The Record Happenings

Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023

St. Louis International Film Festival screenings begin Friday

WashU will host more than a dozen screenings as part of the 32nd Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival. The citywide event showcases the best in contemporary cinema, including more than 100 narrative features and full-length documentaries and more than 170 short films, at venues throughout the city.

Upcoming events

NOV

Diversity Perspectives: Nicole Maines

4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9

Olin Business School welcomes Nicole Maines, a Hollywood actress and transgender youth advocate, for a virtual talk on her story and work to further transgender rights.

NOV

Women’s soccer to host NCAA Tournament

5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11

The WashU Bears women’s soccer team will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament this weekend and take on Maryville College. Francis Olympic Field.

NOV

Talk on care for American Indian and Alaska Native people

Noon–2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14

Jennifer S. Nanez, of the University of New Mexico, will give a lecture on understanding trauma as a means to create care for American Indian and Alaska Native people as part of the Buder/SAGE speaker series. Hillman Hall, Clark-Fox Forum.

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O’Connell to speak on ‘Confederate monuments and racism’

11:30 a.m.–12:45 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9

The Department of Sociology in Arts & Sciences welcomes Heather O’Connell, of Louisiana State University, for a discussion today on racial inequality and public monuments dedicated to the Confederacy. The event is part of the Department of Sociology’s fall colloquium series. Seigle Hall, Room L004.

Looking ahead

NOV

‘The science of sex in long-term relationships’

5:30–7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16

NOV

Chamber Project St. Louis presents ‘BOLD’

7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17

NOV

Community art workshop: ‘Fragmented poetics’

2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19

Exhibits and ongoing events

Living Earth Collaborative presentations continue

Join Arts and Sciences graduate students Mahal Bugay and Wen-Hsi Kuo for this week’s Living Earth Collaborative presentation at 4 p.m. today in Rebstock Hall, Room 322. The event also will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube channel.

DEC

Save the Date

‘Messiah’ sing-along

3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10