During this time of uncertainty and isolation, find solace in digital opportunities听to connect, share, and engage. Each week, we will share upcoming events that bring the UW, and the greater community, together online.听
Many of these online opportunities are streamed through Zoom. All UW faculty, staff, and students have access to听.听
So Far So Good: Show and Q&A with Libby King
October 29 – November 1, 7:30 PM |
What is the experience of living in America today? It鈥檚 a question most of us are asking ourselves constantly these days, as we look out over an American landscape almost no one could have imagined. It鈥檚 also a foundational question in the work of celebrated devising theatre company the TEAM, of which director Libby King, School of Drama faculty member,听has been a member since 2006. For her first production as a new听Drama faculty member, King will introduce a group of graduate actors and designers to the methods she has been using to make devised theatre for over 15 years, mining the students鈥� own experiences of living through the past several months for universal truths about safety and danger, loneliness and connection, fear and courage, letting go and holding on.
The show will run from October 29 – November 1, and on November 1 at 6:30 PM Libby King听will host a Q&A panel on the show.
Free |
Conversation with Jorge Ramos: Journalism + The U.S. Presidential Election
October 26, 9:00 – 10:30 AM |
To help make sense of this crucial moment, please join us for a virtual conversation with Jorge Ramos, sponsored by the听Department of Communication.听The renowned journalist will share his thoughts regarding the upcoming election as well as journalists’ responsibilities in covering it.
Free |
The Voice of Technology: Soviet Cinema’s Transition to Sound
October 26, 3:30 – 5:00 PM |
Lilya Kaganovsky of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign explores the history, practice, technology, ideology, aesthetics, and politics of the transition to sound within the context of larger issues in Soviet media history in a talk sponsored by the听Department of History.
Free |
Dr. Melanie Malone: Seeking Justice, Eating Toxins: Overlooked Contaminants in Urban Community Gardens
October 27, 3:30 – 5:00 PM |
Urban community gardens have enabled users to mitigate the effects of many environmental injustices such as the impact of food deserts, nutrient poor food found at convenience stores, and pesticide laden grocery items. While these benefits have promulgated across the U.S., community gardens are also well known to be located in historically contaminated locations in urban landscapes. Dr. Melanie Malone of UW Bothell explains in this talk sponsored by the听Department of Geography.
Free |
Emily Levesque in Conversation with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds
October 28, 6:00 – 7:00 PM |
Humans from the earliest civilizations through today have craned their necks each night, using the stars to orient themselves in the large, strange world around them. Now, award-winning astronomer and Professor of Astronomy听Emily Levesque shares the stories of modern-day stargazers in this new nonfiction release, the people willing to adventure across high mountaintops and to some of the most remote corners of the planet, all in the name of science. Levesque discusses her new book, The Last Stargazers, with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds.
Free |
Media and Politics in the U.S. Presidential Election: A Virtual Roundtable
October 28, 12:00 – 1:30 PM |
The Department of Communication is relaunching the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement as the听Center for Journalism, Media, and Democracy听(CJMD).听 The new Center will mark its inauguration by hosting this event on media and politics with听CJMD Co-Directors Mathew Powers & Adrienne Russell, joined by Senior Research Fellow Lance Bennett.
Free |
Notes on the Unseen: 2nd Year MFA Exhibition
October 28 – November 14 | Jacob Lawrence Gallery
The听Jacob Lawrence Gallery听is pleased to present听Notes on the Unseen: 2nd Year MFA Exhibition, featuring artwork by nine graduate students from the听School of Art + Art History + Design. Developed over the summer of 2020 by students in the Painting + Drawing, 3D4M, and Photo/Media programs, the works document neglected realities, repressed traumas, and invisible contagion in a variety of media, including installation, sculpture, painting, and moving images.
Free |
Ambassador Nicholas Burns on The Crisis in Transatlantic Relations and Other Global Challenges
October 29, 3:30 – 5:00 PM |
Free |
Election 2020: A Turning Point: Impacts on Our Democracy
October 29, 6:00 – 7:00 PM听|
Never before in recent memory has a presidential election been so crucial for what direction the country will take. This lecture series will cover the campaign, the issues at stake, and the implications for how the government will function in the upcoming years. In the final installment, Associate Professor of Political Science Rebecca Thorpe and Assitant Teaching Professor Scott Lemieux will discuss the impacts of the election on our democracy.
Free |
Looking for more?
Check out UWAA’s Stronger Together web page for听more digital engagement opportunities.