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.

Single Voice Reading Series to Feature Award-winning Novelist
Julie Otsuka – author of “When the Emperor Was Divine,” a novel based on the story of her Japanese-American family’s internment during World War II – will read from her works on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Tippie Alumni Center at Allegheny College. The program, which is free and open to the public, is part of the college’s Single Voice Reading Series.

Reduced Shakespeare Comedy Troupe to Perform Oct. 24 at Allegheny College
Reduced Shakespeare – a three-man comedy troupe known for taking long, serious subjects and reducing them into short, sharp comedies – will perform all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays in just 97 minutes on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m. in Shafer Auditorium on the Allegheny College campus.

Noted Physicist to Discuss Complexity in Physical Systems
Theoretical physicist Leo Kadanoff will present “Making a Splash, Breaking a Neck – The Making of Complexity in Physical Systems” on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Quigley Hall auditorium on the Allegheny College campus. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Barbara Lotze Endowed Lectureship series at Allegheny.

Allegheny College to Host Political Engagement and Advocacy Workshop
Allegheny College’s Civic Engagement Council invites community members to participate in “D4D on the Road,” a day-long political engagement and advocacy training workshop, on Friday, Nov. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Tippie Alumni Center on the Allegheny campus.

Annual Library Lecture to Address Climate Change Debate in Media, Government
Allegheny College environmental science professor Terrence Bensel will present the 14th Annual Pelletier Library Lecture, “Debating Climate Change: How a PR Campaign Is Dooming the Planet,” on Thursday, Oct. 29 at 4:30 p.m. in the library on the Allegheny campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Environmental Activist to Discuss Links Between Food Security, Climate Change
Environmental activist, physicist and philosopher Vandana Shiva will present “Soil Not Oil: Food Security in a Time of Climate Change” on Monday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. in Shafer Auditorium on the Allegheny College campus.