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CAS Dean's Office 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016-8012 United StatesOVERTURE 2024 September 27-28 | Katzen Arts Center, Studio Theatre
Directed by Nancy Bannon
$10-$15, free for AU students with ID
Overture welcomes to the stage AU’s newest actors from the Class of 2028. This performance piece features dialogue, music, and movement that explores the passions, fears, trials, and triumphs of this stage of life. Overture is conceived and directed by faculty member Nancy Bannon and performed by the student company.
Overture tickets
Art All NightSaturday, September 28, 5-10 p.m.
Katzen Arts Center
Come see American University's visual and performing arts in action as part of Tenleytown Main Street's Art All Night. Then, head into Tenleytown for more!
- 5 p.m. AU Gospel Choir Concert. Tickets: $5, free for AU students
- 6-10 p.m. Visit the AU Museum at the Katzen Arts Center after dark to explore eight new exhibitions.
- 8-9 p.m. From AU Theatre, Overture 2024 brings first year students to the stage with dialogue, music, and movement that explores the passions, fears, triumphs, trials, and wonder of this stage of life. In the Katzen Arts Center Studio Theatre. Tickets: $10-$15, free for AU students.
- 6-10 p.m. Open studios for the AU Master of Fine Arts program. Meet student artists and see their work.
- 6-10 p.m. Explore the Group 93 exhibition Jamming: Art & Music on view in the Katzen Rotunda.
AU Gospel Choir Concert
Saturday, September 28 5 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
Sylstea Sledge, director
Tickets: $5, free for AU students with ID
Celebrate Sylstea Sledge’s 25th anniversary as director of the AU Gospel Choir with an uplifting concert featuring different styles within the genre of gospel music. The AU Gospel Choir encourages and empowers students, alumni, and the community through singing and by sharing the ministry of gospel music.
Gospel Choir tickets
Center for Israel StudiesFall Events
Cosponsored by Jewish Studies Program
- 2024 Speaker Series
Antisemitism: A Political Tradition
Mondays, 4:00–5:00, Sept. 30–Nov. 4
See Antisemitism Series Lectures & RSVP
or upcoming talks:
September 30: Dr. Michael Brenner
October 7: Dr. Pamela Nadell
October 14: Dr. Julie Keresztes - "My Life in Recipes" with Joan Nathan
Monday, September 30, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Register for Joan Nathan - Save the date for
Israel at 100: Scenarios for the Future of Israel in 2048
November 10-11
Summit: Cultivating a Resilient & Equitable DC Food SystemIn-person event, October 9, 10:00–3:00
Free registration now open
Be part of the conversation to transform a food system that serves and sustains all DC residents. This gathering will bring together partners affiliated with the DC food system including science, business, policy, healthcare, academia, community builders, thought leaders, farmers and other stakeholders to transform how the region produces, distributes, and consumes food. Presented by AU's Health Schools, Healthy Communities.
Arts Management Salon:
In Conversation with
Joy Bailey-Bryant
October 8, 6 p.m. | Katzen 201
This event will explore the present and future of Arts Management with alumna Joy Bailey-Bryant, President and Managing Partner of Lord Cultural Resources – a global practice leader in cultural sector planning. Part of a series of celebrations of the Arts Management Program's 50th anniversary!
RSVP to Salon
Jamming: Art & Music
Group 93 2024
Exhibition on view in the Katzen Arts Center Rotunda
September 16–October 17
Art and music have always been fast friends. In the early twentieth century, artists interested in color as form found connections in music theory. The artworks chosen for this exhibit call to mind sounds, rhythms, and tunes through color, movement, compositional elements, imagery, participation, and even silence. Group 93 was formed in 1990 to explore a critique method developed by artist and AU Professor Emeritus Luciano Penay. The artists include professor emeriti and artists with deep connections to AU and DC’s art culture.
Learn more: Group 93
Lunch ‘n’ Learn: Race and The Elections
October 23, 1:00 p.m. | MGC 305
Join ARPC for a panel discussing the intersections of race and the elections. Faculty panelists will discuss key issues for racial justice, how they are reflected in the current election, how they play out in local elections and communities, and how to mobilize beyond the elections.
RSVP - Lunch ‘n’ Learn
Photo credit: Vlad Tchompalov via Unsplash
Israel at 100: Scenarios for the Future of Israel in 2048
November 10-11
SIS Building & Constitution Hall
As Israel approaches its 100th anniversary in 2048, we invite you to explore the future as modern futurists, utilizing contemporary foresight approaches. As we delve into various scenarios concerning Israel's future, we will address such topics as its religiosity, sustainability within its desert geography, Palestinian and other Arab relations, ongoing conflicts, the remarkable "startup nation" economy, and the intricate connections between Israel and diaspora Jewry.
Israel at 100
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