LACROUTE SERIES HOSTS ‘TRES VIDAS’
The Lacroute Arts Series at Linfield College, the Department of Music and the Department of Theatre and Communication Arts will present “Tres Vidas,” a chamber music theatre work for singing actress and trio, Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 8 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
The performance is based on the lives of three legendary Latin American women: renowned Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, Salvadoran peasant-activist Rufina Amaya and poet Alfonsina Storni of Argentina. The performance investigates Linfield’s 2014-15 PLACE theme by exploring the question of “How Do We Know?” through storytelling. It also contributes to the celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month.
The performance is free and seating is first-come, first-served. For more information, call ext. 2802.
FIVE NW PAINTERS FEATURED IN SHOW
The paintings of five Northwest artists − ranging from prominent figures to emerging talents − will be featured in “Landscapes: A survey of regional contemporary painting.” The exhibit is on display Oct. 13 through Nov. 15 in the Linfield Gallery in the James F. Miller Fine Arts Center.
An opening reception will be held Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 6 p.m. in the gallery. The show will feature the paintings of artists Micah Hearn, Ruth Lantz, Lucinda Parker, Ryan Pierce and Jan Reaves.
Two of the artists will give lectures in conjunction with the exhibit. Pierce will speak about his work on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 6 p.m. in the gallery. Parker will present a talk on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 6 p.m. in the gallery.
Micah Hearn’s work explores social acceptance within a region’s society and how the history of that region influences its current culture. Ruth Lantz has shown nationally including at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Pacific Northwest College of Art and Washington State University. Lucinda Parker, one of the premier painters of the Pacific Northwest, is noted for her exploration of cubism. Ryan Pierce draws on influences from ecological theory, literature and folk art to create scenes that portray the resilience of the natural world. Jan Reaves’ paintings and drawings explore ideas about the body and the natural world through the language of gesture and materiality.
All exhibits are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call ext. 2804 or visit www.linfield.edu/art/gallery-now.html.
BELOV TO GIVE LECTURE/RECITAL
A faculty lecture and recital will feature baritone Anton Belov and pianist Susan McDaniel. The lecture and performance, “Pushkin in Exile – A retrospective on the life of a great poet,” will be held Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
This multimedia lecture and recital features the poetry of Alexander Pushkin, revered Russian poet from the early nineteenth century. Pushkin’s poetry inspired hundreds of songs and operas by composers ranging from his own contemporaries to Benjamin Britten. Pushkin’s biography is a colorful one − numerous amorous adventures, dangerous revolutionary activities and an exile to the outskirts of the vast empire. The performance traces Pushkin’s remarkable life, reflected in the art songs of Glinka, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninoff, Medtner and others.
Belov, a Juilliard-trained baritone and assistant professor of music at Linfield, has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall, Portland Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Detroit Symphony and elsewhere, and has been praised by the New York Times for stealing the show with his “rich, mellifluous voice” and “soulful pathos.” Belov has appeared with opera companies throughout the United States and has earned critical acclaim for his portrayals of characters as diverse as Count di Luna, Don Giovanni, Escamillo, Count Almaviva, Doctor Malatesta and Eugene Onegin.
McDaniel, a soloist, chamber musician and adjunct professor of music at Linfield, has performed around the world in locations such as France, Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. She received a bachelor’s degree in music from Linfield College in 1997. McDaniel has been a member of the music staff at Seattle Opera and Utah Festival Opera as well as music director and pianist for the San Diego Opera Ensemble, Off-Center Opera in Seattle and Puget Sound Concert Opera.
For more information, call the Linfield Music Department at ext. 2275.
RECORDING ARTISTS TO PRESENT DEMO
Philip and Gayle Neuman, internationally known recording artists and instrument builders, will present a Medieval/Renaissance musical instrument lecture-demonstration on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 1:10 p.m. in Delkin Hall in the Bull Music Center.
The demonstration will be held during the course Music History: Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Eras. The Neumans, who direct the Oregon Renaissance Band, have taught music history at various institutions. They have received international recognition as performers and scholars of Ancient Greek music, engage in the performance of historical music from a variety of periods, and have several recordings of this repertoire on the Pandourion label available from North Pacific Music.
All are welcome to attend. For more information, call ext. 2275.
HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES PLANNED
A series of homecoming events for students and alumni are planned for the week of Oct. 13-18.
Student activities begin Monday, Oct. 13, at 5 p.m. in the Fred Meyer Lounge in Riley Hall with a concert by the Jeremy Moll Band and a campus meal catered by Ribslayer. Field games will be held Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 4 p.m. on the Intramural Field. On Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 8 p.m. a song and banner competition will be held on Maxwell Field. Dawn Graff-Haight, professor of health education, will speak about safe sex and healthy drug/alcohol choices on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall. On Friday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m., the annual Mr. and Miss Linfield competition will be held in the Ted Wilson Gym.
Registration for alumni activities begins Friday, Oct. 17, at 11 a.m. in Fred Meyer Lounge in Riley Hall. The Founders’ Society Luncheon will be held at noon in 201 Riley Hall.
Samantha (Schmehl) Hines ’99, recipient of the 2014 Outstanding Young Alumna Award, will discuss how libraries are continually reinventing themselves, including the increased use of technology in libraries. Hines will present at 2 p.m. in Nicholson Library.
Ashlee (Tucker) Moehring ’02, recipient of the 2013 Outstanding Young Alumna Award, will present “Becoming an Entrepreneur When You Least Expect It” at 3 p.m. in 219 T.J. Day Hall. Moehring will discuss her experience starting an investment consulting firm she launched with three colleagues in 2012.
Cathy (Wark) Carnahan ’73, recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award, will discuss her passion for education as the 2011 National Middle School Principal of the Year. She will explain the innovative strategies that helped Duniway Middle School perform in the top 10 percent of all middle schools in the state. Carnahan will present at 4 p.m. in 219 T.J. Day Hall.
“Linfield’s Finest,” a gathering for alumni, friends and faculty, will salute the alumni award winners at 5:30 p.m. at the McMinnville Grand Ballroom. In addition to Hines, Moehring and Carnahan, other award winners include Bob and Nancy Haack, 1969 graduates and Alumni Service Award recipients.
Alumni events continue on Saturday, Oct. 18, with registration starting at 9:30 a.m. and campus tours at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. At 10 a.m., an Alpha Phi Sorority reunion will be held in T.J. Day Hall and a Pi Kappa Alpha meet and greet will be held at their house. Also at 10 a.m., there will be a theatre reunion in Ford Hall and a Mass Communication Department breakfast in Renshaw Hall. At 10:30 a.m., a History Department reunion will be held in the Vivian A. Bull Music Center. At 11 a.m., an Austria/Germany study abroad reunion will be held in Jonasson Hall, lower level of Melrose Hall, and a dedication of the Paul Durham statue will take place near the Health, Human Performance and Athletics Building.
An all-alumni barbecue begins at 11:30 a.m. in the parking area of the Vivian A. Bull Music Center, followed by the Linfield Wildcats vs. the Whitworth Pirates football game at 1:30 p.m. Also at 11:30 a.m., a reunion for the class of 2004 will be held on the Withnell Commons patio. Post-game class reunions will be held for the classes of 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984 and 1994, in addition to a reunion for those who have served as leaders of the Associated Students of Linfield College.
For more information on alumni events, contact ext. 2607 or dharmon@linfield.edu. For more information on student activities contact ext. 2435 or dfergue@linfield.edu.
ANNUAL PHILOSOPHY LECTURES SET
Mike McNamee, professor of applied ethics at Swansea University, will present two lectures on Oct. 20 and 21 as part of the annual Walter Powell-Linfield College Philosophy Lectures.
McNamee will present “Olympism, Doping and the Spirit of Sport” on Monday, Oct. 20, at 6:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall. Olympism is said to be a philosophy of life blending sport, education and culture. It seems that under the philosophy of Olympism, doping, including genetic manipulation, should be sanctioned to continue pushing the limits of athletic achievement. However, McNamee will argue that the concept of limits, informed both by Olympism and human nature, ought to provide a structure within which athletic excellence is admired both technically and ethically and that unfettered pursuit of athletic enhancement should be limited by an appreciation for the nature and value of the “spirit of sport.”
McNamee will discuss “Paralympism, Disability and the Ethics of Elective Amputation” on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in Ice Auditorium. He will offer a critique on paralympism in the context of the International Paralympic Charter’s four stated values: courage, determination, inspiration and equality. He will discuss two specific cases arising from paralympic sports involving amputation of limbs to either enhance sporting performance or enable disability sport membership of an otherwise able-bodied person by the use of elective surgery. McNamee will argue that disability sports organizations should ban such practices and better articulate their value base in order to preserve the integrity of disability sports.
McNamee is also the Professor Chaire Olympique Henri de Baillet Latour and Jacques Rogge 2013-14 at the University of Ghent/Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and a visiting professor at the Hunan Normal University in China. He is the former president of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport, founding chair of the British Philosophy of Sport Association and vice president of the European Association for the Philosophy of Sport.
In 2007, McNamee founded the international research journal “Sports, Ethics and Philosophy” and is also the editor of the book series “Ethics and Sports.” His research overlaps in the fields of philosophy, medicine, health sciences and sport. He has published or edited 17 books, including “Sport, Medicine and Ethics,” “Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport,” “Sports, Virtues and Vices” and more. He has published over 80 articles and 50 book chapters.
The lecture is also sponsored by PLACE, exploring this year’s theme “How Do We Know? Paths to Wisdom.” For more information, contact Jesus Ilundain at jilunda@linfield.edu.
BOB’S RED MILL FOUNDER TO SPEAK
Bob Moore, founder of Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods, will be the focus of “Impact Entrepreneurism” Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall.
Moore will tell the story of how he founded his company and his philosophy of “people before profit.” He began his journey in the mid-1960s after discovering a book about old stone-grinding flour mills. He found usable stone mills, rare because of the domination of high-speed steel roller mills, and he began the first mill in Redding, Calif.
Moore retired to Oregon City in 1978 only to discover an old mill for sale. In just a few short months, he began producing stone-ground flours and cereals for local customers. Word spread and Bob’s Oregon City-based mill enjoyed much success until 1988 when a fire destroyed the building. He rebuilt and the company became the nation’s leading manufacturer of whole-grain natural foods. In 2010, instead of selling the company to numerous bidders, Moore made national headlines when he gave the $100 million company to his employees. He remains an example of ethics in the workplace and corporate responsibility in an age when the workplace is repeatedly rocked by CEOs behaving badly.
The lecture is the inaugural event of the new Business in Residence (BIR) program through the Linfield Department of Business, designed, in part, to provide experiential learning opportunities to Linfield students. Koopman Ostbo Marketing Communications, an integrated marketing communications firm in Portland, is the first business in residence at Linfield.
Craig Ostbo, KO’s managing partner, will moderate the program, which will be presented in an interview format.
The first 100 to arrive will receive a free autographed copy of Moore’s biography, “People before Profit,” written by Ken Koopman, co-founder of KO. Both Moore and Koopman will remain following the program to meet and sign copies of the books.
The program is sponsored by the Linfield Department of Business and PLACE. For more information, contact Michelle Nelson, professor of business, mnelson@linfield.edu, ext. 2404.
CAMPUS TO HOST NW HORN ORCHESTRA
Linfield College will host the Northwest Horn Orchestra (NWHO) in concert Thursday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium, located in Melrose Hall.
The concert, sponsored by the Linfield Lively Arts Series, will feature eight professional horn players from the Portland, Salem and Eugene areas performing a concert of classics and lighter fare. The program features selections including “Farewell to Red Castle” by Kerry Turner, “Agnus Dei” by Samuel Barber, “First Suite in E-flat” by Gustav Holst, “Salvation is Created” by Pavel Tchesnokov and other pieces. Several Linfield students will join the orchestra on select pieces.
The Northwest Horn Orchestra, based in Portland, was founded in 2006 by Jen Harrison, an active local freelance and orchestral horn player. The group is dedicated to the preservation of classical music by broadening the definition of a “performance by classical instruments.” The orchestra performs a variety of styles presented in a fun and interactive environment.
Performers include Kelsi McGlothin, who plays with the Oregon Mozart Players and the Rogue Valley Symphony and has performed as a soloist with the Oregon Sinfonietta; Eric Grunkemeyer, who plays with the Rogue Valley Symphony and the Ura Quintet, a woodwind quintet based in Eugene; Jen Harrison, NWHO founder who also performs with the Portland Opera, the Eugene Symphony, the Portland Brass Quintet, the Columbia Symphony and the Oregon Symphony; Dave Crane, second horn in the Salem Chamber Orchestra and a member of the NWHO since its inception; Steve Hayworth, a member of the Portland Opera and Oregon Ballet Theatre orchestras; Lydia Van Dreel, associate professor of horn at the University of Oregon and a member of QUADRE-The Voice of Four Horns, the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Eugene Symphony Orchestra, the Iris Orchestra, and the University of Oregon’s faculty brass and wind quintets; Jill Torberson, a member of the Portland Columbia Symphony, the Portland Festival Symphony and the NWHO; and Mike Hettwer, a member of the Portland Opera, Oregon Ballet Theater and Salem Chamber Orchestras and adjunct professor of horn at Linfield. The performance will be conducted by guest conductor Joan Paddock, professor of music at Linfield.
Tickets are $10 at the door and free for Linfield students with current ID. For more information, call ext. 2275 or visit www.linfield.edu/arts.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Jason Rodriquez, director of multicultural programs, attended the Oregon Indian Education Association (OIEA) Youth Conference at the University of Oregon. Rodriquez is a member of the OIEA board.
Writing by Joe Wilkins, associate professor of English, is included in the September/October issue of Orion. His piece is titled “Where Paradise Lay.”
Norma Sanchez, assistant director of student life/inclusion and access, is coordinating presenters for the 25th annual Cesar E. Chavez Leadership Conference, which will be held March 6 at Western Oregon University. Sanchez has served on the conference committee for the past four years and volunteered in a variety of capacities including on the scholarship committee and working with student volunteers.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
MONDAY, OCT. 13
All week: Homecoming
Noon: Spanish language table, Dillin NW Alcove
5 p.m.: Jeremy Moll Band, Fred Meyer Lounge
TUESDAY, OCT. 14
1:10 p.m.: Musical instrument lecture-demonstration, Delkin
4 p.m.: Field games, Intramural Field
8 p.m.: “Tres Vidas,” Ice Auditorium
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15
Noon: German language table, Dillin
6 p.m.: Opening reception, “Landscapes: A survey of regional contemporary painting,” Linfield Gallery
7 p.m.: Anton Belov faculty lecture/performance, “Pushkin in Exile – A retrospective on the life of a great poet,” Ice
7 p.m.: Women’s soccer vs. Pacific
7 p.m.: Volleyball vs. Willamette
8 p.m.: Song and banner competition, Maxwell Field
THURSDAY, OCT. 16
2 p.m.: Halloween costume sale, Ford Hall
8 p.m.: Dawn Graff-Haight, “Healthy Choices,” Ice
FRIDAY, OCT. 17
2 p.m.: Halloween costume sale, Ford Hall
2 p.m.: Samantha (Schmehl) Hines ’99 talk, Nicholson
3 p.m.: Ashlee (Tucker) Moehring ’02 talk, 219 T.J. Day
3 p.m.: Japanese language table, 304 Walker
4 p.m.: Cathy (Wark) Carnahan ’73 talk, 219 T.J. Day
5:30 p.m.: Linfield’s Finest, McMinnville Grand Ballroom
7 p.m.: Men’s soccer at Pacific
7:30 p.m.: Mr. and Miss Linfield competition, Ted Wilson Gym
SATURDAY, OCT. 18
10 a.m.: Cross country at Lewis & Clark Invitational
10:30 a.m.: Swimming vs. alumni
11:30 a.m.: Alumni Homecoming BBQ, Bull Music Center parking lot
Noon: Women’s soccer vs. Willamette
1:30 p.m.: Football vs. Whitworth
7 p.m.: Volleyball vs. George Fox
SUNDAY, OCT. 19
Today: Women’s golf at Lewis & Clark Dual
2:30 p.m.: Men’s soccer at George Fox
