Stop. Look. Listen.

Franklin & Marshall’s performing arts season gets off to a quick start with the Second City Touring Company’s DeFace the Nation Sept. 1-2 and pianist Andrius Zlabys Sept. 6, followed by OperaLancaster’s Puccini double bill of Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicci. Get a schedule here, or check the box office here. It’s worth noting that this fall’s Sound Horizons series really lives up to the title; in addition to Zlabys, sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri will perform traditional east Indian music Oct. 5 and Intercultural Journeys (cellist Udi Bar-David, violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou and percussionist Rolando Morales-Matos) will present a “cross-cultural musical dialogue” focusing on the music of China.