Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season
Presented by HANCHER AUDITORIUM and ENGLERT THEATRE

One of Rolling Stone’s 50 best comedians of all time rolls into Hancher.

In 2013, Tig Notaro had the best-selling comedy album of the year. Live was recorded just days after Notaro was diagnosed with breast cancer (now in remission)—and the success of that set could be said to have launched her career from her native Mississippi to the far reaches of space (IYKYK) and plenty of places in between. Through it all...

Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season
Presented by Hancher Auditorium

Here’s the way it is: Bruce Hornsby is an iconic and endlessly original musician.

Bruce Hornsby rose to prominence with The Way It Is, his 1986 Grammy-winning debut album with The Range. An avid collaborator who has work with everyone from Bob Dylan to Bon Iver and from Stevie Nicks to Bonnie Raitt, Hornsby was also a part-time member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 to March 1992, performing in over 100 concerts. This...

Part of Hancher's 2026-2027 Season

We say this with full sincerity and zero snark: You do not want to miss this band.

Snarky Puppy is five-times Grammy-winning collective drawing from a wide array of influences including funk, rhythm & blues, hard rock, classic soul, modern gospel, new tech, fusion, and jazz. The band isn’t too keen on labels. Snarky Puppy isn’t exactly a jazz band or fusion band or a jam band. The band simply is what it is: a powerhouse music-making wonder that is always pursuing...

Obermann Center Working Groups provide space, structure, and discretionary funding for groups led by faculty that may include advanced graduate students, staff members, and community members with a shared intellectual interest.

Groups have used this opportunity to share their work in progress or draw up a set of readings they want to undertake and discuss. Others have organized conferences, applied for grants together, written articles together, designed new courses, taken field trips, organized...