Gusties; artist Ann Martin and collector Reverend Richard L. Hillstrom The Hillstrom Museum of Art is currently housing two concurrent exhibits, How Things Are: Paintings by Ann Martin and The Eight, The Ashcan School, and the American Scene in the Hillstrom Collection. These two exhibits are on display until April 21. The pieces in How Things Are are also the inspiration for a series of … Continue reading Hillstrom Museum of Art hosts two exhibits
The Gustavus Theater and Dance Department will be putting on a spring performance to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Gustavus Dance Company on March 22 through 24. The show will celebrate 25 years of dance history at Gustavus with the help and support of Gustavus students, faculty, and alumni. The pieces are choreographed by Gustavus faculty Jennifer Glaws, Sarah Hauss, Melissa Rolnick and Michele … Continue reading The Gustavus Dance Company to celebrate 25 anniversary
Gustavus Adolphus College will be welcoming poets Patricia Kirkpatrick and Tim Nolan on Thursday, March 21 to read their work in the Melva Lind Interpretive Center beginning at 7 p.m. Kirkpatrick’s writing credits include Century’s Road published by Holy Cow! Press in 2004 and Odessa in 2012. She has also taught graduate and undergraduate writing and children’s literature at Hamline University (1988-2012), Macalester College, and … Continue reading A night of poetry with Nolan and Kirkpatrick
…The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey I know what you’re thinking. Spreading one little old novel (one that was meant as a children’s book, too) into three, feature length films seems a bit much. But with acclaimed director of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson, on board, he just may pull it off. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first installment of Jackson’s … Continue reading Peter Jackson begins his next three-film franchise with…
Josh Connell is a uniquely compassionate individual. He loves connecting with others and helping them in any way he can through being a current Gustie Greeter and Co-President of M-Pact and a former Collegiate Fellow. Josh initially thought his life was headed towards engineering, but after taking the First Term Other Lives, Other Perspectives, he realized that his calling was in social justice. “That got … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Josh Connell
Learning never ends for graduates of Gustavus Adolphus College. On Thursday, March 14, The Office of the Provost and the Alumni Relations Department will be hosting an evening of poetry with Joyce Sutphen at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. The program will start at 7:30 p.m. with a reception before, hand at 6:30 p.m. The event will be part of a new series of … Continue reading Continuing the Gustie experience—learning for a lifetime
Vagina Monologues is celebrating their national 15 year anniversary and Gustavus will be nearing almost ten years. The play, written by Eve Ensler, opened in 1996 after Ensler interviewed 200 women on sex, relationships, and violence on women. The monologues talk about the feminine experience including topics of sex, love, rape, menstruation, female genital mutilation, masturbation, birth, and orgasm. “Doing this on campus is a … Continue reading We are women, hear us roar
If it’s a tragic tale of woe and want, complete with melodic choruses and despair that you desire, then it’s off to Wallenberg Auditorium this weekend. I implore any and all to see the wonderful, Oscar nominated film adaptation of the musical Les Misérables. Having neither read the novel nor watched the opras, I viewed the film with no attachments to characters or certain performances … Continue reading Les Misérables takes home multiple Oscars—and for good reason
Karla Leitzman is busy. She is a theatre major with minors in theatre for social justice, English, and Scandinavian studies. On top of her academics and participation in appoximately 15 theatre shows since her first year, she is a member of I Am We Are, GAC Democrats, Gustavus Ambassadors; and is the Philanthropy Chair of Alpha Sigma Tau; Vice President and Recruitment Chair of Viking … Continue reading Gustie of the Week: Karla Leitzman
