Genesius Guild: Selections from Menotti
The Genesius Guild season features an opera in partnership with Opera@Augustana June 10, 11, 17 and 18.
“Selections from Menotti” will include “A Menotti Festival,” “A Hand of Bridge,” “The Telephone” and “The Old Maid & the Thief.” This music was chosen because it is well-crafted and memorable. It is also written in English, making it easy to understand. The Guild’s first opera in 1973 consisted of two works by Gian Carlo Menotti.
All Genesius Guild performances begin at 8 p.m. on the stage at Lincoln Park, 38th St. and 11th Ave. in Rock Island.
The opera selections will feature Augustana alumni, students and staff.
Schedule:
June 10, 11, 17, 18
Opera - Selections from Menotti
June 24, 25 & July 1, 2
Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors
July 8, 9, 15, 16
Euripides: The Trojan Women
July 22, 23, 29, 30
Shakespeare: Henry V
August 4, 5, 6
Aristophanes: The Clouds
Genesius Guild: Selections from Menotti
The Genesius Guild season features an opera in partnership with Opera@Augustana June 10, 11, 17 and 18.
“Selections from Menotti” will include “A Menotti Festival,” “A Hand of Bridge,” “The Telephone” and “The Old Maid & the Thief.” This music was chosen because it is well-crafted and memorable. It is also written in English, making it easy to understand. The Guild’s first opera in 1973 consisted of two works by Gian Carlo Menotti.
All Genesius Guild performances begin at 8 p.m. on the stage at Lincoln Park, 38th St. and 11th Ave. in Rock Island.
The opera selections will feature Augustana alumni, students and staff.
Schedule:
June 10, 11, 17, 18
Opera - Selections from Menotti
June 24, 25 & July 1, 2
Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors
July 8, 9, 15, 16
Euripides: The Trojan Women
July 22, 23, 29, 30
Shakespeare: Henry V
August 4, 5, 6
Aristophanes: The Clouds
Football vs. Illinois Wesleyan
The Augustana Vikings take on the Wesleyan Titans!
Football vs. Carthage
The Augustana Vikings take on the Red Men of Carthage College in their first home game.
Flying Fool: Charles Lindbergh's Story
The Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center at Augustana will offer a special exhibition during Quad Cities Museum Week June 17-25.
"Flying Fool: Charles Lindbergh's Story" tells the story of Lindbergh's first solo, nonstop, transatlantic flight, the kidnapping and murder of his young son, and Lindbergh's visit to the Quad Cities.
The center is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m.-noon Friday.
Art, Archives, Augustana: A Spotlight Tour
The Augustana Teaching Museum of Art, Special Collections and the Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center are teaming up to offer a tour during Quad Cities Museum Week June 17-25.
"Art, Archives Augustana: A Spotlight Tour" will be offered from 6-7:30 p.m. June 19, starting at the Teaching Museum of Art. Participants will take a walking tour of art on campus, stopping by the Swenson Center to see the exhibit "Flying Fool: Charles Lindbergh's Story,” and ending in Special Collections at the Tredway Library for "Beard Olympics: an Exhibit Exploring Fabulous Facial Hair."
I-74 Graduate and Professional School Fair
Students will have the opportunity to learn about more than 80 graduate programs and meet with representatives from universities across the country. The fair will run from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
The I-74 Graduate and Professional School Fairs are hosted each fall in central Illinois by Augustana, Bradley University, Knox College, Millikin University and Monmouth College.
Dr. Karen Andeen '03: 'Decoding Cosmic Messages from the South Pole'
Dr. Karen Andeen '03, assistant professor in physics at Marquette University, will speak on "Decoding Cosmic Messages from the South Pole."
The IceCube Neutrino Observatory consists of more than 5,500 basketball-sized light detectors melted deep into the South Pole icecap. These photodetectors are sensitive to the blue light emitted in the surrounding clear ice when cosmic messengers from some of the most violent processes in the universe pass through the earth.
Dr. Andeen began her career at Augustana and has since worked and studied on six continents.
Retiring dinosaur hunter will miss students
Dr. William Hammer, who discovered a new dinosaur and got a mountain named after Augustana, is retiring in May.
Tapis receives Outstanding Educator Award
Dr. Gregory Tapis, nominated by his students, has won the Outstanding Educator Award from the Illinois CPA Society.