COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)Wednesday at 7 pm at McCormackAll of the 60-some-odd plays that master playwright William Shakespeare wrote in his lifetime are condensed into this one play. The comedies, the histories, the problem plays, they are all here. All of that complexity is boiled down into this one short play performed by only three actors. Kings, lovers, generals, emperors, death, war, debauchery, it is all rolled up into one neat (okay not so neat) ball. On April 25, the Performing Arts Department will present the play in the McCormack Theater at 7 p.m.

Photo from Center for Puppetry Arts MuseumVIETNAMESE WATERPUPPETSThursday at noon on the TerraceOriginated thousands of years ago, Roi nuoc, or Vietnamese water puppetry, is a time-honored way of storytelling in the Southeast Asian nation. Traditional folk stories and tales of rural life are presented in a waist deep pool of water, the water serving as the stage. Using elaborate puppets carved from wood, stories of Vietnamese farmers and their daily grind have been perfected for centuries. A Vietnamese orchestra, bells, drums, flutes, cymbals, and fiddles, performs customary music that supplements the show and adds to the pastoral Asian atmosphere. Vietnamese Water puppetry will be performed on the Campus Center Terrace on April 26 from 12-1 p.m.REDEFINING RACETuesday at 2:30 pm in the BallroomMalinda Maynor Lowery, an assistant professor of history at Harvard University, will present a lecture on the identity of Native Americans in the Southeastern US. Lowery was the producer of three films on the on Native American issues, “In the Light of Reverence,” “Sounds of Faith” and “Real Indian.” Her films have been shown at on PBS and at the Sundance Film Festival. The lecture will conclude with a screening of her award-winning documentary “Real Indian,” which concerns Lumbee identity and culture. Campus Center Ballroom.SACCO AND VANZETTI and the Death PenaltyTuesday at 4 pm in the Ballroom