Carlos Museum Tom Dorsey Exhibit
Date:Feb. 18 - July 16
Location: Michael C. Carlos Museum
Cost: $8 (GA) | Free (Emory Students)
Never-before-seen works by Thomas Dorsey, a photographer known for the personal, intimate glimpse into 1970s Chicago African American communities, will be exhibited at the Carlos Museum from Feb. 18 until July 16. These photographs not only capture the city of Chicago and the people within it but also Dorsey’s memories and attachments from the time.
“Little Syria” Performance and Workshop
Date: March 1, 6 p.m.
Location: Harland Cinema
Cost: Free
In this performance-lecture, poet Omar Offendum and Los Angeles-based beatmaker Thanks Joey offer a fresh perspective to Syrian-American art, bringing “forward-thinking” contemporality and honoring their heritage.
Spanish Poetry and Recitation Contest
Date: March 1, 7 p.m.
Location: Casa Émory
Cost:Free
Listen to Emory students share their original Spanish poetry or recite pre-existing poetry they love.
Portuguese Poetry and Recitation Contest
Date: March 2, 4 p.m.
Location: Modern Languages Building, room 201
Cost:Free
Come by to hear Emory students recite pre-existing or original works of Portuguese poetry.
West-Eastern Divan Ensemble Performance
Date: March 2, 8 p.m.
Location: Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall
Cost: Free
The West-Eastern Divan Ensemble is the chamber formation of the namesake orchestra founded in 1999 by Palestinian scholar Edward Said and Israeli pianist Daniel Barenboim. Led by concertmaster Michael Barenboim, the entirely Palestinian and Israeli ensemble prove that music and performance can transcend national boundaries and international conflict.
Elena Cholakova and Yarbo Davenport Concert
Date: March 4, 8 p.m.
Location: Cherry LoganEmerson Concert Hall
Cost: Free
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Artist-in-Residence pianist Yarbo Davenport and Emory University Director of Piano Studies violinist Elena Cholakova will perform works from Florence Pierce, John Corigliano and more in this concert recital.
Atlanta Master Chorale: Magnificat
Date: March 10-11, 8 p.m.
Location: Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall
Cost: $38 (GA) | $10 (Emory Students)
Renowned classical music group Atlanta Master Chorale will perform selections from Bach, Rachmaninoff and more alongside readings from the ancient liturgical text “Magnificat” – a “hymn of praise” and “prayer for justice.”
Atlanta Science Festival: Blending Art and Science
Date: March 12, 3 p.m.
Location: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Theater Lab
Cost: Free
New media artist Jane Foley and Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine Madeleine E. Hackney will discuss science and art’s overlap, the dialogue between the two fields and the solutions to worldwide challenges that dialogue inspires in a Creativity Conversation.
The Queer Nuyorican: Racialized Sexualities and Aesthetics in Loisaida
Date: March 13, 12 p.m.
Location: Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones’ Room
Cost: Free
Join Cornell University Assistant Professor of Performing Arts & Media Karen Jaine, the latest entry in the Emory Race & Difference Colloquium Series, for a talk about the evolution of the word “Nuyorican” from an ethnic identity to an aesthetic marker.
