A new production of "Twelfth Night," adapted and directed by Professor David Feldshuh, melds the traditional play with music from the Roaring1920s Jazz Age.
McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, will offer a talk Nov. 2 as part of the College of Arts & Science's America250 events.
Public policy and sociology professor Matthew Hall will examine examining aging populations and their impact in the Phi Beta Kappa Distinguished Lecture Oct. 28.
Smoke dancers, American Sign Language poetry and explorations of endangered languages will highlight a series of events Oct. 15-Nov. 6 that celebrate the importance of language throughout U.S. history.
Upshaw, winner of five Grammys and a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, will present “Salon Solèy: Inhabiting Text & Music in Contemporary American Art Song,” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in Barnes Hall.
At a talk hosted by Cornell University’s Program on Freedom and Free Societies on Oct. 19, Brian T. Allen will discuss how democracies judge art and architecture.