Samara Joy
Samara Joy's "buttery vocals melt across the warm grooves of whatever songs she's singing, conjuring the greats of yore while simultaneously forging her own effervescent stye" (The Old Grey Cat blog).
serpentwithfeet
Presented at the Englert Theatre in collaboration with the Englert Theatre
Heart of Brick is a theatrical dance and music performance that celebrates the multi-generational spirit of the Black queer community.
Heart of Brick is a theatrical dance and music performance that celebrates the multi-generational spirit of the Black queer community.
N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars)
N O W I S W H E N W E A R E (the stars) is a remarkable immersive installation work by theater, video, and arts technologist Andrew Schneider. You will walk through a room, secluded in total darkness punctuated by 4,000 reactive points of light and 496-channel sound design.
Kurt Vile and The Violators
Kurt Vile is an essential American psych-pop songwriter and guitarist. His music, veering between flashes of lightning and hazes of dense fog, captures our emotional and collective landscape like few other artists in the modern era.
Model/Actriz
Presented at Gabe's
Dogsbody, the debut album by Brooklyn-based Model/Actriz, is a coming-of-age album set between the hours of dusk and dawn. It is as much an exploration of love and loss as it is a sharp, piercing, and violent ode to the explosive joy of being alive.
Dogsbody, the debut album by Brooklyn-based Model/Actriz, is a coming-of-age album set between the hours of dusk and dawn. It is as much an exploration of love and loss as it is a sharp, piercing, and violent ode to the explosive joy of being alive.
John Irving
A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Irving returns to our campus and community to discuss his life and creative process alongside Iowa Writers’ Workshop director Lan Samantha Chang.
Love In Exile and In These Times
Love In Exile is the daring new collaboration from Grammy Award-winning singer Arooj Aftab, Shahzad Ismaily, and Vijay Iyer. In These Times is a masterwork album from Chicago-based percussionist, composer, and producer Makaya McCraven.
Sphinx Virtuosi
Presented at The Englert Theatre
The Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic self-conducted chamber orchestra comprised of eighteen accomplished Black and Latinx artists aiming to evolve the face of classical music through artistic excellence, pioneering programming, and community engagement.
The Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic self-conducted chamber orchestra comprised of eighteen accomplished Black and Latinx artists aiming to evolve the face of classical music through artistic excellence, pioneering programming, and community engagement.
Rhiannon Giddens
Giddens’ lifelong mission is to lift up people whose contributions to American musical history have previously been erased, and to work toward a more accurate understanding of the country’s musical origins. Pitchfork has said of her work, “few artists are so fearless and so ravenous in their exploration.”
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit come to Hancher in support of Weathervanes, a new record that carries that same revelatory power—power that will even more palpable in live performance. Wednesday will open for Isbell.