With assignments rolling in as Thanksgiving break approaches, do not forget to make time for yourself. Take an hour or two to attend a book reading, watch a theater performance or attend a concert. Here are some upcoming arts events on Emory University’s campus to put on your calendar. All events are free unless stated otherwise.
S.L. Wisenberg reading
Date: Nov. 15, 6:30-8 p.m.
Location: Oxford Road Building | Presentation Room
Hosted by the creative writing program, this event features nonfiction author S.L. Wisenberg provided a reading of her work. Wisenberg’s most recent novel, “The Wandering Womb: Essays in Search of Home,” explores the body through “archival record” and won the 2022 Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction. Her past work includes “Holocaust Girls” (2006) and “The Adventures of Cancer Bitch” (2009).
‘The City Without Jews’ film cine-concert
Date: Nov. 15, 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Sponsored by the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, the German studies department and the Sunrise Foundation, this cine-concert includes a screening of “The City Without Jews” (1924) and accompanying live music by violinist Alicia Svigals and pianist Donald Sosin. “The City Without Jews” is an Austrian expressionist silent film based on a novel of the same name by Hugo Bettauer, in which Austria passes a law to exile all Jewish people from the country. Though the plot is fictional, the film is based on real-world social tensions and ultimately observes the rise of antisemitism in Europe. The event is free, but registration is required.
‘Blood Wedding’ theater production
Date: Nov. 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 2 p.m.
Location: Alumni Memorial University Center | Mary Gray Munroe Theater
Theater Emory will perform “Blood Wedding” (1932), a play written by Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca. The script follows a young woman in a patriarchal society as two men fight for her love. Exploring themes of time, choice, love and fate, this play will take viewers on an emotional journey.
Emory Dance Company fall performance
Date: Nov. 16-18, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Cost: $18 (general admission) | $15 (Emory faculty) | $10 (Emory students)
In their annual performance, Emory Dance Company will showcase several new choreographed dances. Annalee Traylor, 2023-2024 Emory Arts Fellow, and Professors of Practice Gregory Catallier and George Staib, Associate Professor in the dance and movement studies program Lori Teague and guest artist Celeste Miller choreographed the dances. As of publication time, all shows except the Saturday 2 p.m. show are sold out. However, those without tickets can arrive to the show early and secure their spot on a waiting list.
Candler Concert Series: Midori and Festival Strings Lucerne
Date: Nov. 16, 8 p.m.
Location: Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall
Cost: $70 (general admission) | $60 (Emory faculty) | $10 (Emory students)
Violinist Midori will join Swiss chamber orchestra Festival Strings Lucerne for a performance with concertmaster Daniel Dodds. The concert will include the works of the bold Arthur Honnegger to the German Romantic Robert Schumann to the modern works of Richard Dubugnon.
‘A Small Fire’ theater production
Date: Nov. 17-18, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts | Theater Lab
Ubuntu Theater Group, which is a theater group for people of color at Emory, are putting on Adam Bock’s “A Small Fire” (2012). Bock is an award-winning playwright and currently holds residence as playwright at Encore Theater Company. “A Small Fire” follows the happily-married John and Emily Bridges, as Emily contracts an unnamed disease that slowly strips her of all five senses, leaving her dependent on her husband. While tickets are free, those interested in attending must register on SignUpGenius before.
Emory University Symphony Orchestra and Emory Wind Ensemble concert
Date: Nov. 18, 8 p.m.
Location: Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall
Aritro Ray, winner of the 2023 Emory Concerto and Aria Competition, will join Emory University Symphony Orchestra and Emory Wind Ensemble for a concert. Together, they will perform Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a concerto in four movements, with the first act being “meditative” and the final act sounding “boisterous.”
