November 2010 events at Goshen College

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

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8 p.m., Fall Mainstage: “Hindsight is 20/Something,” Umble Center
The fall mainstage production in the Goshen College 2010-11 “Loyalty, Love and Loss” theater season features two student-written works offered collectively under the title Hindsight is 20/Something, and is directed by Professor of Theater Doug Liechty Caskey. Both newly created works deal with young adult relationships in contemporary culture and the search to connect past experience to present reality.

Here Lies Hope, a play by senior Patrick Maxwell, is a study on human loneliness in the 21st century. Through a series of one-on-one encounters set in an urban American landscape, the characters realize the struggle to both define themselves and to find hope in a world that boasts of connection at the same time that technology creates barriers to the honesty that exists only in face-to-face encounters.

Home of the Trojans, an everyday musical of mythical proportions, conceived by senior Patrick Ressler and junior Julia Baker, with book, lyrics and music by Patrick Ressler, takes on a playfully comedic approach to linking the past of Ancient Greece with the present of 21st century American collegiate culture. Through a rolling presentation of college student relational encounters, the students in Professor Z’s Greek Mythology class come to realize that the tumultuous relationships of the mythical past uncannily ring true in their own relationships of the present.

This production is not suitable for young children.

Tickets are $8 adults, $5 students/seniors. For ticket reservations, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

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9 a.m., Local Geology Tour, Merry Lea Environmental Center
The Grand Canyon is nice, but don’t miss the dynamic features that receding glaciers left behind right in our back yards. Join Merry Lea’s Director Emeritus Larry Yoder for a geology lecture and tour at Merry Lea followed by a driving tour to selected locations. Featured sites include Merry Lea’s esker and peat deposits, cross country stops at Noble County’s Mississinewa and Salamonie Moraines, and a visit to the Eel River Sluiceway and Cedar Creek Tunnel Valley in northern Allen County. Meet at the Glacial Retreat Center. Van transportation, a guidebook and hot beverages are included in the cost of $30. Bring a sack lunch. Interested youth 10 and up welcome. To register, call (260) 799-5869 or e-mail jenniferhs@goshen.edu.

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7:30 p.m. GC Orchestra Fall Concert, Sauder Concert Hall
Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students are free with valid ID.

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3 p.m., Fall Mainstage: “Hindsight is 20/Something,” Umble Center
The fall mainstage production in the Goshen College 2010-11 “Loyalty, Love and Loss” theater season features two student-written works offered collectively under the title Hindsight is 20/Something, and is directed by Professor of Theater Doug Liechty Caskey. Both newly created works deal with young adult relationships in contemporary culture and the search to connect past experience to present reality.

Here Lies Hope, a play by senior Patrick Maxwell, is a study on human loneliness in the 21st century. Through a series of one-on-one encounters set in an urban American landscape, the characters realize the struggle to both define themselves and to find hope in a world that boasts of connection at the same time that technology creates barriers to the honesty that exists only in face-to-face encounters.

Home of the Trojans, an everyday musical of mythical proportions, conceived by senior Patrick Ressler and junior Julia Baker, with book, lyrics and music by Patrick Ressler, takes on a playfully comedic approach to linking the past of Ancient Greece with the present of 21st century American collegiate culture. Through a rolling presentation of college student relational encounters, the students in Professor Z’s Greek Mythology class come to realize that the tumultuous relationships of the mythical past uncannily ring true in their own relationships of the present.

This production is not suitable for young children.

Tickets are $8 adults, $5 students/seniors. For ticket reservations, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

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1 p.m., Afternoon Sabbatical: “An Afternoon of Chamber Music,” Sauder Concert Hall
Violinist Solomia Soroka, assistant professor of music, and pianist Matthew Hill, professor of music, alongside several GC music students, will present a program of chamber music. Selections will preview an upcoming chamber recital, which will include the Piano Quartet in G Minor by Johannes Brahms.

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7 p.m., Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: “The Necessity and Possibility of an Agriculture Where Nature is the Measure,” Wes Jackson, author and president of The Land Institute, Sauder Concert Hall
Wes Jackson is the author of several books, including New Roots for Agriculture and Becoming Native to This Place, and is widely recognized as a leader in the international movement for a more sustainable agriculture. In November 2005, Smithsonian called him one of “35 Who Made a Difference.”

The Land Institute has worked for over 30 years on the problem of agriculture with the purpose to develop an agricultural system with the ecological stability of the prairie and a grain yield comparable to that from annual crops.

Admission is free.

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8 a.m., Campus Open House, Rieth Recital Hall
This event offers high school juniors and seniors an overview of Goshen College. Attend classes, eat in the dining hall and meet with faculty and students. The option of an overnight stay in the residence halls is also available. To register for this event call (574) 535-7535 or go online at www.goshen.edu/admission/vis_openhouse.php.

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8 p.m., Fall Mainstage: “Hindsight is 20/Something,” Umble Center
The fall mainstage production in the Goshen College 2010-11 “Loyalty, Love and Loss” theater season features two student-written works offered collectively under the title Hindsight is 20/Something, and is directed by Professor of Theater Doug Liechty Caskey. Both newly created works deal with young adult relationships in contemporary culture and the search to connect past experience to present reality.

Here Lies Hope, a play by senior Patrick Maxwell, is a study on human loneliness in the 21st century. Through a series of one-on-one encounters set in an urban American landscape, the characters realize the struggle to both define themselves and to find hope in a world that boasts of connection at the same time that technology creates barriers to the honesty that exists only in face-to-face encounters.

Home of the Trojans, an everyday musical of mythical proportions, conceived by senior Patrick Ressler and junior Julia Baker, with book, lyrics and music by Patrick Ressler, takes on a playfully comedic approach to linking the past of Ancient Greece with the present of 21st century American collegiate culture. Through a rolling presentation of college student relational encounters, the students in Professor Z’s Greek Mythology class come to realize that the tumultuous relationships of the mythical past uncannily ring true in their own relationships of the present.

This production is not suitable for young children.

Tickets are $8 adults, $5 students/seniors. For ticket reservations, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

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8 p.m., Fall Mainstage: “Hindsight is 20/Something,” Umble Center
The fall mainstage production in the Goshen College 2010-11 “Loyalty, Love and Loss” theater season features two student-written works offered collectively under the title Hindsight is 20/Something, and is directed by Professor of Theater Doug Liechty Caskey. Both newly created works deal with young adult relationships in contemporary culture and the search to connect past experience to present reality.

Here Lies Hope, a play by senior Patrick Maxwell, is a study on human loneliness in the 21st century. Through a series of one-on-one encounters set in an urban American landscape, the characters realize the struggle to both define themselves and to find hope in a world that boasts of connection at the same time that technology creates barriers to the honesty that exists only in face-to-face encounters.

Home of the Trojans, an everyday musical of mythical proportions, conceived by senior Patrick Ressler and junior Julia Baker, with book, lyrics and music by Patrick Ressler, takes on a playfully comedic approach to linking the past of Ancient Greece with the present of 21st century American collegiate culture. Through a rolling presentation of college student relational encounters, the students in Professor Z’s Greek Mythology class come to realize that the tumultuous relationships of the mythical past uncannily ring true in their own relationships of the present.

This production is not suitable for young children.

Tickets are $8 adults, $5 students/seniors. For ticket reservations, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

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2-3:30 p.m., Reception for Mike Burton: Graphic Design, Illustration and Letterpress, Hershberger Art Gallery
Mike Burton’s work has been in the Hershberger Art Gallery since Sunday, Oct. 31. Burton earned his bachelor of science/master of arts degree in visual communication design from Kent (Ohio) State University. While in school, he and two fellow KSU design students started Little Jacket, a communications and brand development company. Their clients include The Sundance Channel, Wilco, MTV2 and the Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Though currently working at 160over90 in Philadelphia, Burton continues to freelance and maintain his role as a Little Jacket partner. The exhibit will be up until Jan. 12, 2011.

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3 p.m., Fall Mainstage: “Hindsight is 20/Something,” Umble Center
The fall mainstage production in the Goshen College 2010-11 “Loyalty, Love and Loss” theater season features two student-written works offered collectively under the title Hindsight is 20/Something, and is directed by Professor of Theater Doug Liechty Caskey. Both newly created works deal with young adult relationships in contemporary culture and the search to connect past experience to present reality.

Here Lies Hope, a play by senior Patrick Maxwell, is a study on human loneliness in the 21st century. Through a series of one-on-one encounters set in an urban American landscape, the characters realize the struggle to both define themselves and to find hope in a world that boasts of connection at the same time that technology creates barriers to the honesty that exists only in face-to-face encounters.

Home of the Trojans, an everyday musical of mythical proportions, conceived by senior Patrick Ressler and junior Julia Baker, with book, lyrics and music by Patrick Ressler, takes on a playfully comedic approach to linking the past of Ancient Greece with the present of 21st century American collegiate culture. Through a rolling presentation of college student relational encounters, the students in Professor Z’s Greek Mythology class come to realize that the tumultuous relationships of the mythical past uncannily ring true in their own relationships of the present.

This performance is ASL interpreted.

This production is not suitable for young children.

Tickets are $8 adults, $5 students/seniors. For ticket reservations, call (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

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7:30 p.m. Faculty Recital Series: Matthew Hill, piano, and Solomia Soroka, violin, Rieth Recital Hall
GC Professor of Music Matthew Hill and Assistant Professor of Music Solomia Soroka will present a recital of music for piano and violin.

Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students are free with valid ID.

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7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Series: Shawn Colvin/Loudon Wainwright III, Sauder Concert Hall
Shawn Colvin stands out among female singer-songwriters of today with 10 albums and three Grammy Awards. Known for her unmistakable vocals and matchless guitar stylings, Colvin offers contemporary folk music that is honest and warm-hearted.

Actor/singer/songwriter Loudon Wainwright III has a performing and recording career spanning five decades and 23 albums. Wainwright was a 2010 Grammy winner in the traditional folk category for his album “High Wide & Handsome.”

Cost: $45, $40, $25.

For ticket information, call the Welcome Center (574) 535-7566 or e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

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4 p.m., Community School of the Arts Showcase Concert, Sauder Concert Hall
The CSA Showcase Recital will be split into two “parts” with an extended intermission between them. Part 1 will feature the Youth Honors Orchestra and Intermediate Concert Orchestra, conducted by Brian Wiebe. Part 2 will feature Rejoice & Shout for Joy Children's Choirs, directed by Rosemary Rupp and Sandy Hill; plus CSA string ensembles, directed by Rosalyn Troiano.

Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students are free with valid ID.

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9 p.m., Taizé worship service, Newcomer Center 19
A time of prayer, silence, song and Scripture modeled after the worship of the ecumenical Taizé community in France. All are welcome.

Goshen College’s Administration Building, Church-Chapel, Good Library, Music Center, Newcomer Center, Union Gymnasium 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 e-mail welcomecenter@goshen.edu.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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