Past Summer at the CFA Events
Past summer events at the Center for the Arts.
2016
July June
2015
July June
2014
July
2016
July
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RUBBERBANDance Group: Vic’s Mix
Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Montréal’s RUBBERBANDance Group returns to Wesleyan to perform the United States premiere of Vic’s Mix (2016).
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Faye Driscoll
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 12:10pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall (former CFA Hall)
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at 12:10pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall (former CFA Hall)
Award-winning choreographer and director Faye Driscoll will discuss her work, process, and recent questions that drive her practice.
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Mohamad Hafez (DATE CHANGED)
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 12:10pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall (former CFA Hall)
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 12:10pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall (former CFA Hall)
Syrian artist and architect Mohamad Hafez discusses his work and creative process, which reflect the political turmoil in the Middle East.
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This Is It! The Complete Piano Works of Neely Bruce: Part IX
Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce will perform two world premiere fugues, among other piano works.
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Jimmy Greene Quartet
Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Grammy Award-nominated jazz saxophonist Jimmy Greene brings his Quartet to Wesleyan.
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Ani Cordero
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 12:10pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall (former CFA Hall)
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 12:10pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall (former CFA Hall)
New York singer-songwriter Ani Cordero will discuss the inspiration she found in classic Latin American songs of love and protest from the 1930s through the 1970s.
June
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Nation Beat
Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 7:00pm
CFA Courtyard
Thursday, June 30, 2016 at 7:00pm
CFA Courtyard
Dance to northeast Brazilian grooves and New Orleans funk as the Brooklyn-based collective Nation Beat returns to Wesleyan.
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Aaron Jafferis: Preaching from the Choir—Can Hip Hop Theater Change Us?
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 12:10pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall (former CFA Hall)
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 12:10pm
Ring Family Performing Arts Hall (former CFA Hall)
Hip hop poet and playwright Aaron Jafferis performs excerpts of works in progress and grapples with existential questions.
2015
July
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Work-In-Progress Showing of /peh-LO-tah/ and Conversation with Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Marc Bamuthi Joseph returns to Wesleyan with a work-in-progress showing of /peh-LO-tah/ — a collaborative work featuring spoken word poetry, dance, music, and shadow animation.
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Okwui Okpokwasili: Embodied Performance/Making the Invisible Visible
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Okwui Okpokwasili discusses her attempt to make a performance piece that interrogates of the art of making a story, and the reading of race and gender.
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Regina Carter Quartet
Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Jazz violinist Regina Carter returns to Wesleyan with the U.S. debut of her Quartet featuring guitarist Marvin Sewell, bassist Chris Lightcap, and drummer Alvester Garnett.
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How to Seduce an Audience? A Talk by Tamilla Woodard and Ana Margineanu
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Directors Ana Margineanu and Tamilla Woodard of PopUp Theatrics discuss the relationship between performer and audience in an era of digital connectivity and physical alienation.
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This Is It! The Complete Piano Works of Neely Bruce: Part VI
Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce presents the sixth in a series of CD-length recitals of his piano music, featuring the world premiere of Four Friendly Fugues.
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Taking Over Space: Exploring Three-Dimensional Paintings by Marela Zacarias
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Visual artist Marela Zacarias will discuss her site-specific work, combining painting and sculpture with an interest in object history and current events.
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Las Cafeteras
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 7:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Enjoy the urban folk of Las Cafeteras from East Los Angeles! The band fuses traditional Afro-Mexican music with alternative sounds.
June
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Elizabeth Willis: Live Poetry
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Wesleyan University Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing Elizabeth Willis will read from her new book Alive: New and Selected Poems.
2014
July
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This Is It! The Complete Piano Works of Neely Bruce: Part III
Sunday, July 20, 2014 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Sunday, July 20, 2014 at 3:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
John Spencer Camp Professor of Music Neely Bruce presents the third of twelve CD-length recitals of his piano music.
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Joe Lovano Trio Fascination with special guest Judi Silvano
Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
Thursday, July 17, 2014 at 8:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
The world premiere of Joe Lovano Trio Fascination with bassist Peter Slavov, drummer Lamy Istrefi and special guest vocalist Judi Silvano.
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Aaron Jafferis: How to Change the World with Hip-Hop Theater
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 12:10pm
World Music Hall
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 12:10pm
World Music Hall
Aaron Jafferis will discuss his work and demonstrate his approach to hip-hop theater.
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Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Friday, July 11, 2014 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
Friday, July 11, 2014 at 8:00pm
CFA Theater
The Connecticut premieres of excerpts from Mr. TOL E. RAncE (2012) and The Groove to Nobody's Business (2007), and New Second Line (2006); as well as the work-in-progress Black Girl, which will premiere at The Joyce Theater in New York in 2015, featuring a solo by Artistic Director Camille A. Brown, winner of the 2012 Mariam McGlone Emerging Choreographer Award.
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James Grashow: Art and Cardboard
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
James Grashow returns to Wesleyan to discuss his recent work with corrugated cardboard.
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Zili Misik
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 7:00pm
CFA Courtyard [Rain Location: Crowell Concert Hall]
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at 7:00pm
CFA Courtyard [Rain Location: Crowell Concert Hall]
Bring a picnic, then dance with family and friends to the powerful New World Soul rhythms of Zili Misik at a free outdoor concert in the CFA Courtyard!
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Banning Eyre: Tales from the Afropop Road - Bringing the World to American Public Radio
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 12:10pm
CFA Hall
Banning Eyre is an author, guitarist, journalist, and Senior Editor at Afropop.org.