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Rodelinda Encore – Handel

Sensational in the 2004 Met premiere of Stephen Wadsworth’s much-heralded production, Renée Fleming reprises the title role.

The Enchanted Island – Handel

In one extraordinary new work, lovers of Baroque opera have it all: the world’s best singers, glorious music of the Baroque masters, and a story drawn from Shakespeare.

SAMINA QURAESHI – Reflections on a Sufi Path

Pollak Gallery

Imaginative, vibrant, and saturated with the rich colors of South Asia, Samina Quraeshi’s photographs, calligraphic works, and mixed media montages reflect the diversity of Islamic expressions of faith.

Provost Film Series: Scheherazade: Tell Me a Story

Karim and Hebba are a young married and loving couple. Karim is just about to be appointed as editor-in-chief of the greatest governmental newspaper. Hebba is the hostess of much appreciated TV programs with controversial subjects that could put Karim’s career in danger.

Money Matters

Money Matters is a coming-of-age story about a 14 year-old biracial girl, Monique Matters, as she tries to navigate faith and sexuality questions of adolescence, a dysfunctional single-mother household, and the rough waters of our nation’s capital’s best kept secret–the inner city.

Cherish The Ladies

For this special evening of An Irish Homecoming, award winning Celtic super group Cherish the Ladies hosts an all-star gathering of singers, musicians and dancers bringing Ireland to life on the Pollak Theatre stage.

In The Mood: A 1940s Musical Revue

Back by popular demand, In the Mood returns with their big band orchestra, singers and swing dancers. This retro 1940s musical revives the music that moved a nation’s spirit and helped win a war.

Faust Encore – Gounod (Broadcast in HD)

With Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, René Pape as the devil, and Marina Poplavskaya as Marguerite, Gounod’s classic retelling of the Faust legend couldn’t be better served.

Carolina Chocolate Drops with M Shanghai String Band

“To call them a string band does not really do justice to the flying instruments, the role changes and the strong and sometimes dangerous singing of Rhiannon Giddens…” — New York Times