As the final event of Diversity Art Month, Kimberlé Crenshaw will present a lecture, “The Intersectionality Paradigm: Race & Gender in Work, Life & Politics,” on Thursday, April 30 at 7 p.m. in Harbach Theatre, Ford Center for the Fine Arts.

Kimberlé Crenshaw is executive director of the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) and professor […]

Dear Knox Community,

We’re pleased to announce the next Knox 101: Brown Bag Lunch series. Please join us on Wednesday, April 29 at noon in Ferris Lounge in Seymour Union for the following:

Perceptions vs Reality: Institutional Research in Action

The National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey was conducted last spring and is being conducted […]

Engage Knox is a campus-wide event sponsored by the Kleine Center for Community Service and Student Senate. There will be a Day of Service in the morning, with volunteers undertaking projects around Galesburg from 10:00-12:30 p.m. In the afternoon, attend a Community Carnival on the South Lawn of Old Main.

Schedule
12:30 p.m.-3:00p.m. Kids […]

The Knox-Galesburg Symphony will feature acclaimed pianist Lisa Leonard at its April 25 subscription concert finale. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre, in Galesburg.

Under the direction of KGS artistic director/conductor Bruce Polay, the Knox-Galesburg Symphony will perform Dvorak’s Symphony No. 5 in E minor “From the New World” […]

Members of the Galesburg community have joined together since 1996 for a celebration of the life and legacy of Galesburg native, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, and Lincoln biographer, Carl Sandburg. The 20th Annual Festival in 2015 will be held this week
— April 21-25, 2015 — with events both on campus and off. Events […]

Nova Singers, under the direction of Laura Lane, presents two performances of “Lullabies and Folksongs” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18 at Kresge Recital Hall, and 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa.

Nova Singers will be joined by harpist Erin Freund for an evening of music for harp and […]

The Knox-Galesburg Symphony and West Music will present Dr. Bruce Polay and “Old Friends,” a piano recital with commentary on Friday, April 24, at 7:30 PM in the Orpheum Theater. In this 7th annual event, Polay will perform some of his favorite works for solo piano on the nine foot concert Steinway provided by West […]

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, the 19th Poet Laureate of the United States and Knox’s 2014 Commencement speaker, will read from her four poetry collections.

Tuesday, April 21
7:00 p.m.
Petrovich Atrium (2nd Floor)
Alumni Hall

Her reading is the keynote address for Galesburg’s annual Sandburg Days Festival. Trethewey will read selections […]