Sponsored by a gift from Virginia Gearhart and the Gearhart Family

A collaboration of faculty and students celebrate new faculty members in the
Grand Valley Department of Music: Mark Markham, piano; MingHuan Xu, violin;
Mark Williams, trombone; and Henry Duitman, conductor, performing works
by Saint-Saëns, David, Prokofiev, and Beethoven. Grand Valley's acclaimed
New Music Ensemble will also perform.

Event is free and open to the public. For more call the
Department of Music at (616) 331-3484.

Monday, September 8, 8 p.m.
Louis Armstrong Theatre, Performing Arts Center
Allendale Campus
Sponsored by a gift from Virginia Gearhart and the Gearhart Family.

Presented in collaboration with the 15th annual Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival

One of the world's leading Shakespeare scholars and co-author of a modern reconstruction of "Cardenio," Shakespeare's lost play, presents a humorous and insightful exploration of the 400-year-old mystery surrounding the play.

Professor Greenblatt is the Shakespeare Scholar-in-Residence for the 15th annual Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival, featuring""A Midsummer Night's Dream," presented September 26-October 5. Visit www.gvsu.edu/shakes/ for details.

Event is free and open to the public. For more information call (616) 331-2180.

Wednesday, September 24, 7 p.m.
L.V. Eberhard Center, 2nd floor
Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus

In this premiere exhibition, renowned Korean artists present work created during the first GVSU International Ceramic Workshop. Both artists have exhibited extensively throughout Korea, China, the United States and Europe where the exhibition, "Tradition Transformed" continues to travel through 2009. Both artists have had their work in prestigious international
ceramic competitions including, most recently, the World Ceramic Biennale in Yeojoo, Korea.

Event is free and open to the public. For more information contact the Art Gallery at (616) 331-2564.

Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 7, 5-7 p.m.
Art Gallery, Performing Arts Center
Allendale Campus
Exhibit Open: October 7-31, 2008

Features the choreography of Pascal Rioult, director of the Pascal Rioult Dance Company, and noted New York choreographer Thang Dao. Becca Sweitzer of the movie "Hairspray" also returns to choreograph two new works for the GVSU Dance Ensemble.

Tickets: $20 general public; $10 Grand Valley faculty, staff, and students with ID; $5 children 12 years
of age and under. Call Star Tickets Plus at (616) 222-4000 or (800) 585-3737 or visit www.starticketsplus.com or
any Star Tickets Plus outlet. Tickets also available weekdays 12-5 p.m. at the Louis Armstrong Theatre Box
Office, Allendale Campus (in-person sales only) after Labor Day

For more information call the Department of Music at (616) 331-3484.

Friday, October 24, 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 25, 2 p.m.
Louis Armstrong Theatre, Performing Arts Center
Allendale Campus

Two Pulitzer prize winning poets - one Mississippi born, the other a native of Northern Ireland - share their words and visions through the lens of history. Winning awards for each of her books of poetry, Trethewey has been called "clearly a poet to savor," while Muldoon's latest book Horse Latitudes garners lavish praise from critics. Said of Muldoon, "No poet is as wicked, as stylish, or as fun.

Event is free and open to the public. For more information call (616) 331-2180.

Wednesday, October 29, 7 p.m.
L.V. Eberhard Center, 2nd floor
Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus