Open Letter novel wins National Book Award
Winter in Sokcho is the first title from the University’s literary translation press to be awarded the prize.
Through war and peace, the bands—complete with Eastman alumni—play on
On Veterans Day, we honor those who serve their country, including Eastman School of Music alumni who have played in US military ensembles through the decades.
University takes the stage at 10th annual KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival
The recently opened Sloan Performing Arts Center on the River Campus gives Rochester’s arts community a new venue to shine.
Sloan Performing Arts Center opens on the River Campus
The 30,000-square-foot dedicated performing arts space had its soft opening at the end of August, adding a much-anticipated new building to the University of Rochester’s River Campus in time for the fall semester.
Mosaic graces walls of new River Campus performance space
Chinese American artist Jay Yan installed a mural made of nearly 8,000 mirrored discs in the University of Rochester’s Sloan Performing Arts Center.
New book highlights one of the world’s largest collections of HIV/AIDS posters
Up Against the Wall: Art, Activism, and the AIDS Poster features the University’s HIV/AIDS education posters and gives a preview of next year’s Memorial Art Gallery exhibition.
‘ARTs + Change’ a formula for transformation
A virtual conference hosted by the University’s Institute for the Performing Arts brings together artists and educators to reimagine the arts.
Digital exhibit highlights female adaptations of the Lady of Shalott
By showcasing the work of women artists and authors, the Rossell Hope Robbins Library exhibit challenges the notion that a woman’s death is beautiful, passive, and even romantic.
Hyam Plutzik’s poetry finds new voice in Spanish/English edition
The work of a fondly remembered faculty member is revived in an edition that foregrounds issues of immigration and exile.
International Theatre Program presents Terminal 3
The University’s theater program presents a contemporary drama staged and filmed as a hybrid production.