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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 Logan Emerson 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.

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Alexandra Kauffman (26C) is an English & Creative Writing major from Phoenix, Arizona. At the Wheel, she is an Emory Life section editor and Arts & Entertainment campus desk. Outside of the wheel, she is a member of Alloy Literary Magazine. She is also a science fiction enthusiast and enjoyer of the bizarre.