Farraquito, the greatest flamenco dancer of this new century according to The New York Times, will perform in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and subscribers, $15 for youth and Bucknell employees and retirees, and $10 for Bucknell students. They can be purchased online or at the Campus Box Office.
The Bucknell Chamber Music Series and the Office of the Provost present Seraph Brass, a renown all-female brass ensemble, in two free performances on Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Natalie Davis Rooke Recital Hall, and Saturday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. with the Bucknell Symphonic Band in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
The internationally-renown Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company will perform in Bucknell’s Weis Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. The performance will…
Bucknell junior Nicole Bilotto will present a free trombone recital on Sunday, March 24, at 2 p.m. in Natalie Davis Rooke Recital Hall, Sigfried Weis Music Building.
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.
Award-winning author Valeria Luiselli will present the free, public keynote address for the fourth annual Bucknell University Diversity Summit on Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. in Leanne Freas Trout Auditorium, Vaughan Literature Building.
Artist Jeneen Njootli will deliver a free, public talk entitled, "Indigeneity: Making the Visible Seen" on Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. in Bucknell's Forum, Elaine Langone Center (Room 272). Her talk is part of the "Indigeneity: Making the Visible Seen" series presented by Bucknell's Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Gender.
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.
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.
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.
The Bucknell Jazz Band will play a concert with jazz low brass guest artist Jennifer Wharton on Friday, March 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Jazz at Bucknell series. This performance is free and open to the public.
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.
