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Kao Kalia Yang is a teacher, public speaker, and writer. Yang is the author of the award-winning book, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir (Coffee House Press, 2008) and the forthcoming book, The Song Poet (Metropolitan Books, 2016). She is a graduate of Carleton College and Columbia University’s School of the Arts. Kao Kalia lives in...

The Esbenshade Series at Marietta College will have its performance kick off with Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn in concert at the Peoples Bank Theatre.

Gavin George, a 13-year-old piano prodigy from Westerville, Ohio, will close out the fall semester of the Esbenshade Series with a concert at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, November 20th at the Peoples Bank Theatre. George was a gold-medal winner in 2010 and 2011 in the American Association for the Development of the Gifted and Talented International...

The Esbenshade Series returns in the spring semester with The Shaolin Warriors, who are known throughout the world for their deadly martial-arts prowess, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 5. Beginning at a very early age, the Warriors are trained in mental and physical disciplines that allow them to perform stunning, spectacular feats of...

The Branford Marsalis Quartet will be joined by guest-vocalist Kurt Elling in a singular collaboration of musical forces. What has emerged from the partnership, after an intense week of performance and recording in New Orleans, is a new album, entitled Upward Spiral. This collection blends Songbook staples, jazz standards, and standards-to-be...