Sun., April 3
Faculty Chamber Recital
Macalester Music Department studio instructors James Garlick (violin), Tom Rosenberg (cello), Martha Jamsa (flute), and Laura Nichols (voice) join pianist Mark Mazullo (Professor of Music) and special guest, violist Chad Higdon-Topaz (Professor of Math) in a program of chamber music from the turn of the twentieth century. The program will include the Piano Quartet No. 1 by Gabriel Fauré, Sonata for Flute, Op.94 by Prokofiev, and the Rückert-Lieder of Gustav Mahler, among other pieces. Join them for this inaugural program of the newly established Macalester Faculty Chamber Music Series.
+ Mairs Concert Hall, Music Building Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 3 p.m., FREE, [email protected], 651-696-6808.
Wed., April 6
2016 Lowe Lecture: “Secular/Postsecular in Question”
The 2016 Lowe Lecture speaker will be Tomoko Masuzawa, Professor of History and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. She is the author of The Invention of World Religions: or How European Universalism Was Preserved in the Language of Pluralism.
+ Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel, 1600 Grand Ave.,
St. Paul, 4:45 p.m., FREE, 651-696-6141.
Sat., April 9
Pipe Band Concert
Featuring the Macalester Pipe Band under the direction of Mike Breidenbach. Admission: $5 for children, $10 for adults, free with Macalester ID.
+ Mairs Concert Hall, Music Building Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 8 p.m., $10 adults, $5 children, free with Macalester ID, 651-696-6695.
Sat., April 9 – 24
Student Art Exhibition
The annual student exhibition is a large group show presenting the artwork of students, both majors and non-majors, in all classes offered by the studio art program.
+ Law Warschaw Gallery, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, 130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, FREE, 651-696-6416.
* Gallery hours: Mon. – Fri. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.; Thu. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. Noon – 4 p.m.
Sun., April 10
Empty Bowl Fundraiser
This fundraiser is designed to raise awareness of hunger while supporting Second Harvest Heartland. Enjoy soup, bread, and musical performances. Choose a bowl, created by Macalester students, staff, and faculty to take home as an everyday reminder that someone’s bowl is always empty.
+ Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center & Gallery, 130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 11 a.m. – 3p.m., Fundraiser,
Sun., April 10
Wind Ensemble Concert
Featuring the Macalester Wind Ensemble under the direction of Shelley Hanson.
+ Mairs Concert Hall, Music Building Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 7:30 p.m., FREE, [email protected], 651-696-6808.
Thu., April 14
Play: The Glass Menagerie Project
The text for this project is a synthesis of Williams’s favorite version of the play, “the readers’ version,” and the Acting Edition that roared into general use after the Broadway opening in 1945. Macalester’s production fulfills Williams’s vision of the play to include projections and Brechtian supertitles, and retrieves elements of the original musical score and Williams’s lyrical stage directions. At the core of Williams’s play is the violence of poverty, displacement and sexism, and how they wreak havoc on the self-determination of gentle souls. The Glass Menagerie Project is based on the play(s) of Tennessee Williams. Directed by Beth Cleary.
+ Mainstage Theatre, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, 130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 general admission, $5 for seniors and groups, and $2 for students with ID. 651-696-6359.
Other times:
Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 16, 2 p.m.
Fri., April 15
Chamber Ensembles Concert
Featuring student chamber ensembles under the direction of Mark Mandarano.
+ Mairs Concert Hall, Music Building Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 8 p.m., FREE, [email protected], 651-696-6808.
Sat., April 16
Spring Choral Concert
Featuring the Macalester Chorale & Concert Choir. Dr. Sandra Peter, interim conductor. Bill Munson, collaborative pianist. Works by Giovanni Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, Daniel Pinkham, Randall Thompson, Carol Barnett, Ben Allaway, Alice Parker, Joan Szymko, and Eric Whitacre.
+ Mairs Concert Hall, Music Building Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 8 p.m., FREE, [email protected], 651-696-6808.
Sun., April 17
Early Music Ensemble Concert
Featuring the Early Music Ensemble under the direction of Clea Galhano.
+ Mairs Concert Hall, Music Building Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 3 p.m., FREE, [email protected], 651-696-6808.
Sun., April 17
Mac Jazz Concert
Featuring Mac Jazz under the direction of Joan Griffith.
+ Mairs Concert Hall, Music Building Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 8 p.m., FREE, [email protected], 651-696-6808.
Tue., April 19
David Blaney Inaugural Lecture as G. Theodore Mitau Professor of Political Science: “Alfred Marshall’s Economic Biology: Economics as Civilizational/Racial Science”
Blaney joined the Macalester Political Science Department in 1994 and teaches courses in international relations, political and social theory, and global political economy, and helped found the college’s concentration in international development.
+ John B. Davis Lecture Hall, Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minn., 4:45 p.m., FREE, 651-696-6290.
Mon., April 25
Combos Concert
Featuring the Macalester Combos under the direction of Pete Hennig.
+ Mairs Concert Hall, Music Building Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 7 p.m., FREE, [email protected], 651-696-6808.
Thu. – Sat, April 28 – 30
Vietnam Anti War Symposium
Leaders of the Vietnam antiwar movement, Macalester undergraduates, and young representatives of the Southeast Asian communities in St. Paul will come together on the 51st anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War to engage and share their perspectives of the war and its enduring legacy. The symposium will feature a new book, The People Make the Peace: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement in which prominent figures from the antiwar movement reflect on the past. Some of those people will be at the symposium, including: Rennie Davis, Judy Gumbo, Alex Hing, Doug Hostetter, Frank Joyce, Nancy Kurshan, John McAuliff, and Becca Wilson.
+ Thursday’s exhibit/discussion is in the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center and Gallery, Lowe Dayton Arts Commons, 130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., Macalester.
+ Friday’s book event takes place in Olin-Rice Science Center, Smail Gallery, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, Minn., Macalester.
+ Saturday events are at East Side Freedom Library, 1105 Greenbrier Street, St. Paul, Minn., varying times, all events are FREE, 651-696-6410.
Fri., April 29 – Sat., May 14
Senior Art Exhibition
* Opening Reception: 7 p.m., Friday, April 29
Senior art majors collaborate to present the annual group exhibition of their final thesis artworks. This exhibition always highlights a wide range of interests, media, and topics developed over students’ years of study. It is on display through Commencement.
+ Law Warschaw Gallery, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, 130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, FREE, 651-696-6416.
* Gallery hours: Mon. – Fri. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.; Thu. 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. Noon – 4 p.m.
Fri., April 29
Spring Dance Concert
The Macalester Spring Dance Concert features original choreography by students and guest choreographer Brian Evans. Evans is an independent actor, choreographer, and principal dancer for Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater. He is a 2015 McKnight Dancer Fellow and a new addition to the Macalester dance faculty.
+ Mainstage Theatre, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center, 130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 general admission, $5 for seniors and groups, and $2 for students with ID. 651-696-6359.
Other times:
Saturday, April 30, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Fri., April 29
Orchestra Concert
Featuring the Macalester Orchestra under the direction of Mark Mandarano.
+ Mairs Concert Hall, Music Building Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 8 p.m., FREE, [email protected], 651-696-6808.
Sat., April 30
African Music Ensemble Concert
Featuring the African Music Ensemble under the direction of Sowah Mensah.
+ Mairs Concert Hall, Music Building Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center,130 Macalester Street, St. Paul, Minn., 8 p.m., FREE, [email protected], 651-696-6808.
