Upcoming events

Common Ground Reading

Wednesday, October 15, 6pm - 7:30pm��
The Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall

Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers.

10/17 & 10/19- All We Imagine As Light- Payal Kapadia��

The Balcony" is a play that intricately explores the dynamics of power and identity through its major characters, set against the backdrop of a brothel known for its role-playing fantasies. At the center of this world is Irma, the proprietress referred to as The Queen, who navigates her business with a mix of ambition and fragile alliances, particularly with her favored employee, Carmen, and the politically ambitious Chief of Police, George. Each character embodies various societal roles, such as the Bishop and The Judge, who transition from clients to participants in Irma's elaborate regime, highlighting themes of governance and authority.

Carmen, who serves as a bookkeeper and spy, contrasts sharply with Chantal, a former employee who seeks freedom and ultimately meets a tragic end due to the machinations of the powerful. Roger, Chantal's lover, grapples with his desire for control, ultimately taking on the role of Chief of Police in a dark twist of fate. The ensemble is completed by figures like The Executioner and The Envoy, who add depth to the play’s commentary on loyalty and revolution, underscoring the tension between personal ambition and collective upheaval. Each character's journey reflects a complex interplay of desire, betrayal, and the search for identity within a society on the brink of change.

The Balcony" is a play that intricately explores the dynamics of power and identity through its major characters, set against the backdrop of a brothel known for its role-playing fantasies. At the center of this world is Irma, the proprietress referred to as The Queen, who navigates her business with a mix of ambition and fragile alliances, particularly with her favored employee, Carmen, and the politically ambitious Chief of Police, George. Each character embodies various societal roles, such as the Bishop and The Judge, who transition from clients to participants in Irma's elaborate regime, highlighting themes of governance and authority.

Carmen, who serves as a bookkeeper and spy, contrasts sharply with Chantal, a former employee who seeks freedom and ultimately meets a tragic end due to the machinations of the powerful. Roger, Chantal's lover, grapples with his desire for control, ultimately taking on the role of Chief of Police in a dark twist of fate. The ensemble is completed by figures like The Executioner and The Envoy, who add depth to the play’s commentary on loyalty and revolution, underscoring the tension between personal ambition and collective upheaval. Each character's journey reflects a complex interplay of desire, betrayal, and the search for identity within a society on the brink of change.

The Balcony" is a play that intricately explores the dynamics of power and identity through its major characters, set against the backdrop of a brothel known for its role-playing fantasies. At the center of this world is Irma, the proprietress referred to as The Queen, who navigates her business with a mix of ambition and fragile alliances, particularly with her favored employee, Carmen, and the politically ambitious Chief of Police, George. Each character embodies various societal roles, such as the Bishop and The Judge, who transition from clients to participants in Irma's elaborate regime, highlighting themes of governance and authority.

Carmen, who serves as a bookkeeper and spy, contrasts sharply with Chantal, a former employee who seeks freedom and ultimately meets a tragic end due to the machinations of the powerful. Roger, Chantal's lover, grapples with his desire for control, ultimately taking on the role of Chief of Police in a dark twist of fate. The ensemble is completed by figures like The Executioner and The Envoy, who add depth to the play’s commentary on loyalty and revolution, underscoring the tension between personal ambition and collective upheaval. Each character's journey reflects a complex interplay of desire, betrayal, and the search for identity within a society on the brink of change.

The Balcony" is a play that intricately explores the dynamics of power and identity through its major characters, set against the backdrop of a brothel known for its role-playing fantasies. At the center of this world is Irma, the proprietress referred to as The Queen, who navigates her business with a mix of ambition and fragile alliances, particularly with her favored employee, Carmen, and the politically ambitious Chief of Police, George. Each character embodies various societal roles, such as the Bishop and The Judge, who transition from clients to participants in Irma's elaborate regime, highlighting themes of governance and authority.

Carmen, who serves as a bookkeeper and spy, contrasts sharply with Chantal, a former employee who seeks freedom and ultimately meets a tragic end due to the machinations of the powerful. Roger, Chantal's lover, grapples with his desire for control, ultimately taking on the role of Chief of Police in a dark twist of fate. The ensemble is completed by figures like The Executioner and The Envoy, who add depth to the play’s commentary on loyalty and revolution, underscoring the tension between personal ambition and collective upheaval. Each character's journey reflects a complex interplay of desire, betrayal, and the search for identity within a society on the brink of change.

The Balcony" is a play that intricately explores the dynamics of power and identity through its major characters, set against the backdrop of a brothel known for its role-playing fantasies. At the center of this world is Irma, the proprietress referred to as The Queen, who navigates her business with a mix of ambition and fragile alliances, particularly with her favored employee, Carmen, and the politically ambitious Chief of Police, George. Each character embodies various societal roles, such as the Bishop and The Judge, who transition from clients to participants in Irma's elaborate regime, highlighting themes of governance and authority.

Carmen, who serves as a bookkeeper and spy, contrasts sharply with Chantal, a former employee who seeks freedom and ultimately meets a tragic end due to the machinations of the powerful. Roger, Chantal's lover, grapples with his desire for control, ultimately taking on the role of Chief of Police in a dark twist of fate. The ensemble is completed by figures like The Executioner and The Envoy, who add depth to the play’s commentary on loyalty and revolution, underscoring the tension between personal ambition and collective upheaval. Each character's journey reflects a complex interplay of desire, betrayal, and the search for identity within a society on the brink of change.

10/17 & 10/19- All We Imagine As Light- Payal Kapadia

The Balcony" is a play that intricately explores the dynamics of power and identity through its major characters, set against the backdrop of a brothel known for its role-playing fantasies. At the center of this world is Irma, the proprietress referred to as The Queen, who navigates her business with a mix of ambition and fragile alliances, particularly with her favored employee, Carmen, and the politically ambitious Chief of Police, George. Each character embodies various societal roles, such as the Bishop and The Judge, who transition from clients to participants in Irma's elaborate regime, highlighting themes of governance and authority.

Carmen, who serves as a bookkeeper and spy, contrasts sharply with Chantal, a former employee who seeks freedom and ultimately meets a tragic end due to the machinations of the powerful. Roger, Chantal's lover, grapples with his desire for control, ultimately taking on the role of Chief of Police in a dark twist of fate. The ensemble is completed by figures like The Executioner and The Envoy, who add depth to the play’s commentary on loyalty and revolution, underscoring the tension between personal ambition and collective upheaval. Each character's journey reflects a complex interplay of desire, betrayal, and the search for identity within a society on the brink of change.

Visiting Film/ Video Artists & Speakers Series Fall 2025:

Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi, Selected Works,

Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Lecture Hall 6, 7:00 pm, Free Admission

Thuy-Han��Nguyen-Chi is a Milky Way-based artist whose practice mutates in and out of film, sculpture, installation, performance, and interdisciplinary research. Collaborating with characters in search of consciousness, language, and freedom, her recent body of work explores the aesthetic, political, epistemological possibilities of image and sound.��

Her work has been presented in both the art and cinema context, including Belvedere 21, Vienna; Centro di Musica Contemporanea di Milano, Milan; De Appel, Amsterdam; Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center, New York; Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago; Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Manila; Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater, Los Angeles; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden; Villa Medici, Rome; Whitechapel Gallery, London; 12th Berlin Biennale; 20th Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival; 60th New York Film Festival; Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2023/24; 20th Reykjavík International Film Festival; 33rd Singapore International Film Festival; among other spaces.

Visiting Film/ Video Artists & Speakers Series Fall 2025:

Ross Meckfessel, Selected Works, 69 min

Thursday, October 23, 2025, Lecture Hall 6, 7:00 pm, Free Admission

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Ross Meckfessel is an artist and filmmaker who works primarily in Super 8 and 16mm film. His films often emphasize materiality and poetic structures while depicting the condition of modern life through an exploration of apocalyptic obsession, contemporary ennui, and the technological landscape. He was a MacDowell Fellow in the fall of 2024 and his work has screened internationally and throughout the United States including in Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Open City Documentary Festival, DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, San Francisco Cinematheque’s CROSSROADS Film Festival, Pesaro International Film Festival, Shimotakaido Cinema, Media City Film Festival, Internationales Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, and Curtas Vila Do Conde among others.

Jennifer Case��is the author of��We Are Animals: On the Nature and Politics of Motherhood��and��Sawbill: A Search for Place. Her work has appeared in journals such as��Orion,��North American Review,��Prairie��Schooner, and��Michigan Quarterly Review. She is the recipient of a Bread Loaf Bakeless Scholarship and��Stone Canoe‘s 2014 Allen and Nirelle Galson Prize in Fiction. She teaches creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas, serves as an assistant nonfiction editor at��Terrain.org, and is the supervising editor of��Arkana. She holds a PhD in English with a concentration in creative writing from �������� and lives in central Arkansas with her family.

Dante Di Stefano��is the author of five poetry collections and a chapbook, including, most recently, the book-length poem,��The Widowing Radiance��(Bordighera Press, 2025). His writing has appeared in��The American Poetry Review,��The Best American Poetry 2018,��Poem-a-Day,��Prairie Schooner,��The Writer’s Chronicle, and elsewhere. His poetry has won the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize, the Manchester Poetry Prize (U.K.), the Thayer Fellowship in the Arts, among other honors. A coeditor of the anthology��Misrepresented People, Di Stefano holds a BA, MA, MAT, and a PhD in English with a concentration in creative writing from ��������. He lives in Endwell, NY, with his wife and two children.

Aggeliki Pelekidis��is the author of��Unlucky Mel��(Three Hills, 2024). Her writing has appeared in��The Michigan Quarterly Review,��McSweeney’s Internet Tendency,��Confrontation, and many more publications. She worked in public relations in New York City for many years, including as the Director of Public Affairs for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Manager of Communications for the New York Aquarium, and the Director of Marketing Communications for the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. She earned an MA and PhD in English with a creative writing concentration from ��������. She is the associate director of First-Year writing in the Writing Initiative at ��������.

On View 10/9-11/6/2025 | M-F 9-5 p.m.

Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission

Common Ground Reading

Friday, November 7, 6pm - 7:30pm��
The Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall

Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers.

11/7 & 11/9-��Preemptive Listening��- Aura Satz��

11/7 & 11/9-��Preemptive Listening��- Aura Satz��

Visiting Film/ Video Artists & Speakers Series Fall 2025:

Courtney Stephens, Selected Works, 69 min

Thursday, November 11, 2025, Lecture Hall 6, 7:00 pm, Free Admission

Courtney Stephens is a writer/director of non-fiction and experimental films. The��American Sector, her documentary (co-directed with Pacho Velez) about fragments of��the Berlin Wall transplanted to the U.S., was named one of the best films of 2021 in The��New Yorker. Her essay film, Terra Femme,��comprised of amateur travel footage shot by��women in the early 20th century, premiered at MoMA and has toured widely as a live��performance. Her work has been exhibited at The National Gallery of Art, The Barbican,��Walker Art Center, The Royal Geographical Society, BAMPFA, Garage Museum, and in��film festivals including the Berlinale, Hong Kong International Film Festival, South by��Southwest, and the New York Film Festival. Stephens is the recipient of a Guggenheim��Fellowship and a Fulbright Scholarship to India.

On View 11/13-12/11/2025 | M-F 9-5 p.m.

Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission

On View 11/13-12/11/2025 | M-F 9-5 p.m.

Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission

11/14 & 11/16- The Said and the Unsaid (AEMI Touring Film Program)

Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.

The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.

Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.

The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.

11/14 & 11/16- The Said and the Unsaid (AEMI Touring Film Program)

Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.

The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.

11/21 & 11/23- Richland- Irene Lusztig

Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.

The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.

Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.

The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.

Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.

The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.

11/21 & 11/23- Richland- Irene Lusztig

#StressFreeBing x BUAM Crafting Night
Thursday, December 4, 5:00-7:00 PM

Craft the night away with the BUAM interns.

Also opening in the Museum’s Lower Galleries are three exhibitions curated by
students: Superposition: Examine Boundaries in East Asian Religious Art curated by
Kate Langsdorf ’25; The Visual Language of Grief curated by Molly Rudden ’25; and
Destabilizing “the Brain”: Imagining �������� curated by Bassie Chin ’26.

Get ready for an extraordinary musical journey with the legendary Michael Feinstein! Through a captivating multimedia performance, Feinstein breathes life into iconic songs, blending holiday classics and more. Each melody promises an unforgettable evening celebrating the magic of the holiday season.

�������� Michael Feinstein:��Michael Feinstein has built a dazzling career over the last three decades bringing the music of the Great American songbook to the world. From recordings that have earned him five Grammy Award nominations to his Emmy nominated PBS specials, his acclaimed NPR series and concerts spanning the globe – in addition to his appearances at iconic venues such as The White House, Buckingham Palace, Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House – his work as an educator and archivist defines Feinstein as one of the most important musical forces of our time.

On View 11/13-12/11/2025 | M-F 9-5 p.m.

Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission

Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking Tony and Pulitzer Prize -winning musical��RENT��returns in a powerful new symphonic concert version.

With a live cast, full band, and symphonic arrangements,��RENT in Concert��reimagines the beloved rock musical in a bold and moving format. This production brings Larson’s raw, emotional score to life with a new sonic depth while staying true to its story of community, love, loss, and resilience in the face of the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Fans of the original will find this concert both familiar and fresh; an homage to a show that defined a generation and continues to speak powerfully today.

Bagpipes with attitude. ��Drums with a Scottish accent.��

It’s The Red Hot Chilli Pipers (that’s Pipers, NOT Peppers!), the nine piece ensemble of pipers, guitarists, keys and drummers who rock the world with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that leaves audiences and band alike breathless.��

Since they walked away with the top prize on the U.K. primetime talent show, “When Will I Be Famous” in 2007, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers haven't stopped for a breath, other than to inflate their bagpipes! Formed in 2002, The Chillis have become a global phenomenon, taking their signature 'bagrock' sound to the masses with their unique fusion of rocked up bagpipes and clever covers of popular songs from all genres. Their trademark sound is a unique fusion of traditional pipe tunes like “The Flowers of Scotland” and contemporary anthems like Queen’s “We Will Rock You.” The band has four music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and all the pipers and drummers have played at the top level in bagpiping.

The Pipers have sold out the Anderson Center twice before and we can’t wait to welcome them back to celebrate St. Patrick’s Weekend in 2026!

This performance will feature a special onstage collaboration between the Red Hot Chilli Pipers and local bagpipe groups.