The Eye is Like a Strange Balloon
Courtesy photoMary Jo BangPoet Mary Jo Bang, associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences, will read from her latest collection, The Eye is Like a Strange Balloon (2004), at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, for The Writing Program Reading Series.
Comedy troupe to tackle All the Great Books at Edison
The world-renowned Reduced Shakespeare Company, those “bad boys of abridgement,” are returning here Nov. 19-20.
Love and War
British tenor Paul Elliott will join Washington University’s Kingsbury Ensemble for a concert titled “Love and War: Music of the Early Italian Baroque” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20.
Voice Recital
Soprano Emily Heslop, library assistant at Washington University’s Gaylord Music Library, and tenor James Harr, voice instructor in the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences, will present a voice recital 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22.
Washington University Tango
Argentine tango maestro Pablo Alonso will host a week of dances and workshops Nov. 19-26 for The Tango Group at Washington University.
Amy Hempel
Courtesy photoAmy HempelAuthor Amy Hempel, widely recognized as one of America’s finest writers of short fiction, will host a colloquium on the craft of fiction at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17. In addition, Hempel will read from her work at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18.
Min to discuss growing up during China’s Cultural Revolution
Anchee Min, whose novels and memoir bring to life the experience of coming of age in Communist China during the rule of Mao Zedong, will speak for the Washington University Assembly Series at 11 a.m. Nov. 10 in Graham Chapel. The lecture/performance is free and open to the public.
Washington University Symphony Orchestra
The Washington University Symphony Orchestra will perform music of Rossini, Liszt and Tchaikovsky at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14. The performance is free and open to the public and takes place in the university’s Graham Chapel, just north of the Mallinckrodt Student Center, 6445 Forsyth Blvd. For more information, call (314) 935-4841.
Growing up during Chinas Cultural Revolution: Anchee Min talks about her life for final fall Assembly Series event
Anchee Min, whose novels and memoir bring to life the experience of coming of age in Communist China during the rule of Mao Zedong, will speak for the Washington University Assembly Series at 11 a.m. Nov. 10 in Graham Chapel. The lecture/performance is free and open to the public.
Architecture’s Leet to discuss much-praised new book Nov. 1
In Richard Neutra’s Miller House, Leet traces the house from conception to realization and examines the complex relationships involved.
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