The Religion department will show the Academy Award winning film, "Spotlight," from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Olin room 102. A discussion led by religion department faculty will follow the showing of the film. "Spotlight" is the compelling true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that challenged and uprooted one of the world's oldest and most trusted religious institutions.
Featuring the works of Iowa composer Michael Kimber, Polish violist Marcin Murawski will perform a viola recital Luther College at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9, in the Noble Recital Hall in the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music on the Luther campus. The recital is open to the public with no charge for admission.
Luther College's Visual and Performing Arts department presents William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," Oct. 6-8 in the Jewel Theatre in Luther's Center for the Arts. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6th, 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7th, and at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 8th.
Luther College will celebrate Homecoming 2016 Friday through Sunday, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, bringing more than 5,000 students, friends and alumni back to campus and to partake in class reunions, sporting events, musical concerts and more. For full Homecoming schedule, go to http://www.luther.edu/homecoming/schedule/.
Featuring a repertoire of contemporary compositions, Heather Armstrong, Luther College associate professor of music, will perform an oboe recital at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, in the Noble Recital Hall in the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music on the Luther campus.
Currently the fastest growing area in basic scientific research, neuroscience, the interdisciplinary study of how the nervous system functions to control every aspect of humanness, is the newest major in Luther College's curriculum.
Luther College's Visual and Performing Arts department presents Patrick M. Strain's "stained glass" at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1st in the Storre Theatre.
In the opening lecture of the 2016-17 Paideia Texts and Issues series, Storm Bailey, Luther College assistant professor of philosophy, will discuss what it could mean to trust God and how that trust could impact civility and society. The lecture, "Civility and Trusting God: Thoughts on Risk and Society," will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the Recital Hall of the Center for Faith and Life on the Luther campus.
"Transfer of Memory," a touring exhibit consisting of photographs and stories by Minnesota Holocaust survivors, will be on display, Oct. 21-Dec. 5, in the Center for Faith and Life Gallery on the Luther campus. The exhibit is open to the public with no charge for admission.
From the creative mind behind "Pitch Perfect" and "The Sing-Off" comes a performance that takes a cappella to a whole new level. Luther College Center Stage Series presents Vocalosity's "The Aca-Perfect Concert Experience" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, in Luther's Center for Faith and Life Main Hall.
Candidates for local Iowa Senate, Iowa House of Representatives and the Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors will be on the Luther College campus for a 2016 Candidate Forum Thursday, Sept. 22. The forum, open to the public with no charge of admission, will be held at 7 p.m. in Valders Hall of Science Room 206.
The migration of the monarch butterflies to Mexico has begun, and the Luther College entomology class will host a monarch butterfly migration banding event in Anderson Prairie on the Luther College campus from 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18.