This summer, the lobby of Olin Library is playing host to the historical Chickering grand piano that normally resides in the Highwaymen Lounge of the Romance Languages & Literatures building. To celebrate, we’re hosting a series of short, noon-time mini-concerts (10-15 minutes each) that make use of the piano, whether solo or with other instruments … Read more
Friday, May 22, 2026 WESeminar: Julius Eastman’s Buddha (1984) and The Limits of Category – A Concert and Conversation 1-2 p.m.Olin Memorial Library, Gribbel Room, Room 202A Join Omri Riss Chbarbi ’26 for a close listening session centered on his performance of Buddha (1984) by Julius Eastman (1940–1990). Through listening, discussion, and archival materials drawn … Read more
Wesleyan University Library’s Visual Resource Center recently published a digital exhibition titled “Art History in the Analog Age.” This exhibition, which was researched and curated by Fiona LaCamera ’27, chronicles developments in technology used in art historical pedagogy as illustrated in materials from the Seymour-Paoletti Photograph Collection and other materials from the Visual Resources Collection. … Read more
Friday, May 22, 2026 1-2 p.m. Olin Memorial Library, Gribbel Room, Room 202A Join Omri Riss Chbarbi ’26 for a close listening session centered on his performance of Buddha (1984) by Julius Eastman (1940–1990). Through listening, discussion, and archival materials drawn from Riss Chbarbi’s honors thesis, Listening Plurally: The Limits of Category in Julius Eastman’s Buddha (1984), the session … Read more
