Join us to learn more about Dr. Sandra Magnus and her journey of becoming an astronaut!
Discovery Series: Targeting Age-Related Metabolic Dysfunction to Extend Health Span
Join a free community event featuring Dr. Andrew Parkhitko, a University of Pittsburgh scientist using fruit flies to study how metabolism—the process that converts food into energy—in aging and neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease, with the goal of slowing or reversing the process.
Discovery Series: “Live Longer, Live Stronger: The Science of Muscle and Bone Health in Aging”
Join a free community event featuring Dr. Brian Clark, an Ohio University scientist studying the biological and lifestyle factors that underlie age-related physical decline to develop new preventative treatments. The goal is to slow the aging process and increase both overall lifespan and “healthspan” – the time each of us are able to maintain a high quality of life.
Discovery Series: “Rethinking Fertility: Why the Oviduct Matters”
Join a free community event featuring Dr. Joy Winuthayanon, a Mizzou scientist studying reproductive biology from “both sides of the coin”– the causes of infertility and the development of new contraceptives.
Mizzou Volleyball Camp
Mizzou Volleyball Camp
Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Join us for this hilarious mad-cap mysterious comedy! The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being dispatched one by one. To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than forty characters.
“Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America,” May 13 Kinder Institute Distinguished Lecture with NPR’s Steve Inskeep
In his newest book, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America, Inskeep illuminates Lincoln’s life through 16 encounters, some well known, some obscure, but all imbued with new significance. A compelling and nuanced exploration of Lincoln’s political acumen, Differ We Must illuminates a great politician’s strategy in a country divided—and lessons for our own disorderly present.
Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Join us for this hilarious mad-cap mysterious comedy! The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being dispatched one by one. To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit as five actors deftly portray more than forty characters.
We Always Swing – Columbia Jazz Orchestra (MT)
Columbia Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Bobby Watson
MOSY – The Music of Studio Ghibli (MT)
This new spring pops concert will close our regular season and feature the works of Joe Hisaishi. Hisaishi is recognized as one of the greatest composers of his time.