Arts Blog

A reception honoring the artists behind the multi-media installation NORTH, currently on view in the Hamlin Creative Space, will be held Friday, November 10 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.…

The kora is a stringed instrument used extensively in West Africa. A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by plucking with the fingers. It combines features of the lute and harp. On Tuesday, October 31…

The Weitz Center will be abuzz this weekend with a full slate of performances and exhibitions. The Fall term Theater production, ORLANDO, under the direction of Jeanne Willcoxson, will open…

On Friday, October 13, Kracum Performance Hall showcases the multitude of talented students who perform as part of the College’s many – and varied – musical ensembles.  In one action-packed hour, this is a chance to get a taste of the Carleton Orchestra, the Symphony Band, our award-winning Chinese Music Ensemble, the Carleton Choirs, a variety of groups from the Jazz Area, and even some solo acts!

Concert begins at 7:00 p.m., Friday October 13 in Kracum Performance Hall in the Weitz Center for Creativity.  No tickets required, and the event is free and open to all.

Renowned medieval music ensemble SEQUENTIA is in residence at Carleton this week.  Five international women singers and director Benjamin Bagby are rehearsing, engaging with History classes, and conducting a vocal…

You may have suspected as much, but it is indeed true that most of Carleton’s music faculty members are also accomplished musicians in their own right, with regional and national…

Internationally renowned songwriter (and Carleton alum), Laura Veirs ’97, will perform a set of original songs featuring her voice and fingerstyle nylon guitar. The concert will take place at 7:00…

Carleton’s International Film Forum begins its annual series of contemporary cinema from around the globe on Monday, September 25 at 7:00 p.m. in the Weitz Cinema.  Screenings are open to…

Carleton’s Perlman Teaching Museum opens the year’s exhibition program with a show devoted to the work of Twin Cities-based artist Brooks Turner. PEDAGOGY AND PROPAGANDA: NEW WORK BY BROOKS TURNER opens…

The Fall Theater production will be an adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s ORLANDO.  Based on what Jeanette Winterson of The Guardian named as the first transnovel, the play unfolds the journey of Orlando from the Elizabethan Age to the present. Bounding through time and space, Orlando changes genders, finds and loses love, tries to write a poem, and yearns for something more. Joining Orlando on stage are chorus members who transform in and out of characters throughout the play. This lyrical, magical, whimsical play by Sarah Ruhl celebrates life in all its fluidity and multiplicity.

Auditions will be held September 11 and 12; performances will be October 19-22.