The concert, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Bradley Fine Arts Building.

After the combined Lakeland choirs open with the college's Alma Mater, the Frauenchor will perform Brahms' "Der Gartner" in German, the Scottish folk song "Ca' the Yowes (sung in dialect), Debussy's "Nuit d'etoiles" in French, the American folk song "Shenandoah" and "Adiemus" (from "Songs of Sanctuary) by Karl Jenkins.

The Lakeland College Concert Choir will continue a very international program with Rachmaninoff's "Bogoroditse Devo" in Russian, "El Cielo Canta Alegria" in Spanish, the popular Irish Folk Song "Danny Boy" and an African piece, "Dubula," sung in Xhosa, one of the official languages spoken in South Africa.

The choirs are led by Janet Herrick, a member of Lakeland's music faculty. Megan Pettitt, instructor of flute, will play flute and recorder with the choirs.

The concert band will perform "Overture for Winds" by Charles Carter, "With Quiet Courage" by Larry Daehn, "Liturgical Music" by Martin Mailman, "Alligator Alley" by Michael Daugherty and "The Lakeland College Fight Song" by Edgar Thiessen.

The works by Carter and Mailman represent standards in the wind band repertoire, while "With Quiet Courage" and "Alligator Alley" have been written in the last 15 years. Daehn is a Wisconsin composer whose music is popular with school bands, honor bands and college bands across the U.S.

"Alligator Alley" features the Lakeland College bassoon section. Daugherty wrote this music to represent a section of Interstate 75 in Florida that is populated by many alligators. The prominent nature of the bassoons in this work is a nod to Daugherty's daughter whom he states "plays a mean bassoon."

"I have really enjoyed working with an outstanding group of Lakeland students this fall," said Pettitt, who is in his first semester at Lakeland. "We are a diverse collection of musicians who have come together to perform great band music. This will be an exciting concert for all."

The Schilcutt Handbells will play in the gallery immediately after the band portion of the concert. They will premiere an arrangement of Aerosmith's "Dream On" by Janet Herrick. A free reception will also be held in the Bradley Theatre gallery following the concert.

The works of John Hubbard, a veteran art educator and artist, will be featured in the second exhibition of the 2009-10 Bradley Gallery season at Lakeland College.

An opening reception with Hubbard is set for Friday, Oct. 30, beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the gallery, which is located in Lakeland's Bradley Fine Arts Building.

The exhibition featuring Hubbard's work runs through Dec. 11. The Bradley Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8:05 a.m.-3:50 p.m. when the college is in session.

A professor of art at Northern Michigan University for four decades, Hubbard's primary work is in papermaking, printmaking, drawing and painting.

He served for a year as vice chairperson for the Fine Arts Division of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, and from 1971-78 was gallery director at the Lee Hall Gallery at NMU.

He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Boston University and his MFA from Syracuse University.

Wesla Whitfield will bring a fun evening of Broadway tunes, movie songs and Hit Parade numbers to Lakeland College on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m.

Whitfield's performance, part of Lakeland's Krueger Fine Arts Series, will be in the Bradley Theatre on the Lakeland College campus. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for non-Lakeland students and can be reserved by contacting Deb Fale at (920) 565-1536. They will also be available for purchase at the Bradley box office the night of the show.

Whitfield inhabits that indeterminate zone where jazz and cabaret meet. Trained in classical music and opera, Whitfield has toiled for more than three decades to become one of the most gifted performers breathing life into that exquisite body of music known collectively as the Great American Songbook.

Based in San Francisco, Whitfield now spends much of her time in New York, working such noted rooms as the Algonquin Oak Room, Le Jazz Au Bar, The Metropolitan Room and Joe's Pub at New York's Public Theater. She has also appeared in concert at NY Town Hall, Avery Fisher and Carnegie Hall.

Working with her husband, pianist/arranger Mike Greensill, the two released their 19th recording "Message From the Man In The Moon" in December of 2007, and their first as a duo. Along with several well-known tunes, the song list also features the rarity, "I've Found My World In You" written by Neil Sedaka and included at his personal request.

Together Whitfield and Greensill conduct scheduled Master Classes at Notre Dame De Namur and Napa Colleges in California and throughout the country, as well as teaching privately.

Whitfield and Greensill have garnered numerous national television, radio and written media credits including, All Things Considered, Fresh Air with Teri Gross, People Magazine, CBS Sunday Morning, New York Times Sunday Magazine, DownBeat Magazine profile and a feature in 'O' Magazine.

Greensill is resident piano player and side-kick on Sedge Thomson's weekly Public Radio show to the world, West Coast Live. He can also be caught playing jazz and singing in many a San Francisco saloon.

As an arranger, Greensill has had the opportunity to write for big bands and symphony orchestras including the Boston Pops and the San Francisco Symphony. He has also had the pleasure of accompanying such diverse vocal talents as Rita Moreno, Margaret Whiting, Broadway stars Lillias White and Franc D'Ambrosio and jazz singers Madeline Eastman, Ann Hampton Callaway and Opie Bellas.

Mike's latest CD, "The Mike Greensill Trio 'Live at the Plush Room'", is available on-line at Amazon.com. His writing and arranging for the Kronos Quartet can be found on Wesla Whitfield's CD "September Songs" on HighNote Records.

Dig a little deeper, and this classic Harper Lee novel is a tale of how a young girl and her brother refuse to learn hatred and in so doing learn to make their corner of the world a better place.

"To Kill a Mockingbird," the timeless story about courage in the face of evil, will be staged by Lakeland College Theatre at the end of October.

arrator of this new adaptation is Scout as an adult.

Through the innocent eyes of this girl, we see how she makes sense of the horrors of racism, but we also see through the eyes of the grown woman how the compassion she learned from her father, Atticus (David Neese), has healed many wounds.

Performances are scheduled for Oct. 29-31 at 7:30 p.m. and a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 1 in the Bradley Fine Arts Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 non-Lakeland students.

Lakeland College Theatre director Charlie Krebs said while many have likely read the story - maybe years before in school - the themes remain poignant.

"While the subject matter is difficult and reminds us of a difficult chapter of our history, the story is beautifully rendered for the stage," Krebs said. "The lessons of the story go beyond compassion to courage, loyalty and standing up for what's right in light of overwhelming odds.

"If you look beneath the obvious, you will discover this play is not about hatred, but learning compassion in the face of hatred. Scout learns a great lesson from Atticus that you never really know a person until you walk around in their skin. When Atticus makes his son Jem (Tyler Allen) read to Mrs. Dubose, despite the horrible names she calls his father, Jem learns about her disease and what real courage is."

Actors in Lakeland's production will employ the Laban Effort System as they embrace impulse-based acting. Krebs said he is thrilled with their work.

"The acting by these Lakeland students is magnificent," Krebs said. "They are working hard to create superbly realistic acting that steers away from being dramatic and looks for the power of truth in simple moments. The actors have to speak in a southern dialect for hours at a time in rehearsals in order to make the accent sound realistic."

The scenery will be very symbolic. The entire set will be made to look old, beaten, weathered and colorless, much like the mindset of Macomb, Ala., in 1935.

This production continues the growing interest in theatre at Lakeland. Krebs, who is in his third year at the college, has already announced that the spring musical will be a production of "Chicago," set for March 25-28.

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Grammy-nominated Monte Montgomery will bring his electrified acoustic guitar to Lakeland College on Friday, Oct. 16, as part of the college's Krueger Fine Arts Series.

Montgomery, named one of the "Top 50 All-Time Greatest Guitar Players" by Guitar Player Magazine, will perform in the Bradley Fine Arts Building theatre beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for non-Lakeland students and can be reserved by contacting Deb Fale (920) 565-1536.

When Terry Lickona, producer of Austin City Limits, plucked a then relatively unknown Monte Montgomery to tape a segment of the legendary show, one had the sense that this was just the beginning.

Since that jaw dropping performance, Montgomery has embarked on an almost fantasy-like rock and roll roller coaster ride filled with dizzying accomplishments and mind blowing accolades.

Despite the six-string notoriety, Monte is not content to rest on his musical laurels. "I've resisted temptation to be just that guitar gunslinger from Austin, Texas," Montgomery said. "I strive to have more depth, to be more layered as an artist, songwriter and singer."

With the release of his latest CD "Monte Montgomery," he is cementing his place as not just some blazingly acoustic guitar playing freak of nature, but also a rare and true triple threat: songwriter, singer and master musician.

His version of the Jimi Hendrix classic "Little Wing" off his self-titled release has made it into the first round of Grammy voting under the "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" category. It's the first time Montgomery has recorded the classic rock staple after years of playing it live.

"I never play it the same way twice," Montgomery said. "So when making this record we planned for 'Little Wing' to be the last thing we attempted to track every night in the studio, and if we get it, we get it. If not, we would just leave it to the live performances. On the second night, after a long day in the studio, the track we got was like, wow. We knew it was magic."

Long a big draw on the live music scene, Montgomery's non-stop touring schedule this year has included ParkPop (one of the largest music festivals in Europe). Fans and critics have likened a Monte Montgomery show to a musical religious experience.

Ironically, it's the cover of another rock pop classic that is bringing Montgomery a high profile fan following and opening up new doors. After seeing his version of "Sara Smile" on YouTube, Daryl Hall (Hall & Oates) was so blown away he invited Monte to be the featured artist on "Live From Daryl's House," the popular web-based music show.

For more information about Monte Montgomery, visit his website at: www.montemontgomery.net

After enjoying breakfast on campus, a group of approximately 60 Lakeland students, faculty and staff will be bussed to Camp Anokijig in western Sheboygan County where they are volunteering to do community service projects.

"Make a Difference Day" is coordinated by the Lakeland College Faculty Outreach Committee. "Make a Difference Day" is one example of different programs that Lakeland has started to give students more opportunities to do community service.

Homecoming activities for alumni begin on Friday, Oct. 9, with a special Back to School session that allows alumni to sit in on classes with current Lakeland students. Offerings include educational psychology with Mehraban Khodavandi, Old Testament theology with Karl Kuhn, principles of microeconomics with Adina Schwartz, accounting principles with J. Garland Schilcutt and more. Find a complete list on the Homecoming schedule.

Friday at noon, the class of 1959 will have a reunion lunch and be inducted into the Emeritus Club. A champagne reception for the reunion classes (1959, 1969, 1984, 1999) will be held in the President's House at 4 p.m.

The Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Banquet is Friday evening. John Lemke '91 and Ted Szymanski '92 will both be inducted into the Hall of Fame for their standout careers on the football field. Lakeland president Stephen Gould will receive the Hall of Fame Service Award for his support and dedication to the athletic program during his tenure at Lakeland. Contact Karen Westley at 565-1512 to make a reservation for this special evening.

Several athletic programs have alumni games planned for Saturday including men's basketball (9 a.m.), baseball (10:30 a.m.) and women's basketball (10:45 a.m.)

A service of worship and remembrance is set for 10 a.m. Saturday in the Ley Chapel, followed by the Alumni Tailgate in the Laun Center parking lot at 1 p.m.

The football team takes on Wisconsin Lutheran College at 1 p.m. at Taylor Field, while the women's soccer team faces WLC at 1 p.m. at the soccer field, followed by the men facing WLC at 3:30. There will be a Fifth Quarter in the Pub at 4 p.m.

A reception prior to the Alumni Awards Banquet is set for 5 p.m. in the Laun Center, followed by the banquet at 6 p.m. in Bossard Hall. Advanced reservations are appreciated and can be made by contacting Charmaine Jankowski '03 at jankowskicm@lakeland.edu.

Each year, the Lakeland College Alumni Association (LCAA) honors deserving alumni for their contributions to the college and to the community. Three graduates will be recognized during this year's banquet: Will Mathes '61 will receive the Service to the Community Award, Allen Wangemann '55 will receive The President's Richard C. Preuhs '65 Award and Joel Schuler '80 will receive the Service to the College Award.

Current students will be marking Homecoming throughout the week with a window painting contest at The Pub, team games in front of the Younger Family Campus Center, the Black Student Union Date Auction and the always-popular Mr. Muskie competition set for Thursday night in the Bradley Fine Arts Building.

A pep rally and lip sync competition will be held Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Wehr Center Field House, followed by the bonfire and lighting of the LC outside the Campus Center. Homecoming king and queen are announced at the pep rally.

Kenneth Miller, professor of biology and the Royce Family Professor for Teaching Excellence at Brown University, will deliver a lecture entitled titled "Is Evolution 'only a Theory?' Darwin, God, and Design in the 21st century" on September 30 at 7 p.m. at the Bradley Fine Arts Building.

All Lakeland lectures are free and open to the public.

The accomplished author of "Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground between God and Evolution and Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul," Miller will address the scientific standing of evolutionary theory in relation to religious views of nature in recognition of the 150th anniversary of Darwin's much-discussed and debated publication.

Financial advice, bipolar disorder, the annual Great Lakes Writers Festival and a variety of other topics are also included in this year's lineup. With the exception of Miller's lecture, they begin at 11 a.m. in the Bradley Fine Arts Building.

This year's lineup includes:

October 13 - Dr. John Whitcomb, Learning Fiscal Fitness: "Thriving in a Financially Troubled World"

Learning Fiscal Fitness or frugal behavior is a science in and of itself. Natural tendencies are to follow patterns of behavior from our background and culture, and people naturally follow the emotional patterns and instincts taught by their parents. Those can be changed. Whitcomb will walk the audience through the steps it takes to be Fiscally Fit. Learn how to shape yourself and to feel good about it while you are at it.

November 3 - Mission House Lecture: Kathryn Greene-McCreight, "The Light Shines in the Darkness"

Some years ago, Greene-McCreight was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a difficult and agonizing mental illness. She speaks with insight and compassion about how she faced this personal struggle, explaining how the resources of faith and theological reflection combine with medical and psychological assistance to deal with mental disorder. Her concern is helping people interpret and survive mental illness.

November 5 - Great Lakes Writers Festival: Featuring David Lehman and Stacey Harwood

Lakeland's annual two-day celebration will feature readings and workshops by David Lehman, renowned poet and editor of The Best American Poetry series, and Stacey Harwood, a nonfiction writer and a policy analyst for the state of New York.

February 2 - Founder's Day Lecture: Lydia Veliko, "Unity, Identity and Relationship: God's Call for Reconciliation"

Veliko will discuss recent efforts for church unity and what such unity and reconciliation might mean for the world today. In her position as ecumenical officer of the United Church of Christ, she has a unique perspective on both the difficulties and the prospects for reconciliation.

February 16 - Doug Flaherty: Guest Poet, "Reinventing Oneself; The Art of Passion"

Doug Flaherty will speak about how we are all initiated into belief structures as children. Since beliefs and suppositions are based on everyone else's ideas, who is the real you? How do we begin to be our own person?

March 2 - Michael Shermer, "The Science of Good and Evil"

Shermer will discuss the relationship between science and religion and the nature and existence of God. He is the publisher of "Skeptic Magazine," a monthly columnist for "Scientific American," host of the Skeptic Lecture Series and co-host and producer of the 13-hour Fox Family Series, "Exploring the Unknown." He is currently an adjunct instructor in the School of Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate University.

There will be evenings of music covering several genres stretching from acoustic guitar, to jazz to an eclectic group that combines a variety of sounds.

All KFAS performances are held at Lakeland's Bradley Fine Arts Building and begin at 7:30 p.m. Reserved seats for each event are $25 for adults and $15 for non-Lakeland students and can be purchased by contacting Deb Fale at (920) 565-1536 or email faledj@lakeland.edu.

Oct. 16 - Monte Montgomery

Monte Montgomery is cementing his place as not just some blazingly electrified acoustic guitar player freak of nature, but also a rare and true triple threat - songwriter, singer and master musician. From following after his mom, a singer/songwriter who instilled in him a passion for music and a taste of the life he was destined to lead, it was the eventual move to Austin, Texas, where he earned his musical baccalaureate from the city's highly competitive music scene. Terry Lickona, producer of Austin City Limits, introduced him on the Austin City Limits' stage uttering these words: "Monte Montgomery blows people away. There is no other way to describe it." For more information on Montgomery, visit his website: www.montemontgomery.com.

Nov. 6 - Wesla Whitfield

Wesla Whitfield inhabits the area where jazz and cabaret meet. Whitfield has toiled for more than three decades to become one of the most gifted performers breathing life into that exquisite body of Broadway tunes, movie songs and Hit Parade numbers known collectively as the Great American Songbook. With her deft sense of time and uncanny ability to connect with the emotional truth in a lyric, the jazz world has had no qualms about embracing her as one of its own. Working with pianist/arranger Mike Greensill, the two released their 19th recording 'Message from the Man in the Moon' in December of 2007, and their first as a duo. For more information on Whitfield, visit her website: www.weslawhitfield.com.

Apr 13 - Orchid Ensemble

Orchid Ensemble blends ancient musical instruments and traditions from China and beyond, creating a beautiful new sound. The ensemble has embraced a variety of musical styles to its repertoire, ranging from the traditional and contemporary music of China, world music, new music to jazz and creative improvisation. The energetic yet endearing performance style of the ensemble consistently intrigues and delights its audiences. The trio consists of Lan Tung (Taiwan/Canada) on the erhu/Chinese violin, Haiqiong Deng (China/US) on the zheng/Chinese zither and Jonathan Bernard (Canada) on percussion. For more information on Orchid Ensemble, visit their website: www.orchidensemble.com.

3D Design by Tassy Dimmer

B&W Photo by Anneliese Hill

Computer Design by Madeline Shields

John Wagner by Yi Wang

Self Portrait by Darramia Perteet

Self Portrait by Seob Kim

Watercolor by Liz Lange

Watercolor by Sarah Roob

The 2009 Lakeland College Student Art Exhibition will feature a bit difference format as over 600 pieces by Lakeland students will be on display.

A reception and awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 23, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Bradley Fine Arts Building on the Lakeland campus. The show will run through May 22. Attendance at the reception and admittance to the Bradley Gallery are both free and open to the public.

The work in this show represents the best of the work done in Lakeland art classes over the past academic year. Students from various art courses will be stationed throughout the gallery and will give brief presentations about the coursework, and field any questions from the attendees.

The opening reception features an awards ceremony as students will receive Best Body of Work and Honorable Mention awards in each area. There will be a Best of Show, a People's Choice Award and the art department's three major scholarships for upper classmen will also be announced.

Mediums represented are charcoal, ink, oil paint, acrylic, black and white photography, computer design, plaster, clay, foam board construction, watercolor, pastel, graphite and conte crayon. Examples of subject matter include portraiture, interior space, landscape, abstract design, theory studies, figure drawing, still life, commercial and graphic design, among others.

Classes represented include Drawing I & II, Painting I & II, Pastel, Black and White Photography, Watercolor I & II, Three-Dimensional Design, Two-Dimensional Design, Color Theory, Computer Design II & III, Illustration and Communication Graphics.

The Bradley Gallery is open from 1-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The concert, which will feature Lakeland's Frauenchor, the Lakeland Singers, the Concert Choir and the Schilcutt Handbell Ensemble, will begin at 3 p.m. in the Bradley Fine Arts Building, located on Lakeland's main campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

The Homecoming Concert is the culmination of the group's 2009 tour, which includes the following performances:

• March 26, Rock Island, Ill., Church of Peace
• March 27, Downers Grove, Ill., Saint Paul's
• March 28, Fond du Lac, Church of Peace
• March 29, Manitowoc, First Reformed UCC

Concerts will feature the Lakeland College Frauenchor, the Concert Choir, the Lakeland Singers and the Lakeland Schilcutt Handbell Ensemble. The performance will include both sacred and secular works, including music of Vivaldi, Puccini, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and music of Queen and the Eagles.

Janet L. Herrick serves as conductor and the groups are accompanied by Arthur Johnson, both members of Lakeland's music faculty.

This year's Wine and Cheese Silent Auction will be the seventh hosted by the American Humanics Student Association. However, for the first time, the annual event will feature a sponsored selection of local wine and local cheese. The wine is being sponsored by Von Stiehl Winery of Algoma, and the cheese is sponsored by Sargento Foods Inc. of Plymouth.

The walls of the event will again be lined with auction tables covered with a wide variety of auction items donated to the organization from many local businesses. The auction items range in values and represent a multitude of interests in order to ensure something for everyone.

The entire event is brought together through the efforts of the American Humanics Student Association, an organization comprised of America's future nonprofit leaders. The majority of the proceeds of the Wine and Cheese Silent Auction funds AHSA's registration at the national American Humanics Management Institute. Attendance at this Institute expands students' knowledge of issues and practices within the nonprofit sector, while also meeting a requirement for the students to earn an educational certification from American Humanics, Inc. in addition to their Lakeland College degree.

Besides the event's profits sustaining exceptional leadership in the nonprofit sector, 10 percent of the profits are donated to provide scholarships to high school students in Malawi, Africa, with the purpose of fostering educational excellence worldwide.

Direct any questions or comments about the Wine and Cheese Silent Auction or the AHSA to Don Francis at (920) 565-1282.

Talk about your fantasy worlds.

Lakeland College Theatre will stage the lush musical "Camelot" on April 2-5, blending the talents of Lakeland's theatre and music departments.

Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. on April 2-4 with a 2 p.m. matinee on April 5. Tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for non-Lakeland students and can be ordered by calling (920) 565-1536 or online at lakeland.edu/theatre. A rehearsal video is also available on the Lakeland College Theatre website.

This is the second musical Lakeland has staged under second-year theatre director Charlie Krebs - Lakeland made its musical debut with "Pippin" last spring - and Krebs said his students have quickly hit their stride.

"All of the finest singers from the college are in this production," Krebs said. "Plus, there are many newcomers who seem to have found a new home. This convinces me that there was a need for this type of production here because people we never knew showed up on our doorstep wanting to perform."

Krebs said as part of their preparation, he stripped all of the "acting" out of the production to ensure that the show's real themes come to the forefront.

"It works perfectly for this show, because it really isn't about armor and swords and castles, but truth and tenderness and love," Krebs said. "This new acting style takes away all the bravado and replaces it with raw human emotion. These characters have great depth, and the actors have brought levels of honesty that have given me chills.

"Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of pomp and circumstance and swords and castles, but at its foundation is a dramatic purity."

There is also, of course, the famous song "Camelot," but there is an array of gorgeous music from this Lerner and Loewe original: "Guinevere," "I Loved You Once in Silence," "Before I Gaze at You Again," "C'est Moi" and "The Lusty Month of May."

Lakeland's music faculty is heavily involved in the production as Janet L. Herrick is the show's music director and Walter Rich will conduct the musical arrangements.

Jessica Mueller, of Jessica's School of Dance, created period dance that is not in the original, but will help transport the audience back to the middle ages. Ellemaj Degenhardt, an exchange student from Germany, designed a lush setting complete with a castle and a magic forest built by dozens of students over the course of eight weeks.

Herrick also serves as costume designer. "She built all original costumes for the show which, all by themselves, would make it worth coming to see the show," Krebs said. "They are superlative."

Cast:

Ladies in Waiting

Knights

Director: Charlie Krebs
Music Director: Janet L. Herrick
Choreographer: Jessica Mueller
Conductor: Walter Rich
Costume Designer: Janet L. Herrick
Scene Designer: Ellemaj Degenhardt
Stage Manager: Marie Perry
Audio Director: Jessica Stewart
Property Director: Heather Stewart

If you love jazz, you certainly know a little something about Blue Note Records.

Miles Davis. John Coltrane. Bud Powell. Thelonious Monk. Herbie Hancock. They are among the names that have stood the test of time, thanks in no small part to legendary recordings on Blue Note Records.

To mark the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records, the premier label in jazz, the Blue Note 7, an all-star band featuring some of the finest musicians today, is headed to Lakeland College, part of a world tour that is celebrating Blue Note's rich catalog of music.

The Blue Note 7 will perform as part of Lakeland's Krueger Fine Arts Series on Monday, March 23, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Bradley Fine Arts Building.

Tickets, priced at $25 for adults and $15 for non-Lakeland students, are expected to sell quickly. They can be reserved by contacting Deb Fale at Lakeland at (920) 565-1536.

Led by Blue Note Records artist and pianist Bill Charlap, the group will explore classic tunes by Powell, Monk, Hancock, Horace Silver, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter and many others.

This past January, Blue Note Records commemorated the label's 70th anniversary with the release of "Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records." The recording features an eight-song collection of classic Blue Note repertoire re-envisioned by The Blue Note 7.

This all-star septet is comprised of Charlap, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, tenor saxophonist Ravi Coltrane (the second son of the legendary John Coltrane), alto saxophonist/flutist Steve Wilson, guitarist Peter Bernstein, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash.

Lakeland is one stop on The Blue Note 7's extensive 50-city North American tour, which launched on Jan. 7. The tour will see the septet perform in some of the finest concert halls and theaters in America - Royce Hall in Los Angeles, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia.

"The Blue Note 7 is a true collaboration, an all-star band comprised of the next generation of major players, all leaders in their own right," said Bruce Lundvall, president of Blue Note Records. "They are also the A-list of accomplished arrangers and composers, steeped in the Blue Note tradition, re-imagining this time-honored repertoire in a fresh way."

Charlap is one of the world's premiere jazz pianists, having performed with many leading artists of our time, ranging from Phil Woods and Tony Bennett to Gerry Mulligan and Wynton Marsalis. He is known for his interpretations of American popular song and has recorded albums featuring the music of Hoagy Carmichael, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin.

"The music that Blue Note recorded is so vast and historically important that there was no way we could be comprehensive in covering the contributions of so many major musicians," Charlap said.

"We've chosen to record and perform compositions that would honor the label and its key players. And with this group, it's the chemistry between these musicians that makes the band. We're relatively young guys who have a lot of experience collectively, and we've had the opportunity to perform with many of the major Blue Note artists."

Charlap said the tour will include music from the recording, but the band has a large repertoire that includes many Blue Note artists and composers.

"On the recording, we couldn't possibly represent every important artist," Charlap said. "On tour, the band will have a sizeable book of arrangements to choose from. There are artists whose music wasn't showcased on the recording, but certainly will be during the tour."

For more information about The Blue Note 7, visit their website at www.thebluenote7.com.

Lakeland College will spotlight the work of a senior art student when the Lakeland Senior Art Student Portfolio Exhibition opens on Thursday, Jan. 22.

Satomi Fukuhara will discuss her work during an opening reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Bradley Gallery, located in the Bradley Fine Arts Building on Lakeland's Sheboygan County campus.

The exhibit, which will feature works created by Fukuhara during her time at Lakeland, will run through Feb. 19.

The Bradley Gallery is open from 1-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Attendance at the reception and admittance to the Bradley Gallery are both free and open to the public.

The senior art show is a requirement for all Lakeland art majors. Students gain the experience of having their own exhibit, and are responsible for planning the show, putting the public relations together, hanging their work and any other details.

Fukuhara is majoring in art with a graphic arts emphasis. She earned an associate's degree at Lakeland College's campus in Tokyo, Japan, before transferring to the main campus in Sheboygan County.

She earned on honorable mention award in the Annual Student Exhibition at Lakeland in 2008, is a Faculty Scholarship recipient and has been named to the Dean's List. She has served as a volunteer at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, and is a member of Lakeland's Conversation Partners program.

Fukuhara said her parents both loved art, and she had an opportunity to travel throughout Europe and see the work of various artists beginning at a young age. Fukuhara has worked with computer software during her time at Lakeland, but is still drawn to simple mediums like charcoal and graphite pencil.

"I was seduced by its simplicity, but also found how deep it could be if I spent a lot of time on my artwork," Fukuhara said. "By copying several master copies of great artists of genius like Da Vinci, I was almost blown away by those masteries drawn by charcoal. It is like a magic since such simple medium can create profound works."

Milwaukee Repertory Theater will bring its hilarious production of "Guys on Ice" to Lakeland College as part of Lakeland's Krueger Fine Arts Series on Friday, Jan. 23.

Tickets for the performance, which begins at 7:30 p.m. in Lakeland's Bradley Fine Arts Building, are $25 for adults and $15 for non-Lakeland students. Seats can be reserved by calling (920) 565-1536, or they can be purchased at the Bradley box office the night of the show.

Originally produced during Wisconsin's Sesquicentennial by American Folklore Theatre and Milwaukee Repertory Theater, "Guys on Ice" explores the men behind the door of an ice shanty.

In northern Wisconsin, the land of frozen toes and wind-blown faces, Lloyd (Steven M. Koehler) and Marvin (Doug Mancheski) brave the cold to find companionship and good fishing while enjoying the simple luxuries of a faithful fishing-pole, a warm snowmobile suit and plenty of beer as they scramble to protect their "cold ones" from fellow angler Ernie the Moocher.

This production is a newly-expanded, two-act version that adds three new songs and a "Halftime" show hosted by Lee Becker as Ernie the Moocher.

"Guys on Ice" has played to sold-out houses in Beloit, Ephraim, Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay, Madison and Milwaukee, and has played for audiences as far away as California, New York, Oregon, Massachusetts and West Virginia.

The late Fred Alley wrote the book and lyrics for "Guys on Ice." Alley was co-founder of American Folklore Theatre and wrote many of their most popular shows including "Goodnight Irene," "Old Friends" and "Lumberjacks in Love." "Guys on Ice" was conceived and researched by Mr. Alley and Frederick Heide.

James Kaplan is the co-author and original music director of "Guys on Ice," and was a frequent collaborator with Alley. Kaplan has been creating original musicals with Door County's American Folklore Theatre for 15 years. He is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc.

"At first, Fred planned on writing the book and lyrics with his friend and AFT co-founder, Doc Heide," Kaplan said. "Doc did some remarkable research, interviewing several of Door County's leading ice fishermen. Fred and Doc found that their schedules didn't allow for enough time together, and it was agreed that Fred would write the script, based in part on Doc's research.

"Fred knew that he wanted to write this show for himself and Doug Mancheski. Doug had joined the AFT summer company in 1997, and quickly became Fred's favorite actor. Doug has performed the role of Marvin almost 600 times. It's hard to imagine 'Guys on Ice' without him."

This production is directed by Jeffrey Herbst, who made his Rep debut in 1995 as a performer in "Shine On Harvest Moon." He has directed six shows for The Rep, and has directed numerous original productions in his role as artistic director of American Folklore Theatre. He is the creator of "Bone Dance: A Carnival Of Ghost Tales" and "Fool Me Once."

The design team includes James E. Maronek (scenic designer), Neen Rock (costume designer), Jason Fassl (lighting designer) and Dave Alley (sound designer).

Milwaukee Repertory Theater is a nationally recognized theater company that presents a critically-acclaimed selection of compelling dramas, powerful classics, award-winning contemporary works and lively Cabaret shows on three stages from September through May.

The Rep also produces an annual production of "A Christmas Carol." The Rep's home, the Patty and Jay Baker Theater Complex, contains the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater, the Stiemke Theater and the Stackner Cabaret. The Rep is also "home" to a Resident Acting Company of 11 actors who perform with The Rep throughout the season.

A group that included 50 Lakeland students and seven Lakeland professors volunteered at four places around Sheboygan County to do community service.

The volunteers had breakfast on campus, and then were bussed to the following places:

• Camp Anokijig, where they dismantled tents and cots,
• Kohler Andrae State Park, where helped clear a path,
• Maywood Environmental Park, where they helped weed out invasive species,
• The Red Cross, where they helped paint.

"Make a Difference Day" was coordinated by the Lakeland College Faculty Outreach Committee, which is chaired by Alicia Helion, a member of Lakeland's psychology faculty. The group came back to campus and enjoyed a thank you lunch to wrap up their day.

"I think it exceeded our expectations," Helion said. "It was a really productive day considering the number of athletic events going on the day."

"Make a Difference Day" is one example of different programs that Lakeland has started to give students more opportunities to do community service.

Lakeland president Stephen Gould has a goal of seeing every student on campus do some community service each school year. Lakeland has one of its hall directors, Hannah Hitterman, working as coordinator of community service, and she lets students know about community service projects and volunteer work throughout the area.

Some Lakeland classes have students work community service as part of their requirements, such as Core III, which is required for seniors.

Helion said every participant in "Make a Difference Day" benefited from the experience, and it helped people outside Lakeland know that college has something to offer to the greater community.

"Service to the community is important to every student's character and every faculty member's character," she said. "It's important that people know that Lakeland is out there and they see that we have great students and great faculty.

"We have the spirit of helping here. We need to make that more clear. We're doing it, but it's more the behind-the-scenes helping."

Career Development is taking a group of students there to find part-time jobs, summer internships, and full-time professional positions.

Please contact Career Development to attend!

Admission to the concert is free and open to the public.

The combined Lakeland choirs, under the direction of Janet L. Herrick, will open the concert with a performance of Lakeland's alma mater, guest conducted by Becky Sue Windisch-Marcus, a 1996 Lakeland graduate.

The Lakeland Frauenchor is singing music by female composers and/or arrangers. Included are works by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Joan C. Varner, Ruth E. Schram, Earlene Rentz and Cynthia Gray.

Lakeland's Concert Choir will perform a diverse lineup including works from the 16th Century to the present.

Joelle Barrett, Lakeland's instructor of music education and voice, will be featured on Mozart's "Laudate Dominum" from "Vesperae solennes de confessore." Barrett is soprano section leader with the Sheboygan Symphony Chorus and is frequently featured as a soloist with the Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra. She will be singing "O Holy Night" at the SSO's "Christmas Treasures" concert this December.

"It's an amazingly beautiful piece that is enormously challenging for a soprano," Herrick said. "One of our students will sing it on our annual choir tour this coming spring."

"Baba Yetu" is by a young American composer, Christopher Tin, and is Swahili for "The Lord's Prayer." The piece, which will be sung in Swahili, was used in "The Lion King" and is featured in the video game "Civilization IV." Lakeland students have created accompaniment parts for both standard and African percussion instruments.

The Concert Choir will finish up with the spiritual "Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells," which will feature pianist Arthur Johnson, also a member of Lakeland's music faculty.

The Lakeland Concert Band will perform works of John Williams, F. E. Bigelow, Michael Brown, Michael Sweeney and Samuel Hazo.

The Schilcutt Handbell Ensemble will close the concert in the lobby with three works arranged by Herrick, including "Come Sail Away" by the popular rock group Styx and the title song of the hit musical "Mamma Mia."

Lakeland College will spotlight the work of two senior art students when the Lakeland Senior Art Student Portfolio Exhibition opens on Friday, Nov. 7.

Andrew Lorrigan and Asami Tsutsui will discuss their work during an opening reception beginning at 4 p.m. in the Bradley Gallery, located in the Bradley Fine Arts Building on Lakeland's Sheboygan County campus.

The exhibit, which will feature works created by these seniors during their time at Lakeland, will run through Dec. 1.

The Bradley Gallery is open from 1-5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Attendance at the reception and admittance to the Bradley Gallery are both free and open to the public.

The senior art show is a requirement for all Lakeland art majors. Students gain the experience of having their own exhibit, and are responsible for planning the show, putting the public relations together, hanging their work and any other details.

Lorrigan is majoring in art with both a graphic arts and studio emphasis. He has been a Dean's List student for several semesters, and recipient of a Dean's Scholarship and Art Scholarship all four years at Lakeland.

A big baseball enthusiast who started a summer amateur baseball team in 2005, Lorrigan was introduced to design in his father's wood shop and started working with Photoshop on the computer. He served an internship at Lakeland designing posters for fine arts and lectures events on campus, and is currently working as a student assistant to Lakeland's graphic designer.

He enjoys working with colors in watercolor and oil painting, but focuses on black and white in his photograph work.

"Since I was never really exposed to art until college, I am still looking for my influences," Lorrigan said. "As a painter, I tend to find inspiration from many different sources. I try to paint visible brush strokes, much like Impressionism, and I also like to use color to create a mood like Expressionist painters. As a photographer, I try to include elements of Surrealism in my work."

Tsutsui transferred to Lakeland from Lakeland's two-year campus in Tokyo, Japan, in 2006, and after starting as a religion major with an art minor, she switched to an art major with a graphic arts emphasis after a great experience in a printmaking class. She is a Dean's List student who has received a Lakeland Faculty Scholarship and a Helga Duechler Dawurske Art Scholarship.

"Of the all mediums I have used, acrylic is my favorite," Tsutsui said. "With the medium, I can apply colors over other colors and still get the exact colors that I want. Unlike watercolor, acrylic is much more forgivable, opaque, and intense, so it has been always my number one choice when I want bold and non-transparent color."

Lakeland College Theatre will tell the story a group of college students who fight to overcome their learning disabilities when it stages "ENglish Is A FoReign LangUage," a powerful and touching play by Peter Dee.

Lakeland will stage its production on Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 30-31 and Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m., and perform a matinee on Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m. All performances are in the Bradley Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for non-Lakeland students and are available by contacting Deb Fale at 565-1536 or available for order online at lakeland.edu/theatre.

Dee's work conveys what it must be like to cope with ADHD and dyslexia, and paints a vivid picture of how real people handle the debilitating low self-esteem that comes with them.

In the story, a small college attempts to be proactive in helping students with learning disabilities, and it invites a playwright to interview students whose learning abilities are impaired by conditions or trauma.

In the end, the experiment serves a variety of purposes: the students with the learning disabilities open up and find they are not as alone as they feared, and they take some control back in their lives. Dee creates a piece which poetically paints the world of broken pieces his characters live through its content, but also in the way the play is constructed.

"It has an 'ADHD-ness' to it, if you will," said Charlie Krebs, director of Lakeland College Theatre. "This is a play about how fluency in communication and comprehension affects people's lives."

Lakeland Theatre has enlisted the college's Academic Resource Center in an effort to portray the learning disabilities with accuracy and sensitivity. The main messages, Krebs said, are courage and triumph.

"That in itself is inspiring in this play," Krebs said. "Finding ways to explain learning disabilities is like trying to hit a moving target. And finding solutions is even harder. A play about a play is a unique approach, to say the least, but it just might be the right tool to pull it off.

"This play has opened my eyes more than I could have imagined. I never knew how the conditions so severely impacted a person's self image and self worth. I think everyone in the cast has had profound experience in understanding people who may be right next to them in the classroom."

Lakeland's production includes a number of physical effects that will help further communicate the trials of the play's characters.

The set design will incorporate askew angles and surfaces, so the way audiences look at the scenery will give tricky perceptions. Some of the playing surfaces on the stage will be sloping, forcing the actors to act on an incline, and the stage will have cables running all across it, creating metaphorical trip hazards.

"The characters talk about losing control and falling into a pit that they won't be able to get out of," Krebs said. "To physically portray that, we are taking out a few sections of the stage to create a big hole in the floor. The lighting we will create incomplete feelings, and we will use shadows and glare to visually suggest incomprehensibility.

"We want to visually represent the distortion that impairs these students' perception of the world."

Krebs said the story offers a poignant and often funny message, especially for those interested in education and its related fields.

"It is a good fit for Lakeland because, as a faculty member myself, I am aware of the increased effect learning disabilities have in our students' ability to acquire knowledge," Krebs said. "There is humor in the show as well: humor that these characters often use to mask their feelings, but also humor which comes from an insubmersible love of life."

Cast: Chris Wray (John); Katelyn Gussert (Ellen); Cody Linder (Walter); Jesse Fields (Cathy); Michael Huber (Ray); Katrina Johnson (Sylvia); Peter Bemis (Harry); Joe Janisch (Dr. Springstone); Bridget Johnston (Jane); Jason Ehlenfeldt (Jason); Stephanie Rubsem (Nancy); Tiffany Kelley (Kelly); Marie Perry (Mother); Autumn Beaudoin (Girl).

Director: Charlie Krebs; Asst. Director: Jackson Palmer; Costumer: Ricki Dorothy.

Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance are $25 for adults and $15 for non-Lakeland students. Reserved seats can be obtained by contacting Deb Fale at (920) 565-1536 or faledj@lakeland.edu.

Originating from Kenya in east Africa, this is a truly multi-faceted band whose members are not only adept at composing songs, playing a variety of instruments and blending their voices into a harmonious sound, but are also talented dancers and choreographers.

The band has toured Europe and Japan extensively, played at several major U.S. festivals, including the HORDE festival in 1996, and appeared on "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," "Good Morning America," BET and MTV.

In addition, Jabali Afrika has performed at the Reebok Human Right Awards at the Winter Olympics Games 2002 in Salt Lake City, and was featured in the Marley Magic tour in honor of the late Bob Marley.

The band's origin can be traced to the Kenya National Theatre Dance Troupe. In 1993, feeling unnecessarily censored, some of the members of the troupe became dissatisfied with the choices in their repertoire. In their frustration, five of them broke away from the troupe and formed what is known today as Jabali Afrika. Jabali is Kiswahili (Kenya's national language) for rock.

Jabali Afrika is the most successful band from Kenya, performing more than 250 shows per year and having independently sold more than 70,000 records. The band has released two CDs in Europe, and three in the United States entitled "Journey," "Remember the Past" and "Rootsganza."