February 2020
A Watchman’s Web: Using Archives to Visualize 19th-Century Providence—12th Annual Mary L. Heuser Lecture featuring Dr. C. Morgan Grefe
A young watchman at Providence’s Prison made a resolution to keep a daily diary in 1867. He recorded his work with the men and women incarcerated there; but, unlike today, the watchmen lived in the prison as well. What can we learn about Rhode Island history from his words? Dr. Grefe will explore the ways records and documents can illuminate how working-class Providence looked and felt in the 19th century.
Find out more »George Kuo—Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Master
Kuo is known as one of Hawaii’s premiere Slack Key (ki ho’alu) guitar artists playing in the traditional nahenahe (sweet, soothing) style. In his illustrious career, he has accompanied and collaborated with Hawaii’s major artists such as Eddie Kamae and the Sons of Hawai’i, Dennis Kamakahi, Cyril and Martin Pahinui and Aaron Mahi. His recordings for the Slack Key Guitar Masters Series on the Dancing Cat label, Love for the Elders and Hawaiian Touch, were awarded Instrumental Album of the…
Find out more »New Plays Festival
Longer form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased at our annual festival.
Find out more »March 2020
New Plays Festival
Longer form plays—written, directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased at our annual festival.
Find out more »Readings by the Writer: Stacy Szymaszek
Szymaszek is the author of five books, including Journal of Ugly Sites and A Year from Today. She is a poet who marvels at, is obsessed by, and is always considering how a human lives their life during the course of any given day. Her work has appeared in BOMB, Chicago Review, and VOLT. She has taught with the Naropa Institute of Disembodied Poetics and at Brown University.
Find out more »Readings by the Writer: Jonathan Maniscalco
Maniscalco has taught English to ESL learners in Japan, Spain, and New York City. A Massachusetts native, he is a stringer for the New England Review of Books and a graduate of Boston University. Ten Stories to Manhood is his first published book.
Find out more »Representation, and How to Get It: A Staged Reading
In celebration of Women’s History Month and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification, Joyce Van Dyke’s new one-woman show, Representation, and How to Get It, will preview at Wheaton en route to its September 2020 premiere at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (via Sleeping Weazel). Theatre luminary Elaine Vaan Hogue performs the role of Julia Ward Howe on the eve of her visionary speech about women’svoting rights. Van Dyke, Vaan Hogue and director Judy Braha will engage the community in…
Find out more »An Evening of Cabaret with the Chamber Singers & Chorale
Wheaton’s choirs present an informal evening of jazz standards, folk songs and musical theatre.
Find out more »Ten-Minute Play Festival
Ten contemporary plays—directed and performed by Wheaton students—will be showcased in our biannual festival.
Find out more »A Quest for Failure
Amie Dansby (Amie DD) is a maker of things, a builder, a cosplayer, a magical unicorn software engineer, and recently a contestant on FOX’s Lego Masters. She lives and works in a realm where creativity and technology, the virtual and the physical, and the possible and the impossible all coexist. Anyone can join her there, but you won’t find this realm on a journey to find success: you need to be on a quest for failure. This talk explores failure…
Find out more »April 2020
Julius Caesar
Arguably the greatest playwright in history, Shakespeare paints a stark picture of a democracy in crisis. Julius Caesar is a story about a charismatic war hero and democratically-elected leader on the verge of becoming an anointed king, and the extreme efforts taken to stop this meteoric, dangerous rise to power. What makes any story classic is its profound resonance throughout history. Today, as Americans collectively grapple with the assault on the truth, and question the ramifications of absolute presidential power,…
Find out more »Julius Caesar
Arguably the greatest playwright in history, Shakespeare paints a stark picture of a democracy in crisis. Julius Caesar is a story about a charismatic war hero and democratically-elected leader on the verge of becoming an anointed king, and the extreme efforts taken to stop this meteoric, dangerous rise to power. What makes any story classic is its profound resonance throughout history. Today, as Americans collectively grapple with the assault on the truth, and question the ramifications of absolute presidential power,…
Find out more »Julius Caesar
Arguably the greatest playwright in history, Shakespeare paints a stark picture of a democracy in crisis. Julius Caesar is a story about a charismatic war hero and democratically-elected leader on the verge of becoming an anointed king, and the extreme efforts taken to stop this meteoric, dangerous rise to power. What makes any story classic is its profound resonance throughout history. Today, as Americans collectively grapple with the assault on the truth, and question the ramifications of absolute presidential power,…
Find out more »Juan Mesa, organ
Welcome Wheaton’s new College Organist Juan Mesa in a recital of organ music on our newly renovated and updated Casavant organ.
Find out more »Readings by the Writer: Donna Stonecipher
Stonecipher is the author of five books of poetry, most recently Transaction Histories and Model Cities. She is a poet of the serial form, moving through and forming images via iteration and the imaginative potential present with each attempt to communicate.
Find out more »Julius Caesar
Arguably the greatest playwright in history, Shakespeare paints a stark picture of a democracy in crisis. Julius Caesar is a story about a charismatic war hero and democratically-elected leader on the verge of becoming an anointed king, and the extreme efforts taken to stop this meteoric, dangerous rise to power. What makes any story classic is its profound resonance throughout history. Today, as Americans collectively grapple with the assault on the truth, and question the ramifications of absolute presidential power,…
Find out more »Julius Caesar
Arguably the greatest playwright in history, Shakespeare paints a stark picture of a democracy in crisis. Julius Caesar is a story about a charismatic war hero and democratically-elected leader on the verge of becoming an anointed king, and the extreme efforts taken to stop this meteoric, dangerous rise to power. What makes any story classic is its profound resonance throughout history. Today, as Americans collectively grapple with the assault on the truth, and question the ramifications of absolute presidential power,…
Find out more »Julius Caesar
Arguably the greatest playwright in history, Shakespeare paints a stark picture of a democracy in crisis. Julius Caesar is a story about a charismatic war hero and democratically-elected leader on the verge of becoming an anointed king, and the extreme efforts taken to stop this meteoric, dangerous rise to power. What makes any story classic is its profound resonance throughout history. Today, as Americans collectively grapple with the assault on the truth, and question the ramifications of absolute presidential power,…
Find out more »Student Recitals
Gifted student performers demonstrate mastery in voice, violin, cello, piano and other instruments.
Find out more »Anna Webber Simple Trio
New York-based composer, saxophonist, and flutist Anna Webber has been working with her Simple Trio since 2013. The trio features bandmates John Hollenbeck on drums and Matt Mitchell on piano. The Simple Trio’s music highlights what the New York Times called the “range of the group members: fulminous, intense collective improvisation” in songs that feel like living things and lead the audience in different directions on each listen.
Find out more »World Music Ensemble
The ensemble, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Sheila Falls Keohane, performs music representing a wide range of musical traditions and backgrounds, from Brazilian to Balkan, Latin, Celtic, Arabic and more.
Find out more »Senior Creative Writing Majors’ Reading
Seniors graduating with a degree in creative writing and literature showcase original works of poetry, fiction and dramatic writing.
Find out more »The Wheaton College Dance Company
The ensemble performs under the direction of Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis. Tickets: $10 general, $5 with a Wheaton ID & seniors, $2 students.
Find out more »The Wheaton College Dance Company
The ensemble performs under the direction of Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis. Tickets: $10 general, $5 with a Wheaton ID & seniors, $2 students.
Find out more »The Wheaton College Dance Company
The ensemble performs under the direction of Artistic Director Andrea Taylor-Blenis. Tickets: $10 general, $5 with a Wheaton ID & seniors, $2 students.
Find out more »Sirius Quartet
Internationally acclaimed veterans of contemporary music, Sirius Quartet combines exhilarating repertoire with unequalled improvisational fire. They bring their precision, soul, and raw energy in a performance featuring their unique blend of new music, jazz, and rock, along with new compositions by Wheaton students.
Find out more »Mozart Requiem
The Wheaton Chorale and Chamber Singers, joined by singers from the community, present Mozart’s most famous choral work featuring Haas Visiting Artist soloists Sarah Moyer, Carrie Cheron, Gregory Zavracky and Dana Whiteside. Suggested donation $10.
Find out more »Student Recitals
Gifted student performers demonstrate mastery in voice, violin, cello, piano and other instruments.
Find out more »Phat Police
This student-led jazz ensemble performs under the supervision of Assistant Professor of Music Jeff Cashen. The members of the band choose and arrange their material which tends to be on the funkier side with a dose of Latin rhythm.
Find out more »Jazz Band
The band, under the direction of Assistant Professor Jeff Cashen, perform a mix of American music ranging from jazz to rhythm and blues to rock. Composers include Thelonius Monk, Ornette Coleman, Sting and more.
Find out more »May 2020
Southeastern Massachusetts Wind Symphony
Under the direction of Associate Professor Earl Raney, Wheaton’s largest wind ensemble performs its spring concert. Suggested donation: $5.
Find out more »Great Woods Symphony Orchestra presents Themes and Variations
The 65-piece GWSO performs a concert exploring how composers have created unique symphonic works inspired by the melodies of others. It includes Aaron Copland’s famous suite from Appalachian Spring, plus music by Ives and Tchaikovsky, as well as the Massachusetts premiere of African-American composer Margaret Bonds’ stirring Montgomery Variations from 1964. Wheaton senior Brianna Sheldon, winner of the Concerto-Aria Competition, joins the orchestra to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 1. Suggested donation $5.
Find out more »End-of-Semester Student Film Screening
Join us as we celebrate the creative talents of Wheaton filmmakers and animators. The screening will feature the best student work from Production I, Intro to Animation, Stop Motion Animation, independent studies, and the FNMS senior seminar.
Find out more »2020 Ensemble Experiments
Join theatre and dance studies majors as they celebrate their last show as Wheaton students. The performance will highlight their work together as a self-driven, collaborative theatre-making machine.
Find out more »2020 Ensemble Experiments
Join theatre and dance studies majors as they celebrate their last show as Wheaton students. The performance will highlight their work together as a self-driven, collaborative theatre-making machine.
Find out more »