Lectures and concerts are now presented live in the ASA Great Room, and are open to the public and ASA members. ASA-sponsored concerts are also available to view on-line: Video Concerts; and the video lectures are available here.
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OCTOBER 2024
Wednesday, Lecture, October 30
Meetings with Dario: History of the Clarinet , Pt. 2
Dario Brignoli
2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
NOVEMBER 2024
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1st, 11:30am-12:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
Guitarist Andres Pantoja and mezzo-soprano Diana Peralta perform with the Pistor Middle School
Mariachi Band.
“The Amazing Village of Mata Ortiz”
Ron Bridgemon
2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
“Ex Libris Mexicanis: What a Rare Book Library tells us about Mexican History.”
Michael Brescia, Ph.D.
2:30pm – 4:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 3:00pm-4:00pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
The Vail Chorale’s Fall Concert, “All Things Musical,” takes us to Broadway and the movies with choral selections from The Lion King, Anything Goes, Newsies, Toy Story 2, The Pink Panther, and more.
“Pre-election Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Xiran Chen, Ph.D.
2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
Wednesday, Lecture, November 13
“Astronomological Aspects of Indigeneous Spirituality”
Jim O’Connor
2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15th, 11:30am-12:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
Jazz pianist extraordinaire, Daniel “Sly” Slipetsky Jr. in solo concert, adds his improvisational wizardry to some of his jazz heroes’ famous tunes
“Coalitional Lessons of Arizona’s Student Activists”
Charles McMartin Ph.D.
2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
Wednesday, Lecture, November 20 **(Note Special Time)
“Lower Santa Cruz River Basin Groundwater Study–Summary Presentation”
Wally R. Wilson
6:30pm – 7:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 11:30am-12:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room
University of Arizona faculty artist, pianist Fanya Lin in solo recital, performs Schubert’s Sonata D.584, St-Saens’ Dance Macabre, Scriabin’s Sonata No. 1, and selections from George Crumb and Philip Glass.
“Saying what you don’t mean–What verbal irony and other forms of figurative language reveal about emotion”
Valeria Pfeifer, Ph D.
2:30pm – 3:30pm, ASA Koffler Great Room & Zoom
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29th – NO CONCERT – Thanksgiving Holiday!