All Upcoming Events
Below are all upcoming events. To view the archives of past events, please click here.
2018
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2018
October
Talia Andrei: Tea Culture and Japanese Aesthetics
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 4:30pm
Seminar Room, Mansfield Freeman Center
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 4:30pm
Seminar Room, Mansfield Freeman Center
FREE!
A lecture by Assistant Professor of Art History Talia Andrei, "Tea Culture and Japanese Aesthetics."
Artist Lecture: Nicholas Muellner—In All Tides An Island
Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 4:30pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 4:30pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
FREE!
Nicholas Muellner is an artist who operates at the intersection of photography and writing. Through books, exhibitions and slide lectures, his projects investigate the limits of photography as a documentary pursuit and as an interface to socio-political and personal narratives.
Guided Gallery Tour: Kahlil Robert Irving Exhibition
Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
FREE!
Take a closer look at the Zilkha Gallery exhibition featuring works by Kahlil Robert Irving by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
ETHEL and Robert Mirabal: The River
Friday, October 26, 2018 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Friday, October 26, 2018 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Adventurous string quartet ETHEL joins forces with GRAMMY Award-winning Taos Pueblo flutist and Native American instrument maker Robert Mirabal to present The River.
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Fall Faculty Dance Concert: Wrapped in Us
Friday, October 26, 2018 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Friday, October 26, 2018 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Visiting Assistant Professors Julie Mulvihill and Joya Powell present Wrapped in Us, an evening of multidisciplinary, visceral, risk-taking and performance sharing.
Guided Gallery Tour: Kahlil Robert Irving Exhibition
Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
FREE!
Take a closer look at the Zilkha Gallery exhibition featuring works by Kahlil Robert Irving by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
Fall Faculty Dance Concert: Wrapped in Us
Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 7:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Saturday, October 27, 2018 at 7:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Visiting Assistant Professors Julie Mulvihill and Joya Powell present Wrapped in Us, an evening of multidisciplinary, visceral, risk-taking and performance sharing.
Castlefield Trio
Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 3:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 3:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
FREE!
The Castlefield Trio will perform their original jazz and blues tunes, including world premieres by torch heartbreaker Sarah LeMieux and drummer Andy Chatfield.
Graduate Recital: Leslie Allison
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 8:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 8:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
FREE!
A Masters thesis concert by graduate music student Leslie Allison.
November
Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert [Date , Time, and Location Changed]
Friday, November 2, 2018 at 8:00pm
Cross Street Dance Studio
Friday, November 2, 2018 at 8:00pm
Cross Street Dance Studio
A collection of new works presented by senior choreographer Arielle Schwartz as part of her culminating project for the dance major.
Graduate Recital: J. P. A. Falzone
Friday, November 2, 2018 at 8:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Friday, November 2, 2018 at 8:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
FREE!
A concert presented by J. P. A. Falzone, a graduate student in music composition, The Abstraction of Language in the Language of Abstraction.
Guided Gallery Tour: Kahlil Robert Irving Exhibition
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
FREE!
Take a closer look at the Zilkha Gallery exhibition featuring works by Kahlil Robert Irving by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
Tea Ceremony with Ikumi Kamanishi and Curator Stephen Morrell
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 2:00pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 2:00pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center
FREE!
A tea ceremony with Ikumi Kamanishi and Curator Stephen Morrell, held in conjunction with the exhibition Chado: The Way of Tea.
Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert [Date , Time, and Location Changed]
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7:00pm
Cross Street Dance Studio
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 7:00pm
Cross Street Dance Studio
A collection of new works presented by senior choreographer Arielle Schwartz as part of her culminating project for the dance major.
Fall Senior Thesis Dance Concert [Date , Time, and Location Changed]
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 9:00pm
Cross Street Dance Studio
Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 9:00pm
Cross Street Dance Studio
A collection of new works presented by senior choreographer Arielle Schwartz as part of her culminating project for the dance major.
Sung Poetry and Tea with Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies Ao Wang and Curator Stephen Morrell
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 4:30pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center
Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 4:30pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center
FREE!
Sung poetry and tea with Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies Ao Wang and Curator Stephen Morrell, held in conjunction with the exhibition Chado: The Way of Tea.
ICPP Public Lecture
Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
FREE!
A public lecture presented by the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance at Wesleyan University.
Music and Dance of Yogyakarta
Friday, November 9, 2018 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Friday, November 9, 2018 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
In conjunction with a visit from Hamengkubuwono X, the Sultan of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, Wesleyan University hosts a performance by the court dancers and musicians of Yogyakarta.
Guided Gallery Tour: Kahlil Robert Irving Exhibition
Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
FREE!
Take a closer look at the Zilkha Gallery exhibition featuring works by Kahlil Robert Irving by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
Rags and Riches for the Harpsichord (New title and description)
Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 6:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 6:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
FREE!
To celebrate the arrival of the Frank Hubbard harpsichord modeled on Taskin, Artist in Residence and University Organist Ronald Ebrecht will perform a program to show the variety of musical styles possible on this instrument.
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Friday, November 16, 2018 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Friday, November 16, 2018 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
A production of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (2012), written by Anne Washburn and directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Pirronne Yousefzadeh.
Guided Gallery Tour: Kahlil Robert Irving Exhibition
Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
FREE!
Take a closer look at the Zilkha Gallery exhibition featuring works by Kahlil Robert Irving by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
A production of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (2012), written by Anne Washburn and directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Pirronne Yousefzadeh.
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
A production of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (2012), written by Anne Washburn and directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Pirronne Yousefzadeh.
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
A production of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (2012), written by Anne Washburn and directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Pirronne Yousefzadeh.
Wesleyan University Orchestra
Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Sunday, November 18, 2018 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
The Wesleyan University Orchestra and friends perform under direction of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina.
Graduate Recital: Judith Berkson (New date and location)
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 8:00pm
The Russell House, 301 High Street, Middletown
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 8:00pm
The Russell House, 301 High Street, Middletown
FREE!
Solo and chamber works by composer, instrumentalist, vocalist, and graduate music student Judith Berkson.
Kacceri: Alex Donald’s Senior Recital
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
Alex Donald ’19 performs vocal music in the South Indian Karnatak tradition.
For the Love of Bach: Vol. 3
Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 7:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 7:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
FREE!
Wesleyan student/faculty/staff/community collective AD HOC BACH present the next installment of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas.
Wesleyan Chamber Music Concert
Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program perform works by various composers on a variety of instruments.
Graduate Recital: Ian Davis (New date, location, and time)
Friday, November 30, 2018 at 7:00pm
Memorial Chapel
Friday, November 30, 2018 at 7:00pm
Memorial Chapel
FREE!
Graduate composer Ian Davis presents an evening of original music, works composed by children, and more.
Javanese Puppet Play: Wayang Kulit
Friday, November 30, 2018 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
Friday, November 30, 2018 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
FREE!
Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music and puppeteer Sumarsam and the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble directed by Artist in Residence I.M. Harjito will present a Javanese wayang kulit puppet play.
December
Guided Gallery Tour: Kahlil Robert Irving Exhibition
Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
FREE!
Take a closer look at the Zilkha Gallery exhibition featuring works by Kahlil Robert Irving by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
Music From East Asia
Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
A performance by Wesleyan's Taiko Drumming Ensembles, directed by Barbara Merjan, Korean Drumming and Creative Music, directed by Jin Hi Kim, and the Wesleyan Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by graduate music student Joy Lu.
Worlds of Dance Concert
Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
"Introduction to Dance" and other beginning dance students perform works of various styles, including Bharata Natyam (South Indian classical), hip hop, and jazz.
Wesleyan Concert Choir
Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
The Wesleyan Concert Choir performs under direction of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina.
Ebony Singers Winter Concert
Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Monday, December 3, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
An evening of enthusiastic gospel music from the 100 voices of the passionate Wesleyan University Ebony Singers under the direction of Marichal Monts '85.
WesWinds Fall Concert
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
The Wesleyan Wind Ensemble presents an evening of contemporary works for winds and percussion under the direction of Salvatore LaRusso.
Sound Systems
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 9:00pm
World Music Hall
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 9:00pm
World Music Hall
FREE!
A concert for instruments, voice, cooling metals, crumpled paper, doorstops, and electronics, in which sound is diffused throughout the entire hall.
South Indian Music Student Recital
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
FREE!
Students of Adjunct Associate Professor B. Balasubrahmaniyan and Adjunct Assistant Professor David Nelson will perform a recital of music from the Karnatak tradition of South India.
John Cage's Musicircus
Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 3:15pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 3:15pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
Students from the adventurous MUSC 109 "Introduction to Experimental Music" class present a series of overlapping performances alongside special mystery guests in this rendition of John Cage's Musicircus.
Youth and Beginner Gamelan
Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
FREE!
Experience the culture of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble, with a prelude by the Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble.
Thesis Theater Production: The Medea Monologue (CANCELED)
Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 7:00pm
Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 7:00pm
A Thesis Theater Festival production of the Medea monologue by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, an adaptation of Euripides' Greek tragedy, directed by Emma Johnson '19.
Thesis Theater Production: No Replica
Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 7:00pm
Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 7:00pm
A Thesis Theater Festival production of No Replica featuring sound design by Gabriel Drozdov '19.
Thesis Theater Production: The Medea Monologue (CANCELED)
Friday, December 7, 2018 at 7:00pm
Friday, December 7, 2018 at 7:00pm
A Thesis Theater Festival production of the Medea monologue by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, an adaptation of Euripides' Greek tragedy, directed by Emma Johnson '19.
Thesis Theater Production: No Replica
Friday, December 7, 2018 at 7:00pm
Friday, December 7, 2018 at 7:00pm
A Thesis Theater Festival production of No Replica featuring sound design by Gabriel Drozdov '19.
Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble Concert
Friday, December 7, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Friday, December 7, 2018 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
FREE!
The Wesleyan University Jazz Orchestra and the Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble present an exciting evening of classic and contemporary jazz repertoire.
Guided Gallery Tour: Kahlil Robert Irving Exhibition
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
FREE!
Take a closer look at the Zilkha Gallery exhibition featuring works by Kahlil Robert Irving by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
West African Drumming and Dance Concert
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
An invigorating performance filled with the rhythms of West Africa, featuring Wesleyan Artist in Residence Iddi Saaka and master drummer Mohammed Alidu joined by students in West African Dance classes.
Thesis Theater Production: The Medea Monologue (CANCELED)
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 7:00pm
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 7:00pm
A Thesis Theater Festival production of the Medea monologue by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, an adaptation of Euripides' Greek tragedy, directed by Emma Johnson '19.
Thesis Theater Production: No Replica
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 7:00pm
Saturday, December 8, 2018 at 7:00pm
A Thesis Theater Festival production of No Replica featuring sound design by Gabriel Drozdov '19.
2019
February
CONTRA-TIEMPO: joyUS justUS
Friday, February 8, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
Friday, February 8, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
The New England premiere of joyUS justUS, a participatory urban Latin dance theater experience by Los Angeles-based CONTRA-TIEMPO.
600 HIGHWAYMEN: The Fever
Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
The Connecticut premiere of The Fever by Brooklyn-based theater artists 600 HIGHWAYMEN (the duo of Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone).
March
600 HIGHWAYMEN: The Fever
Friday, March 1, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
Friday, March 1, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
The Connecticut premiere of The Fever by Brooklyn-based theater artists 600 HIGHWAYMEN (the duo of Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone).
600 HIGHWAYMEN: The Fever
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
The Connecticut premiere of The Fever by Brooklyn-based theater artists 600 HIGHWAYMEN (the duo of Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone).
600 HIGHWAYMEN: The Fever
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
The Connecticut premiere of The Fever by Brooklyn-based theater artists 600 HIGHWAYMEN (the duo of Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone).
Alsarah and The Nubatones
Friday, March 29, 2019 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Friday, March 29, 2019 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Connecticut debut of Alsarah (Sarah Mohamed Abunama Elgadi '04) and The Nubatones will feature lavish, joyful East African retro-pop, full of Arabic-language reflections on identity and survival.
