The following are upcoming events for Linfield College in April.
THURSDAY, APRIL 6
READING: Lesley Larkin, associate professor of English at Northern Michigan University and 1997 Linfield alumna, will present “What’s Race Got To Do With It? African American Literature and the Ethics of Reading” on Thursday, April 6, at 7 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room in the Nicholson Library at Linfield College. This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Barbara Seidman at 503-883-2210 or bseidman@linfield.edu.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12
MUSIC LECTURE: Andrea Reinkemeyer, assistant professor of music composition and theory at Linfield College, will present “Gesture, Imagery, Noise: Transforming Imagination to Music” on Wednesday, April 12, at 7 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium at Linfield. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, call 503-883-2409.
THURSDAY, APRIL 13
POETRY READING: Chris Keaveney, professor of Japanese at Linfield College, will read from his collection of poems, “Your Eureka not Mined,” on Thursday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Austin Reading Room of the Jereld R. Nicholson Library at Linfield. This reading is a part of the Readings at the Nick series. The lecture is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Linfield Nicholson Library and the Linfield Department of English. For more information, contact Susan Barnes Whyte at 503-883-2517 or swhyte@linfield.edu.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
PIANO RECITAL: The Linfield Department of Music will present a faculty recital featuring Albert Kim on piano, Saturday, April 15, at 7 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield College. The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
MONDAY, APRIL 17
ANTHROPOLOGY LECTURE: Mark Turin, an anthropologist and linguist at the University of British Columbia, will present “Collaborations in Language: From Documentation to Resurgence” on Monday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield College. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Hillary Crane at 503-883-2286 or hcrane@linfield.edu.
TUESDAY, APRIL 18
BAND CONCERT: The Linfield Department of Music will present a band concert on Tuesday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield College. This performance is free and open to the public. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
SATURDAY, APRIL 22
GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY: Linfield College’s annual Global Youth Service Day will be held on Saturday, April 22, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants will meet in the Fred Meyer Lounge in Riley Hall at Linfield, then volunteer around the Linfield campus and McMinnville community. For more information, contact Deizhanna Kaya-Abad at dkayaab@linfield.edu.
SUNDAY, APRIL 23
OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATRE: Linfield College will host an opera and musical theatre workshop on Sunday, April 23, at 7 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
THURSDAY, APRIL 27
DIGITAL SPORTS PANEL: Linfield College will present a panel discussion on the digital sports fan on Thursday, April 27, at 7 p.m. in 201 Riley Hall at Linfield College. The event is free, open to the public and hosted by Linfield’s Program for Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement. For more information, contact Lisa Weidman at 503-883-2219 or lweidma@linfield.edu.
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
LU’AU: The Linfield College Hawaiian Club will present the 45th annual Lu’au, “Huliāmahi (Come Together as One),” Saturday, April 29, in the Rutschman Field House and Ted Wilson Gymnasium at Linfield. A Hawaiian dinner at 5 p.m. will be followed by a live performance at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets for the performance are $15. Tickets for both the show and dinner are $25 for general admission and $30 for reserved seats. Student and senior (60+) tickets are $15 and $20, and require I.D. Children’s (ages 3-12) tickets are $10 and $15. Children under age two, seated on their parents’ laps, are admitted free without a meal. Purchase tickets at www.linfieldtickets.com. For more information, visit www.linfield.edu/activities/luau or call 503-883-2435.
SUNDAY, APRIL 30
CELLO EXTRAVAGANZA: The Linfield College Cello Ensemble will present a recital on Sunday, April 30, at 7 p.m. in the Delkin Recital Hall in the Vivian A. Bull Music Center at Linfield. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
