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Week of Events
Songwriting: Unlocking Your Creativity
This three session virtual course, taught by Jay Sweet, provides participants with techniques to help give directions and creative elements that will help unlock the potential of active and aspiring songwriters. The workshop will also provide a supportive outlet for those songwriters looking to share their works for evaluation or for those looking to learn from others’ processes.
$50 (for three sessions)
Madama Butterfly – Virtual Event Cinema
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly tells the heart-wrenching story of a young Japanese geisha who clings to the belief that her new husband, a visiting American naval officer, will stay faithful and return to her. In this live transmission from 2016, soprano Kristine Opolais stars as Cio-Cio-San, with tenor Roberto Alagna as Lt. Pinkerton, in Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production. Karel Mark Chichon conducts.
$15
Kinky Boots: The Musical – Virtual Event Cinema
Captured live from the London stage, the ‘freshest, most fabulous, feel-good musical of the decade’ (The Hollywood News) KINKY BOOTS dazzles!
With songs by Grammy® and Tony® winning pop icon Cyndi Lauper, direction and choreography by Jerry Mitchell (Legally Blonde, Hairspray), and book by Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein (La Cage Aux Folles), this ‘dazzling, fabulously sassy and uplifting’ (Time Out) award-winning musical celebrates a joyous story of Brit grit to high-heeled hit as it takes you from the factory floor of Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan!
$15
MU Players presents THE WEDDING SINGER
It’s 1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.
$9 for students, $15 for general admission, $27 group rates for families or groups that wish to watch together on a shared link, without having to purchase individual tickets.
How to Network and Build Rapport While Social Distancing
How to Network and Build Rapport While Social Distancing
Whether you are job searching, beginning a new career, or joining a new team, building relationships is key to your success. However, with little in-person, face-to-face interactions, networking and relationship building can feel a bit strange and stressful. In this webinar, Pete Linn ’16, Human Resources Global Employee Support associate at J.P. Morgan Chase & […]
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Human Rights and the Environment: Perspectives from India
Human Rights and the Environment: Perspectives from India
This panel features experts on a wide range of emerging challenges that India faces at the intersection of human rights and the environment including climate justice litigation, the interplay between sustainable development and the rights of indigenous communities, climate change communication and climate migration, and the relationship between climate migration and human trafficking. Moderator: Prof. […]
Virtual Mixology Class with Philadelphia Area Alumni
Virtual Mixology Class with Philadelphia Area Alumni
Join your fellow Philadelphia area Hawks for a Virtual Mixology Class! Alisha Miller ’96, alumna and Racks Pub and Grill owner and operator, will lead the virtual cocktail making from the comfort and safety of your own home! Alisha will share tips and techniques on how to make two perfect cocktails, a Lemon Drop cocktail […]
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WOMAN AT WAR – VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION
WOMAN AT WAR – VIRTUAL PANEL DISCUSSION
Join us for a World Cinema Series zoom discussion illuminating the theme “A Delicate Balance: Global Communities and the Natural World” by analyzing the message and impact the 2018 film, Woman at War. Set in Iceland the film is a drama, with moments of whimsical comedy, about Halla, a 50-year old environmental activist determined to halt the construction of a new aluminum smelter near Reykjavik by destroying power lines and thwarting negotiations between the government of Iceland and a corporation and community eager to see the contracts awarded. Yet, it is her personal, ethical crisis that brings this drama, based on actual events, to a stirring conclusion.
Free and open to the public, but registration is required.