Edinboro University April 2013 Events

03/14/2013

The following public events are scheduled in April 2013 on the campus of Edinboro University:

“A MAJOR STORM CAN DESTROY THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE!”: Thursday, April 4, 9:30 a.m., Diebold Center for the Performing Arts, Senior Center (basement floor), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Al Stone Lecture Series features Dr. Jim LoPresto. Cost: Free. Parking on nearby streets or with passes available from university police.

JOHN WATERS: THIS FILTHY WORLD: Thursday, April 4, 8:30 p.m., Louis C. Cole Auditorium – Memorial Hall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Solo stand-up performance recommended for mature audiences. Cost: Free for Edinboro students (ticket required), $10 general admission in advance, $15 at the door. Call 732-1048, visit www.edinborotickets.com, or purchase at SGA Convenience Store, Frank G. Pogue Student Center.  

FIRST FRIDAY FACULTY CONCERT: Friday, April 5, 12:15-12:45 p.m.; Dr. William P. Alexander Music Center Recital Hall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania; LeAnne Wistrom, flute; Kristine West Denton, piano. Cost: Free.

COMEDIAN ERIC SCHWARTZ: Sunday, April 7, 8 to 10 p.m., Frank G. Pogue Student Center Scot Cinema, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Cost: Free.

“INSIGHTS INTO THE MIND,” Thursday, April 11, 9:30 a.m., Diebold Center for the Performing Arts, Senior Center (basement floor), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Al Stone Lecture Series features Dr. Marty Mitchell, who finds implications for the NFL in a neurological study based nuns who donated their brains for research. Cost: Free. Parking on nearby streets or with passes available from university police.

WOODWIND CONCERT: Thursday, April 11, 7:30 p.m., Dr. William P. Alexander Music Center Recital Hall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Cost: Free.

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER TRAVIS ROY: Thursday, April 11, 3 and 6 p.m., Louis C. Cole Auditorium – Memorial Hall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Book signing after each speaking session; silent auction will benefit an Edinboro University student with a spinal cord injury. RSVP at www.edinboro.edu/events/TravisRoy/. Cost: Free.

“LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS”: Thursday, April 11, 8:30 p.m., Frank G. Pogue Student Center, Scot Cinema, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Edinboro Film Series presents 1998 film directed by Guy Ritchie. Cost: $2; free for Edinboro students. 

SPIRIT QUEST FILM FEST: April 12-14, Frank G. Pogue Student Center, Scot Cinema, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Complete schedule for the three days of thought-provoking independent films will be announced by April 1 at www.spiritquestfilmfest.com. Cost: Free for Edinboro Students with valid I.D., $5 per screening for general public.

“WE CAN MAKE YOU LAUGH” COMEDY TOUR: Sunday, April 14, 8 p.m., Frank G. Pogue Student Center, Scot Cinema, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Cost: Free.

CONCERT BAND OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA SPRING CONCERT: Sunday, April 14, 3 p.m., Louis C. Cole Auditorium – Memorial Hall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Soloist: Marianne Carrel. Theme: “Band Classics, Old and New,” featuring works by Barlow, Barber, van der Roost, Sparke and Dvorak. Call 734-4389. Cost: Free.

LAW, GOVERNMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DAY: Wednesday, April 17, Frank G. Pogue Student Center, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Event includes career fair, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., honors for four distinguished Edinboro alumni and presentations throughout the day. Cost: Free. 

AL STONE LECTURE SERIES:  Thursday, April 18, 9:30 a.m., Diebold Center for the Performing Arts, Senior Center (basement floor), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Robert Rhodes will examine how the Democrats convincingly won the Senate and White House while Republicans easily retained control of the House. Cost: Free. Parking on nearby streets or with passes available from university police.

“WILD BILL”: Thursday, April 18, 8:30 p.m., Frank G. Pogue Student Center, Scot Cinema, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Edinboro Film Series presents 2011 film directed by Dexter Fletcher. Cost: $2; free for Edinboro students.

COMEDIAN GRANT LYON: Sunday, April 21, 8 p.m., Frank G. Pogue Student Center, Scot Cinema, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Cost: Free. 

“GOUVERNEUR MORRIS – PENNSYLVANIA’S GIFT TO WOMEN AND THE U.S. CONSTITUTION”:  Thursday, April 25, 9:30 a.m., Diebold Center for the Performing Arts, Senior Center (basement floor), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Al Stone Lecture features Dr. David Ferster. Cost: Free. Parking on nearby streets or with passes available from university police. 

OPERA WORKSHOP SPRING CONCERT: Thursday, April 25, 5 p.m., Dr. William P. Alexander Music Center Recital Hall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Cost: Free.

GUITAR ENSEMBLE CONCERT: Thursday, April 25, 8 p.m., Dr. William P. Alexander Music Center Recital Hall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Cost: Free.

“YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET”: Thursday, April 25, 8:30 p.m., Frank G. Pogue Student Center, Scot Cinema, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Edinboro Film Series presents 2012 film directed by Alain Resnais. Cost: $2, free for Edinboro students. 

UNIVERSITY SINGERS/UNIVERSITY CHORALE SPRING CONCERT: Sunday, April 28, 3 p.m., Louis C. Cole Auditorium – Memorial Hall, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Cost: Free.

THE DON’T WE BOYS COMEDY SHOW: Sunday, April 28, 8 p.m., Frank G. Pogue Student Center, Scot Cinema, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Cost: Free. 

LIVE MUSIC BY HANA PESTLE: Monday, April 29, 8 p.m., Frank G. Pogue Student Center, Scot Cinema, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Open Mic Night to follow at 9 p.m. Cost: Free.

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February 2013 events at Goshen College

All events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted.

1              7:30 p.m., Goshen College mixed music faculty recital, Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall
Members of the Goshen College music faculty will present a varied recital of musical works in Rieth Recital Hall. Performers will include Kevin Vaughn, organ; Kathryn Schmidt, piano; Beverly Lapp, piano; Jennifer Muñiz and Jorge Muñiz, piano; Chris French, clarinet; Roger Lewis, tuba; and Christine Larson Seitz, piano. The program will feature works by J.S. Bach, J. Ed. Barat, Claude Debussy, Jorge Muñiz, and current GC senior music composition student Levi Smucker.
Tickets: $7 adults, $5 senior/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students/faculty/staff free with ID.

5              7:30 p.m., Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: “Reconciliation in Politics? On The Meaning of Justice in the Wake of Massive Injustice” by Daniel Philpott, Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall
Daniel Philpott, Associate Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, will speak on “Reconciliation in Politics? On The Meaning of Justice in the Wake of Massive Injustice.”

8               4 p.m., Science Speaker: Bioreactors for Rural Cooking Gas: Theory and Field Experience, Science Building, Room 106
Andrew Glick, Goshen College senior, will present his research and findings concerning bioreactors for cooking gas.                           

9              7:30 p.m., 53rd Annual Concerto-Aria Concert, Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
Winners of the 2012-13 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition will perform with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Fashun, assistant professor of music at Goshen College, in the 53rd Annual Concerto-Aria Concert. Performing will be:

Josh Yoder, violin & Chelsea Wimmer, viola (performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364)Hillary Harder, violin (performing Sibelius’ Concerto in D minor, Op. 47)Stephen Graber, tenor saxophone (performing Villa Lobos’ Fantasia for Saxophone & Orchestra)Sophie Lapp, piano (performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466)Rachel Mast, mezzo soprano (performing Rossini’s “Una voce poco fa” from Il barbiere di Siviglia)Madeleine Ruth (performing Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major)Emily Grimes, soprano (performing Puccini’s “Quando me’n vo soletta” from La Boheme)
Tickets: $7 adults, $5 seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC faculty/staff/students free with ID. 

10            2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Art exhibit reception: Heritage Works, Good Library Art Gallery
Paintings by Abner Hershberger, emeritus professor of art at Goshen College, explore historical Mennonite and agrarian themes by manipulating images from the family photo album. This exhibit is on loan from the Midwest Museum of American Art in Elkhart. The exhibit runs from Feb. 10 to March 28, 2013. Sponsored by the Mennonite-Amish Museum Committee.

12             1 p.m., Afternoon Sabbatical: Goshen College Chamber Choir: “A limitless Expanse,” Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
The Goshen College Chamber Choir, directed by Dr. Debra Brubaker, Goshen College professor of music, presents sacred and secular sounds and poetry that celebrate our embodiment of our creative source.

12            7:30 p.m., Studio Recital: Students of Solomia Soroka, Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall
Students of Goshen College violin professor Dr. Solomia Soroka will perform sonatas for scordatura violin and harpsichord by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber.

13            4 p.m., Science Speaker: Navigating the immune response: UNC-53/NAV2 mediates multiple aspects of innate immunity, Science Building, Room 106
Dr. Kristopher Schmidt, assistant professor of biology at Goshen College, will present his research on tissue and genetic pathways in the immune systems of worms.

15            8 p.m., Winter One Acts, Umble Center
Student-directed one act plays will feature “Seldom Is Heard” from the 2012 Goshen College Peace Play Contest, among other selections.
Tickets: $3 general admission.

16            3 p.m., Winter One Acts, Umble Center
Student-directed one act plays will feature “Seldom Is Heard” from the 2012 Goshen College Peace Play Contest, among other selections.
Tickets: $3 general admission.

17            7:30 p.m., Winter Chorale Concert, Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
The Goshen College Choirs will present their Winter Choral Concert in Sauder Concert Hall. Performing are the Goshen College Chorale and Men’s Chorus, directed by Dr. Scott Hochstetler, Goshen College associate professor of music, and the Goshen College Chamber Choir and Women’s World Music Choir, directed by Dr. Debra Brubaker, Goshen College professor of music.
Tickets: $7 adults, $5 senior/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students/faculty/staff free with ID.

17            8 p.m., Winter One Acts, Umble Center
Student-directed one act plays will feature “Seldom Is Heard” from the 2012 Goshen College Peace Play Contest, among other selections.
Tickets: $3 general admission.

19            7 p.m., C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest, Umble Center
Goshen College Students will deliver 8- to 10-minute speeches on their chosen topic relating to peace, in a universal or specific context, including war and violence, political policies, agencies of justice and peace, peacemaking strategies or current events. The addresses are judged on originality, the integration of topic and a peace position and general standards of delivery. Participants compete for cash prizes and the top winner may enter the U.S./Canada Mennonite Central Committee-sponsored C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest.

22            7:30 p.m., Visiting Artist Recital: Martin Hodel and Marvin Blickenstaff, Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
Goshen College alumnus and music professor Dr. Martin Hodel, trumpet, will be joined by former Goshen College Professor of Music Dr. Marvin Blickenstaff, piano, in a visiting artist recital.
Tickets: $7 adults, $5 senior/students, available at the door one hour before the concert.  GC students/faculty/staff free with ID.

Goshen College’s Administration Building, Church-Chapel, Good Library, Music Center, Newcomer Center and Umble Center are accessible to people using wheelchairs and others with physical limitations.

Find directions to the college or look at a campus map. For ticket information, contact the Welcome Center, at (574) 535-7566, or email welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

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January 2013 events at Goshen College

All events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted.

12         7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Series: Emmylou Harris, Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall

The 12-time Grammy Award winner Emmylou Harris has gained admiration as much for her eloquently straightforward songwriting as for her incomparably expressive singing. Few in pop or country music have achieved such honesty or revealed such maturity in their writing. Four decades into her career, Harris continues to awe audiences with her crystalline voice, remarkable gift for phrasing and restless creative spirit.
Cost: $55, $50, $45. This concert is sold out. To add your name to the waiting list, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

13        3 p.m., Lion and Lamb Artist Reception, Good Library Art Gallery

The Lion and Lamb student exhibition explores issues related to peace, the animal kingdom, human and animal interactions and diametrical opposites.

15         7 p.m., Documentary screening: “A Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed,” Administration building, Room 28

“A Hole In The Head: A Life Revealed” chronicles the life of Vertus Hardiman, an Indiana native subjected as a child to radiation experiments that left him with severe physical deformities. The film raises hard-hitting questions about health care, race relations, and forgiveness.

18        7:30 p.m., Community School of the Arts Recital: Spektral String Quartet, Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall

With its innovative programming consistently filling venues with a “crowd that other classical presenters would kill to attract” (Chicago Classical Review), the Spektral Quartet, featuring former Goshen College and Community School of the Arts student and violinist J. Austin Wulliman, has established itself as one of Chicago’s most intrepid and adroit ensembles. With a priority on evaporating the perceived boundary between traditional masterworks and the music of the present, Spektral concerts feature the likes of Beethoven and Mozart alongside Carter and Adés.
Cost: $7 adults and $5 seniors/students, free for GC students/faculty/staff with ID.

19        7 p.m., Fiction reading by author Dana Johnson, Newcomer Center, Room 17

Dana Johnson is the author of “Elsewhere, California” and “Break Any Woman Down,” which won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction and was a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award.

20        2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Art exhibit reception: Gregg Luginbuhl, Music Center’s Hershberger Art Gallery,

Luginbuhl, an art professor at Bluffton University, earned a bachelor’s degree in art from Bluffton and a master’s in ceramics from the University of Montana. Luginbuhl has exhibited pottery and ceramic sculpture in more than 100 regional and national exhibitions. The exhibit runs Jan. 20 to March 4, 2013.

20         4 p.m., Documentary screening: “A Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed,” Administration Building, Room 28

“A Hole In The Head: A Life Revealed” chronicles the life of Vertus Hardiman, an Indiana native subjected as a child to radiation experiments that left him with severe physical deformities. The film raises hard-hitting questions about health care, race relations, and forgiveness.

20        7 p.m., Community Conversation with Dr. Wilbert Smith, Umble Center

Wilbert Smith is an author and award-winning filmmaker who strives to capture the essence and power of the human spirit. His 2012 film, “Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed,” chronicles the life of Vertus Hardiman, an Indiana native subjected as a child to radiation experiments that left him with severe physical deformities. The film raises hard-hitting questions about health care, race relations and forgiveness.

21        Martin Luther King, Jr. Study Day with featured speaker Dr. Wilbert Smith

9–10 a.m., Spoken Word Coffeehouse, Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall

Features GC students and faculty in a program of recitations from MLK’s speeches, poetry reading and storytelling.

10–11:15 a.m., Convocation: “Forgiveness to Action,” College Mennonite Church-Chapel

Convocation will include a reading from author Dana Johnson, excerpts from the documentary film “A Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed,” reflections on injustice, forgiveness and being compelled to action, and a performance by Parables, the Goshen College worship team.

11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Community Luncheon, Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall

The community luncheon is open to members of the campus and the community. The cost is $22 and $176/table (eight-person). Reservations can be made with the Welcome Center – call (574) 535-7566 or email welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

2–2:50 p.m., MLK and Environmental Justice, Newcomer Center, Room 17

Dr. King, in addition to his many other achievements, helped to plant the seeds for what would become our nation’s now-thriving environmental justice movement. This afternoon workshop will explore the questions of why we don’t live by the Golden Rule, how MLK influenced environmental justice, and what we can do at GC to help push for justice environmentally.   

29        7:30 p.m., Visiting Artist Recital: Kwiran Lee, piano, Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall

A native of Korea, Lee studied piano performance at the Ewha Women’s University and the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, and currently lectures at Ewha Women’s University in South Korea.

31        7:00 p.m., Youth Honors Orchestra concert, Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall

The Elkhart County Youth Honors Orchestra has a long tradition of excellence in Elkhart County, launched by the Elkhart County Symphony Association and currently housed at the Goshen College Music Center. There are two full orchestras, one for grades 7 through 9 (“Concert Orchestra”) and one for grades 9 through 12 (“Symphony Orchestra”).
 

Goshen College’s Administration Building, Church-Chapel, Good Library, Music Center, Newcomer Center and Umble Center are accessible to people using wheelchairs and others with physical limitations.

Directions to the college and a campus map are available at: www.goshen.edu/aboutgc/map.php. For ticket information, contact the Welcome Center, at (574) 535-7566, or email welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

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February 2013 events at Goshen College

All events are open to the public and are free unless otherwise noted.

1              7:30 p.m., Goshen College mixed music faculty recital, Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall
Members of the Goshen College music faculty will present a varied recital of musical works in Rieth Recital Hall. Performers will include Kevin Vaughn, organ; Kathryn Schmidt, piano; Beverly Lapp, piano; Jennifer Muñiz and Jorge Muñiz, piano; Chris French, clarinet; Roger Lewis, tuba; and Christine Larson Seitz, piano. The program will feature works by J.S. Bach, J. Ed. Barat, Claude Debussy, Jorge Muñiz, and current GC senior music composition student Levi Smucker.
Tickets: $7 adults, $5 senior/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students/faculty/staff free with ID.

5              7:30 p.m., Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: “Reconciliation in Politics? On The Meaning of Justice in the Wake of Massive Injustice” by Daniel Philpott, Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall
Daniel Philpott, Associate Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, will speak on “Reconciliation in Politics? On The Meaning of Justice in the Wake of Massive Injustice.”

8               4 p.m., Science Speaker: Bioreactors for Rural Cooking Gas: Theory and Field Experience, Science Building, Room 106
Andrew Glick, Goshen College senior, will present his research and findings concerning bioreactors for cooking gas.                           

9              7:30 p.m., 53rd Annual Concerto-Aria Concert, Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
Winners of the 2012-13 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition will perform with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Fashun, assistant professor of music at Goshen College, in the 53rd Annual Concerto-Aria Concert. Performing will be:

Josh Yoder, violin & Chelsea Wimmer, viola (performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364)Hillary Harder, violin (performing Sibelius’ Concerto in D minor, Op. 47)Stephen Graber, tenor saxophone (performing Villa Lobos’ Fantasia for Saxophone & Orchestra)Sophie Lapp, piano (performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466)Rachel Mast, mezzo soprano (performing Rossini’s “Una voce poco fa” from Il barbiere di Siviglia)Madeleine Ruth (performing Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major)Emily Grimes, soprano (performing Puccini’s “Quando me’n vo soletta” from La Boheme)
Tickets: $7 adults, $5 seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC faculty/staff/students free with ID. 

10            2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Art exhibit reception: Heritage Works, Good Library Art Gallery
Paintings by Abner Hershberger, emeritus professor of art at Goshen College, explore historical Mennonite and agrarian themes by manipulating images from the family photo album. This exhibit is on loan from the Midwest Museum of American Art in Elkhart. The exhibit runs from Feb. 10 to March 28, 2013. Sponsored by the Mennonite-Amish Museum Committee.

12             1 p.m., Afternoon Sabbatical: Goshen College Chamber Choir: “A limitless Expanse,” Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
The Goshen College Chamber Choir, directed by Dr. Debra Brubaker, Goshen College professor of music, presents sacred and secular sounds and poetry that celebrate our embodiment of our creative source.

12            7:30 p.m., Studio Recital: Students of Solomia Soroka, Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall
Students of Goshen College violin professor Dr. Solomia Soroka will perform sonatas for scordatura violin and harpsichord by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber.

13            4 p.m., Science Speaker: Navigating the immune response: UNC-53/NAV2 mediates multiple aspects of innate immunity, Science Building, Room 106
Dr. Kristopher Schmidt, assistant professor of biology at Goshen College, will present his research on tissue and genetic pathways in the immune systems of worms.

15            8 p.m., Winter One Acts, Umble Center
Student-directed one act plays will feature “Seldom Is Heard” from the 2012 Goshen College Peace Play Contest, among other selections.
Tickets: $3 general admission.

16            3 p.m., Winter One Acts, Umble Center
Student-directed one act plays will feature “Seldom Is Heard” from the 2012 Goshen College Peace Play Contest, among other selections.
Tickets: $3 general admission.

17            7:30 p.m., Winter Chorale Concert, Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
The Goshen College Choirs will present their Winter Choral Concert in Sauder Concert Hall. Performing are the Goshen College Chorale and Men’s Chorus, directed by Dr. Scott Hochstetler, Goshen College associate professor of music, and the Goshen College Chamber Choir and Women’s World Music Choir, directed by Dr. Debra Brubaker, Goshen College professor of music.
Tickets: $7 adults, $5 senior/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students/faculty/staff free with ID.

17            8 p.m., Winter One Acts, Umble Center
Student-directed one act plays will feature “Seldom Is Heard” from the 2012 Goshen College Peace Play Contest, among other selections.
Tickets: $3 general admission.

19            7:00 p.m., C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest, Umble Center
Goshen College Students will deliver 8- to 10-minute speeches on their chosen topic relating to peace, in a universal or specific context, including war and violence, political policies, agencies of justice and peace, peacemaking strategies or current events. The addresses are judged on originality, the integration of topic and a peace position and general standards of delivery. Participants compete for cash prizes and the top winner may enter the U.S./Canada Mennonite Central Committee-sponsored C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest.

22            7:30 p.m., Visiting Artist Recital: Martin Hodel and Marvin Blickenstaff, Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
Goshen College alumnus and music professor Dr. Martin Hodel, trumpet, will be joined by former Goshen College Professor of Music Dr. Marvin Blickenstaff, piano, in a visiting artist recital.
Tickets: $7 adults, $5 senior/students, available at the door one hour before the concert.  GC students/faculty/staff free with ID.

Goshen College’s Administration Building, Church-Chapel, Good Library, Music Center, Newcomer Center and Umble Center are accessible to people using wheelchairs and others with physical limitations.

Find directions to the college or look at a campus map. For ticket information, contact the Welcome Center, at (574) 535-7566, or email welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

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Fine, Performing Arts Events Showcase Students' Talents

Dozens of cultural events spotlighting the talents of Eastern Kentucky University students are scheduled during the spring semester. They include concerts, plays, dance performances and art exhibits.

Dates and times are subject to change. Patrons are urged to watch or listen for further announcements or call ahead to be certain that events have not been rescheduled. The respective telephone numbers are: Music, 859-622-3266; Art, 859-622-1629; Theatre, 859-622-1315, and Dance, 859-622-1901.

All events are open to the public at no charge unless otherwise indicated.

For a list of events scheduled at the EKU Center for the Arts, visit EKUCenter.com.

Music

Jan. 31, Horn Quartet Recital, 8 p.m., Gifford Theatre, Campbell Building

Feb. 15, Opera Performance, 8 p.m., Student Success Building

Feb. 16, Opera Performance, 2 p.m., Student Success Building

Feb. 17, Concert Band/Brass Choir Concert, 3 p.m., Brock Auditorium

Feb. 22-23, High School Honors Band Performance, TBA

Feb. 25, Percussion Recital, 6 p.m., Brock Auditorium

March 5, Jazz Ensemble Concert, 8 p.m., Gifford Theatre, Campbell Building

March 6, Orchestra Concert, 8 p.m., EKU Center for the Arts

March 7, Choral Concert, 8 p.m., Gifford Theatre, Campbell Building

March 23, Clarinet Festival, Foster 100

March 25, Guitar Ensemble Concert, 8 p.m., O'Donnell Hall, Student Success Building

April 15, String Orchestra Concert, 8 p.m., Brock Auditorium

April 16, Concert Band/Brass Choir Concert, 8 p.m., Brock Auditorium

April 23, Horn Ensemble Concert, 8 p.m., Brock Auditorium

April 24, Symphonic Band Concert, 8 p.m., EKU Center for the Arts

April 25, Steel Band Concert, 8 p.m., Brock Auditorium

April 27, Piano Festival, EKU Center for the Arts

April 28, Choral Concert, 6 p.m., Brock Auditorium

April 28, Jazz Ensemble Concert, 8 p.m., Brock Auditorium

April 29, Saxophone Ensemble, 6 p.m., Gifford Theatre, Campbell Building

April 29, Madison Winds, 8 p.m., Gifford Theatre, Campbell Building

May 3, Orchestra Concerto Concert, 8 p.m., Gifford Theatre, Campbell Building

Theatre

Wednesday, Feb. 27-Saturday, March 2, 8 p.m. nightly, and Sunday, March 3, 2 p.m., “Man of La Mancha” by Dale Wasserman, Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion, Gifford Theatre, $6 for students and senior citizens, $8 for other adults, call 859-622-1323 (noon-4 p.m. weekdays) for ticket information.

Wednesday, April 24-Saturday, April 27, 8 p.m. nightly, and Sunday, April 28, 2 p.m., “Vanities” by Jack Heifner, Gifford Theatre, $5 for students and senior citizens, $6 for other adults, call 859-622-1323 (noon-4 p.m. weekdays) for ticket information.

For more information, visit www.theatre.eku.edu or call 859-622-1315.

Art

All exhibits in Giles Gallery. Call 859-622-8135 or visit www.art.eku.edu/fred-parker-giles-gallery for Gallery hours.

Jan. 22-Feb. 22, Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition, “Crossroads,” jointly sponsored art exhibition (Upper Gallery), and Deward Eades, Kentucky Painter (Lower Gallery). Reception on Thursday, Jan. 31, 5-7 p.m.

March 3-29, Bluegrass Regional High School Exhibition, hosted by EKU’s Department of Art & Design and the Kentucky Art Education and featuring high school artists from schools in Anderson, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Jackson, Jessamine, Knox, Laurel, Lee, Lincoln, Madison, McCreary, Mercer, Owsley, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Scott, Wayne, Whitley and Woodford Counties. Reception to be announced.

April 7-14, Art Student Association Juried Exhibition, mixed media exhibit by students enrolled in EKU’s Department of Art & Design. Opening reception on April 7; time to be announced.

April 28-May 10, Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, mixed media exhibit by graduating BFA students in EKU’s Department of Art and Design. Reception, May 10, 2-4 p.m.

Dance

April 10-12, EKU Dance Theatre Spring Concert, 8 p.m. nightly; Saturday, April 13, 2 and 8 p.m., O’Donnell Hall (Student Success Building Auditorium), $5 for students, $10 non-students. For tickets, call 859-622-2171, beginning March 27. For more information, call 859-622-1901 or visit www.dance.eku.edu. 

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