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May

Reception: Senior Thesis Showcase
Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 2:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Zilkha Gallery showcases the work of the Class of 2019's thesis students in the Department of Art and Art History's Art Studio Program.
Remembering Sam Miller '75
Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
Celebrate the life of Sam Miller ’75, P’09 (1952-2018). Remarks will be followed by a performance directed by his long-time collaborator Eiko Otake, Visiting Artist in Residence in Dance and the College of East Asian Studies.
Wesleyan New Music Group
Sunday, May 12, 2019 at 6:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan New Music Group directed by Dr. Tyshawn Sorey will perform an open dress rehearsal and end-of-semester concert featuring works by leading 20th and 21st century music composers.
Wesleyan New Music Group
Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall - Open Dress Rehearsal
The Wesleyan New Music Group directed by Dr. Tyshawn Sorey will perform an open dress rehearsal and end-of-semester concert featuring works by leading 20th and 21st century music composers.
Annual Organ Romp
Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 10:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
This year's concert will include special guest Wil Smith, as well as a parting cameo by Artist in Residence and University Organist Ronald Ebrecht, who retires at the end of the month after 30 years of teaching at Wesleyan.
Composing, Performing, and Listening to Experimental Music
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
A concert of live electronic and computer music pieces developed in Professor of Music Ron Kuivila’s Composing, Performing, and Listening to Experimental Music course (MUSC220) with the assistance of graduate student Ian Davis and Isaac Price-Slade '19.
Voices from Prison
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Incarcerated men reimagine Dante’s Divine Comedy in scripts written by T.R.U.E. program mentors and mentees of Cheshire Correctional Institution. Presented by the Wesleyan students who have collaborated with them throughout the semester as part of the course “Theater Behind Bars.”
WesWinds Spring Concert
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Wind Ensemble presents an evening of contemporary concert band literature under the direction of Salvatore LaRusso.
Senior Playwriting Festival: Staged Readings [new time]
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 6:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
A festival of staged readings of playwriting theses by seniors Jordan Roe ’19, Rodrick Edwards ’19, and Wenxuan Xue ’19.
Chinese Music Ensemble Spring Concert
Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
Wesleyan's Chinese Music Ensemble, directed by graduate music student Joy Lu, presents both traditional and contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese musical works.
Worlds of Dance Concert
Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 2:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
"Introduction to Dance" and other beginning dance students perform works of various styles, including Bharata Natyam (South Indian classical), Afro-Brazilian, West African, and Javanese.
Spring Dance Concert: Devices
Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 7:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Student choreographers present works created after a full year of dance composition studies.
Wesleyan University Orchestra
Saturday, May 4, 2019 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Orchestra, conducted by Nadya Potemkina, features the winners of the 2019 Concerto Competition, pianists Ari Liu ’20 and Yujie Cai ’20.
Spring Dance Concert: Devices
Friday, May 3, 2019 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Student choreographers present works created after a full year of dance composition studies.
West African Music and Steelband Concert [new time and location]
Friday, May 3, 2019 at 3:00pm
Huss Courtyard, Usdan University Center (Rain location: Crowell Concert Hall)
Wesleyan Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music and master drummer John Dankwa is joined by students in West African drumming classes, the Wesleyan Steelband ensemble, and guest performers.
Wesleyan Chamber Music Concert
Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Students from the Wesleyan chamber music program perform works by Maurice Ravel, Charles Koechlin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Muczynski, and many more.
Beginning and Youth Gamelan Ensembles and Javanese Dance
Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
Experience the culture of Java with beginning students of the Wesleyan Javanese Gamelan and dance. The concert will include a prelude by the Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble.
South Indian Music Student Recital
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
Students of Adjunct Associate Professor B. Balasubrahmaniyan and Adjunct Assistant Professor David Nelson will perform a recital of music from the Karnatak tradition of South India.

April

Ebony Singers Spring Concert
Monday, April 29, 2019 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
An evening of great gospel music by the Wesleyan University Ebony Singers that is certain to stir your soul and lift your spirits.
Senior Recital: Hayden Jones
Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
A senior music recital by Hayden Jones '19.
Wesleyan Concert Choir
Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan Concert Choir, under the direction of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina, sings music by Coldplay, Elgar, Hatton, Queen, Raczynski, and Rutter. The concert will also feature Ari Liu, piano.
inDANCE: SKIN
Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Associate Professor of Dance Hari Krishnan presents his company inDANCE and Wesleyan students in an evening of dance, transgressing the boundaries of culture, race, gender, and sexuality during the Connecticut premiere of SKIN.
Jim McNeely Tentet
Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
GRAMMY Award-winning pianist/composer Jim McNeely's acclaimed ten-piece jazz ensemble will perform a selection of music from their album Group Therapy during their New England debut.
inDANCE: SKIN
Friday, April 26, 2019 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Associate Professor of Dance Hari Krishnan presents his company inDANCE and Wesleyan students in an evening of dance, transgressing the boundaries of culture, race, gender, and sexuality during the Connecticut premiere of SKIN.
Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra and Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble
Friday, April 26, 2019 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble present an exciting evening of classic and contemporary jazz repertoire to start the 18th annual Wesleyan Jazz Orchestra Weekend.
Javanese Gamelan and Dance: Classical and Contemporary
Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 8:00pm
World Music Hall
Wesleyan's Javanese Gamelan Ensemble presents classical and contemporary music and dance.
Wesleyan University Collegium Musicum Spring Concert
Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 6:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
Wesleyan's Collegium Musicum, under the direction of Associate Professor of Music Jane Alden, performs a concert entitled Mourning at the Peripheries of Europe: Jacobean Laments and a Requiem Mass by Duarte Lobo.
Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble and Taiko Drumming Ensemble
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A concert featuring Wesleyan's Taiko Drumming Ensemble and Korean Drumming and Creative Music Ensemble.
Senior Recital: Aili Niimura [new dates, times and location]
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 5:00pm
MAC 650 Gallery (650 Main Street)
Immersive Imaginary: Mixed and Emerging Realms of Art and Technology—a pop-up exhibit by Aili Niimura '19.
Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Five
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
View the talents of seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan's Department of Art and Art History: Campbell Silverstein '19, Danielle Lobo '19, Yueyue Su '19, Mya Valentin '19, Declan Moy Bishow '19, and Emma Freeman '19.
Cynthia Novack in Memoriam Lecture: "THAT'S SO QUEER! THAT'S SO ETHNIC! THAT'S SO FOREIGN!"
Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at 2:50pm
Cross Street Dance Studio, 160 Cross Street, Middletown
inDANCE's Roney Lewis, Xi Yi, Paul Charbonneou, and Eury German '16 will speak about the Spring Faculty Dance Concert, SKIN.
Graduate Recital: Judith Berkson
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 8:00pm
Memorial Chapel
A graduate music recital by Judith Berkson, featuring chamber works for microtonal voice, organ, electronics and instruments.
Senior Recital: Aili Niimura [new dates, times and location]
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 5:00pm
MAC 650 Gallery (650 Main Street)
Immersive Imaginary: Mixed and Emerging Realms of Art and Technology—a pop-up exhibit by Aili Niimura '19.
Senior Talks in the History of Art
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at 4:30pm
Boger Hall, Room 112, 41 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
Seniors in the Art History Program of Wesleyan's Department of Art and Art History will present their talks: Sara Kim '19 and Rachel Rosin '19.
Senior Recital: Aili Niimura [new dates, times and location]
Monday, April 22, 2019 at 5:00pm
MAC 650 Gallery (650 Main Street)
Immersive Imaginary: Mixed and Emerging Realms of Art and Technology—a pop-up exhibit by Aili Niimura '19.
Senior Recital: Aili Niimura [new dates, times and location]
Sunday, April 21, 2019 at 5:00pm
MAC 650 Gallery (650 Main Street)
Immersive Imaginary: Mixed and Emerging Realms of Art and Technology—a pop-up exhibit by Aili Niimura '19.
Senior Recital: Kela Sachs—Kela’s Tiny Desk
Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 9:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
A senior music vocal recital by Kela Sachs '19.
Senior Recital: Kenny Chiu
Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A senior music recital by Kenny Chiu '19.
Senior Recital: Aili Niimura [new dates, times and location]
Friday, April 19, 2019 at 6:00pm
MAC 650 Gallery (650 Main Street)
Immersive Imaginary: Mixed and Emerging Realms of Art and Technology—a pop-up exhibit by Aili Niimura '19.
(For) Those We Left Behind: Sharing
Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 6:00pm
Zilkha Gallery (Rain Site: Cross Street Dance Studio)
Students from the "Repertory and Performance" course (DANC 378) share a new work influenced by the repertory work (For) Those We Left Behind by Movement of the People Dance Company.
Artist Lecture by Award-Winning Playwright and Screenwriter Rajiv Joseph
Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 4:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown

An artist lecture by playwright, screenwriter, and Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph: Apocalypse and Hope: How competing and contradictory parts of my belief system play into and inform my creative process.
Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Four
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
View the talents of seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan's Department of Art and Art History: Jaime Wiesner '19, Shirley See Yan Fang '19, Matthew Gilbert '19, James Gibbel '19, Phuong Le '19, and Adis Halilovic '19.
Moving Conversations/Making Community
Monday, April 15, 2019 at 6:00pm
The Russell Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown
Gather with folks of all ages to make a performance as part of Moving Conversations/Making Community.
Eurydice
Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Corey Sorenson.
Senior Recital: Isaac Price-Slade
Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 1:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
A senior music recital by Isaac Price-Slade '19, featuring music for installation and performance, facilitated by the silicon appendages of SuperCollider and the love of human hands.
Eurydice
Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Corey Sorenson.
Senior Recital: Daphne Gampel
Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
A senior music recital by Daphne Gampel '19.
Eurydice
Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater
In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Corey Sorenson.
Eurydice
Friday, April 12, 2019 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
In Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Corey Sorenson.
Senior Recital: Camille DeBeus—pearls the sea took
Friday, April 12, 2019 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A senior music recital by Camille DeBeus '19, featuring the premiere of pearls the sea took.
WesFest Concert II
Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 7:00pm
World Music Hall
A concert featuring performances by the Wesleyan Concert Choir, Javanese Gamelan, and Taiko Drumming Ensemble.
WesFest: Organists’ Open Class
Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 3:00pm
Memorial Chapel (221 High Street)
As part of WesFest, undergraduate organists hold an open class with performances of Johann Sebastian Bach, Flor Peeters, and jazz
The Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Keyboard Recital
Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 12:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
A recital of the participants of the Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Keyboard Competition, featuring winner Simon Rothman ’21, and Liam Isaacs ’20 (honorable mention).
WesFest Concert I
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
A concert featuring performances by Wesleyan Music Department ensembles, including jazz, and new organ compositions by graduate composers.
Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Three
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
View the talents of seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan's Department of Art and Art History: Dominique Nunnally '19, Madeleine Sargent '19, Olivia Gorman '19, Emma Cantor '19, Bastian Silvestre '19, and Ona Lepeska-True '19.
Lunch Talk by Kareem Khubchandani: Dance Floor Divas: Fieldwork, Fabulation, and Fathoming in Queer Bangalore
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 12:00pm
Theater Department Studio
A lunch talk by Kareem Khubchandani, Mellon Bridge Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and the Program in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Tufts University.
Moving Conversations/Making Community
Monday, April 8, 2019 at 6:00pm
The Russell Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown
Gather with folks of all ages to make a performance as part of Moving Conversations/Making Community.
Pheeroan akLaff and Angelica Sanchez: Art of the Improvisors
Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 3:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
Drummer and Wesleyan Private Lessons Teacher Pheeroan akLaff and pianist Angelica Sanchez present the New England debut of their inventive duo concept for percussion and piano, spirit of clavier.
Graduate Recital: Leslie Allison
Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 9:00pm
World Music Hall
A graduate music recital by Leslie Allison, featuring a queer poetic interpretation of Mudan Ting (The Peony Pavilion), an opera by William Shakespeare’s Chinese contemporary Tang Xianzu.
Senior Recital: Matthew Forker
Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A senior music recital by Matthew Forker '19. 
Senior Recital: Becket Cerny—Groove Science
Friday, April 5, 2019 at 10:00pm
Fayerweather Beckham Hall
A senior music recital by Becket Cerny ’19 that explores J Dilla’s innovative rhythmic and sampling styles.
Senior Recital: Harrison Nir—In Tel
Friday, April 5, 2019 at 9:00pm
World Music Hall
A senior music recital by Harrison Nir '19.
Senior Recital: Jake Rogers
Friday, April 5, 2019 at 7:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
A showcase of jazz and experimental music performed by Jake Rogers ’19 and friends.
Open Class with Toby MacNutt: Relational Dance
Friday, April 5, 2019 at 1:20pm
Bessie Schönberg Dance Studio, 247 Pine Street, Middletown
Open class with Toby MacNutt. No experience necessary, all are welcome.
Opening Reception and Gallery Talk: For Effect—Emphatic Bodies from the Renaissance to the Industrial Age
Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 5:00pm
Davison Art Center
The exhibition For Effect presents bodies exaggerated by their accoutrements, pose, and anatomical proportion from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.
Annual Disability Studies Lecture—Beyond Assimilation: Seeking a Disabled Aesthetic
Thursday, April 4, 2019 at 4:30pm
Bessie Schönberg Dance Studio, 247 Pine Street, Middletown
A lecture/demonstration with Toby MacNutt.
Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibition Week Two
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
View the talents of seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan's Department of Art and Art History: Paul Franceschi '19, Alli Fam '19, Cayla Blachman '19, Tobyn Meyer '19, and Julian Johnson '19.
Moving Conversations/Making Community
Monday, April 1, 2019 at 6:00pm
The Russell Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown
Gather with folks of all ages to make a performance as part of Moving Conversations/Making Community.

March

This Is It! The Complete Piano Works of Neely Bruce: Part XVII
Sunday, March 31, 2019 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce presents the seventeenth and final concert in a series of CD-length recitals of his piano music, including four world premieres.
Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert
Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 7:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
A collection of new works will be presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project for the dance major. "birthing the new (anew)" features works by Steven Fields '19, Arielle Schwartz '19, and Wan Tat Abraham Tse '19.
Senior Recital: Sam Anschell
Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 7:00pm
Memorial Chapel
A senior music recital by Sam Anschell '19, featuring an evening of original compositions and arrangements celebrating bebop and post-bop jazz music.
Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert
Friday, March 29, 2019 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
A collection of new works will be presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project for the dance major. "birthing the new (anew)" features works by Steven Fields '19, Arielle Schwartz '19, and Wan Tat Abraham Tse '19.
Alsarah and The Nubatones
Friday, March 29, 2019 at 7:30pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Connecticut debut of Alsarah and The Nubatones will feature lavish, joyful East African retro-pop, full of Arabic-language reflections on identity and survival.
Graduate Recital: Ian Davis
Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 8:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
A concert of original works by graduate composition student Ian Davis.
Spring Senior Thesis Dance Concert
Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 8:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
A collection of new works will be presented by senior choreographers as part of their culminating project for the dance major. "birthing the new (anew)" features works by Steven Fields '19, Arielle Schwartz '19, and Wan Tat Abraham Tse '19.
Taiko Showcase
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 7:30pm
World Music Hall
Wesleyan's Taiko Drumming Ensemble students perform a recital of the thunderous and thrilling rhythms of Japanese kumi daiko drumming under the direction of Adjunct Instructor in Music Barbara Merjan.
Reception: Senior Thesis Exhibition Week One
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 4:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
View the talents of seniors in the Art Studio Program of Wesleyan's Department of Art and Art History: Katie Hohl '19, cleo, Kostas Koufis '19, Christianne Padilla '19, and Shelli Weiler '19.
Graduate Recital: James Falzone [TIME CHANGE]
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 8:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
A graduate music recital by James Falzone, What is an Apparatus? What is a Weed?
Moving Conversations/Making Community
Monday, March 25, 2019 at 6:00pm
The Russell Library, 123 Broad Street, Middletown
Gather with folks of all ages to make a performance as part of Moving Conversations/Making Community.
Louise Nevelson: Modernist Drag—Art Lecture by Julia Bryan-Wilson [CANCELED]
Monday, March 25, 2019 at 4:30pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Silipo Art and Art History Lecture by Julia Bryan-Wilson, Doris and Clarence Malo Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of California, Berkeley.
Opening Reception: Middletown Public Schools Art Exhibition
Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 5:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
38th annual exhibition, sponsored by the Middletown Board of Education, Middletown Public Schools Cultural Council, and Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts.
Thesis Theater Production: Action by Sam Shepard
Friday, March 8, 2019 at 7:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Sam Shepard's imaginative voice and deeply rooted characters have transformed American theater and force us to confront the strange and unknown in the Obie-Award winning play Action (1974), directed by Ray Achan '19.
Thesis Theater Production: Action by Sam Shepard
Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 7:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Sam Shepard's imaginative voice and deeply rooted characters have transformed American theater and force us to confront the strange and unknown in the Obie-Award winning play Action (1974), directed by Ray Achan '19.
Thesis Theater Production: Action by Sam Shepard
Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 7:00pm
Patricelli '92 Theater
Sam Shepard's imaginative voice and deeply rooted characters have transformed American theater and force us to confront the strange and unknown in the Obie-Award winning play Action (1974), directed by Ray Achan '19.
Wesleyan University Orchestra: Children's Concert and Musical Instrument Petting Zoo
Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The Wesleyan University Orchestra presents their sixth annual children's concert under the direction of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Nadya Potemkina.
lucky dragons: Other Transformations Performance
Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
A performance by Los Angeles-based experimental music group lucky dragons and Wesleyan community members on the final day of the Audible Bacillus exhibition.
Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance Symposium
Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 10:00am
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall

A symposium featuring the work of current Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance students as they merge theory and practice to reimagine performance in a broader social and political sphere.

600 HIGHWAYMEN: The Fever
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
The Connecticut premiere of The Fever by Brooklyn-based theater artists 600 HIGHWAYMEN (the duo of Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone).
600 HIGHWAYMEN: The Fever
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 2:00pm
CFA Theater [CANCELED]
The Connecticut premiere of The Fever by Brooklyn-based theater artists 600 HIGHWAYMEN (the duo of Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone).
Guided Exhibition Tour: Audible Bacillus
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Take a closer look at the Audible Bacillus exhibition by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
Art History Symposium: Canonicity Revisited
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 9:30am
Boger Hall, Room 112, 41 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
The two day symposium Canonicity Revisited is envisioned as a critical interrogation of the problem of canons and canonicity in art history.
Senior Recital: May Klug [TIME CHANGE]
Friday, March 1, 2019 at 8:30pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
A senior music recital by May Klug '19, Living Room Set by May Klug and her Bootleg Ensemble.
600 HIGHWAYMEN: The Fever
Friday, March 1, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
The Connecticut premiere of The Fever by Brooklyn-based theater artists 600 HIGHWAYMEN (the duo of Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone).
Art History Symposium: Canonicity Revisited
Friday, March 1, 2019 at 4:15pm
Boger Hall, Room 112, 41 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
The two day symposium Canonicity Revisited is envisioned as a critical interrogation of the problem of canons and canonicity in art history.

February

600 HIGHWAYMEN: The Fever
Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
The Connecticut premiere of The Fever by Brooklyn-based theater artists 600 HIGHWAYMEN (the duo of Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone).
For the Love of Bach: Vol. 4
Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 7:00pm
Memorial Chapel, 221 High Street, Middletown
The Wesleyan student/faculty/staff/alumni/community collective Ad Hoc Bach Chorus and Instrumental Ensemble presents the next installment of Johann Sebastian Bach's works.
Film Screening: Ghostbusters II [DATE CHANGE]
Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 7:30pm
Powell Family Cinema, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace, Middletown
A screening of the film Ghostbusters II (1989) held in conjunction with the exhibition Audible Bacillus.
Angelina Gadeliya: Music of Shadows and Light
Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 3:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
Pianist Angelina Gadeliya, Assistant Professor in Residence of Piano at the University of Connecticut, performs works by Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Alberto Ginastera, and Richard Danielpour.
Guided Exhibition Tour: Audible Bacillus
Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Take a closer look at the Audible Bacillus exhibition by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
Film Screening: Along with the Gods—The Two Worlds
Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 8:00pm
Goldsmith Family Cinema, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace, Middletown
Screening of the film Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds, followed by a Q&A and talkback with producer Dong-Yeon Won.
Jin Hi Kim
Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 7:00pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center
A solo concert by innovative komungo (Korean stringed instrument) virtuoso and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Jin Hi Kim.
The Assembly: Seagullmachine
Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Seagullmachine is a mash-up of two iconic riffs on the story of William Shakespeare's Hamlet—Anton Chekov's The Seagull and Heiner Muller's Hamletmachine—performed by The Assembly.
Exhibition Walkthrough: Audible Bacillus
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
A walk through the exhibition Audible Bacillus with Julie Mulvihill, Jennifer Tucker, and Benjamin Chaffee.
Lunchtime Reading Group: Audible Bacillus
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 12:15pm
Usdan University Center, Room 104D, 45 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
A lunchtime reading group held in conjunction with the exhibition Audible Bacillus.
Artist Talk: Sky Hopinka
Monday, February 18, 2019 at 4:30pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
An artist talk by Sky Hopinka in conjunction with the exhibition Audible Bacillus.
Guided Exhibition Tour: Audible Bacillus
Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Take a closer look at the Audible Bacillus exhibition by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
Film Screening: Masquerade
Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 8:00pm
Powell Family Cinema, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace, Middletown
Though it places his own life in danger, a look-alike commoner (Lee Byung-Hun) secretly takes the place of a poisoned king to save his country from falling into chaos in the film Masquerade (2012).
Michael + Patrick: A Doll's House, Part 3
Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 7:00pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley's sequel to Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House is a searing examination of gender, sexuality, race, class, and hierarchy for the reality TV generation.
Film Screening: Donna Haraway - Story Telling for Earthly Survival
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 7:30pm
Powell Family Cinema, Center for Film Studies, 301 Washington Terrace, Middletown
A screening of the film Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival (2016) by Fabrizio Terranova held in conjunction with the exhibition Audible Bacillus.
Third annual Wesleyan FluteFest Concert
Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Enjoy a performance by dozens of attendees of the third annual FluteFest, following a day of chamber music and workshops hosted by Wesleyan Private Lessons Teacher Sarah Stockton.
Jon Barlow Remembered: Concert
Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
A concert of works by Erik Satie, Frédéric Chopin, and Charles Ives, performed by John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce, Alex Waterman, and George Barth '72.
Guided Exhibition Tour: Audible Bacillus
Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Take a closer look at the Audible Bacillus exhibition by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.
Free Dance Workshop: CONTRA-TIEMPO
Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 11:00am
Bessie Schönberg Dance Studio, 247 Pine Street, Middletown
Come move, dance, and sweat with CONTRA-TIEMPO's Rehearsal Director Jannet Galdamez.
Jon Barlow Remembered: His Legacy in Music and the Liberal Arts
Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 9:30am
The Russell House
A visionary musician and teacher, Jon Barlow's mind ranged freely through an immense field of topics.
CONTRA-TIEMPO: joyUS justUS
Friday, February 8, 2019 at 7:30pm
CFA Theater
The New England premiere of joyUS justUS, a participatory urban Latin dance theater experience by Los Angeles-based CONTRA-TIEMPO.
Opening Reception: Bestiary
Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 5:00pm
Davison Art Center
Opening reception and gallery talk by Kari Weil for the exhibition Bestiary, which takes its inspiration from medieval compendia of wondrous creatures, both natural and fantastic.
Exhibition Walkthrough: Audible Bacillus
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
A walk through the exhibition Audible Bacillus with Ellen Thomas, Tess Bird, Jeffrey Schiff, and Benjamin Chaffee.
Lunchtime Reading Group: Audible Bacillus
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at 12:15pm
Usdan University Center, Room 104D, 45 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
A lunchtime reading group held in conjunction with the exhibition Audible Bacillus.
Elite Syncopation: The Jazz Age Begins
Sunday, February 3, 2019 at 3:00pm
The Russell House, 350 High Street, Middletown
Elite Syncopation performs historic American music, with a focus on ragtime and early jazz.
Senior Project: Kevin Holliday
Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 7:00pm
200 High Street (Movement House)
The project will be a recital of seven original songs from Let's Talk About Sex: The Musical. The songs were all composed by Kevin Holliday '19 and written by Zurich DeLeon ’18.
Guided Exhibition Tour: Audible Bacillus
Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 1:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Take a closer look at the Audible Bacillus exhibition by joining a 45-minute tour, led by Wesleyan University gallery guides.

January

Artist Talk: lucky dragons
Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 4:30pm
Adzenyah Rehearsal Hall, Room 003 (Daltry Room), 60 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown
Other Transformations is a component of the Audible Bacillus exhibition. Associate Director of Visual Arts Benjamin Chaffee and a member of lucky dragons will introduce the project which is seeking the active participation of Wesleyan musicians.
Opening Reception: Sound of Korea
Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 12:00pm
College of East Asian Studies Gallery at Mansfield Freeman Center
Opening reception for the Sound of Korea exhibition with remarks by curator Phoebe Junghee Shin and artist Young-Il Kim.
Opening Reception: Audible Bacillus
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 4:30pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery

Opening reception for the exhibition Audible Bacillus with remarks by Curator Benjamin Chaffee, Associate Director of Visual Arts, at 5pm.
Film Screening: Kevin Roche—The Quiet Architect
Friday, January 25, 2019 at 7:30pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall
The Connecticut premiere of the feature documentary film Kevin Roche: The Quiet Architect (2017) about the 70-year career of Pritzker Prize-winning Irish-American architect Kevin Roche (who designed the Center for the Arts).
This Between Shadow
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 8:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery
A 40-minute, intimate, immersive theater experience for ten audience members curated and crafted by the "Immersive Theater" Winter Session class and Visiting Instructor Tom Pearson, co-artistic director of Third Rail Projects.
This Between Shadow
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 7:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery
A 40-minute, intimate, immersive theater experience for ten audience members curated and crafted by the "Immersive Theater" Winter Session class and Visiting Instructor Tom Pearson, co-artistic director of Third Rail Projects.
This Between Shadow
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 6:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery
A 40-minute, intimate, immersive theater experience for ten audience members curated and crafted by the "Immersive Theater" Winter Session class and Visiting Instructor Tom Pearson, co-artistic director of Third Rail Projects.
This Between Shadow
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 8:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery
A 40-minute, intimate, immersive theater experience for ten audience members curated and crafted by the "Immersive Theater" Winter Session class and Visiting Instructor Tom Pearson, co-artistic director of Third Rail Projects.
This Between Shadow
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 7:00pm
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, South Gallery
A 40-minute, intimate, immersive theater experience for ten audience members curated and crafted by the "Immersive Theater" Winter Session class and Visiting Instructor Tom Pearson, co-artistic director of Third Rail Projects.
Wesleyan Youth Gamelan Ensemble Classes Start
Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 10:00am
World Music Hall
Open to all children ages 7 to 14, no prior experience necessary. Come for the first class free—if your child likes it, sign them up!