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You're Invited to Join Ohio Wesleyan for the University's November 2024 Lineup of Public Events

DELAWARE, Ohio – Ohio Wesleyan University today announced its November 2024 lineup of public events. Unless otherwise noted, admission is free.

Oct. 15 through Dec. 13: Ohio Wesleyan's Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware, features three concurrent exhibits:

• "Fossils and Halos" showcases the artistic responses of Ohio Wesleyan Fine Arts professors Kristina Bogdanov, Frank Hobbs, and Jeff Nilan to an object selected from OWU's Natural History Museum – a 370-million-year-old shark fossil.
• "Pictures with Stories" features images by photographer and writer Tony Mendoza as he documents his family's history from pre-Castro Cuba to the present.
• "Culture Push" creates a visual response to Fritz Scholder's "Hollywood Indian" on loan from Art Bridges. The exhibit uses works from the university's permanent collection to support the curriculum developed for OWU's first-year student seminar. It features works chosen to investigate the powerful cultural forces that shape people's lives and will be on display through March 23, 2025.

During the academic year, the Ross is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. It will be closed for Thanksgiving break from Nov. 23 to Dec. 1 and for winter break from Dec. 15 to Jan. 14, 2025. The museum is handicap-accessible and admission is always free. Call (740) 368-3606 or visit owu.edu/ross for more information.

8 p.m. Nov. 1-2: European Staycation, scenes from the musicals "Cabaret," "Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812," and "Les Miserables," directed by associate professor Jennifer Whitehead, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Wish you could go to Europe but can't spare the time or cash? No worries! Travel with Ohio Wesleyan musical theatre to Berlin, Moscow, and Paris! Admission is free. For more information, visit owu.edu/PerformingArts.

8 p.m. Nov. 1, 8, 15, and 22: Friday night skywatches, at Perkins Observatory, 3199 Columbus Pike (U.S. 23), Delaware. Content varies based on weather conditions, but may include a planetarium show, observatory tours, and stargazing with the 32-inch Schottland Telescope. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 on the day of the event and at the door. Reserve tickets by calling (740) 363-1257. Learn more at owu.edu/Perkins.

3 p.m. Nov. 3: Ohio Wesleyan faculty recital, featuring staff accompanist Mariko Kaneda, piano, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Admission is free. For more information, visit owu.edu/PerformingArts.

7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 – A Cappellooza, OWU's annual voices-only showcase, in Gray Chapel inside University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. The concert will feature performances by OWU a cappella and ukelele groups with a headline performance by Filosophy. A Cappellooza tickets are free for everyone and may be reserved at owu.edu/acappellooza via Eventbrite. Doors will open at 7 p.m. A Cappellooza is organized by OWU's student Campus Programming Board. Learn more at owu.edu/acappellooza.

3 p.m. Nov. 10: Ohio Wesleyan Choral Art Society and Chamber Choir, conducted by associate professor Jason Hiester, in Gray Chapel inside University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Admission is free. For more information, visit owu.edu/PerformingArts.

6:30 p.m. Nov. 11: Ohio Wesleyan Honor Choir Festival Concert, in Gray Chapel inside University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Admission is free. For more information, visit owu.edu/PerformingArts.

7 p.m. Nov. 13 – Marc Lynch, Ph.D., political science professor at George Washington University and visiting scholar at The Ohio State University's Mershon Center, discusses Gaza and America's Role in the Middle East, in the Benes Rooms inside OWU's Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. At George Washington, Lynch also serves as director of the Project on Middle East Political Science. He is a contributing editor to The Washington Post's Monkey Cage political science page, editor of the Columbia University Press series "Columbia Studies on Middle East Politics," and a nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Learn more at https://elliott.gwu.edu/marc-lynch. His presentation is Ohio Wesleyan's 35th annual John Kennard Eddy Memorial Lecture on World Politics. The lecture is sponsored by the OWU International Studies Program, Department of Politics and Government, and Sagan National Colloquium. OWU's 2024-2025 colloquium, "Democracy Matters," investigates the challenges to American democracy and highlights the public servants trying to protect it. Admission is free. Learn more at owu.edu/InternationalStudies, owu.edu/politics, and owu.edu/SNC.

8 p.m. Nov. 14: Ohio Wesleyan Chamber Orchestra, conducted by instructor Deborah Price, in Gray Chapel inside University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Admission is free. For more information, visit owu.edu/PerformingArts.

8 p.m. Nov. 15 and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Nov. 16: Fall Dance Concert: Orchesis 24/25, on the Main Stage in Chappelear Drama Center, 45 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Presented by the OWU Dance Company, the performance will be directed by instructor Janet Schroeder. Admission is free. For more information, visit owu.edu/PerformingArts.

3 p.m. Nov. 17: OWU Composition Student Recital and Juries, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Admission is free. For more information, visit owu.edu/PerformingArts.

8 p.m. Nov. 19: Park Avenue Jazz Ensemble, directed by instructor Kevin Turner, in Gray Chapel inside University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Admission is free. For more information, visit owu.edu/PerformingArts.

8 p.m. Nov. 20: Guest Recital: Jacob Smith Quartet, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Admission is free. For more information, visit owu.edu/PerformingArts.

7 p.m. Nov. 22: 'Songs at the Center' Taping with Eric Gnezda '79. The nationally distributed "Songs at the Center" television show, created and hosted by OWU alum Eric Gnezda '79, will tape an episode with guest artists Amythyst Kiah, Nicole Witt, and Sarah Darling, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Admission is free. For more information, visit owu.edu/PerformingArts.

All Ohio Wesleyan public event information is subject to change. For the latest updates, visit owu.edu/calendar. For more Battling Bishop athletics events, visit battlingbishops.com.

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