Friday, October 11 | 12:30-3 p.m.
Diversity & Intercultural Center – Memorial 113
Welcome and welcome back to all our LGBTQIA+ identified students, staff, and faculty. All are welcome to come have a nosh and meet others.
Monday, October 14 | 5:30-7 p.m.
Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center
Join LUNA and the Lawrence community for the 9th Annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration. Our celebration is free and open for all ages to attend.
The program features:
Doors open at 4 p.m. Food will be available for purchase from Taco Tones and other vendors.
Thursday, Oct. 10 | 4:30 p.m.
Wriston Auditorium
Join us for a talk by artist Christopher McNulty ’90 and a reception to celebrate the Fall 2024 exhibitions. Reception with refreshments to follow.
The Galleries are open during academic year exhibitions:
Galleries are free, open to the public, and located in the Wriston Art Center.
Image: Christopher McNulty ’90, 20,045 Days (2007), iInk on paper, from Days Series (2006-2008)
Enjoy coffee and conversation with the members of the President’s Cabinet:
This event will be hosted twice a term in the hopes that everyone will have a chance to join. Both will take place in the Pusey Room (Warch 325).
Saturday, October 5 | 7:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Come hear the Wind Ensemble’s and Symphony Orchestra’s opening concert as we kick off our performances for this special 150th Year of the Conservatory! We’re excited to share the stage with Kivie Cahn-Lipman, our new cello professor.
Free and open to the public!
Can’t make it to the Lawrence Memorial Chapel? Catch the live webcast here:
https://vimeo.com/lawrenceuni
Come and cheer on your Vikings!
5 p.m. | Men’s Soccer vs UW-River Falls | Banta Bowl
7 p.m. | Volleyball vs Illinois | Alex Gym
9 a.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Cornell | Lawrence Courts
Donut Giveaway: 2 dozen donuts to the first 2 dozen fans
12 p.m. | Football vs Grinnell | Banta Bowl
Giveaway: Football stress balls & LU sunglasses
Halftime kicking contest: Attempt to kick a field goal for a $50 gift card to Scheel’s!
1 p.m. | Volleyball vs Knox | Alex Gym
Giveaway: LU keychains & stickers
Pizza Giveaway: 50 slices of Toppers Pizza for the first 50 fans
3 p.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Grinnell | Lawrence Courts
4 p.m. | Men’s Soccer vs Cornell | Banta Bowl
Giveaway: Soccer stress balls & LU sunglasses
Pep Band!
6:30 p.m. | Women’s Soccer vs Cornell | Banta Bowl
Giveaway: Soccer stress balls & LU sunglasses
Raffle for a signed soccer ball from the women’s soccer team
1:30 p.m. | Women’s Tennis vs Roosevelt
Lawrence Courts
Senior Day
Saturday, October 5 | 3-5 p.m.
Shattuck 156
Ernestine Whitman, a flute professor on the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music faculty for 33 years before retiring in 2011, will share her recently written memoir Countermelodies: A Memoir in Sonata Form. In the book, she explores a harrowing time in her life, when unrelenting psychological harassment for a teacher-turned-colleague in Atlanta threatened to unravel her dreams for a musical life.
Ernestine Whitman began her career as a professional flutist at age 20, making her the youngest member of the Atlanta Symphony. Her passion for teaching brought her to Lawrence University, where she was professor of flute for 33 years.
A passionate advocate for restorative justice, she volunteers frequently in programs at several Wisconsin prisons.
Ernestine and her husband, Howard Niblock, divide their time between their condo in midtown Atlanta and their longtime residence in Appleton.
Wednesday, October 2 | 8 p.m.
Harper Hall
Pan-stylistic, transatlantic improvised music by Anders Åstrand (vibraphone and marimba), Brad Townsend (bass), and Nick Zielinski (drums).
Free and open to the public!
Can’t make it to Harper Hall? Catch the live webcast at vimeo.com/lawrenceuni
Friday, October 4-Sunday, October 6
Warch 204 – Cinema
Join us for our annual event showcasing recent critically acclaimed films from Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world! Attend one screening or all of them! Plus, stay for Q&A sessions with the filmmakers and other events.
5 p.m. | Without Prescription / Receta No Incluida
Puerto Rico, 2022
Followed by a Q&A and reception with Director Juliana Maité
Attempting to silence the OCD voice in her head, Olivia escapes a family party to illegally acquire pills from the town’s pharma-dealer, David. She becomes trapped in David’s apartment by a massive rainstorm and the two must help each other.
2 p.m. | The Eternal Memory / La Memoria Infinita
Chile 2023
Directed by Maite Alberdi
Chilean couple Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years, but Augusto was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease eight years ago. Both of them fear the day he will no longer recognize her.
4 p.m. | Love and Revolution / Te Estoy Amando Locamente
Spain 2023
Directed by Alejandro Marín
Set in 1977 Seville, at a time homosexuality was a crime in Spain, the plot follows Reme and her son Miguel (a wannabe singer and performer) who become acquainted with the budding Andalusian LGBTI movement.
2 p.m. | Cassandro
Mexico 2023
Directed by Roger Ross Williams and starring Gael García Bernal
Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso, Texas, rises to international stardom when he creates the character Cassandro, the `Liberace of Lucha Libre.’ He upends not just the macho wrestling world, but also his own life.
4 p.m. | Alegría
Spain 2021
Directed by Violeta Salama
After some time living in Melilla, Alegría rediscovers her Jewish roots in the wake of the wedding of her niece Yael. The film explores the blending of culture, identity, religion, and family.
Faculty, staff, and students: Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 5, a day full of home athletic events, giveaways, and fun!
