Dan Schmal, director of arts programming at Wisconsin Lutheran College, invites you to the 2010 Fine Arts Fair on Saturday, July 10. The lineup includes Milwaukee Festival Brass, New South Rampart Street Paraders, Tom Anthony Show, and Kids from Wisconsin.
Tonight Koiné gave a family-oriented concert on Wisconsin Lutheran College’s Quad.
The free event drew a crowd of families, alumni, students, and friends to WLC on a beautiful night.
Children were invited on stage to help with several songs.
Koiné has two WLC alumni: Brian Davison (below) and Seth Bauer.
Yes, 3D movies are cool, but they’re expensive. So we hope you can take a free look at the 3D artwork that Wisconsin Lutheran College student Zachary Beierle has on display at the Senior Thesis Exhibition through May 14.
Beierle’s work, along with that of six other students, currently is located in the college’s Center for Arts and Performance.
The exhibition opened April 9 with a reception. Students, professors, family members, and friends viewed the seven exhibits throughout the building:
The Curse of an Aching Heart, a Wisconsin Lutheran College theatre department production, opens this weekend in the Raabe Theatre. The performances will be February 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 2010. All performances will take place at 8 p.m. except the 3 p.m. Sunday, February 21 show.
Written by Herbert E. Swayne and directed by Prof. Jan Gompper, The Curse of an Aching Heart (Trapped in a Spider’s Web) is a takeoff on the melodramas that were popular in the late 1800s. Come and boo at the villain and applaud for the hero in this modern treatment of an old-fashioned gay-nineties melodrama. Melody Lane (who will touch your heart like a song) falls into the hands of the villainous Windermere Hightower, who expects her to participate in his criminal schemes. She flees to the None Such Ranch, where she falls in love with the stalwart Lucius Goodenough. Of course, Windermere appears at the ranch and tries to force his attentions on Melody, while also implicating Lucius in a theft. Disguises, dirty deeds, and downright silliness abound in The Curse of an Aching Heart.
The Raabe Theatre is located in the college’s Center for Arts and Performance at 8815 W. Wisconsin Ave. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniors and $6 students. To purchase tickets, call the WLC box office at (414) 443-8802 or visit wlc.edu/arts.
Past Present, a juried alumni art exhibition, opened last night at Wisconsin Lutheran College in the Schlueter Art Gallery. The artwork of the college’s art alumni will be on display until March 18.
Two visitors at the exhibit's opening reception admire the first-place artwork, "Flight."
The first-place woodcut and monoprint artwork is by Lindsay (Patt) Carr ‘07.
Sculptures "Encode/Decode" and "Neural Sculpting" by Anne Wendland '06 are part of the exhibition.
Several special events are coming up at Wisconsin Lutheran College. We hope to see you on campus!
The college will celebrate Founders’ Day on January 29. We’re serving up cake and photo displays in the Warrior Underground between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Also on Friday, the Door Stop Campus Shop holds its grand opening in the space formerly occupied by the bookstore.
Winterfest is Saturday, January 30, featuring a basketball doubleheader versus Lakeland College. The women’s tip-off is at 1 p.m., followed by the men’s at 3:15 p.m. The first 500 fans at the women’s game will receive a free Once A Warrior, Always A Warrior long-sleeved T-shirt. Then cheer on a high-flying dunk show by the Milwaukee Bucks Rim Rockers, including WLC alumnus Josh Schedler ‘06, during halftime of the men’s contest.
Next week, make plans to attend an open house of the new Nursing Lab on February 3.
Finally, at 6 p.m. on February 5 you are invited to the opening reception for the alumni art exhibition in the Schlueter Art Gallery.
See you soon!
Wisconsin Lutheran College is pleased to announce its newly redesigned Web site, wlc.edu, a project that gives the college’s Web site a fresh and dynamic design.
The goal of the new look is to offer a vastly improved browsing experience for prospective students, as well as for current students, parents, alumni, friends, faculty, and staff. The site also reflects the vibrant visual appeal of the college’s print publications, and its improved streamlined navigation means users will always be just a click or two away from key information.
The project was completed entirely in-house by a collaboration of campus offices that headed by Vicki Hartig, associate vice president of marketing & communication, and included Chad Lindemann, professor of art, Olya Finnegan, web developer, and Eva McGillivray, web & marketing coordinator. During the redesign development, the site was pre-screened by an on-campus group of students, faculty, and staff, as well as by industry professionals.
“We wanted to create a more current and polished design created through clarity of proportional organization, typography, images, and colors,” says Lindemann. “From early reviews, it appears we’ve accomplished that to a large degree.”
The relaunch of wlc.edu comes within a year of other recent Web site launches for WLC including the my.wlc.edu portal and the admissions microsite, www.beawlcwarrior.com. The last redesign of the Web site was in 2005.
The entire conversion process will be accomplished by the end of February 2010. Visitors are welcome to post comments regarding the redesign here on the Beyond the Bricks blog.
Wisconsin Lutheran College was a destination for many people tonight who were attending a diverse group of events.
Students, parents, and community members turned out for the opening of Studio 8800, a juried student exhibition in the Schlueter Art Gallery.
Studio 8800 is free and open to the public through January 21, 2010.
Members of the Ella Post Society gathered in the Campus Center for dinner. President Daniel Johnson was on hand to greet these friends of the college. Ella Post members then attended a concert by Boni Pueri, the Czech Boys’ Choir, in the Center for Arts and Performance.
Meanwhile, in the Recreation Complex, the women’s basketball team made its season debut playing Northland in the Dunn’s Sporting Goods Tip-Off Tournament.
The tournament continues Saturday with the Warriors playing Ripon College at 1 p.m., followed by UW-Platteville taking on Northland at 3 p.m.
Artist Reginald Baylor spoke to sixth-grade students today at the Pathways to College summer program. Baylor talked about his paintings and what inspires him, then did a slideshow of works by other artists he admires.
Baylor’s work is on display in the Schlueter Art Gallery through July 24. The Pathways to College summer program continues through next week.
The latest exhibit at the Schlueter Art Gallery opened Friday night. Reginald Baylor’s Figuratively Speaking runs through July 24. Baylor, a Milwaukee native, transforms people, landscapes, neighborhood houses, and city buildings into compositions of basic geometric shapes.
Baylor explained his technique to those attending the reception at Wisconsin Lutheran College.
The exhibit is sponsored in part by Pathways to College. Here Kelly Gilbertson, assistant director of Pathways to College, looked at artwork with a Pathways student.
As part of today’s Undergraduate Research Symposium, Wisconsin Lutheran College theatre professor Jan Nelson-Gompper gave the keynote address. She discussed “Lady Windermere’s Fan: from original script to musical adaptation.”
Students were on hand to perform musical numbers from Nelson-Gompper’s adapation of Oscar Wilde’s play.
A free staged reading of the new musical adaptation of the play will take place on Monday, April 27 at Wisconsin Lutheran College in the Raabe Theatre at 7 p.m.
Students at Wisconsin Lutheran College are enjoying their last few days of spring break, but the campus isn’t empty. This morning, 125 high school students from 22 high schools across the country arrived to participate in the WELS National Band Festival.
Participants intently listened to Dr. Thomas O’Neal, guest conductor for the festival, this morning during the group’s first full band rehearsal. O’Neal is the director of bands at the University of Missouri.
The festival concludes on Sunday with a free concert at 2 p.m. in WLC’s Recreation Complex. Visit the festival’s Web site for a complete schedule and list of participants.
Last night a new exhibit opened in the Schlueter Art Gallery. Four Wisconsin Lutheran College faculty members and their mentors have their recent work in a variety of media on display.
You can check out the gallery exhibit in person at the WLC Center for Arts and Performance, 8815 W. Wisconsin Avenue, or view a slideshow online. The exhibit closes March 27.
The Wisconsin Lutheran Choir, shown here singing during today’s Chapel service at Wisconsin Lutheran College, is busy preparing for its tour at the end of February. After the group returns to campus, choir members will have just two short months before embarking on an exciting European tour.
We hope to see you at an upcoming concert!
Wisconsin Lutheran Choir Tour Concerts
Friday, February 27 at 7:30 pm
First Lutheran Church
400 West Avenue S.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
For information call (608) 784-5035
Saturday, February 28 at 3:00 pm
St. Croix Lutheran High School
1200 Oakdale Avenue
West Saint Paul, Minnesota
For information call (651) 455-1521
Sunday, March 1 at 7:00 pm
Fox Valley Lutheran High School
5300 N. Meade Street
Appleton, Wisconsin
For information call (920) 739-4441
2009 European Concert Tour Home Performances
Friday, April 24 and Saturday, April 25 at 8:00 p.m.
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Schwan Concert Hall
8815 W. Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
For information call (414) 443-8802
The Wisconsin Lutheran College campus is quiet for now, as we await the start of second semester on January 12. However, WLC’s Concert Band is anything but silent this week, with director Terry Treuden and 50-plus band members kicking off the 2009 Band Dances tour tonight in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
All concerts are free and open to the public, so please enjoy an evening of music if you are in the area.
For additional concert information, please call the number listed below for each location.
MONDAY, JANUARY 5 at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Lutheran High School
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
920.682.0215
TUESDAY, JANUARY 6 at 7 p.m.
Northland Lutheran High School
Mosinee, Wisconsin
715.359.3400
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 at 7 p.m.
Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School
New Ulm, Minnesota
507.354.6851
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9 at 3:30 p.m.
Winnebago Lutheran Academy
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
920.921.4930
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 at 3 p.m.
Lakeside Lutheran High School
Lake Mills, Wisconsin
920.648.2321
An exhibit featuring the work of children’s book illustrator Bonnie Leick opened last night at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Children and adults alike enjoyed meeting the featured artist and having books signed.
If you missed the opening reception, be sure to stop by the Schlueter Art Gallery between now and November 14 to see Bonnie Leick’s fun illustrations. Included in the display is work from her upcoming book Bella Luna.
It has been a quiet two days on campus thanks to fall break, but the trees couldn’t look better. Here is a lovely view toward the Science Hall.
The activity will pick back up tomorrow when everyone returns to class.
And as you plan the rest of your week, don’t overlook two upcoming Fine Arts events: Professor Juanita Becker performs as part of the Lake Cottage Duo on Wednesday, October 15 in the Schwan Concert Hall at Wisconsin Lutheran College.
Then on Thursday, October 16, the public is welcome to attend an opening reception and book signing by local artist and children’s book illustrator Bonnie Leick. The event will take place in the college’s Schlueter Art Gallery.
Like the songs performed by the Kids from Wisconsin, the annual Fine Arts Fair at Wisconsin Lutheran College on Saturday, July 12 was a big hit. The all-day event is part of the Summer Arts in the Park on campus, highlighting four bands and 38 exhibitors.
The Milwaukee Accordion Club Ensemble, the Newtonburg Brass Band and the New South Rampart Street Paraders all took the stage before the headlining Kids from Wisconsin entertained the packed Quad with their high-energy performance.
There are two remaining Summer Arts in the Park concerts remaining on the schedule — The Britins (July 24) and Doo-Wop Daddies (August 7) — so make sure to swing by WLC for some fun and free entertainment.
