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Student Creates Mural Celebrating Women Engineers

A striking new mural on the second floor of the Light Engineering building, designed by computer engineering student Sejal Mehra, pays tribute to women in engineering. Entitled Luna the Future, the mural uses a stylized...

December 2, 2019

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Arts & Entertainment Events Global

Center for Italian Studies Presents 16th Annual Italian Cinema Festival

From neorealists De Sica and Rossellini, to modernists Fellini and Antonioni, to newly minted stars like Paolo Sorrentino and Alice Rohrwacher, Italian directors have left an indelible mark on world cinema. Continuing a...

November 21, 2019

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Alumni News Arts & Entertainment Featured Story Student Spotlight

J-School Grad Sonaiya Kelley Lands West Coast Dream Job

Stony Brook’s School of Journalism propelled Sonaiya Kelley ’14 to what many would consider a dream job. She reports on entertainment for the Los Angeles Times, a gig that keeps her close to the heart of Hollywood and...

November 18, 2019

4 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Arts & Entertainment Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights Recent Grads Stony Brook Matters Student

Aspiring Singer Follows Dream Through Stony Brook

The road to any dream can be long and winding, and the dreamer rarely knows how long the road will be. Analise Buker ’21, however, knows exactly how far away she is from her dream: 55 miles, the distance between Stony...

October 29, 2019

6 min read

Arts & Entertainment Community Events Long Island On Campus

Instrument Petting Zoo at Staller Center, November 3

On Sunday, November 3, the Staller Center Instrument Petting Zoo (IPZ) steps out of the schools and libraries and onto the Staller Center stage. Join the IPZ team for an introduction to their instruments and the...

October 29, 2019

2 min read

Academics Arts & Entertainment SB Southampton

A Tribute to David Rakoff with ‘Selected Shorts’ at Southampton’s Avram Theater

On November 9, 2019, Stony Brook Southampton will celebrate the opening of Rakoff Studio, a podcast recording studio that honors late faculty member David Rakoff. A winner of the Thurber Award, Rakoff was known for his...

October 18, 2019

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Flutist Thomas Lei is the featured soloist.

Arts & Entertainment Events On Campus

University Orchestra Concert, November 12

The University Orchestra will perform Debussy Fetes from Nocturnes and Brahms Symphony No. 2 on Tuesday, November 12, on Staller Center’s Main Stage at 7:30 pm. Flutist Thomas Lei — a junior at Stony Brook University...

October 18, 2019

1 min read

Arts & Entertainment Events On Campus

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre Coming to Staller Center

Spanish dance company Ensemble Español will perform Flamenco Passion on Saturday, October 26, at 8 pm on Staller Center’s Main Stage. Ensemble Español — a fusion of classical, folklore, traditional, contemporary and...

October 17, 2019

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Tony Oursler, #ISO, 2015, image courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong, photograph by Elizabeth Bernstein

Arts & Entertainment Events Long Island On Campus

Art Exhibit by NYS Fellowship Winners Coming to Zuccaire Gallery

The Artists as Innovators — Celebrating Three Decades of New York State Council on the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships — exhibition will be on display at Staller Center’s Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery...

October 4, 2019

2 min read

Arts & Entertainment Events Long Island On Campus

Staller Season Lineup Features An Evening with Kelli O’Hara and Sutton Foster

Staller Center promises another incredible season featuring Wynton Marsalis on November 9, Diavolo on April 18, Doo Wop Project on May 2, three concerts with the Emerson String Quartet, and — don’t miss the 2020...

September 6, 2019

4 min read

Camara Guèye (b. 1968, Bignona), Village Promenade (detail), 2012, Acrylic, india ink and pen on paper, mounted on canvas, 200 cm x 150 cm

Arts & Entertainment Diversity Events News Highlights On Campus

Zuccaire Gallery Art Exhibit Reflects on Contemporary Life in Senegal

The View from Here: Contemporary Perspectives from Senegal — on view at the Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery now through October 12 — presents nearly 50 works by 11 contemporary artists from Senegal, Mali, Madagascar, France...

August 28, 2019

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Arts & Entertainment News Highlights Student Spotlight

Soros Scholar Follows Sound of Music to Stony Brook

Soros Scholar and Stony Brook grad student Agata Sorotokin knew her calling from the age of five, when she asked her mother to sign her up for piano lessons. “When I was very young my parents took me to a local piano...

August 13, 2019

4 min read

Arts & Entertainment Community Events On Campus

Contemporary Music Fest Comes to Campus This August

This August New Music for Strings (NMFS) presents the Long Island Contemporary Music Fest, in collaboration with local ensembles Unheard-of// and Three Village Chamber Players. Hosted by Stony Brook University, the...

August 5, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Arts & Entertainment Awards and Honors Stony Brook Matters

Indian Film Chuskit Wins Grand Prize at 24th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival

Chuskit, directed by Priya Ramasubban, won the Grand Prize at the 24th annual Stony Brook Film Festival presented by Island Federal at the Staller Center for the Arts, “This festival was one of the most competitive...

July 29, 2019

4 min read

Walter Plate, "Georgica Beach, The Hamptons," 1971. oil on canvas

Arts & Entertainment Events Long Island

Walter Plate Exhibit at Pollock-Krasner House

A selection of 11 paintings and works on paper by Walter Plate (1925-1972), one of the foremost young American abstractionists to emerge after World War II, will be on view at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center...

July 23, 2019

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Arts & Entertainment Community Events

Concert Under the Stars and Laser Light Show

The Long Island State Veterans Home presents a Concert Under the Stars featuring the West Point Benny Havens Band and Laser Light Show on Friday, August 16, from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm outdoors at the Long Island State...

July 12, 2019

1 min read

Arts & Entertainment Humanities News Highlights SB Southampton

Southampton Writers Conference Celebrates Another Summer

The Southampton Writers Conference celebrates its 44th summer this month, hosting writers seeking to hone their craft at an oceanside location featuring some of the top instructors in the business. Located at Stony...

July 2, 2019

2 min read

Arts & Entertainment Events

Quirky Yarn/Wire Concerts are a Summer Tradition at Stony Brook

If your musical tastes run a little out of the ordinary – or if you’re just in the mood to hear something new – this summer’s Yarn/Wire concerts might well fit the bill. Billed as the “world’s...

July 1, 2019

3 min read

Category: Arts & Entertainment

Student Creates Mural Celebrating Women Engineers

Center for Italian Studies Presents 16th Annual Italian Cinema Festival

J-School Grad Sonaiya Kelley Lands West Coast Dream Job

Aspiring Singer Follows Dream Through Stony Brook

Instrument Petting Zoo at Staller Center, November 3

A Tribute to David Rakoff with ‘Selected Shorts’ at Southampton’s Avram Theater

University Orchestra Concert, November 12

Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre Coming to Staller Center

Art Exhibit by NYS Fellowship Winners Coming to Zuccaire Gallery

Staller Season Lineup Features An Evening with Kelli O’Hara and Sutton Foster

Zuccaire Gallery Art Exhibit Reflects on Contemporary Life in Senegal

Soros Scholar Follows Sound of Music to Stony Brook

Contemporary Music Fest Comes to Campus This August

Indian Film Chuskit Wins Grand Prize at 24th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival

Walter Plate Exhibit at Pollock-Krasner House

Concert Under the Stars and Laser Light Show

Southampton Writers Conference Celebrates Another Summer

Quirky Yarn/Wire Concerts are a Summer Tradition at Stony Brook

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