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As You Like It a Musical Adaptation of William Shakespeare's As You Like It

As You Like It

A Musical Adaptation of William Shakespeare's As You Like It |
October 17–19 | Greenberg Theatre |
Tickets: $10–$15, free for AU students

This delightful adaptation of As You Like It is a hope-filled, musical celebration of love in its many forms. A 32-member cast of actors, musicians, and dancers bring this classic story to life in a way that celebrates the transformative power of nature and love.
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: Memorial at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue where, on 10/27/2018, an antisemite murdered 11 people.

Center for Israel StudiesFall Events 
Cosponsored by Jewish Studies Program

Black Lives Matter protestors. Credit: Vlad Tchompalov via Unsplash

Lunch ‘n’ Learn: Race and The Elections
October 23, 1:00 p.m. | MGC 305

Join ARPC for a panel discussing the intersections of race and the elections. Faculty panelists will discuss key issues for racial justice, how they are reflected in the current election, how they play out in local elections and communities, and how to mobilize beyond the elections.
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Photo credit: Vlad Tchompalov via Unsplash

Howie Lee Weiss "#13-Group"

Visiting Artists Series

The AU Studio Art MFA Program presents visiting artists throughout the year in Katzen 201.

In Pieces A New Musical, Music and Lyrics by Joey Contreras

In Pieces: A New Musical
October 24–26 | Katzen Studio Theatre | Tickets: $10–$15, free for AU students

You never know who might be around the corner if you take a chance on love. In Pieces: A New Musical reflects on the romantic journeys of eight characters as they look back at their pasts, learn to embrace all the pieces of who they are, and discover what it means to find love. Set in New York City and featuring a pop score by Joey Contreras, In Pieces is a candid take on self-identity, growth, and acceptance.
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AU Faculty Music Concert Oh He Dead

Faculty Music Concert:
Oh He Dead
October 26, 7:30 p.m. | Katzen Recital Hall | Tickets: $10–$15, free for AU students

Kick back with DC-based indie soul band Oh He Dead, featuring AU music faculty Alex Salser on guitar. Oh He Dead is a study in contradictions. The band sounds as smooth and lux as leather, but there’s also a levity there, like a feather in flight. Those contrasts and contradictions are ever more evident on their new studio album, Ugly, a suite of songs that encompasses everything from death to new love.
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Joan Birnbaum, "Untitled"

Jamming: Art & Music
Group 93 2024
Exhibition on view in the Katzen Arts Center Rotunda
September 16 to October 17
 

Art and music have always been fast friends. In the early twentieth century, artists interested in color as form found connections in music theory. The artworks chosen for this exhibit call to mind sounds, rhythms, and tunes through color, movement, compositional elements, imagery, participation, and even silence. Group 93 was formed in 1990 to explore a critique method developed by artist and AU Professor Emeritus Luciano Penay. The artists include professor emeriti and artists with deep connections to AU and DC’s art culture.
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Lyd, a film by Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland, the story of the city that once connected Palestine to the world. Watercolor illustration of Lyd separated by a fracture from a photo of Lyd.

Lyd: Film Screening and Q&Awith directors Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland
Monday, October 28th, 2:00–4:30 p.m.
Kerwin T01 Auditorium

The film Lyd (the Arabic name of Lod, a city now in Israel) is about a 5,000-year-old bustling Palestinian town that was taken over when Israel was established in 1948. An exploration of what it once was, and what it is now, in the context of the continuing conflicts and the war in Gaza, Lyd’s excavation of one community’s complex history offers us not only lessons, but possible futures. Made by a Palestinian from Lyd and a Jewish American, Lyd provides much-needed context for this moment, as it goes deep into the history of the city and its residents. Film screening will be followed by a moderated conversation with the film’s directors, Rami Younis and Sarah Ema Friedland.
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Jewish Arabness, Zionism, & the Politics of Elimination with Massoud Hayoun

Jewish Arabness, Zionism, & the Politics of Elimination
October 30, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. | MGC 128

Join the Arab World Studies Program for an event titled, “Jewish Arabness, Zionism, & the Politics of Elimination” with Massoud Hayoun, an award-winning author, journalist, and artist, in conversation with Arab World Studies Program Director, Irene Calis.

Our Arab World Studies fall event is co-sponsored with the Antiracist Research & Policy Center, the Ethnographies of Empire Research Cluster, and the Department of Anthropology.

American University Chamber Singers International Tour Preview Concert Colombia Daniel Abraham, director

AU Chamber Singers
International Tour Preview Concert: Colombia
November 2, 7:30 p.m., November 3, 3 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall | Tickets: $10–$15, free for AU students

The AU Chamber Singers present an international pre-tour concert program at AU before they visit Colombia in May 2025, returning to South America for the first time since the 1990s. This mixed program will feature traditional choral music from across the Americas including Colombian and Latin American composers. 
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People watching at Humanities DC event

HumanitiesDC's Culture Series: DC is Indian Land
November 7, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Busboys and Poets, 450 K Street NW

Scholar, artist, and policymaker Dr. Elizabeth Rule (enrolled citizen, Chickasaw Nation) will screen a rough cut of her forthcoming documentary, DC is Indian Land. Derived from her award-winning book, Indigenous DC: Native Peoples and the Nation's Capital (Georgetown University Press, 2023), this film is an oral history investigation of both the histories and contemporary experiences of Indigenous peoples in Washington, DC. A moderated conversation with Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, executive editor at ICT (formerly Indian Country Today); audience Q&A with the filmmaker; and Indigenous DC book-signing will follow the screening.
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AU Symphonic Band Folk Song

AU Symphonic Band
Folk Song
November 10, 3 p.m. | Katzen Arts Center, Abramson Family Recital Hall
Tickets: $10–$15, free for AU students

Matthew Brown, conductor

The AU Symphonic Band explores pieces inspired by folk songs and dances from around the world. The program will include works by Alfred Reed, Robert W. Smith, Carol Brittin Chambers, and others, and conclude with Ralph Vaughan Williams' iconic classic, "English Folk Song Suite."
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Futuristic coastal city illustration.

Israel at 100: Scenarios for the Future of Israel in 2048

November 10–11
SIS Building & Constitution Hall

As Israel approaches its 100th anniversary in 2048, we invite you to explore the future as modern futurists, utilizing contemporary foresight approaches. As we delve into various scenarios concerning Israel's future, we will address such topics as its religiosity, sustainability within its desert geography, Palestinian and other Arab relations, ongoing conflicts, the remarkable "startup nation" economy, and the intricate connections between Israel and diaspora Jewry.
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