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Summer adult songwriting class

Saturdays | June 3, 10, 17, 24 | 9-10 a.m.
Lawrence Community Music School – Room 14
Fee | $75

Experience the artistry of songwriting with Loren Dempster!

Songwriting is a transformative creative experience to express truths, emotions, perspectives, and personality through words and music. By taking some time and space to explore your creative voice, you will be able to write songs that will foster a deeper connection to yourself and the world around you.

In this 4-week summer session, we’ll work individually and collaboratively to write songs and make music. While it is not necessary, please consider bringing some kind of chordal instrument like a guitar or ukulele and a way to write lyrics. There will be keyboards on site that are available to us.

Register for adult songwriting class

Greek Week

All events are open to all Lawrence students!

Friday, May 12

Kickoff Formal with SOUP
10 p.m.-Midnight | Warch-Somerset

Saturday, May 13

Volleyball Smash Tournament with SigEp
12-4 p.m. | Quad

Puppy Yoga with KKG
12:30-3 p.m. | Wellness Center 211

Spring Into Service with the CCE
4-7 p.m. | Main Hall Green

Sunday, May 14

Car Wash with SigEp
11 a.m.-2 p.m. | Wriston Turnaround

Monday, May 15

Kicks for CASA with Theta
4:30-6 p.m. | Quad

Tuesday, May 16

Obstacle Course with Delt
10 a.m.-6 p.m. | Quad

Outdoor Movie Night with Beta
9 p.m. | Quad

Wednesday, May 17

Anchorsplash with DG
7 p.m. | Wellness Center Pool

Thursday, May 18

Wiffleball Tournament and Grill with Beta
4-6 p.m. | Quad

Friday, May 19

Cooking for COTS with Beta Psi Nu
10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Spirit House Kitchen

Greek Life Lip Sync Battle
4:30-5:30 p.m. | Wriston Amphitheatre

Guest recital: pax duo

8-9:30 p.m. | Tuesday, May 16
Harper Hall

This concert is free and open to the public!
Please note: This performance will utilize flashing lights which may not be suitable to photosensitive viewers.

pax duo is a dynamic new percussion project created by Tristan Swihart and Micah Detweiler. Based in Goshen, IN and Madison, WI, pax duo aims to break preconceptions of contemporary percussion through collaboration and new creation of genre bending works.

Tristan and Micah first met in the fall of 2012 when Micah began working with the Northridge Raider Marching Band in Middlebury, IN where Tristan was a student. The marching band show that year was entitled Et in Terra Pax. Since then they have gone from student and teacher to close friends and colleagues.

In their first season alone, pax duo has had more than 20 engagements including performances at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Goshen College, Indiana, Wesleyan University, DePauw University, and Purdue Fort Wayne. They are continually working on new projects and commissions and expanding their list of collaborators.

pax duo are Malletech performing artists and are proud to endorse their products.

Mock Interviews with PLUS

5-6:30 p.m. | Wednesday, May 17
Main Hall (various classrooms)

First year students! Come join the Program for Leadership of Underrepresented Students (PLUS) for a mock interview event. We’ll have faculty and staff volunteering to act as mock interviewers and give you an opportunity to practice interviewing. Following a few rounds of interviews, we’ll hear some helpful advice from the career center.

Kukui Nut Lei Workshop

6:30-7:30 p.m. | Tuesday, May 16
Memorial Hall 113 – Diversity Center

In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, LUNA in collaboration with PAO, will be hosting a kukui nut lei making event that also teaches the cultural importance of both kukui nuts and leis to the Hawaiian and Polynesian people. This event will be open to the public and is something you can further take home.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Events

AAPI Art and Media Exhibit
May 11-13 | All Day | Warch Gallery
In collaboration with LUNA
This exhibit aims to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month by showcasing different AAPI cultures through a variety of artistic means! Gift bags will be provided to visitors on a first-come, first-serve basis.

AAPI Cultural Dinner
May 13 | 5 p.m. | D&IC
In collaboration with Beta Theta Pi

Kukui Nut Lei Workshop
May 16 | 6:30 p.m. | Memorial Hall 114
In collaboration with LUNA
This event teaches the cultural importance of both kukui nuts and leis to the Hawaiian and Polynesian people. This event will be open to the public and is something you can take home.

AAPI & LBGTQIA+ Boba & Movie Night
May 18 | 5 p.m. | Mudd Library 401
In collaboration with Prism
This event aims to celebrate the intersectionality between AAPI and queer identities! Anyone is welcome to join. Boba will be provided to attendees on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Pani Puri Night
May 25 | 5 p.m. | Memorial Hall 105
In collaboration with D&IC and International House
Participants will be given the chance to eat Pani Puri, a famous Indian street food.

Door County Solar Celebration

May 12-13, 2023
Björklunden – 7590 Boynton Lane, Baileys Harbor, 54202

Door County Climate Change Coalition and Lawrence University invite you to celebrate Björklunden’s new 217kW solar array! Join community members, business leaders, academics, policy makers, and vendors to consider the benefits of solar energy and learn about steps to take to create a robust solar infrastructure in Door County.

The Solar Celebration is free and open to the public. No registration necessary

Friday, May 12 | 10 a.m. – Noon

Hear a talk on “Solar Power: From Science to Policy to Plugging In” from:

  • Relena Ribbons – Professor of Geosciences
  • Israel Del Toro – Professor of Biology
  • Tyler Huebner – Commissioner, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

Following the talk, all are invited to a walk to the Björklunden array.

Friday, May 12 & Saturday, May 13
Self-Guided Solar Tours

Visit solar installations around Door County and talk to owners and vendors about these projects. A tour map with locations and visiting times will be posted online and provided at Björklunden.

Spring Into Service

Saturday, May 13 | 4-7 p.m.
Main Hall Green

Are you interested in giving back to your community? Join the CCE for Spring Into Service!

The CCE is here to show you that volunteering can take on many forms and can be easy and accessible. Spring Into Service is an on-campus volunteering session with campus partners, fun activities, raffles, and a picnic/cookout, so you can volunteer at your own comfort level.

Stop by, grab food, do some volunteer work with friends, and have fun!

Hearthstone House Museum Invention Education Summer Camps

Lauren Kelly, LU class of ’22, Museum Educator at Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, will be leading three educational summer camp sessions for students ages 9-12.

In each session, students will learn about historic inventors and inventions connected to the Fox Valley, play with fun experiments, and create their own inventions using curriculum from the Henry Ford Museum.

  • Session 1 – June 19-23
  • Session 2 – July 10-14
  • Session 3 – July 24-28

Each session meets Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Registration is capped at 10 students per session. Cost is $200/student for one session.

For more information and to sign up your children, please visit the Hearthstone Museum website. Email Lauren with questions at lkelly@hearthstonemuseum.org.

Black Disability Politics in Wisconsin & Beyond

A Scholar-Activist Conversation with Dr. Sami Schalk & T.S. Banks
Tuesday, May 2 | 6:30 p.m.
Warch Cinema

Sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Department and the Lawrence University Disability Working Group. This talk is free and open to the public.

Dr. Sami Schalk (she/her) is an associate professor of Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (Duke 2018) and Black Disability Politics (Duke 2022). Dr. Schalk’s academic work focuses on race, disability, and gender in contemporary American literature and culture. She also writes for mainstream outlets, including a monthly column called “Pleasure Practices” in TONE Madison. Dr. Schalk identifies as a fat, Black, queer, disabled femme and a pleasure activist.

T.S. Banks (he/him) is a Black & QTDisabled, non-binary teaching artist, poet, and playwright from Madison, WI. He is the Founder of Loud ‘N UnChained Theater Co and LNU Publishing House, which is home to Black mad-Krip, neurodivergent, and chronically ill authors and teaching-artists. His work addresses visioning for Black Liberation, a critique of the medical system, radical care + access, madness, QT Mad-Krip Liberation, disability justice, & abolition. T’s chapbooks “Call Me ill,” “Left,” & “SPLIT” can all be found at LnuTheaterCo.com.