Sewing Conversation
Watson Fine Arts - Beard and Weil Galleries Norton, MA, United StatesInspired by her Appalachian family history and the tradition of quilting circles, Jenkins brings people together to sit, talk, and sew.
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Children’s Concert: The Carnival of the Animals
Emerson Dining Hall – Faculty Dining RoomThis children’s concert features music inspired by circus animals. It will be performed by the 12-member chamber music group from Wheaton College.
The concert will feature woodwind, brass, string, and percussion instruments, and it is appropriate for children of all ages.
Join us at 10:30 a.m. for fun activities and refreshments prior to the performance.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Celebration
Watson Fine Arts - Weber Theatre Norton, MA, United StatesOur annual award ceremony will occur on the evening of Tuesday, February 18, at 7 PM in Weber Theatre. Our keynote speaker this year will be scholar, author, and civic influencer Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean.
Where It Used to be Home: Writing Russia and Ukraine under the Trump Administration
Mary Lyon Hall - Holman Room Norton, MA, United StatesPoet Olga Livshin will discuss culture, translation, history, current events, and share her experiences of living as an immigrant under the Trump Administration and with Putin's war on Ukraine looming as this year's Davis Memorial Guest Lecturer.
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Reporter as Receiver: Storytelling, Journalism, and the Tendency to Prejudge
Mary Lyon Hall - Holman Room Norton, MA, United StatesPlease join us for a conversation with Torey Malatia, President and General Manager of the Public’s Radio, Southern New England’s NPR. You are also invited to join us for a reception […]
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Lyons Lunch and Learn webcast – Social entrepreneurship
President Hanno and Imran Chowdhury, the inaugural Diana Davis Spencer Chair of Social Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor of Business and Management, will discuss current social entrepreneurship initiatives and how they fit into the mission of the college’s liberal arts curriculum and, specifically, within Wheaton’s historic focus on experiential learning as an integral part of students’ education.
Amazing Grace – a Film featuring Aretha Franklin
Watson Fine Arts - Ellison Lecture Hall Norton, MAJoin us for a viewing of the 1972 concert film featuring the incomparable Aretha Franklin.
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The game is rigged! Mathematics for cheaters and scoundrels
Discovery Center - Hindle Auditorium Norton, MA, United StatesProfessor Zeitz of the University of San Francisco will explore a variety of wagers and games that practically guarantee a win for the player who makes the best mathematical analysis—and will demonstrate why this is the case.
Tales from Mongolia: Adventure in Social Entrepreneurship and Public Health
Knapton Lecture Hall Norton, MAMs. Munkhbayar will discuss why and how she chose the path of entrepreneurship and social business, her personal and professional experiences connected to social entrepreneurship in Mongolia, and what she is trying to achieve in Mongolia and elsewhere after her Fulbright Scholarship period in the United States is complete. Dr. Bromage will discuss how he got interested in Mongolia during his doctoral studies and the nutrition situation in the country, his current efforts in Mongolia and related efforts elsewhere, and where what his next career steps might be following his postdoctoral work at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Stakeholders in the British Shipbreaking Industry
Mary Lyon Hall - Woolley Room Norton, MA, United StatesDigital History at Wheaton College presents Stakeholders in the British Shipbreaking Industry: A Critical Practice of Digital History into Text Encoding and Semantic Web by Naoki Kokaze, University of Tokyo and Kiyonori Nagasaki, International Institute for Digital Humanities.