7 p.m.,Dewing 103, Kafu Lecture: Commemorating the 120th anniversary of the famous Japanese novelist Nagai Kafu’s study at Kalamazoo College, Professor Jeffrey Angles of Western Michigan University—a renowned translator, researcher of Japanese literature and poet—will give a lecture based on his unique research into Kafu’s activities in Kalamazoo during 1904–1905. His lecture will cover the significant actions or contributions of Nagai Kafu that affected Japan and Kalamazoo.
Thursday, May 16
7:30 p.m., Festival Playhouse, Be More Chill. Jeremy Heere is just an average teenager. That is, until he finds out about “The Squip,” a tiny supercomputer that promises to bring him everything he desires most: a date with Christine, an invite to the raddest party of the year and a chance to survive life in his suburban New Jersey high school. But is being the most popular guy in school worth the risk? Ticket information.
Friday, May 17
7:30 p.m., Festival Playhouse, Be More Chill. Jeremy Heere is just an average teenager. That is, until he finds out about “The Squip,” a tiny supercomputer that promises to bring him everything he desires most: a date with Christine, an invite to the raddest party of the year and a chance to survive life in his suburban New Jersey high school. But is being the most popular guy in school worth the risk? Ticket information.
Saturday, May 18
7:30 p.m., Festival Playhouse, Be More Chill. Jeremy Heere is just an average teenager. That is, until he finds out about “The Squip,” a tiny supercomputer that promises to bring him everything he desires most: a date with Christine, an invite to the raddest party of the year and a chance to survive life in his suburban New Jersey high school. But is being the most popular guy in school worth the risk? Ticket information.
Sunday, May 19
2 p.m., Festival Playhouse, Be More Chill. Jeremy Heere is just an average teenager. That is, until he finds out about “The Squip,” a tiny supercomputer that promises to bring him everything he desires most: a date with Christine, an invite to the raddest party of the year and a chance to survive life in his suburban New Jersey high school. But is being the most popular guy in school worth the risk? Ticket information.
4 p.m., Latin American Film Series. Join the Department of Spanish Languages and Literatures for Amador, directed by Fernando León de Aranoa A drama centered on a young woman who takes a summer job caring for a bed-ridden older man, and the intimate secrets they begin to share with one another. Dewing 103. Free.
