Convos Stories

Biography of organist Clark Wilson, who will bring sound to the 1923 silent film era classic “Safety Last!” at The Long Center for the Performing Arts.

Todd Wetzel named Assistant Vice Provost for Student Life
Continues role as Executive Director, Purdue Convocations

Building off ideas and collaborating equally, the robot marimba player listens to bandmates live to present original compositions influenced by jazz & hip-hop.

Instead of exaggerating society’s eccentricities (however memorably), Harold Lloyd distinguished himself from silent-film peers Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton by embracing everyday matters of his era and audience.

A treasure of the silent-film era, the 1923 classic will be screened in an historic movie house with accompaniment from Clark Wilson on the Mighty Wurlitzer.

A longtime soloist for Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte, Arturo has led the ensemble (rechristened the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra) since 1995, performing worldwide and earning two Grammy® awards.

Get ready for the ultimate playdate 65 million years in the making! Meet an eye-popping collection of amazingly lifelike dinosaurs brought to life on stage!

We highlight our music history by listing the many past performers who earned 2017 Grammy Award nominations.

Ashley Bathgate, in collaboration with composer collective Sleeping Giant, creates a new experience in Bach Unwound – a radical deconstruction and re-imagination Bach’s Cello Suites.

Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110 (1821-22) by Ludwig van Beethoven (Bonn, 1770 – Vienna, 1827) Like the late string quartets, the late Beethoven piano sonatas are surrounded by their own mystique.  In them, Beethoven broke a creative...

William Shakespeare, one of the most shining – and miraculous – figures in the history of all literature, died 400 years ago in 1616. Despite Shakespeare’s universal appeal, there still remains some debate even today about the authenticity of his...

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