Ohio Wesleyan University Announces February Public Events
DELAWARE, OH – Ohio Wesleyan University today announced its February 2014 lineup of public events. Unless otherwise noted, admission is free. For the latest OWU event information, including schedule updates, visit Events @ OWU. For Battling Bishop athletics schedules, visit BattlingBishops.com. For webstreaming, visit StreamOWU.
Through Feb. 2 – “FA8,” the biennial Ohio Wesleyan fine art faculty exhibition continues, featuring creations by eight OWU professors working in clay, metal, photography, printmaking, sculpture, painting and drawing, and graphic design, in the Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. The museum 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. The museum is handicap-accessible and admission is always free. Call (740) 368-3606 or visit https://www.owu.edu/about/offices-services/richard-m-ross-art-museum/ for more information.
Through Feb. 25 – “Confederate Currency: The Color of Money,” featuring acrylic paintings by artist John W. Jones, in Gallery 2001 inside Beeghly Library, 43 Rowland Ave. Jones’ paintings reclaim images of slavery appearing on currency used by the Confederate and Southern states in the 19th century. Jones will discuss his artwork and its meaning at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 in the Bayley Room, located on the second floor of the library, with a reception afterward in Gallery 2001. Learn more about his artwork at www.colorsofmoney.com. Gallery 2001 hours coincide with library hours, which are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday. Learn more at https://www.owu.edu/about/offices-services/richard-m-ross-art-museum/.
3 p.m. Feb. 1 – OWU Men’s Basketball vs. Hiram, in Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game will be streamed live at https://www.owu.edu/about/follow-owu/stream-owu/. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 – OWU Men’s Basketball vs. Wittenberg, in Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game will be streamed live at https://www.owu.edu/about/follow-owu/stream-owu/. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
3:10 p.m. Feb. 6 – Jeremy Hoepf, financial professional from AXA Advisors, discusses “The Things Your Professors Did Not Tell You,” focusing on traits and qualities students need to succeed in the “real world.” He will speak in the Bayley Room of Beeghly Library, 43 Rowland Ave., Delaware. His presentation is sponsored by the Woltemade Center for Economics, Business and Entrepreneurship. Learn more at https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/department-of-economics/the-woltemade-center/.
8 p.m. Feb.7 and 8, and 2 p.m. Feb. 9 – “A Little Night Music,” Opera Workshop, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for senior citizens and OWU students, faculty, and staff. Learn more at https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/department-of-music/.
8 p.m. Feb. 7, 14, 21, and 28 – Evening programs at Ohio Wesleyan’s Perkins Observatory, 3199 Columbus Pike (U.S. 23), Delaware. Content varies based on sky conditions, but may include a planetarium show, observatory tours, and star gazing with the 32-inch Schottland Telescope. Advance tickets are $8 for adults, and $6 for children and senior citizens. Reserve tickets by calling (740) 363-1257. Learn more at perkins.owu.edu.
Feb. 11 through March 30 – “New Art / New Mexico,” featuring 26 artists from northern New Mexico selected by Ohio Wesleyan students who visited the artists in their homes and studios as part of a university-funded Theory-to-Practice Grant experience in summer 2013. The exhibit, designed and mounted by OWU students in OWU’s gallery management class, will be displayed in the Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. An artist talk with Santa Fe-based photographer Nancy Sutor will be held at 4:10 p.m. Feb. 13 in Room 121 of Edgar Hall, 35 S. Sandusky St., Delaware, followed by an opening reception until 6:30 p.m. at the museum. The museum 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. The museum is handicap-accessible and admission is always free. Call (740) 368-3606 or visit https://www.owu.edu/about/offices-services/richard-m-ross-art-museum/ for more information. Learn more about the artist at nancysutor.com.
All day Feb. 14 – OWU Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams host the OWU Open, at Selby Stadium, 45 S. Henry St., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
10 a.m. Feb. 15 – OWU Men’s Tennis vs. Baldwin Wallace, at Gordon Field House, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
1 p.m. Feb. 15 – OWU Women’s Basketball vs. Allegheny, in Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game will be streamed live at https://www.owu.edu/about/follow-owu/stream-owu/. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
3 p.m. Feb. 15 – OWU Men’s Basketball vs. Allegheny, in Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game will be streamed live at https://www.owu.edu/about/follow-owu/stream-owu/. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
3 p.m. Feb. 15 – OWU Men’s Tennis vs. Capital, at Gordon Field House, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
3 p.m. Feb. 16 – OWU senior recital featuring Candace Rembert, violin, accompanied by faculty member Mariko Kaneda, piano, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Learn more at https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/department-of-music/.
7 p.m. Feb. 18 – Artist John W. Jones will discuss his exhibit “Confederate Currency: The Color of Money,” in the Bayley Room on the second floor of OWU’s Beeghly Library, 43 Rowland Ave., Delaware. The exhibit, on display in the library’s Gallery 2001 through Feb. 25, features acrylic paintings that reclaim images of slavery appearing on currency used by the Confederate and Southern states in the 19th century. A reception will follow Jones’ talk in Gallery 2001. Learn more at https://www.owu.edu/about/offices-services/richard-m-ross-art-museum/.
8 p.m. Feb. 18 – Faculty and guest recital featuring violinists David Niwa and Leonid Polonsky, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Learn more at https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/department-of-music/.
8 p.m. Feb 21, 22, 28 and March 1, and 2 p.m. March 2 – “Almost Maine,” by John Cariani, a whimsical, romantic comedy following the hopes, successes, regrets, and despair of nine couples on a magical mid-winter evening in the northern reaches of Maine. This play, directed by Ed Kahn, will be held in the Studio Theatre, in Ohio Wesleyan’s Chappelear Drama Center, 45 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for senior citizens, Ohio Wesleyan employees, and non-Ohio Wesleyan students. Admission is free for Ohio Wesleyan students with a valid OWU ID. To reserve tickets, call the Theatre Box Office at (740) 368-3855. For more information, visit https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/department-of-theatre-dance/.
1 p.m. Feb. 22 – OWU Women’s Basketball vs. DePauw, in Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game will be streamed live at https://www.owu.edu/about/follow-owu/stream-owu/. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
3 p.m. Feb. 22 – OWU Men’s Basketball vs. DePauw, in Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game will be streamed live at https://www.owu.edu/about/follow-owu/stream-owu/. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
10 a.m. Feb. 23 – OWU Men’s Tennis vs. Otterbein, at Gordon Field House, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
3 p.m. Feb. 23 – OWU Women’s Tennis vs. Otterbein, at Gordon Field House, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
6 p.m. Feb. 26 – OWU Men’s Lacrosse vs. St. Vincent, at Selby Stadium, 45 S. Henry St., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game will be streamed live at https://www.owu.edu/about/follow-owu/stream-owu/. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
7 p.m. Feb. 27 – Bestselling author Douglas G. Brinkley, presidential historian for CBS News and a history professor at Rice University, discusses “Vietnam, Walter Cronkite and Today’s Foreign Policy Lessons,” in the Benes Rooms of OWU’s Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Brinkley’s presentation is Ohio Wesleyan’s 25th annual John Kennard Eddy Memorial Lecture on World Politics. Learn more at https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/department-of-politics-government/.
4 p.m. Feb. 28 – OWU Women’s Tennis vs. Marietta, at Gordon Field House, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
4 p.m. Feb. 28 – OWU Men’s Tennis vs. Marietta, at Gordon Field House, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at www.battlingbishops.com.
Founded in 1842, Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation’s premier liberal arts universities. Located in Delaware, Ohio, the private, coed university offers more than 90 undergraduate majors, sequences, and courses of study, and competes in 23 NCAA Division III varsity sports. Ohio Wesleyan combines a challenging, internationally focused curriculum with off-campus learning and leadership opportunities to connect classroom theory with real-world practice. OWU’s 1,850 students represent 42 states and 37 countries. Ohio Wesleyan is featured in the book “Colleges That Change Lives,” listed on the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, and included in the U.S. News & World Report and Princeton Review “best colleges” lists. Learn more at www.owu.edu.