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Friday, March 30th, 2018

Through May 25: Weis Center To Feature Art from 10 Local Artists

The Weis Center for the Performing Arts, in collaboration with the Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau and the Susquehanna River Arts initiative, will host a free art exhibit and installation featuring the work of 10 local artists from Tuesday, April 3 through Friday, May 25 in the Weis Center’s upper Atrium Lobby.

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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

March 6: Australian Contemporary Circus Company comes to Weis Center

Circa, a contemporary circus/cirque ensemble from Australia, will perform on Tuesday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets can be purchased online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or by calling 570-577-1000.Tickets are also available in person from several locations including the Weis Center lobby and the CAP Center Box Office, located on the ground floor of the Elaine Langone Center.

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Tuesday, March 6th, 2018

March 8: Writer, Performer, and Assistant Geography Professor To Lecture on “Green” Conversations

Carolyn M. Finney, writer, performer, and assistant professor of geography at the University of Kentucky, will speak on “All Things Considered: Black Faces, White Spaces…

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Tuesday, March 20th, 2018

March 24: Weis Center Presents Family Discovery Performance Air Play

Air Play, a whimsical contemporary cirque performance, will float into the Weis Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or by calling 570-577-1000. They also may be purchased in-person from several locations including the Weis Center lobby and the CAP Center Box Office, located on the ground floor of the Elaine Langone Center.

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Tuesday, March 6th, 2018

March 25-27: Debussy Centenary Symposium Celebrates French Composer 100 Years Later

Joined by Grammy Award-winning Parker String Quartet, American Gamelan Institute Director Jody Diamond, Bucknell Artist-in-Residence I Gusti Nyoman Darta, and guest scholars, Bucknell celebrates the…

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Friday, March 30th, 2018

April 4: MLK Moment of Reflection Planned

The President’s Diversity Council and the MLK Week Committee will lead a moment of silence and reflection on the 50th year since the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Wednesday, April 4, at 11:45 a.m. at the Brawley/King Bust, Vaughn Literature Garden, in the Humanities Quad. The rain location will be the lobby of the Weis Center for the Performing Arts.

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Monday, April 2nd, 2018

April 4: Artist Dread Scott to Discuss Activism and the Erasure of Subversive Art

Contemporary artist Dread Scott will deliver a free, public talk titled "Activism and the Erasure of Subversive Art: Imagine a World without America" on Wednesday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Theatre of the Elaine Langone Center. A reception with Scott will follow in the Samek Art Museum.

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Friday, March 30th, 2018

April 5: Traditional Hula Ensemble Comes to Weis Center

Traditional hula ensemble Hālau Hula Ka No‘eau will perform on Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. There will be a free pre-performance talk on the same day as the performance from 1-2 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium Lobby. The talk will include a brief history of hula and an informal hula dance lesson.

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Friday, March 30th, 2018

April 5: The Mivos Quartet to Perform in Rooke Recital Hall

The Mivos Quartet, "one of America's most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles" according to Chicago Reader, will perform on Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rooke Recital Hall, Sigfried Weis Music Building.

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Monday, April 9th, 2018

April 11: Jazz Saxophonist to Give Free Concert at Weis Center

Jazz saxophonist Melissa Aldana will perform on Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium Lobby. The performance is free and tickets are not required. There will be a free pre-performance talk immediately before the performance, from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m., also in the Atrium Lobby.

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Monday, April 9th, 2018

April 11: Guest Lecturer Presents Philip Roth and ‘The Other Europe’

Dr. Simone Kraus, professor of translation studies, translator and writer, will present a free, public lecture entitled, “Philip Roth and ‘The Other Europe:’ New Perspectives…

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Wednesday, April 11th, 2018

April 22: Double Bassist Xavier Foley Offers Classical Performance in the Weis Center

Avery Fisher grant winner Xavier Foley will perform a classical repertoire on Sunday, April 22 at 2 p.m. in the Weis Center for the Performing…

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Thursday, April 26th, 2018

April 29: Bucknell Intercollegiate Film Festival to Screen 16 Student Films Sunday

The third biennial Bucknell Intercollegiate Film Festival (BIFF) will take place on Sunday, April 29 at 7 p.m. at the historic Campus Theatre in downtown Lewisburg. A post-festival catered reception is scheduled at the Samek Art Museum’s Downtown Art Gallery across the street from the theatre.

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