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Complex in their exploration of neuroscience and their varied influences, yet simplistic in their acting method that is rooted in raw emotion, the Pig Iron Theatre Company has brought its unique style to Colgate.

After a week of interacting with theater students in workshops, classes, and a roundtable discussion, Pig Iron's visit will culminate in a performance of its latest production, Chekhov Lizardbrain, this weekend at Brehmer Theater.

Starting today, a digital-environmental artwork created by Colgate professor Cary Peppermint will "interrupt" the website of the prestigious Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.

But you need to click fast and at the right time, because the project appears for 30 seconds twice each day - at sunrise and at sunset.

A celebrated jazz singer and an acclaimed international artist will be on campus and in the village of Hamilton in the coming days.

Jane Monheit, who has established herself as one of the post-millennial jazz world's foremost vocalists, will perform a free concert at 8 p.m. Friday in the Palace Theater.

Gina Manziello '02 (right), who studied theater, voice, and psychology at Colgate before earning a master's in acting at USC, is starring this weekend in Frida, an opera about the life of the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

The production at the Carrier Theater in Syracuse, N.Y., opens the 38th season of the Society for New Music.

Standing on stage last night in Brehmer Theater, Russian actress Oksana Mysina stared intently at her audience, shrugged her shoulders, and confessed: "I became an actress because I am impossible."

The audience members smiled, seemingly entranced by this great artist.

In true Hollywood style, more than 200 community members walked down the red carpet and into the Hamilton Movie Theater as well as other venues throughout the village this weekend for the inaugural Hamilton Film Festival and Awareness Walk.

Along with a line-up of first-rate independent films, the two-day festival featured a 2K-charity walk that raised several hundred dollars to benefit the Hamilton Food Cupboard.

Next week, 45 area sixth- through 10th-graders with a passion for writing will spend five days on the Colgate campus stretching their imaginations and discovering new ideas through the act of writing.

The Young Writers' Workshop offers a chance to experience writing in a community of peers, instructed by noted writers from a variety of genres. The featured artist/instructors include:

A little piece of Hollywood is coming to downtown Hamilton this summer thanks to the efforts of Grant Slater '91 and his two brothers, Wade and Todd. They are the sons of the late Colgate men's hockey coach Terry Slater, and founders of Slater Brothers Entertainment (SBE).

SBE will hold its first-ever Hamilton Film Festival and Awareness Walk from Aug. 7-8.

Artists and film professionals and enthusiasts from around the globe discussed a wide range of documentaries at the recent Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, hosted for the second year in a row at Colgate University.

For the second year in a row Colgate University will host the prestigious Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. The seminar, now in its 55th year, will run June 20-26.

"We are thrilled to once again be holding the Flaherty at Colgate," said the seminar's executive director, Mary Kerr.