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Friday, April 4th, 2025
Friday, April 4th
All Day
  • Time: All Day

Black and Brown Lives Matter

9:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: 1444 Kentucky Street, Bowling Green
  • Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Visit the Kentucky Museum to view exhibitions on art, history, and culture from the Commonwealth and across the world. 

Current exhibitions are listed here.

The Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For directions and public parking information, please click here.

11:30am - 12:15pm
  • Location: Recital Hall - Fine Arts Center 189
  • Time: 11:30am - 12:15pm

Contact Mark Berry for details!

1:00pm
7:30pm
  • Location: Van Meter Auditorium
  • Time: 7:30pm

Join the Department of Music as they present Dido and Aeneas. This 17th century English opera captures a fragment of the Aeneid by the poet Virgil. This tragic tale of the affair between the queen of Carthage and her lover, the prince of Troy is centered on the themes of love, duty, power, and destiny.

Tickets can be purchased at wku.showare.com.

7:30pm - 10:00pm
  • Location: Van Meter Hall
  • Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Dido and Aeneas is Henry Purcell's 17th century opera that captures a fragment of The Aeneid by Virgil. This tragic tale of an affair between the queen of Carthage and her lover is centered on the themes of love, duty, and destiny. Sung in English with harpsichord and string quartet, this one-hour production is a perfect introduction to the genre of Opera.

Some scenes contain a strobing effect and may affect photosensitive viewers.

April 4 - 6, 2025
Van Meter Auditorium
Friday & Saturday at 7:30 P.M. CST
Sunday at 2:00 P.M. CST

Tickets: Adults $15, Students $10
General Admission Seating

 

Tickets can be purchased at: https://wku.showare.com/ordertickets.asp?p=924&src=eventperformances 

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