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MUSIC|MORAVIAN 
International Jazz Quintet:
"Bethlehem Meets Prague"
Friday, February 5, 7:30 p.m.
Foy Concert Hall, Hurd Campus
Admission $15/$10
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Following several years performing summers in Prague, Moravian College jazz faculty, Neil Wetzel, Skip Wilkins, & Gary Rissmiller, will be joined in Bethlehem, Pa by two of their Czech colleagues - Rostislav Fraš & Josef Fečo. This International Quintet will perform traditional and new tunes using the international genre: jazz music.
 "The Brahms & Schumann Connection"
Sunday, February 7, 4:00 p.m.
Peter Hall, Hurd Campus
Admission $15/$10
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The Moravian String Quartet featuring Linda Louise Kistler, violin, Inna Eyzerovich, violin, Simon Maurer, viola, & David Moulton, cello, will be joined by Kristin Ditlow on piano for the Brahms Piano Quintet. Music by Robert Schumann will round out the recital.
 My Jazzy Valentine:
"Jazz from the Heart"
Sunday, February 14, 4:00 p.m.
Foy Concert Hall, Hurd Campus
Admission $15/$10
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Moravian College Jazz Faculty (Neil Wetzel, saxophone; Tony Gairo, saxophone; Alan Gaumer, trumpet; Pete Smyser, guitar; Frank Giasullo, piano; David Roth, piano; Paul Rostock, bass; Gary Rissmiller, drums; Lou Lanza, vocals) join forces to offer an afternoon of music dedicated to love on the international day to celebrate affairs of the heart.
"Vienna Piano Trio" 
Sunday, February 21, 3:00 p.m.
Foy Concert Hall, Hurd Campus
Admission $25/$20/ $5
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The trio perform Mozart: Piano Trio in E Major, K. 542 Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 88 Brahms: Piano Trio in C Major, Op. 87. For information on the Chamber Music Society of Bethlehem:visit www.cmsob.org/
 Co-op Bop: "Jazz for 'Youth' of All Ages"
Wednesday, February 24, 7:30 p.m.
Foy Concert Hall, Hurd Campus
Admission $15/$10
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With an emphasis on American Jazz, Co-op Bop uses familiar TV and toon themes as lead lines to create their unique sound. Alan Gaumer, trumpet, Neil Wetzel, saxophone, Craig Kastelnik, organ, Gary Rissmiller, drums, combine their talents in an evening of jazzy fun for the entire family.
 Moravian College Wind Ensemble:
featuring Cynthia Dretel, ’10, marimba
James Earl Barnes, conductor
Friday, February 26, 7:30 p.m.
Foy Concert Hall, Hurd Campus
Admission $10/$5
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This concert features Concerto Competition Winner,senior Cynthia Dretel performing the virtuosic "Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble" by Brazilian composer, Ney Rosauro. The Wind Ensemble, made up of Moravian College students, will perform additional selections.
 Schubert's "Die Schöne Müllerin"
Sunday, February 28, 4:00 p.m.
Peter Hall, Hurd Campus
Admission $15/$10
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Well-known area tenor (and Moravian College instructor) Greg Oaten performs the early song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin. This cycle by Franz Schubert uses the poems of Wilhelm Müller for their text. Mr. Oaten is joined on piano by Michael Toth.
 Moravian College-Community Orchestra
Sunday, February 28, 7 p.m.
Foy Hall, Hurd Campus
Adults $10, Seniors/Students $5
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Moravian College faculty member, Inna Eyzerovich, joins the Moravian College-Community Orchestra under the direction of Donald Spieth, in Felix Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in E minor. Also on the program is a world premiere of an as yet untitled work by 2003 graduate Jeremy Sawruk. Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite II round out the evening.
 PAYNE GALLERY|MORAVIAN
Rivertime Offerings: Paintings,
Drawings & Wood Engravings
by Daniel Anthonisen
The exhibition will continue through March 7
public welcome | admission free
Daniel Anthonisen, a landscape painter who follows in the legacy of Bucks County Impressionists, shares 40 pieces of art, inspired by the beauty of the Delaware River and its surrounding area. Visit http://www.danthonisen.com/ |
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SPECIAL EVENT|MORAVIAN
 Kathy Mattea
My Coal Journey
Wednesday, February 17
7:30 p.m., Foy Concert Hall
Admission free-MC Students with I.D.
Public Welcome | Admission is $10
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The two-time Grammy Award-winning singer Kathy Mattea's “My Coal Journey” is a one-hour program incorporating stories from her family history and her current advocacy for the environment, combined with a PowerPoint slideshow and a performance of songs from her 2008 release, “COAL.”
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FILM SERIES
 Coal Country (60 min.)
Thursday, February 11, 7:30 p.m.
Prosser Auditorium | Admission Free
Coal Country is a dramatic look at modern coal mining. Miners and activists are interviewed, along with the coal company officials, who are concerned about jobs and the economy. Originally from coal country, Grammy-award winning singer Kathy Mattea is featured in this film.
LECTURES|MORAVIAN 
Teen-author John Lahutsky
The Boy from Baby House 10
Monday, February 15, 7 p.m.
AfterWords Café, Lower Level,
Reeves Library | Free
John Lahutshy tells the story of birth in Moscow in 1990. He was abandoned and sent to Stalinistic orphanage system which treated him poorly due to his physical disability resulting from cerebral palsy. At age 9 1/2 John’s life changed when he was adopted by Paula Lahutsky of Bethlehem Township. Sponsored by the
Zinzendorf Society, Friends of Reeves Library, Sigma Tau Delta, and USG.
LECTURES|MORAVIAN
 MTV’s Nick Brown
Tuesday, February 16, 7 p.m.
Prosser Auditorium, HUB
Admission Free | Public Welcome
Sponsored by Impact
MTV reality show, the Real World's Nick Brown speaks about coping with loss from cancer, life, and living in the public eye.
 THEATRE|MORAVIAN
Moravian College Theatre Company
Waiting for Godot
February 18 - 21
Arena Theatre, Haupert Union Building
Adults $15, Seniors/Students $12
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The quintessential existential absurdist play by Samuel Beckett. Two characters wait on a road for a mystery person named Godot. Open to interpretation, the play raises questions about meaning and meaninglessness in life. Directed by Sophomore Alanah Cervantes. For performance times more info, visit: MCTC.
 Vagina Monologues
Saturday, February 13, 2 p.m.
Prosser Auditorium, HUB
Admission $5/$3
Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority presents VM. A silent auction will be held prior to the performance offering gift certificates, jewelry, and other items. All proceeds will benefit Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley and the women of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
 MOVIE|MORAVIAN
Entre les murs (The Class) (2008)
Thursday, February 18, 7:00 p.m.
Prosser Auditorium, HUB
Free
French film about a teacher’s classroom ethics is put to the test when his students begin to challenge his teaching methods.
Movies on Monocacy international film series.
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