Events

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University’s vocal ensembles will present “An Evening at the Cabaret: Disney,” Friday, Feb. 1, and Saturday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Carrick Theater in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. Both shows are free and open to the public. “An Evening at the Cabaret,” featuring the Transylvania Choir, the Transylvania Singers, the Pioneer Voices, a capella groups TBA and Grace Notes and several soloists, will include a variety of songs from Disney movies “The Lion King,” “Newsies,” “Tarzan,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Toy Story 2” and many more. For more information, contact the fine arts office at (859) 233-8141.

Peter Bergen LEXINGTON, Ky.—Peter Bergen, journalist, bestselling author and director of the national security studies program at the New America Foundation, will give Transylvania University’s winter term Kenan Lecture, “The Awakening: How Revolutionaries, Barack Obama and Ordinary Muslims Are Remaking the Middle East,” on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. Bergen will also sign his most recent book, “Manhunt: The Ten Year Search for bin Laden, From 9/11 to Abbotabad.” The book is a New York Times bestseller and is being adapted into a documentary by HBO. Bergen has been a producer and analyst for CNN. In 1997 he produced Osama bin Laden’s first television interview, during which bin Laden declared war against the United States. He has reported on al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Pakistan, counterterrorism, homeland security and the Middle East for several publications, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, TIME and The Atlantic. He has been nominated for an Emmy and a National Magazine Award, and in 1994 he won the Overseas Press Club Edward R. Murrow award for best foreign affairs documentary. He is the author of two other books, “The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda’s Leader” and “Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret World of bin Laden.” He is a fellow at Fordham University’s Center on National

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—Renowned artist and activist Robert Shetterly, a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow with the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC), will conduct classes and deliver a public lecture during an intensive week-long visit to Transylvania University, January 28-February 1. Shetterly’s lecture, “Truth, Courage, and the Spirit of Democracy,” is on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Coleman Recital Hall in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. It is free and open to the public. Shetterly taught himself drawing, printmaking and painting after attending Harvard University. For 12 years he illustrated the editorial page drawings for the Maine Times, the National Audubon Society’s children’s newspaper Audubon Adventures and more than 30 books. Now, his paintings and prints are in collections all over the U.S. and Europe. His painting tended toward the narrative and the surreal until 2002 when he began painting the series of portraits, numbering now over 120, called “Americans Who Tell the Truth.” The show has been exhibited in venues across more than 20 states, including university museums, grade school libraries, sandwich shops and the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City. A book of portraits by the same name was published in 2005 and in 2006 won the top award of the International Reading Association for Intermediate Non-fiction. The portraits have given Shetterly an opportunity to speak with children and adults all over this country about sustainability, U.S. history, the necessity of dissent in a democracy

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LEXINGTON, Ky.—In 1994, the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday was designated by Congress as a national day of service, charging Americans to make the third Monday in January a “day on, not a day off.” On Monday, Jan. 21, Transylvania University students, faculty and staff will celebrate the 2013 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service by joining members of the Lexington community to perform service projects. Several service opportunities will be available at Transylvania and include donating blood, writing letters of thanks to troops for serving overseas, making valentines for several Lexington organizations and knitting scarves for Special Olympics. The projects listed are open to the public. Projects at Transylvania Donate blood (with Kentucky Blood Center) William T. Young Campus Center Corner of Fourth Street and Broadway 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 276-2534 to sign up. Write letters of thanks to the troops William T. Young Campus Center 1-3 p.m. Make valentines for the Adult Day Center, UK Children’s Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House William T. Young Campus Center 1-3 p.m. Knit scarves for Special Olympics CARE House 439 W. Fourth Street 1-3 p.m. Bring your own supplies Because space is limited, volunteers are asked to register at http://uwbg.galaxydigital.com/volunteer/agency/display/mlk-day-of-service/?agency_id=3747 prior to volunteering. For more information, contact Karen Anderson at (859) 233-8182, or kanderson@transy.edu.

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University will present “Pippin” May 16-19 in Haggin Auditorium. Transylvania’s theater and music programs will join forces to produce the popular musical, which first opened on Broadway in 1972. “This is a funny, inventive, coming-of-age fairy tale—a story we hope everyone will love,” said theater professor Sully White, who will produce the show. She explained that “Pippin” was chosen for its virtues as a good ensemble piece, one that will allow many students to shine in their roles. “While certainly the titular character is a lead role, the ensemble roles have as much stage time and get the fun task of helping to create the world of the play,” she said. “We also wanted something that would challenge and excite both the actor and the singer, and we think we’ve found that in the solid book scenes that make up the story and in the energetic score.” The musical uses the premise of a mysterious acting troupe, led by a Leading Player, to tell the story of Pippin, a young prince on an ambitious quest for an extraordinary and meaningful life. The context of the show is purposefully anachronistic and unconventional, though the musical score reflects a contemporary 1970s pop style. During the musical, Pippin’s adventures include a mock battle to show him the life of a warrior, a series of meaningless sexual encounters that teach him how relationships without love are hollow, a fight against tyranny and

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