October 26th, 2015
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Oct. 26, 2015) — The Messiah College School of the Arts presents the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra with special guests the New York Voices Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. in Parmer Hall, located in the Calvin and Janet High Center for Worship and Performing Arts. Admission is $20, and $10 for a student ticket with ID. To obtain a ticket, contact the Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036 or tickets@messiah.edu. For more information, contact Brittany Taylor at bntaylor@messiah.edu. Continue reading…
October 16th, 2015
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Oct. 16, 2015) — Gregory Alan Thornbury, president of The King’s College, will address the topic “Kanye’s Temple: The Hyper-Religiosity of Pop Culture” on Nov. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Parmer Hall, located in the Calvin and Janet High Center for Worship and Performing Arts. Continue reading…
October 14th, 2015
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Oct. 14, 2015) — Dr. Willie James Jennings will discuss “Overcoming the Geographies of Race” Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. in Hostestter Chapel. His book “The Christian Imagination” discusses how Christianity has affected segregation. The lecture is sponsored by the Messiah College Ethnic & Areas Studies Major, Biblical and Religious Studies Dept., and the Center for the Public Humanities. For more information contact Dr. Emerson Powery at epowery@messiah.edu. Continue reading…
October 9th, 2015
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (Oct. 9, 2015) — The Messiah College Office of the President is sponsoring a lecture titled “Presidential Leadership and the Price of Politics” presented by Bob Woodward Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Parmer Hall. Woodward is one of America’s preeminent investigative reporters and nonfiction authors. He worked with Carl Bernstein in 1972 and did much of the original news reporting of the Watergate scandal which led to many government investigations and the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The reporting efforts of Woodward and Bernstein have been referred to as “maybe the single greatest reporting effort of all time” by Gene Roberts, former managing editor of the New York Times. Continue reading…
