“Built-In Closet,” an exhibit of work by abstract artist Gyan Shrosbree, will run Nov. 3 through Dec. 8 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the Ripon College campus. Shrosbree will give an artist’s talk at 7 p.m. Nov. 3. Shrosbree creates colorful paintings and assemblages from paint, tape, fiber and other […]
A faculty recital, “Music of the Reformation 1517-2017,” will be presented at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. Admission is free and open to the public. The performers will be Sarah Mahler Kraaz, professor of music and college organist, organ and piano; John […]
Jazz pianist Rob Clearfield will perform Friday, Oct. 27, as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series at Ripon College. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Ticket information is available by calling 920-748-8791. Clearfield offers lyrical emotive compositions inspired by gospel […]
Author Nate Marshall will visit Ripon College Wednesday, Oct. 4. He will talk about his recent book, Wild Hundreds, at 7:30 p.m. in Lane Library. His visit is a part of the Ripon College Visiting Writers Series. Originally from the south side of Chicago, Marshall is an editor of The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry […]
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin’s largest cultural organization, returns to Ripon College for its 45th appearance Sunday, Oct. 1. The performance is offered free of charge as a thank-you to the community, and no tickets are required. The performance is part of the Caestecker Fine Arts Series at Ripon College and will begin at 2:30 […]
The widely acclaimed comedy play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, by Christopher Durang, will open the 2017-18 theatre season at Ripon College. It is one of the most lauded and beloved Broadway plays of recent years. Some of the show’s elements are humorous adaptations of themes from works of Anton Chekhov. Vanya and […]
Mishan Han, adjunct instructor of music at Ripon College, will present a faculty violin recital at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10. The recital will be in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, and admission is free. Among his selections are: Praeludium & Allegro, “Caprice Viennois,” Op. 2, and other works by Fritz […]
“Celestial Bodies,” an exhibit of art by James Thompson, will be on view Sept. 8 through Oct. 13 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. An artist’s talk will be presented at 7 p.m. Sept. 8 to open the exhibit. Thompson is a 1973 graduate of Ripon College and a […]
“ ‘Taking Sides’ a timely exhibit of art as a tool for activism” is a review of an art exhibit written by Rafael Francisco Salas, associate professor of art. The review was published Aug. 3 by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art compiled the collection of works that addressed the role […]
Maggie Hall ’08 of Indianapolis, Indiana, fell in love with sound when she heard a special scream. “My parents took my brother and I to see a show called ‘The Woman in Black.’ It’s basically a ghost story,” Hall says. “My brother and I were young, 10 and 8, or thereabout. There is a moment […]
An exhibit of work by Kay Gebhardt Kittell ’54 is on view at the Monroe Arts Center, 1315 11th St., Monroe, Wisconsin. “A Life With Paint” runs through Aug. 11. Kittell’s son, Matt, is a member of the Class of 1988. Kittell died in 2011. She formerly lived north of Waupun, Wisconsin. At Ripon College, […]
Kurt Dietrich, professor of music and the Barbara Baldwin De Frees Chair in the Performing Arts, played a solo during a July 3 concert of the Wisconsin Symphonic Winds. The outdoor concert on the grounds of Ripon College, was part of the Green Lake Festival of Music. Accompanied by the group, Dietrich performed the solo […]
“To the Quarry, Together,” a first-person account by poet C. Kubasta about the collaborative work between her and Ripon College Associate Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger, is featured in the Spring 2017 magazine of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. Kubasta is the author the chapbooks, A Lovely Box and &s, and a […]
Take one rural Russian town, add a greedy mayor, a corrupt group of officials, and one charming con man, and you have the ingredients for a classic comic romp. The Ripon Summer Players will present an updated adaptation of the play “The Government Inspector,” one of the world’s great farces, June 2-4. Show times are […]
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble will perform a free Pops concert Wednesday. The concert will begin at 5 p.m. on the lawn of Harwood Memorial Union. Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform audience favorites from previous concerts, as well as new selections, including music by John Williams; and “Highlights from Beauty and […]
Lon Michels ’84 of Lodi, Wisconsin, a nationally exhibited artist, will give an artist lecture at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at 314: Ripon College Project Space in downtown Ripon. Refreshments will be provided, and the talk is free and open to the public. The 314 Arts Series is sponsored by the Kohler Foundation. Michels […]
A senior art exhibit will run from April 28 through May 14 at Ripon College. The exhibit will be on view at Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. An opening reception will be held at 7 p.m. April 28 in the Rodman Center lobby. Participants in the show are: Ally Wilber ’17 of […]
A student recital will be presented at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Participants will include: Michaellena Ambrowiak ’18 of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, voice Callista DeCramer ’20 of Princeton, Wisconsin, voice Cori Fredericks ’19 of Appleton, Wisconsin, voice Lauren Good ’19 of Wautoma, Wisconsin, piano Margaret Goodwin […]
The Ripon College Jazz Ensemble will perform its spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28. The performance will be in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. Admission to the concert is free. The program will feature distinctly contrasting styles. On one side are classic big band arrangements first […]
The Ripon College Choral Union and Orchestra will perform Sunday, April 30. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. John C. Hughes is the conductor of Choral Union, and Michael Lund Ziegler is the conductor of the orchestra. Admission is free and […]