Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 6:00 pm
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Members & Guests $10
Non-Members $20
The evening begins with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at 6pm with a discussion on stage from 6:45pm to 7:30pm followed by a networking opportunity.
Club member and GWU Alumnus, choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess interviews Lauren Onkey, Ph.D the Director of the George Washington University's Corcoran School of Arts and Design.
Lauren Onkey most recently served as senior director at NPR Music, where she led a team of journalists, critics and media makers and provided the editorial vision in creating innovative cross-platform music journalism. She has more than two decades of experience, ranging from directing the NPR Music team to developing and managing award-winning education and community programs as the vice president of education and public programming at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland.
During her tenure at NPR, Dr. Onkey worked with NPR's newsroom and member station network to expand the impact of NPR Music and continue positioning public radio as an essential force in music. Her portfolio included the Tiny Desk concert series, which now comprises more than 900 concerts viewed a collective 2 billion times on YouTube.
At the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum from 2008 to 2015, Dr. Onkey led divisions such as education, library and archives, community programs and visitor services to provide programs, classes and visitor experiences that engaged a broad audience in the history and significance of rock and roll music.
At the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Center at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, which provides civically-engaged humanities education to a large and diverse population of community college students, Dr. Onkey led the creation of curriculum and programming and developed strong community partnerships that provided students with opportunities for experiential learning.
She also spent 14 years teaching at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., specializing in popular music studies and postcolonial literature. Over the course of her career, she has published many articles in literary studies, popular music studies, women's studies and pedagogy.
Burgess is the Smithsonian's choreographer in residence and director of Washington's premiere modern dance company dtsbdc.org. His popular podcast, slantpodcast.com is available on all listening platforms.
Complimentary parking after 6 pm at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
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