A lecture from National Book Award-winner Nikky Finney, another memorable musical from the Department of Theater and a wide selection of music performances are some of the great opportunities taking place in the Edwards College this week. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

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Wednesday, April 18

FILM

The Department of Communication, Media and Culture in association with Women's and Gender Studies presents a screening of the award-winning film Little Stones (2017), a story of four women around the world who use art to empower women in various ways. Following the screening, Deborah Breede, professor, and Andrea Bergstrom, assistant professor, discuss "little stones" - small, creative gestures of activism - that inspire and heal.

CONTACT: Deborah Breede, 843-349-6481 or dbreede@coastal.edu

MUSIC

The CCU Percussion Ensemble performs a wide variety of music composed and arranged for percussion under the direction of Jesse Willis, CCU associate professor of music, and James McDonald, CCU teaching associate, for a spring concert in the HTC Center. The group has performed a wide range of selections from classical artist to contemporary pieces composed by CCU faculty, students, and local composers.

CONTACT: Jesse Willis, 843-349-2776 or jwillis@coastal.edu

TICKETS: $7, with CCU discounts available

Thursday, April 19

LECTURE

Jennifer Frey, professor of philosophy at the University of South Carolina and 2018 visiting ethicist of CCU's Jackson Family Center for Ethics and Values, presents a lecture on human perspective and life satisfaction. She argues that self-transcendence, or an individual's ability to relate to questions beyond his or her own self-concern, is a crucial component in a virtuous and happy life.

CONTACT: Nils Rauhut, 843-349-2547 or nrauhut@coastal.edu

THEATER

35 MM, a multimedia musical exploring how many words a picture, as well as a song, can hold, will run for one weekend only in the Edwards Black Box Theater Thursday, April 19-Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m., with a Saturday matinee at 3 p.m. As life unfolds through moments captured and frozen in time, this intricately woven collection of stories told through song re-imagine what the modern American musical can be.

CONTACT: Robin Russell, 843-349-2505 or rrussell@costal.edu

TICKETS: $17, with CCU discounts available

Friday, April 20

MUSIC

CCU students come together to celebrate the history and music of African Americans through a musical timeline in the HTC Center, directed by Franklin Ellis, CCU assistant director for Multicultural Student Services. The program includes two numbers per decade spanning the 1930s through today, including dance, vocal and musical performances.

CONTACT: Franklin Ellis, 843-349-2792 or fellis@coastal.edu

MUSIC

The Tim Fischer Quartet, featuring Fischer, CCU assistant professor of music, and Matthew White, CCU associate professor of music, performs an evening of original music and jazz standards in the Edwards Recital Hall, accompanied by Charleston-based musicians Brett Belanger on double bass and Adam Ray on drums.

CONTACT: Tim Fischer, 843-349-2956 or tfischer@coastal.edu

TICKETS: $7, with CCU discounts available

LECTURE

Poet, educator, advocate and National Book Award-winner Nikky Finney returns to her native city of Conway, S.C., to address the Conway and CCU communities in a keynote lecture in Johnson Auditorium for the Charles Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies. Finney's national acclaim includes a 20-year tenure as the Guy Davenport Endowed Professor of English at the University of Kentucky, and her 2011 acceptance speech for the National Book Award for Poetry - awarded for Head Off & Split - has become nationally renowned and is on display along with her work in both print and video form at the African American Museum of History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: Veronica Gerald, 843-349-2429 or vgerald@coastal.edu

Saturday, April 21

MUSIC

The CCU Music Department, in partnership with the Skipp Pearson Jazz Legacy Foundation, presents "Let Freedom Swing," an evening of swing music on Singleton Lawn East by the CCU Jazz Big Band and the Carl Payne Big Band as part of a statewide celebration of International Jazz Week. The Carl Payne Big Band, headed by Carlton Payne Jr., was founded with the intent of educating the listening public and young, aspiring musicians in the genre of Big Band Swing. International Jazz Day is an annual worldwide celebration of jazz music sponsored by the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization.

CONTACT: Matthew White, 843-349-4083 or mwhite@coastal.edu

Sunday, April 22

MUSIC

CCU faculty and student musicians in the Department of Music present a showcase of piano works in the Edwards Recital Hall. This "monster" performance includes challenging pieces requiring an exceptional level of technical skill and artistic mastery. Performers include Chris Wright, senior music major; Sarah Abushakra, teaching associate; Daniel Francis, teaching associate and collaborative pianist for the Carolina Master Chorale; and Philip Powell, professor and chair.

CONTACT: Philip Powell, 843-349-2515 or ppowell@coastal.edu

TICKETS: $17, with CCU discounts available

Note: This story was updated on April 16 to reflect updated location information.