Arts Blog

Carleton College, St. Olaf, and the Northfield community come together to bring old blackboards to life in a creative open house at the Weitz Center for Creativity.

Noted and celebrated Indian documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan will host a discussion and screening of his groundbreaking film, “Jai Bhim Comrade: The atrocity of caste, a tradition of reason, a song that will be sung,” at the Carleton College Weitz Center for Creativity Cinema on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 6 p.m. This rare appearance is one of only two screenings of the film in Minnesota. Patwardhan’s films document injustice in an attempt to spark dialogue and social change; “Jai Bhim Comrade” provides a harrowing look at the persistent suffering of the “untouchable” caste in Indian society despite attempts to end discrimination. This event, which is free and open to the public, begins with a discussion and reception with Patwardhan at 6 p.m., followed by the screening of the film at 7 p.m.

“Visual Learning: Transforming the Liberal Arts,” concludes with a vibrant multimedia performance on Sunday, Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. in the Weitz Center for Creativity Theater. “Sound and Vision” is curated by Nikki Melville, Carleton associate professor of music (and acclaimed composer and pianist), and features a diverse group of student artists using dance, film, computer graphics, and studio art to reinterpret and broaden the sensory experience. This performance is free and open to the public.

EL CORO SHALOM, a 24-member vocal ensemble from Havana, Cuba, will visit Carleton Thursday, September 13th.  Activities will include an informal discussion of Cuban culture with members of the choir (4:00 p.m in the Weitz Center), a musical “exchange” with the Carleton Choir (5:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall), and a formal concert at 8:00 p.m. in the Concert Hall.

Carleton College’s Perlman Teaching Museum opens the 2012-13 academic year with an exhibit highlighting new works by six studio art faculty members. Ibid. (Referencing Carleton Collections) will be on display in the Braucher Gallery in the Weitz Center for Creativity from September 14 through November 14, 2012. Entry to the exhibit is free and open to the public.

In collaboration with the Cannon Valley Elder Collegium, Carleton College is pleased to announce the first annual Northfield Summer Film Festival, running for four consecutive Tuesday evenings beginning July 10 and running through July 31. The theme of the series is “awakenings” and featured films include “Groundhog Day,” “After Life,” “The Crying Game,” and “Local Hero.” Screenings will be presented each Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Weitz Center for Creativity Cinema and are free and open to the public.

Screening of “All the Vermeers in New York” April 16th at 8:00 p.m.

Screenings start Wednesday April 9th at 7:00 in the Weitz Center Cinema

Not your typical poetry reading – this one has an element of luck involved. 

Carleton’s Film Society launches its Spring series with a screening of Francois Truffaut’s masterpiece, THE 400 BLOWS.  This intensely touching story of a misunderstood young adolescent who left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime, is one of the defining films of the French New Wave.

Screening at 7:00 Saturday, March 31 in the Weitz Center Cinema.  All Film Society screenings are free and open to the public.