There is nothing like sitting in a small dark club with your favorite cocktail and seeing a cabaret artist tell you an intimate story through music that makes you discover something new about a song you’ve known for years. Cabaret performances are often known for bringing alive the Great American Songbook from the 1920s through the 1950s for contemporary audiences. But modern-day cabaret does much more than preserve the past—it also promotes and fosters the new generation of American composers and creates a uniquely vibrant musical and theatrical experience for its audiences. Join Dr. Regina Zona, an award-winning cabaret artist herself, for some history of the artform and to hear classic performances of some of the world’s best cabaret artists from yesterday and today.

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Russian music emerged in the 19th century, along with literature, and quickly took a leading role in world culture. This class will examine the developments in Russian society that made this flowering of culture possible, and consider the ways in which the music can be heard as distinctively Russian. We will listen to and discuss music by the composers Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Musorgsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.

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Whodunits are entertaining and intriguing — the best upend our social expectations. These memorable directors present a singular vision of the mystery/suspense genre, which has captivated moviegoers for generations. Directors and films to be discussed: Otto Preminger's Laura, Hitchcock's North By Northwest, Rian Johnson's Knives Out, Christopher Nolan's Memento and the Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski.

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