Friday, January 12th, 2018
"Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic," a shadow-puppet play, will be presented on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. There will be a free pre-performance talk with the artists on Friday, Jan. 19 from noon-1 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium Lobby. Tickets for the performance can be purchased online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or by calling 570-577-1000.
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2018
he telescopes of the Bucknell Observatory will be open to Bucknell families and the community to view the sights of the night sky — including newborn stars, star clusters and our moon — during Family Night on Saturday, Jan. 27 from 6:30-9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
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Friday, February 2nd, 2018
The Stadler Center for Poetry will welcome Bucknell's 2018 Poet-in-Residence Camille T. Dungy, author of four books of poetry, for a reading on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. A reception and book-signing will follow the reading. All Stadler Center Writers Series events are free and open to the public.
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Monday, January 29th, 2018
Matthew Rojansky, director of the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., will discuss "U.S.-Russia Conflict: The New Normal?" on Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Elaine Langone Center Forum. The free, public lecture is sponsored by the Bucknell Department of Political Science as part of its Second Annual National Security Forum.
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Friday, October 27th, 2017
The Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University hosts its latest exhibition by Sidney Mullis, "Who is Puberty and How Does She Hit?" now through Sunday, Feb 11 in its Downtown Gallery space, 416 Market Street, Lewisburg. Mullis will come to campus to participate in a roundtable conversation with Erica Delsandro, visiting assistant professor of women’s and gender studies at Bucknell, on Wednesday, Nov. 29 from 6-8 p.m. at Iron Front Cowork Space, 434 Market St., Suite 301, Lewisburg.
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Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Kris Trego, associate professor of classics & ancient Mediterranean studies and the 2017 recipient of the Class of 1956 Lectureship, will explore underwater archeology in her lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Theatre, Elaine Langone Center. A reception in her honor will be held afterward in Arches Lounge.
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Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Percival Everett, a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California and author of nearly 30 books, will read from his novel, Erasure, and then lead conversation on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Theatre, Elaine Langone Center. His talk is co-sponsored by the English Department and made possible through the support of the University Lectureship Committee. It is part of the semester-long, interdisciplinary series "Erasure: Blackness and the Fight Against Invisibility," by the Griot Institute for Africana Studies.
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
Social justice activist and sexual assault survivor Tarana Burke, founder of what has become the #metoo movement for victims of sexual assault and harassment, will…
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Monday, February 12th, 2018
Dr. Richard Kiely, a senior fellow at Cornell University's Office of Engagement Initiatives and co-author of a forthcoming book on community-based global learning, will discuss “Cultivating Socially Responsible Global Citizens: The Role of Higher Education in Today’s International Climate,” on Monday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. in a free, public lecture in the Gallery Theater, Elaine Langone Center.
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Friday, February 23rd, 2018
The new documentary “Backpack Full of Cash” will be shown on Monday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Theater on the top floor…
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Friday, February 23rd, 2018
Artist Fredman Barahona*Elyla Sinverguenza will present an LGBTQI+ artist/activist’s talk and reception on Monday, Feb. 26 at 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery Theater and Samek…
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
Keith F. Taylor, a professor of mathematics and statistics at Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, will discuss the beautiful mathematics behind many of the modern algorithms used in signal and image processing on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Academic West 108. Taylor's free, public talk, titled "The Wavelet Revolution," will focus on abstract mathematical theorems discovered and proven in the recent decades that have had, and continue to have, profound impacts on these technologies.
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
Dianne Modestini — the conservator who cleaned, restored and preserved Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," which became the world’s most expensive painting, selling for $450 million — will present Bucknell’s Samek Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, March 1 at 6 p.m. in the Elaine Langone Center (ELC) Forum. Her talk is free and open to the public.
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2018
Lorelei Ensemble, an ensemble of nine women who are committed to expanding the repertoire for women’s voices, will perform on Thursday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. There will be a free pre-performance talk with the artists on the same day as the performance from 1-2 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium Lobby. Tickets can be purchased online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or by calling 570-577-1000.
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Friday, March 2nd, 2018
The Bucknell University Symphonic Band will perform a free concert on Friday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts.…
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
Jacob Perlin, artistic and programming director of Metrograph, the inventive new independent movie theater in New York City, will provide a free, public talk, "Variations on a Form," on Tuesday, March 6, at 7 p.m. in the Campus Theatre. He will provide information on how films gets produced, distributed, exhibited, preserved, promoted and written about for a major metropolitan audience.
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Monday, March 12th, 2018
Bucknell’s Student Chapter of Psychologists for Social Responsibility (PsySR) will host a free, public screening of the documentary, “Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution,” on Monday,…
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
Che Malambo, a world music and dance ensemble from Argentina, will perform on Tuesday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. There will be a free pre-performance talk with the artists on the same day as the performance from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium Lobby. Tickets can be purchased online 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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Monday, March 19th, 2018
Bucknell art & art history faculty member Eddy Lopez will unpack the unique process behind creating digital works for his Samek Art Museum Downtown Gallery…
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
The National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba will perform world-renowned classical works on Thursday, March 22 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. Tickets can be purchased online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or by calling 570-577-1000. They 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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Monday, March 26th, 2018
Elizabeth Armstrong, a professor of sociology and women’s studies at the University of Michigan with research interests in the areas of sexuality, gender, culture, organizations, social movements and higher education, will deliver the keynote speaker at Bucknell's Diversity Summit on Tuesday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in Trout Auditorium. Her free, public talk is titled "Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality."
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
Joel S. Wit '76, senior fellow at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins SAIS and founder of the project there titled "38 North," will present the free, public lecture, "Crisis in North Korea: Where Do We Go From Here?," on Wednesday, March 28 at 6:30 p.m. in The Forum, Elaine Langone Center (ELC 272).
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Monday, March 19th, 2018
Jim and Evelyn Piazza -- parents of Timothy Pizza, a 19-year-old Penn State sophomore engineering student who died Feb. 4, 2017, two days after a hazing incident at Penn State's Beta Theta Pi house -- will speak on Thursday, March 29 at 7 p.m. in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. The event is free and open to the public, although tickets will be required. Available tickets will be open to the general public starting at 6 p.m. the day of the talk at the Weis Center Box Office.
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Monday, March 12th, 2018
The Bucknell Student Lectureship Committee will host a fireside chat on social activism with comedian and author Chelsea Handler at the Weis Center for Performing Arts on Tuesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. Bucknell philosophy professor Sheila Lintott will serve as the moderator and there will be a 20 minute Q&A following their discussion. Free tickets are available for the Bucknell community on April 3 from 12 to 4 p.m., and 100 tickets will be reserved for the general public and can be picked up at 6 p.m. the day of the event at the Weis Center.
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Monday, March 12th, 2018
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian ’73 is the 13th Janet Weis Fellow in Contemporary Letters at Bucknell University, becoming the first Bucknell graduate to receive the honor.
The Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the Humanities in the Department of English and Director of Creative Writing at Colgate University, he will accept the award during a ceremony on Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. After the presentation, Balakian will read from his poetry and memoir, and then engage in a moderated discussion with Bucknell Professor of English Harold Schweizer. A book-signing will follow. The event is free and open to the public.
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