Upcoming events
Olga Tchepikova-Treon: "Allegiances of Difference in Frank Moore’s Misfit Cinema" on October 31st at 4pm in LH 6.
"Frank Moore proudly refers to himself as a misfit artist. Misfits, he insists, are essential in today’s culture. Their calling is to push back the limits of society in the interest of protecting free expression. While he acknowledges that there are many ways to be a misfit artist, Moore considers himself lucky to have been born with cerebral palsy. Being “spastic,” he claims, provides him with certain “techniques of freedom” that advance his artistic work. In this talk, I will first introduce Moore’s oeuvre alongside the broader history of disability, performance, and experimental cinema, emphasizing his recurring criticism of the merits and values that are both ascribed onto and expected from the work of disabled artists. Second, I will present Moore’s short collage film Outrageous Dream (1984) as a concrete example of what playwright, scholar, and artist Ron Whyte calls allegiances of difference, where disability experience and experimental film practices work in conjunction to explore and subvert the aesthetic and symbolic authority of normalcy, tradition, and convention that permeates dominant film cultures."
Climate Change Theatre Action
Launched in 2015,Climate Change Theatre Actionis a worldwide festival of short plays about the climate crisis presented biennially to coincide with the United Nations COP meetings. The Arts & Climate Initiative uses storytelling and live performance to foster dialogue about our global climate crisis, create an empowering vision of the future, and inspire people to take action. Operating on the principle that complex problems must be addressed through collaborative efforts, we work with artists across disciplines and geographic borders, solicit input from earth and social scientists, and actively seek community and educational partners.
A presentation ofvery shortfabulousclimateplays directed byour theatre dept.directing class students and faculty members Lisa Rothe and Elizabeth Mozer, including lively shares by the Kaschak Institute with Shelley Ross Robbins and Laurie Kern
Sunday, November 2 at 6:00pm
Studio B/FA 196
free
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Wednesday, November 5, 6pm - 8:00pm
Jay S. and Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Three alumni authors read from their work and sit for a conversation with faculty and the audience. Jennifer Case is a nonfiction writer and the author ofWe Are Animals: On the Nature and Politics of MotherhoodԻSawbill: A Search for Place. Dante Di Stefano is a poet and the author of multiple poetry collections, including his latest,The Widowing Radiance. AnggelikiPelekidis is a fiction writer and the author ofUnlucky Mel.
Jennifer Caseis the author ofWe Are Animals: On the Nature and Politics of MotherhoodԻSawbill: A Search for Place. Her work has appeared in journals such asOrion,North American Review,PrairieSchooner, andMichigan Quarterly Review. She is the recipient of a Bread Loaf Bakeless Scholarship andStone Canoe‘s 2014 Allen and Nirelle Galson Prize in Fiction. She teaches creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas, serves as an assistant nonfiction editor atTerrain.org, and is the supervising editor ofArkana. She holds a PhD in English with a concentration in creative writing from Ƶ and lives in central Arkansas with her family.
Dante Di Stefanois the author of five poetry collections and a chapbook, including, most recently, the book-length poem,The Widowing Radiance(Bordighera Press, 2025). His writing has appeared inThe American Poetry Review,The Best American Poetry 2018,Poem-a-Day,Prairie Schooner,The Writer’s Chronicle, and elsewhere. His poetry has won the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize, the Manchester Poetry Prize (U.K.), the Thayer Fellowship in the Arts, among other honors. A coeditor of the anthologyMisrepresented People, Di Stefano holds a BA, MA, MAT, and a PhD in English with a concentration in creative writing from Ƶ. He lives in Endwell, NY, with his wife and two children.
Aggeliki Pelekidisis the author ofUnlucky Mel(Three Hills, 2024). Her writing has appeared inThe Michigan Quarterly Review,McSweeney’s Internet Tendency,Confrontation, and many more publications. She worked in public relations in New York City for many years, including as the Director of Public Affairs for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Manager of Communications for the New York Aquarium, and the Director of Marketing Communications for the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. She earned an MA and PhD in English with a creative writing concentration from Ƶ. She is the associate director of First-Year writing in the Writing Initiative at Ƶ.
On View 10/9-11/6/2025 | M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission
Marianna Rothen:Like a Dream
An experimental and parodic film,Like a Dreamretraces Marianna Rothen's 17-year career in modeling. After becoming a photographer/filmmaker, she spent three years making this autobiographical behind-the-scenes feature film, which tells the humorous story of a teenager who lefthomein the late 1990s to become an international model. For the Rosefsky Gallery, Rothen has created an installation immersing the public in her past through photographs taken during her professionaltravels. Demystifying the glamour of catwalks and glossy magazine pages,Like a Dreamfunctions as an intimate diary and authentic testimony to an experience lived between dream and reality.
Common Ground Reading
Friday, November 7, 6pm - 7:30pm
The Jay S. & Jeanne Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor Hall
Join the Common Ground reading series to experience live readings by undergraduate & graduate student writers.
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
11/7 & 11/9-Preemptive Listening- Aura Satz
2024 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 29mAll screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
11/7 & 11/9-Preemptive Listening- Aura Satz
2024 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 29mVisiting Film/ Video Artists & Speakers Series Fall 2025:
Courtney Stephens, Selected Works, 69 min
Thursday, November 11, 2025, Lecture Hall 6, 7:00 pm, Free Admission
Courtney Stephens is a writer/director of non-fiction and experimental films. TheAmerican Sector, her documentary (co-directed with Pacho Velez) about fragments ofthe Berlin Wall transplanted to the U.S., was named one of the best films of 2021 in TheNew Yorker. Her essay film, Terra Femme,comprised of amateur travel footage shot bywomen in the early 20th century, premiered at MoMA and has toured widely as a liveperformance. Her work has been exhibited at The National Gallery of Art, The Barbican,Walker Art Center, The Royal Geographical Society, BAMPFA, Garage Museum, and infilm festivals including the Berlinale, Hong Kong International Film Festival, South bySouthwest, and the New York Film Festival. Stephens is the recipient of a GuggenheimFellowship and a Fulbright Scholarship to India.
Composed by Malcolm Fox
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Rosefsky Gallery Visiting Artist Lecture and Exhibition
Lecture & gallery opening Thursday, November 13th
Artist Lecture: 5-6pm, Lecture Hall 7 (LH-007)
Gallery Opening, 6-7pm, Rosefsky Gallery, FA 259
On View 11/13-12/11/2025 | M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission
Rosefsky Gallery Visiting Artist Lecture and Exhibition
Lecture & gallery opening Thursday, November 13th
Artist Lecture: 5-6pm, Lecture Hall 7 (LH-007)
Gallery Opening, 6-7pm, Rosefsky Gallery, FA 259
On View 11/13-12/11/2025 | M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission
Composed by Malcolm Fox
Ticketing Information/anderson-center/events-list.html
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
11/14 & 11/16- The Said and the Unsaid (AEMI Touring Film Program)
76 minNov 14th at 8pm
Nov 15th at 2pm
Nov 21st at 10am (student metinee) & 8pm
Nov 22nd 2pm and 8pm
Tickets
Seussical:Book, Music, and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen FlahertyDirected by Tommy IafrateMusic Directed by Melissa YanchakChoreographer: JoEllen KuhlmanNovember 14-22, 2025
Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
Nov 14th at 8pm
Nov 15th at 2pm
Nov 21st at 10am (student metinee) & 8pm
Nov 22nd 2pm and 8pm
Tickets
Seussical:Book, Music, and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen FlahertyDirected by Tommy IafrateMusic Directed by Melissa YanchakChoreographer: JoEllen KuhlmanNovember 14-22, 2025
Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
Composed by Malcolm Fox
Ticketing Information/anderson-center/events-list.html
Composed by Malcolm Fox
Ticketing Information/anderson-center/events-list.html
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
11/14 & 11/16- The Said and the Unsaid (AEMI Touring Film Program)
76 min/anderson-center/events-list.html
Nov 14th at 8pm
Nov 15th at 2pm
Nov 21st at 10am (student metinee) & 8pm
Nov 22nd 2pm and 8pm
Tickets
Seussical:Book, Music, and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen FlahertyDirected by Tommy IafrateMusic Directed by Melissa YanchakChoreographer: JoEllen KuhlmanNovember 14-22, 2025
Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
11/21 & 11/23- Richland- Irene Lusztig
2023 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 33mNov 14th at 8pm
Nov 15th at 2pm
Nov 21st at 10am (student metinee) & 8pm
Nov 22nd 2pm and 8pm
Tickets
Seussical:Book, Music, and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen FlahertyDirected by Tommy IafrateMusic Directed by Melissa YanchakChoreographer: JoEllen KuhlmanNovember 14-22, 2025
Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
Nov 14th at 8pm
Nov 15th at 2pm
Nov 21st at 10am (student metinee) & 8pm
Nov 22nd 2pm and 8pm
Tickets
Seussical:Book, Music, and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen FlahertyDirected by Tommy IafrateMusic Directed by Melissa YanchakChoreographer: JoEllen KuhlmanNovember 14-22, 2025
Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
Nov 14th at 8pm
Nov 15th at 2pm
Nov 21st at 10am (student metinee) & 8pm
Nov 22nd 2pm and 8pm
Tickets
Seussical:Book, Music, and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen FlahertyDirected by Tommy IafrateMusic Directed by Melissa YanchakChoreographer: JoEllen KuhlmanNovember 14-22, 2025
Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza that brings to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo. The colorful characters transport us from the Jungle of Nool to the Circus McGurkus to the invisible world of the Whos.
The Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, an elephant who discovers a speck of dust that contains the Whos, including Jojo, a Who child sent off to military school for thinking too many "thinks." Horton faces a double challenge: not only must he protect the Whos from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left in his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping, and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him. Ultimately, the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant.
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All screenings at 7:30PM in LH6 (doors open at 7PM)
Free for students w/ID, $4 for all others
11/21 & 11/23- Richland- Irene Lusztig
2023 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 33m#StressFreeBing x BUAM Crafting Night
Thursday, December 4, 5:00-7:00 PM
Craft the night away with the BUAM interns.
On view: 9/4/2025- 12/6/2025
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
Main galleries | Free Admission
"Superposition: Examine Boundaries in East Asian Religious Art" curated by Kate Langsdorf ’25
"The Visual Language of Grief" curated by Molly Rudden ’25
"Destabilizing “the Brain”: Imagining Ƶ" curated by Bassie Chin ’26.
On view: 9/4/2025- 12/6/2025
T-S Noon-4 p.m. | TR Noon-7 p.m.
Lower Galleries| Free Admission
Also opening in the Museum’s Lower Galleries are three exhibitions curated by
students: Superposition: Examine Boundaries in East Asian Religious Art curated by
Kate Langsdorf ’25; The Visual Language of Grief curated by Molly Rudden ’25; and
Destabilizing “the Brain”: Imagining Ƶ curated by Bassie Chin ’26.
Get ready for an extraordinary musical journey with the legendary Michael Feinstein! Through a captivating multimedia performance, Feinstein breathes life into iconic songs, blending holiday classics and more. Each melody promises an unforgettable evening celebrating the magic of the holiday season.
Ƶ Michael Feinstein:Michael Feinstein has built a dazzling career over the last three decades bringing the music of the Great American songbook to the world. From recordings that have earned him five Grammy Award nominations to his Emmy nominated PBS specials, his acclaimed NPR series and concerts spanning the globe – in addition to his appearances at iconic venues such as The White House, Buckingham Palace, Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House – his work as an educator and archivist defines Feinstein as one of the most important musical forces of our time.
On View 11/13-12/11/2025 | M-F 9-5 p.m.
Rosefsky Gallery | Free Admission
Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking Tony and Pulitzer Prize -winning musicalRENTreturns in a powerful new symphonic concert version.
With a live cast, full band, and symphonic arrangements,RENT in Concertreimagines the beloved rock musical in a bold and moving format. This production brings Larson’s raw, emotional score to life with a new sonic depth while staying true to its story of community, love, loss, and resilience in the face of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
Fans of the original will find this concert both familiar and fresh; an homage to a show that defined a generation and continues to speak powerfully today.
Bagpipes with attitude. Drums with a Scottish accent.
It’s The Red Hot Chilli Pipers (that’s Pipers, NOT Peppers!), the nine piece ensemble of pipers, guitarists, keys and drummers who rock the world with musicianship of the highest order and a passion for pipes that leaves audiences and band alike breathless.
Since they walked away with the top prize on the U.K. primetime talent show, “When Will I Be Famous” in 2007, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers haven't stopped for a breath, other than to inflate their bagpipes! Formed in 2002, The Chillis have become a global phenomenon, taking their signature 'bagrock' sound to the masses with their unique fusion of rocked up bagpipes and clever covers of popular songs from all genres. Their trademark sound is a unique fusion of traditional pipe tunes like “The Flowers of Scotland” and contemporary anthems like Queen’s “We Will Rock You.” The band has four music degrees from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and all the pipers and drummers have played at the top level in bagpiping.
The Pipers have sold out the Anderson Center twice before and we can’t wait to welcome them back to celebrate St. Patrick’s Weekend in 2026!
This performance will feature a special onstage collaboration between the Red Hot Chilli Pipers and local bagpipe groups.
We are excited to announce that the Indigo Girls will be giving a joint performance in the Anderson Center with the Ƶ Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jingqi Zhu.