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Weekend performances engage EMU audiences in emotions and history of Israel/Palestine conflict

February 26, 2018Last updated March 23, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Four theatrical performances highlighting multiple perspectives of the Israel/Palestine conflict brought approximately 400 viewers — and one Washington Post theater critic— to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in late February. EMU

‘Guns Into Plowshares’ sculpture is the site of a vigil for Florida shooting victims

February 19, 2018Last updated February 20, 2018 by EMU communications

A vigil hosted by Trinity Presbyterian Church/Rally the Valley gathered at Eastern Mennonite University on Sunday evening to honor and commemorate the 17 students and staff killed last Wednesday by a

Emulate announces spring concert schedule

February 16, 2018Last updated March 27, 2018 by EMU communications

Emulate Chamber Ensemble, from Eastern Mennonite University, will give four concerts this spring. The group specializes in jazz, modern and contemporary concert literature, both secular and sacred. Members of Emulate

Cardiologist seeks new ways of seeing people – in photography

February 13, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

As a cardiologist, Joseph Gascho’s considerations at work go beyond the exterior of the human body – and the same is true in another of his pursuits: portrait photography. “In

February Writers Read to feature EMU alumna Patricia Grace King

February 6, 2018Last updated February 23, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Alumna Patricia Grace King is the featured author at a Feb. 22 Writers Read event at Eastern Mennonite University. The reading will be in Common Grounds coffeehouse in the University

‘Close-up view’: Honors and Scholarship Weekend draws prospective students for interviews, auditions

February 5, 2018Last updated February 7, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

More than 100 prospective students converged on Eastern Mennonite University last weekend — an inaugural Scholarship Weekend coupled with the traditional annual Honors Weekend. They came from as close as

The Lehman family piano and a shared love of music that transcended rules

February 1, 2018Last updated February 5, 2018 by Kathleen Weaver Kurtz

In the President’s Reception Room at Eastern Mennonite University stands an old upright piano, dark woodwork with a decorative molded vine pattern across the front. A brass plaque on it

Award-winning Mosaic Theater Company of D.C. brings two Israel/Palestine-themed productions to EMU

January 25, 2018Last updated February 20, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Local theater-goers will be challenged by different perspectives on the Israel/Palestine conflict in February at Eastern Mennonite University. The Mosaic Theater Company of D.C., one of Washington D.C.’s newest and

Conservation photographer and EMU professor Steven David Johnson opens ‘Vernal Pools’ exhibit

January 17, 2018Last updated February 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Lauren Jefferson

Capturing images of tiny underwater creatures is no small feat – but the work has stunning payoff, if you look at the work of Eastern Mennonite University visual and communication

A cappella groups invited to audition for 2018 Shenandoah Valley Sing Off

January 17, 2018Last updated January 17, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Amateur a cappella groups are invited to audition for The Shenandoah Valley Sing-Off, an April 21 competition with cash prizes hosted by the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC). Audition materials,

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