TUESDAY, MARCH 7
- SAI recital, 8 p.m.; the Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, Old Main
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8
- Drake women’s tennis vs. Central College, 4 p.m., Drake Tennis Center
- Mornings@Drake series presents Shirley Poertner, president of Poertner Consulting Group, who will deliver a talk titled “Crucial Conversation”; 7 a.m. in the upper level of Olmsted Center. Cost is $5, which includes a parking pass and beverage. For more information, contact John Brown at (515) 271-3378.
- Drake Center for the Humanities Writers and Critics series presents poets Lisa Jarnot and Mark Morris for reading and discussion; 8 p.m. Bulldog Theater, Olmsted Center
THURSDAY, MARCH 9
- Drake Theatre Arts presents “Wonderful Town,” by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; 8 p.m.; Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center; $6 for adults, $4 for students, seniors and those with Drake IDs.
FRIDAY, MARCH 10
- State Farm Missouri Valley Women’s Basketball Conference pre-game Drake party, Ebbets Field Restaurant, 1027 E. Walnut St., Springfield, Mo. If Drake’s first game is at 2:30 p.m., the party will start at 1 p.m.; if the first game is at 8:30 p.m., the party will begin at 5 p.m.
- Drake Science Colloquium Series presents Craig K. Svensson, the Lyle and Sharron Bighley professor in pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Iowa, on “Are Adverse Drug Reactions Unavoidable Therapeutic Misadventures?”; noon to 1 p.m., Bulldog Theater, lower level, Olmsted Center.
- Drake Theatre Arts presents “Wonderful Town,” by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; 8 p.m.; Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center; $6 for adults, $4 for students, seniors and those with Drake IDs.
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
- Drake women’s tennis vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 10 a.m., Drake Tennis Center
- Drake women’s tennis vs. Gustavus Adolphus, 2 p.m., Drake Tennis Center
- Drake Wind Symphony, Robert Meunier, conductor; 8 p.m., the Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, Old Main
- “Wonderful Town” pre-theater dinner and Talkabout presented by director Tony Humrichouser, assistant professor of theatre. Dinner and Talkabout: 6 p.m., Levitt Hall, Old Main. Cost is $20 that includes dinner, talk and production. Call (515) 271-3147 for reservations.
- Drake Theatre Arts presents “Wonderful Town,” by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; 8 p.m.; Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center; $6 for adults, $4 for students, seniors and those with Drake IDs.
SUNDAY, MARCH 12
- Drake men’s tennis vs. Gustavus Adophus, 2 p.m., Drake Tennis Center
- Drake Theatre Arts presents “Wonderful Town,” by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; 8 p.m.; Performing Arts Hall, Harmon Fine Arts Center; $6 for adults, $4 for students, seniors and those with Drake IDs.
TUESDAY, MARCH 14
- Drake Choir and Chamber Choir Pre-Tour Concert, featuring works by Bach, Bruckner, Sweelinck and Walton, Aimee Beckmann-Collier, conductor; 8 p.m., the Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, Old Main
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15
- Drake Jazz Combo; 8 p.m., Mainstay
THURSDAY, MARCH 16
- Drake Alumni Reception, 6-8 p.m., Naples Beach Hotel and Golf Club, Sunset Terrace Room, 851 Gulf Shore Boulevard North, Naples, Fla.; $25 per person.
- Last day to see the 35th annual Juried Student Art Exhibition at the Anderson Gallery, Harmon Fine Arts Center.
FRIDAY, MARCH 17
- Drake Alumni Reception, 6-8 p.m., Ritz-Carlton Tower Residence, Tower Social Room, Sarasota, Fla.; $25 per person.
SATURDAY, MARCH 25
- Drake softball vs. Southern Illinois, noon, Buel Field
SUNDAY, MARCH 26
- Cowles Library and the U.S. Holocaust Museum present “Fighting the Fires of Hate – America and the Nazi Book Burning,” a traveling exhibit running through May 20. For more information, contact Rod Henshaw at (515) 271-3993 or rod.henshaw@drake.edu.
- Drake softball vs. Southern Illinois, noon, Buel Field
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29
- Drake softball vs. Iowa State, 4 p.m., Buel Field
THURSDAY, MARCH 30
- Drake Alumni Reception, 6-8 p.m., at the home of Bill Drury, LA’73, LW’77, and Colleen Drury, 5319 East Royal View Drive South, Phoenix, Ariz.
- An Evening with Sherrill Milnes; 8 p.m., the Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium, Old Main
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
- Drake women’s tennis vs. Creighton, 4 p.m., Drake Tennis Center
- Piano recital: Nicholas Roth, assistant professor of piano, 8 p.m., Salisbury House, Des Moines
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
- Drake softball vs. Missouri State, noon, Buel Field
SUNDAY, APRIL 2
- Drake softball vs. Missouri State, noon, Buel Field
- Drake men’s tennis vs. Creighton, 3 p.m., Drake Tennis Center
THURSDAY, APRIL 5
- Drake softball vs. Creighton, 3 p.m., Buel Field
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
- Drake women’s tennis vs. Bradley, 4 p.m., Drake Tennis Center