The Record Happenings

Thursday, March 3, 2022

PAD presents musical ‘Rent,’ opening today

The stage is set for “Rent,” Jonathan Larson’s Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning rock musical about young artists struggling to survive in New York’s East Village. The Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences presents “Rent” in Edison Theatre today through Sunday, March 6.

Upcoming events

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Faculty Book Celebration

4 p.m. Thursday, March 3

Acclaimed author, cartoonist, philosopher, screenwriter and essayist Charles Johnson, who won the 1990 National Book Award for his novel “Middle Passage,” will present the keynote address for the 2022 Faculty Book Celebration, presented both virtually and in person.

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Bears basketball hosts NCAA tournament games

3:20 p.m. Friday, March 4

The men’s basketball team hosts the 2022 NCAA Division III men’s basketball tournament. The Bears welcome Wheaton, Hope and Cornell for the first and second rounds at the Field House. The Bears play Cornell at 5:50 p.m. Friday, March 4.

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Assembly Series: ‘She Suite’

Noon Tuesday, March 8

Olin Business School welcomes a virtual panel celebrating the leadership that women bring to the workplace in honor of International Women’s Day. This is a Leadership Perspectives event.

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‘The Neutral Ground’ discussion

7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8

Filmmaker CJ Hunt, a field producer for “The Daily Show,” will take part in a virtual discussion March 8 about his new documentary “The Neutral Ground,” which recounts the struggle to remove Confederate monuments in New Orleans. This event is part of the Americanist Dinner Forum.

Looking ahead

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Sports & Society Reading Group: athletes and vaccines

3 p.m. Friday, March 11

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Issues in Aging lecture on ageism

Noon Monday, March 14

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Danforth Staff Council virtual spring town hall

2–4 p.m. Monday, March 14

Exhibits and ongoing events

Agri-Food workshop series

Join Arts & Sciences’ Agriculture and Food Studies program for a series of talks. The virtual series will open at 4 p.m. Monday, March 7, with a virtual discussion of African American food and identity featuring Arts & Sciences’ Rafia Zafar and the University of Maryland’s Psyche Williams-Forson.

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Save the Date

Thurtene carnival 2022

Friday, April 8– Sunday, April 10