Category: Arts Facilities

In a collaborative effort to expand audiences at Carleton College as well as St. Olaf, art-appreciators are encouraged to attend theater productions, concerts, and art exhibits provided by both of Northfield’s colleges. While waiting for Carleton performances to premiere, members of the Carleton community are welcome and encouraged to attend some of St. Olaf’s events. The following publication provides a few upcoming events featured at St. Olaf.

Students participating in Stephen Mohring’s sculpture class display their most recent sculptures throughout the Weitz Center.

Minnesota-based saxophone quartet, JazzAx, is set to perform at the Concert Hall on Sunday, October 12 at 3:00pm. JazzAx is a group with roots in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area and has performed original jazz compositions at countless jazz conventions, schools, and performing arts centers. JazzAx’s talent has allowed the group to make a prominent name for itself in the upper Midwest area of the United States and inspired many music enthusiasts to attend JazzAx’s workshops, lessons, and jazz clinics at educational institutions.

Mary Ann Kelling, Carleton’s head costume designer, is using her creative eye and unique patterns to transform the way we see Shakespearean costumes. Her costumes will be featured in the fall production of A Winter’s Tale, opening Thursday, October 30th, at 7:30pm.

Senior Studio Art and Chemistry double-major Soon Kai Poh curated a display of four Japanese prints to hang in the Weitz space as part of his campus work in the Carleton art collection. Soon Kai chose four prints that represent different genres, time periods, and approaches to printing within the Japanese woodblock tradition. “We have such a great collection that not very many people get the chance to see,” he said, explaining that he hoped to showcase Carleton’s sizable collection of Japanese prints in his selected works. Check out Soon Kai’s picks on the 2nd floor landing of the Weitz Center for Creativity.

The Sacramento Kings are constructing a new venue notable for its commitment to a very high environmental standard.  Learn about the project from one of the architects, Rob Rothblatt (Carleton Class of 1983) and join a conversation with Rob afterwards. No admission and open to the public.

Rob Rothblatt will also be having 30 Minutes time-slots in the Career Center. Click here to sign up (Career Center event is for Carleton students only).

Minneapolis artist Shambroom offers large photographic landscapes of U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites. Look above the cafe!

On the very day the 2014 Winter Olympics were getting underway in Sochi, four members of the Carleton Chinese Music Ensemble were awarded medals of their own at the 2014 Huain Cup International Chinese Instrument Competition at the Le Petit Trianon Theatre in sunny San Jose, California.

A panel comprised of elite musicians and music scholars from the P.R. China awarded a Gold Medal to Yawen Chen (Dizi – Chinese bamboo flute), a Silver Medal to Vivky Wu (Guzheng – Chinese zither), and Bronze Medals to Xiaodi Wang (Erhu – Chinese fiddle), and Ken Wang (Sanxian – Chinese banjo). This year marks the third time Carleton students have competed in this prestigious competition.

These medalists will be performing in the Concert Hall on March 2nd.

Carleton College hosts The Tournées Festival, a festival of new French films, February 4-18, 2014. Five French films will be shown at Carleton’s Weitz Center Cinema to celebrate French cinema and culture. The festival is open to the public…