ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University will host the 8th annual 10-Minute Play Festival on Saturday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Verser Theatre.
The 10-Minute Play Festival, also known as All Night Theatre, consists of five or six student-written and -directed 10-minute plays. “This festival has grown into one of our favorite events,” said Katie Willhite, a junior Christian studies and theatre major from Rowlett, Texas. “It provides opportunities for students from all over campus, not just theater and English majors, to take part in the theatrical craft.”
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—The Ouachita Baptist University Symphonic Band will present its spring concert March 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Art Center on Ouachita’s campus.
“The Symphonic Band is made up of students from all different majors. There are some music majors in the group, but for the most part, these musicians are members of the student body who really enjoy playing band literature,” said Robert Hesse, OBU associate instructor of music and conductor of the Symphonic Band. “We are performing music that is easy to listen to and is very energized. All students will be able to relate to the different musical stories that will be told through the music.”
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s Ben M. Elrod Center for Family and Community will host the annual Dating, Engagement and Marriage Week March 1-6 on Ouachita’s campus. The theme of building strong relationships will be incorporated into Ouachita’s weekly events through Noonday, chapel and Refuge. There will also be breakout sessions for students and off-campus events for married and engaged couples.
“This is a fun week,” said Judy Duvall, assistant director of the Elrod Center. “Our students are of course interested in romantic relationships, and we want to give them the tools they need to have strong relationships centered in Christ.”
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University will host “KALEO: Arkansas ’10” on the university’s Arkadelphia campus Saturday, Feb. 27.
KALEO, a New Testament Greek word that means “to be called,” is a specialized conference designed to guide emerging leaders to discover, embrace and pursue God’s call to change the world. The Arkadelphia event is co-sponsored by Ouachita, the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, Williams Baptist College, the Southern Baptist North American Mission Board and International Mission Board and LifeWay Christian Resources.
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—The Southwestern region of the American Choral Directors’ Association (ACDA) offers a Collegiate Honors Choir conference every other year. This year the conference will be held in Denver, Colo., from Feb. 24-27, and Ouachita Baptist University will send seven music education majors.
The ACDA is a group of choral directors that meets every two years. It is divided into regions, and during the years between formal meetings, each region holds an honors choir conference.
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s Ouachita Sounds will perform on Friday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Jones Performing Arts Center on Ouachita’s campus.
Ouachita Sounds will perform a high-energy concert featuring a tribute to Michael Jackson. The concert will include a variety of solo and ensemble pieces as well as dance performances.
ARKADELPHIA, Ark.—Ouachita Baptist University’s Film Society will host a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic “Vertigo” on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m. in room 330 of Lile Hall on Ouachita’s campus. Free refreshments will be served, and following the movie, there will be a drawing for a free T-shirt.
“The OBU Film Society began in the fall of 2007 with the showing of ‘Stranger Than Fiction,’ starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaall and Emma Thompson,” said Dr. Doug Sonheim, the Clarence and Bonnie Sue Anthony Professor of Bible and Humanities and chair of OBU’s English department.
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