| Date | Time | Type of Event | Title of Event | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Sat | 02/03 02/04 | 7pm 7pm | Theatre & Dance | AIDS Benefit
For over ten years, the students of the Department of Theatre and Dance have produced the benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The evening begins with a silent auction (7pm) followed by an entertaining cabaret style performance (8pm). Donations accepted in lieu of tickets cost. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
| Sat | 02/04 | 7:30pm | Other Campus Event | Miss WCU 2012
Miss WCU is a community service based pageant at West Chester University. 20 contestants will compete in evening wear, interview, onstage question, talent and casual wear. Purchase tickets at the SSI Ticket Office 610-436-2266. | Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall find the event on facebook |
| Tue | 02/07 | 10am - 2pm | Black History Month Event | Frederick Douglass Institute Read-In
Individuals are encouraged to share their favorite short work based on the theme. Traditionally, the Read-In has focused on African American works; however, selections from other cultural groups are welcome. For more info: fdouglass@wcupa.edu. | Philips Autograph Library |
| Thu Thu | 02/09 02/09 | 4:30pm 7pm | Lecture, Seminar, Guest Speaker | Cornelius Eady Poetry Reading
Cornelius Eady is co-founder of Cave Canem, a nonprofit organization serving black poets of various backgrounds, and author of Brutal Imagination. Craft talk at 4:30pm at the WCU Poetry House, Poetry reading in Philips Autograph Library at 7pm. | WCU Poetry House & Philips Autograph Library |
| Thu | 02/09 | 7pm | Lecture, Seminar, Guest Speaker | Leadership by Example: Campus-Community Collaboration on Climate Change
Special guest Peter Bardaglio will share his work with the Tompkins County (NY) Climate Protection Initiative and how it might serve as a model of campus-community collaboration in our own region. Campuses can only truly become sustainable if the communities around them are sustainable. | Gates Recital Hall, Swope Music Building |
| Fri | 02/10 | 10-10:15am | Other Campus Event | WCU Emergency Alert System Testing
WCU will conduct a test of the Emergency Alert System, specifically mass emails, website posting, digital signage, text messages and the external notification system. To receive emergency notification text messages, register for WCU ALERT. | WCU's Campus |
| Fri | 02/10 | 7pm | Lecture, Seminar, Guest Speaker | A "New World" Approach to Mindfulness and the Contemplative Life
Presented by Donald McCown, Assistant Professor of Integrative Health, WCU. This is the first of a four-part speaker series titled "Mindfulness at WCU - The Second Friday Seminars." Tickets: $20/seminar or $60 for the series of four. Student Tickets: $5/seminar or $15 for the series of four. To purchase call 610-436-2310. | Philips Autograph Library |
| Sat | 02/11 | 12pm - 1pm | School of Music | Jazz Festival: High School Jazz Festival
Marc Jacoby, director. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
| Sat | 02/11 | 7:30pm | WCU Live! | David Sanchez
WCU Live! presents critically acclaimed saxophonist and Grammy-Award winner, David Sanchez. Sanchez fuses a straight ahead jzz sound with African, Afro-Cuban and Caribbean influences. Tickets: adults $20, children/seniors/students $15. | Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall Facebook event |
| Sun | 02/12 | 3pm - 5pm | School of Music | Concert Choir
David DeVenney, director. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
| Mon | 02/13 | 12pm - 1pm | School of Music | Jazz Festival - Dave Postmontier Trio [faculty recital credit]
Marc Jacoby, director. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
| Mon | 02/13 | 7pm - 9pm | School of Music | Jazz Festival - WCU Jazz Sampler
Featuring: Criterions and Statesmen Big Bands, Latin Jazz Ensembles, Jazz Combos, and Vocal Jazz Groups. Tickets: Adults $10, Children/Students/Seniors $5. To purchase call 610-436-2266 or purchase at the door. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
| Thu | 02/16 | 8:15pm - 10:15pm | School of Music | Chamber Winds and Concert Band
Andrew Yozviak and M. Gregory Martin, directors. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
| Fri | 02/17 | 2pm - 3:15pm | Lecture, Seminar, Guest Speaker | The Understanding Privilege Project: Ability Privilege Faculty, staff, and students are all welcome to join in for an enlightening discussion of ability privilege as the flipside to discrimination based upon disability. Led by co-facilitators Dr. Kat Ellis and Dr. Marty Patwell. | Sykes Ballroom C |
| Fri Sat Sun | 02/17 02/18 02/19 | 3pm - 10pm 9am - 10pm 9am - 10pm | School of Music | Trumpet Festival
Jean-Christophe Dobrzelewski, director. Tickets: Adults $10, Students/Seniors $5 - available at 610.436.2266 or at the door. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
| Sat | 02/18 | 1pm | Athletics | Pink Zone Game
WCU vs. East Stroudsburg compete in the annual Women�s Basketball game to raise money for breast cancer research. Proceeds benefit the Kay Yow Foundation. Fans are asked to wear pink to support the cause. | Hollinger Field House Facebook event |
| Mon | 02/20 | 11am - 4pm | Other Campus Event | Brownie Bake Off
Students, faculty and staff will show off their baking skills at the 7th Brownie Bake Off "Sweet Treats So Others Can Eat" - Brownie competition to benefit the West Chester Food Cupboard and the Salvation Army. All brownies are 50 cents - $1. | Sykes Student Union |
| Mon | 02/20 | 7:30pm - 9:30pm | School of Music | Faculty Recital
Vincent Craig, piano. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
| Mon Tue Wed Thu | 02/20 02/21 02/22 02/23 | 7:15pm 8pm 12pm 9:30am | Black History Month Event | The Human Experience
Screening of the award winning documentary about two young men who set out in search of the meaning of life. | Sykes Theater |
| Tue | 02/21 | 7:15pm | Lecture, Seminar, Guest Speaker | Poetry Reading - WCU Students (Past and Present)
Deborah Arnold, Erin Jones, Kip Migdalias, Luke Stromberg, and 2011 Poetry Out Loud third place winner, DeVonna Smith. | WCU Poetry House, 823 S. High Street |
| Wed | 02/22 | 4:30pm | Lecture, Seminar, Guest Speaker |
Wilkinson Lecture Series Presents Matthew Butterfield
| Gates Family Recital Hall |
| Wed | 02/22 | 8:15pm - 10:15pm | School of Music | Winter Choral Festival
David DeVenney and Jane Wyss, directors. | Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall |
| Thu | 02/23 | 11am - 12:30pm | Art Exhibit | Introduction to Warli Paintings & Kolam Rice Flour Drawings Workshop | E.O. Bull Center for the Arts, The New Gallery |
| Thu | 02/23 | 4:30pm - 6:30pm | Lecture, Seminar, Guest Speaker | An Afternoon with Author K.M. Walton WCU graduate and PAWLP fellow, Kate Walton, will discuss her YA debut novel CRACKED. Please RSVP to 610-738-0530 or events@wcufoundation.org if you wish to attend. | Sykes Theater |
| Thu Fri Sat Sat Sun | 02/23 02/24 02/25 02/25 02/26 | 8pm 8pm 2pm 8pm 2pm | Theatre & Dance | Make Me A Song: The Music Of William Finn
Showcasing more than twenty songs from the repertoire of writer an composer William Finn. This compilation of Finn's finest, selected by Rob Ruggiero, includes selected Finn masterpieces from a career spanning more than 25 years of distinctive, often hilarious and emotional songs. Tickets $5 General Admission. | J.Peter Adler Studio Theatre |
| Fri | 02/24 | 7:30pm | WCU Live! | Sacred Earth presented by Ragamala Dance
WCU Live! presents Sacred Earth, two rich and ancient Indian visual art traditions- Warli paintings and Kolam rice flour drawings- into conversation with Bharatanatyam. Tickets: adults $20, children/students/seniors $15. | Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall Facebook event |
| Sun | 02/26 | 3pm | School of Music | Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band
Andrew Yozviak and M. Gregory Martin, directors. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
| Sun | 02/26 | 7pm | School of Music | Symphony Orchestra
Ovidiu Marinescu, director. Tickets: adults $10, children/students/seniors $5 - available at 610.436.2266 or at the door. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
| Mon Tue | 02/27 02/28 | 7pm 7pm | Lecture, Seminar, Guest Speaker | "East African Safari," a travel film-lecture presented in person by Rick Ray
Award-winning filmmaker Rick Ray takes us to destinations that include the Great Rift Valley and coffee plantations of Kenya, the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Serengeti National Park of Tanzania, and the rainforests of Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. Tickets: $8 or free to students with WCU ID. | Sykes Theater |
| Wed | 02/29 | 7:15pm | Black History Month Event | A Day without Black Inventions
Sponsored by the Black Student Union. | Sykes Theater |
| Wed | 02/29 | 8:15pm | School of Music | Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma Musicale
M. Gregory Martin, advisor. | Madeleine Wing Adler Theatre |
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