Friday, April 2

"First Friday Live" series continues at Wells College

Singer/songwriter Sara Wheeler will perform at Wells College as part of the First Friday Live Series on Friday, April 2 at 8:00 p.m. in the Sommer Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Wheeler's music is a contagious mix of folk and rock, incorporating progressive styles. Her latest release, Moonlight Dancers was released in September. The album is a combination of strong melodies, memorable lyrics, beautiful arrangements, and crystal clear production. Her voice is more powerful than ever.

She released her debut album in 1993, Mediterranean Sunset. She followed that up in 1995 with Angel's Stride.

A native of Michigan, Wheeler moved to Boston to study piano and guitar. She graduated from the Berklee College of Music. Based in New England, she spends much of her time touring the northeast.

Friday and Saturday, April 9 and 10, 8:00 p.m.,
Sunday, April 11, 3:00 p.m., Phipps Auditorium

Godspell comes to Wells College

Celebrate the Easter season at Wells College with Godspell, the rock musical based on the gospel of St. Matthew. Performances are Friday, Saturday, April 9 and 10 at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, April 11 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $3 for students and $7 for the general public.

Godspell was conceived and originally directed by John Michael Tebelak, a graduate student at Carnegie-Mellon University. On a snowy Easter Sunday during sunrise services Tebelak was stopped and frisked for drugs by a Pittsburgh policeman in the nave of St. Paul's Cathedral. He used that experience to write his graduate thesis. When staged, it was enthusiastically acclaimed.

Godspell is one of the major long-running off-Broadway and Broadway successes in New York. It won unanimous bravos from the critics and drew long audience lines for three years. It has also become one of the most toured musicals of all time.

This production of Godspell is the senior project of Wells students Sonja Roberts of Barneveld and Disha Mookherjee of Syracuse.

Music and lyrics were written Stephen Schwartz. The play was originally produced on the New York stage by Edgar Lansbury, Stuart Duncan, and Joseph Beruh.

For tickets or more information, please contact the Wells College Box Office at 315.364.3456.

Thursday, April 22 - Saturday, April 24

Wells College Spring Weekend offers something for all

The trees are budding, the sun is shining - it must be spring - and to celebrate, Wells College will host its annual Spring Weekend April 22 through 24 featuring a wide range of free entertainment events.

• The weekend kicks off with a happy hour on Thursday, April 22. Ithaca singer/songwriter Biddy Sullivan will entertain in the Sommer Center from 4:30-6:00 p.m.

• On Friday, April 23 from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., a dance party will be held in the Sommer Student Center. DJ Marty the One-Man Partys from 107.9 WWHT in Syracuse will provide the music.

• On Saturday, April 24th, an outdoor concert featuring a variety of musical talent will be held in front of the Schwartz Athletic Center. There will also be games and novelties including caricature drawings, a dunking booth, human foosball, and photo key chains.

• From 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Brazz Dance Company featuring Augusto Soledade, visiting assistant professor of dance at Wells, will perform in the Schwartz Center Dance Studio.

• At 2:00 p.m. Atlanta, Georgia band A Few Degrees takes the stage. Described as "a different sort of folk duo," members Jennifer Graham and John Shoffner share a unique chemistry that is evident in their original compositions.

  

• Cart Blanch, featuring Aurora resident Matt Haenlin, will take the stage at 4:00 p.m. Haenlin started the band in 1994 while he was a student at Hobart College. The trio also features Matt Dodson on drums and James "Dewey" Rogers who switch hits with Haenlin on bass. You won't be bored listening to their creative mix of funk, rock, jazz, bluegrass, and humor.

• At 6:00 p.m. John Brown's Body, a reggae band from Ithaca, will close the concert. This six-man band has toured the United States and appeared at the fifth annual Bob Marley Caribbean Festival in Miami, where they shared the stage with the Marley family and Santana.

• A fireworks display will end the outdoor festivities. At 9:00 p.m. a dance party featuring Noche Latina will be held in the Sommer Center.

Wednesday, April 28

Talk will highlight work of German women

Sheila Edmunds, professor emerita of art at Wells College will deliver the semi-annual Susan Garretson Swartzburg '60 Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, April 28 at 8:00 p.m. in the Art Exhibit Room inside Macmillan Hall on the Wells campus. Admission is free and the public is invited.

Dr. Edmunds' talk is entitled, "Three Wives and a Spinster: An Account of Four 15th-Century German Women." She will examine why they disappeared from history and how they were discovered.

The Wells College Book Arts Center, housed in Morgan Hall, is a teaching and publishing component of the college that contains the Victor Hammer Press and the Class of 1932 Bindery. Hammer is recognized by the printing and book arts communities as one of the great type founders and printers of the 20th century. He was a Wells faculty member from 1939-48.

The lecture series is made possible through the Heiland-Garretson Book Arts Lecture Fund, established and sustained through the generosity of Susan Garretson Swartzburg '60.

For more information on campus events call Wells College Public Relations at (315) 364-3209

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