The artists will collaborate on “A Chinese Home,” a major work co-commissioned by Seven Days of Opening Nights. This highly theatrical performance piece tracks the 20th century in China through music as well as film: “A Chinese Home” has a feature-length film accompaniment by award-winning director... More

Three students in the composition program of Florida State’s College of Music were commissioned to write new scores for a trio of silent shorts from the early days of film. The results — about an hour’s worth of silent-film fun — will be presented and performed live on two nights at FSU’s Student Life Cinema.

The Tallahassee Museum opens its doors free of charge to celebrate the region’s love of performing arts and visual arts, from folk dancing, drum lines and fiddle-playing to glassblowing, oil painting and fancy needlework. This year’s lineup will include the Chinese Association of Tallahassee’s dancing dragons and tigers, as well as thrilling African drum performances.

For the fourth consecutive year, Gilmore, chief creative officer of Tribeca Enterprises and previous director of the Sundance Film Festival, will pluck a favorite movie from the festival circuit and bring it to Seven Days long before the general public gets its chance. It will be screened at FSU’s Student Life Cinema.

The host and producer of the public radio program “This American Life” has won the highest honors for broadcasting and journalistic excellence. He’ll share stories from his program during a special evening at Ruby Diamond Auditorium.

For the first time ever, the FSU Symphony Orchestra and FSU Jazz Program join forces for an evening of top-flight jazz and classical music, capped by an orchestral/jazz re-envisioning of Gershwin’s immortal “Rhapsody in Blue” with soloist Marcus Roberts. It’s at Ruby Diamond Auditorium.

The undisputed king of modern tap dancing, Glover will come to Florida A&M University’s Lee Hall to perform his latest production, “SoLo iN TiME,” in which he explores tap and its connection to flamenco, with a live flamenco band and flamenco dancers.

The renowned acting troupe promotes theater and literacy by bringing a touring repertory of classical productions, talented young actors and teaching artists into communities across America. For Seven Days, they’ll perform Shakespeare’s “A Comedy of Errors” at Ruby Diamond Auditorium (and also give a master class with... More

With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. He’ll read from some of his works during an evening at Ruby Diamond Auditorium.... More