Inspired by Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers, Stomping Ground Comedy’s ensemble of improvisers move between the profound and the profoundly ridiculous in this night of unscripted comedy.

Fort Worth–based vocalist Audra Scott is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist whose performances blend classical training with the soul of jazz and spiritual traditions. After a decade touring Europe with productions of Porgy & Bess and performing in renowned opera houses, Scott now creates intimate, heartfelt musical experiences that celebrate storytelling, culture, and connection.

This performance takes place in the Grand Lobby and is free and open to the public.

Figures in Air is a performance that transforms invisible gestures into sound.

Using analog synthesizers, artist Ivana Dama creates an atmospheric and ambient soundscape shaped by custom-made capacitive sensors developed in collaboration with the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, alongside Neil Gershenfeld and Quentin Bolsee. Sensitive to proximity and subtle movement, these instruments allow her to activate sound by appearing to touch nothing at all, composing in space, as if shaping air itself.

Echoes of Urgencies is a live performance built around the raw acoustic force of rotating siren disks, mechanical instruments that generate sound through rapid fluctuations in air pressure.