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Performances

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    A young brown woman with long wavy hair pulled back into a ponytail sings on stage while other women dance nearby. She wears a traditional belt with large fringed tassels around her hips.
    "Small Island, Big Song" , article

    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 7:30 PM: In this inspiring multimedia concert confronting climate change, artists from Pacific and Indian Ocean nations unite to blend traditions and create music celebrating the ways we are all connected. The result is a breathtakingly beautiful sound made by those who sing for the seas.

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    Conductor Jakub Hrůša, a middle aged white man with sandy brown hair, extends his arms out wide as he conducts the Bamberg Symphony during a live performance. All the string players watch him and their bows are raised in the air away from their instruments.
    Bamberg Symphony , article

    FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 7:30 PM: With a musical lineage stretching back to the 18th and 19th centuries — to Mahler and Mozart — Germany’s Bamberg Symphony is a favorite around the world, performing over 7,000 concerts in more than 60 countries and over 500 cities.

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    Leslie Odom, Jr., a young Black man with cornrows, wears a textured maroon sweater and white pants and reclines on a white linen couch into a ray of sunlight at golden hour.
    "An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr." , article

    SATURDAY, MAY 4, 7:30 PM: Leslie Odom, Jr. is a multifaceted, award-winning vocalist, songwriter, author, and actor with a career that spans all performance genres.

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Exhibitions

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    Leslie Hewitt's "Riffs on Real Time with Ground (Green Mesh)," 2017, digital chromogenic print and silver gelatin print, courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. At left, what appears to be grid paper is framed in a rectangular raw wood frame, and at right, what appears to be collaged and stacked black and white photographs sit on top of a hardwood floor, also photographed in black and white.
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    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1-SUNDAY, APRIL 21: Featuring photography by artists Leslie Hewitt, Tarrah Krajnak, and Rodrigo Valenzuela, "Messengers" explores the use of photography to communicate — not only through visual aesthetics, but to transmit more profound personal, cultural, and societal messages.

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    ICAT: "Open (at the) Source" featuring thumbnails of the projects Mycelium Memetrics and Weaving Weeds, photos by Avery Gendell and Braden Perryman
    ICAT: "Open (at the) Source" , article

    MONDAY, APRIL 29-SATURDAY, MAY 11: ICAT: "Open (at the) Source" presents pioneering approaches to public exhibits that use technology to deliver immersive and interactive experiences.

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    Seniors in the School of Visual Arts listen to instruction as they install an exhibition of their own capstone works.
    SOVA Senior Show , article

    FRIDAY, MAY 3-SATURDAY, MAY 11: This refreshing annual exhibition features original and innovative works by graduating seniors in Virginia Tech’s School of Visual Arts.

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