Past Events
Nature and the Arts workshop gathers diverse artists around a common love of nature
If you’ve secretly dreamed of taking a weeklong artist’s workshop in an exotic location, but have never had the time, the money or the courage, the Nature and the Arts weekend at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College is an appealing alternative. This 25-hour immersion in the arts, which takes place Friday, April 4, 7 p.m. to Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m., features three tracks: Nature Photography with Paul McAfee and Dave Dornberg; Creative Nature Writing with poet Ann Hostetler, an English professor at Goshen College; and Drawing to Printmaking with Dr. John Blosser, professor emeritus of art at Goshen College.
GC students bring new life to Mozart’s comic opera ‘Figaro’
Disguises, cross-dressing, mistaken identities and people jumping out of windows are all par for the course in Mozart’s energetic, light-hearted romp through the day of a wedding ceremony. The Goshen College theater and music departments will collaborate to present the composer’s comic opera “The Marriage of Figaro” in Umble Center on March 28, 29 and April 4 at 8 p.m., and March 30 and April 6 at 3 p.m. (ASL interpreted).
April 1 Afternoon Sabbatical follows the footsteps of the Apostle Paul
Explore how Paul overcame religious, cultural and physical obstacles as a leader of the first generation of Christians during Goshen College’s Afternoon Sabbatical on April 1 at 1 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Irish literature and music focus of S.A. Yoder Lecture April 1
Irish-born and London-based husband and wife poets Cahal Dallat and Anne-Marie Fyfe will present Goshen College’s annual S.A. Yoder Lecture on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. The event, “An Irish Literary Festival,” will take place in the Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall and is free and open to the public.
April 2014 events at Goshen College
April 2014 events include the spring mainstage of "The Marriage of Figaro," The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra featuring New York Voices and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, among many others.
GC students bring new life to Mozart’s comic opera ‘Figaro’
Disguises, cross-dressing, mistaken identities and people jumping out of windows are all par for the course in Mozart’s energetic, light-hearted romp through the day of a wedding ceremony. The Goshen College theater and music departments will collaborate to present the composer’s comic opera “The Marriage of Figaro” in Umble Center on March 28, 29 and April 4 at 8 p.m., and March 30 and April 6 at 3 p.m. (ASL interpreted).
Senior Show II
Reception: Sunday, March 30, 2-4 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery Seniors Phil Scott, Justine Maust, Erin Iverson and Corey Roth will present artwork in an exhibit that is the culmination of their studio work at Goshen College. Phil Scott Phil Scott (originally from Wheaton, Illinois) will graduate in May…
Benefit concert for Ukraine to take place March 22 at Goshen College
Goshen College music professor and violinist Solomia Soroka and pianist Arthur Greene will present a benefit recital on behalf of the people of Ukraine on Saturday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. The recital will be held in the Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall.
Lavender Jazz to perform spring concert March 21
Lavender Jazz, Goshen College’s big band, will present a spring concert in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 21.
Exhibit highlights commemorative quilts
Old and recent Mennonite and Amish quilts that record and honor significant life events will be on display in the Harold and Wilma Good Library basement gallery at Goshen College. The exhibit opens on Sunday, March 16 and will be on display through July 27, 2014. A reception will take place on Sunday, March 16, 3-5 p.m., in the Good Library Gallery.