January 2009 events at Goshen College

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

Jan. 7
Goshen College spring semester classes begin

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7:30 p.m., Faculty Recital Series: Rebecca Hovan, flute, and Christine Larson Seitz, piano, Rieth Recital Hall
Cost: $7 adults, $5 seniors/students. GC students are free with valid ID.

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4 p.m., Performing Arts Series: Bobby McFerrin, Sauder Concert Hall
Bobby McFerrin is one of the natural wonders of the music world. His four-octave range and vast array of vocal techniques have helped him become one of the world's best-known vocal innovators and improvisers. A 10-time Grammy Award winner, McFerrin's music transcends borders and embraces all cultures, and each show becomes a unique event to the delight and amazement of audiences.
Cost: $45, $40, $25

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16^th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day with guest performers, Triple G Mimes
7:30 a.m., Community Prayer Breakfast, Church-Chapel Fellowship Hall; sponsored by Goshen College, Goshen Chamber of Commerce and Goshen Ministerial Association. Registration begins at 7:15 a.m. Cost $18. Make reservations at the Welcome Center: (574) 535-7566 by Thursday, Jan. 8.
• Performance – Readers Theatre
• Music – Goshen College Voices-n-Harmony Gospel Choir
• Community guests Adam and Maggie Williams and Stacie Meyers-Ray
• Prayer – Elkhart County pastors

9-9:50 a.m., The Dream Spoken Word Coffeehouse, Koinonia Room, College Mennonite Church
• Poetry, readings, recitations and storytelling by GC students.

10 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Convocation – Walking in the Legacy of "The Dream," Church Fellowship Hall
• 10-11 a.m., IUSB Civil Rights Heritage Center, community guests Adam and Maggie Williams and Stacie Meyers-Ray, Triple G Mime and Voices-n-Harmony Gospel Choir
• 11:15-12:15 a.m., Conversations with guest speakers to discuss ways to take action toward fulfilling MLK's Dream

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Art exhibit opens: Hung Liu, painter, Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist, Hershberger Art Gallery
Liu earned a B.A. in education at Beijing Teacher's College before studying mural painting at Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Art. In 1986 she earned an M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego. Liu has received numerous awards, including two painting fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in such venues as the Smithsonian Institution, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the National Museum of American Art and the Walker Center. She currently resides in Oakland, Calif., and is a professor of visual arts at Mills College.
The exhibit will be up through March 3. She will present a public lecture Sunday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Rieth Recital Hall; a reception in the gallery will follow.

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2-4 p.m., Opening exhibit reception: "The Dream," Good Library Gallery
African American culture and life depicted in sculptures, drawings and paintings by artists from the African American Association of South Bend, to celebrate Black History Month. Sponsored by the Multicultural Affairs Office and the Center for Intercultural Teaching and Learning. The exhibit is up through Feb. 18. The opening reception will include jazz and poetry.

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4 p.m., Organ Recital Series: Thomas Bara, Rieth Recital Hall
Cost: $7 adults, $5 seniors/students. Tickets available at the Welcome Center: (574) 535-7566. GC students are free with valid ID.

Goshen College's Administration Building, Church-Chapel, Good Library, Music Center, Newcomer Center, Union Gymnasium, Umble Center and Westlawn Lounge 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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