Enjoy this unique exhibition of rock music memorabilia from the archive of editor, journalist, and radio disc jockey Ken Best. This personal collection features decades worth of iconic photos, album covers, posters and promotional materials that Best has amassed while writing about music for newspapers in New Jersey and Connecticut and interviewing musicians and authors on the radio at WPKN in Bridgeport and WHUS in Storrs. Highlighted will be 50 photos of major rock 'n' roll figures by Connecticut photographer Joseph Sia, including his famous image of Jimi Hendrix at Woolsey Hall in New Haven in 1968, known as "The Shadow," from Best and Sia's 1992 book,Eight Days a Week: An Illustrated Record of Rock 'n' Roll (Pomegranate Books).

Opening reception will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the gallery.

Gamma Phi Beta (ΓΦΒ) was founded on November 11, 1874 at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. 

Representatives of three Abrahamic faiths (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) share their learning, friendship, humor and values on a variety of religiously oriented subjects. Rabbi Eric Polokoff, Monsignor Joseph Donnelly, and Imam Gazmend Aga, will discuss faith and community from the point of view of Judaism, Catholicism, and Islam. Imam Gazi said, "'The Three Amigos' is an interfaith initiative to build bridges of peace among people, regardless of their faith, through joy, prayer, and spiritual reflection". The Three Amigos have been highly popular guests at many venues. The inception of the concept began when Trinity Health of New England acquired a heritage version of the St. John's Bible and sent one volume to Waterbury St. Mary's Hospital. That volume was the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, and the foundational text for all three monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Rabbi Eric Polokoff, Imam Gazmend Aga, and Monsignor Joseph Donnelly were invited to a ceremony at the hospital to welcome the text. The conversation among the three was so energetic and enlightening that the trio believed they should expand their conversation, open it to the public, and take it on the road. OLLI is delighted to welcome them back for a third time, and to host their engaging and fascinating perspectives for all members of our community. Admission is free to OLLI members and UConn faculty, staff, and students. Registration will be available on the OLLI website in September 2025.

Dr. John Salogiannis Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics University of VermontLarner College of Medicine at University of Vermont Burlington Host: Aoife HeaslipDual modes of microtubule-based transport: adaptors and hitchhikers The Salogiannis lab studies a novel mode of intracellular movement called hitchhiking. In hitchhiking, organelles move along microtubules by attaching to motor-driven vesicles at membrane contact sites.About Dr. SalogiannisDr. Salogiannis graduated with a B.S. in Neurobiology and Psychology from the University of Maryland in 2005. He received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Harvard University in 2013 and was a postdoctoral fellow at UCSD from 2014-2021. Dr. Salogiannis joined the faculty in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics as an Assistant Professor in 2021Movement of the endoplasmic reticulum is driven by multiple classes of vesicles marked by Rab-GTPases (https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/full/10.1091/mbc.E24-04-0197)Acyl-coA binding protein AcbdA regulates peroxisome hitchhiking on early endosomes (https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.17.649231v1)Salogiannis Lab Website (https://www.salogiannislab.org)

As soloists, the artists have been successfully touring the major stages throughout Europe, Asia and North and South America for more than twenty years. Since joining forces in 2017, the trio has been enjoying the treasures of the piano trio repertoire in concerts throughout Germany, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland and South America. Program will include works by Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Saint-Saëns.