5 things to do this weekend
It’s Meliora Weekend at the University of Rochester. This week’s picks are part of the celebration and are open to faculty, staff, students, as well as the Rochester community. Find more events on the University Events Calendar.
5 things to do this weekend
The University Events Calendar features a variety of events at all campuses, including the River Campus, Eastman School of Music, Memorial Art Gallery, and Medical Center. Find five things to do this weekend and more on the calendar.
Gone Missing a ‘quirky, documentary musical’
Keys, phone, pets,… your mind?—when’s the last time you lost something? It’s the theme of the new theatrical production Gone Missing, produced by the International Theatre Program and set to open during Meliora Weekend.
Telling ‘Sekuru’s Stories’ through music, digital scholarship
Rochester ethnomusicologist Jennifer Kyker has embarked on a research project focused on the musical life of one of her earliest mbira teachers, renowned performer of the Zimbabwean mbira, Sekuru Tute Chigamba.
5 things to do this weekend
Jeanette Colby, the University calendar editor, offers a selection of events and activities to do this weekend. The calendar features a variety of events at all campuses, including the River Campus, Eastman School, Memorial Art Gallery, and Medical Center.
5 things to do this weekend
Jeanette Colby, the University calendar editor, offers a selection of events and activities to do this weekend. Log in and check out the University Events Calendar for more events. This week’s events include an exhibit at the Memorial Art Gallery, a cross country meet, movie screening on the River Campus, and multiple shows at the Fringe Festival.
‘Fringe allows me to push myself to do things I don’t normally get to do’
Rochester Fringe Festival is one of the fastest growing in the United States, with performances from many University students, faculty, and staff. Six of those performers share what makes Fringe special.
Missy Pfohl Smith named director of Institute for the Performing Arts
The Institute for the Performing Arts was formed in 2015 to bring together the disciplines of music, theater, and dance into a collaborative venture. Smith, who also serves as the director of the Program of Movement and Dance, is appointed to a three-year term.
Summer carillon concerts return to Rochester
Free carillon concerts are back this summer, with music from top performers from around the world every Monday in July.
Seniors show beauty of urban art with augmented reality
Four Rochester students saw the beauty of graffiti art in abandoned city subway tunnels. Banding together as the ExSpace Artist Collective, they designed an augmented reality project to share that beauty with others.