Tuesday, April 28, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Neill Public Library, Pullman
This public lecture with feature two recipients of the Pollart Center Faculty Fellowship who will present their projects.
The first presenter, Dr. César Haas, assistant professor in the School of Music, will share about planning and executing the second edition of the multinational Brazilian Jazz Festival to the Palouse in 2025. This year’s festival brought together world-renowned Brazilian and American jazz artists, including Três Mais and Grammy Award–winning drummer Rafael Barata, delivering a celebration of Brazilian musical artistry. Over the course of five days, the festival offered performances, clinics, rehearsals, and talks designed to promote the dissemination, teaching, and learning of Brazilian music at WSU and local schools.
The second presenter, Dr. Linda Russo, professor in the Department of English, will share her project Plant Companion Field Guide: A New(old) Way to Know the Plants of the Palouse, which brings together poems, essayettes and plant portraits by local artist Cori Dantini. Emphasizing companionship between humans and plants throughout time and place, Plant Companion asks: How can getting to know plants take part in transforming relationships to the land we inhabit, the traditional homelands of the Nimíipuu and Pelúuc, and to each other?
