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WEEKLY CALENDAR

highlighting Stanford arts events, exhibitions, lectures and performances

NOV. 1-8, 2018

highlights

Poster for the play Raisin in the Sun.

Raisin in the Sun

FINAL PERFORMANCES: THURSDAY-SATURDAY, NOV. 1-3, 8PM. ROBLE STUDIO THEATER.

Lorraine Hansberry's moving classic kicked off Stanford TAPS's 2018-19 production season last week and the final three performances are Nov. 1-3. Tickets are sold-out but there is still a chance to see the show by joining the wait list. This production, directed by TAPS Professor and Stanford Vice President for the Arts, and Senior Vice Provost for Education Harry Elam Jr., is presented in conjunction with Blackstage and the Stanford Arts Intensive summer program.

Musician playing instrument on stage.

Jordi Savall: The Routes of Slavery

SUNDAY, NOV. 4, 4PM. BING CONCERT HALL.

Catalan composer, viola da gambist, and musical historian Jordi Savall gathers a global array of dancers, singers and musicians to pay homage to the music of Europe, Africa and the Americas in a stunning exploration of humanity, spiritual resistance and community in the face of slavery’s unimaginable cruelty. Sponsored by UNESCO, this massive cross-cultural musical reconciliation features some two dozen instrumentalists and vocalists from Mali, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela.

Photo of writer Gish Jen.

Reading: Gish Jen

MONDAY, NOV. 5, 8PM. BECHTEL CONFERENCE CENTER.

As part of the Lane Lecture Series, award-winning writer Gish Jen is on campus for a reading. Her most recent book is a work of nonfiction entitled The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap (2017). She is currently at work on a new novel. Jen will present a colloquium the following day, Nov. 6 at 11 a.m., in the Terrace Room of Margaret Jacks Hall.

Free

tonight, thursday, nov 1

Reading: poet Carl Phillips

7PM. TERRACE ROOM, MARGARET JACKS HALL.

Queer Arts Initiative presents a reading with renowned American poet Carl Phillips followed by a conversation between Phillips and Jones Lecturer in Poetry Charif Shanahan.

Free

friday, nov 2

Jon Nakamatsu: piano masterclass

12:30PM. CAMPBELL RECITAL HALL.

Classical pianist and Stanford alum Jon Nakamatsu presents a masterclass for Stanford piano students and answers questions from the audience.

Free

saturday, nov 3

Beethoven meets Frankenstein in Bing Studio

7:30PM. BING STUDIO.

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, an array of masterful musicians perform Heinz Karl Gruber’s Frankenstein.

sunday, nov 4

Guitar recital

2:30AM. CAMPBELL RECITAL HALL.

Stanford guitar faculty Charles Ferguson presents a recital by his students Kendrick Shen and Sandip Roy. New date.

Free

monday, nov 5

Screenings: films about surfing, motherhood, and building community

7PM. BUILDING 160, ROOM 124.

Screenings of La Maestra (The Teacher) and Super Stoked Surf Mamas are followed by a conversation led by Professor Margaret Cohen with filmmaker Elizabeth Pepin Silva and some of the Santa Cruz surf mamas.

Free

tuesday, nov 6

Pegasus Physician Writers & The St. Lawrence String Quartet

7PM. CAMPBELL RECITAL HALL.

Stanford physicians read their original poetry written in response to the Beethoven, Opus 135, String Quartet #16, performed by the St. Lawrence String Quartet, Stanford’s musicians in residence.

Free

wednesday, nov 7

David Bowie’s Blackstar

7:30PM. BING CONCERT HALL.

This tribute performance by the Ambient Orchestra is arranged and conducted by MIT Professor, composer, clarinetist and musician Evan Ziporynt.

Free

thursday, nov 8

Casablanca la juive: Private and Public Architecture 1912-1960

5PM. LEVINTHAL HALL.

Architect and architectural historian Jean-Louis Cohen discusses the urban scene of Casablanca during the French Protectorate that was characterized by an important Jewish presence.

Free

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