James Giles, coordinator of the piano program and director of music performance graduate studies at the Bienen School of Music of Northwestern University, will present the next concert in Drake University’s Keys to Excellence Piano Series on Monday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public. The...
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Shameka Brown selected as 2019–2020 Newman Civic Fellow
Drake student Shameka Brown has been selected as a national Newman Civic Fellow for 2019–2020. She joins 262 students from across the U.S. for this year’s cohort. The Newman Civic Fellowship is a one-year fellowship for community-committed college students from Campus Compact member institutions. The fellowship honors the late Frank Newman, one of Campus Compact’s...
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Writers & Critics Series features 3 flash fiction authors on April 10
The Susan Glaspell Writers and Critics Series will present a flash fiction reading with writers Grant Faulkner, Kim Magowan, and Michelle Ross on Wednesday, April 10, 7-8 p.m. in the Cowles Library Reading Room at Drake University. The event is free and open to the public. The three authors will read selections of their “flash...
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Drake Chorale celebrates women in music with “In Praise of Women” concert
On Sunday, March 3, the Drake Chorale, a select women’s ensemble, will perform a concert to celebrate female composers and musicians. The concert, “In Praise of Women,” will begin at 3 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium, 2507 University Ave. Torina Gedler, AS ‘16, will address the audience at the beginning of the concert with an inspirational...
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The Comparison Project hosts dialogue on “miracles and medicine”
The Comparison Project will hold its second spring 2019 event with a community dialogue on “miracles and medicine,” hosted by Dr. Richard Deming, founder and director of Above + Beyond Cancer, and director of the Mercy Cancer Center. The dialogue will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 7 at Mercy Hospital in Conference...
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Drake Opera Theater presents “Falstaff” from Feb. 22-24
The Drake Opera Theater will present Giuseppe Verdi’s famous comedic opera, Falstaff, on Feb. 22-23 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 24 at 2 p.m. in the Harmon Fine Arts Center. Conducted by newly appointed director Stefano Vignati, the Drake Opera Theater staff are thrilled to bring opera to the University and Des Moines community. “It is...
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Drake Theatre presents two full-length mainstage productions, Feb. 21-25
Drake University Theatre’s upcoming repertory showcase features two shows that vary greatly in both style and message. The showcase begins Thursday, Feb. 21, and runs through Sunday, Feb. 24, in the William S.E. Coleman Studio Theatre in the Harmon Fine Arts Center, 2505 Carpenter Ave, with shows playing on alternating days. This Is Our Youth...