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In this photo series, we walk with the dinosaurs in Cleveland and visit a congressional intern in Washington, D.C., before coming back home to Oberlin to watch the Wild Beast of the Bungalow take over the stage in Warner Concert Hall; go snowboarding in Hales Gym; and sit in on a gallery talk, book art class, choir practice, an academic retreat, and a dance performance.

This week's series highlights Solarity, student dance groups, a musical union performance, master class with Marilyn Horne, jazz, letterpress, Kwanzaa founder Maulana Karenga, guest pianist XakBjerken, December graduates, Convocation with Tom Rosenstiel ’78, and a production in Wurtzel Theater. 

Graduating theater students present an array of original works during Oberlin’s annual New Works Festival.

Oberlin’s campus is rich with events, student life, and learning opportunities as presented in This Week in Photos.

Oscar-nominated actress Margaret Avery starred in vignettes of Tennessee Williams' American classic, The Glass Menagerie. Directed by Associate Professor of Theater Justin Emeka '95, the play

Adapted from the Leo Tolstoy novella of the same name, Family Happiness tells the story of young Mashechka who yearns for older Sergey, a longtime family friend twice her age, and the touching

Katy Early (above) and Ariana Silvan-Grau (below) perform in “The Brick,” the second of three stories that comprise the John Kander ’51 and Greg Pierce ’00 musical The Landing, on October 29 at the

On Thursday, October 29, nine actors and four musicians will perform a concert reading of The Landing, a new musical composed by musical theater legend John Kander ’51 and written by lyricist and book writer Greg Pierce ’00. Kander and Pierce will be in attendance.

Costume Designer and Associate Professor of Theater Chris Flaharty fits sophomore Will Osborn, who plays Shrimp Man in Wedding Band, for his costume. A play by Alice Childress, Wedding Band tells the

What We Look Like, a much acclaimed play written and directed by B.j. Tindal ’16 and co-directed by Maansi Seth ’16, returns for Commencement/Reunion Weekend. The play runs May 21, 22, and 23 at 7:30 p.m. with matinee performances May 23 and 24 at 2 p.m.