Entries drawn from the college history timeline
A folk group, Jim and Dale, performed in the Social Hall as part of their national tour. The concert was sponsored by the Holland Union Program Board and Social Committee.
Singer and actor William Mooney performed "Half Horse, Half Alligator", a depiction of life in nineteenth-century Mississippi, at 8:30pm in the Holland Union Social Hall. The entertainer's show was a "Free Family Concert" presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee.
The Good Woman of Setzuan, a play by Bertolt Brecht, opened at 8:00pm in the Mermaid Players' Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran October 25-26 and November 1-2.
Flamenco guitarist Sabicas performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee at 8:30pm in Holland Union Social Hall.
Award-winning pianist Malcolm Frager performed in a concert sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee at 8:30pm in the Junior High School Auditorium.
Australian actor Rob Ingles performed some of the stories from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales at 8:30pm in Holland Union Social Hall. Ingles used period costumes and minimal set dressings to portray the most authentic fourteenth-century experience for his audience. He also gave a...
The Menaechmi, a play by Plautus, opened at 8:00pm in the Little Theatre in the Holland Union Building. Presented by Project Africa and featuring members of the Dickinson faculty, the show ran November 14 and 15.
Violinist Igor Oistrakh, the first Soviet musician to tour the West after the death of Josef Stalin, gave a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee at 9:00pm in the Junior High School Auditorium.
Inspired by the trend of Indian influence in popular music, the Cultural Affairs Committee presented Ashish Khan and Company Sarod in a concert in Holland Union Social Hall at 8:30pm.
Critically-acclaimed singer Nina Simone performed in a concert sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the A;Gymnasium at 8:30pm.
Folk singer Judy Collins performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in Dickinson Gymnasium at 8:30pm.
Six freshman plays were performed in the Little Theatre on December 11 and 12. The plays were How to Propose, Spoon River Anthology, The Third Angle, People in the Wind, Bus Stop, The Still Alarm, and Aria De Capo.
The College Choir, conducted by Truman Bullard, presented their annual Christmas music program at 3:00pm. In their program of ten pieces, the choir was joined by an instrumental ensemble. They played "Willkommen, susser Brautigam" by Vincent Lubeck, "Magnificat anima mea" by Dietrich Buxtehude...
World-renowned mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel performed in a free concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the Junior High School Auditorium at 8:30pm.
Pianist Gary Graffman gave a concert sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the Junior High School Auditorium at 8:30pm.
Tenor Ernst Haefliger performed a program of ten songs in a concert on February 3.
Vocal duo Evelyn Lear and Thomas Stewart performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the Junior High School Auditorium at 8:30pm.
Outspoken folk singer Tom Paxton gave a concert in the Holland Union Dining Hall at 8:30pm. Presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee, Paxton's concert appropriately coincided with the Dickinson symposium on dissent.
Czech pianist Ivan Moravec performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the Junior High School Auditorium at 8:30pm.
The Revengers Tragedy, a play by Cyril Tourneur, opened at 8:00pm in the Mermaid Players' Theatre. Presented by the Mermaid Players, the production ran February 21-22 and February 28-March 1.
The Israel Chamber Orchestra, under the direction of Gary Bertini, performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the Junior High School Auditorium at 8:30pm.
Pianist Earl Wild performed in a concert sponsored by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the Junior High School Auditorium at 8:30pm.
Martha and the Vandellas performed in a concert held on Saturday, March 8 in the Holland Union Building.
The College Choir, under the direction of Truman Bullard, gave their annual spring concert at the First Lutheran Church in Carlisle. The choir was joined by the College Orchestra. The groups performed Giacomo Carissimi's "Jepth, a biblical oratorio", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Solemn Vespers of...
Flutist Julius Baker performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in Memorial Hall at 3:00pm. Accompanied by harpsichordist Eugina Earle, Baker's program featured primarily music from the Baroque period.
