Arts & Culture

Colin Kaepernick portrait beside the cover of his book The Perilous Fight

Colin Kaepernick to share his story of football and activism during Emory visit

Former football quarterback Colin Kaepernick visits Emory to discuss sports, civil rights activism and his new memoir, “The Perilous Fight,” on Thursday, Nov. 5, at 5 p.m. at Glenn Auditorium.

portrait of Tayari Jones with the cover of her book Kin

Emory professor Tayari Jones wins Kirkus Prize for novel ‘Kin’

Praised by the Kirkus Prize as “a powerfully compelling novel that brims with the cadences of the Black South,” Tayari Jones’ “Kin” follows two motherless friends whose bond is tested by time, geography and class shifts.

Four images of arts events

November brings cinema, soundscapes and stirring conversations to campus

From intimate chamber orchestra concerts to entertaining theater and dance performances, along with opportunities to learn from musical masters, the arts fill Emory’s campuses in November.

A man with white hair, a mustache and a short gray beard and black, rectangular glasses, smiles. He is wearing a black mock turtleneck and a drab green vest. He stands in front of what appears to be a light-brown wooden fence.

Amitav Ghosh, novelist and environmental writer, to deliver Fox Center lecture

Writer Amitav Ghosh will explore the role of literature in addressing the climate crisis in a Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry lecture on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. at Emory’s Performing Arts Studio.

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Two smiling men sit across from each other holding microphones on a stage. On the left, sits a Black man in his 30s with a prominent afro and beard. On the right, a Black man in his 50s with salt-and-pepper hair and a mustache. Between them, on a table, sits a small vase of flowers and a book with the younger man's face on the cover.

Colin Kaepernick discusses his journey from football to activism in Emory visit

A Capella group performing

First Fridays concerts continue tradition of a cappella student performances

Emory community celebrates 25 years of Tibet Week

A college-aged young woman--white, with dark brown hair--wearing a white, sleeveless top and jeans, smiles at the camera. Beside her, a colorful crazy quilt hands on the wall.

Candler Visual Arts Gallery showcases student creativity in heart of campus

Someone opens a green antique book to its title page, which reads "Forget Me Not: A Christmas and News Year's Present"

Rose Library’s ‘gift books’ reveal a fascinating chapter in literary history

many countries flags flying in wind

Intercultural Communication Training series available for faculty and staff

Fake skeleton covered in poetry

‘Tomb of the Librarian’ exhibit taps ancient expressions of remembrance

Bike rider on the Atlanta Beltline next to a colorful mural.

AMPLIFY awards funding to 20 arts, humanities and social sciences projects

graphic for muscogee teach in featuring art by johnnie diacon

Muscogee Teach-In to highlight art and culture in milestone fifth year

a witch silhoutted against a deep green sky

Why vampires, zombies and witches spook and delight us

Celebrate 25 years of Tibet Week at Emory

The projected image of a white woman with wavy red hair gazing off to the side is projected onto the side of a tall building. A gibbous moon is visible in the night sky, and below the building, groups of people walk by on a concrete walkway lit by streetlights or sit on a triangular patch of greenspace.

Works of art from High Museum hit city’s largest screen

A fake skeleton sits with its head in its hands as if watching a screen. In the foreground, two tubs of popcorn sit in front of a movie clapperboard.

10 scary movies and TV shows to set the mood for Halloween

A young Latina woman in her late teens or early 20s looks up from a brochure she is holding, wearing an expression of open-mouthed excitement. Her dark hair is pulled back into a ponytail and she wears wire-rimmed glasses, a white t-shirt, a green jacket and light-brown pants. She is sitting.

Performance invites Emory community to discuss ‘American Dream’

a young white woman looks at an old book through a magnifying glass

Choose your own adventure at the Rose Library’s Oct. 21 open house

tayari jones and david haskall

Decatur Book Festival features Emory faculty, students

four musicians performing on a candlelit stage

October brings colorful arts programming to campus

Artist makes Atlanta her canvas, with help from Emory’s Start:ME

A white-on-black woodcut depicts faceless human figures caught up in charged, possibly violent interactions against an amorphous background dotted with astral images of stars and possible moons.

‘Anamnesis’ exhibit at Carlos Museum invites visitors to journey through culture and time

collage of 7 anthropologists

Sept. 25 showcase to spotlight creative approaches to ethnography

Performance asks audiences to reconsider the world … using their ears

ruby lal smiling in front of a bookcase

Emory historian Ruby Lal named 2027 Kluge Chair by Library of Congress

actors in the HBO show The Gilded Age

For students and HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age,’ Emory historian makes past feel present

group of five female dancers on a stage

September arts events you won’t want to miss

A black and white image of someone in a spacesuit walking on a rocky, hilly surface.

Rose Library displays family artifacts of an early NASA astronaut

male and female college students overlooking a large globe

Emory University launches new international travel readiness portal for students, faculty and staff

40 years of Brother Spike Lee Cinematheque poster on a blue background

Emory film series celebrates 40 years of Spike Lee

portrait of actor and Emory alumna Anna Vocine

From the Emory stage to an animated voice in ‘Toy Story 5’

looking over a woman's shoulder as she holds a letter envelope

Zambian radio show’s wisdom lives on through Emory researchers’ interactive exhibit

A thin, Black man in his early 20s wearing a button-down blue shirt and a red scarf stands beside a Black women in her early 40s with curly black, shoulder-length hair. Both wear broad smiles.

Emory alum’s choreography set for festival curated by ballet icon Misty Copeland

An engraving of an African American woman wearing a bonnet and a dress from the 1700s. She is seated at a desk holding a writing quill in her right hand. She holds her left hand up to her face and appears to be lost in thought as she writes.

Emory’s Rose Library highlights Black poet writing at eve of independence

Smiling woman with dark hair leans over an Egyptian bird sculpture.

Carlos Museum ‘sleuth’ solves mysteries of ancient artifacts

people being paddled in small boat in Vietnam

Monks, mangoes and moving forward: Interfaith voyage to Vietnam explores reconciliation

group of college students before graduation

A global celebration at the spring 2026 ISSS graduation reception

adult lying in hammock reading

Emory faculty share their favorite summer reads

group of tuba and euphonium players on stage at Schwartz Center of Performing Arts

Tuba and euphonium festival brings the ‘heavy metal’ to Emory’s Schwartz Center