Arts & Culture

WashU’s Performing Arts Department, in Arts & Sciences, will present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a nimble, affectionate and Tony Award-winning satire of language, ambition and the crucible of competition, in the A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre April 17-20.

The Sam Fox School will present WashU’s 96th Annual Fashion Design Show April 26 in Holmes Lounge. One of the oldest such shows in the nation, the event will feature dozens of models wearing scores of outfits that together explore avant-garde looks, user-centered design and cross-cultural connections.

Graduate students studying human-computer interaction begin courses this fall — with help from prominent alumni.

An Arts & Sciences course offers a deep dive into the transcendent career of Dolly Parton.

The WashU Entertainment Network helps alumni set the stage for success.

Alumnus Justin Chavez thinks everyone should have a creative endeavor. For him, it all started with a trip to Disney World.

Alumna Lydia Paar weaves together personal tales of the American workplace while holding up a mirror to class mobility.

As the first named curator at the renowned Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Jen Padgett is forging a distinctive career in a uniquely American art form.

As part of his “100 Novels Project,” performance artist Tim Youd is retyping, word for word, “The Dick Gibson Show,” Stanley Elkin’s novel about a late-night disc jockey, on KWUR, WashU’s student radio station. Assuming the role as overnight DJ himself, Youd will type until 5 a.m. every morning until May 1. This will be the 84th novel Youd has typed in full.