Archive for April, 2008
Forbes, Beebe Stress Global Education at Inauguration
April 15th, 2008 | Press Releases
More than 530 people came to hear former presidential candidate Steve Forbes speak at a breakfast at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort celebrating the inauguration of Westmont’s eighth president, Gayle Beebe. Forbes spoke about “America’s Economy and the Global Imperative,” declaring that the world is in the midst of a Golden Age. The breakfast kicked off [...]
A Fresh Festival Of Performing Arts
April 10th, 2008 | Press Releases
Westmont’s annual Fringe Festival, a week-long gala of contemporary theater and dance, returns to campus Tuesday, April 15 through Saturday, April 19. Seventeen original productions by students and faculty fill four performance bills. The public is invited to nightly performances in and around Porter Theatre Tuesday through Friday at 7 and 9 p.m., and a [...]
Church History, Live Onstage At Westmont
April 2nd, 2008 | Press Releases, Video
Theater student Zak Landrum presents an interactive performance, “Redemption History III: Ecclesia,” for his senior production Sunday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Murchison Gym. With over a dozen student and faculty actors, the Westmont Gospel Choir, live orchestral music, and video projections, the play tells the story of the Christian church from Pentecost [...]
String Quartets Strike A New Chord
April 1st, 2008 | Press Releases
Three quartets of Westmont string students perform an Instrumental Chamber Concert Friday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in Deane Chapel on lower campus. The free concert features new and rarely heard gems alongside traditional repertoire pieces.
The Manly Monday Quartet, so called because the all-male ensemble rehearses on Mondays, will premiere “A Quartet for Strings” by [...]