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Everything You Wanted to Know About Jazz: Stanford Jazz Workshop founder Jim Nadel leads an ensemble of top-notch players in a tour of different jazz styles. Sunday, July 6 at 2:30 p.m. in Dinkelspiel Auditorium.

Events at Stanford

Find the latest information about upcoming events on campus in the Events at Stanford calendar. You can search for a specific event or browse the listings by date or category. A list of individual departmental calendars is also available.

Cantor Center for Visual Arts

The 27 galleries of the Cantor Center exhibit artwork ranging from Renaissance paintings to African masks. Highlights include works by Jasper Johns and Georgia O'Keeffe, and the museum also offers the largest collection of Auguste Rodin sculptures outside the Musée Rodin in Paris.

Stanford Lively Arts

Stanford Lively Arts offers more than 40 performances annually and brings to campus artists who are internationally renowned in music, dance and theater.

Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts

Created in January 2006, the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts (SICA) seeks to foster a culture of creativity throughout the University: integrating the arts more fully into the curriculum, strengthening the arts departments, establishing a rich program of artists-in-residence, creating new interdisciplinary faculty appointments, underwriting faculty and student research projects, coordinating arts events across the University, and developing innovative programs that engage all segments of the Stanford community.

Academic Departments & Student Groups

The arts community thrives at Stanford with academic divisions in music, drama, art and dance offering classes, lectures, performances and exhibits. Numerous student groups also help the creative arts flourish on campus.

Planning Events

Stanford Events offers resources to the Stanford community about planning events on campus, while the News Service provides advice about obtaining publicity for events.

Stanford on iTunes U

Stanford on iTunes U provides access to a wide range of university-related audio content, including major events, speakers, faculty lectures, and music. Listen to programs online or download them to your computer or iPod. All programs are provided free of charge.