley, California. His work will…
Classic Tales, World and East Coast Premieres and Bright New Plays Meet in Syracuse Stage’s 2019-20 Season
Syracuse Stage announced the six shows that will make up the 2019-20 subscription season: “Twelve Angry Men,” “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” “The Wolves,” “Amadeus,” “Once” and the East Coast premiere of “Yoga Play.” The subscription season runs Oct. 9,…
Syracuse Stage Cold Read Festival Gets Hotter in Second Year
All plays were once new plays. That’s the idea behind Syracuse Stage’s Cold Read Festival of New Plays. Now in its second season, the Cold Read festival has five different events featuring some of the freshest voices writing for theater…
Syracuse Symposium ‘Stories’ Bring CNY History Alive
Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong exploration of “Stories” with three events in March. On March 5, Susan Hill, associate professor of history at the University of Toronto (UT), will discuss “Undoing Bad Press: Rethinking Haudenosaunee Historical Events Erroneously Portrayed in…
Marcus Anderson Events Moved to CFAC, 6-8:30 p.m.
Today’s panel discussion with Marcus Anderson, Prince’s longtime saxophonist, who now tours with CeeLo Green and owns his own coffee label line, has been moved to 6 p.m. at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) at 805 E. Genesee St….
‘Venus in Fur’ to Be Performed at 914Works March 1-3
“Venus in Fur,” a play written by David Ives, will be performed March 1-3 at 914Works, 914 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. The play is directed by Celia Madeoy, associate professor of acting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’…
SUArt Galleries Announces Major Gift of Photographs: Includes Over 180 Works, Provides Scholarship Opportunities
Jeffrey Hoone, executive director of the Coalition of Museum and Art Centers (CMAC), recently announced the acquisition of a major collection of photographs to the Syracuse University Art Galleries. This collection was an anonymous gift from a Syracuse University graduate,…