Thursday, January 8

Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Turning Strangers into Friends: An Ethicist’s Perspective on Shared Humanity”

McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts | 6 p.m.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Address

Kwame Anthony Appiah challenges audiences to look beyond the boundaries that divide them and to celebrate common humanity. Named one of Foreign Policy’s Top 100 public intellectuals, one of Carnegie Corporation’s “Great Immigrants” and awarded a National Humanities Medal by the White House, Appiah considers readers’ ethical quandaries in a weekly column as “The Ethicist” for The New York Times Magazine. Based on his award-winning book “Cosmopolitanism,” Appiah presents answers that are grounded in a new ethics which celebrates our common humanity, while at the same time offering a practical way to manage our differences. Admission: $15 or Elon ID. Tickets available beginning August 26 at ElonTickets.com and the lecture is eligible for the University Speaker series package.

Saturday-Sunday, January 17&18

Tuesday-Thursday, January 20-22

Friday-Sunday, January 30 – February 1

by Caryl Churchill

Roberts Studio Theatre, Scott Studios at Arts West

Jan. 17, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31 | 7:30 p.m.; Jan 17, 18, 31 and Feb. 1 | 2 p.m.

Directed by Kirby Wahl

Sponsored by the Department of Performing Arts

With a format that mimics scrolling through social media or channel-hopping on TV, this British play’s series of short scenes examines the challenges that people encounter in forming and maintaining strong relationships. In an age of information overload, do we have the information we need about the people in our lives? Admission: $15 or Elon ID. Reservations are highly recommended and will be offered beginning January 9 at www.elonperformingarts.com.