Arts & Culture
2011 SyrFilmFest plans preview at Genesee Grande Hotel
The eighth annual 黑料不打烊 International Film Festival will take place Oct. 13-16, and festival organizers have planned an 鈥淚talian Appertivo鈥 to preview the festival for the community and press. The 鈥淚talian Appertivo鈥 will be held on Thursday, Sept. 22, from…
Menkin film nominated for best documentary at Israeli Academy Awards
鈥淒olphin Boy,鈥 the most recent film by Israeli writer/director/producer Dani Menkin, has been nominated for Best Documentary at the Ophir Awards, Israel鈥檚 equivalent of the American Academy Awards. Menkin wrote and directed the film together with Yonatan Nir. It tells…
Zito participates in ‘Speaking Shakespeare’ in New York City
Zito was one of five masters of the spoken word who gathered for “Speaking Shakespeare.”
Traub lecture to kick off 2011-12 Ray Smith Symposium
Valerie Traub, the Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of English and Women鈥檚 Studies and chair of women鈥檚 studies at the University of Michigan, will lead off the 2011-12 Ray Smith Symposium with her lecture 鈥淪hakespeare鈥檚 Sex,鈥 Sept. 8-9 on the…
Entertainment attorney Loren Chodosh to speak Sept. 1
Loren Chodosh, an entertainment attorney and founding member of Loren Chodosh, P.C., will present a lecture on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 6:45 p.m. in the Lender Auditorium, located on the concourse level of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management….
Industrial and interaction design students explore board games in 鈥楪ame On!鈥 at Design Gallery
Most of us remember playing board games as young children. We not only mastered strategy and spatial recognition鈥攊f we were lucky, we learned diplomacy, teamwork and how to be a gracious winner and a good loser. Early games date back…
Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series opens with SU alumnus Rahul Mehta
Rahul Mehta G鈥03 will open the Fall 2011 Raymond Carver Reading Series with readings from his short story collection, 鈥淨uarantine鈥 (Harper Perennial, 2011), at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in Huntington Beard Crouse (HBC) Gifford Auditorium. The reading will be preceded…
Andrew Mellon Foundation commits $1 million for Phase II of CNY Humanities Corridor
The Central New York Humanities Corridor鈥攁n interdisciplinary partnership among 黑料不打烊, Cornell University and the University of Rochester focused on enhancing scholarship in the humanities鈥攈as received a second award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in the amount of $1…
Human Rights Film Festival brings compelling new films to 黑料不打烊 Sept. 15-17
Members of the 黑料不打烊 and Central New York communities will have an opportunity to view award-winning films from around the world during 鈥淚lluminating Oppression: 9th Annual Human Rights Film Festival,鈥 Thursday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Sept. 17. This three-day…
Digital Witness Symposium explores power of the archive for human rights media
Following its successful inauguration at last year鈥檚 Illuminating Oppression: 8th Annual Human Rights Film Festival, the Digital Witness Symposium returns this year on Friday, Sept. 16, at 10 a.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. This year鈥檚 symposium,…