Beyond the Wisconsin Heartland, Chicago, the Second City, has always been a "second home" for Lawrence. With the largest concentration of Lawrence and Milwaukee-Downer alumni anywhere, a major market for recruitment of new students, and strong relationships with corporations, foundations, and educational institutions, the connections between Chicago and Lawrence are multifaceted, deeply rooted, and enduring. Accordingly, as Lawrence works to enhance its visibility, it makes good sense to begin our efforts in the Windy City. Thanks to support from trustee emeritus J. Thomas Hurvis,'60, and Naomi Gitlin, '85, a number of programs and activities are planned to spread the word of Lawrence throughout the metropolitan area.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Picturing Peace, an exhibit of photographs taken by children and
young adults who participated in ArtsBridge sponsored programs in Southern
California, Wisconsin, and Northern Ireland, opens at the Jane Addams Hull
House Center for Arts and Culture, 1136 West Wilson Avenue. The exhibit, which
shares the gallery with a Chicago community-based book of art in the Open
Book Peace Project, includes photos previously shown at the Paper Discovery
Center in Appleton; the Town Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland; and the Beall
Center for Art and Technology at the University of California-Irvine. The
exhibit runs through Saturday, March 25.
Concurrent with the Exhibit
Through March 25, the First Annual Online Exhibition of Peace Photography.
Saturday, March 4, 2006
3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Picturing Peace reception for Lawrence alumni, parents, and friends
at the Jane Addams Hull House Center for Arts and Culture. President Jill
Beck and Visiting Professor of Education Robert Beck will be on hand to discuss
the exhibit and answer questions about the Picturing Peace program.
Light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served during the reception.
Please R.S.V.P. by Wednesday, March 1. Invitation and directions.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Michael Brody,'05, is featured in an advertisement appearing in Chicago area editions of Time magazine.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
A three-column paid advertisement congratulating
Eric Simonson, '82, on his Academy
Award for Best Documentary Short Subject appeared in the Arts and Entertainment
section of the Sunday edition of the Chicago Tribune.
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Performance by the Lawrence University Concert Choir
8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. worship services
First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple, 77 West Washington Street
Sunday, March 26, 2006
3:45 p.m.
Performance by the Lawrence University Concert Choir
Foundation Hall
Reception for alumni and friends to follow.
Baha'i House of Worship, 100 Linden Avenue, Wilmette
(The choir will also sing at the Baha'i Devotions in the Upper Hall at 3:00 p.m.)
View the invitation
Listen to/view a video clip of two of the choral selections performed
Friday, March 31, 2006
8:00 p.m.
Composer's Concert
Lutkin Memorial Hall, Northwestern University
700 University Place, Evanston Illinois
The Composer's Concert of the annual meeting of the Great Lakes Chapter of the College
Music Society features two compositions by Conservatory of Music professor
John Halvor Benson. Both
compositions, Corners and Wings and Things, are collections of musical settings of poetry by Emily
Dickinson, a total of nineteen songs. They are part of a larger project called From Emily’s Window, conceived as a
monodrama with simple staging. The works are scored for wind quintet and solo voice. Players of the wind quintet are
David Bell (clarinet), Barbara Boren (flute), James DeCorsey (horn), Susan Lawrence McCardell (bassoon), and Howard Niblock (oboe), all faculty members of the
Conservatory of Music or the Lawrence Academy of Music. The soloists for the performance are
Karen Leigh-Post (mezzo soprano) and her student, Emily
Fink, '08. The concert is free and open to the public.
Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8, 2006
Vibraphonist Joe Locke conducts
a teaching residency at Lawrence University on April 4-6, performing a guest/faculty
recital in Harper Hall on April 5 with Conservatory of Music professors
Dane
Richeson (percussion) and Mark Urness (bass). Professors Richeson and Urness
will appear again with Locke as the Joe Locke Trio at the
Green
Mill Jazz Club, 4802 North Broadway Avenue, Chicago, on Friday, April 7 (9:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.)
and Saturday, April 8 (8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.). There is a $10 cover.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Lawrence University percussionist Dane Richeson performs with the
Chicago contemporary chamber ensemble
CUBE, playing solo marimba, for an 8:00 p.m. broadcast of
Live From WFMT, WFMT Chicago, 98.7 FM.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Chris Braier, '06, is featured in an advertisement appearing in Chicago area editions of Time magazine.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
6:30 p.m.
Freshman Studies Revisited: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice
A Freshman Studies style discussion led by Timothy A. Spurgin, Associate Professor and the Bonnie Glidden
Buchanan Professor of English. Pride and Prejudice is a recent "One Book, One Chicago" selection.
Reception for alumni and friends to follow.
The Newberry Library
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Lawrence University Admissions Office reception for area high school counselors attending the
Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling Annual Conference.
Saturday, May 6, 2006
Community Service Project
A morning of community service involving the Lawrence University chapter of Students' War
Against Hunger and
Poverty (SWAHP), alumni, and friends of the college.
The Cornerstone Community Outreach soup kitchen
Volunteers will serve lunch and clean up following the meal
4628 North Clifton Avenue, ChicagoThe Caring Closet
Volunteers at The Caring Closet will assist clients and sort, tag, and organize donations in the resale shop
1745 E. 71st Street, Chicago
Saturday, May 20, 2006
7:00 p.m.
Lawrence Chamber Players recital
(Conservatory of Music faculty string ensemble)
The concert is free and open to the public. (The Invitation)
Reception to follow.
Merit School of Music
Joy Faith Knapp Music Center, 38 South Peoria Street, Chicago
Friday, June 9 and Saturday, June 10, 2006
Conservatory of Music professor Dane
Richeson (percussion) performs with the Jackie Allen Quintet at the
Green
Mill Jazz Club, 4802 North Broadway Avenue, Chicago, on Friday, June 9 (9:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.)
and Saturday, June 10 (8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m.). There is a $10 cover. Richeson recently made a recording with
vocalist Allen for the Blue Note label.