A leading scholar in the field of immigration and nationalism will give a public talk on regulation of immigration in various countries and will meet with Knox College students and faculty in a two-day residency at Knox on April 22-23, sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa. John A. Agnew, Distinguished Professor of Geography at University of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Fiddler-Poet Ken Waldman Friday, April 19 4:00 PM Taylor Student Lounge, Seymour Union Ken Waldman, long known as Alaska’s Fiddling Poet, has drawn on his 25 years in Alaska to produce poems, stories and fiddle tunes that combine into a performance uniquely his own. He will perform music and poetry at 4 p.m. Friday, April [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Friday, April 12, 2013 – Saturday, April 13, 2013 7:30 PM Studio Theatre, Ford Center for Fine Arts The Knox College New Plays Festival will feature works written by Knox students, faculty, and alumni in a series of readings and performances from April 12 through May 25. Iniatiated this year, the New Plays Festival solicited [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Friday, April 12, 2013 6:00 PM The Box, Galesburg Marie-Helene Bertino’s debut collection of short stories “Safe as Houses” received The 2012 Iowa Short Fiction Award, judged by Jim Shepard, and was published October 1, 2012. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in The Pushcart Prize Anthology XXXIII, North American Review, Mississippi Review, Inkwell, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Friday, April 12, 2013 7:00 PM Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for Fine Arts Peacebuilding Conference Keynote Address — Storytelling: A Key to Peacebuilding Locally and Globally Jody Olsen, former Peace Corps acting director who was involved in the creation of Knox’s Peace Corps Prep Program Jody Olsen, now a visiting professor at the University [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:00 PM McGillacuddy’s Restaurant, Galesburg Now in its 33rd year, the Rootabaga Jazz Festival opens on Thursday, April 11 with the Knox Faculty and Friends Combo at McGillacuddy’s Restaurant, 58 S. Cherry St., Galesburg. The performance features Knox’s accomplished jazz faculty and outstanding local jazz musicians. 2013 Knox Rootabaga Festival April [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Wednesday, April 10 4:00 PM Alumni Room, Old Main Lara Moritz ’90 will deliver the 2013 Joe W. Morgan Lecture in Journalism. Moritz is an evening news anchor at KMBC-TV, Kansas City, Missouri. An award-winning TV news anchor who has won two Emmy’s and two Edward R. Murrow awards, Moritz will talk about the power [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Nova Singers Spring Concert Saturday, April 6 7:30 PM Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts Nova’s guest artist for its spring concerts this weekend is classical guitarist, Fareed Haque. This is truly a unique concert, featuring Fareed on music by Dowland (16th century lute songs), A Procession Winding Around Me, set to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Earth Month Film Series Thursday, April 4 – Thursday, April 25 Weekly on Thursday 7:00 PM Taylor Student Lounge, Seymour Union This series of recent documentaries highlights some of the best solutions to today’s most pressing environmental and social problems. April 4 – “We Are Not Ghosts” April 11 – “A Fierce Green Fire: The [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )Bella Ruse Songwriting Workshop Friday, April 5 4:00 PM Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for Fine Arts Bella RuseKnox College Songwriter’s Guild presents a songwriting workshop from Minneapolis pop duo Bella Ruse. The group’s combination of airy folk and crunchy pop transforms rooms into secret gardens and paints pictures of invading bombardiers, salty sea love, [...]
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