EVENT: Halloween “Spooktacular” Brass Concert at the University of Rochester
The University of Rochester’s Brass Choir presents its fourth annual Spooktacular concert, “Welcome to My Nightmare.” The 30-member ensemble will perform works by Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, and Amy Winehouse.
Dance the Night Away at the 27th Annual Viennese Ball
The University of Rochester’s 27th annual Viennese Ball, hosted by UR Ballroom, is the social dance event of the year.
Archive Captures 40 Years of the Gay Rights
When the University of Rochester’s Gay Liberation Front launched the Empty Closet in 1971, they knew that distributing a newspaper advocating “the freedom to love” same-sex partners was a radical act.
Does “Obamacare” Go Too Far – Or Not Far Enough?
Sponsored annually by the University’s Susan B. Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership, the event brings together leaders to explore social hurdles women face as they seek to lead in business, academia, and government.
Italian Actor Mario Pirovano to Debut Play for American Audience
The workshop is for both experienced and amateur thespians. The play will be performed in the sanctuary of the Interfaith Chapel at 7:30 p.m. on the same day.
Ubu Roi Establishes a Reign of Comic Terror at Todd Theatre
The University of Rochester’s International Theatre Program opens its 2012-2013 season at Todd Theatre with one of the theatre world’s most controversial plays and most unforgettable characters.
Visual Cultural Studies Graduate Students Travel Globe Through Summer Fellowships
Glogower, Golonu, Guzmán, and Marr are among a larger group of visual and cultural studies doctoral students who span six years of study and received artist’s residencies, fellowships, invitations to symposia, and travel awards this summer.
Rochester Hosts International Conference for Literary Translators
Co-hosted by Open Letter Books, the University of Rochester’s literary publishing house dedicated to publishing translated literature, the conference consists of roundtables, workshops, readings, and a film screening at Rochester’s Little Theatre.
Amy Waldman Wins Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction
The annual award will be given for Waldman’s post 9/11 novel, The Submission, which has received national acclaim. As part of the award ceremony, Waldman will give a reading from the novel and there will be a book signing and reception after the event.
Professor Wins Latin American Studies Association Book Award
Beth Jörgensen, professor of Spanish-American literature, has won the 2011 book award in the humanities for her book Documents in Crisis: Nonfiction Literatures in Twentieth Century Mexico,