Arts Archives - Page 24 of 43

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,

Versatile violin performance graduate Jacinda Stahly gains experience in teaching, arts administration

January 15, 2018Last updated January 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Jacinda Stahly is a newly graduated violin performance major, and among her options for what’s next is pursuing a master’s degree in performance. Yet she prefers behind-the-scenes work over “being

Rev. Risher urges MLK celebration attendees to ‘stay woke through this revolution’

January 15, 2018Last updated January 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Lauren Jefferson

In 1967, Sharon Washington Risher heard The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in Charleston, South Carolina. Then a little girl, she remembers being summoned with a phone call

Editor’s picks and top reads of 2017

January 9, 2018Last updated January 9, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

January brings the traditional review of the most-read news stories of 2017, many of which echoed themes of broader national interest. Our EMU News site is one of the most-visited on the

Check out EMU’s ‘Top Photos of 2017’

January 5, 2018Last updated January 11, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

From our newest president watching her father give an address at her inauguration to a young butterfly taken its first wingbeats from a safe perch near Roselawn, enjoy a collection

Quick Links