Carleton Arts Calendar – Arts at Carleton

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Wednesday, Jun 05, 2024 - Wednesday, Jun 04, 2025

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Ongoing

2024 Senior Art Show • May 10, 2024 - Jun 7, 2024 In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum
To Have and To Hold • May 10, 2024 - Jun 7, 2024 In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum

June 2024

Fri 7

2024 Senior Art Show (ends) In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum
To Have and To Hold (ends) In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum
10:00am Senior Art Sale - 2h In-Person • Bald Spot • from Art & Art History

Fri 14

12:00pm To Have and To Hold - 5h In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum

Sat 15

12:00pm To Have and To Hold - 5h In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum

September 2024

Wed 11

1:30pm Music Fest - 1h 30m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Thu 26

12:00pm Kora Demonstration with Ryan Skinner - 1h In-Person • Shackel Hall
5:00pm Bank Job Artist Talk & Opening Reception - 2h In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Bank Job
7:00pm International Film Forum: Katanga - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Fri 27

Bank Job (begins) In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum
7:00pm Guest Concert: William Eddins - The Goyescas Project - 1h 30m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Sun 29

3:00pm Faculty & Guest Recital: Natalia Moiseeva, violin & Nicola Melville, piano | Carleton College with Ivan Konev, piano | University of Wisconsin River Falls - 1h In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Mon 30

7:30pm Lucas Lecture in the Arts: Architect Jeanne Gang - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104

October 2024

Sun 13

3:00pm Guest Concert: One Hundred Strings - 2h In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Mon 14

4:00pm Pathos Along a Contemporary Frontier: Border Paintings by Rigoberto Alonso Gonzalez - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History
5:00pm Indigenous Peoples' Day: Warrior Women film - 3h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Indigenous Engagement in Place

Thu 17

4:30pm Guest Lecture - Queens of Afrobeat: Women, Play, and Fela Kuti's Music Rebellion - 1h In-Person • Olin 141 • from Theater + Dance

Fri 18

7:30pm Music Department Showcase - 45m Hybrid • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Sat 19

9:00pm The New Standards Concert - 1h 30m In-Person • Armory Square Event Center, 519 Division St S, Northfield, MN 55057 • from Parent/Family Gateway

Wed 23

5:30pm Lecture: Music Making in Palestine During the First Half of the Twentieth Century: Agency and Innovation; Dr. Issa Boulos - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Middle Eastern Languages

Thu 24

7:30pm Concert: An Evening of Palestinian Music: Songs of Resistance and Resilience; Dr. Issa Boulos: singing, oud; Majed Abu Ajamia, qanun. - 1h 30m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Middle Eastern Languages
7:30pm Fall Term Theater Production: Anon(ymous) - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Fri 25

7:30pm Fall Term Theater Production: Anon(ymous) - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance
7:30pm Guest Concert | mOthertongue: Lived experience in Asian America - 1h 45m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Sat 26

2:00pm Fall Term Theater Production: Anon(ymous) - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance
7:30pm Fall Term Theater Production: Anon(ymous) - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Sun 27

2:00pm Fall Term Theater Production: Anon(ymous) - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Mon 28

4:00pm The Imaginative Landscape: A Search for a Hmong Homeland In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History
7:00pm International Film Forum: Tirailleurs - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Wed 30

5:15pm Film, Literature and Culture in Mumbai & Seoul Info Session - 1h In-Person • Leighton 236 • from Off-Campus Studies

November 2024

Fri 1

4:00pm Artist Talk: Katayoun Amjadi - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History
7:00pm Symphony Band Concert - 1h Hybrid • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Sun 3

3:00pm Chinese & Global Music Concert - 1h 30m Hybrid • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Mon 4

7:00pm International Film Forum: Possible Selves - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Wed 6

Bur Oak Project (begins) In-Person • Boliou Hall • from Art & Art History

Thu 7

2:00pm Luther Davis Artist Talk - 1h 30m In-Person • Laurence McKinley Gould Library Athenaeum • from Art & Art History
8:00pm Jazz Area Concert - 1h 30m Hybrid • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Fri 8

7:00pm Semaphore Repertory Dance Company Fall Concert - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance
7:30pm Orchestra Concert - 1h Hybrid • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Sat 9

7:30pm Voice Showcase Recital - 1h Hybrid • Applebaum Recital Hll • from Music

Sun 10

2:00pm Semaphore Repertory Dance Company Fall Concert - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Wed 13

7:00pm International Film Forum: Home is Somewhere Else - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum
7:00pm Piano Studio Recital - 2h In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Thu 14

5:00pm A Reading with Susan Jaret McKinstry - 1h In-Person • Weitz 236 • from English

Fri 15

7:30pm Carleton Choirs Concert - 1h Hybrid • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Sun 17

2:00pm Chamber Music Recital - 2h Hybrid • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Mon 18

4:00pm Chinese Music Studio Recital - 1h In-Person • Applebaum Recital Hall • from Music
7:00pm International Film Forum: Close Your Eyes - 3h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Tue 19

5:00pm Organ Recital - 30m In-Person • Skinner Chapel • from Music

Wed 20

Bank Job (ends) In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum
3:00pm Strings Recital - 3h In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

January 2025

Mon 6

Bur Oak Project (ends) In-Person • Boliou Hall • from Art & Art History
Library Exhibitions: Winter 2025 (begins) In-Person • Gould Library • from Gould Library
Neighborhood Watch (begins) In-Person • Boliou Gallery • from Art & Art History

Tue 7

4:00pm Artist Talk: Katie Garth - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History

Thu 9

7:00pm Kyle Abraham – Lecture/Demonstration - 1h In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Fri 10

10:50am Convocation with Kyle Abraham - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

Sun 12

3:00pm Faculty & Guest Recital: Prince of Peace Brass - Trombones & Friends - 1h 15m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Mon 13

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme: Only sounds that tremble through us (begins) In-Person • Perlman Teaching Museum • from Perlman Teaching Museum
7:00pm International Film Forum: Northern Lights - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Sun 19

3:00pm Faculty & Guest Concert: Tony Ross and Gao Hong Duo - 1h 30m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Wed 22

6:00pm Artist talk with Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme - 1h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from Perlman Teaching Museum

Sun 26

3:00pm Faculty & Guest Recital | The Agony and the Ecstasy: Trios of Shostakovich and Ravel - 1h In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Wed 29

2:00pm Winter SAC Meeting #1 - 1h In-Person • AGH Mtg. Room • from Staff at Carleton
5:00pm Notes on Witness Protection - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History

Thu 30

12:00pm Lunar New Year Performance by Soloists from Carleton's Chinese Music Ensemble - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Gould Library
7:00pm Step Afrika - 1h 30m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Student Activities

Fri 31

10:50am Convocation with Bob Daily '82 - On Creativity: Nine lessons I’ve learned, stolen, and ignored. - 1h In-Person • Skinner Memorial Chapel • from Convocations

February 2025

Sat 1

Lunar New Year Hosted by ASIA In-Person • Weitz Commons & Kracum Performance Hall • from Student Activities

Mon 3

7:00pm International Film Forum: Coming Out - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Tue 4

Neighborhood Watch (ends) In-Person • Boliou Gallery • from Art & Art History

Wed 5

4:00pm Married in Minimalism: an artist talk with Maggie and Tom Jaszczak - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History