November Events at WestConn

NOVEMBER EVENTS

NOV. 1 PLANETARIUM SHOW/TELESCOPE VIEWING: WCSU will host a 6 p.m. planetarium show, followed by telescope viewing of the sky from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Westside Observatory and Planetarium on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The event will be free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 837-8672 or visit www.wcsu.edu/starwatch.

NOV. 2 OPEN HOUSE: WCSU will host its annual Open House from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the William O’Neill Athletic and Convocation Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The day’s events will include campus tours and information sessions. All the activities will be free and the public is invited. For more information, call the Office of University Admissions at (203) 837-9000 or (877) 837-WCSU, or visit www.wcsu.edu/openhouse/.

NOV. 2 FUNDRAISING EVENT: The WCSU women’s swimming and diving team will host “Swim Strong for Shaun,” a swim-a-thon to raise funds to support the Stand Strong for Shaun Fund, at 1 p.m. in the O’Neill Center Natatorium on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Shaun Bailey is an assistant coach with the WCSU women’s soccer team who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. Faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to pledge $5 to support a WCSU swimming and diving team member, or swim themselves for a $10 donation. For more information or to register, send an email to cookj@wcsu.edu and follow the fundraiser on Twitter at www.twitter.com/wcsu_swim_dive.

NOV. 3 FUNDRAISING BREAKFAST: The WCSU Women’s Basketball Tip-Off Breakfast will be from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. in the Ballroom of the Westside Campus Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury.

The public is invited. There will be no admission charge, but participants will be encouraged to make “tip” donations. This is the annual fundraiser for the women’s basketball team. Reservations are required. To make reservations or for more information, call Head Coach Kim Rybczyk at (203) 837-9018.

NOV. 3 VISITING ARTIST LECTURE: Multi-disciplinary artist Amber Scoon will discuss her work at 11 a.m. in Room 144 of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the WCSU Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The event will be free and open to the public, and it will be presented as part of the university’s Master of Fine Arts slide lecture series. For more information, call (203) 837-8403. For a complete list of similar SVPA events, visit www.wcsu.edu/svpa/events.asp.

NOV. 3 DANBURY MUSIC CENTRE CONCERT: The Danbury Music Centre will present the Danbury Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the WCSU Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Featured on the program will be Beethoven’s “Overture to Creatures of Prometheus,” Bach’s “Double Violin Concerto” and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2, the “Little Russian.” The concert will be free and the public is invited. For more information, go to www.danbury.org/MusicCtr/calendar.htm#summer.

NOV. 6 COFFEEHOUSE: WCSU will present the Midtown Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. in Alumni Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The coffeehouse will include open mic performers at 8 p.m., followed by the featured act, Natalie Gelman, at 9 p.m. Admission will be free and the public is invited. Donations to sustain the Coffeehouse will be accepted. Call (203) 837-9700 or visit www.wcsu.edu/stuaffairs/Coffeehouse.asp for more information.

NOV. 8 PIANO COMPETITION: The first J.Y. Park Piano Competition will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Middle and high school students living and/or studying in Connecticut and in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, New York, are eligible to participate. For more information about the event, go to www.jumyfoundation.org/competition/.

NOV. 8 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The WCSU Symphony Orchestra will perform at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Featured will be compositions by Beethoven, Bocherinni and others with Richard Vaudrey on cello. Fernando Jimenez will conduct. The concert will be free and the public is invited. Donations to support the Department of Music will be accepted. For a complete list of similar SVPA events, visit www.wcsu.edu/svpa/events.asp.

NOV. 9 JAZZ COMBOS: The WCSU Jazz Combos will perform at 3 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The concert will be free and the public is invited. Donations to support the Department of Music will be accepted. For a complete list of similar SVPA events, visit www.wcsu.edu/svpa/events.asp.

NOV. 11 BUSINESS LECTURE: The Ancell School of Business will host Dr. Ron Nahser, a Senior Wicklander Fellow at DePaul University’s Institute for Business and Professional Ethics, for a discussion about “Sustainable/Ethical Management, Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategy” at 7 p.m. in Room 218 of the Classroom Building on the WCSU Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Nahser lectures and consults with business and academic audiences worldwide about business values, vision, marketing strategy, branding, social responsibility and integrative sustainable management. The talk will be free and the public is invited. For more information, call (203) 837-8511.

NOV. 11 PIANO STUDIO RECITAL: Students in Western’s music program will present a piano studio recital at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The concert will be free and the public is invited. Donations to support the Department of Music will be accepted. For a complete list of similar SVPA events, visit www.wcsu.edu/svpa/events.asp.

NOV. 13 – THEATRE PRODUCTION: The WCSU Department of Theatre Arts will present

DEC. 5 “Little Women, the Broadway Musical” in the MainStage Theatre of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” features the adventures of the lively quartet of sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March — and their passage from childhood to womanhood during the Civil War. Julio Agustin Matos Jr. will direct. Performances will be at 7 p.m. on Nov. 13; 8 p.m. on Nov. 14 (VPAC MainStage Theatre Gala Opening), 15, 21 and 22; with 2 p.m. matinees on Nov. 16 and 22; and 10:30 a.m. performances on Dec. 4 and 5. Call the Box Office at (203) 837-8732 for information. To purchase tickets, call (203) 837-TIXX or visit www.wcsu.edu/tickets.

NOV. 13 COFFEEHOUSE: WCSU will present the Midtown Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. in Alumni Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The coffeehouse will include open mic performers at 8 p.m., followed by the featured act, the Nick DiMaria Quartet, at 9 p.m. Admission will be free and the public is invited. Donations to sustain the Coffeehouse will be accepted. Call (203) 837-9700 or visit www.wcsu.edu/stuaffairs/Coffeehouse.asp for more information.

NOV. 15 PLANETARIUM SHOW/TELESCOPE VIEWING: WCSU will host a 4:30 p.m. planetarium show, followed by telescope viewing of the sky from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Westside Observatory and Planetarium on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The event will be free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 837-8672 or visit www.wcsu.edu/starwatch.

NOV. 17 VISITING ARTIST LECTURE: Painter and art critic John Goodrich will discuss his work at 11 a.m. in Room 144 of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the WCSU Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The event will be free and open to the public, and it will be presented as part of the university’s Master of Fine Arts slide lecture series. For more information, call (203) 837-8403. For a complete list of similar SVPA events, visit www.wcsu.edu/svpa/events.asp.

NOV. 19 ENTREPRENEURSHIP PANEL DISCUSSION: The Ancell School of Business will host “The Entrepreneurship Arc: A Panel Discussion with Successful Local Business Leaders” at 6 p.m. in Room 218 of the Westside Classroom Building on the WCSU Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Participants will include WCSU alumnus Jeffrey LaCava, CEO/Founder of TotalHousehold.com; WCSU alumna Lisa Scails, executive director of the Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut; and Dawn Reshen-Doty, president of Benay Enterprises Inc. The panel will be free and the public is invited. For more information, send an email to lindenmayerk@wcsu.edu or call (203) 837-8511.

NOV. 20 EXHIBITING ARTIST LECTURE: Exhibiting artist James Grashow, creator of “Corrugated Worlds,” will discuss his work at 7 p.m. in Room 108 of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the WCSU Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The event will be free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 837-8403. For a complete list of similar SVPA events, visit www.wcsu.edu/svpa/events.asp.

NOV. 20 COFFEEHOUSE: WCSU will present the Midtown Coffeehouse at 8 p.m. in Alumni Hall on the university’s Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The coffeehouse will include open mic performers at 8 p.m., followed by the featured act, Dan Mustin’s Drum Circle, at 9 p.m. Admission will be free and the public is invited. Donations to sustain the Coffeehouse will be accepted. Call (203) 837-9700 or visit www.wcsu.edu/stuaffairs/Coffeehouse.asp for more information.

NOV. 21 MUSICAL THEATRE MASTER CLASS: Tony Award-winning actress Cady Huffman will conduct a Musical Theatre Audition Master Class from noon to 4 p.m. in the MainStage Theatre of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the WCSU Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Huffman will provide tips for some of the university’s music and musical theatre majors who hope to pursue careers in the industry. The public is invited to observe the Master Class. For a complete list of similar SVPA events, visit www.wcsu.edu/svpa/events.asp.

NOV. 21 DINNER-THEATRE EVENT: The WCSU Alumni Association will host a dinner-theatre event at 5:30 p.m. in the President’s Reception Room on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The $55 cost will include dinner and a ticket to “Little Women, the Broadway Musical.” For more information or to make a reservation, call (203) 837-8298 or go to www.wcsu.edu/alumni/events.asp.

NOV. 23 SYMPHONIC BAND AND NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE: The WCSU Symphonic Band, conducted by Timothy Wiggins, and New Music Ensemble, conducted by Fernando Jimenez, will perform at 3 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The program, “Earth Dancing,” will feature a journey into the rituals of dance to the joys of the earth with modern works by David Maslanka, Eric Whitacre, Douglas O’Grady, Aaron Copland, David Hauser and Warren Benson. The concert will be free and the public is invited. Donations to support the Department of Music will be accepted. For a complete list of similar SVPA events, visit www.wcsu.edu/svpa/events.asp.

NOV. 25 CHAMBER SINGERS AND CONCERT CHOIR: The WCSU Chamber Singers, conducted by Kevin Jay Isaacs, and the Concert Choir, conducted by Cory Ganschow, will perform at 8 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the university’s Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. The program will feature choral music that is diverse in era, tonal color and style. Steel guitar, a string quartet and African percussion are likely to be performed as well. The concert will be free and the public is invited. Donations to support the Department of Music will be accepted. For a complete list of similar SVPA events, visit www.wcsu.edu/svpa/events.asp.

All listings are subject to change. Please call to confirm.

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