The Ohio Northern University Wind Orchestra will present “An American Tribute” at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21 in the Freed Center. Director Antoine T. Clark will conduct the program, which will feature works by George Gershwin, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein.
Aug. 25 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bernstein. Accordingly, music organizations and institutions across the nation and the world are honoring this great conductor, composer, music educator and pianist by programming his works throughout the year.
Sam Quinones, author of “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic,” will deliver a talk at noon on Thursday, Oct. 18 in the Freed Center. The talk is free and open to the public.
“Dreamland,” which was published in 2015, chronicles how the drug epidemic tore apart the once thriving community of Portsmouth, Ohio. In the award-winning book, Quinones looks at how dependency upon painkillers devastated the southern Ohio city.
The problem was largely fueled by the emergence of OxyContin, a painkiller with devastatingly addictive properties. The story is repeated throughout countless small, rural towns and suburbs across America.
Legal scholar Neil S. Siegel will discuss “Law is not enough” during a talk at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at the law school. David W. Ichel professor of law and professor of political science at Duke Law School. The talk, which is part of the school’s Carhart Program in Legal Ethics, is free and open to the public.
Siegel will argue that legal restraints on presidents and members of Congress are insufficient by themselves to sustain the legitimacy of the American constitutional project.
This fall porch sitter is the next art project at the monthly PaintINN, which will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25 at The Inn at Ohio Northern University. The event includes an appetizer buffet and buffet, art supplies, and instruction. For pricing and reservations, call 419-772-2500.
The Ohio Northern University Symphony will present “American Essence” on Sunday, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts. Music Director Travis Jürgens will conduct the program, which will feature works by American composers. The program also will include an Ohio premiere of a piece,a guest pianist, and the ONU Dance Company.
The concert opens with Copland’s “Billy the Kid Suite,” taken from the ballet about the American Old West outlaw and moments in his life. The orchestra will then perform music from Disney films, in collaboration with the ONU dance program, choreographed by Kathryn Braunwarth.
