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Multi-instrumentalists Jake Blount ’17 returned to Hamilton’s Schambach Center with fellow musician Laurel Premo to present a program of traditional fiddle and banjo music of Black and Native American communities.

Haley Peltz ’12 performed at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, Mass., on Jan. 12. Accompanied by local jazz musicians Dan Fox (bass), Joe Reid (piano), and Miki Matsuki (drums), Peltz built the show around songs by female composers.

Grammy award winner Joanne Shenandoah, a descendant of Oneida Nation leader Chief Skenandoah, presents “From Our Roots” on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. The performance is free and open to the public.

The Theatre Department's fall production is Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, written by Anne Washburn and directed by Professor of Theatre Craig Latrell.

The Department of Music presents the Jazz Kick Off Concert on Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 9 p.m., in Café Opus. “Doc” Woods and local jazz artists present Thugmanuzzahnimmeride: An Album of Ridiculous Funk, an eight-movement suite of original tunes by Woods. Guest artist Jakubu Griffin, drums, will also perform.

Rapper Lupe Fiasco headlined the annual Class & Charter concert on May 5 in the Field House. Rapper Luke Christopher opened the show and DJ Bradley was selected from among Hamilton student DJs to do a 20-minute set to start off the event.

Students in Classics professor Anne Feltovich’s Ancient Comedy course recently began the performances of their final projects: short original plays in the style of the great Ancient Greek and Roman comedians.

The Hamilton College and Community Masterworks Chorale with the College Choir and Symphoria will perform Verdi’s Requiem on Tuesday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

The Hamilton College Theatre Department announces the spring production, Antigonick, Anne Carson’s stunning translation of Sophokles’ luminous and disturbing tragedy, given entirely fresh language and new life. Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer directs the play, modern retelling of the Greek tragedy set in the Oval Office 2017, and explores kakocracy - rule or government by the worst of the people, authoritarianism, misogyny, hubris.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series closes the spring series with Yarn/Wire on Friday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center. The concert will include the premiere of “When All Else Fails” written for the group by Hamilton College’s Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Ryan Carter.