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ETHEL featuring Kaki King: …And Other Stories

Pollak Theatre

Known worldwide for transcending the limits of tradition, the New York City-based string quartet ETHEL, comprised of Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello), Kip Jones (violin) and Tema Watstein (violin), has for the past decade and a half actively, aggressively, joyfully, adapted their epic skill-set to the presentation of rainbow-colored music of every style and description. Guitarist Kaki King, recognized as one of “The New Guitar Gods” by Rolling Stone has, likewise, won an enthusiastic international following as her gutsy, honest, and astonishingly beautiful works seem to defy gravity. Brought together, these celebrated sound worlds intermingle and swarm to create a glorious and inspired collaboration.

$25, $37

Met Opera: LA BOHÉME

Pollak Theatre

Puccini’s moving story of young love is the most performed opera in Met history—and with good reason. Anita Hartig stars as the frail Mimì in Franco Zeffirelli’s classic production, with Vittorio Grigolo as her passionate lover, Rodolfo.

Encore: Sun. May 4 at 1:00 p.m.

$23

In the Mood: 1940s Musical Revue

Much more than a concert, IN THE MOOD presents a retro 1940s musical revue featuring the IN THE MOOD Singers and Dancers with the sensational String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra. The music and the arrangements are as authentic as it gets. This was a time that all America was listening and dancing to the same kind of music.

John Werner Lecture

Location: Versaille Room, Wilson Hall Lecture by John Werner, TED Speaker, Co-Founder of Citizen Schools Project, Innovator of the Camera Culture Group at the MIT Media Lab , “Innovative Education Initiatives”

Social Work & Human Rights Lecture

Location: Wilson Auditorium, Wilson Hall School of Social Work and GUC feature lecture by Ercilia Melillán Toro “Social Work and Human Rights – Threats and Opportunities”

Provost Film Series: A Bottle in the Gaza Sea

Pollak Theatre

Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She’s Israeli. He’s Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. Only 60 miles separate them but how many bombings, check-points, sleepless nights and bloodstained days stand between them?