The Fantasticks, the joint production of the departments of music and theatre at Ripon College, has been nominated for several awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Heidi DeCaluwe ’20 of West Bend, Wisconsin, received a Certificate of Merit for her costume design. Lindsey Wigand ’22 of West Allis, Wisconsin, received a Certificate […]
A collection of touchable art to promote and teach about the creation of art for the visually impaired is being assembled by Travis Nygard, associate professor of art and director of the Caestecker Gallery in C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Funds from a Kohler Foundation grant recently were re-allocated to the art department to […]
The Ripon College Orchestra will perform Sunday, Nov. 24. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Mishan Han is the conductor. The “Winter Dreams” concert will feature “Winter Dreams” (Symphony No. 1), by Pyotr Tchaikovsky; and “Les Patineurs” (Skaters’ Waltz), by Emile Waldteufel. The 41-member […]
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform Sunday, Nov. 17. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Tobin Shucha, assistant professor of music, is the conductor, and Deb MacKenzie is the pianist. Admission is free and open to the public. The program will include […]
The timeless musical The Fantasticks, by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, will be presented by the Ripon College departments of music and theatre Nov. 13-16. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free, but reservations are highly recommended and can be made by calling 748-8791 […]
Chicago saxophonist and composer Greg Ward, along with the ensemble Rogue Parade, will perform at Ripon College Friday, Nov. 8, as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. This concert is the Lynn Post Northrop […]
“01,” an exhibit of art by Alex Orellana-Mizell, will open with a reception and artist’s talk at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at Ripon College. The exhibit will run through Dec. 13 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Both the reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public. The […]
The Ripon College Chamber Singers and Choral Union will perform Sunday, Nov. 3. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. John C. Hughes is the conductor, and Deb MacKenzie is the accompanying pianist. Admission is free and open to the public. Choral Union will perform […]
New this year, concerts offered by Ripon College as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon Series will be open free to audience members. Charitable contributions to the Ripon College Friends of the Arts program are welcome and encouraged to support the continuation and development of experiential fine arts programming. In this season’s […]
“Play Nice!”, a “modern, dark fairy tale” by Robin Rice, will be presented Oct. 9-12 at Ripon College. Show times are 7:30 in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Tickets are free, but reservations are recommended by contacting 920-748-8791 or [email protected]). The play’s director, Robert Amsden, Ripon College director emeritus, says this exciting […]
A workshop reading of the new, unproduced play “Someplace Different,” by Bradley Dokken of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at Ripon College. The reading by students will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. A talkback with the playwright will follow. The workshop […]
Mollie Oblinger, associate professor of art, has work in two current exhibits. The three-person exhibit “Somatic Shapes” is running through Sept. 30 at the James May Gallery, Algoma, Wisconsin. A solo show, “In Which the Bottom is Collapsing,” is a portrait of the evolving ecosystem of the Great Lakes. Silhouettes of the nonnative species, the […]
An exhibit of conceptual art by Wisconsin artist CV Peterson will open with a reception at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at Ripon College. The exhibit will run through Oct. 18 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Both the reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public. CV Peterson […]
A closing reception for the exhibit “The Midwest Paint Group: Responses to Ripon College’s Van Dyck Paintings” will be held Sept. 6 at C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, Ripon College. The reception and a panel discussion will begin at 7 p.m. Two large, old master portraits by Anthony van Dyck hang in the lobby […]
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin’s largest cultural organization, returns to Ripon College for its 47th appearance Sunday, Sept. 22. The performance is offered free of charge as a thank-you to the community, and no tickets are required. It is part of the Caestecker Fine Arts Series presented by Honorary Life Trustee Thomas E. Caestecker. The […]
“Voicing Our Humanity: The Music of Shawn Kirchner” will be the focus of a Composer Residency and final concert offered by the Green Lake Festival of Music on the Ripon College campus. The residency will be held Aug. 1-4 with singers from the local area and around the country. The final concert will be performed […]
“Lester O. Schwartz: A Retrospective,” an exhibit of work by the longtime Ripon College art faculty member, will run Aug. 1 through Sept. 21 at Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts in Fold du Lac. The exhibit is organized by the artist’s daughter, Tanya Schwartz-Roeper ’88 of Ripon. An opening reception will be held from […]
A closing reception for the exhibit “Rafael Francisco Salas: For God and Country” will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, at Portrait Society Gallery, 207 E. Buffalo St., fifth floor, in Milwaukee’s historic Third Ward district. The event is free, food and drinks will be available, and Salas will talk at 7 p.m. […]
The annual Choral Institute of the Green Lake Festival of Music will be held Thursday, July 18, through Saturday, July 20, on the Ripon College campus. The institute will host singers from the local area and from around the United States. The institute will conclude with a free concert on Sunday, July 21, celebrating the […]
Suwannee Swing Saloon, a Florida band that performs western swing, classic country, the blues and jazz, will perform a free, outdoor family concert Thursday, July 4, on the Ripon College campus. The concert is sponsored by Ripon College and is part of the Green Lake Festival of Music’s 40th anniversary season. The musicians include Wisconsin […]