Tag Archives: North Central College Cultural Events

Thinking Globally, Acting Locally?

It’s just five days after Earth Day 2021, the 51st celebration of the event first held on April 22, 1970.  Founded by environmentalist Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson—whose many other works included protecting the Appalachian Trail and banning DDT—this year’s Day … Continue reading

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Inside Dance

It may be my favorite piece of dance:  Turning Tides, created and choreographed by Randy Duncan, with music by Sam Harris, Gavin Dillard, and Bruce Roberts.  It’s in two parts, beginning with “Adrift,” a solo dance, and then “The Storm,” … Continue reading

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Cultural Events at North Central College: A Personal History

This is the LEAD POST in a series on major conferences and individual speakers I helped bring to my college as the head of, first, The Visiting Lecturer Committee, which then grew to become the Cultural Events Committee.  I’m posting … Continue reading

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