Tag: music
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Dr. Shayna Weiss on Israeli Music and Judaism
Our Palestine/Israel lecture series continues on Tuesday, Nov 7 with a talk from Dr. Shayna Weiss of Brandeis University on Israeli music and Judaism. Join us as usual at 2.40pm in the LPAC Cinema—pizza will be served.
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You’re Invited to an Artistic Journey of Israel/Palestine…
ARTolerance @ Swarthmore Presents: An Artistic Journey of Israel/Palestine in celebration of International Day of Peace Sunday, September 22 at 7:30PM ARTolerance will celebrate the International Day of Peace with an evening of music, spoken word, visuals, and more from Israeli & Palestinian cultures. We hope to introduce aspirations through cultural expressions and provide bridges…
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Ben Taub, foreign correspondent to speak on Syria and Isis
The Daily Gazette presents Ben Taub, a highly successful foreign correspondent with numerous articles published in The New Yorker. A little over 2 years ago, Ben Taub was a philosophy student at Princeton, and a recent contestant on “The Voice.” He has since reported extensively about ISIS recruiting and ordinary lives in war-torn Syria.On October 17,…
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Choose Peace Concert
Celebrate the International Day of Peace Choose Peace Concert September 21, 2016, Wednesday, 7:30-9:00 pm Swarthmore Friends Meetinghouse Swarthmore College (directions) What is visionary peace and what are the choices we can make to live our lives into such a possibility? We are invited to explore linking the cultivation of personal peace to identifying innovative…
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Lost Yiddish Songs of the Holocaust
From our friends in History and Music: LOST YIDDISH SONGS OF THE HOLOCAUST Tuesday, November 10 1:00 to 2:15 Lang Concert Hall Lang Music Building “Avant-bard” singer/songwriter/performer Psoy Korolenko and Professor Anna Shternshis of the University of Toronto bring to life lost Yiddish songs of the Holocaust in this combined concert and lecture. Written and…
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Omar Offendum: hip-hop, poetry, and peace
Omar Offendum will be coming to Swarthmore on Thursday, November 20th to give a hybrid performance/lecture. In addition to performing some of his songs, he will speak about connections between the artistic community and the Arab uprisings, with a special focus on hip hop. Omar will also discuss his efforts to use art and music to raise humanitarian…
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Premiere of Peace Talks for Chorus and Orchestra by James Matheson ’92
Founders Day Concert with the Swarthmore College Chorus and the Swarthmore College Orchestra December 5, 2014; 8:00 p.m. Lang Music Building Swarthmore College (directions) (Universal moment of silence at 8:00 PM EDT) Featuring the premiere of Peace Talks for Chorus and Orchestra by James Matheson ’92, commissioned for the Swarthmore Sesquicentennial The program will also include works for…
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Welcome back and new PCS courses for Fall 2014
Welcome back to all staff, students, and faculty! We are off and running, having completed the first week of classes, and we look forward to an exciting semester. As students will know, the first two weeks of class constitute the drop-add period during which you can change your schedule. That means there is still time…