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Friday, December 2

Chakaia Booker: 'Shaved Portions'
02 Dec

Chakaia Booker is renowned for her artistic practice that pushes the limits of abstraction through the use of her signature material—discarded rubber tires...

Seymour Chwast, End Bad Breath, 1967. D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic History Library
02 Dec

In the late 1940s and 50s, mainstream illustration was dominated by the simulated small-town charm of Norman Rockwell and the slick but false assurances of...

Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood
02 Dec

Leaving China is an exhibition of work by accomplished artist James McMullan that focuses on watercolor paintings about his childhood during World War II....

Life in St. Louis 1888-1905: T.S. Eliot’s First Waste Land
02 Dec

The Waste Land by St. Louis native TS Eliot was published in 1922 and forever changed literature. The Life in St. Louis 1888-1905: T.S. Eliot’s First Waste...

Ron King, Hick, Hack, Hock, 1995. Julian and Hope Edison Collection, Washington University Libraries
02 Dec

The Miniature Museum is a new series of exhibitions in which books are displayed as sculptural objects in a custom-built dollhouse museum. The first...

Stories From World War II
02 Dec

The "Stories From World War II" exhibition brings together stories from the Second World War told through special collections. A variety of personal accounts...

Valuable Dregs: Research in the William Gaddis Papers
02 Dec

Novelist William Gaddis famously shunned the spotlight and dismissed attempts to tie his private life to his creative work. However, Gaddis also kept an...

Washington University Dance Theatre: 'This is Temporary'
02 Dec

The annual dance concert features diverse artwork by resident and guest choreographers, performed by student dancers of the Performing Arts Department. As...

Friday, December 2, 2022 | 12:00 AM
Yadier Molina and Albert Pujols: Selections from the Collection of Tim Huskey
02 Dec

Tim Huskey has been collecting Cardinals baseball memorabilia since he was five years old, when he stood in line to get an autograph from his favorite...

Glaser Gallery Exhibit: 'How did we get hear? Historic hearing devices, 1800-2000'
02 Dec

The hearing aids we are familiar with today are both tiny and mighty, but they weren’t always that way. This exhibit highlights the long history of hearing...

Pause @ Graham Chapel
02 Dec

The Office for Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life will be holding space in Graham Chapel. The Chapel will be open for reflection, prayer or a moment of...

Friday, December 2, 2022 | 9:00 AM
Ambivalent Pleasures: Advertiser Content in American Art
02 Dec

This installation prompts the question of how the visual culture of marketing and markets influences our lives. Bringing together modern and contemporary...

EECE Seminar - Habif Health and Wellness Services
02 Dec

This seminar presented by Jodi Seals of the Habif Health and Wellness Center at Washington University will overview our Habif Health and Wellness services as...

Friday, December 2, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Katharina Grosse Studio Paintings, 1988–2022: Returns, Revisions, Inventions
02 Dec

Katharina Grosse is internationally celebrated for her large-scale, on-site works that she paints across built and natural environments. To date, less focus...

Friday, December 2, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Katharina Grosse: On the Edge of Something Else
02 Dec

The renowned contemporary artist Katharina Grosse, whose exhibition Katharina Grosse Studio Paintings, 1988–2022: Returns, Revisions, Inventions is on view...

Scheduling with Speed Predictions
02 Dec

Clifford Stein Wai T. Chang Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Professor of Computer Science Interim Director, Data Science...

Friday, December 2, 2022 | 11:00 AM
Cycle Express
02 Dec

Join BearFIT Instructor Meghann in The Dark Room for this 30 min cycle class! We will get a quick sweat on and feel like we packed in 50 mins of work! ...

Men's Basketball Lopata Classic Tournament
02 Dec

Come and support our WashU Men's Basketball team as they host the Lopata Classic Tournament!

Friday, December 2, 2022 | 5:00 PM
Jerome Harris, jazz guitar and band leader
02 Dec

Jerome Harris is an American jazz musician specializing in electric/acoustic bass guitar and electric guitar. On this concert, he will be joined by Steve...

Friday, December 2, 2022 | 7:30 PM

Friday, December 2