Join director and cinemtaographer Sky Sabin '10 for an in-progress screening of his film Instrumental Places: The Granada Guitar. Following the screening is a Q & A with the director.
Nicco Mele, director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School will tackle the very timely subject of fake news followed by a Q&A.
Visiting artist Ryan Saunders ’00 will walk us through the evolving field of arts administration and its importance in nurturing the arts.
Bard College Professor Ellen Driscoll discusses a broad range of her recent public works.
James Scruggs presents a multimedia talk/dialog/workshop focusing on his career as a writer, performer and producer of large-scale theatrical works. Mark Rayment will join the discussion, particularly around the development of Scruggs' new work.
Television writer Amalia Levari presents a screening of the animated mini-series Over the Garden Wall, for which she served as story writer. A facilitated Q&A will follow.
Rosemary Liss '11 will join Professor of Religion Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus to talk about food and the art of eating.
Join Julia Courtney, independent curator and editor of The Legal Guide for Museum Professionals, and Leah Niederstadt, assistant professor of museum studies and curator of Wheaton’s Permanent Collection, for an engaging discussion of the challenges museum professionals face when deaccessioning objects from their collections.
How has “blindcasting”—casting a television show without specifying a character’s race—affected what we watch and how we watch it? What do shows like Scandal reveal about how Americans define social progress? Professor Kristen Warner will explore the intersection of primetime television and the concept of racial colorblindness, gauging whether strategies like blindcasting can bring about enduring racial progress or just the illusion of parity.
Three-time Grammy Award-winning singer, activist, and humanitarian, Angélique Kidjo presents a lecture focused on her passion for freedom and social justice. With the strength of her voice, the power of her words, and the intensity of her performance, Angélique creates music that not only transcends language, it connects the entire world. One of The Guardian’s 100 most inspiring women in the world, she was the first woman on Forbes’s list of the Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa. As a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and OXFAM campaigner, Angélique speaks out for human rights and female empowerment including in op-eds for CNN and The New York Times. Cole Memorial Chapel, 7:00 p.m.
