Arts & Culture

The Four Bitchin’ Babes. From left: Suzzy Roche, Camille West, Debi Smith and Sally Fingerett Folk troubadours Christine Lavin and the Four Bitchin’ Babes reunite for a pair of shows at Washington University’s Edison Theatre Friday and Saturday, March 26 and 27. The first evening will feature founding member Christine Lavin joined by the Babes. The second evening will feature the Babes joined by Lavin.

Photo by Joe Angeles / WUSTL PhotoWashington University art students forge common ground with businesspeople.The perception is that art and business speak different languages, inhabit different worlds, and “orbit different suns,” says Jeff Pike, Dean of the School of Art at Washington University in St. Louis. But in reality, the visual arts play an active role in business culture, he says. The Washington University School of Art surveyed how artists and businesspeople view each other and came up with some important insights.

BroadPhilanthropist Eli Broad, named one of the top art collectors in the world by ArtNews and Art and Antiques magazines, will speak on Thirty Years of Collecting at 5 p.m. Monday, March 8, at the Washington University Gallery of Art.

The School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis and the U.S. Green Building Council—St. Louis Chapter will present The Sustainable University Campus, a national colloquium on campus environmental design, March 28 and 30. The event will feature lectures, workshops and case study presentations by close to a dozen architects, engineers, landscape architects, campus facilities managers and environmental systems consultants from around the country. Schedules, Bios, Registration…

The School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis will present the international symposium Critical Praxis for the Emerging Culture: A Collaborative Investigation Into the Nature of Cultural Transformation Brought About by Technology and Media April 15, 16 and 17.

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Washington University faculty and staff make news around the world. Following is a representative sampling of media coverage from clippings and electronic sources.

Richard Howard, poetry editor of The Paris Review, will present a talk on the craft of poetry at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, for The Writing Program Reading Series at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition, Howard will read from his own work at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 18.

Conservative political analyst, lawyer and best selling author Ann Coulter contends that America’s media landscape is strewn with examples of media abuse, liberal manipulation and Democratic conspiracies against Republicans.

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, known for his pioneering use of low-cost materials such as paper and bamboo, will speak on Works and Humanitarian Activities at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 29.