Arts & Sciences

“Living St. Louis,” a show on KETC (Channel 9) that showcases the colorful culture of our region, will include a segment on Washington University’s Crow observatory tonight at 7 p.m. The segment will also air at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 15, and by Wednesday, April 11, it will be streamed on KETC’s Web site at www.ketc.org.

Photo by David KilperMistaken identities, hidden lovers, mischievous servants and duels in the dark highlight “House of Desires” at Edison Theatre for two weekends starting April 13. The show is the spring mainstage production for the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

Courtesy photo*Jestem (I Am)*Washington University’s Center for the Humanities and Program in Film & Media Studies will host their Third Annual Children’s Film Symposium Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21. Presented in conjunction with Cinema St. Louis, the event will feature screenings of three children’s films — Greyfriars Bobby, The Black Cauldron and Jestem (I Am) — as well as talks by historian Stephen Watts and filmmaker Sandy Tung.

David Kilper/WUSTL Photo ServicesEliot TrioWashington University’s Eliot Trio will perform piano trios by Franz Joseph Haydn, Camille Saint-Saëns and Johannes Brahms at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22, in Whitaker Hall. The Eliot Trio consists of pianist Seth Carlin, professor of music; violinist David Halen, concertmaster for the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra; and Daniel Lee, principal cellist for the symphony orchestra.

The Kemper Art Museum presents “A Festival of Contemporary German Film” April 11-15 at the Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd.

Acclaimed essayist and cultural critic Gerald L. Early, Ph.D., will give this year’s Phi Beta Kappa Lecture for the Assembly Series at 4 p.m. April 10 in Graham Chapel.

The event, presented by The Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, focuses on various aspects of the publishing industry and includes talks and panel discussions with publishers, editors, authors and agents.

Fiction writers Elizabeth Graver and Edward Schwarzschild, both alumni of Washington University’s Writing Program in Arts & Sciences, will read from their work at 8 p.m. Friday, April 13. Graver (MFA ’90) is the author of a short story collection, Have You Seen Me? (1991), and three novels: The Honey Thief (1999), Unravelling (1999) and Awake (2004). Schwarzschild (Ph.D. ’94, MA ’89) is author of the novel Responsible Men (2005).

The Washington University Concert Choir will perform music based on Old Testament texts at 8 p.m. Friday, April 13, in Graham Chapel. John Stewart, director of vocal activities, directs the program, which will include the music of William Byrd, Josquin Despres, Johannes Brahms and Randall Thompson.

Lisa KohlerCharles MacKayCharles MacKay, general director of Opera Theatre of St Louis, will speak on “The Next Four Hundred Years of Opera” for the Department of Music in Arts & Sciences. MacKay has led Opera Theatre for more than 20 years, during which time the company has won national and international acclaim for its innovative repertory and discovery of important young singers.