Alsarah and the Nubatones will perform as part of the Weis Center’s annual season on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Campus Theatre, 413 Market Street, in downtown Lewisburg. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. A pre-performance talk with the artists will take place from 6:45-7:15 p.m. that evening. General admission tickets for the performance are $20 for adults, $16 for seniors 62+, $10 for youth 18 and under, $10 for Bucknell employees and retirees (limit 2), free for Bucknell students (limit 2), and $10 for non-Bucknell college students (limit 2).
Mark Bauerlein, an English professor at Emory University and author of The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30): How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30) will present a free, public talk on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall as part of "The ’60s at 50: Reflections on America a Half-Century Later."
The Samek Art Museum will hold the second of three events related to its Women's Work Lecture Series on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. at the Iron Front Cowork Space, 434 Market St.,
in downtown Lewisburg. Ashli Baker, an assistant professor of classics and ancient Mediterranean studies at Bucknell, will present a free, public talk entitled "The Myth and Art of Cupid and Psyche."
The Bucknell Opera Theatre will present Songs for a New World by Jason Robert Brown on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 9 and 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts.
The Bucknell University theatre & dance program will present its Fall Dance Showcase on Friday, Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. in Harvey M. Powers Theatre in Coleman Hall. Tickets are $7 and all seats are reserved. Tickets are available by calling 570-577-1000, online at bucknell.edu/boxoffice, or at any campus box office location.
Bucknell University will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I with a ceremony in the Rooke Chapel Meditation Grove on Sunday, Nov. 11, starting at 10:30 a.m. The ceremony will honor the 718 members of the Bucknell community who participated in the Great War, including the 40 who died during, or as a direct result of, the war.
The Bucknell University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will host the BizPitch 2018 finals on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the Terrace Room,…
Bucknell's Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts will present renowned poet, essayist, professor of classics and translator Anne Carson as its 2018–19 Sojka Visiting Poet. She will present her performance piece "A Lecture on the History of Skywriting," with collaborator Robert Currie, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Weis Center for Performing Arts. Book sales in the Wes Center Atrium will precede the reading. Carson will also engage in a Q&A on Antigonick, her recent version of the Sophocles’ Antigone, with Bucknell English professor G.C. Waldrep and classics professor Stephanie Larson on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 12 noon in the Elaine Langone Center Forum. Time will be allotted for audience questions. Please note that locations for these events have changed to reflect expected audience sizes. Both events are free and open to the public.
Dubbed the “new soul of Americana,” Kaia Kater will perform folk music as part of the Weis Center’s annual season on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Campus Theatre, 413 Market Street, downtown Lewisburg. General admission tickets for the performance are $20 for adults, $16 for seniors 62+, $10 for youth 18 and under, $10 for Bucknell employees and retirees (limit 2), free for Bucknell students (limit 2), and $10 for non-Bucknell college students (limit 2).
The Jazz@Bucknell performance by the Manuel Valera Trio scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Bucknell Hall has been postponed due to Thursday’s…
Mark Moyar, director of the Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation, USAID and author of Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War 1954-1965 will give a free, public talk on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. This event is part of a speaker series hosted by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology. The talk is part of “The ’60s at 50: Reflections on America a Half-Century Later,” a symposium dedicated to a reconsideration of the political, social and cultural legacy of the American 1960s.
The Samek Art Museum will hold a free Surrealist Party to celebrate their current exhibition, The Mystic Detectives, on Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Samek Gallery, on the third floor of the Elaine Langone Center. Attendees are encouraged to wear costumes representing their favorite surrealist characters.
Bucknell University's “The ’60s at 50: Reflections on America a Half-Century Later,” a symposium dedicated to a reconsideration of the political, social and cultural legacy of the American 1960s, will present a screening of the 2002 film We Were Soldiers on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Campus Theatre, 413 Market Street in downtown Lewisburg.
The Bucknell University Department of Theatre & Dance will present the play House of the Holy Moment by Cary Pepper, directed by Kyle Cohick ’20, on Wednesday, Nov. 28 and Sunday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. Admission is $7 and tickets may be purchased at bucknell.edu/BoxOffice.
The Samek Art Museum will present its third and final Women's Work Lecture Series talk on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. at the Iron Front Cowork Space, 434 Market St #301 in downtown Lewisburg. Stephanie Larson, a classics and ancient Mediterranean studies professor at Bucknell, will provide a free, public talk on a women's work in ancient Greece.
Bucknell University English professors Paula Closson Buck and G.C. Waldrep will present a free poetry reading on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall as part of the 2018-19 Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts Writers Series.
The Soweto Gospel Choir, an exciting and colorful two-time Grammy Award-winning group from South Africa, makes its return to North America with a performance called Songs of the Free on Friday, Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets can be purchased online, over the phone at 570-577-1000, or at a Weis Center box office Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets for the performance are $35 for adults, $28 for seniors 62+, $25 for youth 18 and under, $25 for Bucknell employees and retirees (limit 2), $10 for Bucknell students (limit 2), and $25 for non-Bucknell college students (limit 2).
Bucknell's annual Christmas Candelight Services will be held in Rooke Chapel on Friday, Nov. 30; Sunday, Dec. 2, and Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are required and free of charge. They are made available on a first-come, first-served basis via myBucknell or at any campus box office location.
The Bucknell Department of Theatre & Dance will present its annual Fall Dance Concert on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Harvey M. Powers Theatre, located in Coleman Hall. Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for students and senior citizens. They can be purchased online at bucknell.edu/boxoffice, any Campus Box Office location, or at the theatre an hour before the show.
Celtic storyteller Fiona Powell will present a holiday story hour to families in Bucknell Hall on Saturday, Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The annual free, public event is intended for children ages 4 to 11. The story hour will be followed by a cookie-decorating session, with all cookies and supplies provided to attendees.
Beyond Unison, one of Bucknell University's premier coed a cappella groups, will present a concert on Saturday, Dec. 1, starting at 12 noon in The Natalie Davis Rooke Recital Hall.
Chamber Music at Bucknell will present free, public showcase performances by nine students on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Natalie Davis Rooke Recital…
The Bucknell University Symphonic Band will perform Robert W. Smith’s musical exploration of Dante’s The Divine Comedy during a free, public concert on Sunday, Dec.…
