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Prominent Biblical scholar and best-selling author John Dominic Crossan to speak at Transylvania Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m.; free and open to the public

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—John Dominic Crossan, noted author and expert on issues of privilege, oppression and social inequality, will speak at Transylvania University’s Haggin Auditorium Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture, “Finding Jesus: His Matrix and His Message,” is free and open to the public. Crossan, an authority on historical Jesus and First Century Christianity, writes books for both academic and popular audiences. His two lengthiest books are The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (1991) and The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened Immediately after the Execution of Jesus (1998). Two of Crossan’s briefer popular books are Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994) and Who Killed Jesus? Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus (1995). Crossan has also co-authored a book about Jesus and another about Paul with archaeologist Jonathan L. Reed (2001, 2004), which provide contextualization of the lives and times of these two men. His latest book (2007) is God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome Then and Now. In all, he has written 23 books, five of which were national religious bestsellers for a combined total of 22 months. His work has been translated into 11 languages, including Korean, Chinese and Japanese. The distinguished New Testament scholar has lectured to lay and scholarly audiences across the U.S. and around the world. He has been interviewed on 200 radio stations and on such television programs as ABC’s PrimeTime and

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Transylvania’s Empty Bowls Project overwhelming success; bowls sold out in four hours, more than $6,600 raised for charity

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Evidence of the country’s economic downturn could not be found at Transylvania University’s Morlan Gallery Wednesday, as the 2008 Empty Bowls Project opened its doors to a crowd that snapped up 500 bowls in 50 minutes. By 4 p.m., all bowls were sold out and the project had raised $6,638 for local charity Community Action, a record amount. Over the last eight years, the Morlan Gallery bowl sales have raised nearly $24,000 for local agencies such as Moveable Feast, the YMCA Spousal Abuse Center and the Hope Center. “There was no doubt in my mind that we would sell all of our bowls, I just didn’t expect to sell almost all of them in the first hour,” said gallery director Andrea Fisher. Created by Transylvania and Morehead State University ceramic students and their professors Dan Selter (Transylvania) and Kira Munson Campbell and Steven Tirone (Morehead), the ceramic bowls were sold for $10 each, with proceeds going to Community Action, a Lexington agency that provides living essentials for local residents. Some larger bowls and strictly decorative pieces, donated by local artists, sold for more than $10 each. A soup supper scheduled for Wednesday, December 3 at 6 p.m. in the Rafskeller will raise still more money for Community Action. Soup supper tickets are available for $5 each at the door. The soup supper coincides with Transylvania drama professor Tim Soulis’s annual solo performance of the Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol.”

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Celebrate the 2008 holiday season with a madrigal dinner at Transylvania

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Begin your holiday season by going back in time to Merry Olde England to A Medieval Feast presented by the Transylvania University Madrigal Singers and the Medieval Instrumental Ensemble. Madrigal dinners will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, December 4, Friday, December 5, and Saturday, December 6 in the William T. Young Campus Center. Tickets to this popular holiday event are $20 on Thursday and $25 on Friday and Saturday. Upon entering a castle hall, guests will be seated at tables filled with bread, fruit and salads. As guests enjoy the festive surroundings and dine in royal fashion, the wassail will arrive, the court will enter and the pageantry will unfold. Guests will also partake in a wassail toast with members of the royal court. The evening’s feast will be fit for royalty and feature salads, carved roast beef, roasted vegetables, breads, desserts, coffee and teas. The performance is directed by Transylvania’s Gary Anderson, professor of music and director of choral ensembles. For more information, call the fine arts office at (859) 233-8141.

Transylvania holiday events raise money for community

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—The art program at Transylvania University invites the community to help feed the hungry by doing some early Christmas shopping for beautiful handmade ceramic bowls at the Morlan Gallery Dec. 3–5, noon-5 p.m. Transylvania and Morehead State University ceramic students and their professors Dan Selter (Transylvania) and Kira Munson Campbell and Steven Tirone (Morehead) have thrown and donated several hundred beautiful ceramic soup bowls available in the Morlan Gallery for $10 each. Started 16 years ago, the Empty Bowls Project is an opportunity for local artists to donate handmade ceramic bowls that are made available for purchase, with the proceeds benefiting community agencies that feed the hungry. Over the last eight years, the Morlan Gallery bowl sales have raised nearly $24,000 for local agencies such as Moveable Feast, the YMCA Spousal Abuse Center and the Hope Center. “Local artists can still donate bowls for sale as part of the Empty Bowls Project,” said Morlan Gallery director Andrea Fisher. “Functional or nonfunctional artists’ bowls of any media: wood, glass, fiber or paper mâché would be wonderful additions to this worthy event.” Included with every bowl purchase is a ticket to a vegetarian bean soup supper in the Rafskeller in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center from 6-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Soup supper tickets are available for $5 each without a bowl purchase. All proceeds from the bowl sale and the soup supper will go to Community Action, a Lexington

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Rep. Kathy Stein to speak at Transylvania on Veterans Day; 113th Army Band Quintet to perform

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—The 113th U.S. Army Band Quintet will perform and Representative Kathy Stein (D-Lexington), will give the keynote address at Transylvania University’s Veterans Day ceremony, Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 6 p.m., in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. The event is free and open to the public. The brass quintet is part of the 39-piece 113th U.S. Army Band, the second oldest Army band in the United States. It supports the U.S. Army Armor Center, 16th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armor Training Brigade and the U.S. Army Recruiting Command at Fort Knox. World War II veteran and Lexington resident George Hendricks will deliver a special reflection on his service. Hendricks, father of Lexington Fire Chief Bob Hendricks, was a staff sergeant in World War II and participated in numerous campaigns in Northern Africa and Italy. Hendricks, 92, was also the first Eagle Scout in Greenup County, Kentucky, and has been involved in Scouting for more than 75 years. “This event will serve as an important way of honoring the service and sacrifice of the brave men and women who have served and continue to serve in our armed forces,” said junior Tyler Murphy, chair of the Student Government Association’s committee organizing the event. For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120.