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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 24 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

WILDERNESS TRAIL DISTILLERY 4095 Lebanon Road, Danville, KY 40422. Take a tour of the Wilderness Trail Distillery and learn about the science behind spirit making through the use of local grains and signature sweet mash fermentation processes. Tours are $15 + tax per person and include a souvenir shot glass and bourbon ball. Tours cap at 12 people. Visit wildernesstraildistillery.com to reserve your spot.

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

SHINO SHE YES: PORCELAIN POTTERY BY CANDICE HENSLEY ’07 Jones Visual Arts Center, Aegon Gallery. Professional potter Candice Hensley ’07 creates elegant forms in porcelain for everyday use. She glazes these functional forms with celadon and shino, Asian glazes developed thousands of years ago. Her gas reduction kiln brings out the best of the unpredictable shino that traps carbon in black and gray patterns under the glossy glaze surface. Hailing from Stanford, KY, Candice now makes her home and studio in Asheville, NC, where she continues the pottery tradition of that region, adding her own vision and handprint.

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

and a carefully curated Gift Gallery. Also enjoy the mosaic mural and other permanent collection pieces displayed in the Gallery. The current exhibits are The Object Seen: Contemporary Still Life juried by Sheldon Tapley and Sculptures by Wayne Daugherty. There is no cost to visit the Art Center.

We also invite you to pick up a public art map to enjoy the many murals and sculptures around downtown and on the campus of Centre College. Maps can be picked up at the Art Center or downloaded from the website, artcenterky.org.

11:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM 125 S. Second Street, across from Constitution Square Historic Site. McDowell House Museum is an 1800s historic house with a fascinating story, an apothecary and two gardens. This National Historic Landmark site is the former home and office of pioneering surgeon Dr. Ephraim McDowell. The museum is furnished and features a wonderful collection of antiques, including early medical equipment. Tours are offered at 11:15 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. Please book reservations online at mcdowellhouse.com or call 859.236.2804.

CENTRE BOOKSTORE Downtown in the former Hub building at the corner of Main and 3rd streets. No trip to Centre is complete without a visit to our bookstore. Enjoy coffee and snacks in the Hub Café, which is located right next door.

12:30 – 5:00 p.m.

11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

DINING AT CAMPUS CENTER Enjoy dinner in Cowan with your student. No reservations necessary; pay at the door.

GREAT AMERICAN DOLLHOUSE MUSEUM 344 Swope Drive, just behind campus off of Lexington Avenue.

The museum is offering free admission for Centre families. The Great American Dollhouse Museum is a unique educational facility that exhibits American history in miniature. The 6,000-square-foot museum contains over 200 dollhouses and thousands of related miniatures, presented in remarkable detail. The Kentucky Tourism Cabinet honored The Great American Dollhouse Museum by designating it one of Kentucky’s 50 “Only Ones,” meaning that it is a globally unique attraction. The gift shop features a large selection of miniatures. (Several Centre faculty, staff and Centre spouses are the creators of the museum). Free admission.

11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

ART CENTER OF THE BLUEGRASS 401 W. Main Street, corner of 4th and Main in the old Federal Building. Come visit the Art Center of the Bluegrass and enjoy three exhibit spaces, four artist-in-residence studios, an audio tour featuring the history of the building

REGISTRATION First floor of the Campus Center. Check in for information and get a campus map!

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

CENTREWORKS OPEN HOUSE Downtown at the corner of Third and Main streets, on the third floor above the Hub Café and the Centre Bookstore.

Join us for a fun-filled open house with appetizers and refreshments at the new CentreWorks hub on Main Street. Come meet Anthony and Andrea Margida, directors of CentreWorks, and learn about their humancentered approach to entrepreneurship. Meet members of the RESILIENCE Bootcamp and enjoy dialogue with Centre students who are creating innovative solutions to address pressing challenges facing our community. Event is free for all who wish to attend.

6:30 – 9:30 p.m.

BOURBON AND BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL Constitution Square Historic Site, 105 E Walnut Street, Danville, KY 40422. Proceeds support the Heart of Danville,

whose mission is to celebrate, preserve, and vitalize downtown Danville. Tickets include two specialty bourbon cocktails or alcohol-free mocktails per person. $35 per person for lawn seating, $500 for premiere table seating for up to 8 people. Children under 12 are free.

Tickets must be purchased in advance. Visit the Family Weekend registration page at centre.edu/parents for more information.

8:00 p.m.

STUDENT PERFORMANCE: STOP KISS, DIRECTED

BY KATIE BARNES ’22 Norton Center for the Arts, Weisiger Theatre. The perfect city, a decent job, the interesting no-strings-attached relationship, and babysitting a cat, how could that life be hard? In 1990s New York City, we meet Callie, who seems to live contentedly in her life. She has had everything fall in her lap, but what happens when a horrible tragedy propels her on a difficult journey of self-discovery?

Content Notification. This show will have topics of prejudice, discrimination, hate crimes, and assault as well as adult language that might not be suitable for all audiences.

and Bourbon ball. Tours cap at 12 people. Visit wildernesstraildistillery.com to reserve your spot.

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

CENTRE BOOKSTORE Downtown at Third and Main streets. Shop for a Centre souvenir—t-shirts, mugs, hats and other gift items— at the Centre bookstore! Enjoy coffee, pastries and sandwiches in the Hub Café.

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

SHINO SHE YES: PORCELAIN POTTERY BY CANDICE HENSLEY ’07 Jones Visual Arts Center, Aegon Gallery. Professional potter Candice Hensley ’07 creates elegant forms in porcelain for everyday use. She glazes these functional forms with celadon and shino, Asian glazes developed thousands of years ago. Her gas reduction kiln brings out the best of the unpredictable shino that traps carbon in black and gray patterns under the glossy glaze surface. Hailing from Stanford, KY, Candice now makes her home and studio in Asheville, NC, where she continues the pottery tradition of that region, adding her own vision and handprint.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION/ALUMNI SHOP First floor of the Campus Center. Pick up campus and Danville maps and an updated schedule at the registration table. Get your cool Centre gear from our Alumni Shop during this time!

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

LAUNCHING YOUR CENTRE SENIOR Old Carnegie, Conference Room. Join us for a presentation

by Joy Asher, director of the Center for Career & Professional Development, for advice to Centre parents about students’ Senior year. Learn practical tips to help your student prepare for the job search, explore graduate schools, refine their resume and prepare for interviews, and get to know resources available to them through the CCPD. A crash course in things Seniors need to do to successfully launch into life after Centre!

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

WILDERNESS TRAIL DISTILLERY 4095 Lebanon Road, Danville, KY 40422. Take a tour of the Wilderness Trail Distillery and learn about the science behind spirit making through the use of local grains and signature sweet mash fermentation processes. Tours are $15 + tax per person and include a souvenir shot glass

ART CENTER OF THE BLUEGRASS 401 W. Main Street, corner of 4th and Main in the old Federal Building. Come visit the Art Center of the Bluegrass and enjoy three exhibit spaces, four artist in residence studios, an audio tour featuring the history of the building and a carefully curated Gift Gallery. Also enjoy the mosaic mural and other permanent collection pieces displayed in the Gallery. The current exhibits are, The Object Seen: Contemporary Still Life juried by Sheldon Tapley & Sculptures by Wayne Daugherty. There is no cost to visit the Art Center.

Enjoy the spectacle of Go Van Gogh on Saturday afternoon - as teams earn points as they work their way around downtown participating in outdoor games, challenges, hunts and dares, ending in a public party in the back parking lot of the Art Center.

We also invite you to pick up a public art map to enjoy the many murals and sculptures around downtown and on the campus of Centre College. Maps can be picked up at the Art Center or downloaded from the website: artcenterky.org.

10:15 – 11:00 a.m.

PREPARE YOUR FIRST-YEAR FOR SUCCESS Old Carnegie, Conference Room. Join Kirk Knott, associate director of the Center for Career & Professional Development, for information and advice on what your first-year student can be doing right now to put

themselves on a path to career success. Learn all about the Career Roadmap, a year-by-year guide to career and professional development, and other career-related resources available to them through the College!

10:45 a.m.

CENTRE SIBLINGS TOUR Old Centre, Admission Welcome Center, 2nd floor. The admission office is hosting tours of the campus for any interested family members and friends. The tours are led

by Centre students.

museum and park devoted to Kentucky at the time it became a state in 1792 and beyond. McDowell House Museum offers 30-minute guided tours of the property.

The visit will highlight the Governor’s Circle, post office, meeting house, jail and courthouse. This service is $5 a person, minimum two people. Please book reservations online at mcdowellhouse.com or call 859.236.2804.

12:00 p.m.

CENTRE VS. BERRY WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Sutcliffe Hall, Alumni Gym

11:00 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

CENTRE SHOWCASE. Norton Center for the Arts, Newlin Hall. A popular tradition during Family Weekend – the Centre choral and instrumental ensembles will perform under the direction of the music faculty. You won’t want to miss hearing our talented students as they perform a variety of challenging and entertaining musical pieces. No charge.

STUDENT PERFORMANCE: STOP KISS, DIRECTED

BY KATIE BARNES ’22 Norton Center for the Arts, Weisiger Theatre. The perfect city, a decent job, the interesting no-strings-attached relationship, and babysitting a cat, how could that life be hard? In 1990s New York City, we meet Callie, who seems to live contentedly in her life. She has had everything fall in her lap, but what happens when a horrible tragedy propels her on a difficult journey of self-discovery?

Content Notification. This show will have topics of prejudice, discrimination, hate crimes, and assault as well as adult language that might not be suitable for all audiences.

11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

GREAT AMERICAN DOLLHOUSE MUSEUM 344 Swope Drive, just behind campus off of Lexington Avenue. See Friday schedule for details about the museum. Free admission.

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

BON JOUR, NI HAO, BUENOS DIAS, KONNICHIWA! Campus Center, Room 201. Led by the director of study abroad, Dr. Lori Hartmann, this panel discussion will also include several students who have studied abroad.

They will discuss various travel opportunities for Centre students and will share their experiences. Come travel with us!

11:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

MCDOWELL HOUSE MUSEUM 125 S. Second Street, across from Constitution Square Historic Site. McDowell House Museum is an 1800s historic house with a fascinating story, an apothecary and two gardens. This National Historic Landmark site is the former home and office of pioneering surgeon Dr. Ephraim McDowell. The museum is furnished and features a wonderful collection of antiques, including early medical equipment. Tours are offered at 11:15 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. Please book reservations online at mcdowellhouse.com or call 859.236.2804.

7:00 p.m.

CENTRE VS. TRINE FOOTBALL GAME Farris Stadium, Joe McDaniel Field. No charge to Centre families; pick up your tickets at the registration table on Friday afternoon or Saturday morning.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

CENTRE BOOKSTORE Downtown at Third and Main streets. Shop for a Centre souvenir—t-shirts, mugs, hats and other gift items—at the Centre bookstore! Enjoy coffee, pastries and sandwiches in the Hub Café.

12:00 p.m.

CENTRE VS. OLGETHORPE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Sutcliffe Hall, Alumni Gym

2:30 p.m.

CONSTITUTION SQUARE HISTORIC SITE 105 E Walnut Street, across from McDowell House Museum. Constitution Square is a public open-air

REGISTER ONLINE centre.edu/parents

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GENERAL INFORMATION Guest parking passes are not required for Family Weekend. Parents may park in all student and faculty/staff lots. (Additional parking is also available in the Danville city parking garage, located on the corner of Walnut and Third streets.)

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