Archive for February, 2008
Musical Masterworks Downtown
February 26th, 2008 | Press Releases
In preparation for Easter, Westmont choirs and chamber orchestra present a free concert, Choral Masterworks, Friday, March 7, 8 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church on State and Micheltorena Streets.
The program will include Ariel Ramirez’s “Missa Criolla” and Benjamin Britten’s “St. Nicholas” cantata, featuring Dr. Grey Brothers as St. Nicholas. The concert will also feature the [...]
Talk Reveals How Faith Impacts Presidency
February 22nd, 2008 | Press Releases
Historian Gary Scott Smith explores the issue of religion amid the current presidential campaign in a lecture, “Religion and the American Presidency,” Wednesday, March 5, at 3:30 p.m. in Kerrwood Hall’s Hieronymus Lounge. The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served at 3:10 p.m.
Smith’s talk will be based on his [...]
A New Role Faces Whites in Diverse World
February 22nd, 2008 | Press Releases
Doug Schaupp, a writer and teacher of racial issues, says America is challenged with the prospect of true integration as diverse populations increase in an increasingly global society. Schaupp will discuss what role white people play in contributing to multiethnic community building and justice at a lecture, “Being White: Finding our Place in a [...]
Students Match Words in Debate, Speech
February 14th, 2008 | Press Releases
A month-long tournament that started with nearly 100 students will culminate in a final showdown for cash prizes Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Page Hall.Several championship winners of speech and debate will each receive a top prize of $500 following Westmont’s Tournament of Expressions: Finals in Debate, Great Speeches, Persuasive Speeches, and Biblical [...]
Blondell to Explore the Bard in America
February 14th, 2008 | Press Releases
John Blondell, Westmont professor of theater arts, will lecture about “Born in the USA: William Shakespeare and the American Theatrical Tradition” Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. at Hieronymus Lounge in Westmont’s Kerrwood Hall. The Phi Kappa Phi Paul C. Wilt Faculty Lecture is free and open to the public.
Blondell is founder and director of [...]