Events

Founded in 2014 by the husband-and-wife duo Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, The War And Treaty has emerged as one of the most electrifying new acts in American music.

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium on May 17 to conduct Strauss’s one-act tragedy, the company’s first new production of the work in 20 years.

The legend of Faust has been retold in countless ways over the centuries and while five versions are known to exist, Faust always sells his soul to the Devil for unlimited knowledge and a lifetime of worldly pleasure! Under the baton of Maestro Guillermo Figueroa, with choral direction by Carmen Flórez-Mansi

Ryan Adams is a seven-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter praised as “one of rock’s most talented songwriters ."

Since its debut in 2016 with the critically acclaimed album Honey Bones, Dope Lemon—the moniker of acclaimed Australian artist Angus Stone—has cultivated a reputation for pairing dreamy, laid-back grooves with deeply introspective lyricism.

With over 20 years in comedy, Tom Papa is a celebrated comedian, actor, author, and host.

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of Rossini’s effervescent comedy on May 31.

The gala is the largest fundraiser for the Lensic’s robust education programs, which reach over 13,000 students annually. Step right up for an extraordinary evening on the Lensic stage!

Virtuosic quintet Punch Brothers push the boundaries of acoustic music, garnering critical acclaim. Most Recently, Punch Brothers have been focused on their new musical variety show, “The Energy Curfew Music Hour,” with season one available on Audible and all podcasting platforms.

Harper is an historian whose work integrates the natural sciences into the study of the human past. He works on the global history of humans as agents of ecological change and asks how we can approach questions about biodiversity, health, and environmental sustainability from a historical perspective.

Gillian Tett is a columnist and member of the editorial board for the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column on Friday, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues. She also serves as Provost of King's College, Cambridge.

While president of the Royal Society (2015-2020), Ramakrishnan developed broader interest in science policy and public engagement. He is the author of Gene Machine, a frank popular memoir about the race for the structure of the ribosome, and Why We Perish: The New Science of Aging, and the Quest for Immortality (2024).