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    View from the stage of an orchestra performing for a large audience filling the orchestra level and three balconies of the Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre.
    Wait, Do I Clap Now? A Guide to Applause at Classical Music Performances

    When do you clap at a classical concert, and why does everyone wait between movements?: Learn the traditions behind applause and how to know when the moment is right.

    Date: Aug 26, 2026 -
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    Detail of Guadalupe Maravilla’s Tijuana Retablo, with tortillas layered over a colorful painted scene filled with figures, animals, food, and symbolic imagery. A handwritten narrative in Spanish runs along the bottom of the work.
    Trauma, Healing, and the Ties That Bind

    This essay places Guadalupe Maravilla’s work within the intertwined histories of El Salvador and the U.S.: Exploring migration, trauma, and displacement alongside Indigenous traditions of knowledge and healing.

    Date: Aug 25, 2026 -
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    Cedric Watson, wearing a straw hat, plays fiddle alongside an accordionist during a performance.
    From Appalachia to Louisiana, Follow the Fiddle

    Cedric Watson's music is rooted in the Cajun and Creole traditions of southwest Louisiana.: But listen closely and some of the sounds may feel surprisingly familiar.

    Date: Aug 14, 2026 -
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    Two people experience an immersive digital projection inside the Cube at the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech. Colorful imagery fills three walls of the space as one person gestures toward the display.
    Step Inside the Cube

    Inside the Center for the Arts is one of the world's most unique performance spaces — the Cube: It looks like a black box theatre, but it sounds like something else entirely.

    Date: Aug 01, 2026 -