Mark Yohalem on Video Games and Design
2022-03-07 19:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
Video Game Development, WorldBuilding, and Gameplay. Writer and designer for games including Axis & Allies, Heroes of Newerth, Primordia and Dragon Age, Mark Yohalem presents his portfolio alongside sharing tips on how to pursue your passion in video games.
This event will be presented via Zoom, registration is required.
Zoom Registration

Gallery Exhibition—Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Perspectives on Mass Criminalization
2022-03-08 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-10 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-15 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-17 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-22 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-24 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-29 13:00 - 17:00, 2022-03-31 13:00 - 20:00 and 1 more date | Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
February 18–April 14, 2022
The exhibition title is borrowed from Angela Davis’s 2015 book and is focused on prison abolition. The work in the show centers on the perspectives of people who have been or are currently incarcerated. Each of the exhibited projects allows us to see the impact the carceral system has on individuals, offering the viewer a chance to reevaluate their perspective on the dehumanizing and harmful effects of incarceration. But each of these projects also offers solutions in the form of information, actions, ways to connect, and alternatives to incarceration.
Ultimately, through the drawings, video performances, photography, writing, and gardens, the exhibition encourages visitors to ask “What would a future without prisons look like? What would it take to get there?”
Masks are required in the galleries regardless of vaccination status.
Gallery hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, & Saturday 1-5:00 p.m.
Thursdays 1-8:00 p.m.

Colombian American poet and activist, Carlos Andrés Gómez
2022-03-09 18:00 | Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Wheaton Institute for Interdisciplinary Humanities (WIIH) presents Colombian American poet Carlos Andrés Gómez, star of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and Spike Lee’s #1 box office movie Inside Man with Denzel Washington, performing his original work on Wednesday March 9th at 6:00 PM in Holman Room in Mary Lyon Hall.
The event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception and book signing with Gómez. Carlos Andrés Gómez is the author of Hijito, for which he was awarded the Foreword INDIES Gold Medal and the International Book Award for Poetry in 2020, and the coming-of-age memoir Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood, released by Penguin Random House in 2012. His most recent book, Fractures, was selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey as the winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry.
For concerns and accessibility needs, please contact leonquintero_valery@wheatoncollege.edu.

The Lived Experience of a Female Entrepreneur in Japan
2022-03-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Discovery Center – Hindle Auditorium, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
An event co-hosted by Social Impact & Innovation Club and Theater & Film students at large.
In response to a declining birthrate, the Japanese government has created a range of progressive policies that make it easier for women in the workforce to have and care for children while continuing their careers. However, the focus of the government’s help has been always female employees working in mid-to-large corporations, not female small business owners or female entrepreneurs.
Kana Hattori is a cultural entrepreneur who, after 5 years as an in-house translator and 11 years as a freelance guide, established “Mindfulness Journeys Japan” in March 2020. Kana’s business has always been mission-driven, driven by her love and respect for Japanese culture. She’s never lost sight of her goals and passion despite market volatility and huge declines of inbound tourism after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and because of the COVID-19 in 2020 (and still ongoing!). In this seminar, Kana will frankly talk about her lived experience as a female social entrepreneur in Japan.

Beethoven Violin Sonatas featuring Nicholas Kitchen
2022-03-09 19:30 | Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
***This event has been postponed***
Nicholas Kitchen, principal violinist of the Borromeo Sting Quartet, plays two of Beethoven’s most beloved sonatas, the “Spring” and the tempestuous “Kreuzer”. Professor of Music, Ann Sears accompanies Kitchen on piano.

Gallery Exhibition—The Tens: Friends of Art Alumni Collection 2011–2020
2022-03-10 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-17 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-24 13:00 - 20:00, 2022-03-31 13:00 - 20:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Beard and Weil Galleries, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Tens, highlights selected work from students who received the Friends of Art Purchase Prize from 2011-2020. These pieces are part of the Wheaton College Permanent Collection and range from photography to film to illustration. The talented alumni artists included in this exhibition are:
2011 Katharine Heyl, Emiko Kurokawa, Rosemary Liss
2012 Skye Landon, Emily Timm, Tim Oxton
2013 Caroline Isaacs, Walker Downey
2014 Soraya Matos
2015 Lindsey Gillis
2016 Cloë Ella Urbanczyk, Sienna Van Slooten
2017 Charlotte Hall
2018 Aleza Epstein
2019 Bhavika Dugar
2020 Elisa McClear
Exhibition runs February 16–March 27, 2021
Gallery Opening | Monday, February 22, 5:00 p.m. EST Register here
Due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Beard & Weil Galleries is only open to the on-campus community for the spring 2021 semester. We will make every effort to make our exhibitions available virtually during this time. We appreciate your patience as we navigate this global challenge and we look forward to welcoming you back to campus when we are able to resume normal operations.

Negotiating for Future Career Success
2022-03-22 15:30 - 17:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Ellison Lecture Hall, Norton, MA, 02766
We negotiate everyday – with faculty, roommates, and family. But negotiating with a stranger, an internship supervisor or a future boss is not so easy and could have long-term consequences.
Come to this session if you want to ensure you receive a competitive salary, understand benefits and time off and how to negotiate for the best of both.
Guest Speaker: Ms. Robbin Beauchamp, Director, Center for Cooperative Education & Career Development at Wentworth Institute of Technology
Co-Sponsors: WGS, History of Art, Career Services, Marshall Center, Institutional Equity and Belonging

Art History at Work: a networking mixer for students and alums
2022-03-22 18:30 - 19:30 | Online
Join Wheaton students and alums for this virtual networking mixer event!
Art History at Work is an opportunity for History of Art students to meet fellow History of Art alums and hear their own career journeys.
Students will be able to connect with other Wheaton students and alums and catch up on History of Art news on campus.
Contact gray_emily@wheatoncollege.edu for more information.

MAP Day Spring 2022
2022-03-23 | MA
WHEATON MAP: Mentored Academic Pathway (MAP), a process of reflection, inquiry, and planning through which students choose their paths through courses, majors, experiential opportunities, and co-curricular activities.
MAP Day Spring 2022: Wednesday, March 23 – A day set aside to reflect on our individual and collective journeys, build a stronger, more inclusive community, and make a thoughtful plan to move forward.
Learn about Compass Curriculum specific opportunities: LEAPS, Sophomore Experience, Global Honors, Taylor & Lane as well as majors, scholarships, and job opportunities. No class 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
First Years: MAP Cohort meetings 9–10 a.m. | Sophomores: MAP Cohort meetings 10–11 a.m.
Sweet treats in the Dimple from 12–2 p.m.!
Questions? Contact bohn_laura@wheatoncollege.edu

MTEL Communication and Literacy Test Prep Session
2022-03-28 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-03-29 17:00 - 19:00 | Meneely 208
Academic Advising is providing free prep sessions for the Communication & Literacy MTEL from 5-7 PM on Monday, March 28 & Tuesday, March 29. This exam (along with completion of an education program) is required to earn your teaching license.
The Monday session will be on the Reading subtest and the Tuesday session will be on the Writing subtest. The instructor will focus on reviewing your questions about the practice tests below:

Reading Subtest
Writing Subtest

In order to be prepared and benefit from the sessions, it is important to complete and bring a copy (or have electronic access) of the Reading practice test (3/28) or the Writing test (3/29).
Scott Gelber (he/him)
Education Department Chair

Freetown Collective Live
2022-03-29 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
“Welcome to our galaxy of harmony and melody, music and philosophy, good vibes and love over everything else. Welcome to Freetown.” After a celebrated virtual visit last year, Trinidadian band, Freetown Collective, will be on campus, live, straight from performing at SXSW in Austin, touring for the first time in North America. Muhammad Muwakil and Lou Lyons, along with DJ Rawkus, redefine Calypso and Soca genres to create soulful, compelling, irresistibly infectious music, designed to lift people up and amplify issues of empowerment and Social Justice. Please join us for an evening of deeply inspired and moving music.
This event is made possible by WEB (Wheaton Events Board), the Evelyn Danzig Haas ’39 Visiting Artists Program and arts@wheaton.
In support of our performing artists and aligning with other local arts organizations, all indoor Arts at Wheaton programming, the Beard & Weil Galleries, and all events taking place in Weber Theatre or the Kresge Experimental Theatre will require gallery visitors and audience members to wear a mask regardless of vaccination status.

Diaspora Panel
2022-03-30 17:00 - 18:15 | Mary Lyon Hall – Woolley Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
The Marshall Center for Intercultural Learning is hosting a Diaspora Panel featuring staff and faculty highlighting the rich ways that diasporas influence our families, communities, and traditions.
Panelists include: Touba Ghadessi, Jonathan Chow, Wesley Jacques, Rachael Pauze, and Wanda Suriel

32nd Annual Martin Lecture in Religion: Making Sense of Vajrayāna Buddhist Meditation Practices
2022-03-30 19:00 | Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
A scholar of Tibetan Buddhism who studies contemplative practices, Michael Sheehy ’98 is a research assistant professor in religious studies and the director of scholarship at the Contemplative Sciences Center, University of Virginia.
Join in-person in the Holman Room (Mary Lyon Hall) or virtually on Zoom .
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Jonathan Brumberg-Kraus at jkraus@wheatonma.edu by March 29, 2022.

Chorale & Chamber Singers **Postponed**
2022-03-30 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Please join the Wheaton Chorale and Chamber Singers, under the direction of Tim Harbold, for an eclectic program of jazz, folk songs, spirituals and pop, featuring songs we explored with Visiting Artists Donnell Patterson (gospel), Dominique Eade (jazz), and Alex Grover (pop).

andPlay: Contemporary Works for Violin + Viola
2022-03-31 19:30 | Cole Memorial Chapel, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
andPlay (Maya Bennardo and Hannah Levinson) will perform very recent compositions by a diverse roster of composers (David Bird, Carolyn Chen, Anthony Green, and Catherine Lamb).
In support of our performing artists and aligning with other local arts organizations, all indoor Arts at Wheaton programming, the Beard & Weil Galleries, and all events taking place in Weber Theatre or the Kresge Experimental Theatre will require gallery visitors and audience members to wear a mask regardless of vaccination status.

Class of 2022: 50 Days until Graduation Celebration
2022-04-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Emerson Dining Room
Class of 2022, join members of Alumni Relations, Wheaton Fund, Student Alumni Association, and the Senior Class Gift Committee for an event to celebrate 50 Days until Graduation in Emerson Dining Hall from 7-9 pm on Friday, April 1. Food and Drinks will be provided, and this event is FREE.
Marco Barbone ’09 & Patty Grundy will present on the Senior Cord Program and how to access and utilize the LyonsLink, the virtual alumni network. The Senior Class Gift Chairs, Madisun Campbell, Kaitlin Gossart, Emma Lenskold, and Harry Topol, will present the class’s progress towards their Senior Class Gift campaign.
All Senior Class Gift participants will receive a raffle ticket to get the opportunity to win a
FREE Senior Week Ticket, which will be drawn at the event.
Contribute to the Senior Class Gift Campaign today!

Making Worlds: How Stories Connect Us through Creativity
2022-04-02 09:20 - 10:20 | Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Symposium Keynote Talk Celebrating the Memory of Professor Beverly Lyon Clark
Nicole Tadgell ’91, is an award-winning illustrator of more than thirty picture books, including Annie Astronaut, Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town and Real Sisters Pretend. Luminous watercolors, tender families, and a wide range of expressive faces characterize her illustrations. Nicole holds a BA degree in Studio Art from Wheaton College. She lives in Chesapeake, VA. Visit her online at nicoletadgell.art.
The Symposium is also being made available virtually via Zoom, register here.

Five Minute Play Festival
2022-04-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Watson Fine Arts – Experimental Theatre, Norton, 02766, United States
Come join us again for this biannual festival featuring five-minute plays written in 48 hours based on a prompt devised by Playwright-in-Residence Charlotte Meehan. The festival is a collaboration between the Creative Writing Program and the Department of Theatre and Dance Studies.
