Join Close Encounters with Music's Composer-in-Residence, Jorge Martin as he talks about his first full-length opera, Before Night Falls. It is based on the autobiography of Reinaldo Arenas, the Cuban novelist who chronicled the persecution of gays under Fidel Castro. Martin has received awards from the Cintas Fellowship and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His talk is illustrated musically and visually. $15 includes light refreshments.