WHO: The Christ College Symposium is one of the long-standing traditions of Valpo’s Honors College. The series features exemplary scholars, artists, and public intellectuals addressing a common theme in a formal lecture. These public lectures are intended for audiences from the campus and civic community, as well as Christ College. WHAT: Ada Palmer’s first science […]
Opening Reception is Jan. 13 The Brauer Museum of Art’s winter exhibitions kick off with an opening reception Sunday, Jan. 13, and run through March 31. “Line/Force/Burn Rubber: Sarah Krepp & Olivia Petrides” features works by two artists who enjoy showing together and whose bodies of work complement each other in their graphic and visceral […]
Valparaiso University will continue its tradition of honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 21, 2019, with its 30th annual celebration, built around the theme of “What Everybody Ought to Know.” The modern Civil Rights Movement brought the legal edifice of Jim Crow-style segregation crumbling down. But in the eyes […]
Each year, Valpo’s campus is united with the greater Valparaiso community through a variety of holiday events that invite students, faculty, staff, and friends to join in celebrating the season. December 2018 events include: Christmas Concert: A Carol Festival, Friday, Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 1 at 5 p.m., Chapel of the […]
WHAT: Valparaiso University continues a tradition that dates back more than 90 years with its annual Christmas Concert: A Carol Festival. The concert returns with two performances to open the Christmas season for the University, community, alumni and friends from throughout the Midwest. WHO: The annual celebration will feature the Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Concert Band, […]
WHO: Valparaiso University presents the annual Advent Christmas Vespers service, featuring the Kantorei Choir of the Chapel of the Resurrection, the University Resurrection Ringers handbell choir and the Jubilate Choir of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Valparaiso, Indiana. WHAT: The annual service of lessons and carols is a traditional part of Advent celebrations on campus. This year’s […]
Valparaiso University presents its International Film Festival, featuring films from around the world and discussions led by Valpo faculty members. Films include: “Orfeu negro — Black Orpheus,” Brazil, 1959, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 19, in Christopher Center room 205. Discussion led by Allannah Karas, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures. “Frantz,” France […]
Brauer Museum of Art at Valpo Announces 2018–2019 Season Opening Reception is Sept. 7 The 2018–2019 season at the Brauer Museum of Art kicks off with an opening reception Friday, Sept. 7, featuring works in a variety of media ranging from abstract to representational. The fall exhibitions run through Dec. 9 and feature a collection […]
Fewer than 60 miles south and east from the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Chicago hangs a painting — which at one point stood sentry over a copy machine of all things — that launched a career. It was there, making copies, staring at “Rust Red Hills” by Georgia O’Keeffe, that Lisa Key ’94 […]
WHO: Valparaiso University student Grace Biermann ’21, Fred Niedner, senior research professor of theology, Aimee Tomasek, associate professor and chair of art, Ed Uehling, former professor of English, and Lee Johnson have all created works of art inspired by personal experiences in Nebraska. WHAT: “Another Beautiful Day in Paradise: NEBRASKA” is an exhibit of visual […]