Welcome to our fifth installment of Weis Center Sessions! Each Friday, we will release a video that features a member of the Bucknell University community. Today, we feature Pianist Qing Jiang and a piece composed by Daniel Temkin. Praised by the New York Times as a “fiery musician” whose playing is “vigorous and passionate,” Chinese-born Pianist Qing Jiang has performed to acclaim across the United States and abroad, including Alice Tully Hall, Weill Hall, as well as the UK’s Snape Maltings Hall, and China’s Shenzhen…

July 6, 2020 Dear Weis Center Patrons, We trust that this finds you and your loved ones doing well and staying healthy. Typically, you receive a new Weis Center brochure in mid-July outlining all of our upcoming season performances. But as we all know, this hasn’t been a typical spring or summer by any means. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated health and safety concerns for patrons, artists, and staff, the Weis Center for the Performing Arts will not be hosting any public,…

Welcome to our fourth installment of Weis Center Sessions! Each Friday, we will release a video that features a member of the Bucknell University community. Today, we feature poet K.A. Hays and two of her original poems, “Anthropocene Sonnet” and “Lines written on Jasper Beach, Machiasport, Maine.” K.A. Hays is a poet, a Creative Writing professor, and the Director of the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets. She is the author of three books of poetry, the most recent of which is Windthrow (Carnegie Mellon 2017).…

Welcome to our third installment of Weis Center Sessions! Each Friday, we will release a video that features a member of the Bucknell University community. Today, we feature violinist Grace Kenny performing an original work, Allegheny Ridge. Grace Kenny is from Lewisburg. She earned a degree in violin performance from St. Olaf College and is currently studying to be certified to teach music K-12. Grace recently performed in the Bucknell Orchestra and the Bison Band, and her father is Dr. William Kenny, Professor of Music…

Welcome to our second installment of Weis Center Sessions! Each Friday, we will release a video that features a member of the Bucknell University community. Today, we feature Chet’la Sebree and her poem Blue Opening. Chet’la Sebree is a poet, a Creative Writing professor, and the Director of the Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts. Although she just finished her first year of teaching at Bucknell, she is not new to campus. From 2014 to 2016, she was a Stadler Fellow. The fellowship is…

Welcome to our first-ever weekly installment of Weis Center Sessions! Each Friday, we will release a video that features a member of the Bucknell University community. Today, we feature Lewisburg natives Ryan Flannery on guitar and Taylor Fleming on piano. You may remember that Ryan and his Trio kicked off our 2019-20 season last August. Special shout out to Ryan’s amazing parents and loyal Weis Center patrons, Pat Flannery who works with Bucknell’s Advancement team and Patti Flannery who works in Bucknell’s Center for Alumni…

The Peking Acrobats will bring Chinese acrobatics to the stage on Friday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center. For the last thirty two years, the Peking Acrobats have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs and display their technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility and control. Families can enjoy free kids’ activities…

Danú will present traditional music of Ireland in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day on Tuesday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center. Patrons can enjoy free pre-performance music from Bucknell Music Department students from 6:45-7:15 p.m. in the Atrium. Hailing from historic County Waterford, Danú is one of the leading traditional Irish ensembles of today. 2020 marks Danú’s 25th anniversary. Their standing-room-only concerts throughout Ireland are true events featuring high-energy performances and a glorious mix of ancient Irish music and new repertoire. For…

Theater of War Productions will present a dramatic reading of scenes from Madness of Hercules by Euripides on Thursday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center. The reading will be followed by community panelist remarks, culminating in a guided audience discussion. The text was translated by Bryan Doerries. This is a free engagement and tickets are not required.   Hercules is an innovative project that presents dramatic readings by acclaimed actors of scenes from Euripides’ Madness of Hercules — an ancient Greek tragedy…

The Weis Center for the Performing Arts recently welcomed folk music and dance ensemble, The Tamburitzans, on Friday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. The Tamburitzans presented a stage production that transported audiences to the heart of intriguing international cultures from around the globe, including: Croatia, Georgia, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Poland, Ireland and Bulgaria. The ensemble featured 29 young professionals in a production that featured festive costumes, bold visuals, daring acrobatics, and musical variety. Thanks to a generous grant from PPL Foundation, the Weis Center was…