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This Week in Photos: Unlikely Spaces and Familiar Places

October 2, 2020

Yvonne Gay

A large chior rehearses outside.

Associate Professor of Conducting Gregory Ristow ’01 leads the Oberlin College Choir during an outdoor rehearsal.

Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones '97

Latinx Heritage Month, TGIF, and the first presidential debate find a home in Wilder Bowl; concerts by TIMARA and jazz students are livestreamed in the Cat in the Cream Coffeehouse; the patio of Mudd Center welcomes the Oberlin College Choir; Clark Bandstand in Tappan Square becomes a stage for jazz forums; and familiar places in between.

 

 

Three students perform jazz music on a stage.
TIMARA and jazz majors give a livestream performance at the Cat in the Cream. Photo credit: Anokha Venugopal
A female student plays the piano and sings into a microphone while a male student plays the cello next to her.
The first of many jazz forums in Tappan Square’s Clark Bandstand. Photo credit: Jack Lichtenstein ’23
Students sit on the grass and look at a large screen.
Students watch the Presidential debate in Wilder Bowl. Photo credit: Jack Lichtenstein ’23
Students stand in a large empty room and look at artwork on a wall.
Student work is critiqued in a drawing class led by Visiting Assistant Professor Omid Shekari. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay
A group of students dance in a circle
Students celebrated TGIF and Latinx Heritage Month in Wilder Bowl with music from popular Latinx artists. Photo credit: John Seyfried
A student types on a laptop while sitting in a tree swing.
Swinging near Finney Chapel. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay
A bike path road sign.
A view down South Professor Street. Photo credit: Yvonne Gay

This Week in Photos is a selection of images and is not meant to represent a weekly timeline. Images highlight campus, community, people, and events related to Oberlin College.

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