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The Weis Center’s spring 2022 line-up includes a diverse schedule of 16 live performances designed to inspire your mind, energize your body and restore your heart. Tickets: Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or 570-577-1000 COMING SOON TO THE WEIS CENTER: SPRING 2022 (5 MINS) CIRCA CONTEMPORARY CIRCUS: TV SPOT (30 SEC)
American roots ensemble American Patchwork Quartet (APQ) will perform on Sunday, January 23 at 4 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. Seating for the spring 2022 season is socially distanced and general admission; specific seats cannot be reserved. Masks are required. As part of APQ’s residency, the Weis Center has produced a 30-minute video montage that showcases our community as a “melting pot” of America. Members of the campus community share brief commentary about their diverse backgrounds and family heritage. Patrons are encouraged to arrive early to view the video from 3:20-3:50 p.m. in the Weis Center […]
Performing arts gift certificates make great gifts! We are pleased to announce that Weis Center gift certificates are now available online. Gift certificates can be used for any Weis Center performance, they do not expire, and they may be purchased in any amount. Once purchased, gift certificates are emailed to the purchaser. To purchase gift certificates: click here.
This spring, the Weis Center will host seventeen diverse performances including music from Venezuela, West Africa, Mexico, and Colombia, plus classical music, Americana and roots music, modern dance, jazz, and family-friendly performances. Four performances are free. Masks are required at all performances. Tickets for spring 2022 performances will go on sale on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, at 10 a.m. by calling 570-577-1000, online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or in-person weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Campus Box Office’s location in the Weis Center Atrium. The Weis Center will kick off the spring season with American roots ensemble American Patchwork Quartet on Sunday, Jan. […]
NYC-based hot swing jazz band The Hot Sardines will perform timeless classics and original tunes on Friday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. Masks are required. The performance is sponsored, in part, by Jazz at Bucknell, Martha and Alan Barrick, and Coldwell Banker Penn One Real Estate. All attendees are asked to bring a canned food item, which will be distributed to local families in need through Union County Children and Youth Services. This raucous Christmas celebration features timeless classics and original tunes performed by the eight-piece Hot Sardines. Songs will include “La […]
On Friday, Nov. 12, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company, BalletX, performed at the Weis Center. Each of the four works brought a distinct style and dimension to the company’s work, allowing the audience to experience a truly engaging spectacle. Although all of the works were beautifully choreographed, my personal favorite was Amy Seiwert’s It’s Not a Cry. In this piece, two company members danced to a musical rendition of Hallelujah. I thought the movement in this piece paired wonderfully with the song and told a moving story about yearning for love. The dancers moved seamlessly under the single white spotlight […]
Juilliard String Quartet which includes Roger Tapping on viola, Areta Zhulla and Ronald Copes on violins, and Astrid Schween on cello will perform on Sunday, November 14 at 2 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. Featured on piano will be Qing Jiang. Masks are required. The performance is sponsored, in part, by Sam and Nancy Craig and The Kushell Music Endowment of Bucknell University and the Department of Music. With unparalleled artistry and enduring vigor, the Juilliard String Quartet continues to inspire audiences around the world. Founded in 1946 and hailed by The Boston Globe as “the most important […]
On Thursday, October 28th, Mavis Staples gave a stellar performance at the Weis Center. Her unique vocal style of rock and blues captivated audience members and got everyone head-bobbing and clapping along to the beat. There was a sense of joy and excitement in the air as her voice paired with the guitars, drums, and blues medleys echoed through the auditorium. Staples said she guaranteed that spectators would leave happier than they arrived, and based off of the audience’s response, she accomplished that goal. Aside from her upbeat tunes with meaningful lyrics about equality and Civil Rights, Staples has a […]
Philadelphia-based contemporary ballet company, BalletX, will return to the Weis Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. Masks are required. The performance is sponsored, in part, by Karl Voss and Chanin Wendling and family and The Standard-Journal. BalletX produces original choreography that expands the vocabulary of classical dance for all audiences. As Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company, BalletX unites distinguished choreographers with an outstanding company of world-class dancers to forge new works of athleticism, emotion and grace. Founded in 2005 by Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan, and now under the direction of Cox as artistic […]
Pianist Michelle Cann will perform works by Chopin, Florence Price, Brahms and Bonds on Sunday, November 7 at 4 p.m. in the Weis Center Auditorium. Masks are required. Pianist Michelle Cann made her orchestral debut at 14 and has since performed as a soloist with numerous ensembles including The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. A champion of the music of Florence Price, Cann performed the New York City premiere of the composer’s Concerto in One Movement with The Dream Unfinished Orchestra in July 2016 and the Philadelphia premiere with The […]
