Trinity University 2024 Cameron Lecture with Dr. Danielle Allen Trinity University presents the 2024 Cameron Lecture with Dr. Danielle Allen, who will discuss democracy and citizenship on Friday, April 12, at 5 p.m., in Laurie Auditorium. Allen is a professor of political philosophy, public policy, and ethics at Harvard University. She is the director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation and the director of the Democratic Knowledge Project. She is also the author of Talking to Strangers: Anxieties of Citizenship since Brown V. Board of Education. This lecture is free and open to the public.
An Evening with Sandra Cisneros: "Keeping San Antonio Lamé: My Life Among los Artistas" "After my disastrous first year in San Antonio back in 1984, I swore I would leave and never come back. Who could imagine I would choose to live in San Antonio for almost a quarter of a century!? What made me do so? Mi vida rosa among eccentrics who made San Antonio a hothouse of creativity for a time. This is not only their undocumented history, it is mine." — Sandra Cisneros. This talk is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6 p.m. General Admission. Please register for this event.
Trinity University Christmas Concert Trinity University Department of Music presents its annual Christmas Concert in Laurie Auditorium on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m. Enjoy an evening of seasonal music performed by the Combined Trinity Choirs, Trinity Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Handbell Ensemble. Free and open to the public.
Planet Party The American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Science and Trinity University are hosting a Planet Party. Robert Reeves will be giving a talk on "Postcards from the Moon" in advance of the upcoming lunar eclipse. There will be educational activities for kids and telescopes set up for everyone to see the wonders of the night sky.
Once San Antonio’s elite took pride in their support of the city’s fine symphony. When the cream of that elite, the Symphony Society board, abruptly canceled the upcoming season, it was time for some soul-searching