October 3-November 23 Dotan Appelbaum: Severe Optimism McEachern Art Center, open Thurs.-Sat. 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Severe Optimism is an exhibition of new work by artist, maker, and writer Dotan Appelbaum. This body of work reflects on the life and ideas of 19th-century English designer and craftsman William Morris, reconsidering their meaning in today’s world. For Morris, design was a way to make sense of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on labor, modes of making, and the built environment. As…

Night Train, Blue Train, Take the A Train. All the trains, plus Road Time Shuffle, Road Song, and many more.

Inspired by the shock and spectacle of The Grand Guignol, this original production dives into the macabre with a series of short, visceral plays that explore humanity’s darkest impulses. Blending horror, humor, and theatrical illusion, the show confronts audiences with tales of madness, revenge, and the grotesque. It’s a thrilling homage to early horror theatre that challenges the line between terror and entertainment.

October 3-November 23 Dotan Appelbaum: Severe Optimism McEachern Art Center, open Thurs.-Sat. 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Severe Optimism is an exhibition of new work by artist, maker, and writer Dotan Appelbaum. This body of work reflects on the life and ideas of 19th-century English designer and craftsman William Morris, reconsidering their meaning in today’s world. For Morris, design was a way to make sense of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on labor, modes of making, and the built environment. As…

Inspired by the shock and spectacle of The Grand Guignol, this original production dives into the macabre with a series of short, visceral plays that explore humanity’s darkest impulses. Blending horror, humor, and theatrical illusion, the show confronts audiences with tales of madness, revenge, and the grotesque. It’s a thrilling homage to early horror theatre that challenges the line between terror and entertainment.

Inspired by the shock and spectacle of The Grand Guignol, this original production dives into the macabre with a series of short, visceral plays that explore humanity’s darkest impulses. Blending horror, humor, and theatrical illusion, the show confronts audiences with tales of madness, revenge, and the grotesque. It’s a thrilling homage to early horror theatre that challenges the line between terror and entertainment.

Organist Jack Mitchener performs celebratory works by Bach, Dupré, Eben, Guilmant, Hailstork, Laurin, Lebègue, and Mendelssohn on the stunning new Desautels organ. Handcrafted near Montréal over three years by François Desautels, the instrument features mechanical key action, 27 voices, 34 ranks, and 1,693 pipes in a solid cherry case. A protégé of Hellmuth Wolff and Karl Wilhelm, Desautels brings old-world artistry to this magnificent new organ, an instrument built to inspire.

Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin Stella Chen, violin Matthew Lipman, viola Brannon Cho, cello Michael Stephen Brown, piano

October 3-November 23 Dotan Appelbaum: Severe Optimism McEachern Art Center, open Thurs.-Sat. 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Severe Optimism is an exhibition of new work by artist, maker, and writer Dotan Appelbaum. This body of work reflects on the life and ideas of 19th-century English designer and craftsman William Morris, reconsidering their meaning in today’s world. For Morris, design was a way to make sense of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on labor, modes of making, and the built environment. As…

October 3-November 23 Dotan Appelbaum: Severe Optimism McEachern Art Center, open Thurs.-Sat. 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Severe Optimism is an exhibition of new work by artist, maker, and writer Dotan Appelbaum. This body of work reflects on the life and ideas of 19th-century English designer and craftsman William Morris, reconsidering their meaning in today’s world. For Morris, design was a way to make sense of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on labor, modes of making, and the built environment. As…