Ohio Wesleyan University has announced its late August and September 2019 lineup of public events. Unless otherwise noted, admission is free. For the latest OWU event information, visit www.owu.edu/calendar. For a list of Battling Bishop athletics events, visit www.battlingbishops.com.
August 21-October 20 – “After/Before” featuring photographs by JoAnn Verburg, Ohio Wesleyan Class of 1972, at the Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. A renowned photographer whose work has been shown at venues including New York’s iconic Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Verburg focuses her camera on mundane objects for “After/Before.” Alternating between still life and snapshot, she considers items we consume, then discard and forget.
- Verburg organized her first OWU exhibit with Erin Fletcher, director of the Ross Art Museum, who will host a curator’s tour and exhibition reception at 5 PM on September 18.
- Verburg will visit campus October 17 to take part in a discussion on “Careers in the Arts” with Peter MacGill, OWU Class of 1974, president of New York’s Pace/MacGill Gallery. Their free, public discussion – part of Ohio Wesleyan’s 2019-2020 Sagan National Colloquium* – will be held from 5 PM to 6:30 PM October17 at the Ross.
- The museum also will host a wine-and-cheese reception with Verburg from 4 PM to 6 PM October 18, as part of Ohio Wesleyan’s 2019 Homecoming and Family Weekend. Admission is $10 at the door.
Learn more about Verburg at http://joannverburg.com. During the academic year, the museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 AM to 5 PM; Thursday from 10 AM to 9 PM; and Sunday from 1 PM to 5 PM. It will be closed October 9-13 for mid-semester break. The museum is handicap-accessible and admission is always free. Call (740) 368-3606 or visit www.owu.edu/ross for more information.
9 PM August 23 and 8 PM September 6, 13, 20, and 27 – Evening programs at Ohio Wesleyan’s Perkins Observatory, 3199 Columbus Pike (U.S. 23), Delaware. Content varies based on sky conditions, but may include a planetarium show, observatory tours, and star gazing with the 32-inch Schottland Telescope. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Reserve tickets by calling (740) 363-1257. Learn more at www.owu.edu/perkins.
6 PM August 26 – Ohio Wesleyan’s 2019-2020 Sagan National Colloquium* kicks off with a screening and discussion of the Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures film “42,” in Gray Chapel inside University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. The film stars Harrison Ford as 1904 Ohio Wesleyan alumnus Branch Rickey and Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, and recounts their historic collaboration, which ended racial segregation in Major League Baseball and helped set the stage for the U.S. Civil Rights movement. Following the screening, Rickey’s grandson, Branch B. Rickey, a 1967 OWU graduate and president of Minor League Baseball’s Pacific Coast League, will discuss his grandfather’s legacy. Admission is free. Learn more at www.owu.edu/snc.
8 PM August 30 – “Hi, Are You Single?” a one-man theatre performance and talkback by Ryan J. Haddad, OWU Class of 2015, a theatre and English double-major now living and working in New York. He will perform on the Main Stage in Chappelear Drama Center, 45 Rowland Ave., Delaware. An actor, playwright, and autobiographical performer, Haddad’s television credits include “Bull,” “Madam Secretary,” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” He also has a recurring role in the upcoming Netflix series “The Politician,” streaming September 27. Haddad’s OWU performance, an exploration of the dating scene for a gay man with cerebral palsy, is for mature audiences only. The performance is co-sponsored by the OWU Department of Theatre & Dance and is part of OWU’s 2019-2020 Sagan National Colloquium. Learn more about Haddad at www.ryanjhaddad.com. Admission is free. Learn more at www.owu.edu/snc.
September 6- October 19 – “Equus II,” featuring paintings and drawings by Ohio Wesleyan senior and fine arts major Sarah-Faith Strait, at Gallery 22, located at 22 E. Winter St., Delaware. Of her work, the Mount Gilead resident says: “I was introduced to the equestrian world as a young girl. … My desire is not to produce sentimental images of the horse, but to observe and study its complex and beautiful form in nontraditional situations and circumstances.” Strait’s exhibit is being held in conjunction with Delaware’s September 8 All Horse Parade and September 19 Little Brown Jug harness race. An artist’s reception will be held in conjunction with the September 6 opening. Gallery 22 is open from 6 PM to 8:30 PM Fridays and Saturdays. Admission is free. Learn more at www.gallery22.net.
7 PM September 18 – Ohio Wesleyan alumna Sahar Khan, Ph.D., Class of 2006, presents “America, Pakistan, and the War on Terrorism,” in Benes Room B of Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. An international studies, economics, and politics and government triple-major at Ohio Wesleyan, Khan currently is an adjunct scholar in Defense and Foreign Policy Department of the Washington, D.C.-based Cato Institute. Her presentation, co-sponsored by the OWU International Studies Program, is part of the 2019-2020 Sagan National Colloquium*. Admission is free. Learn more at www.owu.edu/snc.
7 PM September 20 – Ohio Wesleyan faculty recital featuring James Hildreth playing the university’s 4,644-pipe Rexford Keller Memorial Organ, in Gray Chapel inside University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. “The music will showcase the copious colors and sonic splendor of the Klais organ,” says Hildreth, who also plays the organ for Columbus Symphony Orchestra and for Broad Street Presbyterian Church. The recital will include works by German composers in honor of the pipe organ, built in Bonn, Germany. It also will include music celebrating the moon and, to highlight OWU’s commitment to cultural diversity, music by composers representing traditions and styles from Russia, Nigeria, Taiwan, Canada, Mexico, the United States, and Europe. Admission is free. Learn more at www.owu.edu/music.
8 PM September 21 – “New Student Scenes” featuring promising Ohio Wesleyan newcomers in scenes staged by the directing class, on the Main Stage inside Chappelear Drama Center, 45 Rowland Ave., Delaware. This event may contain adult themes and language. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.owu.edu/TheatreAndDance.
Noon September 23 – Patricia Belt Conrades Summer Science Research Symposium, featuring poster presentations from students who participated in Ohio Wesleyan’s 10-week Summer Science Research Program. The event will be held at Schimmel/Conrades Science Center, 90 S. Henry St., Delaware. Admission is free. Learn more at www.owu.edu/ssrp.
7 PM September 26 – Ohio Wesleyan alumnus Gregory Mack, Ph.D., Class of 2002, discusses “Science Policy, Arts, and Engagement,” in Benes Room B of Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. A physics and astronomy major at OWU, Mack is the senior program officer with the Board on Physics & Astronomy at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., where he manages the Committee on Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Committee on Radio Frequencies, and is study co-director for the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (Astro2020). Also a modern dancer and choreographer, Mack has been active in the integration of science and dance, including using dance to help illustrate science concepts, using science concepts as a seed for building a dance performed at the National Academy of Sciences, and helping the Columbus-based Hixon Dance troupe to create a performance involving dances inspired by quantum mechanics and galaxy collisions. Mack’s presentation is part of the 2019-2020 Sagan National Colloquium. Admission is free. Learn more at www.owu.edu/snc.
1 PM September 28 – Bishop Backers Fall Community Day with free admission to the OWU vs. Allegheny Gators football game and a pre-game tailgate, at Selby Stadium, 45 S. Henry St., Delaware. The game also will be a Coach to Cure MD event with fans invited to support the battle against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It also will be an Honorary Coaches Game, with alumni who helped to establish OWU’s tradition of football excellence with the team on the sidelines. Learn more at www.owu.edu/bishopbackers or www.battlingbishops.com.
3:15 PM September 29 – Ohio Wesleyan faculty recital featuring Frank Chiou on piano, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Admission is free. Learn more at www.owu.edu/music.
4:10 PM September 30 – George Washington University professor Cynthia McClintock, Ph.D., will discuss “The Crisis of Democracy in Latin America,” in Room 312 of the R.W. Corns Building, 78 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. McClintock is a professor of political science and international affairs, a former president of the Latin American Studies Association, and a former fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Her latest book is “Electoral Rules and Democracy in Latin America.” McClintock’s presentation is sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program. Admission is free. Learn more about the program at www.owu.edu/LatinAmericanStudies.
7 PM September 30 – Ohio Wesleyan alumnus Ezra F. Vogel, Ph.D., Class of 1950, presents “From Delaware to Deng Xiaoping,” in Benes Room B of Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. A sociology major at Ohio Wesleyan, Vogel is a retired Harvard University professor and author of the critically acclaimed “Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China,” a 928-page biography examining the legacy of Xiaoping, a leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1992. The book has been praised as a “masterful new history of China’s reform era.” Vogel also is a former director of Harvard’s Fairbank Center for East Asian Research and the Asia Center. From 1993 to 1995, he served as the National Intelligence Officer for East Asia at the National Intelligence Council in Washington, D.C. His presentation is OWU’s 2019 Joseph and Edith Vogel Lecture, sponsored by the Department of History, and part of the 2019-2020 Sagan National Colloquium*. Admission is free. Learn more at www.owu.edu/history or www.owu.edu/snc.
