Life at OSU

American novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Colson Whitehead will visit Oregon State University April 1 to accept the 2019 Stone Award for Literary Achievement and read from his work.  

Oregon State University Opera will present performances of Giacomo Puccini’s “La Rondine” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 8, and at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 10.

The two-time Grammy Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet and jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut will perform the program “Carry Me Home” at 7:30 p.m. March 9.

Pianist Alpin Hong will present “Masters of Metamorphosis,” a concert and lecture, as part of the Corvallis-OSU Piano International Insights at the Piano series at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 1.

Author and Oregon State University Professor Keith Scribner will read and discuss his work with his editor, Gary Fisketjon of Alfred A. Knopf, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8.

Auditions for Oregon State University Theatre’s spring production, “Sense and Sensibility,” will be held at 6 p.m. March 3 and 4.

The Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble will present “From Maxville to Vanport” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, in the Memorial Union Ballroom.

At OSU Science on Tap, Oregon State University researcher Jane Ishmael will present “Marijuana as Medicine,” an exploration of current trends in marijuana use and recent progress in understanding how cannabinoids act on the body.

The fifth Corvallis Queer Film Festival, featuring an all short film program, will run Feb. 21-23 at the Darkside Cinema in Corvallis.