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Shakespeare play updated to modern Ripon, Wisconsin

Join the Ripon Summer Players for a unique take on a classic comedy as we present A Ripon Midsummer Night’s Dream. We have placed this hilarious tale in contemporary Ripon, Wisconsin. The rulers run the local government, the fairies live in South Woods, and each tradesperson represents and is sponsored by a local business. The […]

Ripon College to present outdoor Pops Concert

Ripon College musicians will present their annual Pops Concert at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, on the steps of Harwood Memorial Union on the campus. In case of inclement weather, the concert will be moved indoors to S.N. Pickard Commons. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble will perform light and enjoyable musical works. All […]

Senior Art Show 2016

Senior art students exhibiting work

An exhibit of artwork by Ripon College students will open May 6 and run through May 15 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. A reception will be held at 7 p.m. Friday in the Rodman lobby. The graduating studio art majors and art history minors who will be represented […]

Ripon College Jazz Ensemble

Ripon College Jazz Ensemble performs April 29

The Ripon College Jazz Ensemble will present its spring concert on Friday, April 29, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m., and admission is free. The ensemble will perform works from wide variety of jazz periods and styles. “Christopher Columbus” will be played […]

Violin

Ripon College Orchestra to perform May 1

The Ripon College Orchestra will perform its spring concert at 3:15 p.m. May 1 in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. Admission is free and open to the public. Selections will include Overture to “The Abduction from the Seraglio” K. 384, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791); “Simple Symphony,” Op. […]

Owen Reynolds, student recital

Music students to present joint recital April 26

The Ripon College Department of Music will present a student recital at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The program will feature: Second Movement of Symphony No. 100, by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), with Kate Cichon ’19 of Menasha, Wisconsin; Mitchell Eithun ’17 of New London, Wisconsin; […]

Ripon College Chamber Singers 2016

Ripon College Chamber Singers, Choral Union perform April 24

The Ripon College Chamber Singers and Choral Union will present a concert Sunday, April 24. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. It is free and open to the public. Selections for the Chamber Singers are “Kyrie,” from “Missa Orbis factor,” anonymous […]

Auditions, crew call to be held April 19 and 21 for summer production

Auditions and crew call will be April 19 and 21 for the Ripon Summer Players’ production of “A Ripon Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Shakespeare’s classic comedy set in contemporary Ripon, Wisconsin. Auditions and crew call will be held in Benstead Theatre in Rodman Center for the Arts from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. both nights. There […]

Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Symphonic Wind Ensemble to perform spring concert April 17

The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform its spring concert at 3:15 p.m. Sunday, April 17, in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The concert will feature works from a wide range of musical styles and time periods. Highlights include two popular, powerful and colorful contemporary works, Frank Ticheli’s “Vesuvius,” a […]

One-Act Play Festival 2016

Variety of student-directed one-act plays presented this week

The One-Act Play Festival, a celebration of short plays presented by student directors, will be presented April 14-16 by the Ripon College Theatre Department. Performances are free and open to the public. The lineup includes: Thursday, April 14, 7:30 p.m. “St. Francis Preaches to the Birds,” by David Ives, directed by JaneMarie Erickson ’16 of […]

Sheboygan artist will show paintings at 314 space with opening April 8

Frank Juarez, a Sheboygan, Wisconsin, artist, photographer, gallery owner and art educator, will display paintings in an exhibit opening from 7-9 p.m. Friday, April 8, at 314: Ripon College Project Space on Watson Street in downtown Ripon. Refreshments will be served. The exhibit will run through May 15. Juarez is the art department chair at […]

Emily Marie Rausch ’16 will present piano recital April 9

Emily Marie Rausch ’16 of Deerfield, Wisconsin, who is majoring in music and business management, will give a senior piano recital at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 9. The recital will be presented in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Selections will include works by Bach, Barber, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart and Zaimont

Upcoming exhibit explores issues surrounding ISIS propaganda images

“Landscapes of Absence,” an exhibit of work by multi-disciplinary artist Brandon Bauer, will be on view April 1 through May 1 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the Ripon College campus. An artist’s talk will be presented at 7 p.m. April 1 in the Rodman lobby, and a reception will follow […]

Ripon College Chamber Singers 2016

Ripon College Chamber Singers open spring concert tour March 11 in Ripon

The Ripon College Chamber Singers will open their spring concert tour with a performance tonight in Ripon. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Our Saviour’s United Church of Christ, 343 Scott St. The ensemble will be singing an unaccompanied concert in nine languages, including choral standards like Palestrina’s Sicut cervus and Randall Thompson’s […]

Piano presentation to examine composer Granados and artist Goya March 10

Pianist and researcher Nathan Birkholz of Appleton, Wisconsin, will present “Goyescas: Painting Through Sound” Thursday, March 10, at Ripon College. The program will run from 2-4 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend. This lecture-recital marks an important centenary in the life and work of Spanish […]

‘Holiday,’ a Jazz Age romantic comedy, runs March 2-5

“Holiday,” a sparkling romantic comedy of the 1920s Jazz Age by Philip Barry, will be presented March 2-5 by the Ripon College Theatre Department. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the College’s campus. Tickets are free, but reservations are recommended by calling 920-748-8791; or emailing […]

Ripon College Chamber Singers 2016

Ripon College Chamber Singers going on tour

Eighteen members of the Ripon College Chambers Singers will perform a spring concert tour from Friday, March 11, through Tuesday, March 15. The ensemble will be singing an unaccompanied concert in nine languages, including choral standards like Palestrina’s “Sicut cervus” and Randall Thompson’s “Alleluia,” as well as Italian madrigals, “Rautavaara’s Suite de Lorca” and a […]

Debra Brehmer

Talk by Milwaukee art gallery owner rescheduled to Tuesday, March 8

Milwaukee art gallery owner Debra Brehmer will speak at Ripon College at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, March 8. The presentation will be in Room 147, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. All are welcome to attend. Brehmer is a writer and art historian who runs Portrait Society Gallery in Milwaukee. She is especially interested in how […]

Author, textile artist will speak at 314 project space Wednesday, Feb. 17

Author and textile artist Rachel May will make an appearance at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 314; Ripon College Project Space, 314 Watson St., in downtown Ripon. The visit is sponsored by the Ripon College Visiting Writers Series, and all are welcome to attend. May will read from her collection of short fiction, The […]

Paul Dietrich Quintet will perform Feb. 12 at Ripon College

The Paul Dietrich Quintet will perform Friday, Feb. 12, as part of the Chamber Music & Jazz at Ripon Series. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Tickets are available by calling 920-748-8126. Prices are $20 for adults; $15 for senior citizens, faculty and staff […]