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Filmmaker Kiarostami to Hold Residency in VPA
Iranian filmmaker, photographer, video artist and poet Abbas Kiarostami will be in residence at SU for two weeks this spring as the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) 2014 Sandra Kahn Alpert Visiting Artist. In late March, Kiarostami will…
Marching Band Performs at Super Bowl XLVIII
The NewsHouse produced this video highlighting the SU Marching Band performance at Super Bowl XLVIII. Read more about the band’s experience here. Syracuse University Marching Band at Super Bowl XLVIII from The NewsHouse on Vimeo.
SU Wind Ensemble to Perform Feb. 5
The Syracuse University Wind Ensemble will present a concert on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. in the Rose and Jules R. Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College. The program will include Jess Turner’s “Through the Looking Glass,” Howard Hanson’s “Chorale and…
Lennon Kicks Off Spring Raymond Carver Lecture Series
Fiction writer J. Robert Lennon kicks off the spring 2014 Raymond Carver Reading Series at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in Gifford Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will precede the reading from 3:45-4:30 p.m. The event is free and open to…
Faculty-Owned Iconic Chairs on View at Genet Gallery
Iconic chairs owned by faculty in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Department of Design are the focus of a new exhibition at VPA’s Sue and Leon Genet Gallery. On view through Friday, Feb. 14, “Chairs: A Designer’s…
Newhouse, VPA Students Named YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund Scholars
Four students from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named 2014 YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund (FSF) Scholars. VPA fashion design majors Taylor Cioffi ’16 and Michelle Lee ’16…
New VPA Gallery to Showcase Student, Faculty Work
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that it will open a new gallery to showcase the work of its students and faculty at 914 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. Scheduled to open in February, 914 Works will…
Professor Discovers 400-Year-Old Play in Madrid
A professor in The College of Arts and Sciences has discovered a “lost” play by one of Spain’s great 17th-century writers, Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio. Alejandro García-Reidy, assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Literatures and…
Two Former Slaves, Confederate Soldier Untangle Past in ‘The Whipping Man’
Richmond, April, 1865. The Civil War has ended and Caleb DeLeon, a badly wounded Confederate soldier, stumbles into the ruin of what was once his home. His family has fled the city’s destruction, leaving two former slaves, Simon and John,…
A Change in Weather
Artist and VPA Associate Professor Sam Van Aken was curious about the effects of weather on body and mind. So he is transforming the atmosphere inside the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute’s (MWPAI) Museum of Art in Utica—at least for a little while.