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'Streetcar Named Desire' launches 2012-2013 Elizabethtown College Theatre season

Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:55 -0400

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire," takes the stage in November as the first of four performances during the 2012-2013 season at Elizabethtown College. All performances take place in the College's Tempest...

The Wheatland Chorale appoints Eric R. Riley as artistic director

Sat, 05 May 2012 06:01:35 -0400

The Wheatland Chorale welcomes Eric R. Riley to the position of artistic director, a title left vacant after the May 1 retirement of Robert J. Upton, Chorale founder and director for 25 years. Riley presently serves as organist and director of mus...

Elizabethtown College holds 109th Commencement Saturday, May 19

Thu, 03 May 2012 06:01:18 -0400

Elizabethtown College will hold its 109th Commencement Saturday, May 19, 2012. There are two distinctive ceremonies:

Elizabethtown College faculty member promotes book, titled "I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters"

Tue, 01 May 2012 06:01:00 -0400

Published on the centennial of his birth, and in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, here is Bayard Rustin's life story told in his own words. Edited by Michael G. Long, associate professor of religious studie...

Estate Planning Workshop for Small Business Executives

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:01:23 -0400

A highly interactive executive workshop on estate planning for small business leaders will be offered on Tuesday, May 22, at Elizabethtown College. The event, which is sponsored by the S. Dale High Center for Family Business at Elizabethtown Colle...

Seminar on Developing Next Generation of Family Business Leaders

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:01:23 -0400

Phil Clemens, Chairman and CEO of The Clemens Family Corporation and former President of Hatfield Quality Meats, is a third-generation owner/executive who knows how important it is to develop strong leaders to ensure future success.

'Fantastic Voyage: Teaching, Learning and Serving Worldwide' panel presentation April 30

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:54 -0400

Have you ever wondered if it rains in The Gambia or what they eat for breakfast in Nepal? In the last event of spring 2012, Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College offers three unique perspectives on studying and living abroad.

Senior Art Show highlights student talent at Elizabethtown College

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:54 -0400

The Senior Art Show, which is partial fulfillment for Elizabethtown College Art 498, Senior Seminar, opens with a reception at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 6, in the College's Lyet and Hess galleries. The reception and show are free and open to the public.

'Pirates of Penzance' comedic light opera highlights Elizabethtown College music department

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:00:59 -0400

Appropriately performed in a leap year, "Pirates of Penzance," a Gilbert and Sullivan comedic operetta, takes the stage at Elizabethtown College's Leffler Chapel and Performance Center at 3 and 8 p.m. Sunday, May 6. Tickets are $7; $5 for students...

Emotion dance club performs May 4 and 5 at E-town

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:00:49 -0400

Each year the Emotion Spring Showcase comes this close to selling out at Elizabethtown College. The highly anticipated dance show takes place this year at 8 p.m. Friday, May 4, and Saturday, May 5, in the College's Leffler Chapel and Performance C...

Fine and Performing Arts spring program at Elizabethtown College

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:00:46 -0400

The Elizabethtown College Department of Fine and Performing Arts presents a spring program of music and drama, celebrating the arrival of spring and the end of the semester. The program takes place from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 2, in the Col...

Secluded Orthodox Jews, Amish explored in April 26 Snowden Lecture at Elizabethtown College

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:01:25 -0400

Haredim, a group of devout, orthodox Jews, who are theologically, socially and politically conservative, will be discussed by Snowden Lecturer Benyamin Neuberger at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at the Bucher Meetinghouse at the Young Center for A...

Grammy, concerto competition winners featured in College-Community Orchestra concert

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:00:40 -0400

Grammy Award-winning guitarist David Cullen and 2011 Elizabethtown College Concerto Competition winner Emily Targonski perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22, when the Elizabethtown College-Community Orchestra (ECCO) takes the stage in Leffler Chapel ...

Symphonic Band performs at Elizabethtown College

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:00:37 -0400

The Fine and Performing Arts Department, Music Division, at Elizabethtown College hosts the spring Symphonic Band Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center's Musser Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the...

Sex Strike Staged at Elizabethtown College

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:00:45 -0400

"Lysistrata," written in 411 BC by Aristophanes, chronicles one woman's desire to end the Peloponnesian War by staging a sex strike. Elizabethtown College Theatre opens the famous anti-war comedy at 8 p.m., Thursday, April 19, in Elizabethtown Col...

Senior Elizabethtown College theatre major performs autobiographical 'Rice'

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:07:06 -0400

Written and performed by DJ Littell, an Elizabethtown College senior, "Rice" honestly expounds upon a life filled with missed opportunities that have unusual consequences. The one-man autobiographical play was performed Friday, March 30, and...

Music Therapy Students Perform Interactive Recital for Children April 14 at Elizabethtown College

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:01:41 -0400

The 10th annual Open Door Recital, a unique experience for children-with and without special needs-and their parents, will be performed at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 14, in Elizabethtown College's Zug Recital Hall.

North America's oldest communal group topic of Young Center events April 19, 20

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:01:45 -0400

Hutterites, a distinct religious sect since the early 16th century, are the topic of this year's Durnbaugh Lectures April 19 and 20 at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.

Elizabethtown College Honored for Community Service

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:00:54 -0400

The Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education recently honored the nation's leading colleges and universities, students, and faculty members, and staff for their commitment to bettering their communities t...

Farewell concerts for Wheatland Chorale founding director

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:00:52 -0400

This month The Wheatland Chorale bids au revoir to Founding Director Robert J. Upton as it also celebrates its 25th anniversary. Upton's retirement concerts feature the performance of several movements from one of his favorite pieces "A German Req...

Poet Sean Thomas Dougherty presents Bowers Writers House April 2

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:00:52 -0400

The recipient of two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships in poetry, Sean Thomas Dougherty is globally known for his electrifying and soul-filled performances. On Monday, April 2 he will be the highlight of two presentations at Bowers Writ...

Elizabethtown College student, Cayla Kluver shared her novels at Bowers Writers House event

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:11:32 -0400

On Saturday, March 24, Bowers Writers House hosted its first alumni-student reading with authors Pam Chillemi-Yeager '77 and current E-town student , Cayla Kluver who presently is on leave from her studies as she tours the country to promote her L...

Elizabethtown College-Community Orchestra honored with performance spot at April PMEA conference

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:01:02 -0400

The Elizabethtown College-Community Orchestra (ECCO) has been asked to perform this spring at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) state conference, scheduled for April 19 through 21, at the Lancaster County (Pa.) Convention Center ...

Elizabethtown College hosts original play March 30, April 1

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:00:22 -0400

Elizabethtown College art students featured in juried exhibit March 25 through April 25

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 06:01:07 -0400

An exhibition of works by students enrolled in studio art courses at Elizabethtown College will be featured in the Lyet Gallery of the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center Sunday, March 25, through Wednesday, April 25.