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Go “Beyond the Expected” with Our New Podcast Series

Stony Brook has launched its first-ever official podcast, “Beyond the Expected,” highlighting the expertise, discoveries and service of outstanding members of the Stony Brook University community. Brought to you by the...

July 30, 2020

2 min read

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Feature Film by MFA Grad James Sharpe Debuts on August 1

You can view the comedy-drama, "Tom of Your Life," now on iTunes and then on most streaming platforms as of September 1.

July 29, 2020

1 min read

Alumni Events Alumni Spotlight Story Arts & Entertainment Community Events News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

2020 Stony Brook Film Festival Goes Virtual

Annual event partners with IndieFlix to show 24 films over 12 weeks The show must go on. The Stony Brook Film Festival, presented by Island Federal — which annually features top independent films from across the globe —...

July 27, 2020

4 min read

Arts & Entertainment Faculty/Staff Featured Story Humanities

Music Department Makes “Lemonade out of Lemons” During Pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic sent higher education into scramble mode, it was hard for Stony Brook University’s Department of Music to keep the beat. That’s because in music, as in comedy, timing is everything. “Music as...

July 24, 2020

8 min read

Arts & Entertainment Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights

Professor Nagasawa’s Art Illuminates the Night in NYC

“Luminescence” — Nobuho Nagasawa’s artwork in Long Island City — has been featured in "The New Yorker" July 20 Goings On About Town section.

July 17, 2020

2 min read

Photos Courtesy Staller Center for the Arts and Wider Film Projects

Alumni Events Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment Community Events Long Island News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook Film Festival Offers Free Screening and Live Q&A

The screening of "God Knows Where I Am" will be held on July 25 at 8 pm and features a Q&A with actress Lori Singer and directors Jedd and Todd Wider.

July 13, 2020

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Arts & Entertainment News Highlights On Campus Sustainability

Music Major Used Grant to Celebrate Ashley Schiff Preserve

Jay Loomis recorded hours of audio and video in the preserve, and then spent months condensing and combining his footage to produce a three-part musical film.

July 9, 2020

4 min read

This photo, taken by Professor Nagasawa on June 12 in Soho, reflects the incident in Central Park when police were called on black birdwatcher Christian Cooper.

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Get Ready to Paint for Change in Soho with Art 2♥️

This Saturday you are invited to join Professor Nobuho Nagasawa and SBU students in lower Manhattan to paint storefronts as part of a group of artists welcoming change.

June 18, 2020

3 min read

Arts & Entertainment Awards and Honors News Highlights Sustainability

Sustainability Film Wins Telly Awards

David Taylor, an assistant professor in the Sustainability Studies Program, produced an award-winning documentary, Cuban Earth, in collaboration with Melinda Levin, University of North Texas.

June 16, 2020

3 min read

Arts & Entertainment Faculty/Staff News Highlights SB Southampton

Susan Scarf Merrell’s ‘Shirley’ Arrives on Screen to Rave Reviews

The novel has arrived on the big (and small) screen with the June 5 release of the film of the same name, starring Elisabeth Moss as author Shirley Jackson.

June 5, 2020

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Making Music in the Midst of a Pandemic

It’s hard for students to switch gears easily from real time in the classroom to virtual time in the middle of a semester. But for Taylor Ackley ’20, a postdoctoral student in the Department of Music, the coronavirus...

June 5, 2020

5 min read

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Vachon Named Among 50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood

The award-winning film producer and co-founder of Killer Films has been honored in The Hollywood Reporter's Pride Issue.

June 4, 2020

2 min read

Arts & Entertainment Community COVID-19 Events News Highlights

Stony Brook Film Festival Postponed

With continued concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus, Staller Center is looking to the fall for a new date for the Festival, which was scheduled for July 16-25, 2020.

May 29, 2020

2 min read

Arts & Entertainment Faculty/Staff SB Southampton

Simone Pero’s Film Wins Gracie Award

This Changes Everything, a documentary film executive produced by Stony Brook Killer Films MFA in Film Visiting Faculty Simone Pero, was among 100 winners at the 45th Gracie Awards, announced today by the Alliance for...

May 14, 2020

1 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment COVID-19 Humanities News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

Virtual Options Keep Staller Center, Zuccaire Gallery Fans Engaged

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing shutdown of large gatherings put a temporary end to the way we traditionally experience performance and visual art. But creative people beget creative solutions, and there...

May 5, 2020

5 min read

Arts & Entertainment Community COVID-19 News Highlights

Stony Brook Film Festival Presents Award-Winning Short Films Online

This May, the Stony Brook Film Festival will offer a series of award-winning short films from past festivals. The shorts will be available for free online and will be released on Tuesdays and Fridays every week through...

April 30, 2020

2 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment COVID-19 Featured Story Stony Brook Matters

SBU Cultural Leaders View Post-Pandemic Performing Arts

“Think about how much film, literature, music and visual arts people are consuming during their sheltering in place,” said Ken Weitzman, Associate Professor, Dramatic Writing, Stony Brook University Department of...

April 24, 2020

6 min read

Arts & Entertainment Events News Highlights

Online Student Art Exhibitions Opening on Zuccaire Gallery Website

PRESENCE | ABSENCE Opens Online April 15 PRESENCE | ABSENCE presents new work by Stony Brook University’s graduating Master of Fine Arts students, Julia Miller and Joseph Santarpia. Both artists are degree...

April 10, 2020

1 min read

Category: Arts & Entertainment

Feature Film by MFA Grad James Sharpe Debuts on August 1

2020 Stony Brook Film Festival Goes Virtual

Music Department Makes “Lemonade out of Lemons” During Pandemic

Professor Nagasawa’s Art Illuminates the Night in NYC

Stony Brook Film Festival Offers Free Screening and Live Q&A

Music Major Used Grant to Celebrate Ashley Schiff Preserve

Get Ready to Paint for Change in Soho with Art 2♥️

Sustainability Film Wins Telly Awards

Susan Scarf Merrell’s ‘Shirley’ Arrives on Screen to Rave Reviews

Making Music in the Midst of a Pandemic

Vachon Named Among 50 Most Powerful LGBTQ Players in Hollywood

Stony Brook Film Festival Postponed

Simone Pero’s Film Wins Gracie Award

Virtual Options Keep Staller Center, Zuccaire Gallery Fans Engaged

Stony Brook Film Festival Presents Award-Winning Short Films Online

SBU Cultural Leaders View Post-Pandemic Performing Arts

Online Student Art Exhibitions Opening on Zuccaire Gallery Website

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