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November 2017

Nov 20

Arts at Emory Celebrates the Holiday Season

October 2017

Oct 27

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hank Klibanoff gives free reading at Emory

Oct 24

Emory Dance Company performs work by Trisha Brown and others for fall concert

Oct 23

Irma Thomas headlines tour stop at Schwartz Center

Oct 19

Call for nominations: 2018 Emory Creativity & Arts Awards

Oct 9

India's Tabla Star Zakir Hussain and Jazz Bassist Dave Holland Come to Emory as Part of Crosscurrents Tour

Oct 3

Theater Emory reimagines Dracula in gruesome cabaret

Oct 2

Beloved Vienna Boys Choir Comes to Atlanta as Part of Emory's Candler Concert Series

September 2017

Sep 26

Staibdance Explores Desire and Destiny in "wishdust"

Sep 25

Emory Wind Ensemble Concert Features Film Premiere and ASO Soloists

Sep 21

"Textures of the Diaspora": A Conversation and Workshop with Gee's Bend Quilters and Afro-Brazilian Candomblé Elders

Sep 19

Ayana Mathis delivers the Phillis Wheatley Reading at Emory

Sep 14

Pianist Alessio Bax and Violinist Chee-Yun Open the 2017-2018 Candler Concert Series October 7

Sep 8

Jonathan Keeble, flute, performs with Emory University Symphony Orchestra

August 2017

Aug 31

Theater Emory opens 2017-2018 season with "Midnight Pillow"

Aug 28

Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Announces 2017-2018 25th Anniversary Season

Aug 23

Silent Film and Live Score at Schwartz Center

Aug 17

September Creativity Conversations feature dance and visual arts luminaries

Aug 8

Emory Cinematheque Presents Film Series "Resisting Fascism"

July 2017

Jul 19

Theater Emory Announces 2017-2018 Season, New Artistic Director

May 2017

May 30

Symphony Without Borders Presents "Music for Manchester"

April 2017

Apr 6

2017-2018 Candler Concert Series Marks 15th Year in Schwartz Center for Performing Arts with Lineup from Around the Globe

March 2017

Mar 29

Emory Dance Company Presents Spring Concert, "What Once Was"

Mar 20

Emory A Cappella Groups Unite for a Concert with a Cause

Mar 3

St. Lawrence String Quartet Closes 2016-17 Candler Concert Series with Work from Haydn

Mar 1

Theater Emory Concludes Season with Commissioned Work, "Ravished"

Feburary 2017

Feb 27

Israeli Filmmaker Nitzan Gilady Screens Work at Emory University

Feb 20

Tiphanie Yanique Visits Emory to Promote New Poetry Collection

Feb 13

Pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque Perform Duet at Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

January 2017

Jan 30

Legendary Vocalist Renée Fleming Returns to Emory for Sold Out Show

Jan 26

Emory Playwriting Fellow Jiréh Breon Holder to Deliver Free Reading

Jan 23

Saxophonist Teodross Avery Headlines Emory's 2017 Jazz Fest

Jan 19

Theater Emory Continues Season with Staged Reading of "A Tempest" by Aimé Césaire

Jan 11

Announcing the 2017 Emory Creativity & Arts Award Winners

Jan 10

Interactive Friends of Dance Lecture Invites Attendees to Explore Social Justice Through the Body

Jan 3

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Premieres Elegy for Victims of War

November 2016

Nov 9

Emory Celebrates the Season with Holiday Classics

Nov 1

Emory Dance Company Presents New Work by Visiting Artists in "Near and Far"

October 2016

Oct 20

Theater Emory brings to life the timeless tragedy of "Romeo & Juliet"

Oct 19

Mike Mills of R.E.M. Brings Original Concerto to the Schwartz Center

Oct 17

Antonio Sanchez, BiRDMAN LiVE

Oct 6

Matt Haimovitz, cello & Tim Fain, violin, Return to Emory for Two Free Concerts

Oct 4

"The President's Own" US Marine Band Performs at the Schwartz Center

Oct 3

Emory Cinematheque Presents Four Films from William Shakespeare's Plays

September 2016

Sep 20

Emory Dance Hosts Israeli Artists as a Part of EXPOSED Festival

Sep 14

Limited Tickets Remain: Branford Marsalis Quartet with Guest Vocalist Kurt Elling

Sep 12

Theater Emory Opens Season with Rodgers & Hart's Musical Comedy "The Boys from Syracuse"

August 2016

Sep 7

Theater Emory Brings Fresh Eyes to Shakespeare in its 2016-2017 Season

Aug 17

Emory Cinematheque Presents "Drawn to Film: From Comics to Cinema"

Aug 4

Sarah Chang and Julio Elizalde Open the 2016-17 Candler Concert Series, Sep. 10

July 2016

Jul 26

2016-2017 Candler Concert Series Single Tickets on Sale August 1

April 2016

Apr 18

Theater Emory hosts "Shakespeare Anniversary Celebration"

Apr 4

Emory Dance Company Delves Beneath the Surface in "Undertow"

March 2016

Mar 15

Barenaked Voices: Emory a Cappella and Concert Choir Unite for a Cause

Mar 10

Emory University Announces 2016-2018 Fellow in Playwriting

Mar 8

All-Male and All-Female Productions of "As You Like It"

Mar 7

Novelist Sherman Alexie Gives Two Public Events at Emory University

Mar 3

2016-2017 Candler Concert Series Brings Classical Favorites to Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Mar 2

Acclaimed Baritone Nathan Gunn Closes 2015-2016 Candler Concert Series

Feburary 2016

Feb 15

Emory University Presents First Ever Faculty Composers Concert

Feb 10

"Music from the Stage & Screen"

Feb 4

Rescheduled: 2016 Creativity & Arts Awards

Feb 3

The Knights featuring Violinist Gil Shaham

January 2016

Jan 20

Georgia Writers Showcased in 2016 Brave New Works Festival

Jan 15

Emory Jazz Fest 2016 Headlined by Anat Cohen and Julian Bliss Septet

Jan 14

2016 Creativity & Arts Awards Winners

Jan 6

French New Wave Films

December 2015

Dec 14

Gary Motley inducted into Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame

November 2015

Nov 12

The Spirit of the Season Returns to Emory with a Medley of Holiday Performances

Nov 3

Emory Dance Company Premieres Five New Works from Atlanta Choreographers

October 2015

Oct 26

Theater Emory Invites Audiences to Time Travel with "The Meantime"

Oct 22

David Finckel, Wu Han, and Philip Setzer

Oct 16

Emory Wind Ensemble Presents First Concert

Oct 12

An Evening with Bassists: Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer

Oct 6

Prose Writer Reginald McKnight Gives Free Reading at Emory University

Jun 14

Acclaimed Pianist Conrad Tao Brings New Life to Classics

September 2015

Sep 17

Chick Corea and Béla Fleck Open 2015-2016 Candler Concert Series

Sep 10

Theater Emory 2015-2016 Season Opens with Zhu Yi's "I AM A MOON"

August 2015

Aug 28

NPR's From the Top with Host Christopher O'Riley

Aug 18

Emory Cinematheque Film Series Returns with Japanese Anime

Aug 3

Eran Riklis as Schwartz Artist in Residence

June 2015

Jun 23

Theater Emory to Premiere Four New Plays by Atlanta Playwrights as Part of "Breaking Ground"

April 2015

Apr 13

The Tallis Scholars Bring Renaissance Music to Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts

Apr 8

2015-2016 Candler Concert Series Lineup

March 2015

Mar 31

Emory Students Premiere Nine New Dance Works

Mar 12

Creative Writing Program Announces New Fellows in Fiction and Poetry

Mar 11

Theater Emory presents José Rivera's "Marisol"

Mar 11

Thesis Concert Explores Extraordinary World of Flannery O'Connor

Mar 9

Poet Carl Phillips Gives Free Reading at Woodruff Library

Mar 6

Daniel Bernard Roumain Returns to Emory for World Premiere of New Piece Celebrating Haitian Heritage

Feburary 2015

Feb 18

Sound + Sculpture Installation Premieres at Emory's Visual Arts Gallery

Feb 9

Emory Dance Alumnae Return for Schwartz Center Concert

Feb 3

Novelist and Playwright Jim Grimsley Gives Free Reading at Emory University

January 2015

Jan 22

Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company performs at the Schwartz Center

Jan 22

Emory's Center for Creativity

Jan 14

Theater Emory presents "Global Voices: Spring Staged Readings"

Jan 8

Emory Cinematheque Series Presents Movies Made in Georgia

November 2014

Nov 24

Emory Celebrates 75th Anniversary of "Gone with the Wind" Premiere with Free Talk and Film Screening

Nov 19

Emory Celebrates the Season with Beloved Holiday Traditions

Nov 6

Emory Dance Company Performs Works by Five Contemporary Choreographers

Nov 3

Emory Playwriting Fellow Edith Freni Gives Free Public Reading

October 2014

Oct 13

New Volume of the Letters of Samuel Beckett Debuts at Emory University

Oct 10

Emory Dance and Anna Leo Host a "Twilight Salon"

Oct 9

Innovative Cellist Matt Haimovitz Premieres New Work At Free Emory Concert

Oct 8

Theater Emory Immerses Audiences in "A Pinter Kaleidoscope"

Oct 7

Poets Kevin Young and Jericho Brown Give Free Reading at Emory University

September 2014

Sep 22

Harold Pinter's Short Works in Theater Emory's "Pinter Revue"

Sep 18

Brentano String Quartet Plays with Vijay Iyer at Schwartz Center

Sep 11

Emory Dance Program's 2014-15 Season Offers Intriguing Intersections

Sep 9

Pianist Garrick Ohlsson Opens 2014-2015 Candler Concert Series

August 2014

Aug 27

Theater Emory's 2014-2015 Season Focuses on Culturally Charged Theater

Aug 26

Catellier Dance Projects Premieres Corpus Mysteriis

Aug 14

Emory Cinematheque Film Series Screens Restored Gems, Polish Masterpieces, and Celebrates Harold Pinter

May 2014

May 20

Emory University Selects First Recipient of Innovative Fellowship in Playwriting

March 2014

Mar 27

Emory Dance Showcases Student Work in "Pluto's Renaissance"

Mar 26

"Voices and Harps" Duo Moya Brennan and Cormac De Barra Perform as Emory's Schwartz Center's Artists in Residence

Mar 14

Emory A Cappella Groups Sing for a Cause in "Barenaked Voices"

Mar 13

Theater Emory's "Free/Fall" Explores the Extraordinary Motion of the Cosmos

Mar 11

Emory's Schwartz Center's 2014-2015 Candler Concert Series Includes Several "Firsts"

Mar 4

RESCHEDULED: Acclaimed Dancer Alice Sheppard to perform at Emory; Emory Student Honors Performance Explores Site Specificity

Mar 3

Dynamic Classical Duo to Close 2013-2014 Candler Concert Series

Feburary 2014

Feb 27

Soprano Yulia Van Doren to Perform with EUSO

Feb 25

Acclaimed Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian to collaborate with EUSO

Feb 20

Pulitzer Prize Winner Tracy K. Smith to Deliver 2014 Feminist Founders Reading at Emory

Feb 12

All Arts at Emory Events Cancelled Feb. 12-13, 2014 Due to Severe Weather

Feb 6

Artist Brendan O'Connell to participate in Creativity Conversation at Emory

Feb 4

Acclaimed Dancer Alice Sheppard to perform as part of Emory Disability Studies Initiative Series

January 2014

Jan 31

Emory Friends of Dance Lecture considers "Dance on its Own Terms"

Jan 23

yMusic Lecture and Demonstration to Accompany Performance at Emory

Jan 17

St. Olaf Choir's 2014 National Tour Comes to Emory University

Jan 16

Playwrights Adapt History to the Stage in Emory Festival of New Plays

Jan 15

Annual Emory Jazz Fest Features Newport Jazz Festival

Jan 13

Emory Dance Presents 'Dance for Reel: An Evening of Dance on Camera'

Jan 10

Emory Visual Arts Gallery Exhibits Faculty and Alumni Work in Cross-Reference

Jan 10

Emory Free Film Series Explores French Cinema's Global Perspective

December 2013

Dec 13

Classical with a Twist: yMusic to Perform at Emory

November 2013

Nov 14

Catellier Dance Projects Looks into the Past and Future in "pre-suf-fixes"

Nov 12

Emory Rings in the Holidays with Full Slate of Seasonal Concerts

Nov 6

Emory Dance Company's Fall Concert Explores Facets of Humanity

October 2013

Oct 23

Theater Emory Presents "Macbeth"

Oct 22

Emory University Announces New Playwriting Fellowship

Oct 21

Creative Writing Fellows Give Public Reading in Reading Series

Oct 17

Emory Partnership Brings UCLA Film Series to Atlanta

Oct 17

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra to Perform at Emory During U.S. Tour

Oct 7

Acclaimed Mandolin Virtuoso Chris Thile Brings International Tour to Atlanta

September 2013

Sep 24

Novelist Jesmyn Ward Kicks Off Emory Creative Writing Reading Series

Sep 19

Opera Star Sasha Cooke to Make Atlanta Debut at Schwartz Center

Sep 16

Past Meets Present in Upcoming Emory Visual Arts Department Exhibition "Tilden and the Theban Hero, Andrew Scott Ross"

Sep 5

John Burrison to present "Around the World in Eighty Clays: A Folk-Pottery Travelogue"

Sep 5

Theater Emory opens its season with an exploration of Shakespearean "breeches" roles

Sep 4

Philip Glass Returns to Emory in Concert with Tim Fain, violin

August 2013

Aug 29

Creativity

Aug 26

Theater Emory's 2013-2014 Season of Shakespeare, New Plays, and Dance-Theater

Aug 20

Dance historian Lynn Garafola opens 2013-2014 Friends of Dance Lecture Series

Aug 19

Body of Knowledge: Emory Dance Program's 2013-2014 season

Aug 13

Timothy Albrecht completes Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" in 2013-14 Organ Series

Aug 9

Emory Explores the History of American Screen Comedy in Free Screenings This Fall

Aug 8

ECMSA Presents a Season of Free Concerts

Aug 6

Center for Creativity

July 2013

Jul 24

Call for Nominations: Emory College Center for Creativity

June 2013

Jun 12

Twilight Concerts at Emory

April 2013

Apr 23

Creative Writing Program Announces New Fellows in Fiction and Poetry

Apr 1

Award-winning violinist Timothy Fain makes Atlanta debut May 5

March 2013

Mar 27

Emory Dance Company's Spring Concert Showcases Student Choreographers

Mar 21

Philip Glass opens 2013-14 Candler concert season

Mar 19

Imaginative string quartet Brooklyn Rider makes Atlanta debut, April 12

Mar 11

Emory Students Celebrate a Decade of Singing A Cappella for a Cause

Mar 7

Theater Emory Presents Chekhov Masterpiece "The Cherry Orchard"

Feburary 2013

Feb 27

Poet Jericho Brown to Deliver Feminist Founders Day Reading

Feb 25

Celebrated tenor Lawrence Brownlee performs at Emory Mar. 22

Feb 21

Staibdance Explores Psychological and Physical Conflict with "Versus"

Feb 18

German Modernism Symposium March 8-9

Feb 4

Advance screening of Midnight's Children, discussions with Salman Rushdie

Feb 4

Fiction Writer Mat Johnson to Deliver Reading at Emory

January 2013

Jan 31

Innovative violinist, composer Daniel Roumain, Feb. 22 at Emory

Jan 30

Monica Bill Barnes

Jan 23

Theater Emory Reimagines Chekhov Short Stories with "Watching Chekhov Watching"

Jan 14

Emory Alumna Returns for Reading and Colloquium

Jan 14

Emory brings Universal Pictures series to Atlanta

Jan 14

Dance For Reel Brings Dance Films from Around the World to Emory

Jan 10

NO TRANSLATION REQUIRED / KEINE UBERSETZUNG BENOTIGT

Jan 8

Saxophonist Victor Goines Headlines Emory Jazz Fest

Jan 7

Pianist Yefim Bronfman to perform Feb. 2

December 2012

Dec 19

Catellier Dance Projects Energizes Audiences with "E"

Dec 13

Emory's Schwartz Center Celebrates 10 Years with Music, Dance, Theater Events

November 2012

Nov 8

Emory Celebrates the Season with Holiday Concerts

October 2012

Oct 25

Call for Submissions: "Dance for Reel" An Evening of Dance for Camera

Oct 17

Playwright Katori Hall visits Emory with Two Free Events

Oct 16

Emory Dance Company's Fall Concert Delves into the Creative "Vault"

Oct 15

Assad brothers blend classical with Brazilian heritage on Nov. 10

Oct 10

Theater Emory's "Grim, Grimmer, Grimmest" Takes a Dark Look at Classic Tales

Oct 1

Warsaw Philharmonic returns to Emory's Schwartz Center Nov. 2

September 2012

Sep 18

New Work by Stephen Marc at Emory

Sep 14

Violinist Gil Shaham to perform Bach recital Oct. 4

Sep 12

Local Arts Organizations Launch Return of Atlanta Art Lives Here Awareness Campaign

Sep 10

Art in America editor gives public keynote Sept. 20

Sep 5

2012-2013 Emory Creative Writing Reading Series Announced

Sep 4

Eroica Trio in ECMSA 20th Anniversary Concert

August 2012

Aug 30

Theater Emory Opens Its 2012-2013 Season with Dario Fo's "Comic Mysteries"

Aug 27

2012 Creativity

Aug 24

Branford Marsalis Quartet Performs Sept. 21

Aug 21

A Collection of "Provocative Tales" Comprise Theater Emory's 2012-2013 Season

Aug 15

Monica Bill Barnes

Aug 13

Organ Series Opens Sept. 9 with Bach Live!

Aug 10

Creativity and Arts Soiree Celebrates Ten Years with the Schwartz Center

Aug 1

Emory Explores Thrilling Special Effects in Free Screenings

July 2012

Jul 24

Call for Nominations: Emory College Center for Creativity

Jul 2

Sally Kellerman Live at a Special Screening of Robert Altman's M*A*S*H*

June 2012

Jun 8

Twilight Concerts Deliver Musical Refreshment This Summer

April 2012

Apr 24

Catellier Dance Projects Launches Audiences into "...the final frontier"

Apr 9

Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta Announces 20th Anniversary Season

Apr 3

Renowned Artist John Grade Returns to Emory

Apr 3

Emory Dance Company's Spring Concert is Greater than the "Sum of its Parts"

March 2012

Mar 29

Emory University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Unite for Final Season Performance

Mar 27

Theater Emory Performs Williams Classic April 5 - 15

Mar 26

Schwartz Center Announces 10th Anniversary Season

Mar 14

Australian Chamber Orchestra with Teddy Tahu Rhodes April 12

Mar 8

Soprano Dawn Upshaw at Emory's Schwartz Center April 6

Mar 6

Emory Students Sing A Cappella for a Cause

Feburary 2012

Feb 28

Vietnamese American Writer Monique Truong Delivers Feminist Founders Reading at Emory

Feb 27

Spano Residency Brings Conversations, Collaborations and Concerts to Emory

Feb 24

Water and Creativity Flow at Emory this Spring

Feb 6

Chopin to Radiohead: Christopher O'Riley at the Schwartz Center March 2

January 2012

Jan 23

"The Radio Show" Examines Communication and Community

Jan 23

Six Premieres from Six Playwrights at Theater Emory

Jan 17

Grammy-Winning Kronos Quartet with Alim Qasimov Ensemble

Jan 17

"The Creation of the World" Examines Science and Music January 29

Jan 11

Sachal Vasandani Headlines Emory Jazz Fest

Jan 10

Love Poems to God: Veta Goler Discusses Dianne McIntyre

Jan 9

Masterpieces of Cinematography in Free Screenings at Emory

Jan 6

Travel Writer Millman Gives Reading at Emory Feb. 6

Jan 4

Staibdance Announces "Name Day," a new Journey into Old Culture