Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
A seminar entitled “Raiders of the ‘Lost Secret’” begins at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, with Joseph Nagyvary (from Texas A&M) discussing the Modern Science and the Holy Grail of the Stradivarius violin. Prior to the seminar, at 6:30 p.m., violinist Christian Zamora will play in the GSC Pendulum Lounge.
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Augustana College's Writer-in-Residence, Dr. Patrick Hicks, will be reading his poetry on Saint Patrick's Day at Zandbroz Books at 7:00 p.m. His work has appeared in scores of international journals, and he has been nominated several times for the Pushcart Prize.
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Tickets for general admission to the NCAA Central Region Tournament men's basketball championship game tonight in Marshall, Minn. will be available at the SMSU ticket office from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. today.
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009
The illustrated lecture at the Third Sunday Archeology Presentation on March 15 is titled “From Clovis to Folsom: Paleoindian Adaptations to the Younger Dryas” and begins at 2:00 p.m. Sunday in the Gilbert Science Center auditorium.
Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
The 23rd annual Augustana Athletic Club Auction will be held on Friday, March 6, at the Sioux Falls Ramkota Exhibit Hall. Doors open and silent auction begins at 6 p.m. Live auction will begin at 9 p.m. Tickets are available at augietickets.com.
Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
Carl Grupp, Augustana’s Professor Emeritus of Art—and Chris Browne, "Hagar the Horrible" cartoonist—appear Friday, March 6th, at Eastbank Art Gallery & Studio’s reception from 5-9 p.m.
Dates: Friday, March 6, 2009 - Sunday, April 19, 2009
Approximately 60 Polaroid photographs and gelatin silver prints created by renowned artist Andy Warhol will be exhibited for the first time as a part of the “Highlights from the Carl Grupp Permanent Art Collection” exhibition.
Dates: Thursday, March 5, 2009 - Saturday, March 7, 2009
Augustana College’s Performing & Visual Arts Department presents the premiere of Ivan Fuller’s play, “Eating into the Fabric," based a theatre company struggling to rehearse “Hamlet” during the WWII Siege of Leningrad.
Dates: Thursday, March 5, 2009 - Saturday, May 30, 2009
The artwork of Watertown, S.D., wildlife artist Joshua Spies will be displayed at the Center for Western Studies at Augustana College. His style is known as photo-realism—original acrylic and pencil drawings that look just like photographs.
Dates: Monday, March 2, 2009 - Tuesday, March 3, 2009
The Augustana Northlanders Jazz Band will perform as part of the 2009 Augustana College Jazz on the Upper Great Plains Festival.