Come Frunch with Us
2023-11-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-11-17 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-11-24 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-12-01 11:00 - 12:00, 2023-12-08 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Emerson Dining Hall – President’s Dining Room, Norton, 02766, United States
Come on Come All!
When: Fridays
Time: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Who: Anyone wanting to practice their French is welcome
Where: Emerson Dining Hall (look for the French flag!)
Please contact Alexandra Place at place_alexandra@wheatoncolleg.edu with questions or comments

RENT
2023-11-10 19:30, 2023-11-11 19:30, 2023-11-16 19:30, 2023-11-17 19:30, 2023-11-18 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Book, Music & Lyrics by Jonathan Larson, directed by Stephanie Burlington Daniels

Premiering on Broadway in 1996, RENT garnered international acclaim and won several awards, including The Pulitzer Prize for Drama and The Tony Award for Best Musical, and is based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme. The play follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
Tickets may be purchased online via the Watson Box Office
$15 general, $10 seniors/faculty/staff, $5 students
RENT is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Communications & Literacy MTEL Prep (Education Licensure)
2023-11-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Meneely 104
Academic Advising is providing free prep sessions for the Communication & Literacy MTEL from 5-7 PM on Wednesday, November 8 & Monday, November 13. This exam (along with completion of an education major) is required to earn your teaching license.
Location: Meneely 104
The Wednesday session will be on the Reading subtest and the Monday session will be on the Writing subtest.
The instructor will focus on reviewing your questions about the practice tests (click links below). In order to be prepared and benefit from the sessions, it is important to complete and bring a copy (or have electronic access) of the Reading practice test (11/5) or the Writing test (11/13).

Reading Subtest (pdf)
Writing Subtest (pdf)

Student Recitals
2023-11-14 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Gifted student performers demonstrate mastery in voice, violin, cello, piano and other instruments.

Faculty Research Talk
2023-11-16 12:30 - 13:30 | Online
Join Sara Donaldson, Assistant Professor of Education for an upcoming Faculty Research Talk, Leveraging Collective Doubt to Deepen Learning.
Presenters will begin by discussing their topic, and each session will close with a question and answer segment. All presentations are virtual and free and the Zoom link will be sent the day before this discussion.
Transformational change within social contexts, such as schools, requires a cohesive vision and action plan. This work can be promoted by providing the individuals involved with structured opportunities to collectively grapple with the nuances of terminology and facets of related initiatives in terms of expectations for what the work looks like in practice. Using narrative data collected from field research with mathematics instructional leaders, this faculty research talk will unpack a five-phase framework shown to provide this needed structure. By positioning moments of doubt as opportunities for collaborative learning, this framework serves as a flexible structure to guide shared knowledge development from the initial identification of a shared goal to cohesive understanding and systemic transformation.
Register

World Music Ensemble
2023-11-29 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The ensemble, under the direction of Assistant Professor Sheila Falls, performs works including the Italian ballad “Il Pescatore”, as well as selections from Brazil, Ireland, and Argentina.

Southeastern Massachusetts Wind Symphony
2023-12-01 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Wheaton’s largest wind ensemble performs its winter concert under the direction of Associate Professor Earl Raney.
Suggested donation $5.

The Pillowman
2023-12-02 19:30, 2023-12-03 14:00 | Kresge Experimental Theatre, Watson Fine Arts
Written by Martin McDonagh
Directed by John O’Meara ’26, Produced by Joey Del Santo ’25
Presented by Café Theatre and the Department of Theatre & Dance

With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka, and the Brothers Grimm, The Pillowman centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is being interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories and their similarities to a series of child murders. The result is an urgent work of theatrical bravura and an unflinching examination of the very nature and purpose of art.

This production is directed, produced, designed and performed by Wheaton students.

Seating is limited, tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Box Office on the lower level of Watson Fine Arts. The box office will open one hour prior to each performance. Tickets are free but donations are graciously accepted.

Holiday Vespers Concert
2023-12-03 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Wheaton’s choral tradition for the holidays celebrates music of varied cultures and time periods, and features the Wheaton Chorale and Chamber Singers under the direction of Assistant Professor Alexandra Lutkevich. This year’s program highlights the works of multiple female composers such as Margaret Bonds, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Rosephanye Powell, Elaine Hagenberg, and Flory Jagoda.
The concert is free to the public, but donations are gratefully accepted.

Winter Fest
2023-12-04 16:00 - 18:30 | The Dimple, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Celebrate the winter season at a gathering on the college’s Dimple, featuring food trucks; hot chocolate, hot cider and other sweet treats; craft vendors; musical performances; illuminated ice sculptures, and more.
As part of the celebration, the college will collect non-perishable food items for the Wheaton Food Pantry; and hats, mittens and scarves for the Norton Cupboard of Kindness. (Donations bins will be located in the Balfour-Hood Campus Center.)
This event is open to Wheaton students, faculty and staff and their families, and Norton residents. Parking for campus visitors will be available at Lot #2 on East Main Street (see campus map).
The celebration is sponsored by Arts at Wheaton and the Office of the President.

Wheaton College Jazz Band
2023-12-06 20:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Band, under the direction of Associate Professor Will Mason, performs a mix of American music ranging from jazz to rhythm and blues to rock.

Student Recitals
2023-12-07 17:00 | Mary Lyon Hall – Woolley Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States

Great Woods Symphony Orchestra
2023-12-10 14:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Comprised of Wheaton students, faculty, and members of the public, the GWSO presents a concert featuring Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4 as well as works by Claude Debussy, and John Philip Sousa.
Suggested donation $5.

Alumni Athletics Reception
2023-12-12 18:00 - 20:30 | Hue Boston, 90 Exeter St, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Join Wheaton coaches, athletic staff, and fellow alumni at Hue Boston on Tuesday, December 12 to celebrate the holidays and show your Lyons Pride. Food, beer, and wine will be served.
This is a free event but registration is required. Registration closes on Monday, December 11.
Register here

Student Film Screening
2023-12-12 19:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
A curated selection of student work is showcased in this end-of-semester screening.
Weber Theatre, Watson Fine Arts, 7:00 p.m.

Fall 2023 Housing Ends
2023-12-16 | All Campus, 26 E. Main St., Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Fall Housing ends December 16th @ 8:00 p.m.

Greater Boston Wheaton Club MFA Event
2024-01-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
The Greater Boston Wheaton Club invites you to the Museum of Fine Arts, Fashioned by Sargent Exhibit and a reception prior to the exhibit.
Organized with Tate Britain, “Fashioned by Sargent” explores the John Singer Sargent’s complex relationship with his often-affluent clients and their clothes. The exhibition reveals Sargent’s power over his sitters’ images by considering the liberties he took with sartorial choices to express distinctive personalities, social positions, professions, gender identities, and nationalities. Alongside about 50 paintings by Sargent, over a dozen period garments and accessories shed new light on the relationship between fashion and this beloved artist’s creative practice.

6 p.m. – Meet at the New American Cafe (located in the MFA) to gather before entering the exhibit at the 6:30 and 7 p.m. ticket times.
This event is sold out.

Spring 2024 Housing Begins
2024-01-22 | All Campus, 26 E. Main St., Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Spring 2024 housing begins Monday, January 22 @ 9 a.m.

Neil Diamond Musical in NYC
2024-01-25 19:30 - 22:00 | Broadhurst Theatre, 235 W. 44th Street, New York, New York, 10036
Join Wheaton in New York City at The Neil Diamond Musical: A Beautiful Noise, starring Nick Fradiani ’08.
A Beautiful Noise is the story of the legendary Neil Diamond in a gripping and uplifting new musical featuring his hit songs “Sweet Caroline,” “America,” “Cracklin’ Rosie,” and more!
Purchase tickets

Gallery Opening Reception
2024-02-02 16:00 - 19:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Fragile Vessels—Contemporary Ceramics and the Body
Please join us for our opening reception. Works by artists Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Miguel Enrique Lastra, Rob Raphael, Maedah Tafvizi Zavareh, and objects selected by the artists’ from the Wheaton College Permanent Collection are featured.

An Evening of Early Music
2024-02-07 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Join us for an evening of Baroque music for the viola da gamba with Wheaton alumni, internationally renowned gambist Laura Jeppesen ’68 and emerging artist Thomas Conrad ’22, and Associate Professor of Music and Performance Zarina Irkaeva.
