The Record Happenings

Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021

PAD debuts ‘She Kills Monsters’

When teenage Dungeon Master Tilly Evans dies in a car wreck, her sister must commence a mythic quest of her own. So begins “She Kills Monsters,” a bittersweet coming-of-age story filled with demon queens, secret tomes and ragtag adventurers battling for lost souls. The Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences will present “She Kills Monsters” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22 and 23; and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, in Edison Theatre. Performances continue the following weekend.

Upcoming events

OCT

Welcoming Afghans to St. Louis

12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25

Lindsay Stark, Brown School associate dean, will moderate a virtual panel discussion with guest speakers involved with the resettlement of Afghans in the St. Louis area.

OCT

Leadership Perspectives talk on venture capital

Noon Tuesday, Oct. 26

Olin Business School alumna and entrepreneur Megan Berry takes part in a virtual conversation with Doug Villhard, Olin professor of practice, on entrepreneurship, venture capital investing and digital transformation in business.

OCT

Institute for Public Health conference: ‘Transforming public health’

8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27

Alumna Leana Wen, MD, emergency physician and visiting professor at George Washington University, will be keynote speaker for the Institute for Public Health’s annual conference. The hybrid event also features the Brown School’s Jason Purnell and a panel discussion on BJC’s Community Health Improvement Strategic Plan.

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Brown School’s plan for decade ahead

12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27

The Brown School will share its 10-year strategic plan, Driving Equity 2030. A virtual panel of faculty and staff leaders will discuss the vision to advance social, economic, health, environmental and racial justice. Nancy Mueller, assistant dean, will moderate the conversation.

Looking ahead

OCT

Parent & Family Weekend

Friday, Oct. 29– Sunday, Oct. 31

OCT

Open October keynote on preprints in life sciences

3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29

NOV

Stories of race and coloniality in Peru

4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2

NOV

She Leads symposium with keynote Moogega Cooper of NASA

11:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 5

Exhibits and ongoing events

Sam Fox School Design Faculty Exhibition

The Sam Fox School’s Design Faculty Exhibition is on display at the Des Lee Gallery in downtown St. Louis through Nov. 20. The exhibition features current work by seven Sam Fox School faculty. Part 2 of this series is scheduled for fall 2022 and will spotlight additional design faculty.

NOV

Save the Date

Holocaust Memorial Lecture

5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10