- Guest artists Pazzi Lazzi will present a workshop and performance featuring Commedia dell'arte on Thursday, Feb. 25.
- Lisa Trever of the University of California at Berkeley will share her research about Moche temple murals of Peru in a Feb. 8 talk.
- Hands on production and staging--including mask-making and playwriting--are skills that students in Classics 222 acquire, in order to appreciate masked drama and its capacity to convey emotion in tragic performances. The class has earned rave reviews.
- Porter, who served as Skidmore's president from 1987 to 1999, taught classics and music at Carleton for 25 years and also served as president in 1986-87. He'll be honored at Carleton's 137th Commencement on June 11.