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Announcing Fall 2024 Performing Arts Events

• The Department of Performing Arts (DPA) presents an exciting lineup of fall productions from the Dance, Music, and Theatre/Musical Theatre Programs. Tickets are free for AU students with ID; $10 for alumni, staff, children (under 18), faculty, and senior citizens (55 and older); $15 general public unless otherwise noted.

See Performing Arts Lineup

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Jamming: Art & Music
Group 93 2024
Exhibition on view in the Katzen Arts Center Rotunda
September 16–October 17
Reception: September 21, 2-5 p.m.
 

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 
 

Shaping Policies, Shaping Lives: Immigration and the 2024 Election
Monday, September 23 | 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Abramson Family Founders Room (SIS T7)

Please join the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS), the Immigration Lab, and The Sine Institute of Policy & Politics for an insightful panel discussion on the pivotal role of immigration in the 2024 U.S. Election. Explore how election outcomes could reshape the migrant experience in the Unites States and what it means for the future of immigration policy. Gain valuable insights from experts as they analyze the implications and forecast potential changes.
RSVP on Eventbrite

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.
   

OVERTURE 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 
 

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

• 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.
 

Visiting Artists Series

The AU Studio Art MFA Program presents visiting artists throughout the year in Katzen 201.

• February James - October 3, 6 p.m. RSVP for James.
• Howie Lee Weiss - October 24, 6 p.m. RSVP for Weiss.

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 

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