The Ripon College Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will perform Friday, April 21. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. The director is Adjunct Instructor of Music Paul Dietrich. Jazz Ensemble will perform “Sweet Time Suite: Opening,” […]
The Ripon College Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform Sunday, April 16. The concert will begin at 3:15 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. Tobin Shucha is the director. Selections will include “Flourish for Wind Band,” by Ralph Vaughan Williams; “Amazing Grace,” by […]
The annual One-Act Play Festival, featuring short plays directed by students, will be held April 14 and 15 at Ripon College. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, on the campus. Admission is free and open to the public. The plays and cast members are: “Harold’s Ear,” […]
“The Business of Show Business,” a discussion about theatre with acclaimed theatre critic Peter Filichia, will be held Tuesday, April 18, at Ripon College. The discussion will run from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Rodman 147, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The event is free and open to the public. Filichia serves on […]
Assistant Professor of Music Erin Bryan will be the soprano soloist when the Oshkosh Chamber Singers presents Josef Haydn’s masterpiece oratorio “The Creation” on Palm Sunday, April 2. The performance will begin at 3 p.m. at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, St. Mary site, 605 Merritt Ave., Oshkosh, with choir, soloists and an orchestra of […]
Seniors from the community have one last chance to participate in a ceramic tiles project to enhance the new Ripon Senior Activity Center in Murray Park. Students from the ceramics classes of Professor of Art Mollie Oblinger at Ripon College have been collaborating with seniors from the community since last fall to create ceramic tiles […]
“Lisa Marie Barber: My Spring Garden,” an exhibit of artwork, will be on view March 31 through May 2 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts, at Ripon College. An opening reception will be held at 7 p.m. March 31. Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Barber earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology with an […]
“Cruces/Crossroads,” a two-person exhibition featuring Ripon College Professor of Art Rafael Francisco Salas and Chicago artist Herman Aguirre Martinez, will be on view March 25 through May 13 at Portrait Society Gallery of Contemporary Art, 207 E. Buffalo St., Milwaukee. A reception will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 24, with both […]
An article by Rafael Francisco Salas, professor of art and chair of the Department of Art and Art History, was published Jan. 31 by Urban Milwaukee magazine. “Powerful Art By Prison Inmates” is about the ground-breaking exhibit “Art Against the Odds,” on view through March 11 at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. The […]
The three Ripon College choral ensembles will present a combined concert Sunday, Feb 19. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. It is free and open to the public. The conductors are Assistant Professor of Music Paul Thompson and Adjunct Instructor of Music Abby Schmidt. Adjunct Instructor of […]
DeMisty Bellinger, author of the poetry collections Peculiar Heritage and Rubbing Elbows and the novel New to Liberty, will read from her work Wednesday, Feb. 15. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the MLK Lounge, Harwood Memorial Union, on the campus. It is free and open to the public. Books will be available […]
Two exhibits curated by Ripon College art students are on view through the end of September at the Ripon College Museum in West Hall. The exhibits can be viewed any time the building is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The exhibit “Let’s ‘van Gogh’ to New York! Prints by Greg […]
The Cavatina Duo will perform at Ripon College Friday, Feb, 10, as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The artists will also lead a masterclass that day with Ripon College flute and guitar students. […]
“Willow and Ware,” prints and hybrid media works by Jessica Meuninck-Granger, will be on view Feb. 3 through March 3 in Caestecker Gallery, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts at Ripon College. An opening reception will be held Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public. Meuninck-Ganger’s […]
The Joe Policastro Trio, a forward-thinking jazz trio based in Chicago, will perform at Ripon College Friday, Jan. 27, as part of the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. The artists also will lead a clinic that […]
A trumpet recital with Jessica Jensen, adjunct professor of music, and John Daniel will be presented Monday, Jan. 23, at Ripon College. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. in Demmer Recital Hall, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free and open to the public. The accompanist will be pianist Wayne Wildman. Selections […]
Associate Professor of English Megan Gannon has two poems published in the Fall 2022 issue of The Heartland Review literary magazine. The poems are titled “Dispatch from a Familiar Fairy Tale”; and “Dispatch on the Golden Ratio,” which can be read here.
Poet-in-Residence Freesia McKee has a poem, “Like Buying a House,” published in in Split Rock Review. The literary journal is based in Chequamegon Bay, Wisconsin, and focuses on work exploring place, environment and relationship between humans and the natural world. McKee also was interviewed by Ripon College alumnus Jeffrey Charles McAndrew ’81 for the Poets […]
“The Thanksgiving Play,” by Larissa FastHorse, will be presented Nov. 30 through Dec. 3 at Ripon College. Show times will be 7:30 p.m. in Benstead Theatre, C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended by calling 920-748-8791 or sending an email to boxoffice@ripon.edu. In the play, good intentions collide when […]
Freesia McKee, Ripon College’s poet-in-residence, will present a poetry reading at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. The reading will be in the North Reading Room of Lane Library. It is free and open to the public. Megan Gannon, associate professor of English, will open the program with a short reading. McKee writes about the influence […]