Birke Fine Arts Festival

02/27/2018

Two more events are coming up as part of the final week of the Birke Fine Arts Symposium. Don't miss this literary lecture Wednesday and reading on Thursday celebrating Women's History Month as well as the arts.

02/21/2018

More excellent arts experiences are coming up as part of the Birke Fine Arts Symposium. Thursday brings an Appalachian Narratives-themed panel discussion with a reporter, poet, photographer and documentary filmmaker.

02/16/2018

The Birke Fine Arts Symposium continues with a busy week ahead, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, with a presentation entitled “Musical Responses to War: Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem.” MUsic Mondays lectures take place at Cellar Door, 905 3rd Ave., in downtown Huntington. Insights will be provided by Professor Vicki Stroeher, a specialist on 20th century English composer Benjamin Britten. Later this month, she will be featured in a video sponsored by the Britten-Pears Foundation Archives in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The archives began a new video series in January in which different works by Britten are featured. Stroeher filmed a short segment on Britten's operetta, Paul Bunyan, which will run on the Britten-Pears Foundation YouTube channel during the week of Feb. 26.

02/16/2018

The Birke Fine Arts Symposium has a busy week ahead, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19, with a presentation entitled “Musical Responses to War: Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem.” MUsic Mondays lectures take place at Cellar Door, 905 3rd Ave., in downtown Huntington. Insights will be provided by Professor Vicki Stroeher, a specialist on 20th century English composer Benjamin Britten. Later this month, she will be featured in a video sponsored by the Britten-Pears Foundation Archives in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The archives began a new video series in January in which different works by Britten are featured. Stroeher filmed a short segment on Britten's operetta, Paul Bunyan, which will run on the Britten-Pears Foundation YouTube channel during the week of Feb. 26.

02/09/2018

More great artistic events are coming up this weekend and in the weeks to come as part of the Birke Fine Arts Symposium. Check out the full schedule, which has had some updates.

02/07/2018

The Birke Fine Arts Symposium continues with more exciting artistic events this week. Hear from Ben Moren, director of the filmmaking residency program WZFR.org at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Visual Arts Center 209, and check out two events Thursday, a presentation and panel on artist-run residencies (7 p.m. Smith Hall 154) and a literary reading in recognition of Black History Month (7 p.m. Student Center, Shawkey Room).

02/05/2018

Tuesday brings two more events as part of the Birke Fine Arts Symposium. At 2 p.m. Tuesday in Smith Hall 143, Anna Hess, program director for MusicWorks, will talk about El Sistema, a music education program to provide quality music education to underprivileged children. This program does not exist right now in WV. Head to SW 16 of the Student Center at 6 p.m. for LGBTQIA film screenings on the theme "Appalachian Narratives: Notes on Identity." And there are more symposium events to come Wednesday through Sunday!

02/02/2018

Coming up next week, as part of Black History Month and the Birke Fine Arts Symposium.

02/02/2018

The Birke Fine Arts Symposium kicks off Saturday with a performance at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center and continues with a slew of fascinating artistic opportunities next week. At 2 p.m. Tuesday in Smith Hall 143, Anna Hess, program director for MusicWorks, will talk about El Sistema, a music education program to provide quality music education to underprivileged children. There are currently no El Sistema programs in West Virginia, and Marshall students and community members are encouraged to come learn more about it. There are six more symposium events as well next week alone. Check out the calendar!

01/31/2018

Pop culture fans around the country have embraced "Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play," which is the kick-off event for Marshall University's Birke Fine Arts Symposium this Saturday. It begins with a screening of the Cape Fear episode of "The Simpsons" and will be followed by a staged reading of Anne Washburn's clever dark comedy, performed by Marshall University theater students. Next week's symposium events cover music, filmmaking, literary readings, Appalachian artistic expression and more. Check out the full details of the Birke symposium events here.

Marshall University’s College of Arts and Media kicks off the 2018 Birke Fine Arts Symposium Saturday, Feb. 3, and continues with a celebration of the arts through Thursday, March 1.

01/29/2018

Marshall University's College of Arts and Media kicks off the Birke Fine Arts Symposium Saturday with a staged reading of "Mr. Burns, a Post Electric Play." Under the direction of Julie Jackson, Marshall theater students will voice this smart, dark comedy by playwright Anne Washburn. The show is laced with references to "The Simpsons," takes place in the aftermath of a cataclysmic disaster, and has been a hit on college campuses nationwide. The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center. Learn more about the symposium here:

Marshall University’s College of Arts and Media kicks off the 2018 Birke Fine Arts Symposium Saturday, Feb. 3, and continues with a celebration of the arts through Thursday, March 1.

01/10/2018