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Music Monday: Morrisania Band Project Tribute to Athena
- Monday, February 19, 6 pm, the Forum
- The Forum’s free, open to the public, Music Mondays welcome Elissa Carmona and the Morrisania Band Project’s Kevin Belle (keyboardist), Greg Daffin (bassist), Roné Greaves (vocalist), Wasi Moodie (drummer), and Ameaga Rogers (guitarist). The ensemble will celebrate Aretha Franklin in a performance of “Natural Woman: A Queen of Soul Salute.”
Composer Portraits: Amy Williams
- Thursday, February 22, 8 pm, Miller Theatre
- Miller Theatre will celebrate accomplished composer and pianist Amy Williams. Joined by the JACK Quartet, she will create and embody vivid soundworlds that “beguile the ear.” The program will include Richter Textures, inspired by the visual texture of the paintings of artist Gerhard Richter.
Directing Thesis: Phaedra’s Love
- Thursday, February 22-24, 8 pm, February 24-25, 2pm, Lenfest Center
- School of the Arts student Danica Selem’s directorial thesis production of Sarah Kane’s Phaedra’s Love—where a seemingly joyous birthday descends into chaotic displays of delusion, passion, and true human brutality.
People’s Poetry Project Reads “Cento Between the Ending and the End”
- Friday, February 23, 11 am, Plowshares
- In celebration of Black History month, the Office of Community Engagement’s People’s Poetry Project reads Cameron Awkward-Rich’s dynamic “Cento Between the Ending and the End.” This joyful selection relishes in the beauty and wonder of being.
Films at the Forum: Black is/Black Ain’t
- Friday, February 23, 5:30 pm, the Forum
- Knowing he was nearing the end of his life, Marlon Riggs’ final film, finished by a group of devotees, concerns a question he felt was important enough to devote his last years to: what does it mean to be Black?
- Saturday, February 24, 8 pm, Wang Pavilion
- Uptown Vocal will perform a variety of jazz and rock pieces, bringing together jazz musicians from across campus.
Desert via Pickpik
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