African Film Festival spotlights diversity of continent

African Film Festival spotlights diversity of continent

The 18th annual African Film Festival returns to Washington University in St. Louis March 22-24. Highlights include screenings of “Omen,” an award-winning drama from the Democratic Republic of Congo; “Banel and Adama,” a love story from Senegal; and the youth matinee featuring five short films including the Annie Award-winning animated short “Enkai.”
Grammy nominee Joyce Yang performs March 24

Grammy nominee Joyce Yang performs March 24

Joyce Yang plays with “agility, balance and velocity” (Washington Post), combining “exuberant flights” with a sly “improvisatory bounce” (Chicago Tribune). On March 24, the Grammy-nominated pianist will perform the music of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Bach, Kernis and Stravinsky as part of WashU’s Great Artists Series.
The Mythmakers

The Mythmakers

The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien

From New York Times bestselling, award-winning creator John Hendrix comes “The Mythmakers,” a graphic novel biography of two literary lions—C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien—following the remarkable story of their friendship and creative fellowship, and how each came to write their masterworks.
Lina Bo Bardi

Lina Bo Bardi

Architecture comme action collective

The National Art History Institute in Paris has published Lina Bo Bardi: Architecture comme action collective [Architecture as collective action] by Zeuler R. Lima, associate professor in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. The book proposes to understand the dialogue Lina Bo Bardi’s visionary and critical […]
Tafelmusik and ‘Passions Revealed’

Tafelmusik and ‘Passions Revealed’

Tafelmusik, “one of the world’s top Baroque orchestras” (Gramophone magazine), and “perpetually fabulous” (Boston Globe) violinist Aisslinn Nosky, will present “Passions Revealed,” a program exploring Baroque music’s potential to stir the soul, March 3 as part of the Great Artists Series at Washington University in St. Louis.
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