Campus events Kresge Gallery Exhibition: Ray Green, Photographer Through Friday, February 26, Kresge Gallery, Alphin Building Convocation: Emeritus Professor George Lankford Thursday, February 4, 7:30 p.m., Nucor Auditorium, Lyon Building Dr. Lankford will speak on the early history of Batesville and Independence County. Faculty Recital: Dr. Russell Stinson Friday, February 19, 7:30 p.m., Brown Chapel Dr. Stinson will present an organ concert featuring the works of Bach, Brahms, Buxtehude, and Couperin. Williamson Prize Lecture: Dr. Kurt Grafton Tuesday, February 23, 11 a.m., Brown Chapel Dr. Grafton’s topic is “Meeting them where they are: turning the classroom upside down to promote engagement and success in first-year chemistry.” Burns Night Supper and Ceilidh Friday, February 26, 6 p.m., William J. Clinton Presidential Center Gala Fundraiser for Scholarships. Tickets: $200. For more information, visit lyon.edu/BurnsNight. Band Concert: “A Night at the Movies” Monday, February 29, 7:30 p.m., Brown Chapel The Southside High School Band will open a performance where the Lyon Symphonic Winds present a stunning multi-media tribute to movies, including Star Trek, The Godfather, Jurassic Park, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Harry Potter, and Star Wars. Kresge Gallery Exhibition: Juried Student Art Show Monday, February 29 – Friday, April 1, Kresge Gallery, Alphin Building Awards Reception, Thursday, March 17, 5-7 p.m., Kresge Gallery Juror Cedar Lorca Nordbye, Associate Professor of Art at the University of Memphis, will select works to be shown.
Convocation: Danny Tate Thursday, March 3, 7:30 p.m., Nucor Auditorium, Lyon Building Tate, a successful musician and songwriter, will speak on his personal experiences with the legal system’s failure to protect his freedom, rights, and property. He will also perform some of his songs. 3rd Annual World Music Event Thursday, March 17, 6 p.m., Bevens Music Room, Brown Chapel A display of Lyon’s world music instrument collection. Musicians will demonstrate such instruments as the sitar, didgeridoo, accordion, and bagpipe. The Highlander Youth Singers will also perform.
Band Concert: “Jazz in the Chapel” Tuesday, March 29, 7:30 p.m., Brown Chapel The Lyon College Jazz Band, along with the Batesville High School Jazz Band, will perform classics by the “Big Bands” of the 1930s and 1940s. Senior Recital: David Farris Thursday, March 31, 7:30 p.m., Brown Chapel Farris will present his film score for the Charlie Chaplin film, Modern Times. Ashley Lewis Endowed Concert: Robert “Baabe” Irving III Friday, April 1, 7:30 p.m., Landers Theatre, Downtown Batesville Irving, who played with jazz legend Miles Davis, along with several Arkansas musicians, will offer a tribute to Davis. Kresge Gallery Exhibition: Senior Thesis Exhibit Monday, April 4 – Friday, May 6, Kresge Gallery, Alphin Building Opening Reception, Thursday, April 14, 5-7 p.m., Kresge Gallery Senior art majors Gale Wann and Spencer Goff will exhibit their work. Visiting Writer: Craig Albin Tuesday, April 12, 7 p.m., Bevens Music Room, Brown Chapel Albin, a widely-published poet who has just published his first book of short stories, will give a public reading. Harlequin Theatre: The Glass Menagerie Thursday–Saturday, April 14–16, 7:30 p.m., Holloway Theatre Sunday, April 17, 2 p.m., Holloway Theatre The Harlequin Theatre will present the 1945 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award-winning play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Senior Recital: Jason Cumpston Friday, April 15, 7:30 p.m., Brown Chapel Cumpston will present “My Life in Song, a Musical Autobiography,” which will include musical theatre and other vocal selections, with narration by Cumpston. Band Concert: “River Songs” Tuesday, April 26, 7:30 p.m., Brown Chapel The Lyon College Symphonic Winds, along with the Lyon Dixieland Band and the Riverview High School Band from Searcy, Arkansas, will perform music with a river theme. Spring Choral Concert: “Sing My Dance!” Friday, April 29, 7:30 p.m., Brown Chapel The Lyon College Concert Choir, Batesville Choral Society, Fusion Dance Academy, and others will join forces to present “Sing My Dance!”
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Leila Lenora Heasley Prize Reading: Daniel Woodrell Tuesday, March 1, 7 p.m., Bevens Music Room, Brown Chapel Woodrell, author of Winter’s Bone—which was adapted into an awardwinning film— eight other novels, and a book of short stories, will give a public reading from his work.
West Endowed Concert: The Quapaw Quartet Friday, March 18, 7:30 p.m., Bevens Music Room, Brown Chapel The Quapaw Quartet will perform a program of masterworks.
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