Center for Arts and Letters at Rockhurst University

04/17/2024

Hey Kansas City! Did you know that Arielle Johnson, chemist and flavor expert is speaking at Rockhurst University tomorrow night, April 18, 7:30 p.m. in Arrupe Hall auditorium? Join us, it is FREE. She'll be signing copies of her new book, "Flavorama" following the talk.

In her new book, “Flavorama,” the flavor scientist Arielle Johnson demystifies the sense of taste. Take this quiz and see how much you know about how taste is perceived.

02/29/2024

There is still time to join us TONIGHT, at 7:30 p.m. in Arrupe Hall auditorium at Rockhurst University for a FREE lecture presented by Visiting Scholar, Adam Rothman, Ph.D., who is the Director of Georgetown University's Center for the Study of Slavery and its Legacies. This talk will trace the Jesuit's involvement in slavery in early America and the current efforts to reckon with that history at Georgetown and other Jesuit schools. A reception and book signing follows this talk.

02/26/2024

How are American Jesuit colleges and universities addressing their deep shared historical ties to slavery? Join professor Adam Rothman, the Director of Georgetown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies, at Rockhurst University Thursday, Feb. 29, at 7:30 p.m. as he traces the Jesuit’s involvement in slavery in early American and the current efforts to reckon with that history at Georgetown and other Jesuit schools. This event is co-sponsored by the Georgetown Club of Kansas City and Jesuit Friends and Alumni Network-Kansas City. Copies of Rothman's book, "Facing Georgetown's History: A Reader on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation" will be available for sale at the reception following the talk. Register here https://engage.rockhurst.edu/register/adamrothman

02/10/2024

Special thanks to our Visiting artist Patrick McGrath Muniz who presented a very engaging artist talk Feb. 2 at our opening reception AND hosted a fun and fabulous hands-on workshop Feb. 3 where we created our own collagaed and mixed media retablos.

02/09/2024

Special thanks to the recordBar and our visiting poets for a great 40th anniversary celebration of the Midwest Poets Series last evening. Here are some images!

02/06/2024

Join us this Thursday night, Febr. 8, 7 p.m. at the recordBar in Kansas City (1520 Grand Street) In honor of the 40th year of the founding of the Midwest Poets Series, Rockhurst University will host a celebratory reading event featuring six nationally-known guest poets in downtown Kansas City!. George Abraham, Leila Chatti, Marlin M. Jenkins, Karyna McGlynn, Erika Meitner and Khadijah Queen will read a selection of works. Beverages available for purchase—snacks provided while supplies last. All are welcome at this FREE event, but you must show an ID to enter. https://engage.rockhurst.edu/register/midwestpoets40

02/02/2024

Here is a glimpse of some of what is in the exhibition "Revelaciones" that opens TONIGHT at 5 PM with our visiting artist Patrick McGrath Muniz giving a gallery talk at 6. Come by the Greenlease Gallery at Rockhurst University to check it out! https://www.rockhurst.edu/events/02-02-2024/revelaciones-works-patrick-mcgrath-mu%C3%B1iz

02/02/2024

In honor of the 40th year of the founding of the Midwest Poets Series, Rockhurst University will host a celebratory reading event featuring six nationally-known guest poets in downtown Kansas City!. George Abraham, Leila Chatti, Marlin M. Jenkins, Karyna McGlynn, Erika Meitner and Khadijah Queen will read a selection of works. Join us Thursday, February 8, 7-9 pm the Record Bar, 1520 Grand Blvd. in Kansas City!
Register here https://engage.rockhurst.edu/register/midwestpoets40

01/31/2024

Hey! There is still time to join us for a FREE and stimulating discussion of the book, "All That She Carried" as part of Rockhurst University's Open Minds book discussion. Join us in the Greenlease Library, Thursday night, Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m. to talk about this fabulous book. Haven't read it yet? Check out the resources here https://libguides.rockhurst.edu/c.php?g=1344478&p=9915947 and finish the book later! Register for the discussion here https://www.rockhurst.edu/center-arts-letters-0

01/29/2024

Are you ready to come out of hibernation? Join us in the Greenlease Gallery at Rockhurst University THIS FRIDAY NIGHT FEB. 2, 5-7 PM for the opening reception celebration of "Revelaciones"--selected oil paintings and drawings by visiting artist Patrick McGrath Muñiz. The artist will present a gallery talk at 6 p.m. Feb. 2 AND will present a $15 per person hands-on workshop Saturday, FEB 3, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. for the public (open to ages 10 years and up and FREE for Rockhurst University students. Learn more about these gallery events here and register! https://www.rockhurst.edu/center-arts-letters/greenlease-gallery

12/02/2023

Come out tonight (Dec. 2) to Rockhurst University for a FREE holiday concert at 7 p.m. in Arrupe Hall auditorium celebrating the RU tradition of Lessons and Carols. A reception follows the performance which features seasonal favorites and scriptural readings.