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Monday, February 25th, 2019

March 3: Jasper String Quartet to Feature Bucknell Piano Professor in Weis Center Concert

Jasper String Quartet, featuring Bucknell music professor Qing Jiang on piano, will perform on Sunday, March 3 at 2 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets for the engagement are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors 62+, $15 for youth 18 and under, $15 for Bucknell employees and retirees (limit 2), $10 for Bucknell students (limit 2), and $15 for non-Bucknell college students (limit 2). Tickets can be purchased online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or by calling 570-577-1000.

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Thursday, January 31st, 2019

March 5: Michael James to Present Class of 1956 Award Lecture

Michael James, associate dean of faculty, Division of Social Sciences, is the recipient of the Class of 1956 Lectureship for Inspirational Teaching. In conjunction with that award, he'll present a free, public lecture entitled "Citizenship and Responsibility for the Past: The Case of Spain's Sephardim and Morisco" on Tuesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Theatre, third floor, Elaine Langone Center.  A reception in James' honor will be held afterward in Arches Lounge.

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Wednesday, January 9th, 2019

March 6: Founder of the FBI’s National Art Crime Team to Present Samek Distinguished Lecture

Robert Wittman, founder of the FBI’s National Art Crime Team and best-selling author, will present Bucknell University's Samek Distinguished Lecture entitled "Art Crime in the 21st Century" on Wednesday, March 6 at 6 p.m. in the Gallery Forum, second Floor, Elaine Langone Center. A reception in the Samek Art Museum's Campus Gallery will follow the free, public talk.

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Tuesday, February 26th, 2019

March 6: Social Entrepreneur DeShuna Spencer to Discuss Black Representation

Bucknell's Griot Institute for Africana Studies will present social entrepreneur DeShuna Spencer for a free, public talk entitled "The Black Unfamiliar in the 21st Century: Black Representation" on Wednesday, March 6 at 7 p.m. in the Great Room of Hildreth-Mirza Hall. The event is co-sponsored by the Career Development Center.

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Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

March 19: NASA’s Wanda Peters to Discuss Lessons from Her Journey

As part of its celebration of 125 years of engineering education at Bucknell, the College of Engineering is hosting Dr. Wanda Peters, deputy director for planning and business management in the Flight Projects Directorate (FPD) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, for a free, public talk entitled "NASA's Modern Figures: Lessons from My Journey" on Tuesday, March 19, at 5:15 p.m. in the Forum Lecture Hall, Elaine Langone Center (ELC).  Her talk will be followed by a reception in Walls Lounge.

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Thursday, March 7th, 2019

March 19: Borders and Immigration Panel Discussion Hosted by The Samek Art Museum

The Samek Art Museum will host a panel discussion among four scholars focusing on questions surrounding immigration and migration and the effect they have on the human condition on Tuesday, March 19 at 6 p.m. in the Gallery Theatre, third floor, Elaine Langone Center. This panel is free and hosted in connection with the current exhibition Border Cantos | Sonic Border on display now at the Samek Art Museum’s Campus Gallery, which is just down the hall from the Gallery Theatre.

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Friday, March 8th, 2019

March 20: Author Margo Natalie Crawford to Discuss ‘Black Post-Blackness’

Bucknell’s Griot Institute for Africana Studies will present author Margo Natalie Crawford, a University of Pennsylvania professor of English who is a scholar of 20th…

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Tuesday, January 8th, 2019

Jan. 18-March 24: Samek Exhibit Explores Complexities of U.S.-Mexico Border

American photographer Richard Misrach and Mexican-American artist and composer Guillermo Galindo will collaborate to explore the complexities of the U.S.-Mexico border through photography, sculpture and sound in a Samek Art Museum exhibit entitled "Border Cantos | Sonic Border," which will be on display in Bucknell University's Campus Gallery on the third floor of the Elaine Langone Center.

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Thursday, March 7th, 2019

March 27: Samek Art in Bars to Feature Turkey Hill Brewing, Diversity Summit

The Samek Art Museum will team up with the Turkey Hill Brewing Co. and the University's fourth annual Diversity Summit on the popular Art in Bars program on Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. in the Iron Front Event Space, 434 Market St., Lewisburg. Tickets are $15 at the door and support the brewery’s costs.

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Friday, March 8th, 2019

March 27: AfroSurrealism Author Rochelle Spencer to Speak in Griot Spring Lecture Program

Bucknell’s Griot Institute for Africana Studies will present Rochelle Spencer, a San Francisco Bay Area-based writer focused on AfroSurrealism, stories by and about people of color, and female empowerment, in a free, public talk entitled “The Black Unfamiliar in the Twenty-First Century: AfroSurrealism” on Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. in the Great Room, Hildreth-Mirza Hall.

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Friday, March 8th, 2019

March 28: Cornell Professor Xak Bjerken to Perform Bucknell Piano Series Concert

Xak Bjerken, professor of piano at Cornell University, will perform a free, public concert in the Bucknell Piano Series on Friday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Natalie Davis Rooke Recital Hall, Sigfried Weis Music Building.

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Monday, March 4th, 2019

April 2: U.S. Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman to Speak at Bucknell’s Sojka Pavilion

Aly Raisman — team captain of two gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics teams and a 2018 recipient of ESPN’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award on behalf of victims sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar — will speak Tuesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell University's Sojka Pavilion. Raisman will discuss her Olympic gymnastics experiences and being a survivor of sexual abuse. Tickets are free and will be available for students on Monday, April 1, beginning at 10 a.m. at the CAP Center and the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets will be available for the general public on Tuesday, April 2, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Sojka Pavilion box office.

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Monday, April 1st, 2019

April 3: Holocaust Survivor David Wisnia to Share His Story in Words, Song

Cantor David S. Wisnia will share his story as a Holocaust survivor and sing the music he loves, accompanied by his grandson, accomplished jazz pianist Avi Wisnia, in a free, public program on Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. in The Forum at the Elaine Langone Center (ELC). 

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Thursday, April 4th, 2019

April 11: Stadler Center Hosts Annual Student Reading

The Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts will host its annual student reading on Thursday, April 11 at 5 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. The free, public event brings together the winners of Bucknell's two literary contests, the Cadigan Prizes for Younger Writers and the Julia Fonville Smithson Memorial Prize, for a formal reading in Bucknell Hall.

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Friday, April 5th, 2019

April 13: Bucknell Opera Theatre to Conduct ‘One Night Only’ Performance

The Bucknell Opera Theatre program will conduct a free, public "One Night Only" performance on Saturday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Natalie Davis Rooke Recital Hall in the Sigfried Weis Music Building.

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Monday, April 8th, 2019

April 16: Director of UCLA’s Native Nations Law and Policy Center to Present CSREG Talk

Angela Riley, professor of Law at UCLA School of Law and director of UCLA's Native Nations Law and Policy Center, will present a free, public talk as part of the Bucknell Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Gender's (CSREG) "Indigeneity: Making the Visible Seen" Series on Tuesday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Elaine Langone Center Forum. Riley's talk is entitled "Between Indigenous Law and Federal Law."

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Monday, April 8th, 2019

April 17: Susan Travis to Present the Virginia Travis Lecture in Social Justice

Susan Travis, whose leadership of multiple organizations since the 1970s has benefitted residents of the local region and beyond, will present the free, public Virginia Travis Award Lecture in Social Justice on Wednesday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in the Elaine Langone Center's Gallery Theatre. Her talk, titled “Promoting Social Justice through Human Service Agencies and Citizen Action, will be followed by a reception in the ELC Walls Lounge.

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Monday, April 8th, 2019

April 17: Classical Voice Trio Women on the Verge to Perform with Guest Dr. Gregory Brookes

The classical voice trio Women on the Verge will perform with guest opera baritone Dr. Gregory Brookes on Wednesday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Natalie Davis Rooke Recital Hall, Sigfried Weis Music Building.

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Thursday, April 4th, 2019

April 18: Bucknell to Host Neuroscience Summit on Addiction

Bucknell University is hosting a Neuroscience Summit on Addiction featuring five leading addiction research scholars on Thursday, April 18, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Campus Theatre, 413 Market St., Lewisburg. The student-created event is free and open to the public and designed to help people better understand the reasons for and effects of addiction. A reception will follow across the street at the Iron Front Building, 434 Market St.

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