Music
Community Chorus to perform Mozart’s Requiem April 29
[4/27/12] The Community Chorus will present a classic from the choral repertoire, Mozart's Requiem, for its spring concert. Katie Gardiner will direct performance, scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday in Arthur Zankel Music Center. Read More.
Music
Orchestra to welcome guest trio at May 1 concert
[4/27/12] Time for Three will joins the Skidmore Orchestra in the group's final concert of the year. Don't miss this collaboration between the distinctive trio and Skidmore's ever-popular semi-professional orchestra. (Left: Photo by Vanessa Briceno-Scherzer) Read More.
Dance Department
Spring Dance Concert this weekend on campus
[4/24/12] Spring Dance Concert features a wide variety of works coordinated by the department's guest and regular faculty, performed by student dancers. (Left: A scene from Isadora Duncan's "Three Graces." Photo by Gregory Cary) Read More.
Community
Student honored for civic engagement and leadership
[4/24/12] Sophomore Anna Graves is among 160 students nationally to be named a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact. Read More.
Community
We don’t call them the Greatest Generation for nothing!
[4/24/12] History major Becca Gilligan organized a panel discussion of area World War II veterans as a project in the Social Work course called "Community Engagement." The veterans and students who recorded the vets' oral histories will share their stories in a special public program April 25. Read More.
Autism Awareness
Autism Awareness events continue this week
[4/22/12] A number of Autism Awareness events, coordinated by students of Rachel Mann-Rosan, continue this week on campus. The week wraps up with an Autism Information Fair and Carnival on Sunday, April 29, in Skidmore's Intramural Gym. All events are free and open to the public. Read More.
Athletics
Catch Thoroughbred men's lacrosse on TV tomorrow!
[4/20/12] Time Warner Cable will broadcast the Skidmore-RIT men's lacrosse match tomorrow, April 21, at 1 p.m. A win brings the Thoroughbreds closer to the Liberty League tournament. Read More.
Community
Event offers insider's view of the Henrietta Lacks story
[4/20/12] Saratoga Reads will present David Lacks, Henrietta's son, who will discuss his family's experiences in learning the truth about the HeLa cell line. Read More.
Politics
Finkelstein talk to focus on Israel-Palestine conflict
[4/20/12] Can the conflict be resolved? What is the outlook for the future? Author/scholar Norman Finkelstein will answer both questions during his Tuesday lecture. Read More.
Music
Array of student music concerts to celebrate end of semester
[4/18/12] Newly added: April 22 Wind Chamber Ensemble concert! Student musicians are front and center in the days ahead as they present end-of-semester concerts. All are free and open to the public. Plan to spend an evening -- or two -- enjoying these musical artists. (Left: Small Jazz Ensemble) Read More.
Faculty
Vinci uses jazz as music therapy for Saratoga man
[4/17/12] Jazz artist Mark Vinci has worked with some of music's greatest names. And he has also been the key to a successful music therapy program for a Saratoga Springs man. As Skidmore readies a series of Autism Awareness events, please take a moment to read this story about the challenge of autism. Read More.
Students
April is Autism Awareness Month
[4/16/12] Psychologist Rachel Mann-Rosan has encouraged her students to take the lead in organizing events to raise awareness about Autism Spectrum Disorder. They have scheduled a number of activities for the campus and community to attend. Admission is open to all. Read More.
Community
April 15 Empty Bowls event to benefit Wilton Food Pantry
[4/14/12] Skidmore ceramic students of Leslie Ferst along with chefs from Dining Services are contributing time, talent, and energy to make the first major fund-raising event for the Wilton Food Pantry a success. Plan to attend on April 15 from 1 to 5 p.m. (Heather Gilchrist '09 photo) Read More.
Balmuth Lecture
Holocaust scholar to deliver 2012 Balmuth talk
[4/14/12] Historian Stephen Berk of Union College will discuss Jewish involvement in the Civil Rights movement when he presents this year's Balmuth Lecture on Tuesday, April 17. (Union College photo) Read More.
Lecture
Obamas and Aesthetics of Racial Transformation to be topic
[4/14/12] Barack Obama's ascension to the presidency raises a host of philosophical questions, the most obvious of which have to do with the present and future of U.S. racial politics. Penn State scholar Paul Taylor will examine the current state and future propects of racial transformation in the U.S. Read More.
Performance
"Keeping Company with Cage" to mark composer's centennial
[4/11/12] Students and faculty from several disciplines have collaborated to present a special program marking the centennial of the birth of avant-garde composer John Cage. Newly added: link to an interview with Professor Debra Fernandez. (Left: David Porter plays a 'prepared' piano. Photo by Phil Scalia) Read More.
Zankel Music Center
Brubeck Brothers Quartet to bring jazz to Zankel this Friday
[4/11/12] Arthur Zankel Music Center welcomes the Brubeck Brothers Quartet this Friday, April 13. They are the latest artists in Skidmore's Filene Concert Series. Read More.
Athletics
Riders headed back to nationals
[4/10/12] The Skidmore riders topped a hectic week of intercollegiate competition by defeating St. Lawrence and earning a return trip to the IHSA national competition next month in North Carolina. Four team members will compete in individual classes for national recognition. Read More.
Community Service
New report examines Skidmore's economic impact
[4/9/12] Report estimates the economic ripple effect of the college's spending in Saratoga County to be more than $416 million annually. Read More.
Campus
'Rev. Billy' to lead spiritual/political revival April 15
[4/8/12] He may be an actor but his message is no act. Performance artist 'Rev. Billy' brings his anti-consumerist, pro-environmental message to Skidmore's Case Center Sunday, April 15. Read More.