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Monday, February 6
  • 1:30 pm
  • - 5:30 pm
  • Ken Aptekar: Look Again
  • On display until April 14. - Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts
Wednesday, February 8
  • 7:00 pm
  • Voice of an Artist: Ken Aptekar
  • ''Objecting to Objects: Notes of the Re-Painter.'' Aptekar mines the works of other artists and re-creates portions of their paintings, with clever shifts of scale and hue, covered by glass, upon which he inscribes inventive lines of text. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
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  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
  • 8:00 pm
  • Gallery Opening Reception
  • To celebrate the opening of Ken Aptekar's exhibition in the Beard & Weil Galleries, ''Look Again,'' on display through April 14. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
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  • Haas Concourse & Lobby, Watson Fine Arts
Monday, February 13
  • 1:30 pm
  • - 5:30 pm
  • Ken Aptekar: Look Again
  • On display until April 14. - Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts
Friday, February 17
  • 8:30 pm
  • Jazz Band Concert
  • Under the direction of Rick Britto, the ensemble performs the music of Charlie ''Bird'' Parker, John Coltrane and other jazz masters. This performance honors Black History Month. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Saturday, February 18
  • 8:30 pm
  • Festival of Dance
  • Student-run dance groups--including SOLE, Paraiso Latino and Tap Out Loud--showcase a variety of dance styles and traditions Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Sunday, February 19
  • 3:00 pm
  • Festival of Dance
  • Student-run dance groups--including SOLE, Paraiso Latino and Tap Out Loud--showcase a variety of dance styles and traditions Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Monday, February 20
  • 1:30 pm
  • - 5:30 pm
  • Ken Aptekar: Look Again
  • On display until April 14. - Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts
Thursday, February 23
  • 8:30 pm
  • Trybe Gala 2012
  • This performance by the student-run dance ensemble Trybe features a wide array of dance styles--from belly dancing to urban hip-hop--from a variety of world cultures. - To reserve complimentary tickets call the Trybe Ticket Line at 508-286-3365 Contact: Betsy Cronin
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Friday, February 24
  • 8:30 pm
  • Trybe Gala 2012
  • This performance by the student-run dance ensemble Trybe features a wide array of dance styles--from belly dancing to urban hip-hop--from a variety of world cultures. - To reserve complimentary tickets call the Trybe Ticket Line at 508-286-3365 Contact: Betsy Cronin
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Saturday, February 25
  • 8:30 pm
  • Trybe Gala 2012
  • This performance by the student-run dance ensemble Trybe features a wide array of dance styles--from belly dancing to urban hip-hop--from a variety of world cultures. - To reserve complimentary tickets call the Trybe Ticket Line at 508-286-3365 Contact: Betsy Cronin
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Saturday, March 3
  • 1:30 pm
  • New Plays Festival
  • Twelve original student works showcased over two days, advised by Associate Professor of English Charlotte Meehan and Professor of Theatre David Fox. Curtain at 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30 each day Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Sunday, March 4
  • 1:30 pm
  • New Plays Festival
  • Twelve original student works showcased over two days, advised by Associate Professor of English Charlotte Meehan and Professor of Theatre David Fox. Curtain at 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30 each day Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Monday, March 5
  • 1:30 pm
  • - 5:30 pm
  • Ken Aptekar: Look Again
  • On display until April 14. - Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts
Tuesday, March 13
  • 2:00 pm
  • - 3:30 pm
  • You Can Learn a Lot from the Corner of an Envelope
  • Henry Lukas, director of education, Museum of Stamps and Postal History, tells us the story of postal stamps, which were first introduced in England in 1840. - Free to Wheaton community and the public Contact: Judi Razee
  • Ellison Lecture Room 102, Watson
Monday, March 19
  • 1:30 pm
  • - 5:30 pm
  • Ken Aptekar: Look Again
  • On display until April 14. - Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts
Wednesday, March 21
  • 8:30 pm
  • Brilliant Bach
  • Celebrate Bach's birthday at a recital of his music performed by William MacPherson on the college's magnificent Casavant organ. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Cole Memorial Chapel
Thursday, March 22
  • 6:00 pm
  • Readings by the Writer
  • South African writer Tony Eprile is the author of Temporary Sojourner and Other South African Stories and the much-lauded The Persistence of Memory. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • May Room, Mary Lyon Hall
  • 9:00 pm
  • Film Screening: ''Utopia in Four Movements.''
  • With a powerful sense of poetry, ''Utopia'' uses the collective experience of cinema to explore the battered state of the utopian impulse at the dawn of the 21st century. This ''live documentary'' features filmmaker/narrator Sam Green and musician Dave Cerf. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Ellison Lecture, Watson Fine Arts
Sunday, March 25
  • 8:30 pm
  • Ten-Minute Play Festival
  • A showcase of dramatic vignettes written, directed and performed by Wheaton students. - Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
Wednesday, March 28
  • 9:00 pm
  • Loser Concert Series: Cellist Alisa Weilerstein
  • American cellist Alisa Weilerstein has attracted worldwide attention for playing that combines a natural virtuosic command and technical precision with impassioned musicianship. - Tickets are required for this free event. Call the Loser Concert Line, 508-286-3515 to reserve. Contact: Ellen Hallett
Thursday, March 29
  • 8:00 pm
  • 4th Annual Mary L. Heuser Lecture
  • ''Paint, Pollen, Polymorphy: Sargent's Allegorical Self-Portraits,'' featuring Alison Syme, associate professor of art history at the University of Toronto, where she teaches courses in European and American 19th and 20th century art and visual culture. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Ellison Lecture, Watson Fine Arts
Friday, March 30
  • 8:30 pm
  • Music of Brazil: Celia Malheiros and Friends
  • Malheiros performs an eclectic range of music, from sophisticated jazz harmonies and improvisations to folkloric and indigenous sounds of Brazil. With the Wheaton College Chorale and Chamber Singers. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Cole Memorial Chapel
Monday, April 2
  • 1:30 pm
  • - 5:30 pm
  • Ken Aptekar: Look Again
  • On display until April 14. - Gallery hours are 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts
Thursday, April 12
  • 8:00 pm
  • Film Screening: ''The Mill and the Cross.''
  • With director Lech Majewski, a Polish visual artist and filmmaker whose work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Venice Biennale. The film is based on the painting by Peter Bruegel, ''The Way to Calvary.'' A discussion with the filmmaker will follow. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
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  • Ellison Lecture, Watson Fine Arts
  • 9:00 pm
  • Cloud Nine
  • Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. - Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Friday, April 13
  • 8:30 pm
  • Chamber Concert: Music by Black Composers
  • The Great Woods Chamber Orchestra performs music by Alvin Singleton, William Grant Still and other black composers. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Trinitarian Congregational Church, Pine St., Norton
  • 9:00 pm
  • Cloud Nine
  • Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. - Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Saturday, April 14
  • 9:00 pm
  • Cloud Nine
  • Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. - Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Thursday, April 19
  • 9:00 pm
  • Cloud Nine
  • Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. - Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Friday, April 20
  • 9:00 pm
  • Cloud Nine
  • Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. - Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Saturday, April 21
  • 9:00 pm
  • Cloud Nine
  • Directed by Stephanie Daniels, this comedic satire by Caryl Churchill mocks gender, racial stereotypes and sexual politics in British Colonial Africa and in London, 1979. - Tickets are $5 general, $2 students/seniors and may be reserved by calling the Watson Box Office at 508-286-3575 or emailing to boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Tuesday, April 24
  • 8:00 pm
  • Gallery Opening Reception
  • To celebrate the opening of the Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition running in the Beard & Weil Galleries until May 4. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Haas Concourse & Lobby, Watson Fine Arts
  • 8:30 pm
  • The Phat Police
  • Under the direction of Jeffrey Cashen, The Phat Police is a contemporary jazz ensemble playing a wide range of music from Wayne Shorter to Radiohead. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Lyons Den, Rt. 140, Norton
Wednesday, April 25
  • 1:30 pm
  • - 5:30 pm
  • Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition
  • on display through May 4. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts
  • 8:30 pm
  • World Music Ensemble
  • A wide-ranging exploration of world music traditions from Brazil, India, Africa, Scotland, Ireland and more, under the direction of Visiting Instructor of Music Sheila Falls-Keohane. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Friday, April 27
  • 8:30 pm
  • Southeastern Massachusetts Wind Symphony
  • Directed and conducted by Assistant Professor Earl Raney, the ensemble features a performance of spring pops and more. - $5 general, $4 seniors, students free, $10 families of four or more Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Sunday, April 29
  • 8:30 pm
  • Wheaton Chorale and Chamber Singers
  • Under the direction of Tim Harbold, the choruses present music of the Americas, ranging from contemporary works to jazz-influenced music of the United States and Brazil. - Cole Memorial Chapel Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
Monday, April 30
  • 1:30 pm
  • - 5:30 pm
  • Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition
  • on display through May 4. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Beard & Weil Galleries, Watson Fine Arts
  • 6:00 pm
  • Playwrights on the Ground
  • Featuring Naomi Iizuka, who teaches at the University of California-San Diego and is the author of several plays, including Polaroid Stories and Language of Angels. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • May Room, Mary Lyon Hall
Wednesday, May 2
  • 8:30 pm
  • Jazz Band Concert
  • Under the direction of Rick Britto, the ensemble performs the music of Charlie ''Bird'' Parker, John Coltrane and other jazz masters. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Thursday, May 3
  • 9:00 pm
  • Wheaton College Dance Company
  • The ensemble performs under Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis. - For ticket information and reservations ($5 general, $2 students/seniors), please call the Wheaton Box Office 508-286-3575 or email boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Friday, May 4
  • 9:00 pm
  • Wheaton College Dance Company
  • The ensemble performs under Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis. - For ticket information and reservations ($5 general, $2 students/seniors), please call the Wheaton Box Office 508-286-3575 or email boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Saturday, May 5
  • 9:00 pm
  • Wheaton College Dance Company
  • The ensemble performs under Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis. - For ticket information and reservations ($5 general, $2 students/seniors), please call the Wheaton Box Office 508-286-3575 or email boxoffice@wheatoncollege.edu. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Sunday, May 6
  • 8:30 pm
  • Great Woods Chamber Orchestra
  • Featuring a concerto performed by violinist Victor Romanul from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a performance by tenor Gavin Mackie '13, Wheaton's 2011 concerto-aria competition winner. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Friday, May 11
  • 8:30 pm
  • Theatre Ensemble Experiments
  • Senior theatre majors present their final project on a Wheaton stage, advised by Assistant Professor of Theatre Jennifer Madden. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Saturday, May 12
  • 8:30 pm
  • Theatre Ensemble Experiments
  • Senior theatre majors present their final project on a Wheaton stage, advised by Assistant Professor of Theatre Jennifer Madden. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Friday, May 18
  • 5:00 pm
  • Theatre Ensemble Experiments
  • Senior theatre majors present their final project on a Wheaton stage, advised by Assistant Professor of Theatre Jennifer Madden. Contact: Betsy Cronin (508-286-3644)
  • Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts

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