Author: Mollie Siu-Chong

Orlando Consort, Feb. 23, St. Thomas Aquinas

The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc) (1928)

Program for Orlando Consort: Voices Appeared Silent Cinema and Medieval Music The Passion of Joan of Arc February 23, 2018 / St. Thomas Aquinas VOICES APPEARED: SOUND AND VISIONS BY DONALD GREIG Voices Appeared is Jeanne d’Arc’s gnomic explanation of...

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder”

When the Tony Awards were handed out in June of 2014, the stylishly comic musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, took home four trophies, including the biggest: Best Musical. “It was the most incredible thing,” says author Robert...

Q&A with “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” writers Steven Lutvak and Robert Freedman

https://live-convocations.pantheonsite.io/event/gentlemans-guide-love-murder/ I just wanted to talk to you about the whole process of putting Gentleman’s Guide up on Broadway and winning the Tony Award. As they say in Sound of Music, let’s start at the very beginning. How did you...

A group of actors in elaborate period costumes pose dramatically around a dinner table on stage, all with surprised expressions and raised hands, in a scene from A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder, directed by Darko Tresnjak.

Q&A with “A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder” director, Darko Tresnjak

Well, I thoroughly enjoyed the show and I think it’s quite safe to say that a great deal of the success of the show is in the staging and just the absolute fun of it. Why don’t we start with...

Five people perform onstage in vintage-style clothing, suggesting a civil rights movement–themed performance. Black-and-white mugshots of young men appear behind them, evoking the Freedom Riders as guitar, upright bass, and vocals fill this family matinee.

“Freedom Riders” family matinee explores one of the most critical chapters of the civil rights movement

Freedom Riders is the newest play from Mad River Theater Works. It explores valiant and courageous personalities behind one of the most critical chapters in the history of the civil rights movement, the freedom riders.

What’s your FUTURE FOLK name?

wild Up creates a communal concert of sound/noise/experience by merging the old-world with the modern era. What does FUTURE FOLK mean to you?

The Steel Wheels to Perform at Carnahan Hall on Dec. 7

Sometimes referred to as a “museum of the managed American countryside,” Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains represent a balance of unspoiled nature and necessary industry. And though known for hazes tinted with their titular hue, this majestic range has inspired creative...

FRIENDS OF CONVOCATIONS PROFILE: Jim and Cadi Bien

How do you see Convocations impacting the Purdue and greater Lafayette communities? Convocations greatly enriches the community by bringing a broad spectrum of world-class entertainment for students and community members to enjoy. Since moving to West Lafayette 18 years ago,...

Diavolo master class at Jefferson High impacts students and teachers

STUDENT PROFILE: SHANNON DAVIS, Lafayette Jefferson High Sophomore Explain the importance of the arts in your school career. I think bringing arts into schools and giving students the opportunity to choose and let their creativity roam is something that every...

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with André Watts, piano

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with André Watts will perform at Loeb Playhouse on Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. This performance is presented by Purdue Convocations with support from Mike and Pam Luenz, Ginny Tyler and the...

A young person with medium-length dark hair, wearing blue glasses, a light denim shirt over a white t-shirt, and dark pants, sits with hands clasped and smiles at the camera against a plain dark background.

The Joey Alexander Trio

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Joey Alexander Trio will perform at Loeb Playhouse on Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. This performance is presented by Purdue Convocations with support from the Robert B. and Patricia Peyton Truitt Piano Performance Endowment, Purdue...

Global Fest 2017 Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna

Global Fest plans expanded lineup; event free and open to public

Global Fest 2017 will rock Columbia Street in West Lafayette on September 16 with extended hours and an impressive lineup of international and local performers.