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Geller Jazz Series: SUBA Trio — Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita, featuring Gustavo Ovalles

A unique fusion, SUBA is a collaboration of Cuban-born jazz piano virtuoso Omar Sosa and Senegalese kora (21-string harp lute) master Seckou Keita that brilliantly embraces jazz, Latin and African influences, and reflects the close and compassionate listening of artists engaged in a captivating musical conversation.

Sponsored by: Department of Visual & Performing Arts

Poetry Reading and Discussion with Adael Mejía, Worcester’s Youth Poet Laureate

Fireside Lounge, Dana Commons at Clark University 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Adael “Ace” Mejía, Worcester's Youth Poet Laureate — a multifaceted artist, youth worker, and performer of Ecuadorean heritage — will give a poetry reading and participate in a moderated discussion.

Sponsored by: Community Engagement and Volunteering

_hello world! Workshops on Digital Research in the Arts & Humanities

Clark University, ASEC 202

In this first session of the Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities workshop series, open to faculty, staff, and graduate students at Clark and beyond, facilitators will introduce digital humanities through a working definition, project examples, and a hands-on primer to some basic computing skills.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

A Conversation with Curtis Chin

Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons

A conversation with Curtis Chin, the author of the best-selling “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant,” will be followed by an audience Q&A and reception.

Sponsored by: Dean of the College

Celebrate Movement with Dance Workshops

Little Center, room 202 (dance studio)

The Visual and Performing Arts Department and the Higgins School of Humanities present a week of dance workshops — ballet, hip hop, and flexn — as part of the Higgins Spring 2024 symposium, “Movement.”

Sponsored by: Department of Visual & Performing Arts

Colonial Reckoning: The Hidden History of the Census in France

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

Jennifer J. Davis, Associate Professor of History at The University of Oklahoma and co-editor of the "Journal of Women’s History," will explore the roots of the modern census in France and the United States in a common document: a count of residents in colonial New France (Canada) in the year 1666. Laurie Ross, Professor and Director of the Department of Sustainability and Social Justice at Clark University, will provide commentary.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

If You Become My Friend: A Film Screening and Conversation with Producer and Director Jennifer Potts

Clark University, Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons - 2nd Floor 36 Maywood Street, Worcester, MA, United States

The Higgins School of Humanities is hosting the Worcester premiere of “If You Become My Friend,” a documentary about frefugees who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took control in 2021 and eventually resettled in Worcester.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities

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Video Exhibition: ‘Applied Motion Studies: Artists and Scientists Consider Movement’

Higgins Lounge, 2nd Floor, Dana Commons Clark University

Applied Motion Studies: Artists and Scientists Consider Movement features a diverse array of short films that blend artists’ creative visions with scientists’ analytical perspectives. The exhibition is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, from 9:30 to 3:30 p.m. through May 20.

Sponsored by: Higgins School of Humanities