Rabbi Steve Greenberg to Present Lecture, Other Events at Allegheny College
Rabbi Steve Greenberg will present “Civil Law and Sacred Text,” the 2009 Samuel Schick Lecture, on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. in the Tippie Alumni Center on the Allegheny College campus. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be followed at 8:30 p.m. by a screening and discussion of “And Thou Shalt Love,” a short documentary film about gay Orthodox Jews.

Voice Recital to Feature Allegheny Students
Allegheny College students Dalton Phillips and Christopher Voss will perform in a voice recital on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 3:15 p.m. in Ford Memorial Chapel on the Allegheny campus. The recital, which is free and open to the public, will feature duets and solos from opera and art song repertoire.

Center for Political Participation to Sponsor Lecture on Gay Rights and the Republican Party
Scott Ables, a national director of the Log Cabin Republicans, will present “Gay Rights and the Republican Party,” a free public lecture, on Monday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. in the Tippie Alumni Center on the Allegheny College campus. Ables’ presentation is sponsored by the Allegheny College Center for Political Participation.

Noted Marine Geologist to Discuss Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Coasts
S. Jeffress Williams, a senior coastal marine geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey Woods Hole Science Center, will present “Climate Change, Sea-level Rise and the Future of Coasts and Low-lying Regions” on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 5:30 p.m. in the Tippie Alumni Center on the Allegheny College campus. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Percussion Ensemble and Jazz Band Concert to Feature Works by Local Composers
The Allegheny College percussion ensemble and jazz band will present a concert featuring works by local composers and arrangers on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 3:15 p.m. in the Henderson Campus Center lobby on the Allegheny campus. The performance is free and open to the public.

Art Galleries to Present Year of Social Change Exhibit
The Art Galleries at Allegheny College will present “Engineering Eden,” a national invitational exhibition featuring work by nine artists, from Tuesday, Nov. 3 to Tuesday, Dec. 1. An opening reception with talks by artists Justin Shull and Vesselina Traptcheva will be held on Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. The galleries will be closed Nov. 25-29 for Allegheny’s Thanksgiving break. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, is part of Allegheny’s Year of Social Change, a series of activities, workshops and events aimed at inspiring the campus and community to seek a more just and equitable world.

Allegheny College to Unveil Striking Images of the Milky Way Galaxy
Allegheny College will take visitors on a journey to the center of the Milky Way galaxy, unveiling unprecedented mural-sized images of the galaxy’s core as seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at Pelletier Library, located at the corner of North Main and East College Streets on the Allegheny campus.

Playshop Theatre to Open 80th Season with The Pillowman
Allegheny College’s Playshop Theatre will open its 80th season with Martin McDonagh’s thriller “The Pillowman” in the Gladys Mullenix Black Theatre at the Vukovich Center for Communication Arts. The play will be performed Nov. 5-8, with productions at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.