The Record: Happenings
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025
The Black Rep launches 49th season with ‘Raisin (The Musical)’The St. Louis Black Repertory Company will launch its 49th season with “Raisin,” a lost “treasure of musical theatre” (New York Times) based on Lorraine Hansberry’s iconic family drama. Ron Himes, founder of The Black Rep and the Henry E. Hampton Jr. Artist-in-Residence in Arts & Sciences, will direct “Raisin” Sept. 3-21 in Edison Theatre. |
Upcoming events
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SEP 3 |
Reproductive Justice in 2025: ‘Beyond Rights, Beyond Roe’Noon Wednesday, Sept. 3 Anheuser-Busch Hall, Bryan Cave Moot Courtroom WashU Law welcomes alumna Fajer Saeed Ebrahim, senior policy manager of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, for a conversation on reproductive justice with WashU Law’s Susan Appleton. |
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SEP 3 |
The Longest Table5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 Tisch Park The Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement will host The Longest Table, its third annual civil dialogue event. The campus community is invited for a dinner and conversation on “moving forward through uncertain times.” |
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Weidenbaum Center fall series kicks off4–5:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 From politics on college campuses to the economy and artificial intelligence, the fall events series presented by the Weidenbaum Center will address many pressing policy issues facing America and the world today. The series kicks off in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium with a timely discussion on the role of civic education at universities. |
Looking ahead
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SEP 5 |
Skandalaris Center hackathon4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5–2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7 |
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SEP 9 |
‘The Value of Grey Literature and Open Access Resources’1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9 |
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SEP 10 |
Assembly Series: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10 |
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Exhibits and ongoing events 'Nurses are Patient People' exhibit continuesJoin the Bernard Becker Medical Library for an exhibit highlighting the 110-year history of nursing education at the WashU Medical Center. The exhibit remains on display through Sept. 30 in the Glaser Gallery, seventh floor. |
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