Mar 28, 2019
To Whom Do You Pray?
By Bill Landauer For four days in September, members of the Easton area, Lafayette’s hometown, fielded two provocative questions from an auspicious visitor…
Music
Mar 21, 2019
Instrument of Perception
By Stephen Wilson Grammy-nominated improvisational jazz performer Gary Hassay visited the Williams Visual Arts Building and played for students in Ed Kerns’…
Mar 16, 2019
Synthesizing Artistic Risk
By Stephen Wilson Green lights, angling toward a vanishing point, dot the stage like a series of city high-rises. A lone figure walks out. A blast of fog…
Mar 9, 2019
A Minuet In Time
About 30 students, staff, and community members learned how to dance like people did during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe during a Baroque dance…
Dec 27, 2018
The Class: “The Year 1971-72 in Music, Art, and Literature”
By Bill Landauer Take us there: The war in Vietnam is hurtling toward its ambiguous end. The nation is still bruised from the Kent State massacre the year…
Dec 4, 2018
Making Beautiful Music
The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers presented their fall concert Saturday under the direction of Jennifer Kelly, director of choral activities, at the…
Jul 2, 2018
Ryan’s Reveille
By Bill Landauer Forces often pull Ryan Dupuis ’16 in opposite directions. A love of science brought him to Lafayette. After he graduated, a passion…
Jun 26, 2018
Minor Key, Major Rewards
By Stephen Wilson She biked 4,000 miles from California to Maine over 10 weeks. She raced on the national champion crew team. She studied neuroscience…
Apr 24, 2018
For the Love of Music
11 a.m. A fast jazz riff tinkles from a practice room on the second floor of Williams Center for the Arts. Inside, Jessica Ackendorf ’19 sits at an upright…
Apr 10, 2018
Iranian-Canadian Music Group Niyaz Visits Campus This Week
By Bill Landauer This week, an audience at the Williams Center for the Arts will witness a hypnotic explosion of color and form underscored by a blend…