Please join Keynote Speaker, Kent Blansett, followed by a roundtable (panel discussion) with Doug George-Kanentiio and Tom Porter, and conclude with a Q&A session.
The Jewish Studies program at Ithaca College presents a free lecture and concert by the Klezmer ensemble Veretski Pass joined by clarinetist Joel Rubin on Friday, November 15, entitled "The Making of Poyln: A Gilgul (Poland: A Metamorphosis).”
Dido, fierce Queen of Carthage, falls in love with a Trojan Price, Aeneas. While their love may be mutual, the fate of their romance is out of their control when a Sorceress plots the destruction of Carthage. Forced apart by trickery, evil and sorcery, the lovers are faced with a brewing storm and potential disaster. Based on Book IV of Virgil’s Aeneid, Dido and Aeneas is Henry Purcell’s one true opera and his only all-sung dramatic work.
By Henry Purcell
Performed in English
Directed by Norm Johnson
Conducted by Christopher Zemliauskas
From the composer of Wicked and Godspell, Pippin relies on magic and movement to tell its tale. In search of happiness and fulfillment, this vibrant musical morality play will take you through glories on the battlefield, temptations of the flesh, and intrigues of political power. Pippin learns that things are not always as they may seem, and happiness can be found in the most unexpected places.
Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Directed by Gavin Mayer
Musical Direction by Jeff Theiss
Choreographed by Daniel Gwirtzman
Go inside Versailles to meet the original desperate housewife. While the queen is busy attending to her three-foot tall wigs, murmurs of revolution are in the air. Everyone knows how this one is going to end.
By David Adjmi
Directed by Dean Robinson
By Henrik Ibsen --Patrick Marber, translation
Directed by Austin Jones
This modern translation of Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler defies stereotypes. A powerful heroine of her time, Hedda strives to fulfill her own desires, yet deprives the people around her of their happiness.
2019 Distinguished Speaker in the Humanities Lecture Series: Jacquelyn Dowd Hall
National Humanities Medal recipient
Julia Cherry Spruill Professor Emerita at UNC-Chapel Hill