BGSU Lively Arts Calendar, March 2-16

Spektral Quartet will perform March 14

Thursday —The Visiting Writer Series features BGSU graduate and award-winning writer George Looney, author of “Animals Housed in the Pleasure of Flesh,” “The Precarious Rhetoric of Angels,” “Open Between Us” and “Structures the Wind Sings Through.” The reading begins at 7:30 p.m. in Prout Chapel. Free

Thursday —College of Musical Arts students in the New Music Ensemble will perform as part of the Small Ensemble series. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center. Free

March 14—TheMusic at the Forefront Series presents the award-winning Spektral Quartet. The string quartet will perform in Bryan Recital Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center at 8 p.m. Free

March 15—As a part of Jazz Week, student vocal jazz groups will perform at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center. Free

March 15—Tuesdays at the Gish continues with “The Kids Are All Right” (2010), directed by Lisa Cholodenko. Cholodenko’s film focuses on the challenges of the married suburban life of a lesbian couple and their children’s search for the identity of their biological father. This is a touching and realistic film that shows how relationships change over time and how they can often surprise us. The screening begins at 7:30 p.m. Free

March 16—Jazz week continues with a performance by the BGSU College of Musical Arts Jazz faculty. The performance begins at 8 p.m. in Bryan Recital Hall of the Moore Musical Arts Center. Free