Michael Smith, Luther College assistant professor of music, will give a faculty tenor and bass trombone recital with collaborating pianist Du Huang, Luther professor of music, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, in the Noble Recital Hall of Luther's Jenson-Noble Hall of Music.
Luther College will host the Lucille Stansberry Rosholt Distinction in Accompanying and Collaborative Keyboard Performance Scholarship recital at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29 in the Noble Recital Hall in Jenson-Noble Hall of Music on the Luther campus. The recital will be followed by an award ceremony and reception. The concert and reception are open to the public with no charge for admission.
The Luther College Dance Department will present their spring show "Soil Turning" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4; Saturday, May 5; and Thursday, May 10, and at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 12, in Luther's Jewel Theatre in the Center for the Arts. The performance is open to the public with no charge for admission.
Luther College presents a biology colloquium by Mark Borchardt titled "Cows or People? Sources of Fecal Contamination in the Karst-like Aquifer in Northeast Wisconsin" 9:40 a.m., Thursday, April 26, in Valders Hall of Science, Room 206 on the Luther campus.
The Luther College Jazz Band will perform their spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3, in the Main Hall of Luther's Center for Faith and Life. The concert is open to the public with no charge for admission. It will also be available via livestream at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/luthermusic/.
Internationally renowned artist Chris Kienke will present an artist's talk regarding his exhibit "You Promised Me Poems" at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in the Luther College Center for the Arts, Room 203. A gallery reception featuring Kienke’s works will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, April 27, in the Kirstin Wigley-Fleming Fine Arts Gallery in the Center for the Arts.
The Luther College Theatre Department will present David Adjmi's play "Marie Antoinette" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3; Friday, May 11; and Saturday, May 12; and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the Jewel Theatre of Luther's Center for the Arts.
Luther College Professor Richard Bernatz recently had two pieces published in academic journals. "The Math Inquiry Workshop" was published in Consortium: the newsletter of the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications, vol. 112, in the Spring-Summer 2017 edition, and "A statistical, spatial and hydrologic comparison of gauge-based and MPE-based rainfall measurements" was published in the Journal of Iowa Academic Sciences, vol. 124, in February 2018.
Luther College performing ensembles Cantorei and the Luther Ringers will perform a spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, in the Noble Recital Hall of the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music on Luther's campus.
Three Luther College staff members paired with three students from Luther's ballroom club go head to head in the annual performance of "Dancing with the Luther Stars." Inspired by the popular ABC show, the event returns for the third season to bring excitement and friendly rivalry to the Luther campus at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the Center for Faith and Life Main Hall.
Emily Dirks, Luther College senior from Monticello, Iowa, is the 2017-18 recipient of the Alan R. and Sally J. Brudos Family Opera Prize. As part of the award, Dirks will perform a recital at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in the Noble Recital Hall of the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music on the Luther campus. A reception will follow the performance. Both the recital and reception are open to the public with no charge for admission.
Luther College and the Oneota Film Festival are hosting a screening of the documentary "Heroin(e)" at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21 in Valders Hall of Science Room 206 on the Luther campus. A panel, hosted by Helping Services for Youth and Families, will held following the screening and both the panel and screening are open to the public with no charge for admission.