PCAL Calendar

Faculty Clarinet Recital - John Cipolla & Charlotte Smith

History Department Mixer

Dr. M. Shadee Malaklou, Director of the bell hooks Center at Berea College, will give a talk about the life and work of the late feminist scholar bell hooks, and what they are doing at Berea College (where hooks taught for nearly 20 years) to preserve her legacy.

This event is hosted by the Gender & Women's Studies Program.

“O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” Shakespeare’s greatest history comes to life in the confines of an English classroom. Desks become castles, chairs become cavalry, and a group of students discovers the power of the Bard as he was meant to be experienced—alive and aloud. Recommended for all ages.

Tickets: $17 Adults, $12 Students & Seniors (62+)

Purchase tickets now on wku.showware.com.

WKU Symphonic Band & Jazz Band

Nancy Green became one of the first prosperous African American women in the U.S. Green was born enslaved in Montgomery County, Kentucky, in 1834. While in Kentucky she worked for the Walker family and moved with them to Chicago just after the Great Fire, in 1872. Eight years later, Nancy Green became "Aunt Jemima." Businessman R.T. Davis had purchased a pre-mixed, self-rising recipe for pancakes and wanted an "Aunt Jemima," a character from minstrel shows which were popular at the time, to be the face of his pancakes. "Aunt Jemima" would be a friendly, animated, African American cook who served a wealthy white family. Playing the role of "Aunt Jemima" gave Green financial independence few African Americans and few women experienced at the time. She used her wealth as a means to empower her community. She was particularly active in her church, leading missionary trips, investing in anti-poverty programs for African Americans, and advocating for equal rights. Though her work depended on a derogatory racial stereotype, her financial success demonstrates how black Americans could sometimes play on and use such images to their advantage.

Join us for this amazing Kentucky Chautauqua program by Debra Faulk.

This program was funded in part by Kentucky Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  

Location: Kentucky Museum 

Graduate project for graduate student Brenna Derby. Featuring WKU Wind Ensemble! 

“O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” Shakespeare’s greatest history comes to life in the confines of an English classroom. Desks become castles, chairs become cavalry, and a group of students discovers the power of the Bard as he was meant to be experienced—alive and aloud. Recommended for all ages.

Tickets: $17 Adults, $12 Students & Seniors (62+)

Purchase tickets now on wku.showware.com.

“O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” Shakespeare’s greatest history comes to life in the confines of an English classroom. Desks become castles, chairs become cavalry, and a group of students discovers the power of the Bard as he was meant to be experienced—alive and aloud. Recommended for all ages.

Tickets: $17 Adults, $12 Students & Seniors (62+)

Purchase tickets now on wku.showware.com.

Music of Lera Auerbach - Ching-Yi Lin, Meghan Berindean & Allesandra Volpi

WKU Choirs

WKU Choir Invitational

“O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” Shakespeare’s greatest history comes to life in the confines of an English classroom. Desks become castles, chairs become cavalry, and a group of students discovers the power of the Bard as he was meant to be experienced—alive and aloud. Recommended for all ages.

Tickets: $17 Adults, $12 Students & Seniors (62+)

Purchase tickets now on wku.showware.com.

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Faculty Dr. Emily Britton recital 

Black and Brown Lives Matter

To celebrate Women's History Month, the Gender & Women's Studies program in collaboration with the Department of History presents our second annual Women's History Trivia Night, with out hosts Dr. Katie Lennard (History) and Prof. Jessica Folk (English). Pizza and drinks provided. Come on your own or come as a team. Everyone is welcome!

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Chewing-gum sculptures, a wealthy gallerist, a firebrand wrestler, a notorious murder case and the segregated south – it’s all part of Nellie Mae Rowe’s boundless universe. This World is Not My Own reimagines this self-taught artist’s world and her life spanning the 20th century. With Uzo Aduba as the animated version of Nellie Mae Rowe.

Free tickets are available at capitolbg.org. After the screening, a Q&A with filmmakers will be offered.

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Black and Brown Lives Matter

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Black and Brown Lives Matter

Black and Brown Lives Matter

Black and Brown Lives Matter

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Faculty Flute Recital - Heidi Alvarez

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