Arts & Sciences

Brett Bailey’s exploration of the South African psyche is based on a true story; it’s a show “about fear, how it hypnotizes society and destroys community.”

She will also be in residence with the Dance Program Jan. 27-Feb. 1 to conduct a series of master classes with intermediate and upper-level dance students.

An exhibit titled Offcourse, featuring works from more than 65 WUSTL graduate students, will be at Baseline Gallery from Jan. 28-Feb. 4.

You don’t have to be an art major to create and exhibit artwork, and Washington University’s 2nd Annual Graduate Student Visual Arts Exhibit is a testament to that. Washington University graduate students from all disciplines were invited to submit visually compelling creations for an exhibit at Baseline Gallery, 1110 Washington Ave., in the downtown loft district. When the exhibit opens with a reception from 6-10 p.m. Jan. 28, more than 65 graduate students representing disciplines ranging from chemistry, medical sciences, engineering and law to anthropology, architecture, art and English, will have their creative sides on display. The exhibit, titled “Offcourse,” runs through Feb. 4.

The program will range from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, probably Mozart’s most popular and best-known work, to the less-familiar Adagio and Fugue in C Minor, K. 546.

The three recipients will spend a semester in residence with the center, researching a new book project while attending a variety of presentations.

Her five novels are Labrador, The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf, Hell: A Novel and The Walking Tour and Versailles; her sixth, The Thin Place, is forthcoming this month.

Courtesy photoMichel YangMichel Yang, the 2005-06 Marcus Artists for the Dance Program in Washington University’s Performing Arts Department (PAD) in Arts & Sciences, will present an informal concert of improvisational works at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1. In addition, Yang will be in residence Jan. 27 to Feb. 1 to conduct a series of master classes with intermediate and upper-level dance students.

Renowned pianist Peter Martin will perform with drummer Maurice Carnes for Washington University’s Jazz at Holmes series from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26. A St. Louis native and graduate of University City High School, Martin has long resided in New Orleans but recently returned to St. Louis after his 100-year-old home was deluged in the Katrina flooding. He is currently featured with jazz singer Diane Reeves in the film Goodnight, and Good Luck.

The Washington University Chamber Orchestra will launch a yearlong celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a concert at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23. The program will include Mozart’s popular Eine kleine Nachtmusik as well as the less familiar “Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546” and arias from several of his operas.