Pianist Jonathan Biss will perform a new work by Tyshawn Sorey, along with three pieces by Schubert, at the Ravinia Festival.

Reginald Dwayne Betts is a poet and lawyer and the Founder & CEO of Freedom Reads, a not-for-profit organization that is radically transforming the access to literature in prisons through the opening of Freedom Libraries in prisons across this country.

MacArthur “Genius” grant winner Raven Chacon will be at Macalester on Saturday for a performance of the Diné composer’s “American Ledger No. 1,” a work composed in 2018. Performed by an ensemble of Twin Cities musicians and Macalester students, the work explores the United States’ violent history. Published on Chacon’s website, the score is very visual, and the composer notes that as part of the work, it should be displayed as “a flag, a wall, a blanket, a billboard, or a door.” 

Ishmael Reed's current play explores Black culture and white exploitation in the relationship between the Haitian-Puerto Rican American artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol.

Mary Zimmerman is directing a production of Eurydice at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

The adaption features a libretto based on Sarah Ruhl’s 2003 play and music by Matthew Aucoin.

Mary Zimmerman is directing a production of Eurydice at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

The adaption features a libretto based on Sarah Ruhl’s 2003 play and music by Matthew Aucoin.