The Record: Happenings
Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025
Black Anthology’s ‘Echoes of Her’ opens FridayBlack Anthology, a production by WashU undergraduate students founded in 1989, will present its 35th annual production, “Echoes of Her,” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 7-8, in Edison Theatre. Both shows will feature a pre-show panel at 6:15 p.m. with the playwright along with past Black Anthology members. |
Upcoming events
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FEB 6 |
Freund Visiting Artist Lecture: author, illustrator Carson Ellis5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 Steinberg Hall Auditorium The Sam Fox School welcomes author and illustrator Carson Ellis as the speaker for the Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Visiting Artist Lecture. Ellis created the bestselling picture books “Home” and “Du Iz Tak?” |
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FEB 7 |
The Black Rep presents ‘Coconut Cake’7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre The St. Louis Black Repertory Company continues its 48th anniversary season with Melda Beaty’s “Coconut Cake,” directed by Geovonday Jones. The comedy about friendship, retirement and temptation will open Friday, Feb. 7, and run through March 2. |
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FEB 12 |
‘NETworking in cancer’ talk5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 Eric P. Newman Education Center, Seminar Room B Mikala Egeblad, of Johns Hopkins University, will give a talk on metastasis as part of the Siteman Cancer Center Seminar Series. |
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Love Data Week events begin MondayMonday, Feb. 10– Friday, Feb. 14 Enjoy a week of presentations and workshops on all things data. WashU Libraries, the Bernard Becker Medical Library, Office of the Provost, Digital Intelligence & Innovation Accelerator, and the Institute for Informatics, Data Science & Biostatistics are presenting the week. This year’s series will focus on topics such as data visualization and advancing the biomedical data ecosystem. |
Looking ahead
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FEB 13 |
Conversation with Egyptian author Iman Mersal5:40 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 |
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FEB 14 |
Douglass Day transcribe-a-thon11 a.m.–4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 |
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FEB 17 |
Robert L. Williams Lecture on the health of Black Americans4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 |
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Exhibits and ongoing events Kemper Unplugged presents 'Sweeter than Roses'Stop by the Kemper Art Museum for a special Valentine's Day performance blending musical genres of baroque, jazz and pop with songs about love and romance. The concert will feature Kelly Daniel-Decker and Todd Decker, both in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, and will take place at noon Friday, Feb. 14. |
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