Michael Korenblit, author and activist, will speak at Missouri Western State University at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 16 in the Hearnes Center Little Theater, room 102. The presentation is free and open to the public. Michael Korenblit is co-author of “Until We Meet Again,” the true story of his parents’ love and survival in the [...]
It’s the time of year when Missouri Western State University percussionists get “extreme” about their love of the percussive arts.The 12th annual eXtreme Percussion Show will take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19 in the Potter Hall Theater. Tickets will be sold at the door only and are $6 for [...]
Junior Sarah Mathews will be among the solists during the Spring Jazz Concert April 15. The swinging sounds of jazz greats Basie and Ellington along with the iconic standards of the Great American Songbook will be featured at the annual Spring Jazz Concert at Missouri Western State University. The concert will be at [...]
The Center for Multicultural Education at Missouri Western State University will offer free “Safe Zone Training” from 3-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15 in Murphy Hall, room 201. “Safe Zone Training” is designed to help people become more effective allies for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and intersex persons. Participants will learn how to be [...]
Pianist Maya Tuylieva will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 10 in the Kemper Recital Hall inside Spratt Hall on the campus of Missouri Western State University. The recital is free and open to the public. Dr. Tuylieva has been described as “a profound artist, capable of commanding the attention of the audience with her [...]
Missouri Western State University will hold a tasting of Spanish “tapas,” or appetizers, at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 10 in Blum Student Union rooms 222-223. The tasting is free and open to the public. Missouri Western Spanish students will prepare authentic Spanish appetizers for people to sample. Participants will learn about the history of tapas [...]
The second annual Conference on Child Abuse Investigation will be held April 16-17 in the Fulkerson Center at Missouri Western State University. A free public presentation by the JAYC Foundation will precede the conference at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15. The presentation by Dr. Rebecca Bailey and Terry Probyn is titled “Keeping Kids Safe: [...]
The Missouri Western State University Ambassadors will hold their annual Night at the Ritz fundraiser on Friday, April 11. The reception, “Ritz Under the Stars,” will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Remington Hall atrium on the Missouri Western campus. The cost is $35 per person, and reservations must be made by [...]
Gary Panter, groundbreaking graphic novelist and a three-time Emmy Award winner for his art direction and set design on “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” will be visiting the Department of Art within the School of Fine Arts at Missouri Western State University April 9-11. There will be a free public event, “A Conversation with Gary Panter,” at 7 [...]
A ceremony dedicating a portion of the Belt Highway in St. Joseph as the “Walter Cronkite Memorial Highway” will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, April 4, at the Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Missouri Western State University’s Spratt Hall atrium. The ceremony is free and open to the public. The late, legendary CBS News Anchor [...]
