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The Symphony Orchestra’s concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in Sebring-Lewis Hall will feature the world premiere performance of the orchestral version of A Gardener, composed by Brian Cavanagh-Strong ’09.

Academy Award-winning director, producer, and screenwriter Alexander Payne will speak at the Scholars’ Convocation Series at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in Room 101 of the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center.

"Marnie," Nico Muhly’s second new opera for the Metropolitan Opera, will be streamed at noon on Saturday, Nov. 10, in the Harris Center Cinema, as part of the Met’s 2018-19 Live in HD season.

LaDonna Redmond, an activist who was inspired to fight for a fairer food system due to limited access to fresh, healthy and organic food in her Chicago community, will give the Scholars’ Convocation Lecture at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 8, in the Joe Rosenfield ’25 Center.

Organist Linda Bryant and student organists perform a creepy but fun Halloween concert at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, in Herrick Chapel.

David Loy will analyze social and ecological issues from the perspective of arts, religion, and ecology, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, 7:30–9 p.m. Noyce Science Center, Room 1023.

TEDxGrinnellCollege takes place from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at Roberts Theatre in the Bucksbaum Center for the Arts.

At 8 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 26, parents may begin registering their children for the fall session of the free Ignite Program, which will take place on campus Saturday, Nov. 17, for youngsters from prekindergarten through fourth grade.

Sebastian Braun, director of American Indian Studies at Iowa State University and a researcher who studies the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota and its impact on native and non-native communities and the environment, will speak on Tuesday, Oct. 30.