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Saturday, March 4

Credit: Katherine Simone Reynolds
04 Mar

In 2021 the Washington University Libraries acquired the literary papers of Aaron Coleman. Coleman, a poet and translator, received his Master of Fine Arts...

2023 Open Education Week: WashU Student Advocacy for Access to Affordable Textbooks
04 Mar

Open Education Week raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide every year. Open Education Week allows practitioners,...

50 Years of Title IX
04 Mar

In June 1972, Congress passed Title IX, prohibiting sex-based discrimination in any federal government-funded school or other educational programs. The 50...

Beauty in Enormous Bleakness: The Design Legacy of the Interned Generation of Japanese Americans
04 Mar

"The Beauty in Enormous Bleakness: The Design Legacy of the Interned Generation of Japanese Americans" explores architecture’s relationship to issues of...

Chakaia Booker: 'Shaved Portions'
04 Mar

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

Inherent Vice: Preserving Vulnerable Collections
04 Mar

Libraries and archives are stewards to immense collections threatened by building leaks, pest infestations, and their own inherent vices. The Inherent Vice...

School of Medicine Composting Pilot Program
04 Mar

Was your New Year's resolution to be more sustainable? Here's an easy way to stick to it! WashU School of Medicine will be piloting a composting program at...

Shakespeare in Hand
04 Mar

Shakespeare’s words have become so famous that there is a quote for just about every circumstance or occasion. Though many miniature books feature an entire...

The Oresteia
04 Mar

The House of Atreus is burdened by an old curse and trapped in a cycle of retributive violence. How can justice be achieved without piling new crimes on top...

Saturday, March 4 | 12:00 AM
Mr. William Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies, 1685
04 Mar

"The Play’s the Thing" exhibition celebrates the 400-year anniversary of the first folio—the first time William Shakespeare’s collected works were printed....

Women in Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine
04 Mar

Back by popular demand, this exhibit, in collaboration with the Academic Women's Network, features 22 women from the Washington University School of Medicine...

Public Tour: 'Power of Place'
04 Mar

Student educators lead interactive tours of the permanent collection designed to prompt discussion and reflection on the power of place in relationship to...

Future is Femme Ball with Shades Project
04 Mar

Ballroom culture is an African-American and Latin American underground Queer subculture that originated in New York City where people compete for trophies...

Great Artists Series '23: Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Gary Hoffman, cello
04 Mar

Annual Pillsbury event SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS Single Tickets Edison Box Office: 314-935-6543 Subscription: $120 Single Tickets: $35-40 general...

Saturday, March 4