When Crafton Beck, conductor of the Lima Symphony Orchestra, asked Dr. Lucia Unrau what piano concerto she would like to perform with the orchestra as guest artist in this winter’s “Mozart by Candlelight” concert, “I had a few in mind,” she says.
But one in particular “has been one of my favorites,” the Bluffton University professor adds, since a friend had her listen to it when they were undergraduates at the Oberlin Conservatory.
The Beavers opened the 2013 McDonalds of Bluffton and Monsanto Holiday Tournament with a 76-50 defeat of the Ohio State University-Lima Barons on Sunday, Dec. 29, at the Sommer Center. Thayne Recker (Arlington) and Dustin Kinn (Alvada/New Reigal) led the Beavers with 17 points each.
“Ghostlands,” a multimedia exhibition that explores landscape art, will open Jan. 6 in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Bluffton University’s Sauder Visual Arts Center.
Featuring the work of Ian Breidenbach and Landon Crowell, the exhibit is free and open to the public through Jan. 26. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. A reception is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12.
Ken Heffner, director of student activities at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., will reflect on the relationship between the church and popular culture in a Bluffton University forum Jan. 7.
Speaking at 11 a.m. in Founders Hall, he will address “Why should we care about Arcade Fire? A Christian approach to popular culture.” His presentation is free and open to the public.
