The Record: Happenings
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Great Artists Series continues with opera star Lawrence BrownleeTenor Lawrence Brownlee, “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (New York Times), will join pianist Kevin Miller for an intimate recital at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 23. The program, which spans music of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, will take place in the 560 Music Center’s E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall. |
Upcoming events
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MAR 24 |
Talk on ‘arriving and thriving in the academy’2–3:30 p.m. Monday, March 24 Danforth University Center, Room 234 Lynn Perry Wooten, president of Simmons University, will share her perspective as an expert on crisis leadership, diversity and inclusion, and positive leadership. Wooten is the author of several books and journal articles. |
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MAR 24 |
An evening with Taylor Mac4–5:30 p.m. Monday, March 24 Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum The Performing Arts Department, in Arts & Sciences, welcomes Taylor Mac, a critically acclaimed theater artist, for this year’s Helen Clanton Morrin Lecture. The annual lecture series highlights the ability of theater not only to entertain, but to inspire change. |
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MAR 25 |
‘Zionism and Anti-Zionism: Beyond the Polemics’6 p.m. Tuesday, March 25 Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum The Department of Jewish, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, in Arts & Sciences, will host a talk by Ethan Katz, of the University of California, Berkeley, on the relationship between antisemitism and anti-Zionism. |
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MAR 26 |
‘The Protest Psychosis’ discussion4–5:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 26 Wrighton Hall, Room 300 Jonathan M. Metzl, of Vanderbilt University, will discuss race, stigma and the diagnosis of schizophrenia as part of the Anthropology Colloquium Series. Metzl is the author of several books, including “The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease.” |
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MFA dance concert to grapple with grief and diaspora March 21-227:30 p.m. Friday, March 21 “¿Te puedo contar algo?”, an evening-length concert featuring new and original works by master’s students Tess Angelica Losada-Tindall and Lourdes del Mar Santiago Lebrón, in Arts & Sciences, will explore the nature, power and necessity of grief March 21 and 22 in Edison Theatre. |
Looking ahead
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MAR 28 |
African Film Festival opening night7–9:30 p.m. Friday, March 28 |
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MAR 31 |
Lecture, reading with María José Navia6–7:30 p.m. Monday, March 31 |
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APR 2 |
Women in Innovation & Technology symposium8:30 a.m.–2:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 2 |
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Exhibits and ongoing events Kemper Unplugged to highlight 'Women in Jazz'In honor of Women's History Month, jazz pianist Kara Mehrmann, in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, along with her studio, will perform selections from iconic women in jazz. This special Kemper Unplugged concert will take place at noon Friday, March 28. |
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