Arts & Culture
Raymond Carver Reading Series Hosting Poet C. Dale Young
Accomplished poet C. Dale Young is the next featured author in the 2016-17 Raymond Carver Reading Series. On Wednesday, March 22, he will participate in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and will read from his work at 5:30 p.m., with…
Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center Uncovers Early Norman Rockwell Illustrations
The Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University Libraries has made a significant find—two original Norman Rockwell illustrations. They represent the artist’s first commercial commission, created in 1911 during his initial years of study at the Art Students League of…
Morgan Library’s Maria Fredericks to Speak on ‘Rare Books as Museum Objects’ March 23 in Bird Library
Maria Fredericks, Drue Heinz Book Conservator at the Morgan Library & Museum, will give the lecture “Rare Books as Museum Objects: Considerations for Safe Exhibition and Loan” on Thursday, March 23, from 4:30–6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons…
‘Art in the Stacks’ Exhibition in Bird Library, March 6-9
Art by 35 College of Visual and Performing Arts’ first-year students will be featured in installations throughout Bird Library March 6-9. Most pieces will be located on Learning Commons floors LL-2, with a few on floors 3-5. Juan Juarez and…
Light Work to Present George Awde: ‘Scale Without Measure’
Light Work will present “Scale Without Measure,” a solo exhibition by artist George Awde from March 20–July 27. Awde’s photographic work delves into themes of contemporary masculinity, the male body, homosexuality and notions of physical and psychological strength, as seen through…
Syracuse Symposium, Urban Video Project to Present ‘Haunted Ethnography’ Screening, Artist Q&A March 9
Syracuse Symposium continues its yearlong look at “Place” with an evening of video and experimental film. Urban Video Project (UVP) will present a program titled “Haunted Ethnography: new experimental documentary” on Thursday, March 9, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Hosmer Auditorium…
Light Work to Exhibit Eric Gottesman: ‘If I Could See Your Face, I Would Not Need Food (Ka Fitfitu Feetu)’
Light Work will present Eric Gottesman: “If I Could See Your Face, I Would Not Need Food (Ka Fitfitu Feetu),” on view in the Light Work Hallway Gallery from March 20 through July 27. A reception in conjunction with George…
Research Is Her Cup of Tea
Romita Ray’s background is steeped in India’s place in the history of tea production. She grew up in Kolkata (also known as Calcutta), a descendent of one of the pioneering Indian tea planter families in Bengal. Her expertise as an…
Syracuse Stage Announces Its 2017/18 Season
Syracuse Stage Artistic Director Robert Hupp has announced the plays selected for the 2017/18 season. The six plays are “The Three Musketeers,” “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Next to Normal,” “A Raisin…
George Saunders’ First Novel, ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ Debuts at No. 1 on New York Times Bestseller List
For an author, you are truly in an enviable position when fans and book critics alike anxiously await your next creation. So it is for College of Arts and Sciences’ English professor George Saunders. Especially now, with the publication of…