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September

Lessons in Drag with LaWhore Vagistan
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 6:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Touching on themes that include globalization, feminist theory, and islamophobia, Dr. Vagistan stages the nightclub as a site of politics and pleasure. The show demonstrates how much drag teaches us, even requires us, to be in relation with the rest of the world.
Sonic Introductions: Composers at Wesleyan
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
A concert of compositions and collective improvisations by composers in the Wesleyan music community.
Opening Reception for No Title: Relays and Relations. Works by Renée Green and Sol LeWitt
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for an exhibition which brings together recent artworks by Renée Green ’81 and wall drawings by Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) with installation by current students at Wesleyan. Green is interested in what acts of aesthetic exchange and support could be offered to younger artists today, thereby extending the transmission of conceptualism in new directions. Remarks by the artist and curator, Associate Director of Visual Arts Benjamin Chaffee ’00, at 5pm.
Concert by Sunny Jain’s “Wild Wild East”
Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Center for the Arts’ 50th Birthday Party kicks off with a free, jubilant performance by Brooklyn-based composer and dhol (double-headed drum) player Sunny Jain's "Wild Wild East,” which has turned the myth of the American West on its head to reflect on his experience as a first-generation South Asian-American and global musician. This performance in Crowell Concert Hall at Wesleyan is the band's Connecticut debut. This event will move indoors due to the forecasted rain. 
Trisha Brown’s Skymap
Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater

Drop in to the CFA Theater to experience Trisha Brown’s Skymap (1969) as part of the Center for the Arts’ 50th Birthday Party. The Trisha Brown Dance Company performed at Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts in 1983 and 2003. 

Center for the Arts 50th Birthday Party
Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Center for the Arts opened in September 1973. Join us for an afternoon to celebrate 50 years of the iconic eleven-building complex and the interdisciplinary arts programming they continue to make possible. 

This event will move indoors due to the forecasted rain. 
LARAAJI: Celestial Sound Bath
Friday, September 22, 2023 at 6:00pm
World Music Hall
An immersive sound experience led by multi-instrumentalist LARAAJI, who puts the healing and mystical properties of music into practice. He has performed ambient music on piano, electric zither (stringed instrument), and mbira (thumb piano) since 1979.
Workshop with LARAAJI: Laughter Playshop
Thursday, September 21, 2023 at 4:30pm
World Music Hall
Multi-instrumentalist LARAAJI leads a meditative opening to inner laughter through guided chanting and laughter-cises.
Understanding China in the Age of the Unequal Treaties Exhibition Opens
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 12:00pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center
The exhibition Understanding China in the Age of the Unequal Treaties, curated by Sabrina Tian ’24, will be on display through Friday, December 8, 2023 in the College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center.
between systems and grounds: Chapter Three Part I [CANCELED]
Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 12:00pm
Second Floor Balcony, Olin Library, 252 Church Street

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been canceled. A collaborative, durational performance and installation project from Noon to 3pm by Professor of Music Paula Matthusen and visual artist Olivia Valentine creates a feedback loop between textile construction processes and feedback-based live electronic music. 

DIY Electronic Sound Workshops with Nicolas Collins [SOLD OUT]
Saturday, September 16, 2023 at 10:00am
The Disengineering Lab, Room 220, Exley Science Center, 265 Church Street
In two do-it-yourself workshops co-sponsored by the Wesleyan student group The Disengineering Society, Nicolas Collins ’76, MA ’79 will guide participants in prototyping three different devices.
Concert by Nic Collins
Friday, September 15, 2023 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
Nicolas Collins ’76, MA ’79 presents a concert of recent live electronic music works, including several Connecticut premieres, performed by various instrumentalists.
DIY Electronic Sound Workshops with Nicolas Collins [SOLD OUT]
Friday, September 15, 2023 at 1:00pm
The Disengineering Lab, Room 220, Exley Science Center, 265 Church Street
In two do-it-yourself workshops co-sponsored by the Wesleyan student group The Disengineering Society, Nicolas Collins ’76, MA ’79 will guide participants in prototyping three different devices.
Politics, Bleeps, and Bloops with the Election Profit Makers
Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 7:00pm
Smith Reading Room, Olin Library, 252 Church Street
Join David Rees (Get Your War On, Going Deep with David Rees) and Jon Kimball, hosts of the indie podcast Election Profit Makers, for a discussion of political prediction markets, field recording, tinnitus, Geoguessr and Google Earth, and maybe some other things.*

August

Barbara McClane: Blessed Not Bitter
Monday, August 21, 2023 at 5:00pm
Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore, 413 Main Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Wesleyan University Embodying Antiracism Community Fellow and author Barbara McClane presents a book talk and signing featuring her autobiography Blessed Not Bitter at Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore.

June

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and Joel Christian Gill: Stamped from the Beginning - A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi and award-winning illustrator Joel Christian Gill will be in discussion and Q&A highlighting their new graphic novel "Stamped From the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America" (2023).
Talk by Joshua Lubin-Levy '06: “E.G. [Evening Gown] Orgy” - Jack Smith And Abstract Gender in the 1960s
Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 1:00pm
Zoom
Director of the Center for the Arts Joshua Lubin-Levy '06 presents a virtual talk focused on artist Jack Smith and abstract gender in the 1960s for the Wildenstein Plattner Institute.
Juneteenth Parade and Liberation Day Festival
Monday, June 19, 2023 at 11:00am
Main Street and Harbor Park, Middletown
Wesleyan University community members will walk in the inaugural Juneteenth parade starting at 11am, followed by a festival of free food, food trucks, music, and live entertainment until 6pm.
Summer Sounds at the CFA: Free Outdoor Concert featuring Funky Dawgz Brass Band
Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 7:00pm
Center for the Arts Courtyard, 283 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
Connecticut’s Funky Dawgz Brass Band delivers a contagious, upbeat mix of original hip hop and funk, plus today’s top hits with a brass twist. Bring a picnic, then dance with family and friends at this free outdoor concert. SoulFully Vegan Food Truck provides food for sale, starting at 6:30pm.
Summer Leadership Institute Informal Sharing: “The Power of We”
Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 5:00pm
Fayerweather Beckham Hall, 55 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut
Participants in the Summer Leadership Institute of Wesleyan’s Embodying Antiracism Initiative “The Power of We,” presented in partnership with Urban Bush Women, Junebug Productions, and The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, present an informal final sharing.
Urban Bush Women Workshop: “How We Got to the Funk” and “The Block Party”
Thursday, June 8, 2023 at 7:00pm
Fayerweather Beckham Hall, 55 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut
This 90-minute combined dance workshop, led by Urban Bush Women’s Founder and Chief Visioning Partner Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Performing Artist and Associate Producer Cheri Stokes, is a fun, participatory exploration of history through the lens of African American social dances from the ’50s through the ’70s, as well as the block party aesthetic in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in the ’80s and ’90s. All ages, no dance experience necessary.
A Conversation with Michelle Miller and Stephanie McKee-Anderson: Embodying Antiracism Summer Leadership Institute Opening Keynote [Postponed with New Date]
Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 5:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed until Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

Michelle Miller, a co-host of "CBS Saturday Morning” and author of the recently published memoir Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Loss and Love (Harper Collins, 2023), will be in conversation with Stephanie McKee-Anderson, Executive Artistic Director of Junebug Productions, one of the three partnering organizations of Wesleyan’s Embodying Antiracism Initiative.

May

Senior Thesis Showcase Reception
Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 2:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The reception in Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery for the Senior Thesis Showcase exhibition of the work of the Class of 2023’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program includes a conversation with Associate Professor of Art History Nadja Aksamija, Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art Benjamin Chaffee, and the student curators Bailey Chapin ’24, Emma Flaherty ’24, and Sabrina Tian ’24 at 3pm.
Sound Systems and Chamber Electronics [New Time]
Friday, May 12, 2023 at 4:30pm
World Music Hall

Students in Professor and Chair of the Music Department Ronald Kuivila’s Sound Systems and Chamber Electronics course (MUSC 225) present their compositions.

Researching Irish Traditional Music Manuscripts: A Lecture-Demonstration With Gerry O’Connor
Friday, May 12, 2023 at 2:00pm
Davison Rare Book Room, Olin Library, 252 Church Street

Join the celebrated Irish traditional fiddle player, music producer, record label owner, and luthier Gerry O’Connor for a lecture-demonstration on the music of the Oriel region of Ireland from early 20th-century music manuscripts in the Luke Donnellan collection. This collection served as the basis for his modern edition of these regional tunes in The Rose in the Gap: Dance Music of Oriel from the Donnellan Collection.

Ritual for Earth: New Works for Laptop Ensemble and EarthSounds Instruments
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 8:30pm
World Music Hall
Wesleyan’s Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble premieres new works, including the world premiere of Ritual for Earth by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Music Jin Hi Kim written for the Laptop Ensemble, EarthSounds Instruments, and members of the Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble. The evening of premieres includes works by ensemble members, in addition to pieces by composers Matthew Evan Taylor and Toneburst alum James P. Falzone.
Chinese Music Ensemble Spring Concert
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Wesleyan’s Chinese Music Ensemble, under the direction of Chia-Yu Joy Lu, presents a spring concert featuring a variety of music derived from traditional and contemporary works.
Wesleyan Organ Studio: Piping Performance
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Students of Assistant Professor of Music and University Organist Alcee Chriss present a recital of organ music.
WesWinds Spring Concert
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble (WesWinds) performs under the direction of Salvatore LaRusso.
South Indian Music Student Recital
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 6:00pm
World Music Hall
Students of Adjunct Associate Professors B. Balasubrahmaniyan and David Nelson will perform their end of semester recital of music from the Karnatak tradition of South India.
Senior Theater Capstone: Staged Reading of Crush! Crush! Crush!
Monday, May 8, 2023 at 8:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
A Senior Theater Capstone Project by Scarlett Chenchen Long ’23, with music by Ben Sulzinsky ’23 and directed by April Schwartz ’24 and Sida Chu ’26.
Ebony Singers Spring Concert
Monday, May 8, 2023 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Ebony Singers present an evening of gospel music under the direction of Marichal Monts ’85. This joyful, inspiring event is great for the entire family.
African Pop Music and West African Drumming Concert [New Time]
Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Wesleyan’s African Pop Music Band and students from West African Drumming, directed by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa, present an invigorating performance of traditional and contemporary African music and dance.
Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble and Taiko Drumming Ensemble Spring Concert
Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 4:00pm
World Music Hall
Beginning and advanced students of the Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble, directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Music Jin Hi Kim, play new arrangements of samulnori (percussion quartet) repertoire. Wesleyan’s Taiko Drumming Ensemble performs the thunderous and thrilling rhythms of Japanese drumming under the direction of Visiting Instructor in Music Fumi Tanakadate.
Worlds of Dance Showcase
Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Worlds of Dance Showcase features Wesleyan students performing an exciting array of dance styles from a variety of courses, including Javanese Dance, Bharata Natyam, Hip Hop, and “Introduction to Dance” classes. *Please note that masks are required for this event.
Ocean Filibuster
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Linking below-the-surface mystery with above-the-surface climate issues, the Connecticut premiere of Ocean Filibuster puts audiences in the middle of a human/ocean showdown. “The Ocean” gets the chance to tell its side of the story in this new music theater experience from Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl’s Obie Award-winning company PearlDamour in collaboration with the Center for the Arts, the Wesleyan Theater Department, the College of the Environment, and the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life.
Javanese Gamelan and Dance
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 7:30pm
World Music Hall
Wesleyan’s Javanese Gamelan ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, presents an evening of Javanese gamelan and dance, with a prelude by the Indonesian Community Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of Professor Harjito. The performance features a dance by Visiting Professor of Dance Veronica Retnaningsih, from the Kasultanan court of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and a guest singer Heni Savitri.
Oceanic Journey: A Free Interactive and Immersive Installation
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 6:30pm
Theater Studio 001, 275 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
How are humans and our love of plastic changing the ocean? Wander into the depths of the ocean to explore and uncover the answer. Conceived and designed by Assistant Professor of the Practice Courtney Gaston with student designers Romy Beckham ’25, Joaquina Guevara ’23, Henry Owens ’25, and Sarah Schlosberg ’25, this installation is presented by the Theater Department and produced in conjunction with Ocean Filibuster. Free timed tickets are for 15-minute intervals.
Ocean Filibuster
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
Linking below-the-surface mystery with above-the-surface climate issues, the Connecticut premiere of Ocean Filibuster puts audiences in the middle of a human/ocean showdown. “The Ocean” gets the chance to tell its side of the story in this new music theater experience from Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl’s Obie Award-winning company PearlDamour in collaboration with the Center for the Arts, the Wesleyan Theater Department, the College of the Environment, and the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life.
Wesleyan Chamber Gamelan Concert and Celebration for Sumarsam’s Forthcoming Book History and Myth, Interculturalism and Interreligiosity:   The In-Between in Javanese Performing Arts
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 1:00pm
Smith Reading Room, Olin Library, 252 Church Street, Middletown, CT
Wesleyan University’s World Music Archives and Music Department present a Wesleyan Chamber Gamelan mini-concert in celebration of Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam’s forthcoming book, published by Wesleyan University Press, History and Myth, Interculturalism and Interreligiosity: The In-Between in Javanese Performing Arts. This hour-long event includes the concert, featuring guest singer Heni Savitri, and a presentation by Sumarsam entitled “History and Mythology in Javanese Performing Arts,” followed by a reception.
Oceanic Journey: A Free Interactive and Immersive Installation
Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 12:30pm
Theater Studio 001, 275 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
How are humans and our love of plastic changing the ocean? Wander into the depths of the ocean to explore and uncover the answer. Conceived and designed by Assistant Professor of the Practice Courtney Gaston with student designers Romy Beckham ’25, Joaquina Guevara ’23, Henry Owens ’25, and Sarah Schlosberg ’25, this installation is presented by the Theater Department and produced in conjunction with Ocean Filibuster. Free timed tickets are for 15-minute intervals.
Wesleyan University Orchestra Masterworks Concert
Friday, May 5, 2023 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

The Wesleyan University Orchestra, under the direction of Visiting Instructor of Music Britney Alcine, performs works by Franz Schubert and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The concert also features the winners of the annual Concerto Competition Junu Lee ’25 and Mrinal Bhatnagar ’25, playing movements from concertos by Maurice Ravel and Antonín Dvořák.

Ocean Filibuster
Friday, May 5, 2023 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Linking below-the-surface mystery with above-the-surface climate issues, the Connecticut premiere of Ocean Filibuster puts audiences in the middle of a human/ocean showdown. “The Ocean” gets the chance to tell its side of the story in this new music theater experience from Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl’s Obie Award-winning company PearlDamour in collaboration with the Center for the Arts, the Wesleyan Theater Department, the College of the Environment, and the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life.
Wesleyan Collegium Musicum: Gealdorcha—Sung Rituals in Celtic Light and Shadow [New Time]
Friday, May 5, 2023 at 6:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Wesleyan’s Collegium Musicum, under the direction of Professor of Music Jane Alden, performs a concert with music spanning 900 years by Hildegard of Bingen, Philip the Chancellor, B. de Cluny, John Dunstable, Binchois, John Taverner, Robert White, Thomas Tallis, John Dowland, Robert Ramsey, Arvo Pärt, and a new work by Grace O’Duffy.
Oceanic Journey: A Free Interactive and Immersive Installation
Friday, May 5, 2023 at 5:00pm
Theater Studio 001, 275 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
How are humans and our love of plastic changing the ocean? Wander into the depths of the ocean to explore and uncover the answer. Conceived and designed by Assistant Professor of the Practice Courtney Gaston with student designers Romy Beckham ’25, Joaquina Guevara ’23, Henry Owens ’25, and Sarah Schlosberg ’25, this installation is presented by the Theater Department and produced in conjunction with Ocean Filibuster. Free timed tickets are for 15-minute intervals.
Wesleyan Chamber Music Concert
Friday, May 5, 2023 at 12:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform works by Shostakovich, Beach, Vanhal, Beethoven, and Gal.
Senior Thesis Showcase Exhibition Opens [New Date]
Friday, May 5, 2023 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The Senior Thesis Showcase exhibition opens, featuring the work of the Class of 2023’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program.
Ocean Filibuster
Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Linking below-the-surface mystery with above-the-surface climate issues, the Connecticut premiere of Ocean Filibuster puts audiences in the middle of a human/ocean showdown. “The Ocean” gets the chance to tell its side of the story in this new music theater experience from Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl’s Obie Award-winning company PearlDamour in collaboration with the Center for the Arts, the Wesleyan Theater Department, the College of the Environment, and the Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life.
Wesleyan Concert Choir
Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Concert Choir, under the direction of Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Ellen Gilson Voth, presents a program featuring both a cappella and accompanied selections from classical and modern choral repertoire.
Javanese Gamelan and Dance Beginning Students
Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 6:30pm
World Music Hall
Experience the culture of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Javanese Gamelan ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, and Javanese Dance, under the direction of Visiting Professor of Dance Veronica Retnaningsih.
Oceanic Journey: A Free Interactive and Immersive Installation
Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 5:00pm
Theater Studio 001, 275 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
How are humans and our love of plastic changing the ocean? Wander into the depths of the ocean to explore and uncover the answer. Conceived and designed by Assistant Professor of the Practice Courtney Gaston with student designers Romy Beckham ’25, Joaquina Guevara ’23, Henry Owens ’25, and Sarah Schlosberg ’25, this installation is presented by the Theater Department and produced in conjunction with Ocean Filibuster. Free timed tickets are for 15-minute intervals.
Reading and Reception for Allison Orr's "Dance Works: Stories of Creative Collaboration"
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 4:30pm
Romance Languages and Literatures Lounge, 300 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Celebrate the release of the Wesleyan University Press book Dance Works: Stories of Creative Collaboration by Allison Orr, Research Fellow of the College of the Environment and Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. Orr is Founder and Artistic Director of Forklift Danceworks based in Austin, Texas.

April

Akua Dixon and Quartette Indigo
Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Cellist, composer, conductor, and educator Akua Dixon is considered “amongst the treasures of contemporary jazz” (The Star-Ledger, New Jersey), having performed with artists from Duke Ellington and Max Roach to Ray Charles and Lionel Hampton. At Wesleyan, Dixon makes her Connecticut debut with her string quartet, Quartette Indigo, which has been called ”jazz’s leading string quartet” (The Boston Globe). This concert is the conclusion of the 20th annual Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend.
Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble
Friday, April 28, 2023 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble, directed by Noah Baerman, performs as the opening concert of the 20th annual Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend. The ensemble presents an exciting program of small-group jazz representing a variety of modern jazz traditions and techniques.
Senior Talks in the History of Art
Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 4:30pm
Boger Hall, Room 112, 41 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
Seniors in the Art History Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History present their talks.
Opening Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Five
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for the fifth week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Michael Eustace, Stella Guggenheim, Harrison Haft, Julia Kaubisch, Leah Levine, Nélida Samara Zepeda Mendoza, and Savannah Russo.
Graduate Recital: Parsa Ferdowsi [Canceled]
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been canceled. A graduate music recital by Parsa Ferdowsi, featuring a music-theater performance.

Spring Dance Concert
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

Wesleyan students across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches. *Please note that masks are required for this event.
Spring Dance Concert
Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 2:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

Wesleyan students across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches. *Please note that masks are required for this event.
Fireside Ocean Jam
Friday, April 21, 2023 at 8:00pm
CFA Courtyard Pop-Up Fire Pit, 283 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Raquel Bryant and Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl host an informal fireside cabaret. Sing, tell stories, and dive deep into a celebration of the ocean-human ecosystem from 8pm to 11pm.
Spring Dance Concert
Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

Wesleyan students across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches. *Please note that masks are required for this event.
The Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Keyboard Recital [New Location]
Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A keyboard recital featuring the participants of the Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Competition.
Opening Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Four
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for the fourth week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Lex Bryan, Archie Caride, Jolexis DeJesus, Florence Colette Finkelstein, Tommy Graves, Lucy Ward, and Henry Weed.
Bach at Noon
Monday, April 17, 2023 at 12:10pm
Highwaymen Common Room, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, 300 High Street
A series of noon-time performances of selected works by Johann Sebastian Bach, with John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce on piano and commentary by Professor of Music and Dean of the Arts and Humanities Roger Grant, followed by a discussion with the audience.
Senior Installation: Jalen Lee
Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 11:00am
World Music Hall

A senior music installation by Jalen Lee ’23, open from 11am to 5pm.

Movement Through The Valley: Excerpts from Chrome Valley
Friday, April 14, 2023 at 7:00pm
Bessie Schönberg Dance Studio, 241 Pine Street, Middletown
Students from the “Dance as Activism” course (DANC 379), taught by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Dance and African American Studies Joya Powell, perform an end-of-semester showing of movement activations. Created from Shapiro-Silverberg Distinguished Writer in Residence Mahogany L. Browne’s new poetry collection Chrome Valley (2023), the showing is directed by Jonathan McCrory, Executive Artistic Director of the National Black Theatre in Harlem.
Sea Creature Sewing: Entangled and Ingested
Friday, April 14, 2023 at 11:00am
Huss Courtyard—outside of Usdan University Center, 45 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
Researcher and artist Dr. Katharine Owens is creating a series of life-sized murals of sea animals harmed by plastic pollution. Help sew a new ocean mural from discarded plastic and learn more about plastic pollution. No sewing skills or experience are required.
Opening Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Three
Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for the third week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Sarah Emily Haas Albert, Catherine Capeci, Claire Femano, Nina Kagan, Tatiana Meyer, Kelly Nano-Miranda, and Annie Wendorf.
Spring Faculty Dance Concert
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

The Spring Faculty Dance Concert features a collection of new works by Visiting Associate Professor of Dance Doug Elkins and Wesleyan students in the DANC 378 "Repertory and Performance" class. Also performing new work is Visiting Instructor in Dance Sarah Konner with guest artists. *Please note that masks are required for this event.

Spring Faculty Dance Concert
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 2:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

The Spring Faculty Dance Concert features a collection of new works by Visiting Associate Professor of Dance Doug Elkins and Wesleyan students in the DANC 378 "Repertory and Performance" class. Also performing new work is Visiting Instructor in Dance Sarah Konner with guest artists. *Please note that masks are required for this event.

Spring Faculty Dance Concert
Friday, April 7, 2023 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

The Spring Faculty Dance Concert features a collection of new works by Visiting Associate Professor of Dance Doug Elkins and Wesleyan students in the DANC 378 "Repertory and Performance" class. Also performing new work is Visiting Instructor in Dance Sarah Konner with guest artists. *Please note that masks are required for this event.

Edo Kotobukijishi (Japanese Traditional Lion Dance)
Friday, April 7, 2023 at 4:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Eien Hunter-Ishikawa gives a demonstration and workshop of Edo Kotobukijishi (Japanese traditional lion dance).
Talk It Out and Artist Book Open House: Humans viz Ocean?
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 5:30pm
Olin Library, Special Collections and Develin Room, 252 Church Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Science in Society Joseph Weiss, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Elise Springer, and the Ocean Filibuster cast will talk out the human/ocean relationship at 6:30pm in the Develin Room, following a hands-on viewing of ocean-related artist books from Wesleyan Library’s Special Collections and Archives at 5:30pm.
Lecture by Colombian Artist Felipe Arturo: The Migration of Plants
Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 4:30pm
Fries Center for Global Studies, Fisk Hall 201, 262 High Street
Associate Professor at the Universidad del Rosario, Colombian artist Felipe Arturo presents a selection of works that span a 15-year period of artistic practice based on the migration of plants in recent history and their impact in contemporary cultural practices. A reception follows the lecture.
Music Department Colloquium: Felicia Sandler—“African Art Music: The Case of Dr. Ephraim Amu”
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 4:30pm
Zoom

Felicia Sandler is a composer teaching at the New England Conservatory. Her scholarship centers on the music of Ghanaian composer Dr. Ephraim Amu, recognized as the “Father of Ghanaian art music,” and the architect of the regional choral idiom. Her presentation will introduce and analyze music from various periods of Amu’s activity, demonstrating how the composer created a cohesive expression that was novel, fresh, Ghanaian and, simultaneously, his own. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.

Opening Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Two
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for the second week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Shasekh Infinity Augustin; Allie Godwin; Finley Jacobsen; Leevon Matthews, Jr; Mim Pomerantz; and Tess Solot-Kehl.
Bach at Noon
Monday, April 3, 2023 at 12:10pm
Highwaymen Common Room, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, 300 High Street
A series of noon-time performances of selected works by Johann Sebastian Bach, with John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce on piano and commentary by Professor of Music and Dean of the Arts and Humanities Roger Grant, followed by a discussion with the audience.
Senior Installation: Max Murgio
Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 8:00pm
Digital Design Commons 100
A senior sound installation by Max Murgio ’23, open from 8pm to 10pm.
Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert: Rooted
Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

Senior choreographers present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major. Featuring works by Amaal Ladha, Keren Lebrón Ramos, Charissa Lee, and Halle Newman. Please note that masks are required for this event.

Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert: Rooted
Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 2:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

Senior choreographers present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major. Featuring works by Amaal Ladha, Keren Lebrón Ramos, Charissa Lee, and Halle Newman. Please note that masks are required for this event.

March

Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert: Rooted
Friday, March 31, 2023 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown

Senior choreographers present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major. Featuring works by Amaal Ladha, Keren Lebrón Ramos, Charissa Lee, and Halle Newman. Please note that masks are required for this event.

Revivals in the Dark Workshop: On Revivals and Animating Theater History with CLASSIX
Friday, March 31, 2023 at 1:30pm
CFA Theater Studio, 275 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
A free workshop with CLASSIX, featuring Brittany Bradford, A.J. Muhammad, Dominique Rider, Arminda Thomas, and Awoye Timpo. Open to all students, no experience necessary. 
A Concert of Kora/Pipa Duo: Strings from West Africa and China [CANCELED]
Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

PLEASE NOTE: This concert has been canceled. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Gao Hong (pipa - Chinese lute) and Kadialy Kouyaté (Senegalese kora - 21-string harp, and voice) perform as a pipa and kora duo in their world premiere concert at Wesleyan. Pre-concert talk at 7:30pm.

Revivals in the Dark Panel Discussion: On Reviving Black Theater History
Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 6:30pm
Vanguard Lounge, Center for African American Studies, 343 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
A panel discussion with CLASSIX, featuring A.J. Muhammad, Dominique Rider, and Awoye Timpo. Moderated by Associate Professor of English, Theater, and African American Studies Rashida Z. Shaw McMahon.
Art Lecture by Anna Vallye: Mapping Urban Renewal in New London, CT, 1940–1975
Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 4:30pm
Boger Hall, Room 112
Anna Vallye is Assistant Professor of Art History and Architectural Studies, Connecticut College.
SIDEBAND +++ TONEBURST!   
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 8:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Sideband is an electroacoustic ensemble, comprised of composer-performers dedicated to exploring the potential of the laptop orchestra. Wesleyan’s Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble presents new and arranged works for live electronics under the direction of Professor of Music Paula Matthusen.
Music Department Colloquium: Anya Shatilova—“Nizovaia Traditsiia and The Great Russian Orchestra: National Identity and Music in Late Nineteenth-Century Russia”—and Manuel J. Perez III—“Unmanifest Merging: Compositional Structures for (Communal) Reflection, Healing, Actualization, and Embodiment”
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 4:30pm
Zoom

Anya Shatilova is a Ph.D. candidate in Ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University. Her paper will focus on Vasilii Vasil’evich Andreev’s project of modernizing Russian plucked lutes—domra and balalaika—in late Imperial Russia. Manuel J. Perez III is a second-year M.A. Composition student at Wesleyan University. His talk will explore the relationship between artwork and the artist’s conception of self and lived experience through an analysis of his selected compositions. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.

Opening Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week One
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for the first week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Riya Devi-Ashby, Alec Black, Peter Ketels Fulweiler, Skye Gao, Eden Lanois, and Bell Rush.
Art and Policy Salon: Acting on Climate Change
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall and on Zoom (link below)
Artists help us imagine possible futures. How can they effect actual change? Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Raquel Bryant, artist and researcher Dr. Katharine Owens, and Save the Sound’s inaugural Environmental Justice Specialist Alex Rodriguez will look at the potent relationship between imagined futures and mappable realities. Moderated by Strategic Advisor in the Arts Michael Feldman ’84. If not able to attend in-person, view also on Zoom.
42nd annual Middletown Public Schools Art Exhibition Opening Reception
Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 3:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for the 42nd annual Middletown Public Schools Art Exhibition is sponsored by the Middletown Board of Education, Middletown Public Schools Cultural Council, and Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts. Exhibition is on view through Sunday, March 19, 2023.
Music Department Colloquium: Florian Carl—“Ghana Gospel: Christian Popular Music, Ritual Performance, and Digital Media in 21st-Century West Africa”
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 4:30pm
Zoom

Florian Carl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Music and Dance at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and currently a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. His talk will explore the Ghanaian gospel phenomenon at the intersection of popular culture, religious ritual, and everyday life, tracing indigenous forms of Christian popular music through a range of media, performance, and reception contexts. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.

A Conversation with Nathan Lee Graham, hosted by Maria-Christina Oliveras
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 1:00pm
Zoom
Wesleyan Assistant Professor of Theater and Embodying Antiracism Faculty Fellow Maria-Christina Oliveras holds a conversation with Nathan Lee Graham. A Grammy Award-winning star of Broadway, film, and television, Graham is also known for his activism, promoting the impact of queer studies outside of academia, and was the recipient of the José Esteban Muñoz award from The Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS) at the City University of New York. He is currently playing Hermes in the Broadway national tour of Hadestown.
Toneburst Sampler
Monday, March 6, 2023 at 8:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Wesleyan’s Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble presents new and arranged works for live electronics under the direction of Professor of Music Paula Matthusen. Featuring works by Lainie Fefferman, Jin Hi Kim, Paula Matthusen, Joo Won Park, and Matthew Evan Taylor.
Excerpts from The Clear Blue Skies: Diaries from Ukraine
Monday, March 6, 2023 at 7:00pm
Cross Street Dance Studio, 160 Cross Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Actors Kyle Cameron, Raquel Chavez, and Alexandra Templer workshop excerpts from the new theater project The Clear Blue Skies: Diaries from Ukraine, created by Scott Illingworth and Oleksandra Oliinyk.
Red Line: A Collaborative Dance Performance by Iddi Saaka
Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 7:00pm
Cross Street Dance Studio, 160 Cross Street, Middletown
Red Line, a collaborative multifaceted dance performance conceived and directed by Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka as part of his fellowship with Wesleyan University’s Embodying Antiracism Initiative. The work draws on the experiences of five scholar-artist collaborators to interrogate how a place of origin can open opportunities for some but close doors to others.
Thesis Theater Production: Top Girls (SOLD OUT)
Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 5:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown
Directed by Annabella Machnizh ’23, Top Girls follows the promotion of Marlene, a second wave capitalistic feminist, who decides to celebrate with a group of women across history and art.
Wesleyan University Orchestra Children’s Concert: Our Favorite Childhood Fairy Tales
Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Orchestra presents their tenth annual children’s concert under the direction of Visiting Instructor of Music Britney Alcine. Before our beloved fairy tales of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, and others were made into films, they were ballets and operas. These were the ways composers like Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Humperdinck, and more were able to tell the stories we all know and love today. Come hear the Wesleyan Orchestra play selections of pieces telling these stories and others.
The Ad Hoc Bach Collective: “For the Love of Bach” Vol. 11
Friday, March 3, 2023 at 8:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Wesleyan student/faculty/staff/alumni/community collective Ad Hoc Bach presents the next installment of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas.
Thesis Theater Production: Top Girls (SOLD OUT)
Friday, March 3, 2023 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown
Directed by Annabella Machnizh ’23, Top Girls follows the promotion of Marlene, a second wave capitalistic feminist, who decides to celebrate with a group of women across history and art.
Pianist Emanuele Arciuli [New Time]
Friday, March 3, 2023 at 4:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Italian classical pianist Emanuele Arciuli performs five of the Geographical Preludes (1998-2000) by John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce, and the monumental set of 36 variations on “The People United Will Never Be Defeated” (1975) by Frederic Rzewski, in his Connecticut debut concert.
Dance Alumni Chat Series: Anyone Can Dance!
Friday, March 3, 2023 at 12:00pm
Zoom (Eastern Standard Time)
The Dance Department’s fourth Alumni Chat Series event features three amazing Wesleyan alumni discussing the benefits of a dance degree, and how their dance education at Wesleyan transformed their lives beyond the University. Featuring David Brick ’91, Degan Mercado Leopold ’03, and Djibril Sall ’16. Moderated by University Professor of Dance Patricia Beaman.
Thesis Theater Production: Top Girls (SOLD OUT)
Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown
Directed by Annabella Machnizh ’23, Top Girls follows the promotion of Marlene, a second wave capitalistic feminist, who decides to celebrate with a group of women across history and art.
Film Screening: A Rising Fury
Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:00pm
Powell Family Cinema, The Jeanine Basinger Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
A Q&A with the co-director, screenwriter, and producer Lesya Kalynska and producer TJ Collins will follow the screening of the documentary film A Rising Fury (2022), which tracks the evolution of the conflict in Ukraine.
Music Department Colloquium: Richard K. Wolf—“Wakhi Poetic Imagination in Tajikistan and Afghanistan”
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 4:30pm
Zoom

Richard K. Wolf, Professor of Music and South Asian Studies at Harvard University, is an ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, and photographer who has conducted research in South and Central Asia. His presentation will draw from his research with Wakhi bards in Tajikistan and Afghanistan featured in his film Two Poets and a River (2020). The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.

Artist Conversation: Carrie Yamaoka and Claire Grace [CANCELED]
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Associate Professor of Art History Claire Grace joins artist Carrie Yamaoka ’79 in a conversation about her exhibition seeing is forgetting and remembering and forgetting again, on display in the Main Gallery of the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery through Sunday, March 5, 2023.
Opening Reception: Understanding China in the Age of the Unequal Treaties Exhibition
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 12:00pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center
Celebrate the opening of the new exhibition Understanding China in the Age of the Unequal Treaties, curated by Sabrina Tian ’24 in the College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center. A light lunch will be provided following a Q&A with the curator. The exhibition is on display through Saturday, May 27, 2023.

February

Lecture by Jonathan Flatley—Du Bois With Lenin: Theorizing the Revolutionary Counter-Mood
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Room 202
In this lecture, Jonanthan Flatley examines W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) and Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) as theorists of revolutionary counter-moods, those moments when discouraged, cynical, alienated, or otherwise disconnected people come together in solidarity to form energetic, hopeful, and demanding collectives, which then engage in transformative political action.
Art Lecture by Joseph Henry—Dreams of Non-Contingency: Primitivism and Sachlichkeit in Wilhelmine Germany
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 4:30pm
Boger Hall, Room 112
Joseph Henry is a PhD Candidate in Art History at CUNY Graduate Center and a 2022–23 Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellow, Department of Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This Is It! 2.0: The Complete Chamber Music of Neely Bruce—Part III [New Date]
Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
This is the third in a series of concerts featuring the chamber music of John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce, especially music for string instruments and song cycles. This concert consists of the world premiere of An Album for String Sextet, and the second performance of a work written in honor of Suzy Taraba, Songs for Suzy.
Book Talk with Barbara McClane: Blessed Not Bitter–The Barbara McClane Journey
Friday, February 24, 2023 at 4:30pm
Olin Library, Smith Reading Room, 252 Church Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Photographer, author, and Embodying Antiracism Initiative Community Fellow Barbara McClane shines a light into her new memoir. Blessed Not Bitter: The Barbara McClane Journey is a transparent, inspiring, and hope-giving story of McClane’s life challenges, self-discovery, and finding her family after 60 years.
The Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Diane Weiss ’80 Memorial Lecture: Lecticia Alvarado—“To Have and To Hoard: Xandra Ibarra’s Object Lessons”
Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 4:30pm
Judd Hall, Room 116, 207 High Street, Middletown, Connecticut
How do minoritized artists navigate spaces rife with problematic practices of extraction, rooted in the institutional objectification of individuals in the service of empires and how are engaged audiences called into reflection on their continuing legacies? In this talk, Professor Lecticia Alvarado orients us to consider the object lessons proffered in the cultural production of Oakland-based artist Xandra Ibarra.
Music Department Colloquium: Jin Hi Kim—“Komungo Abroad in the Digital Age: No Boundary between Ancient and Contemporary”
Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 4:30pm
Adzenyah Rehearsal Hall, Room 003 (Daltry Room), 60 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown

Jin Hi Kim is an innovative komungo (fretted board zither) virtuoso, a Guggenheim Fellow composer, and a United States Artists Fellow who teaches Korean Drumming and Creative Music at Wesleyan University. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.

Festival of Live Electronic Music—Idiopreneurial Entrephonics II: Four Pieces by David Behrman
Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
The second evening of the Idiopreneurial Entrephonics II festival of live electronic music features four pieces by composer David Behrman, performed by Behrman and members of the Wesleyan music community.
Festival of Live Electronic Music—Idiopreneurial Entrephonics II: Special Open Meeting of Wesleyan Disengineering Society
Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 2:00pm
World Music Hall

On Saturday afternoon, the Idiopreneurial Entrephonics II festival of live electronic music features a special open meeting of the Wesleyan Disengineering Society. The group regularly gathers to hack hardware, software, and e-waste for sonic repurposing and re-engineering.

Senior Piano Recital: Henry Weed
Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 12:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Henry Weed ’23 performs a piano recital, featuring works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Claude Debussy, and Maurice Ravel.
Festival of Live Electronic Music—Idiopreneurial Entrephonics II: Performances by Bonnie Jones and John Bischoff
Friday, February 17, 2023 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall

The first evening of the Idiopreneurial Entrephonics II festival of live electronic music begins with performances by Bonnie Jones and John Bischoff.

Music Department Colloquium: Michael Frishkopf—“Music for Global Human Development Promoting Health and Wellbeing in Liberia, Ghana, and Ethiopia: Theory, Method, and Impact”
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 4:30pm
Zoom

Michael Frishkopf is Professor of Music, Director of the Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology, and Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Religious Studies at the University of Alberta, as well as Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Communication and Cultural Studies, at the University for Development Studies (Ghana). His talk will outline Music for Global Human Development, a theoretical, activist ethnomusicology fostering human development through sustainable, music-centric, collaborative projects, drawing on case studies from Liberia, Ghana, and Ethiopia. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.

Artist Talk: Ilana Harris-Babou
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Assistant Professor of Art and Luther Gregg Sullivan Fellow in Art Ilana Harris-Babou talks about her exhibition Liquid Gold. The exhibition is on display from Monday, January 30 through Sunday, March 5, 2023.
Lotto Royale Workshop
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 4:00pm
Fayerweather Beckham Hall, Room 108, 55 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut
Artists Camila Malenchini and Layton Lachman host a performance art workshop focusing on the creation of new work through the frame of site-specific dance and performance art. The workshop is in dialogue with the Berlin-based project Lotto Royale, a festival of one-on-one performances located in public space. A new iteration of Lotto Royale is being produced by John Hoobyar for the forthcoming “River To River Festival” through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. This workshop is from 4pm to 7pm.
Cynthia Novack In Memoriam Lecture by Stephan Koplowitz: Site-Specific Performance Creation and Problem Solving—Real-World Stories and Strategies
Friday, February 10, 2023 at 12:00pm
Cross Street Dance Studio, 160 Cross Street, Middletown
Stephan Koplowitz ’79, director/choreographer and producer, gives a media-centered talk on his book On Site- Methods for Creating Site-Specific Performance (Oxford University Press, 2022). Koplowitz, whose site-specific work has been seen in various sites and contexts both in the U.S. and abroad for the past 35 years, delves into several topics: Why make site-specific work? What defines a site-specific work? What are some strategies for creating site performances and overcoming production logistics and challenges? An abundance of films and photographs accompany this lecture, followed by a reception.
Film Screening and Discussion: Marvin McNeill and Edward “Juicey” Jackson—“From the Mouthpiece on Back”
Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 7:00pm
Wesleyan Library, Music Seminar Room (Olin 327B), 252 Church Street, Middletown and Zoom
Marvin McNeill (Wesleyan Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology, and Assistant Professor of Music and African American Studies, Emory University) and New Orleans musician Edward “Juicey” Jackson present a virtual screening of the hour-long documentary From the Mouthpiece on Back, about the TBC (To Be Continued) Brass Band from New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina. The screening will be followed by a discussion about music, climate change, housing inequity, and gentrification in New Orleans and the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Ida. Attend in person to watch the event as a community (space is limited, RSVP with “Reserve Now” link), or attend virtually by Zoom. Organized by the World Music Archives, Wesleyan University Library. 
Raquel Gutiérrez Reading
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 6:00pm
Allbritton Center, Room 311, 222 Church Street
Raquel Gutiérrez is a critic, essayist, poet, and educator. Gutiérrez is a 2021 recipient of the Rabkin Prize in Arts Journalism, as well as a 2017 recipient of The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. Gutiérrez teaches in the Oregon State University-Cascades Low Residency Creative Writing M.F.A. Program. Gutiérrez’s first book Brown Neon (Coffee House Press) was named as one of the best books of 2022 by The New Yorker.
Opening Reception: The Wayland Rudd Collection Exhibition
Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery

The Wayland Rudd Collection exhibition opening reception with remarks by Assistant Professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Roman Utkin, followed by a reception with refreshments. The exhibition is on display from Friday, February 3 through Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

The Wayland Rudd Collection Exhibition Opens
Friday, February 3, 2023 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery

The Wayland Rudd Collection exhibition opens in Zilkha’s South Gallery. The exhibition is on display from Friday, February 3 through Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

January

Opening Reception: Ilana Harris-Babou—Liquid Gold
Monday, January 30, 2023 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, North Gallery
The exhibition by Assistant Professor of Art and Luther Gregg Sullivan Fellow in Art Ilana Harris-Babou opens with remarks by the artist and curator Benjamin Chaffee, Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art, at 5pm. The reception is from 4:30pm to 6pm. The exhibition is on display from Monday, January 30 through Sunday, March 5, 2023.
Opening Reception: Carrie Yamaoka—seeing is forgetting and remembering and forgetting again
Monday, January 30, 2023 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Main Gallery
The exhibition by artist Carrie Yamaoka ’79 opens with remarks by the artist and curator Benjamin Chaffee, Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art, at 5pm. The reception is from 4:30pm to 6pm. The exhibition is on display from Monday, January 30 through Sunday, March 5, 2023.

2022

December

fron/terra cognita + Hostile Terrain (HT94) Exhibition Closes
Sunday, December 11, 2022 at 5:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
fron/terra cognita + Hostile Terrain (HT94) is an exhibition comprising a series of lectures, performances, readings, and art installations on the broad theme of borders, migration, displacement, and violence. The exhibition programming reflects on the territorial dimensions of borders and their consequential effects.
String Noise Performs Works by Wesleyan Graduate Student Composers
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall

New York violin duo String Noise, composed of violinists Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim Harris, performs works by Wesleyan graduate student composers.

Winter Dance Concert: 11 Short Stories
Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater

Wesleyan students across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches in the Winter Dance Concert, 11 Short Stories. Please note that masks are required for this event.
Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble Fall Concert
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble, directed by Noah Baerman, will present an exciting program of small-group jazz representing a variety of modern jazz traditions and techniques.
Senior Thesis Theater Production: Antigonick [SOLD OUT]
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater Studio, 275 Washington Terrace, Middletown
Anne Carson brings Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone into the contemporary world by fracturing it into stupendous imagery and startling, spare language. This production will use the structure of Carson’s Antigonick to explore how theater can function as a ritual to create community and connection. Directed by Sarah Shapiro ’23.
Winter Dance Concert: 11 Short Stories
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater

Wesleyan students across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches in the Winter Dance Concert, 11 Short Stories. Please note that masks are required for this event.
Wesleyan Chamber Music Concert
Friday, December 9, 2022 at 12:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform works by Beethoven, Roussel, Reinstein, and more!
Wesleyan Organ Studio: Piping Performance
Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 9:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Students of Artist in Residence and University Organist Alcee Chriss present a recital of organ music.
Wesleyan Concert Choir
Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Concert Choir, under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina, presents a program featuring both a cappella and accompanied selections from classical and modern choral repertoire.
Senior Thesis Theater Production: Antigonick [SOLD OUT]
Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater Studio, 275 Washington Terrace, Middletown
Anne Carson brings Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone into the contemporary world by fracturing it into stupendous imagery and startling, spare language. This production will use the structure of Carson’s Antigonick to explore how theater can function as a ritual to create community and connection. Directed by Sarah Shapiro ’23.
Beginning Students of the Javanese Gamelan Ensemble
Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 6:30pm
World Music Hall
Experience the culture of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Javanese Gamelan ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam.
John Cage’s Musicircus [Time Changed]
Thursday, December 8, 2022 at 1:45pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Students from the adventurous MUSC 109 “Introduction to Experimental Music” class present a series of overlapping performances in the seventh rendition of John Cage's Musicircus at Wesleyan since fall 2013.
Senior Thesis Theater Production: Antigonick [SOLD OUT]
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater Studio, 275 Washington Terrace, Middletown
Anne Carson brings Sophocles’ Greek tragedy Antigone into the contemporary world by fracturing it into stupendous imagery and startling, spare language. This production will use the structure of Carson’s Antigonick to explore how theater can function as a ritual to create community and connection. Directed by Sarah Shapiro ’23.
Chinese Music Ensemble Fall Concert
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Wesleyan’s Chinese Music Ensemble, under the direction of Chia-Yu Joy Lu, presents a fall concert featuring a variety of music derived from traditional and contemporary works.
WesWinds Fall Concert
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Wind Ensemble (WesWinds) performs under the direction of Salvatore LaRusso.
South Indian Music Student Recital
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 6:00pm
World Music Hall
Students of Adjunct Associate Professors B. Balasubrahmaniyan and David Nelson will perform their end semester recital of music from the Karnatak tradition of South India.
Ebony Singers Winter Concert
Monday, December 5, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Ebony Singers present an evening of gospel music under the direction of Marichal Monts ’85. This joyful, inspiring event is great for the entire family.
Steel Pan Fall Concert
Monday, December 5, 2022 at 6:00pm
Fayerweather Beckham Hall, 55 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
The Wesleyan Steel Pan Ensemble performs under the direction of Visiting Instructor in Music Briele Scott.
West African Drumming and Dance Concert
Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
An invigorating performance filled with the rhythms of West Africa, featuring Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka, joined by students in West African music and dance classes. *Please note that masks are required for this event.
Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble and Taiko Drumming Ensemble Fall Concert
Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 4:00pm
World Music Hall
Beginning and advanced students of the Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble, directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Music Jin Hi Kim, play new arrangements of samulnori (percussion quartet) repertoire. Wesleyan’s Taiko Drumming Ensemble performs the thunderous and thrilling rhythms of Japanese drumming under the direction of Visiting Instructor in Music Fumi Tanakadate.
Worlds of Dance Concert
Sunday, December 4, 2022 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Worlds of Dance Showcase will feature Wesleyan students performing an exciting array of dance styles from a variety of courses, including Javanese Dance, Bharata Natyam, Hip Hop, Afro-Brazilian, and “Introduction to Dance” classes. *Please note that masks are required for this event.
Advanced Javanese Gamelan Concert
Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 7:30pm
World Music Hall
Wesleyan's Javanese Gamelan ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, presents the classical music and dance of Central Java. The concert will include a prelude by the Indonesian Connecticut Community Gamelan Ensemble, directed by Professor Harjito.
Fall Faculty Dance Concert: For the LOVE (of Humanity)
Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
The Fall Faculty Dance Concert will feature Assistant Professor of the Practice in Dance and African American Studies Joya Powell's company Movement of the People and Wesleyan students and alumni performing the work in progress What's Left of Spring. Visiting Professor of Dance Veronica Retnaningsih will present the solo work Golek Ayun-Ayun on Friday, December 2, 2022. *Please note that masks are required for this event.
Wesleyan University Orchestra
Friday, December 2, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Orchestra performs under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina.
Senior Thesis Theater Staged Reading: Mulaqat
Friday, December 2, 2022 at 8:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
A staged reading of Mulaqat, written by Malaika Fernandes '23 in partial fulfillment of Honors in Theater, which explores how we can redefine a South Asian community by pushing the boundaries of language in a world where understanding each other is vital. Directed by Avanti Sheth '23 and stage managed by Sabrina Ladiwala '24.
Fall Faculty Dance Concert: For the LOVE (of Humanity)
Friday, December 2, 2022 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
The Fall Faculty Dance Concert will feature Assistant Professor of the Practice in Dance and African American Studies Joya Powell's company Movement of the People and Wesleyan students and alumni performing the work in progress What's Left of Spring. Visiting Professor of Dance Veronica Retnaningsih will present the solo work Golek Ayun-Ayun on Friday, December 2, 2022. *Please note that masks are required for this event.
Senior Thesis Theater Staged Reading: Mulaqat
Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 8:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
A staged reading of Mulaqat, written by Malaika Fernandes '23 in partial fulfillment of Honors in Theater, which explores how we can redefine a South Asian community by pushing the boundaries of language in a world where understanding each other is vital. Directed by Avanti Sheth '23 and stage managed by Sabrina Ladiwala '24.
Panel Discussion: Borders of Cuba and Cubanidad
Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 4:30pm
Romance Languages and Literatures Common Room, 300 High Street, Middletown

How do diaspora and exile shape or contest the (imagined) borders of Cuba? Who gets to define “cubanidad,” that is, what it means to be Cuban? Invited speakers grapple with these questions by turning to late nineteenth- to twentieth-century archives and literary works that shed light on the consolidation of anticolonial efforts across the Caribbean, the links between Cuba and the island of Fernando Pó (now Equatorial Guinea), and the shifting racial borders of cubanidad.

Resilience in Times of War [Date Changed]
Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
A performance presentation about the convergence of the arts, politics, and survival in Ukraine, held in conjunction with the exhibition Women at War, will feature Associate Professor of Dance, Environmental Studies, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, and Education Studies Katja Kolcio joined by vocalist and collector of Ukrainian folk songs Nadia Tarnawsky, with livestream guests from Ukraine: theater artist and vocalist Vira Hanchar in Lviv, and writer and dancer Larissa Babij in Kyiv. Wesleyan students will also be featured in the performance.

November

Sound Performance by Artists Nadia Shihab and Szu-Han Ho: two/fold
Sunday, November 20, 2022 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Szu-Han Ho and Nadia Shihab will perform in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery as part of a series of events held in conjuction with the exhibtion fron/terra cognita + Hostile Terrain (HT94), on display through December 11, 2022.
Virtual Symposium—How We Do: Dance Making, Praxis in Our Own Words
Friday, November 18, 2022 at 1:00pm
Zoom

This symposium will shed light on the magic of the praxis. Most Black dance makers go unrecognized for their contributions and tools they have shared in the field. How they do what they do. The symposium will highlight intergenerational conversations on the processes of dance making, which is often left within dance studio walls. The conversations will be centered around our processes, tools, devices that are used in our choreographic praxis, as akin to a kitchen table conversation. Sponsored and co-presented by: Angela’s Pulse’s North Star Arts Incubator, Wesleyan University’s Dance Department and Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, and The Committee on Black Performing Arts (CBPA) at The Institute for Diversity in the Arts (IDA) at Stanford University.

Music Department Colloquium: Jennifer Kyker—Seeking Bad Debt: Ethnography, Mutuality, and Hunhu/Ubuntu
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Jennifer W. Kyker holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology at the Eastman School of Music and as Associate Professor of Music in the College Music Department at the University of Rochester. Her talk will suggest possibilities for ethnographic work centered on the Zimbabwean indigenous philosophy of hunhu/ubuntu. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.
Graduate Music Student Concert: Parsa Ferdowsi, Katrina Mazur, and Tobias Haus
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
Graduate music students Parsa Ferdowsi, Katrina Mazur, and Tobias Haus present a concert.
Jeremy Zwelling Memorial Concert featuring Trio Sefardi
Sunday, November 13, 2022 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce presents a concert in memory of Jeremy Zwelling, Associate Professor of Religion, Emeritus, who passed away in May 2022 at the age of 81. The concert will feature Trio Sefardi, a Virginia-based ensemble that, since 2010, has performed traditional songs of the Sephardim, the descendants of Jews exiled from Spain in 1492.
Everybody
Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
In Everybody, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, five of the nine actors choose their parts by lottery before every performance. Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl and co-directed by Visiting Professor of Theater Erica Wray, Everybody is a wild, involving, provocative,​ hilarious journey for both the actors and the audience. This production will also serve as the Senior Theater Capstone Project in Lighting Design for Sam Harris ’23.
Everybody
Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
In Everybody, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, five of the nine actors choose their parts by lottery before every performance. Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl and co-directed by Visiting Professor of Theater Erica Wray, Everybody is a wild, involving, provocative,​ hilarious journey for both the actors and the audience. This production will also serve as the Senior Theater Capstone Project in Lighting Design for Sam Harris ’23.
Everybody
Friday, November 11, 2022 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
In Everybody, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, five of the nine actors choose their parts by lottery before every performance. Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl and co-directed by Visiting Professor of Theater Erica Wray, Everybody is a wild, involving, provocative,​ hilarious journey for both the actors and the audience. This production will also serve as the Senior Theater Capstone Project in Lighting Design for Sam Harris ’23.
Everybody
Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
In Everybody, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, five of the nine actors choose their parts by lottery before every performance. Directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl and co-directed by Visiting Professor of Theater Erica Wray, Everybody is a wild, involving, provocative,​ hilarious journey for both the actors and the audience. This production will also serve as the Senior Theater Capstone Project in Lighting Design for Sam Harris ’23.
Talk by Jason De León, Undocumented Migration Project and creator of Hostile Terrain 94—The Land of Open Graves: Raising Awareness about Migrant Life and Death along the U.S./Mexico Border
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Jason De León is Executive Director of the Undocumented Migration Project and the Colibri Center for Human Rights. He is Professor of Anthropology and Chicana, Chicano, and Central American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and Head Curator of the ongoing global exhibition Hostile Terrain 94. He is the author of the award-winning book The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail and a 2017 MacArthur Fellow. This talk is held in conjunction with the exhibition fron/terra cognita + Hostile Terrain (HT94), on display in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery through Sunday, December 11, 2022.
Graduate Music Composition Recital: Manuel J. Perez III
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
Graduate music composition student Manuel J. Perez III presents a contextual concert. The recital A Line Between Two Points features an evening of curated works that meet at the liminal space between memory, lived history, sociality, and spontaneous performance.
Standing with Ukraine: An International Conversation
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery and livestreamed
An in-person and live-streamed international conversation on Election Day will offer direct and unique insight into the current situation in Ukraine.
The Ad Hoc Bach Collective: “For the Love of Bach” Vol. 10
Friday, November 4, 2022 at 8:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Wesleyan student/faculty/staff/alumni/community collective Ad Hoc Bach presents a celebratory tenth edition of For the Love of Bach.
The Critical Response Process in Action: A Webinar in Celebration of the Release of Critique Is Creative
Friday, November 4, 2022 at 12:30pm
Zoom
Celebrate the release of Critique Is Creative: The Critical Response Process in Theory and Action (2022) by Wesleyan University Press. Hear from co-authors Liz Lerman and John Borstel and some of the 21 contributors to the book’s exploration of Critical Response Process and its applications, featuring samples from the book and lively conversation.
Talk by Seth Berkman—Sports in East Asia in the 21st Century: A Global Phenomenon
Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 4:30pm
College of East Asian Studies Seminar Room at Mansfield Freeman Center, 343 Washington Terrace
Seth Berkman is a journalist based in New York. Since 2012, he has been a regular contributor to The New York Times Sports section, while also occasionally covering business and investigative news. His book A Team of Their Own: How an International Sisterhood Made Olympic History was published in 2019. This event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Karen Xu: Massive Power Ball, on display through Friday, December 9, 2022.
Art History Public Lecture by Dr. Vyta Pivo—A World Cast in Concrete: How the US Built its Empire
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
A World Cast in Concrete: How the US Built its Empire weaves together two stories: how the US cement and concrete industries expanded their material and technological reach across the globe and into outer space. Dr. Vyta Pivo is a postdoctoral scholar and assistant professor of architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan.
Music Department Colloquium: Adriana Helbig—Romani Musical Resistance During Russia’s War in Ukraine
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Adriana Helbig is Associate Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Music at the University of Pittsburgh. Her presentation will discuss how Romani musical responses to the war in Ukraine have brought them into the center of Ukraine’s resistance narrative. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.
Talk by Saida Hodžić
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saida Hodžić is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Cornell University. She studies women’s rights activism, NGO advocacy, humanitarianism, and civic environmental activism. Her first book, The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life after NGOs (University of California Press, 2017) has won the Michelle Rosaldo Book Prize by the Association for Feminist Anthropology, granted to a first book that embodies the theoretical rigor, ethnographic richness and advancement of feminist scholarship, as well as the Amaury Talbot Book Prize for African Anthropology by the Royal Anthropological Institute. This talk is held in conjunction with the exhibition fron/terra cognita + Hostile Terrain (HT94), on display in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery through Sunday, December 11, 2022.
fron/terra cognita + Hostile Terrain (HT94) Exhibition Opens
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
fron/terra cognita + Hostile Terrain (HT94) is an exhibition comprising a series of lectures, performances, readings, and art installations on the broad theme of borders, migration, displacement, and violence. Programming will provoke reflections on the territorial dimensions of borders and their consequential effects.

October

Community Workshop for the Creation of the Zilkha Gallery Installation of Hostile Terrain 94—Volunteers Needed
Friday, October 28, 2022 at 11:30am
Usdan University Center, Room 110, 45 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
To prepare for the installation of Hostile Terrain 94 in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, this workshop will ask volunteers to fill out the toe tags and bear witness to the humanitarian crisis that is happening at our southern border.
Music Department Colloquium: Galen Joseph-Hunter—Out of the Air: 25 Years of Transmission Art
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Galen Joseph-Hunter is the Executive Director of Wave Farm. She will introduce the origins and activities behind this 25 year-old organization driven by experimentation with broadcast media and the airwaves. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.
Women at War Exhibition Opens
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery
Women at War features works by a selection of the leading contemporary women artists working in Ukraine, and provides context for the current war, as represented in art across various media. Exhibition on display through Sunday, November 20, 2022.
Artist Talk: Suzanne Kite—Nonhuman Futures
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 7:30pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Suzanne Kite is an award winning Oglála Lakȟóta performance artist, visual artist, composer and academic whose groundbreaking scholarship and practice explore contemporary Lakota ontology through research-creation, computational media, and performance. Sponsored by the Center for the Arts Creative Campus Initiative, Science and Society Program, and Music Department.
Music Department Colloquium: Kay Kaufman Shelemay—Sentinel Musicians of the Ethiopian American Diaspora
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Kay Kaufman Shelemay is the G. Gordon Watts Professor of Music and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her talk will introduce the background and scope of the author’s recent book, Sing and Sing On: Sentinel Musicians and the Making of the Ethiopian American Diaspora. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.
TALK IT OUT: How We Have Died—Antigonick and Everybody
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 6:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
Each semester, the Theater Department produces a show. That show contains a conversation. Let’s TALK IT OUT together.
Queer Horror: Gravest Hits
Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:00pm
Goldsmith Family Cinema, The Jeanine Basinger Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
Portland, Oregon's Queer Horror is the only LGBTQ+ feature-length horror screening series in the United States. The East Coast premiere of Gravest Hits presents the silliest and most ghoulish international short films hosted by drag clown Carla Rossi, leaving the audience shook, slain, and screaming for more.
Wesleyan University Orchestra
Friday, October 14, 2022 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
In this concert, the Wesleyan University Orchestra, under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina, will feature Private Lessons Instructors Libby Van Cleve (oboe) and Charlie Suriyakham (clarinet), performing music by John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce.
Talk by Miriam Ticktin—Borders and Commons: the Struggle over Political Imagination
Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 5:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
Miriam Ticktin is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York. Previously, she was at The New School for Social Research, where she co-directed the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility. This event is held in conjunction with the exhibition fron/terra cognita + Hostile Terrain (HT94), on display from Tuesday, November 1 through Sunday, December 11, 2022.
Music Department Colloquium: Paul Berliner—Reflections on Immersive Study and Collaborative Research with Zimbabwean Mbira Musicians, 1969–2022
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Paul F. Berliner is the Arts and Sciences Professor Emeritus of Music at Duke University. In his talk, he will elaborate the goals of the sequel to his first book, The Soul Mbira: Music and Traditions of the Shona People of Zimbabwe, which grew out of his dissertation as a Wesleyan doctoral candidate. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.
This Is It! 2.0: The Complete Chamber Music of Neely Bruce - Part II
Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
This is the second in a series of concerts featuring the chamber music of John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce, especially music for string instruments and song cycles.
Work in Progress with Toshi Reagon: You're Having Too Much Fun So We're Gonna Have to Kill You
Friday, October 7, 2022 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Get a special first glimpse into the creative process of singer, composer, musician, curator, activist, producer, and storyteller Toshi Reagon as she concludes her year-long artist residency at Wesleyan’s Center for the Arts developing a new production.
Artist Talk by Nick Raffel
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Nick Raffel’s work in sculpture, installation, and digital modeling considers architectural and infrastructural systems which facilitate the flow of air, water, and gas.
Music Department Colloquium: Levi Gibbs—Encountering Modernity in the Yellow Earth: Innovation in a ‘Traditional’ Repertoire
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Levi S. Gibbs is Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Culture in the Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages Program at Dartmouth College. His lecture will examine how singers, composers, and scholars in contemporary China have adapted traditional songs to represent their regions within the nation and around the world. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.
Sonic Introductions: Graduate Student Composers at Wesleyan
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
This concert will feature Wesleyan graduate music students performing previous and current works for different types of ensembles as well as solo performance and spontaneous compositions.
Dance Performance: Nrithya Pillai
Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

Nrithya Pillai is an acclaimed performer and activist from the hereditary community of South India’s former courtesan artists. She presents her dance in the context of critical perspectives on the form, and her New England debut performance will be accompanied by live musicians. A talk-back moderated by Professor and Chair of the Dance Department and Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Hari Krishnan will follow the performance. This event is part of the 46th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.
Saraswati Puja (Hindu Ceremony)
Sunday, October 2, 2022 at 11:00am
World Music Hall
This religious service, led by Joseph Getter MA ’99, marks the most auspicious day of the year for beginning new endeavors. The audience may participate and bring instruments, manuscripts, and other items for blessing. This event is part of the 46th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.
Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan
Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
World-renowned sitar virtuoso Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan belongs to the seventh generation of an influential musical lineage. His playing focuses on exploring and expanding the possibilities of the melodic framework for improvisation in North Indian classical music, or raag, often to mind-blowing effect. This concert is part of the 46th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.
Master Class with Sujata Goel: Bollywood Dance—A Globalized Body
Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 11:00am
Bessie Schönberg Dance Studio, 247 Pine Street, Middletown
This Master Class, led by Indian-American choreographer and dancer Sujata Goel, is an introduction to Bollywood dance. Originating in the 1930s, Bollywood dance is a hybrid form that fuses eastern and western dance styles. In this class, participants will look at the history of Bollywood through its different styles spanning the 1940s to present day. The class is open to all, no previous experience or training is required. Sujata Goel is part of SAEDA (South Asian Experimental Dance Artists).

September

B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music of South India
Friday, September 30, 2022 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Vocalist and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music B. Balasubrahmaniyan will be joined by Adjunct Associate Professor of Music David Nelson on mridangam and Pranav Swaroop, violin, as part of the 46th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.
Dance in the Round with Parijat Desai
Friday, September 30, 2022 at 12:15pm
Center for the Arts Courtyard (in front of Ring Family Performing Arts Hall)
India-born, U.S.-raised choreographer/dancer Parijat Desai leads an inclusive workshop based on the "garba" circle dance from Gujarat, India. No experience necessary. Visual elements of Desai's performance project "How Do I Become WE" are featured in the SAEDA (South Asian Experimental Dance Artists) exhibition Kinetic Visualities.
Film Screening: The Other Song
Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 7:00pm
Powell Family Cinema, The Jeanine Basinger Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
The Connecticut premiere screening of the documentary The Other Song will be followed by a Zoom conversation with Director Saba Dewan based in India, and moderated by Assistant Professor of Film Studies Anuja Jain as part of the 46th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.
Kinetic Visualities Exhibition Opens
Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery
The exhibition Kinetic Visualities will present art processes by the members of SAEDA (South Asian Experimental Dance Artists), a United States-based collective which explores shared and divergent artistic processes and disrupts representations of South Asian bodies in the diaspora. This exhibition is part of the 46th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.
Music Department Colloquium: Lara Pearson—Interacting with Melody Through Movement: Co-singing Gesture in Karnatak Vocal Performance
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Lara Pearson is a musicologist and researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (Frankfurt am Main, Germany). Her paper will reflect on the relationship between gesture and melody in the South Indian style known as Karnāṭaka Saṅgīta (Karnatak music). The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series. It is also part of the 46th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.
A Reading with Renee Gladman
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
In conjunction with her solo exhibition THE DREAMS OF SENTENCES, writer and artist Renee Gladman will present a special reading of her work in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery. Gladman is the author of three collections of drawing-writing—Prose Architectures (2017), One Long Black Sentence (2020), and Plans for Sentences (2022)—as well as many works of fiction, essay, and poetry. For this event, Gladman will read across many of their works.
Talk by Writer and Art Critic Emmanuel Iduma: The Movement of the Other
Monday, September 26, 2022 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Room 202
This talk by writer and art critic Emmanuel Iduma is co-sponsored by Wesleyan’s Anthropology Department and African Studies and is held in conjunction with the exhibition fron/terra cognita + Hostile Terrain (HT94), on display from Tuesday, November 1 through Sunday, December 11, 2022.
Book Release and Performative Lecture with Michael Sakamoto - An Empty Room: Imagining Butoh and the Social Body in Crisis
Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 5:00pm
College of East Asian Studies Seminar Room, Mansfield Freeman Center, 343 Washington Terrace, Middletown
Celebrate the release of the new Wesleyan University Press book An Empty Room: Imagining Butoh and the Social Body in Crisis by interdisciplinary artist, scholar, educator, and curator Michael Sakamoto who will perform and show excerpts from his work, followed by a Q&A and book signing.
Music Department Colloquium: Ron Kuivila—Bellona Times: the Turbulence of the Present
Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 4:30pm
Adzenyah Rehearsal Hall, Room 003 (Daltry Room), 60 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
Professor and Chair of the Music Department Ron Kuivila will present his sound installation Bellona Times and discuss its gestation. The colloquium is organized by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Music and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Saida Daukeyeva as part of the Music Department Colloquium Series.
Opening Reception—Karen Xu: Massive Power Ball
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 12:00pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center

Celebrate the opening of the new exhibition Massive Power Ball by Karen Xu ’22 in the College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center. Refreshments will be provided following a talk by the curators and a walkthrough of the exhibition.

Opening Reception: Nick Raffel - airfoil
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Nick Raffel’s work in sculpture, installation, and digital modeling considers architectural and infrastructural systems which facilitate the flow of air, water, and gas. This reception for the exhibition airfoil will include a curator talk by Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art Benjamin Chaffee at 5pm.
Opening Reception: Renee Gladman—THE DREAMS OF SENTENCES
Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Writer and artist Renee Gladman is preoccupied with crossings, thresholds, and geographies as they play out at the intersections of poetry, prose, drawing and architecture. This reception will include a talk by exhibition curator, Associate Director of Visual Arts, and Adjunct Instructor in Art Benjamin Chaffee at 5pm.

June

The Kobzar’s Prayer for Ukraine: The Sacred National Instruments of Ukraine
Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 5:30pm
Outdoor Stage at The Church of the Holy Trinity, 381 Main Street, Middletown, Connecticut
Ukrainian-American musician Jurij Fedynskyj will make his Connecticut debut in a free outdoor concert, The Kobzar’s Prayer for Ukraine: The Sacred National Instruments of Ukraine, at The Church of the Holy Trinity.

May

Senior Thesis Showcase Reception
Saturday, May 21, 2022 at 3:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The reception in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery for the Senior Thesis Showcase exhibition of the work of the Class of 2022’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program will include a conversation with Assistant Professor of Art History and American Studies Claire Grace, Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art Benjamin Chaffee ’00, and student curator Gabby Farina ’23 at 4pm.
“Gospel, Rap, and Social Justice” with Naomi Wilson, BL Shirelle, Julio Medina, and Carlos Roche [New Date]
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 7:00pm
YouTube

Introduced by Julio Medina, Director of Exodus Transitional Community. Special guest Carlos Roche, a survivor of the Attica prison massacre, will introduce songs by gospel singer Naomi Wilson and rap poet BL Shirelle, honoring the men who sacrificed their lives to demand justice during the 1971 uprising. They will present their songs and stories in collaboration with Wesleyan students in the course THEA 115 “America in Prison: Theater Behind Bars,” taught by Professor and Chair of the Theater Department Ronald S. Jenkins.

Mini-Festival of Dance in Three Parts [Moved to rain site]
Friday, May 6, 2022 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

A mini-festival of dance in three parts, featuring a duet with Alexi Salazar and Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Eury German ’16; a West African Drumming and Dance Concert, featuring Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka joined by students in West African music and dance classes; and a performance of new works by Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka, Graduate Liberal Studies student Shirley Sullivan ’21, and Serena Aimen '22 in collaboration with Wesleyan students in the "Repertory and Performance" course (DANC 378).

Free Film Screening: WesWorks [Moved to rain location]
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 7:30pm
Goldsmith Family Cinema, The Jeanine Basinger Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace, Middletown, Connecticut
Celebrate the movement and stories of Wesleyan University employees at the premiere screening of the film WesWorks, which documents the performance with Facilities staff that took place outdoors on Friday, October 15, 2021.
Steel Pan Concert
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 6:30pm
Fayerweather Beckham Hall, 55 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut
The Wesleyan Steel Pan Ensemble performs under the direction of Visiting Instructor in Music Briele Scott.
Process>>Processional: Toneburst + MUSC 221 Final Electroextravaganza [Updated with final program]
Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 12:00pm
Starting on Andrus Field, 55 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut
Wesleyan’s Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble and students from the “Live-Electronics for Composition, Improvisation, and Sound Art” class (MUSC 221) present an afternoon of new and arranged works for live electronics in various locations, under the direction of Professor of Music Paula Matthusen. View the  Toneburst + MUSC 221 Final Electroextravaganza program here.
African Pop Music Concert
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Wesleyan’s African Pop Music Band, directed by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa, presents an invigorating performance of contemporary African music and dance. Genres to be performed include highlife, reggae, hiplife, and gospel highlife, among others.
South Indian Music Student Recital
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
Students of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music B. Balasubrahmaniyan will perform their end of semester recital of music from the Karnatak tradition of South India. Performance will feature the song forms Gitam, Kriti, and Tillana, an instrumental piece, and Solkattu (spoken rhythm). 
Senior Thesis Showcase Exhibition Opens
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery showcases the work of the Class of 2022’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program.
In Love and War: Performed by Dancers from "Bharata Natyam III"
Monday, May 2, 2022 at 12:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

The "Bharata Natyam III" advanced class (DANC 382), taught by Professor and Chair of the Dance Department Hari Krishnan, will present new works in this invigorating end-of-semester performance with live music.

Taiko Drumming Ensemble Spring Concert
Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 4:00pm
World Music Hall
Wesleyan’s Taiko Drumming Ensemble performs the thunderous and thrilling rhythms of Japanese drumming under the direction of Visiting Instructor in Music Fumi Tanakadate. Several dynamic and exciting styles will be showcased, demonstrating both traditional and contemporary Taiko repertoire.
Worlds of Dance Showcase
Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

The Worlds of Dance Showcase will feature Wesleyan students performing an exciting array of dance styles from a variety of courses, including Indonesian Dance, Bharata Natyam, Jazz Dance, Afro-Brazilian, and “Introduction to Dance,” under the direction of Visiting Associate Professor of Dance Doug Elkins, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Maho Ishiguro MA ’12 Ph.D. ’18, Associate Professor of Dance Katja Kolcio, Professor and Chair of the Dance Department Hari Krishnan, and Assistant Professor of the Practice in Dance Joya Powell.

April

Wesleyan University Orchestra
Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
In this concert, the Wesleyan University Orchestra, under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina, will feature the winners of the annual Concerto Competition: pianist Umi Ito ’22 and violinist Julia Kan ’22.
Chinese Music Ensemble Spring Concert
Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
Wesleyan’s Chinese Music Ensemble, under the direction of Joy Lu, presents a variety of Chinese and Taiwanese music derived from traditional and contemporary musical works.
Spring Dance Concert: [parentheses]
Saturday, April 30, 2022 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater
Student choreographers present works created after a semester of dance composition studies. Featuring works by Zoe Austin '22, Ellis Collier '23, Christian Denny '22, Ellie Flynn '24, Abby Frazee '23, Skye Gao '23, Amaal Ladha '23, graduate student Langston Lynch, Leo Mercado '25, Nallely Salinas '24, Sarah Shapiro '23, Jeremy Sherman '24, and Teddy Shusterman '24.
Wesleyan Concert Choir
Friday, April 29, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Concert Choir, under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina, presents a program featuring both a cappella and accompanied selections from classical and modern choral repertoire.
Spring Dance Concert: [parentheses]
Friday, April 29, 2022 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater
Student choreographers present works created after a semester of dance composition studies. Featuring works by Zoe Austin '22, Ellis Collier '23, Christian Denny '22, Ellie Flynn '24, Abby Frazee '23, Skye Gao '23, Amaal Ladha '23, graduate student Langston Lynch, Leo Mercado '25, Nallely Salinas '24, Sarah Shapiro '23, Jeremy Sherman '24, and Teddy Shusterman '24.
Korean Drumming and Creative Music
Friday, April 29, 2022 at 3:00pm
World Music Hall
Beginning and advanced students of the Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble, directed by Adjunct Assistant Professor Jin Hi Kim, play new arrangements of samulnori (percussion quartet) repertoire.
Wesleyan Chamber Music Concert
Friday, April 29, 2022 at 12:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Max Reger, Johannes Brahms, Karl Goldmark, Niccolò Paganini, and Manuel Ponce.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble [New Location]
Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
Experience the culture of Java with a concert featuring beginning students of the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam.
Graduate Recital: Ridvan Aydinli—Turkish makam to Turkmen mukam
Monday, April 25, 2022 at 9:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street
A journey between Turkish classical makam and Turkmen mukam musical traditions via ney (end-blown flute) and dutar (two-stringed lute) by graduate music students Ridvan Aydinli and Mohammad Geldi Geldi Nejad.
Faculty Theater Production: Sonnets for an Old Century by José Rivera
Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater

The Theater Department presents Sonnets for an Old Century by José Rivera. Directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Theater Edward Torres.

The Makanda Project
Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall

The Boston-based ensemble The Makanda Project performs as the conclusion of the 19th annual Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend. Formed in 2005, the fourteen-member big band explores the previously unrecorded original compositions of Dr. Makanda Ken McIntyre (1931–2001), an innovator who explored new directions in jazz, playing woodwinds on recordings with Cecil Taylor, Eric Dolphy, and Charlie Haden, and who taught at Wesleyan from 1969 to 1971. The group, which features several former Wesleyan faculty and alumni, will also perform two compositions by the late saxophonist Bill Barron, and will be joined at this concert by four dancers. 

Faculty Theater Production: Sonnets for an Old Century by José Rivera
Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

The Theater Department presents Sonnets for an Old Century by José Rivera. Directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Theater Edward Torres.

Faculty Theater Production: Sonnets for an Old Century by José Rivera
Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater

The Theater Department presents Sonnets for an Old Century by José Rivera. Directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Theater Edward Torres.

Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble
Friday, April 22, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble, directed by Noah Baerman, performs as the opening concert of the 19th annual Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend.
Faculty Theater Production: Sonnets for an Old Century by José Rivera
Friday, April 22, 2022 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

The Theater Department presents Sonnets for an Old Century by José Rivera. Directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Theater Edward Torres.

The Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Keyboard Recital
Friday, April 22, 2022 at 12:00pm
Memorial Chapel
A keyboard recital featuring the participants of the Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Competition.
Javanese Shadow Puppet Play: Wayang Kulit [New Location]
Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall

The Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble and guest musicians, under the direction of University Professor of Music Harjito with Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music and puppet master (dhalang) Sumarsam, will present a Javanese shadow puppet play (wayang).

Senior Talks in the History of Art
Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 4:30pm
Boger Hall, Room 112, 41 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
Seniors in the Art History Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History will present their talks.
Virtual Colloquium Series: BLACK SOUNDS MATTER—INTERSECTIONAL (re)CONNECTIONS OF AFRICAN and AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICS AT WESLEYAN
Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 4:30pm
YouTube
Dwight Andrews and bass trombonist for The Makanda Project and former Wesleyan Artist in Residence Bill Lowe will give talks as part of the final Black Sounds Matter Colloquium Series event this spring.
Artists in Conversation: Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Five
Thursday, April 21, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Zilkha Gallery showcases the work of the Class of 2022’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program. The exhibition presents works by Rhea Aggarwal, Vida Behar, Jonah Newmark, Maia Panlilio, Magine Slonaker, and Benjamin Vuchetich. Join Associate Director of Visual Arts Benjamin Chaffee in an online conversation with students about their work.
Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Five Opening Reception
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Join us for the opening reception for the fifth week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions, from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Rhea Aggarwal, Vida Behar, Jonah Newmark, Maia Panlilio, Magine Slonaker, and Ben Vuchetich.
Senior Recital: Dachelle Washington
Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 7:00pm
Movement House, 200 High Street
A senior music recital by Dachelle Washington ’22, “Songs That Taught Me How to Dream.”
Senior Recital: Nic Catalan
Friday, April 15, 2022 at 9:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street
A senior music recital by Nic Catalan ’22, "By Myself/Based on What."
Artists in Conversation: Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Four
Thursday, April 14, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery showcases the work of the Class of 2022’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program. The fourth week of the exhibition presents works by Joseph Cohen, Nomi Kligler, Morgan Maben, Elisa Pettinato, Mia Sakamoto, and Carmen Scott-Henning. Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art Benjamin Chaffee will be in conversation with students about their work on Zoom.
Opening Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Four
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for the fourth week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions will be held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Joseph Cohen, Nomi Kligler, Morgan Maben, Elisa Pettinato, Mia Sakamoto, and Carmen Scott-Henning.
Virtual Colloquium Series: BLACK SOUNDS MATTER—INTERSECTIONAL (re)CONNECTIONS OF AFRICAN and AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICS AT WESLEYAN
Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 4:30pm
YouTube
Portia K. Maultsby and Assistant Professor of Sociology Courtney Patterson-Faye will give talks as part of the Black Sounds Matter Colloquium Series.
Artists in Conversation: Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Three
Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery showcases the work of the Class of 2022’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program. The third week of the exhibition presents works by Dotan Appelbaum, Helena Girardoni, Niamh Henchy, Ina Kim, Wiralpach “Mi” Nawabutsitthirat, and Olivia Thanadabout. Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art Benjamin Chaffee will be in conversation with students about their work on Zoom.
Opening Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Three
Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for the third week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions will be held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Dotan Appelbaum, Helena Girardoni, Niamh Henchy, Ina Kim, Wiralpach “Mi” Nawabutsitthirat, and Olivia Thanadabout.
Graduate Recital: Ryan Seward—Recent Works, 2020–2022
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 7:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street

Ryan Seward and friends perform five recent works for four copper pipes and various surfaces, glockenspiel bars and sine tones, organ, three snare drums activated by miniature loudspeakers and sine tones, and five or so sustaining instruments. four copper pipes drawn over various surfaces will begin before the recital at 6:15pm outside of Memorial Chapel.

Spring Faculty Dance Concert [CANCELED]
Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 8:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been canceled.

The Spring Faculty Dance Concert highlights new works by the faculty in the Dance Department.

Senior Recital: Pablo Puente
Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A senior music recital by Pablo Puente ’22, "How to Keep Going."
Senior Recital: Clay Rodgers
Friday, April 1, 2022 at 9:00pm
World Music Hall
A senior music recital by Clay Rodgers ’22, featuring the Clay Rodgers Band performing long-form improvised music in the style of the Grateful Dead.
Spring Faculty Dance Concert [CANCELED]
Friday, April 1, 2022 at 8:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been canceled.

The Spring Faculty Dance Concert highlights new works by the faculty in the Dance Department.

March

Virtual Colloquium Series: BLACK SOUNDS MATTER—INTERSECTIONAL (re)CONNECTIONS OF AFRICAN and AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICS AT WESLEYAN
Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 4:30pm
YouTube

Wesleyan's John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce and Associate Professor of English, Theater, and African American Studies Rashida Z. Shaw McMahon will give talks as part of the Black Sounds Matter Colloquium Series.

Artists in Conversation: Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Two
Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery showcases the work of the Class of 2022’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program. The second week of the exhibition presents works by Eli Baden-Lasar, Mia Gleiberman, Julia Kan, Kelsey Morgan, Haishi Teng, and Forrest Walker. Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art Benjamin Chaffee will be in conversation with students about their work on Zoom.
Dance Alumni Chat Series: Anyone Can Dance!
Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 12:00pm
Zoom
The Dance Department’s third Alumni Chat Series event features four amazing Wesleyan alumni discussing the benefits of a dance degree, and how their dance education at Wesleyan transformed their lives beyond the University. Featuring Michael Bodel ’03; Darrah Carr ’96; Gabe Hurlock ’20; and SheenRu Yong ’02. Moderated by Associate Professor Katja Kolcio, with an introduction by the Center for the Arts Associate Director for Programming and Performing Arts Fiona Coffey.
Opening Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Two
Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for the second week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions will be held from 4pm to 6pm. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Eli Baden-Lasar, Mia Gleiberman, Julia Kan, Kelsey Morgan, Haishi Teng, and Forrest Walker.
Cynthia Novack Lecture in Memoriam: “Dancing A Love Like That” — A Talk and Workshop with Ananya Chatterjea
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 4:40pm
Bessie Schönberg Dance Studio, 247 Pine Street, Middletown
Presented by the Dance Department, this year’s Cynthia Novack Lecture in Memoriam will be a talk and workshop. “Dancing A Love Like That” will feature Ananya Chatterjea, artistic director of Ananya Dance Theatre, a dance company of BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, People of Color] femmes, and co-founder of the Shawngrām Institute for Performance and Social Justice. Chatterjea is also a Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Minnesota. Her talk at Wesleyan will be held in conjunction with the class DANC 379 "Dance as Activism," taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance and African American Studies Joya Powell.
Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert
Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown
Senior choreographers present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major. Featuring works by Gabrielle Baba-Conn, Christian Denny, Annie Kidwell, Natasha Marder, Zoe McCracken, Spenser Stroud, and Maren Westgard.
Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert
Saturday, March 26, 2022 at 2:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown
Senior choreographers present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major. Featuring works by Gabrielle Baba-Conn, Christian Denny, Annie Kidwell, Natasha Marder, Zoe McCracken, Spenser Stroud, and Maren Westgard.
Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert
Friday, March 25, 2022 at 7:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater, 213 High Street, Middletown
Senior choreographers present a collection of new works as the culminating project of the dance major. Featuring works by Gabrielle Baba-Conn, Christian Denny, Annie Kidwell, Natasha Marder, Zoe McCracken, Spenser Stroud, and Maren Westgard.
Artists in Conversation: Senior Thesis Exhibition Week One
Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 4:30pm
Zoom
The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery showcases the work of the Class of 2022’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program. The first week of the exhibition presents works by Romina Beltrán Lazo, Jared Christopher, Nina Criswell, Daniela Sweet-Coll, Karen Xu, and Jiayao Zhu. Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art Benjamin Chaffee will be in conversation with students about their work on Zoom.
Opening Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week One
Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The opening reception for the first week of the annual Senior Thesis Exhibitions will be held from 4pm to 6pm for Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff. Featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History: Romina Beltrán Lazo, Jared Christopher, Nina Criswell, Daniela Sweet-Coll, Karen Xu, and Jiayao Zhu.
Toneburst Sampler [NEW DATE]
Monday, March 7, 2022 at 8:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Wesleyan’s Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble presents new and arranged works for live electronics under the direction of Professor of Music Paula Matthusen.
Public Deinstall: Dana DeGiulio’s Live or Die [NEW DATE]
Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
To mark the end of Dana DeGiulio’s Live or Die exhibition in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, the artist will join curator Benjamin Chaffee, Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art, to discuss the works in the show, their installation, and the artist’s practice.
Wesleyan University Orchestra: Virtual Children’s Concert
Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 3:00pm
YouTube Live
The Wesleyan University Orchestra presents a virtual children’s concert under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina.
Senior Thesis Theater Production: Abby Meyers—To Play or Not to Play
Friday, March 4, 2022 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater Studio, 275 Washington Terrace

A Senior Thesis Theater Production by Abby Meyers ’22, To Play or Not to Play is an original solo acting thesis that interrogates the tension and overlap between theater and athletics, through the autobiographical lens of Meyers’ experiences trying to do both at a high level throughout her life.

Movement Workshop: Yangge Dance and Politics in China with Ellen Gerdes ’05
Friday, March 4, 2022 at 12:30pm
College of East Asian Studies Seminar Room at Mansfield Freeman Center, 343 Washington Terrace
In this workshop with Ellen Gerdes ’05, participants will learn basic Yangge (Chinese folk dance) movement with stepping patterns, group lead-follow dynamics, and fan skills.
Senior Thesis Theater Production: Abby Meyers—To Play or Not to Play
Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater Studio, 275 Washington Terrace

A Senior Thesis Theater Production by Abby Meyers ’22, To Play or Not to Play is an original solo acting thesis that interrogates the tension and overlap between theater and athletics, through the autobiographical lens of Meyers’ experiences trying to do both at a high level throughout her life.

Virtual Colloquium Series: BLACK SOUNDS MATTER—INTERSECTIONAL (re)CONNECTIONS OF AFRICAN and AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICS AT WESLEYAN
Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 4:30pm
YouTube

Professor of Music Eric Charry and Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology Marvin McNeill will give talks as part of the Black Sounds Matter Colloquium Series.

Senior Thesis Theater Production: Abby Meyers—To Play or Not to Play
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater Studio, 275 Washington Terrace

A Senior Thesis Theater Production by Abby Meyers ’22, To Play or Not to Play is an original solo acting thesis that interrogates the tension and overlap between theater and athletics, through the autobiographical lens of Meyers’ experiences trying to do both at a high level throughout her life.

Artist Talk by Diane Burko: Visualizing Environmental Change
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 12:20pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Room 202

Diane Burko will give an artist talk about Visualizing Environmental Change. Her exhibition of the same name is on display in the South Gallery of the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery through Thursday, March 3, 2022.  

February

This Is It! 2.0: The Complete Chamber Music of Neely Bruce - Part I
Sunday, February 27, 2022 at 3:00pm
YouTube Live
This is the first in a series of concerts featuring the chamber music of John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce, especially music for string instruments and song cycles. The program for this virtual concert will include the Grand Duo for Cello and Piano and the song cycle “Whitman Fragments,” with baritone Christopher Grundy and cellist Alex Waterman.
Elevator Repair Service: Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge [SOLD OUT]
Friday, February 25, 2022 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
Actors Greig Sargeant and Ben Jalosa Williams of the New York-based ensemble Elevator Repair Service perform the New England premiere of their verbatim staging of the provocative and profoundly insightful confrontation between one of the most powerful figures of the Civil Rights Movement and the father of 20th century patrician conservatism.
Elevator Repair Service: Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge [SOLD OUT]
Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
Actors Greig Sargeant and Ben Jalosa Williams of the New York-based ensemble Elevator Repair Service perform the New England premiere of their verbatim staging of the provocative and profoundly insightful confrontation between one of the most powerful figures of the Civil Rights Movement and the father of 20th century patrician conservatism.
Virtual Colloquium Series: BLACK SOUNDS MATTER—INTERSECTIONAL (re)CONNECTIONS OF AFRICAN and AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICS AT WESLEYAN
Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 4:30pm
YouTube
Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Associate Professor of Music Su Zheng will give talks as part of the Black Sounds Matter Colloquium Series.
Artist Talk: A Conversation with Brandon Ndife and Anthony Ryan Hatch
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at 6:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
On the occasion of Brandon Ndife's solo exhibition Down to the Spoons and Forks in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, the artist will speak with Anthony Ryan Hatch, Chair and Associate Professor of Science in Society, African American Studies, Sociology, Environmental Studies, and the College of the Environment, and Coordinator for Sustainability and Environmental Justice at Wesleyan University.
Jin Hi Kim: A Ritual for Covid-19
Friday, February 18, 2022 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A Ritual for Covid-19 (2021) is a community purification performance in memory of over 5.5 million deaths worldwide during the pandemic, created by innovative komungo (Korean stringed instrument) virtuoso Jin Hi Kim, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Director of Wesleyan’s Korean Drumming Ensemble.
Virtual Colloquium Series: BLACK SOUNDS MATTER—INTERSECTIONAL (re)CONNECTIONS OF AFRICAN and AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSICS AT WESLEYAN
Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 4:30pm
YouTube
Ruth Naomi Floyd and Marichal Monts '85, Conductor of Wesleyan's Ebony Singers, will give talks as part of the Black Sounds Matter Colloquium Series.
Diane Burko’s Visualizing Environmental Change Exhibition Opens
Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

Diane Burko’s exhibition Visualizing Environmental Change opens the South Gallery of the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery.  

Virtual Panel Discussion: The Fire This Time—How the Baldwin/Buckley Debate Can Energize Our Politics
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 7:30pm
YouTube

This virtual panel discussion will feature Wesleyan University Assistant Professor of African American Studies Garry Bertholf and Linfield University Professor Nicholas Buccola, author of The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate over Race in America. Their conversation will help provide historical and political context in advance of the New England premiere performances of Elevator Repair Service’s staging of the 1965 debate at Wesleyan on Thursday, February 24 and Friday, February 25, 2022.

Opening Reception: Strong Bodies for the Revolution
Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 12:15pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center

Celebrate the opening of the new exhibition Strong Bodies for the Revolution: Pursuing Health and Power in the People’s Republic of China. Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff will first view the exhibition, and then hear remarks by College of East Asian Studies Collections Assistant Sam Smith ’20, Assistant Professor of History and East Asian Studies Ying Jia Tan, and Mark Sidel, the son of Ruth and Victor Sidel, who originally donated the posters to Wesleyan.

Nobuntu
Friday, February 11, 2022 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The five members of the a cappella ensemble Nobuntu from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe celebrate their identity as African women through their songs and dance, which feature the traditional sounds of their country rooted in Afro-jazz and gospel music, in their Connecticut debut.
Ananya Dance Theatre: Dastak—I Wish You Me [CANCELED]
Friday, February 4, 2022 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater

PLEASE NOTE: This event has been canceled.

Choreographed by Artistic Director Ananya Chatterjea and performed by the artists of Minneapolis’ Ananya Dance Theatre, Dastak: I Wish You Me (2021) is a meditation on borders, loss, belonging, home, and liberation.

Opening Reception: Dana DeGiulio and Brandon Ndife
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery: Dana DeGiulio’s Live or Die and Brandon Ndife’s Down to the Spoons and Forks. Both artists will be present, and curator Benjamin Chaffee, Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art, will make remarks at 5pm. For Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.

2021

December

Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble
Friday, December 24, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Noah Baerman, performs Baerman’s composition Fuller Throttle. Recorded on December 7, 2021 in the Adzenyah Rehearsal Hall, the performance is available to view now.
Chinese Music Ensemble Fall Concert
Friday, December 24, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube
Wesleyan’s Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by Joy Lu, presents a virtual fall concert. Pre-recorded at the end of the semester, this concert is available to view now.
Winter Dance Concert: COUNTER/ACT
Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
Wesleyan student choreographers across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches.
Winter Dance Concert: COUNTER/ACT
Friday, December 10, 2021 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
Wesleyan student choreographers across different class years present new group works focusing on a diversity of techniques, methods, and aesthetic approaches.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Traditional Music of Java
Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube Live
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I.M. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers a series of 30-minute virtual mini concerts and demonstrations. This week’s concert features the traditional music of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble.
Thesis Theater Production: Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Heroes of the Fourth Turning directed by Anna Buchmueller ’22 creates opportunities for audiences to hold space for competing beliefs and listen to those for whom they may have the impulse to block out.
Thesis Theater Production: Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Heroes of the Fourth Turning directed by Anna Buchmueller ’22 creates opportunities for audiences to hold space for competing beliefs and listen to those for whom they may have the impulse to block out.
Thesis Theater Production: Heroes of the Fourth Turning
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Heroes of the Fourth Turning directed by Anna Buchmueller ’22 creates opportunities for audiences to hold space for competing beliefs and listen to those for whom they may have the impulse to block out.
South Indian Music Student Recital
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube
Students of Adjunct Associate Professors B. Balasubrahmaniyan and David Nelson will perform their end semester recital of music from the Karnatak tradition of South India. Performance will feature the song forms Gitam, Kriti, Tillana, Instrumental piece and Solkattu.
Senior Thesis Exhibition—Harry Slattery: Scarlet Comfort Opens
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at 12:00pm
South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
With the installation Scarlet Comfort, Harry Slattery ’22 presents an immersive experience of light and form.
Worlds of Dance Showcase
Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Worlds of Dance Showcase will feature Wesleyan students performing an exciting array of dance styles from a variety of courses, including Indonesian Dance, Bharata Natyam, Hip Hop, and “Introduction to Dance."
West African Drumming and Dance Concert
Saturday, December 4, 2021 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
An invigorating performance filled with the rhythms of West Africa, featuring Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka joined by students in West African music and dance classes.
Fall Faculty Dance Concert: FULL SPEED AHEAD!
Friday, December 3, 2021 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
Forging ahead with gusto and excitement, the Wesleyan Dance Department presents a mixed bill of dance works intertwining activism, race, identity, dance history, somatics, and dynamic movement featuring Artist in Residence in Dance Patricia Beaman, Associate Professor of Dance Katja Kolcio, Visiting Instructor in Dance Nik Owens ’12, and Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka.
Wesleyan Chamber Music: Flute and Piano Duo plays Taffanel and Mozart
Friday, December 3, 2021 at 5:00pm
YouTube
Flute and piano students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform a virtual concert of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Claude-Paul Taffanel.
Wesleyan Chamber Music: String Quartet Plays Arensky
Friday, December 3, 2021 at 4:00pm
YouTube
String students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform a virtual concert of works by Anton Arensky.
Wesleyan Chamber Music: Flute Quartet plays Mozart and Dvořák
Friday, December 3, 2021 at 3:00pm
YouTube
Flute students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform a virtual concert of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonín Dvořák.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Traditional Music of Java
Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube Live
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I.M. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the second in a series of 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This week’s concert features the traditional music of Java.
Fall Faculty Dance Concert: FULL SPEED AHEAD!
Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 7:00pm
CFA Theater
Forging ahead with gusto and excitement, the Wesleyan Dance Department presents a mixed bill of dance works intertwining activism, race, identity, dance history, somatics, and dynamic movement featuring Artist in Residence in Dance Patricia Beaman, Associate Professor of Dance Katja Kolcio, Visiting Instructor in Dance Nik Owens ’12, and Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka.
Wesleyan Concert Choir [new date]
Thursday, December 2, 2021 at 5:30pm
YouTube

The Wesleyan Concert Choir under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina presents a livestreamed dress rehearsal of music by Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Electric Light Orchestra, Karl Jenkins, Francis Poulenc, Camille Saint-Saëns, and others.

November

Wesleyan University Orchestra [new time]
Monday, November 29, 2021 at 7:45pm
YouTube
The Wesleyan University Orchestra under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina presents a livestreamed open dress rehearsal featuring Vasily Kalinnikov's Symphony No. 1.
Capstone Theater Production: The Party at the Edge of the World [CANCELED]
Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 9:30pm
College of the Environment (284 High Street)

PLEASE NOTE: All Sunday performances have been canceled.

Ten year old Georgie lives in a house that was supposed to be underwater, that is sinking, that is already sunk, and that soon will sink for good. This capstone theater production by Liz Woolford ’22 is an original play about childhood, togetherness, and how we embrace both grief and joy in the face of the massively unthinkable.

Capstone Theater Production: The Party at the Edge of the World [CANCELED]
Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 7:30pm
College of the Environment (284 High Street)

PLEASE NOTE: All Sunday performances have been canceled.

Ten year old Georgie lives in a house that was supposed to be underwater, that is sinking, that is already sunk, and that soon will sink for good. This capstone theater production by Liz Woolford ’22 is an original play about childhood, togetherness, and how we embrace both grief and joy in the face of the massively unthinkable.

Capstone Theater Production: The Party at the Edge of the World [CANCELED]
Sunday, November 21, 2021 at 5:00pm
College of the Environment (284 High Street)

PLEASE NOTE: All Sunday performances have been canceled.

Ten year old Georgie lives in a house that was supposed to be underwater, that is sinking, that is already sunk, and that soon will sink for good. This capstone theater production by Liz Woolford ’22 is an original play about childhood, togetherness, and how we embrace both grief and joy in the face of the massively unthinkable.

Capstone Theater Production: The Party at the Edge of the World [CANCELED]
Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 9:30pm
College of the Environment (284 High Street)

PLEASE NOTE: All Sunday performances have been canceled.

Ten year old Georgie lives in a house that was supposed to be underwater, that is sinking, that is already sunk, and that soon will sink for good. This capstone theater production by Liz Woolford ’22 is an original play about childhood, togetherness, and how we embrace both grief and joy in the face of the massively unthinkable.

Capstone Theater Production: The Party at the Edge of the World [CANCELED]
Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 7:30pm
College of the Environment (284 High Street)

PLEASE NOTE: All Sunday performances have been canceled.

Ten year old Georgie lives in a house that was supposed to be underwater, that is sinking, that is already sunk, and that soon will sink for good. This capstone theater production by Liz Woolford ’22 is an original play about childhood, togetherness, and how we embrace both grief and joy in the face of the massively unthinkable.

Capstone Theater Production: The Party at the Edge of the World [CANCELED]
Saturday, November 20, 2021 at 5:00pm
College of the Environment (284 High Street)

PLEASE NOTE: All Sunday performances have been canceled.

Ten year old Georgie lives in a house that was supposed to be underwater, that is sinking, that is already sunk, and that soon will sink for good. This capstone theater production by Liz Woolford ’22 is an original play about childhood, togetherness, and how we embrace both grief and joy in the face of the massively unthinkable.

Capstone Theater Production: The Party at the Edge of the World [CANCELED]
Friday, November 19, 2021 at 9:30pm
College of the Environment (284 High Street)

PLEASE NOTE: All Sunday performances have been canceled.

Ten year old Georgie lives in a house that was supposed to be underwater, that is sinking, that is already sunk, and that soon will sink for good. This capstone theater production by Liz Woolford ’22 is an original play about childhood, togetherness, and how we embrace both grief and joy in the face of the massively unthinkable.

Capstone Theater Production: The Party at the Edge of the World [CANCELED]
Friday, November 19, 2021 at 7:30pm
College of the Environment (284 High Street)

PLEASE NOTE: All Sunday performances have been canceled.

Ten year old Georgie lives in a house that was supposed to be underwater, that is sinking, that is already sunk, and that soon will sink for good. This capstone theater production by Liz Woolford ’22 is an original play about childhood, togetherness, and how we embrace both grief and joy in the face of the massively unthinkable.

Capstone Theater Production: The Party at the Edge of the World [CANCELED]
Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 7:00pm
College of the Environment (284 High Street)

PLEASE NOTE: All Sunday performances have been canceled.

Ten year old Georgie lives in a house that was supposed to be underwater, that is sinking, that is already sunk, and that soon will sink for good. This capstone theater production by Liz Woolford ’22 is an original play about childhood, togetherness, and how we embrace both grief and joy in the face of the massively unthinkable.

An Evening with Toshi Reagon featuring Nona Hendryx and DJ Bill Coleman
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube
World-renowned singer, composer, musician, curator, activist, producer, and storyteller Toshi Reagon will be joined by two featured guests for an evening of music and conversation: vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress Nona Hendryx of Labelle; and artist manager, producer, remixer, music supervisor, performer, recording artist, writer, and DJ Bill Coleman. This live-streamed improvisational performance from the Free Center in Middletown is the inaugural event of Toshi Reagon's 2021-2022 artist residency at Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts.
Artist Talk by Julien Creuzet
Monday, November 15, 2021 at 12:00pm
Zoom
An online artist talk by Julien Creuzet held in conjunction with the exhibition The Language in Common, on display in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery through Sunday, December 12, 2021.
Oedipus El Rey [SOLD OUT]
Sunday, November 14, 2021 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater

A production of Oedipus El Rey, an urgent examination of the criminal justice system, societal barriers, and the influence of storytelling for those bold enough to challenge the gods of our time, written by playwright Luis Alfaro, directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl, and featuring a senior theater capstone performance by Milton Espinoza '22.

Oedipus El Rey [SOLD OUT]
Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

A production of Oedipus El Rey, an urgent examination of the criminal justice system, societal barriers, and the influence of storytelling for those bold enough to challenge the gods of our time, written by playwright Luis Alfaro, directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl, and featuring a senior theater capstone performance by Milton Espinoza '22.

Oedipus El Rey [SOLD OUT]
Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater

A production of Oedipus El Rey, an urgent examination of the criminal justice system, societal barriers, and the influence of storytelling for those bold enough to challenge the gods of our time, written by playwright Luis Alfaro, directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl, and featuring a senior theater capstone performance by Milton Espinoza '22.

Oedipus El Rey [SOLD OUT]
Friday, November 12, 2021 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater

A production of Oedipus El Rey, an urgent examination of the criminal justice system, societal barriers, and the influence of storytelling for those bold enough to challenge the gods of our time, written by playwright Luis Alfaro, directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl, and featuring a senior theater capstone performance by Milton Espinoza '22.

The Ad Hoc Bach Collective: “For the Love of Bach” Vol. 8
Friday, November 12, 2021 at 7:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
The Ad Hoc Bach Collective, featuring Wesleyan student/faculty/staff/alumni/community members, presents volume eight in their continuing series of concerts “For the Love of Bach," directed by Adjunct Associate Professor of Music and Director of Private Lessons Nadya Potemkina.
Language as a Site of Struggle: A Conversation with Lou Cornum, Jeffers Lennox, and Steve Lyons
Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
A conversation with Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Native American Studies Lou Cornum, Associate Professor of History Jeffers Lennox, and artist and art historian Steve Lyons held in conjunction with the exhibition The Language in Common, on display in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery through Sunday, December 12, 2021. This event is co-sponsored by the American Studies Department.
A Convo with Meiyin Wang
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Assistant Professors of Theater Katherine Brewer Ball and Maria-Christina Oliveras will be in conversation with Meiyin Wang about producing, performance festivals, and sustaining live arts. They will specifically explore the world of performance funding, curating, and social engagement. Sponsored by the Theater Department.
Artists in Conversation: Tanya Lukin Linklater and Raven Chacon
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 6:00pm
Zoom
This online event features artist Tanya Lukin Linklater in conversation with composer, performer, and installation artist Raven Chacon from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. The artists will discuss the concepts of the score as related to their work, held in conjunction with the exhibition The Language in Common, on display in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery through Sunday, December 12, 2021.

October

Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert
Saturday, October 30, 2021 at 7:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
A collection of new works will be presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project of the dance major. Featuring works by Annie Kidwell ’22, Natasha Marder ’22, Spenser Stroud ’22, and Maren Westgard ’22.
Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert
Friday, October 29, 2021 at 7:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
A collection of new works will be presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project of the dance major. Featuring works by Annie Kidwell ’22, Natasha Marder ’22, Spenser Stroud ’22, and Maren Westgard ’22.
Talk It Out: Oedipus El Rey - Self-Determination Versus the Weavers of Fate
Thursday, October 28, 2021 at 5:30pm
Downey House Lounge, 294 High Street, Middletown
The Wesleyan Theater Department presents a "Talk It Out" interdisciplinary, open conversation around the issues of fate and self-determination framed by their November production of Oedipus El Rey directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl and featuring a senior theater capstone performance by Milton Espinoza ’22.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Gadhon
Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube Live
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I.M. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the first in a series of 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This week’s concert features Gadhon, a small ensemble featuring soft sounding instruments.
Forklift Danceworks: WesWorks—A Performance with Wesleyan University Facilities Staff
Friday, October 15, 2021 at 7:00pm
Starting at Andrus Field (55 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut)

WesWorks (2021) is a multi-site, free outdoor performance that features the movement and stories of Wesleyan University employees as directed by Forklift Danceworks of Austin, Texas. The company is led by Artistic Director Allison Orr, Distinguished Fellow in the College of the Environment and Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies.

Forklift Danceworks: WesWorks—A Performance with Wesleyan University Facilities Staff
Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 7:00pm
Starting at Andrus Field (55 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut)

WesWorks (2021) is a multi-site, free outdoor performance that features the movement and stories of Wesleyan University employees as directed by Forklift Danceworks of Austin, Texas. The company is led by Artistic Director Allison Orr, Distinguished Fellow in the College of the Environment and Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies.

Performance and Artist Talk by Cecilia Vicuña
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 6:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
A performance and artist talk by Cecilia Vicuña held in conjunction with the exhibition The Language in Common, on display in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery through Sunday, December 12, 2021.
Thesis Theater Project: Fall Harvest Gathering
Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 5:30pm
Long Lane Farm, 243 Long Lane, Middletown
Part of the thesis theater project of Elam Grekin ’22, the Fall Harvest Gathering at Long Lane Farm is an opportunity for Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff who feel a connection to the land that Wesleyan occupies to gather with others and enact community, including a dinner and bonfire.
Poetry Reading by Tanya Lukin Linklater
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom
This online event features a poetry reading by Tanya Lukin Linklater, held in conjunction with the exhibition The Language in Common, on display in the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery through Sunday, December 12, 2021. She will read from her first book, Slow Scrape (Anteism, 2020), which is, in the words of poet Layli Long Soldier, “an expansive and undulating meditation on time, relations, origin and colonization.”
Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan’s Raag Bhimpalasi
Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 2:00pm
YouTube
World-renowned sitar virtuoso Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan belongs to the seventh generation of an influential musical lineage. This free, pre-recorded concert with accompaniment by Sri Subhajyoti Guha on tabla as part of the 45th annual Navaratri Festival will be followed by a live discussion and Q&A with the artist moderated by sarangi (bowed string instrument) player and vocalist and Wesleyan graduate student Suhail Yusuf.
Dance Workshop and Conversation with The Post Natyam Collective
Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 2:00pm
Zoom
The Post Natyam Collective (Sandra Chatterjee, Cynthia Ling Lee, and Shyamala Moorty) will engage with this free workshop's participants through creative exercises and video documentation of performance works from the past fifteen years as part of the 45th annual Navaratri Festival. Moderated by Professor and Chair of the Dance Department and Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Hari Krishnan.
B. Balasubrahmaniyan: Vocal Music of South India
Friday, October 1, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube
Vocalist and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music B. Balasubrahmaniyan will be joined in this free virtual concert by Adjunct Associate Professor of Music David Nelson on mridangam as part of the 45th annual Navaratri Festival.

September

Film Screening and Discussion: Kattumaram (Catamaran)
Thursday, September 30, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube
Part of an emerging queer cinema from South India, this free virtual screening of the 2019 film Kattumaram (Catamaran) as part of the 45th annual Navaratri Festival will be followed by a discussion with director Swarnavel Eswaran and Assistant Professor of Film Studies Anuja Jain, moderated by Chair of the Dance Department and Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Hari Krishnan.
Opening Reception: 25th Anniversary of the College of East Asian Studies Japanese Garden (Shôyôan Teien)
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 12:00pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center
The College of East Asian Studies celebrates the 25th anniversary of its Japanese Garden (Shôyôan Teien) with an exhibition in their gallery at the Mansfield Freeman Center. The curated show will feature archival photographs, poetry, video, and an installation demonstrating the breadth of the garden’s cultural connections over the last two and a half decades. The opening reception for Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff will include a talk by garden curator and caretaker Stephen Morrell.
Dance Alumni Chat Series: Anyone Can Dance!
Friday, September 24, 2021 at 12:00pm
Zoom
The Dance Department’s second Alumni Chat Series event features four amazing Wesleyan alumni, discussing the benefits of a dance degree and how their dance education at Wesleyan transformed their lives beyond the University. Featuring Trinithas Boyi ’16, MA ’18; elle hong ’17; John Jordan ’86; and Abdul Lateef Rasheed ’97. Moderated by Artist in Residence in Dance Patricia Beaman, with an introduction by the Center for the Arts' Associate Director for Programming and Performing Arts Fiona Coffey.
Gallery Tours with Artist - Behind Enemy Lines: The Prison Art of Ojore Lutalo [DATE CHANGE]
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 6:00pm
South Gallery, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Artist Ojore Lutalo will give tours of “Behind Enemy Lines: The Prison Art of Ojore Lutalo," an exhibition of his prison protest art, on display through Sunday, October 17, 2021 as part of the series "Remembering Attica: Legacy of a Prison Revolt."
Opening Reception: The Language in Common
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The group exhibition The Language in Common presents artistic practices that site language in the space between poetry, visual art, and their performance. The opening reception will feature a curator talk by Associate Director of Visual Arts and Adjunct Instructor in Art Benjamin Chaffee at 5pm.
Echoes of Attica
Sunday, September 12, 2021 at 3:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Echoes of Attica, a play about the 1971 Attica Prison revolt, will receive a world premiere for Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff as performed by formerly incarcerated actors and musicians to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the uprising, and to raise awareness about its relevance to the current outbreak of state violence against communities of color. The cast also features Wesleyan Assistant Professor of the Practice in Theater Edward Torres, who spent ten years working with men on death row while co-founding the award-winning theater company Teatro Vista in Chicago.

July

Chinese Music Ensemble Spring Concert
Monday, July 26, 2021 at 12:00pm
YouTube
Wesleyan’s Chinese Music Ensemble, under the direction of Joy Lu, presents a virtual concert, featuring a variety of Chinese music derived from traditional and contemporary works.
Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 7:30pm
Online via Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
Our friends at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, led by Executive and Artistic Director Pamela Tatge ’84, MALS’10, P’16, present an exclusive virtual performance by the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble. The internationally acclaimed Indian classical dance company performed in Crowell Concert Hall as the conclusion of the 40th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan in October 2016.

May

Wesleyan University Orchestra Children’s Concert: The Conductor’s Spellbook
Friday, May 28, 2021 at 12:00pm
YouTube
The Wesleyan University Orchestra, under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina, presents Paul Dooley’s The Conductor's Spellbook, which introduces audiences to music, orchestral instruments, and conducting. Narrated by Payton Millet ’21. This virtual concert will be available to view online from noon on Friday, May 28 through noon on Monday, May 31, 2021.
The Ad Hoc Bach Collective: “For the Love of Bach” Vol. 7
Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 12:00pm
YouTube
The Ad Hoc Bach Collective presents volume seven in their continuing series of concerts “For the Love of Bach.” The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 meant that collective rehearsals and performances were no longer possible. Ad Hoc Bach rose to the occasion by devising a socially distanced concert-like experience. This virtual concert with program notes is available to view now on YouTube.
A Body with Fukushima: Film and Performance [NEW DATE - SOLD OUT]
Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 8:30pm
Outdoors between World Music Hall (40 Wyllys Avevnue) and the Music Studios building
A Body with Fukushima is a live performance work by Eiko Otake with projections of A Body in Fukushima, a video she edited from selected photographs taken by William Johnston during their five trips to Fukushima. Marking ten years since the triple disaster—the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns—in March 2011, Eiko will perform outdoors while projecting the Fukushima landscape and her body in Fukushima onto the wall of the Music Studios building. The performance features an original score by violinist David Harrington, who played thinking of the grave nuclear disaster and his friend Eiko performing in desolate Fukushima.
Pedro Pietri's The Masses are Asses
Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The Masses are Asses (1974) by Pedro Pietri is an absurdist satire that exposes issues of social class, parodies the notion of the American Dream, and plays with political parody. This radio play is directed by Visiting Instructor of Theater Miranda Haymon '16.
Korean Drumming and Creative Music Virtual Performance
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 12:00pm
YouTube
Beginning and advanced students of the Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble, directed by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Jin Hi Kim, play new arrangements of samulnori (percussion quartet) repertoire.
Dance Workshop: Embodied Global Storytelling at Wesleyan’s Dance Department
Monday, May 17, 2021 at 6:00pm
The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University
In this multifaceted workshop, Wesleyan Dance Department Chair Hari Krishnan and faculty members Joya Powell and Iddi Saaka will explore their individual approaches of rooting their work in accessibility, and question how we create and nurture a space where dance is both cathartic and transformative.
She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms [Dates Changed]
Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 2:00pm
Online
Designed specifically for online performances, the virtual production of She Kills Monsters (2011) is a dramatic comedy romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games. Directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Theater Edward Torres.
She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms [Dates Changed]
Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 8:00pm
Online
Designed specifically for online performances, the virtual production of She Kills Monsters (2011) is a dramatic comedy romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games. Directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Theater Edward Torres.
She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms [Dates Changed]
Friday, May 14, 2021 at 8:00pm
Online
Designed specifically for online performances, the virtual production of She Kills Monsters (2011) is a dramatic comedy romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games. Directed by Assistant Professor of the Practice in Theater Edward Torres.
West African Drumming and Dance Concert
Friday, May 14, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube Premiere
An invigorating virtual performance filled with the rhythms of West Africa, featuring Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka, joined by students in West African music and dance classes.
Pedro Pietri's The Masses are Asses
Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The Masses are Asses (1974) by Pedro Pietri is an absurdist satire that exposes issues of social class, parodies the notion of the American Dream, and plays with political parody. This radio play is directed by Visiting Instructor of Theater Miranda Haymon '16.
“I Am Sitting In A Room:” Alvin Lucier’s 90th Birthday Celebration
Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 8:00pm
Streaming on ISSUE Project Room’s website
ISSUE presents a streamed program celebrating the occasion of revolutionary American composer and Wesleyan's John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Emeritus Alvin Lucier’s 90th birthday. Spanning nearly 30 hours, the program features 90 artists staging their own performances of Lucier’s paradigmatic 1969 work I am sitting in a room.
Senior Recital: Matt Muldowney
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube Live
A capstone cello recital by Matt Muldowney '21 will include works by Johann Sebastian Bach, David Popper, and Dmitri Shostakovich. Featuring Michael Brandt ’21 on pianoand fellow cellists Sam Rapkiewicz ’24 and Zealin Glickrieman ’24.
Graduate Music Series: Installment Four
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The fourth installment of the Graduate Music Series this spring will feature a presentation by current graduate student Stuart Wheeler.
African Pop Music Concert [DATE CHANGE]
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube Live
Wesleyan’s new African Pop Music Band, directed by Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa, presents an invigorating performance of contemporary African music and dance. Genres to be performed include highlife, reggae, hiplife, and gospel highlife, among others.
Dance as Activism: Virtual Artivist Sharings
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 5:00pm
Zoom
How does art effect change? In what ways does dance instigate action as a means of resistance? These are essential questions posed in the course DANC 379: "Dance as Activism." Experience new artivist sharings created by Wesleyan students facilitated by Visiting Assistant Professor Joya Powell and assisted by Annie Kidwell ’22.
Wesleyan Collegium Musicum—From Cantigas to the Cries of London: Generations of Song
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 1:00pm
Zoom
The Wesleyan Collegium Musicum, under the direction of Associate Professor of Music Jane Alden, presents a concert of vocal music ranging from Hildegard of Bingen through troubadour repertoires, chansons, and Renaissance street cries. Featuring a premiere of a new piece by John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Emeritus Alvin Lucier, who celebrates his 90th birthday on Friday May 14.
Jay Hoggard Quartet
Monday, May 10, 2021 at 7:00pm
Livestream on Hartford Jazz Society Facebook
The Hartford Jazz Society, Middletown Commission on the Arts, and The Library Studio present vibraphonist Jay Hoggard, Professor of Music and African American Studies and Chair of the Music Department, in a free livestreamed concert with his quartet featuring James Weidman on piano, Yoron Israel on drums, and Belden Bullock on bass.
Black Middletown Lives: The History and Legacies of Middletown’s Beman Triangle
Monday, May 10, 2021 at 7:00pm
Zoom
Explore the history and legacies of Middletown’s Beman Triangle through Wesleyan student research from AFAM307: "Black Middletown Lives" with their instructor Jesse Nasta, Visiting Assistant Professor of African American Studies,  in collaboration and with performances by Assistant Professor of Theater Maria-Christina Oliveras and actor and cellist David Blasher.
Worlds of Dance Concert
Sunday, May 9, 2021 at 1:00pm
YouTube Premiere
The spring 2021 virtual Worlds of Dance Concert will feature Wesleyan students performing an exciting array of dance styles from a variety of courses, including Afro-Brazilian, Bharata Natyam, Javanese Dance, Hip Hop, and “Introduction to Dance,” under the direction of Chair and Professor of Dance Hari Krishnan, Visiting Assistant Professors of Dance Milka Djordjevich, Maho Ishiguro, and Joya Powell, and Visiting Associate Professor of Dance Doug Elkins. Video editing by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dance and Technical Director Chelsie McPhilimy.
"Grown Belly from Eating Summers" — A Senior Performance by Jace Arouet
Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 9:00pm
Outside of Zelnick Pavilion, 221 High Street, Middletown
Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff will stand outside of Zelnick Pavilion to watch the performance happening inside of the building, "Grown Belly from Eating Summers" by Jace Arouet '21.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Eleven
Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The eleventh and final episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation about love between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and the return of her first guest, writer Jonathan Cott on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Wayang Shadow Puppet Play
Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube Live
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the third in a series of biweekly 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This week’s concert features an excerpt of Javanese shadow puppet performance (wayang) by puppet master Sumarsam.
Artist Talk by Ian Boyden: Dearest Elephant—Collaborations between Ian Boyden and Tsering Woeser [New Date]
Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom Webinar
Ian Boyden ’95—a visual artist, poet, and translator—will discuss his collaborations with the Tibetan poet and political dissident Tsering Woeser, focusing on works presented in the exhibition Flames of My Homeland, previously displayed in the gallery (February 23-April 1, 2021).
Graduate Music Series: Installment Three
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The third installment of the Graduate Music Series this spring will feature presentations by current graduate student Webb Crawford and alumnus Eliot Bates MA ’97 with Ars Troitski.
FromFest
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube
Students in Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa's MUSC 447 "West African Music and Culture - Advanced" will perform at the first "FromFest" featuring the Fɔntɔmfrɔm drumming of the Akan of Ghana.
Incarcerated Stories: Remembering Attica
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 7:00pm
Zoom Webinar
Wesleyan students in the course THEA114-01 “Incarcerated Stories: Documenting In/Justice” taught by Chair and Professor of Theater Ronald S. Jenkins collaborate with formerly incarcerated individuals and their families. The guest MC will be rap artist and activist BL Shirelle. Other featured musicians will be Simply Naomi and Maserati E. The performance will be followed by a dialogue with Attica survivors Tyrone Larkins and Carlos Roche.
"Race / Art History" Talk by Andrea Achi: “Masked Dancers and Praises for Mother Mary: A Nubian Wall Painting and Its Implications for Pre-Modern Critical Race Studies”
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom
“Race / Art History” is a year-long series of talks by scholars working at the intersections of art history and critical race studies. This talk will be given by Andrea Achi of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Linked Together around Alvin Lucier’s Gentle Fire (1971)
Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 3:00pm
YouTube
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Emeritus Alvin Lucier’s Gentle Fire (1971) provides the “bonfire” demanded by Pauline Oliveros for the culmination of her immersive theater piece Link (1971), which will be performed on the Wesleyan University campus at 2pm. Gentle Fire, the final event of the day, takes place live and online in a pioneering acoustic version, directed by Associate Professor of Music Jane Alden.
The Sound Walk: Pauline Oliveros’ Link (1971)
Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 2:00pm
Wesleyan University campus
In Pauline Oliveros’s Link (1971), later published as Bonn Feier, “the whole city or campus becomes a theater, and all of its inhabitants, players.”
A Conversation with Mati Diop
Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 1:00pm
Zoom
As the fifth and final talk of Into the Deluge—an exhibition and series of lectures exploring bodies of water as archives of memory, sites of history, and forms of knowledge—award-winning filmmaker and actor Mati Diop will talk about her work.
Spring Faculty Dance Concert
Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube Live

A triple-bill evening of world premieres: Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka will present his new solo work Letting Go to Move On. Visiting Associate Professor of Dance Doug Elkins will present his new work Qualia, featuring Wesleyan students and faculty, with original music by Pete Di Gennaro. The program also includes Wes DANCE/WeDANCE—a video-dance tribute created by 41 Wesleyan dance alumni with original music by Jace Arouet ’21, celebrating 40 years of dance at Wesleyan.

Senior Capstone Installation by Jack Kraus: Hymn in C
Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 12:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
A senior capstone installation by Jack Kraus ’21. The installation will be on display for Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff from Noon to 7pm.

April

Graduate Recital by Stuart Wheeler: Performance of John Cage’s Empty Words
Friday, April 30, 2021 at 8:17pm
Zoom
In this virtual graduate music recital, Stuart Wheeler will perform John Cage’s 12-hour overnight piece Empty Words (1974).
Wesleyan Chamber Music
Friday, April 30, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube Live
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform works by Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Bohuslav Martinů, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giovanni Battista Viotti, César Franck, and Johannes Brahms.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Ten
Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The tenth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and bassist and composer Christian McBride on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Senior Talks in the History of Art
Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Seniors in the Art History Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History will present their talks: Nia Felton, Maya Hayda, and Riley Richards. In addition, College of Letters major Francesco Duffy-Boscagli and University major Maximilien Chong will also be presenting.
Graduate Music Series: Installment Two
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The second installment of the Graduate Music Series this spring will feature presentations by current graduate student Ridvan Aydinli and alumnus and Adjunct Associate Professor of Music David Nelson Ph.D '91.
Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Three Virtual Reception
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom

At the virtual reception for the third week of Senior Thesis Exhibitions, Associate Director of Visual Arts Benjamin Chaffee will host a video walk-through of the gallery featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History, and talk to each of the artists: Alyssa DaSilva, Dana Kim, Verónica Socorro Matos, Rachel Mondshine, Ciara O’Flynn, Ben Schneier, and Dayna Weissman.

M. NourbeSe Philip: XAqua
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom
As the fourth talk of Into the Deluge—an exhibition and series of lectures exploring bodies of water as archives of memory, sites of history, and forms of knowledge—unembedded poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, and independent scholar M. NourbeSe Philip will talk about her work.
Senior Talks in the History of Art
Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Seniors in the Art History Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History will present their talks: Nia Felton, Maya Hayda, and Riley Richards. In addition, College of Letters major Francesco Duffy-Boscagli and University major Maximilien Chong will also be presenting.
Graduate Recital: Webb Crawford
Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 1:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
An interactive graduate music thesis installation by Webb Crawford, "Of Blacke Cholor, Without Boyling," will be installed in four rooms on the first floor of The Russell House from 1pm to 5pm. Limited capacity for Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
Graduate Recital: Webb Crawford
Saturday, April 24, 2021 at 1:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
An interactive graduate music thesis installation by Webb Crawford, "Of Blacke Cholor, Without Boyling," will be installed in four rooms on the first floor of The Russell House from 1pm to 5pm. Limited capacity for Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
Graduate Recital: DOWN, a film by Aliya Ultan
Friday, April 23, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube Live
In this graduate music recital, Aliya Ultan will present her single-channel video DOWN, featuring a series of performance pieces that form a loop. After the 60-minute screening, there will be a Q&A with Ultan and her collaborators. And a Zoom reception will follow—a free reservation through the Box Office is required to attend the reception.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Nine
Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The ninth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn from the multi-platinum selling band Barenaked Ladies.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Traditional Music of Java
Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube Live
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the second in a series of biweekly 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This week’s concert features the traditional music of Java.
Music at The Russell House: Lucience
Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
As part of the "Music at The Russell House" series at Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts, WESU Middletown 88.1FM will broadcast a virtual concert by the chamber ensemble Lucience featuring Wesleyan Oboe Instructor Libby Van Cleve.
Cynthia Novack Lecture in Memoriam: “Aristocratic Posturing: Presenting the ‘Other’ in French Baroque Ballet” with Patricia Beaman
Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 2:50pm
Zoom
This year's Cynthia Novack Lecture in Memoriam, “Aristocratic Posturing: Presenting the ‘Other’ in French Baroque Ballet,” will feature speaker Patricia Beaman, Wesleyan Artist in Residence in Dance, and celebrate her book “World Dance Cultures: From Ritual to Spectacle.”
Graduate Music Series: Installment One
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The first installment of the Graduate Music Series this spring will feature alumnus Omar Fraire MA '17 and current graduate students Garrett Groesbeck and Hector Gonzalez.
Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week Two Virtual Reception
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom

At the virtual reception for the second week of Senior Thesis Exhibitions, Associate Director of Visual Arts Benjamin Chaffee will host a video walk-through of the gallery featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History, and talk to each of the artists: Gabriela Banda, Tyler Barr, Luisa Bryan, Candice April Cirilo, Ben Lyon, and An Pham.

Photography and Tibet: Widening the Frame with Clare Harris [CANCELED]
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom Webinar

This lecture has been canceled.

A lecture on the history of the photographic representation of Tibet, exploring the wider context for Tsering Dorje’s photographs from the Cultural Revolutionary period, with Clare Harris, Professor of Visual Anthropology and Curator for Asian Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, UK and author of Photography and Tibet.

Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Eight
Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The eighth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and pianist, composer, and artist Jason Moran on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Senior Thesis Exhibitions Week One Virtual Reception
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom

At the virtual reception for the first week of Senior Thesis Exhibitions, Associate Director of Visual Arts Benjamin Chaffee will host a video walk-through of the gallery featuring works by seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan’s Department of Art and Art History, and talk to each of the artists: Sarina Hahn, Sam Javellana Hill, Noa Lin, Kyron Rizzo, Eric Roe, and Amy Schaap.

Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert: (un)doing to (be)come
Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 1:00pm
YouTube Live
A virtual experience exploring the meaning of transformation from four different perspectives. Four senior choreographers will present a collection of new virtual works as the culminating project of the dance major. Featuring works by Zachary Farnsworth, Alla Kiperman, Katerina Ramos-Jordán, and Shirley Sullivan.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Seven
Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The seventh episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and iconic singer and visual artist ANOHNI on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Gadhon
Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube Live
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the first in a series of biweekly 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This week's concert features Gadhon, a small ensemble featuring soft sounding instruments.
Music at The Russell House: Carolyn Halsted
Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
As part of the "Music at The Russell House" series at the Center for the Arts, WESU Middletown 88.1FM will broadcast a virtual concert by Wesleyan University Piano Instructor Carolyn Halsted featuring her own solo piano music.
Artist Talk by Carolina Caycedo: From The Bottom of the River
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom
As the third talk of Into the Deluge—an exhibition and series of lectures exploring bodies of water as archives of memory, sites of history, and forms of knowledge—multidisciplinary artist Carolina Caycedo will talk about her work.
Lunchtime Career Talk with Miranda Haymon '16
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 12:00pm
Zoom
Visiting Instructor of Theater Miranda Haymon '16 will discuss their career post-Wesleyan as a freelance artist working in theater, television, film, and commercials, and how COVID-19 has shaped and changed that journey, with Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Six
Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The sixth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation about ecstatic music between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and writer, therapist, and pleasure activist Don Shewey on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.

March

"Race / Art History" Talk by Cécile Fromont: “Penned by Encounter: Central Africans, Capuchin Friars, and Their Images in Early Modern Kongo and Angola”
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom
“Race / Art History” is a year-long series of talks by scholars working at the intersections of art history and critical race studies. This talk will be given by Cécile Fromont of Yale University.
Burning for Buddhism: Robert Barnett and Barbara Demick
Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom Webinar
A conversation on the role of art, memory, and resistance in Tibet with scholar of modern Tibetan history and politics Robert Barnett, Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University, London and former Director of Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia University; and journalist Barbara Demick, former Beijing Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times, and author of Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town (2020).
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Intermission
Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
This intermission following the first five episodes of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features two hours of long durational works curated by writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Music at The Russell House: Noah Baerman
Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
As part of the "Music at The Russell House" series at the Center for the Arts, WESU Middletown 88.1FM will broadcast a virtual concert by pianist Noah Baerman, Director of the Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble, featuring compositions by Kenny Barron.
Lecture by T.J. Demos: Climates of Necropolitics–John Akomfrah’s “Vertigo Sea”
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom
As the second talk of Into the Deluge—an exhibition and series of lectures exploring bodies of water as archives of memory, sites of history, and forms of knowledge—award-winning writer on contemporary art, global politics, and ecology T. J. Demos discusses a video project by London-based artist John Akomfrah.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Five
Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The fifth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and artist Marina Abramović on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
A Conversation with Theater Artist Miranda Haymon ’16
Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube
For this talk, Miranda Haymon ’16 and Sam Morreale ’19 will discuss astrology, Berlin, artistic process, and Haymon’s upcoming radio play version of Pedro Pietri’s The Masses Are Asses (1974), which will be aired on WESU Middletown 88.1FM this spring.
The Davis Sisters: A Winter Wednesday at Wesleyan
Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 7:00pm
YouTube Premiere
In collaboration with the Center for the Arts, The Davis Sisters bring their unique brand of dance, theater, and comedy back to Connecticut virtually with A Winter Wednesday at Wesleyan, a continuation of their digital variety show Summer Sunday with the Sisters.
Opening Reception: 40th annual Middletown Public Schools Art Exhibition
Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 5:00pm
Online
The virtual opening reception for the 40th annual Middletown Public Schools Art Exhibition will take place from 5pm to 7pm. This event is sponsored by the Middletown Board of Education, Middletown Public Schools Cultural Council, and Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts.
Artist Talk by Ellie Ga
Friday, March 12, 2021 at 12:30pm
Zoom Webinar
Artist Ellie Ga will discuss her work. This is the first talk of Into the Deluge—an exhibition and series of lectures exploring bodies of water as archives of memory, sites of history, and forms of knowledge.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Four
Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The fourth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and musician and artist Arto Lindsay on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
unSoundSpaces
Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
New works by participants in the Center for the Humanities seminar "(Un)Sound Projections: When Spaces Resist Recording" (CHUM 298) taught by Associate Professor of Music Paula Matthusen and premiered by the SPLICE Ensemble will be aired on WESU.
Alumni Career Conversation with Thomas Kail '99, Theater Director
Thursday, March 11, 2021 at 12:00pm
Zoom Webinar
Wesleyan's Gordon Career Center presents a virtual fireside chat-style career conversation with Tony Award-winning director of Hamilton Thomas Kail '99 and current Wesleyan Theater majors Milton Espinoza Jr. '22 and Vianca Pérez '22. This conversation is open to Wesleyan students, alumni, parents, families, faculty, and staff.
Feminist Rage and Healing: Movement Workshop with Ananya Chatterjea
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 8:00pm

In this movement workshop, Ananya Chatterjea, Artistic Director of the contemporary Indian dance company Ananya Dance Theatre in Minneapolis, will explore some of the emotional range of recent times.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Three
Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The third episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and poet Paul Muldoon on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge: A Conversation about History and Process with Elevator Repair Service
Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 8:00pm
YouTube
Actors Greig Sargeant and Ben Williams and director and Elevator Repair Service founder John Collins will discuss the development and process of creating their new theater work in progress “Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge.”
"Race / Art History" Talk by Itohan Osayimwese: “From Postcolonial to Decolonial Architectural Histories: A Method”
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom
“Race / Art History” is a year-long series of talks by scholars working at the intersections of art history and critical race studies. This talk will be given by Itohan Osayimwese of Brown University.

February

Marathon :: Marathon X Exchange :: Exchange
Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 10:00am
YouTube
An exchange concert held between Wesleyan University students and TU Berlin students, featuring their projects in an all day/night stream. The marathon includes fixed media works from Wesleyan Associate Professor of Music Paula Matthusen’s Edgard-Varèse guest professor classes at TU Berlin.
Dance Alumni Chat Series: Anyone Can Dance!
Friday, February 26, 2021 at 12:00pm
Online (Eastern Standard Time)
The Dance Department’s inaugural Alumni Chat Series event features four amazing Wesleyan alumni, discussing the benefits of a dance degree and how their dance education at Wesleyan transformed their lives beyond the University. Featuring Ellen Gerdes ’05, Eury German ’16, Chloe Jones ’15, and Nik Owens ’12.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Two
Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The second episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and composer and sound artist Bruce Odland on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Let ‘im Move You: This Is an Invitation
Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 8:00pm
Zoom Webinar
This Is an Invitation is a work in progress, the latest video project in jumatatu m. poe and Jermone Donte Beacham’s "Let ‘im Move You" decade-spanning series of performance and installation projects, will be screened along with a lecture demonstration and a conversation between jumatatu m. poe and Jermone Donte Beacham moderated by Deborah Goffe MA '19.
Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble
Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Noah Baerman, offers a program of modern, small-group jazz, recorded remotely after a semester of in person rehearsals in fall 2020.
Flames of My Homeland Talk: Ian Boyden and William Frucht
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom Webinar
Flames of My Homeland exhibition curators Ian Boyden ’95—a visual artist, poet, and translator—and William Frucht, Executive Editor for Political Science and Law at Yale University Press, will discuss the lives of Tsering Dorje and Woeser, the intersections of art and politics, and the interpretation of photographs across geographic and cultural distance. Moderated by Wesleyan University Associate Professor of Religion and East Asian Studies and exhibition co-curator Andrew Quintman.
Flames of My Homeland: The Cultural Revolution and Modern Tibet Exhibition Opens
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
In this exhibition, the works of Tsering Dorje and Tsering Woeser, father and daughter, document the ravages of Tibetan society brought by the Cultural Revolution and their ongoing effects in Lhasa today. Curated by Ian Boyden ’95, William Frucht, and Associate Professor of Religion and East Asian Studies Andrew Quintman.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode One
Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 10:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The first episode of writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson's radio show, “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson,” features a conversation with writer Jonathan Cott on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Kristina Wong: “Sweatshop Overlord”
Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 8:00pm

Comedian and writer Kristina Wong details her trajectory from out-of-work performance artist to “Sweatshop Overlord” in this new, free show, followed by a moderated conversation with the artist.

2020

December

Thesis Theater Production: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time [Dates Changed]
Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 8:00pm

Directed by Lauren Stock ’21, Simon Stephens’ play based on the book by Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, will be streamed online for free.
Thesis Theater Production: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time [Dates Changed]
Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 2:00pm

Directed by Lauren Stock ’21, Simon Stephens’ play based on the book by Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, will be streamed online for free.
Thesis Theater Production: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time [Dates Changed]
Friday, December 18, 2020 at 8:00pm

Directed by Lauren Stock ’21, Simon Stephens’ play based on the book by Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, will be streamed online for free.
South Indian Music Student Recital
Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
Students of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music B. Balasubrahmaniyan perform their end of semester recital of music from the Karnatak tradition of South India. The pre-recored virtual recital will feature the song form Gitam.
(Un)Sound Projections
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 1:00pm
YouTube Premiere
A final virtual concert, Notation as Transduction, featuring new works by participants in the Center for the Humanities seminar (Un)Sound Projections: When Spaces Resist Recording (CHUM 298) taught by Associate Professor of Music Paula Matthusen and premiered by the SPLICE Ensemble.
Choreographies of the Archipelago: Artists in Conversation—Eleonora Fabiao and Jelili Atiku
Sunday, December 6, 2020 at 12:00pm
Zoom Webinar
Eleonora Fabião and Jelili Atiku will have a live conversation as part of Choreographies of the Archipelago: Artists in Conversation, a series of online exchanges between artists who work across a variety of geopolitical and disciplinary contexts. This event is presented by the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University with generous support from the Ford Foundation.
Choreographies of the Archipelago: Artists in Conversation—Arkadi Zaides and Ligis Lewis
Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 12:00pm
Zoom Webinar
Arkadi Zaides and Ligis Lewis will have a live conversation as part of Choreographies of the Archipelago: Artists in Conversation, a series of online exchanges between artists who work across a variety of geopolitical and disciplinary contexts. This event is presented by the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University with generous support from the Ford Foundation.
West African Drumming and Dance Concert
Friday, December 4, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube Premiere
An invigorating virtual performance filled with the rhythms of West Africa, featuring Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka, joined by students in West African music and dance classes.
Celebrating the Center for Creative Youth
Friday, December 4, 2020 at 7:00pm
YouTube
For decades, the Center for Creative Youth (CCY) has embraced its mission of changing lives through the arts. This live broadcast virtual event will include performances, reflections from alumni through the years, and special guest speakers, artists, and musicians. Celebrate the transformative power of the CCY community, and the hope young artists can bring to the world.
Choreographies of the Archipelago: Artists in Conversation—Tanya Lukin Linklater and Okwui Okpokwasili
Friday, December 4, 2020 at 3:00pm
Zoom Webinar
Tanya Lukin Linklater and Okwui Okpokwasili will have a live conversation as part of Choreographies of the Archipelago: Artists in Conversation, a series of online exchanges between artists who work across a variety of geopolitical and disciplinary contexts. This event is presented by the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University with generous support from the Ford Foundation.
Choreographies of the Archipelago: Artists in Conversation—Yasuko Yokoshi and mayfield brooks
Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 7:00pm
Zoom Webinar
Yasuko Yokoshi and mayfield brooks will have a live conversation as part of Choreographies of the Archipelago: Artists in Conversation, a series of online exchanges between artists who work across a variety of geopolitical and disciplinary contexts. This event is presented by the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University with generous support from the Ford Foundation.

November

Worlds of Dance Concert [Date Changed]
Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 1:00pm
YouTube Premiere
The virtual Worlds of Dance Concert will feature Wesleyan students performing an exciting array of dance styles from a variety of courses, including Afro-Brazilian, Bharata Natyam, Hip Hop, Jazz, and "Introduction to Dance."
Dancing During Pandemic
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 5:00pm
Vimeo
Associate Professor of Dance Katja Kolcio will lead a free virtual dance class, which will combine a mindful movement warm-up, creative exploration, a full-bodied energetic movement phrase, group movement listening, and a breath and focus-oriented meditative ending.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Classical Music of Central Java
Monday, November 23, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the sixth in a series of biweekly 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This week’s concert features the classical music of Central Java, a number of repertoires from two gamelan styles, Surakarta and Yogyakarta.
Talk by Paula Matthusen—Projected Resonances: Intersections of Sound, Performance, and Tourism Underground at Mammoth Cave
Monday, November 23, 2020 at 6:00pm
YouTube
Associate Professor of Music Paula Matthusen will give a talk that explores what expectations we bring to an acoustic space as part of the Monday Night Lecture Series presented by the Center for the Humanities.
Wesleyan Chamber Music
Friday, November 20, 2020 at 12:15pm
YouTube
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program, under the direction of John Biatowas, perform works by Franz Schubert and Alexander Glazunov.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Beginning Students of the Javanese Gamelan Ensemble
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the fifth in a series of biweekly 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This concert features the beginning students of the Javanese Gamelan Ensemble.
Artist Talk: Renée Green '81
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 6:00pm
Zoom Webinar
Artist Renée Green '81 will speak about her practice in conversation with Associate Director of Visual Arts Benjamin Chaffee '00 and Paul McLaren ’21. Green's 33 minute video "ED/HF" is streaming online through Sunday, November 22, 2020 as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS.
Talk by Victoria Pitts-Taylor—Deep Pasts and Failed Futures: Exploring Hospital Time in Queer Memoir and Film (a work-in-progress)
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 6:00pm
Zoom Webinar
Professor and Chair of Wesleyan’s Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, and Professor of Sociology and Science in Society Victoria Pitts-Taylor will give a talk, Deep Pasts and Failed Futures: Exploring Hospital Time in Queer Memoir and Film (a work-in-progress), followed by a discussion of Charlotte Prodger’s video BRIDGIT as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Wayang Kulit Perang Kembang (The Flower Battle)
Monday, November 16, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the fourth in a series of biweekly 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This concert features the Javanese Wayang Kulit (a shadow-play with flat leather puppets).
Wesleyan String Orchestra Open Rehearsal
Monday, November 16, 2020 at 6:30pm
YouTube
The Wesleyan University Strings, under the direction of Adjunct Associate Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina, perform an open rehearsal of music by Anton Arensky, Béla Bartók, Felix Mendelssohn, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Eiko Otake: An Artist’s Practice in the Year of Pandemic and Political Cries
Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 7:00pm
Eiko Otake Virtual Studio
A free tour and post-election conversation in Eiko Otake’s Virtual Studio with Eiko and her collaborators DonChristian Jones ’12 and Iris McCloughan ’10, who will also moderate the discussion.
Film Screening: Tacita Dean—The Green Ray
Friday, November 13, 2020 at 12:10pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The Green Ray by Tacita Dean is the 16mm film being screened as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS. The gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
After Party in the Bardo: A Conversation with Laurie Anderson
Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 7:00pm
YouTube Live
Writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson has spent the last five months of this extraordinary year creating extended radio conversations with musicians, artists, writers, and poets on “Party in the Bardo,” which aired on WESU Middletown 88.1FM. As a coda to her journey, Anderson offers a free, virtual conversation about the nature of time and the intimate art of listening.
Navaratri Festival: Concert Broadcast No. 3
Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
A broadcast of an archival concert from Wesleyan's 17th annual Navaratri Festival on September 17, 1993 featuring South Indian music performed by violinist brothers Mysore Sri. M. Nagaraj and Mysore Sri. M. Manjunath.
Video Screening: Charlotte Prodger—BRIDGIT
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 12:00pm

"BRIDGIT" by Charlotte Prodger is the sixth video being screened as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS. The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff. The video is also available to stream on the exhibition website.
Conversation: Collective for Radical Death Studies and devynn emory with Anthony Ryan Hatch
Monday, November 9, 2020 at 7:30pm
Zoom Webinar
A conversation between the Collective for Radical Death Studies and choreographer, dance artist, acute care and COVID-19 hospice nurse devynn emory. Moderated by Anthony Ryan Hatch, Chair and Associate Professor of Science in Society, African American Studies, Sociology, Environmental Studies, and the College of the Environment, and Coordinator for Sustainability and Environmental Justice at Wesleyan University.
Performance by Tosh Basco (aka boychild) - "Untitled: darkness"
Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 2:00pm

Zürich-based performance artist Tosh Basco (aka boychild) will present an online performance, followed by a live conversation between the artist and collaborator Wu Tsang.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Eleven
Friday, November 6, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The eleventh and final episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation about love between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and the return of her first guest, writer Jonathan Cott on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Eleven
Friday, November 6, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The eleventh and final episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation about love between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and the return of her first guest, writer Jonathan Cott on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Graduate Music Series: Installment Seven
Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The seventh installment of the Graduate Music Series will feature alumni composers Ian Davis MA ’19 and James P. Falzone MA '19.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Gendhing Soran
Monday, November 2, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube Live
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the third in a series of biweekly 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This week's concert features Gendhing Soran, a loud-sounding instrumental piece, Yogyakarta style.

October

Fall Faculty Dance Concert: The Perseverance Project
Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 8:00pm

The Perseverance Project features works by Visiting Assistant Professors of Dance Milka Djordjevich and Maho Ishiguro MA ’12 Ph.D. ’18, Visiting Associate Professor of Dance Doug Elkins, and Visiting Instructor in Dance Shamel Pitts. A post-show discussion will be moderated by Professor and Chair of the Dance Department Hari Krishnan.
Video Screening: Arthur Jafa — APEX
Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
"APEX" by Arthur Jafa is the fifth video being screened as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS. The gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
Graduate Music Series: Installment Six
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The sixth installment of the Graduate Music Series will feature Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology Thembela Vokwana and M.A. composition student Aliya Ultan.
Film Screening: Tacita Dean—The Green Ray
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 12:10pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The Green Ray by Tacita Dean is the 16mm film being screened as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS. The gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
Engage 2020 Speaker Series: Kristina Wong —Reality Television, Political Theater, and Social Change
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 6:30pm
Zoom
Performance artist, comedian, and writer Kristina Wong will discuss her racial, political, and community justice work as part of the Wesleyan Engage 2020 (E2020) initiative.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Ten
Friday, October 23, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The tenth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and bassist and composer Christian McBride on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Ten
Friday, October 23, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The tenth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and bassist and composer Christian McBride on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Navaratri Festival: Concert Broadcast No. 2
Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
A broadcast of archival recordings featuring North Indian music performed at Wesleyan by sarod player Ali Akbar Khan on October 25, 1966 as well as a concert by Zia Mohiuddin Dagar (been) with Tewari (vocals) and Srinivasan (tambura) circa 1968.
Artist Talk: Stanya Kahn
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 8:00pm
Zoom ​Webinar
Artist Stanya Kahn will speak about her practice and "Stand in the Stream," her work included in the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS, sharing more about the video's blend of intimate family events and deeply felt political engagement.
Graduate Music Series: Installment Five
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The fifth installment of the Graduate Music Series will feature graduate student in composition Ryan Seward's work "Take any flat, plain piece of land, give it a name," inspired by the opening lines of poet Lawson Fusao Inada’s "Utica, North Platte."
Talk It Out: SLABBER - The Fallacy of Emulsification: Intersecting Identities and Clean/Dirty, Outsider/Insider Status
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 7:30pm
Zoom
The Wesleyan Theater Department presents a "Talk It Out" interdisciplinary, open virtual conversation around the issues framed by their October production of "SLABBER."
"Trash Dance" Film Screening and Conversation with Forklift Danceworks
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 8:00pm
Conversation on YouTube Live
A virtual conversation with members of Forklift Danceworks about their film Trash Dance offers a chance to learn more about their community-engaged choreography in advance of their artist residency at Wesleyan in 2021.
Re-Evaluating the Ground on Which We(s) Stand(s): A Conversation with Associate Professor Rashida Z. Shaw McMahon
Monday, October 19, 2020 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Assistant Professor of Theater Maria-Christina Oliveras will be in conversation with Associate Professor of English Rashida Z. Shaw McMahon exploring the works of August Wilson, the multidisciplinarity of Black theater, and McMahon’s journey as an educator and Wesleyan alum (class of '99).
SLABBER
Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 5:00pm
Center for the Arts Courtyard

The theater work “SLABBER” will be devised by a Wesleyan ensemble directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl for the current socio-political moment. Free performance open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.

SLABBER
Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 5:00pm
Center for the Arts Courtyard

The theater work “SLABBER” will be devised by a Wesleyan ensemble directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl for the current socio-political moment. Free performance open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.

SLABBER
Friday, October 16, 2020 at 5:00pm
Center for the Arts Courtyard (CANCELED)

The theater work “SLABBER” will be devised by a Wesleyan ensemble directed by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl for the current socio-political moment. Free performance open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.

Video Screening: Stanya Kahn —Stand in the Stream
Friday, October 16, 2020 at 12:00pm

"Stand in the Stream" by Stanya Kahn is the fourth video being screened as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS. The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff. The video is also available to stream on the exhibition website.
The Era Footwork Crew: “Footwork Saves Lives” Panel Discussion
Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 7:00pm

The Era Footwork Crew co-founder, dancer, and activist Jamal “Litebulb” Oliver; writer, director, and editor Wills Glasspiegel; and dance group president Shkunna Stewart will discuss their work with the non-profit Open the Circle in a free panel discussion. Moderated by Assistant Professor of Dance Iddi Saaka with alumna Kiara Benn ’20.
Graduate Music Series: Installment Four
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The fourth installment of the Graduate Music Series will feature Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology Jocelyn Pleasant on "Music in the African Diaspora."
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Gadhon
Monday, October 12, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube Live
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the second in a series of biweekly 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This week's concert features Gadhon, a small ensemble featuring soft sounding instruments.
Coping in Crisis: A Town Hall Discussion about Race, Faith, and Mental Health
Monday, October 12, 2020 at 5:30pm
Zoom
Prominent and outspoken community leaders will talk about their life journeys and explore issues of mental health, faith, culture, and brain science with Wesleyan students, staff, and faculty.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Nine
Friday, October 9, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The ninth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn from the multi-platinum selling band Barenaked Ladies.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Nine
Friday, October 9, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The ninth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn from the multi-platinum selling band Barenaked Ladies.
Navaratri Festival: Concert Broadcast No. 1
Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
A broadcast of an archival concert from Wesleyan's 24th annual Navaratri Festival on September 13, 2000 featuring T.Viswanathan on flute and vocals, Trichy Sankaran on mridangam, and G. Harishankar on kanjira.
Graduate Music Series: Installment Three
Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The third installment of the Graduate Music Series will feature graduate ethnomusicology students Garrett Groesbeck and Suhail Yusuf Khan.
Working as an Artist of Color: An Intimate Conversation with Kristina Wong
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at 12:00pm

Wesleyan students join performance artist and writer Kristina Wong for a free virtual discussion about making solo work and addressing social and racial justice issues through the use of comedy and parody. Moderated by Assistant Professor of Theater Maria-Christina Oliveras.
Video Screening: Trisha Baga—Winters Spring
Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
“Winters Spring” by Trisha Baga is the third video being screened as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS. The gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
A Conversation with Ananya Chatterjea and Hari Krishnan: Rethinking “Navaratri”
Friday, October 2, 2020 at 7:00pm

Professor and Chair of the Dance Department Hari Krishnan will speak with Ananya Chatterjea, Artistic Director of  Ananya Dance Theatre in this free talk, part of the 44th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan.
Navaratri Festival: Conversation with “Sakthi Vibrations” Director Zoe Sherinian
Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 8:00pm

A virtual conversation about the ethnomusicological documentary "Sakthi Vibrations" with Director Zoe Sherinian. Moderated by ethnomusicology doctoral student Bianca Iannitti as part of the 44th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan University. The film will be available for viewing online before the event with a link included with the reservation confirmation.
Navaratri Festival: Music Department Colloquium - Anna Morcom
Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 4:40pm
Zoom
A virtual talk by Professor of Ethnomusicology and Mohindar Brar Sambhi Chair of Indian Music at U.C.L.A.'s Herb Alpert School of Music Anna Morcom at the start of the 44th annual Navaratri Festival at Wesleyan University.

September

Graduate Music Series: Installment Two
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The second installment of the Graduate Music Series will feature Ph.D. ethnomusicology student Anya Shatilova, Max Gibson MA '20, and Director of the Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble Noah Baerman.
Film Screening: Tacita Dean—The Green Ray
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 12:10pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
The Green Ray by Tacita Dean is the 16mm film being screened as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS. The gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
Virtual Talkback: Reiterate, Resound - Visualizing Time: A Student Video Exhibition
Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 6:00pm
Facebook
A virtual talkback with four artists featured in "Reiterate, Resound - Visualizing Time: A Student Video Exhibition" - Kyron Rizzo '21, Ben Schneier '21, Alessandra Rizzo '22, and Yao Zhu '21.
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble Virtual Mini-Concert and Demonstration: Gadhon
Monday, September 28, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube Live
While COVID-19 is still with us this semester, the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, under the direction of University Professor of Music I. Harjito and Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music Sumarsam, offers the first in a series of biweekly 30-minute virtual mini-concerts and demonstrations. This week's concert features Gadhon, a small ensemble featuring soft sounding instruments. Read Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble concert program notes here.
Bach to School
Friday, September 25, 2020 at 8:00pm
Zoom
At the eleventh annual opening of the Wesleyan concert calendar, Artist in Residence and University Organist Alcee Chriss presents a virtual organ recital with possible cameos by other members of the Wesleyan Music Department.
Re-Evaluating the Ground on Which We(s) Stand(s): An Evening with Broadway’s Crystal Dickinson and Brandon Dirden
Friday, September 25, 2020 at 4:30pm
Zoom
Assistant Professor of Theater Maria-Christina Oliveras and Associate Professor of English Rashida Z. Shaw McMahon host acclaimed actors Crystal Dickinson (Clybourne Park and You Can’t Take It With You on Broadway; Showtime’s The Chi) and Brandon Dirden (Martin Luther King, Jr. in All the Way starring Bryan Cranston and Jitney on Broadway; FX’s The Americans; Netflix’s The Get Down) in an evening exploring the challenges of presenting and teaching BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) theater in predominantly white spaces.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Eight
Friday, September 25, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The eighth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and pianist, composer, and artist Jason Moran on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Eight
Friday, September 25, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The eighth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and pianist, composer, and artist Jason Moran on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
The Era Footwork Crew: Dance Workshop/Lab Session and Conversation with 860MVMNT
Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 7:00pm

The Era Footwork Crew will teach the basics of the Chicago style to dancers of all backgrounds and experience levels in a free workshop, followed by a conversation with Hartford-based street dance collective 860MVMNT moderated by Deborah Goffe MA '19.
NetBlipz Episode Nine: Bianca Iannitti and Stuart Wheeler
Thursday, September 24, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
Episode Nine of NetBlipz, the new WESU Middletown 88.1FM series that puts a spotlight on the remarkable skills and imagination of the Wesleyan Music Department, will feature the work of graduate music students Bianca Iannitti and Stuart Wheeler.
Graduate Music Series: Installment One
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 8:00pm
YouTube
The first installment of the Graduate Music Series will feature graduate music students Stuart Wheeler and Bianca Iannitti, and will also air on WESU Middletown 88.1FM during episode nine of "NetBlipz."
Talk It Out: SLABBER 2020 - Dis/Ease: Contagion and Pandemics in Our World and Its Stories
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 8:00pm
Zoom
The Wesleyan Theater Department presents a "Talk It Out" interdisciplinary, open virtual conversation around the issues framed by their October production of "SLABBER 2020" - how pandemics and contagion play out in our world and in our stories. Is it possible to come close to someone without ever leaving your chair?
Reiterate, Resound - Visualizing Time: A Student Video Exhibition Opens
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery
Reiterate, Resound presents a selection of six videos created by current Wesleyan students and recent alumni, each engaged in the visualization of time and all of its contradictory characteristics. Curated by Nia Felton '21 and Maya Hayda '21. The gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff. All videos available to stream on Vimeo.
Video Screening: Karrabing Film Collective - The Mermaids or Aiden in Wonderland
Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
"The Mermaids or Aiden in Wonderland" by Karrabing Film Collective is the second video being screened as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS. The gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
Streaming Video: Karrabing Film Collective - Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams
Sunday, September 20, 2020 at 12:00pm
"A SCULPTURE, A FILM AND SIX VIDEOS" exhibition website
"Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams," a 28 minute video by the Karrabing Film Collective, is streaming online through Sunday, November 22, 2020 as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS.
Wills Glasspiegel and Brandon Calhoun: Footwork On Film
Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 7:00pm

Dance filmmakers Brandon Calhoun and Wills Glasspiegel will share dynamic films from their archive in a free screening followed by a post-show discussion with the artists moderated by Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance and African American Studies Joya Powell.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Seven
Friday, September 11, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The seventh episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and iconic singer and visual artist ANOHNI on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Noontime Talk with Kristina Wong: Performance, Pandemic, and How to Forge a Career as an Artist
Friday, September 11, 2020 at 12:00pm

Wesleyan students join performance artist, comedian, and writer Kristina Wong for a free, virtual conversation about her career in theater. Moderated by Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Seven
Friday, September 11, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The seventh episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and iconic singer and visual artist ANOHNI on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Kristina Wong for Public Office
Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 7:00pm

Comedian and writer Kristina Wong performs her raucous work “Kristina Wong for Public Office” in a free, live broadcast from her home in Los Angeles.
Streaming Video: Renée Green - ED/HF
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 12:00pm
"A SCULPTURE, A FILM AND SIX VIDEOS" exhibition website
"ED/HF," a 33 minute video by Renée Green '81, is streaming online through Sunday, November 22, 2020 as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS.
Video Screening: Renée Green - Americas: Veritas
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
"Americas: Veritas" by Renée Green '81 is the first video being screened as part of the exhibition A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS. The gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
A SCULPTURE, A FILM AND SIX VIDEOS Exhibition Opens
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at 12:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
A SCULPTURE, A FILM & SIX VIDEOS is an exhibition of a sculpture, a film, and a survey of six recent large-scale video works presented in a nontraditional, temporal framework. The gallery is open to Wesleyan students, faculty, and staff.
NetBlipz Episode Eight: Aliya Ultan and Stuart Wheeler
Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
Episode Eight of NetBlipz, the new WESU Middletown 88.1FM series that puts a spotlight on the remarkable skills and imagination of the Wesleyan Music Department, will feature the work of graduate students Aliya Ultan and Stuart Wheeler.

August

Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Six
Friday, August 28, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The sixth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation about ecstatic music between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and writer, therapist, and pleasure activist Don Shewey on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Six
Friday, August 28, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The sixth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation about ecstatic music between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and writer, therapist, and pleasure activist Don Shewey on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
NetBlipz Episode Seven: Laura Cetilia MA '20
Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
Episode Seven of NetBlipz, the new WESU Middletown 88.1FM series that puts a spotlight on the remarkable skills and imagination of the Wesleyan Music Department, will feature the work of recent alumna composer Laura Cetilia MA '20.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Intermission
Friday, August 14, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
This intermission following the first five episodes of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features two hours of long durational works curated by writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Intermission
Friday, August 14, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
This intermission following the first five episodes of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features two hours of long durational works curated by writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.

July

Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Five
Friday, July 31, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The fifth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and artist Marina Abramović on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Five
Friday, July 31, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The fifth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and artist Marina Abramović on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
NetBlipz Episode Six: Vocal Ensembles
Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
Episode Six of "NetBlipz," the new WESU Middletown 88.1FM series that puts a spotlight on the remarkable skills and imagination of the Wesleyan Music Department, will feature the vocal ensembles at Wesleyan University.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Four
Friday, July 17, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The fourth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and musician and artist Arto Lindsay on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Four
Friday, July 17, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The fourth episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and musician and artist Arto Lindsay on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
FLY | DROWN: Process Revisited with Jennifer Harge
Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 7:00pm
Twitch
In FLY | DROWN: Process Revisited, artist Jennifer Harge shares the research and process of creating FLY | DROWN—a performance installation that platforms how Black women use their homes to reclaim and assert autonomy over their bodies, histories, and communities.
NetBlipz Episode Five
Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
Episode Five of "NetBlipz," the new WESU Middletown 88.1FM series that puts a spotlight on the remarkable skills and imagination of the Wesleyan Music Department, will feature recordings of instrumental ensembles.
America in Prison: Theater Behind Bars—Video Monologues
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 12:00pm
CFA Website
View six short video monologues written by men incarcerated at the Cheshire Correctional Institution and created in response to Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. The monologues are performed by students in Chair and Professor of Theater Ron Jenkins’ course THEA 115 “America in Prison: Theater Behind Bars.”
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Three
Friday, July 3, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The third episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and poet Paul Muldoon on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Three
Friday, July 3, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The third episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and poet Paul Muldoon on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
NetBlipz Episode Four: Composing, Performing, and Listening to Experimental Music
Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
Episode Four of "NetBlipz," the new WESU Middletown 88.1FM series that puts a spotlight on the remarkable skills and imagination of the Wesleyan Music Department, will feature recordings of new compositions by students in MUSC 220 “Composing, Performing, and Listening to Experimental Music,” taught by Professor of Music Ronald Kuivila.

June

Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Two
Friday, June 19, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The second episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and composer and sound artist Bruce Odland on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Kaneza Schaal and Christopher Myers: Cartography
Friday, June 19, 2020 at 12:00pm
Facebook Live
Watch a livestream of the theater work Cartography (2019), an exploration of our lives through the lens of four refugees created by Brooklyn-based theater artist Kaneza Schaal '06 and author Christopher Myers, followed by a Q&A.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode Two
Friday, June 19, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The second episode of “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson” features a conversation between writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson and composer and sound artist Bruce Odland on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
NetBlipz Episode Three: Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble
Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
Episode Three of "NetBlipz," the new WESU Middletown 88.1FM series that puts a spotlight on the remarkable skills and imagination of the Wesleyan Music Department, features recordings of the Toneburst Laptop and Electronic Arts Ensemble, directed by Associate Professor and Chair of the Music Department Paula Matthusen.
Eiko Otake: Calling Out for Our Mothers
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at 5:00pm
Eiko Otake Virtual Studio
Read an edited transcript and view sections of a presentation by Center for the Arts Virtual Artist in Residence Eiko Otake and her collaborator John Killacky about their work Elegies.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode One
Friday, June 5, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The first episode of writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson's radio show, “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson,” features a conversation with writer Jonathan Cott on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson—Episode One
Friday, June 5, 2020 at 4:00am
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
The first episode of writer, director, visual artist, and vocalist Laurie Anderson's radio show, “Party in the Bardo: Conversations with Laurie Anderson,” features a conversation with writer Jonathan Cott on WESU Middletown 88.1FM.
NetBlipz Episode Two: Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble
Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU Middletown 88.1FM
Episode Two of "NetBlipz," the new WESU series that puts a spotlight on the remarkable skills and imagination of the Wesleyan Music Department, will feature recordings by members of the Wesleyan University Jazz Ensemble, hosted by Director Noah Baerman.
Selections from Capstone Theater Production by Ella Larsen: …an ode
Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 12:00pm
Center for the Arts website
View a video of selections from …an ode, a senior theater capstone project by Ella Larsen ’20.
Kahlil Robert Irving and Richard Munaba: Safetyfirst&Fantasies _ BLOCKCHAIN
Monday, June 1, 2020 at 12:00pm
Safetyfirst&Fantasies_BLOCKCHAIN website
Constructed from found digital materials and presented online, Safetyfirst&Fantasies_BLOCKCHAIN is a new collaborative work by Kahlil Robert Irving and Richard Munaba commissioned by the Center for the Arts which resonates with the dimensional possibilities of sampling.

May

Senior Thesis Showcase Reception [CANCELED]
Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 3:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Join us for a reception in Zilkha Gallery for a showcase exhibition of the work of the Class of 2020’s thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History’s Art Studio Program.
Spring Dance Virtual Concert: threads
Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 12:00pm
Center for the Arts website
Enjoy new works created remotely by students in Dance Composition (DANC 250-01), taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Joya Powell. Videos, photos, and program notes will be available to view on Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23, 2020 and will remain available to view through Saturday, May 30, 2020.
Dance as Activism: Dancing on Our Own—Bodies for Justice
Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 12:00pm
Center for the Arts website

Experience new works created remotely by students in Dance as Activism (DANC 379), taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Joya Powell. Videos, photos, and program notes will be available to view on Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23, 2020 and will remain available to view through Saturday, May 30, 2020.

Lunch with Tom Pearson: The Process and Practice of Collaborative Devising—A Practical Q&A
Friday, May 22, 2020 at 1:00pm
Online with Zoom
Assistant Professor of Theater Katie Pearl hosts a discussion with Tom Pearson, co-creator of the long-running immersive theater hit Then She Fell and co-artistic director of Third Rail Projects.
Spring Dance Virtual Concert: threads
Friday, May 22, 2020 at 12:00pm
Center for the Arts website
Enjoy new works created remotely by students in Dance Composition (DANC 250-01), taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Joya Powell. Videos, photos, and program notes will be available to view on Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23, 2020 and will remain available to view through Saturday, May 30, 2020.
Dance as Activism: Dancing on Our Own—Bodies for Justice
Friday, May 22, 2020 at 12:00pm
Center for the Arts website

Experience new works created remotely by students in Dance as Activism (DANC 379), taught by Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Joya Powell. Videos, photos, and program notes will be available to view on Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23, 2020 and will remain available to view through Saturday, May 30, 2020.

Music Department on WESU: NetBlipz
Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 4:00pm
WESU
The Wesleyan Music Department will feature the work of seniors Leo Merturi ’20, Rodrigo Roman '20, and Charlie Schine '20 on WESU Middletown 88.1FM. WESU will be airing "NetBlipz," a new series that puts a spotlight on the remarkable skills and imagination of the Wesleyan Music Department, every other Thursday starting at 4pm. The next episode will air on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 4pm. 
"Homework" Virtual Exhibition
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 5:00pm
Online
Twelve students in ARST 386 "Intermediate Time-Based Media" taught by John Hulsey, the Andrew W. Mellon Postgraduate Research Fellow in Interdisciplinary Arts Practices, Art Studio Program, present the virtual exhibition "Homework."
Annual Organ Romp [DATE AND TIME CHANGE / ONLINE]
Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 7:30pm
Zoom
The annual organ romp concert features thirteen Wesleyan University students performing music ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach and Philip Glass to tunes by Richard Rodgers, Curtis Mayfield, and Juice WRLD, as well as premieres of five original pieces.
Wesleyan New Music Ensemble [CANCELED]
Sunday, May 10, 2020 at 6:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Building upon contemporary musical performance practice developed since the early 1960s, the Wesleyan New Music Ensemble, directed by Assistant Professor of Music Tyshawn Sorey, performs works by leading 20th and 21st century composers along with student compositions.
West African Drumming and Dance Concert [CANCELED]
Friday, May 8, 2020 at 3:00pm
CFA Courtyard (Rain site: Crowell Concert Hall)
An invigorating performance filled with the rhythms of West Africa, featuring Assistant Professor of Music John Dankwa and Associate Professor of the Practice in Dance Iddi Saaka, joined by students in West African music and dance classes.
Spring Dance Concert [CANCELED]
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 8:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater
Student choreographers present works created after a full year of dance composition studies.
Voices from Prison [CANCELED]
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Written by the T.R.U.E. Program Mentors and Mentees of Cheshire Correctional Institution and inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy. Presented by Wesleyan students in the course THEA 115 “America in Prison: Theater Behind Bars” taught by Professor and Chair of the Theater Department Ronald S. Jenkins. Featuring a talkback with formerly incarcerated individuals.
Spring Dance Concert [CANCELED]
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 8:00pm
Patricelli ’92 Theater
Student choreographers present works created after a full year of dance composition studies.
WesWinds Spring Concert [CANCELED]
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Salvatore LaRusso, presents an evening of contemporary American wind music.
Ebony Singers Spring Concert [CANCELED]
Monday, May 4, 2020 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Enjoy an incredible evening of gospel music with the Wesleyan University Ebony Singers, directed by Marichal Monts ’85, that is sure to lift your spirits and leave a song in your heart.
Virtual Combined Private Lessons Studios Recital
Monday, May 4, 2020 at 7:30pm
Facebook

A recital featuring Wesleyan students in the studios of various Private Lessons Teachers will be livestreamed for free on the Wesleyan Music Department Facebook page.