Scott Snyder, of the Council on Foreign Relations, will give a lecture on the North Korean nuclear threat Monday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. in Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center. Snyder is senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves as co-chair of the advisory council of the National Committee on North Korea and has provided advice to non-governmental organizations and humanitarian organizations active in North Korea. His newest book is South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers (Columbia University Press, 2018).

The lecture is sponsored by the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship, East Asian studies minor, and the department of political science.

Kayla Jenkins, College of Arts & Sciences

Nicholas Roth, professor of piano, will present the next concert of the Keys to Excellence piano series. The event is free and open to the public, and begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27, in Sheslow Auditorium.

The program features several short works by Russian mystic Alexander Scriabin, and two substantial pieces by Nikolay Miaskovsky. Miaskovsky, a close friend of Sergei Prokofiev, was known as the “musical conscience of Moscow” during his tenure on the faculty of the Moscow Conservatory, and his work is virtually unknown in the United States.

The concert concludes with Tchaikovsky’s beloved Nutcracker Suite (arranged for piano duet) performed with Pablo Valladares, a Drake senior majoring in piano performance.

View the news release to see the complete program.

A unique event, combining classical guitar music and stargazing, will take place Saturday, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. at Drake’s Municipal Observatory located at Observatory Road in Waveland Park, Des Moines.

The event is free and open to the public. It will consist of a classical guitar concert by members of the Heart of Iowa Classical Guitar Society followed by a tour of the observatory and stargazing using the historic refractor telescope. The tour will be conducted by Charles Nelson, professor of astronomy. Classical and contemporary guitar pieces will be performed.

Please note, the telescope dome is kept at ambient temperature and may be cold at night. The conference room where the concert will be held is heated. For questions, contact Athan Petridis at athan.petridis@drake.edu.

Sharyn O’Connor, College of Arts and Sciences