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Apr 13, 2018 • Caitlin Burns

“The Montiers” Featured by Glenside News

Glenside News featured upcoming WHYY program “The Montiers: An American Story,” which tells the tale of an interracial love affair between the son of Philadelphia's first mayor and a family slave. Arcadia, which sits on a piece of the old Montier property, hosted an exclusive showing of the...

Apr 12, 2018 • Caitlin Burns

Final Beyond Meridians Lecture Highlights Multi-ethnic and Mexican American Literature

This year’s Beyond Meridians lecture series concludes on Tuesday, April 17 with "Healing La Herida Abierta: Curanderismo in Traditional Practice and Contemporary Mexican Literature," by Dr. Amanda Ellis, associate professor of English at the University of Houston. The lecture is scheduled for 6 p.m...

Apr 4, 2018 • Caitlin Burns

“The Art of the Syllabus” Showcases Community Service Projects, April 12

On Thursday, April 12, students in the University Seminar “The Artist in the Community” will present “The Art of the Syllabus” from 3:30 to 6 p.m. in the Thrall Gallery. The exhibition is an accumulation of works created by both the class and members of the organizations they visited throughout the...

Feb 28, 2018 • Jennifer Retter

Arcadia Hosts PSEA Juried Student Exhibition

The 31st annual Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) juried exhibition, featuring submissions from 26 high schools in Bucks and Montgomery counties, will be on display in Arcadia’s Harrison and Rosedale galleries through Thursday, March 15. Sponsored by PSEA’s Mideastern Region and...

Feb 27, 2018 • Caitlin Burns

“Beyond Meridians” Presents Honoring the Present: Poetry as Self-Care

The “Beyond Meridians” series presents Honoring the Present: Poetry as Self-Care, a performance of poetry and critical thought by poets Kai Davis and Jasmine Combs, in the Commons Meeting Rooms on Thursday, March 8 at 7 p.m. Kai Davis is a writer, performer, and teaching artist from Philadelphia...

Feb 22, 2018 • Caitlin Burns

Richard Mosse: Beyond Here Lies Nothin’

Still from Incoming #27 (2016), digital c-print on metallic paper 11 1/2 x 20 inches; © Richard Mosse. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. February 1 – April 15, 2018 Arcadia University Art Gallery is pleased to present “Richard Mosse: Beyond...

Feb 6, 2018 • Caitlin Burns

Arcadia Theater Presents “Sensitive Guys” Feb. 8 to 18

Arcadia University Theater presents Sensitive Guys by MJ Kaufman, a timely show that discusses the issue of sexual assault on college campuses. The play follows the Men's Peer Education and women’s Survivor Support groups at fictional Watson College. The two groups are working together to end...

Dec 18, 2017 • Kara Perilli

MLK Day of Service

Arcadia University students, in conjunction with the University’s Community and Civic Engagement Center, will host the annual MLK Day of Service Repurposing, eWaste, and Shredding event on Monday, January 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Martin Luther King Day of Service is all about...

Nov 30, 2017 • Caitlin Burns

Arcadia Helps Military Veterans and First Responders Prepare Wills

Arcadia University hosts its annual Wills for Heroes program on Saturday, Dec. 9 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the University’s Grey Towers Castle, 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside. This free event enables military veterans, emergency personnel and their families to prepare and notarize wills, living wills...

Benton Spruance consulting on a student's lithography stone in the printmaking studio of Brookside Hall, circa 1965.

Nov 27, 2017 • Caitlin Burns

Arcadia Exhibitions Presents "Living Rocks: Benton Spruance and the Lithographic Process" Through Dec. 17

A gallery talk by Shelley Langdale, associate curator of prints and drawings, Philadelphia Museum of Art, will take place on Dec. 6 in the Arcadia University Art Gallery beginning at 6 p.m. with a reception to follow. Arcadia Exhibitions is pleased to announce “Living Rocks: Benton Spruance and...

Nov 21, 2017 • Jennifer Retter

IPCR to Host Professional Exchange on Dec. 8

International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) will host its 6th annual Professional Exchange event on Friday, Dec. 8 to showcase the Capstone projects of graduating IPCR students. This year’s projects present non-violence as an effective way to challenge the status quo, questioning why...

Students Abbigail Woodring and Ashlie Vesper at the 23rd annual Empty Bowl Benefit Dinner.

Oct 31, 2017 • Caitlin Burns

Nov. 13: Empty Bowl Raises Funds for Philadelphia Hunger and Hurricane Relief

Join the fight against hunger and enjoy a delicious meal when Arcadia University hosts the 24th annual Empty Bowl Benefit Dinner on Nov. 13. Seatings will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Grey Towers Castle. This year, all proceeds will be split between the Philadelphia Interfaith...