Free speeches
From vampires to Hedy Lamar, from bitcoin to the postcolonial imagination, upcoming campus talks and events include:
Thursday, Oct. 19: Bombshell screening and talk with Lesley Norton ’79 and director Alexandra Dean
John Garrett's New Age Basket
No. 7, featuring "saw blade,
bullet riddled steel" and more
Thursday, Oct. 19: Opening reception for Woven World: Selections from Cavin-Morris Gallery at Schick Art Gallery
Oct. 19–25: Let the Right One In, Jack Thorne’s stage adaptation of a vampire tale, directed by theater faculty member Rebecca Marzalek-Kelly ’02
Friday, Oct. 20: Carnegie Hall Presents: Ensemble Connect concert of chamber music
A scene from Let the Right One In
Saturday, Oct. 21: Artists’ talk with Njideka Akunyili Crosby (recent MacArthur “genius grant” winner) and Julia Jacquette ’86, present and past artists in Tang Museum “Opener” exhibitions
Monday, Oct. 23: “Trust in the New Millennium: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and ICOs” discussion with Tristan Amzallag ’98
Caryl Phillips
Tue–Thu, Oct. 24–26: McCormack Visiting Scholar-Artist Residency: Caribbean-British writer Caryl Phillips in three public events: Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield film screening, followed by conversation with former special-programs dean Don McCormack;
public reading and book-signing; and “The Postcolonial Writer and the Historical Imaginary”
discussion with Professors Bina Gogineni, Saleema Waraich and Tillman Nechtman
From faculty research to student stories, there's always something creative happening.