Bruce Presents: Cultural Landscapes & Soundscapes
Sunday, June 22, 2025, 1:30–4:30pm, Gale and Robert H. Lawrence, Jr., and Pamela and Robert Goergen Auditorium
Join us for an educational and culturally artful afternoon featuring both a lecture and musical performance:
1:45 PM: Wine and Cheese Reception
2:00 PM: "How do cultural landscapes shape our shared public memory?"
A Lecture by Charles A. Birnbaum
Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, is the president, CEO, and founder of The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF). He spent fifteen years as the coordinator of the National Park Service Historic Landscape Initiative and a decade in private practice in New York City, focusing on landscape preservation and urban design. Birnbaum currently serves as a Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Harvard's Graduate School of Design.
3:15pm: A musical performance, Living Space: Exploring the Intersection of Music & Cultural Landscapes.
A performance of original work inspired by spaces meaningful to award-winning jazz quintet, DARUMA
Support for Bruce Presents is generously provided by Berkley One, a Berkley Company.
DARUMA is a national touring band whose music reflects the 21st century through a potent blend of improvisation, electronics, driving grooves, and evocative cinematic textures. Recently named 2025 Creative Capital finalists and winners of the 2024 South Arts Jazz Road touring grant (supported by the National Endowment for the Arts), the band has performed throughout the U.S. and been featured on NPR, PBS, and CBS. Members have performed with leading voices in contemporary music including Billy Childs, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Action Bronson, and others at notable venues such as Birdland, Blue Note Amsterdam, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
