Augusta State University’s annual Lyceum Series will kick off this season with a performance by the internationally acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Maxwell Theatre. The performance is also part of the city’s celebration of the Westobou Festival.

Silk Road Ensemble explores the relationship between tradition and innovation in music and since its inception in 1998, has brought together musicians, composers, artists, and audiences from over 20 countries. They have commissioned over 60 works from international composers  and have  reached thousands of people at sold-out performances throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. They have performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Millinium Park, and the Hollywood Bowl in America. Read the full story

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The university’s annual Lyceum Series will kick off this season with a performance by the internationally acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Maxwell Theatre. The performance is also part of the city’s celebration of the Westobou Festival. Read the full story

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Augusta State will be one of the venues for the celebration of the city’s first Westobou Festival, and in August, will kick off two art exhibitions that have been selected to be part of the festival.

The first, cosponsored by the Clay Artists of the Southeast (C.A.S.E.) and installed under the guidance of Jackson Cheatham, ASU’s Gallery Director, will be an exhibition titled Inviting the Stars – An Exhibition of Local and National Ceramic Art, which opens Aug. 28 and runs through Oct. 2. Read the full story

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