Events

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Two-time Academy Award nominated actress Mary McDonnell will speak at Transylvania on Wednesday, March 10, as part of the university’s William R. Kenan Jr. Lecture Series. The event, An Evening with Mary McDonnell, at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium, is free and open to the public. (Limited seating; ticket required.) Tickets to the public will be available beginning Monday, February 22. McDonnell is widely recognized for her dynamic character portrayals. She was nominated for Academy Awards for her work in Dances with Wolves and Passion Fish, and received an Emmy nomination for her role as Eleanor Carter on ER. Other film credits include Independence Day and 12 Angry Men. On television, McDonnell played the role of President Laura Roslin in the mini-series and subsequent series Battlestar Galactica and she has appeared in Grey’s Anatomy. Equally accomplished in theater, McDonnell played the title role in the Broadway adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Heidi Chronicles, and played Miss Alma in Tennessee Williams’ Summer and Smoke. Off-Broadway, she performed in Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child and John Patrick Shanley’s Savage in Limbo. She received an Obie Award for her performance in Emily Mann’s Still Life. Tickets to the public will be available for pick-up beginning Monday, February 22, in the William T. Young Campus Center (west corner of Broadway and Fourth Street). Up to four tickets per person will be available. The campus center hours are Monday-Thursday from 8:30

Read “"Dances with Wolves" and "Battlestar Galactica" actress Mary McDonnell to speak at Transylvania Wednesday, March 10; limited seating, ticket required”

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University accounting students will assist taxpayers with an income of less than $40,000 in the preparation of Internal Revenue Service income tax forms 1040, 1040A, 1040EZ and the Kentucky form 740. The service is free. Student volunteers will be available each Wednesday in February (3, 10, 17 and 24) from 3-5:30 p.m. on the first floor of Transylvania’s Cowgill Center for Business, Economics and Education on Third Street. This is a popular program and taxpayers will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. Transylvania accounting students, who have completed an income tax preparation training program, will work under the supervision of accounting professors to aid taxpayers. Individuals interested in this free service should bring with them all of the necessary information including: their W2s, 1099s (interest income), state and federal tax returns from last year, the IRS forms received in the mail and the birthdates and social security numbers for any dependents. Transylvania has offered this free program to the Lexington community for more than 20 years. For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 or Dan Fulks, professor of accounting, at (859) 233-8184.

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University’s vocal ensembles will present An Evening at the Cabaret: A Night at the Movies, on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 29 and 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Carrick Theater. Tickets are $5 and all proceeds go toward Transy’s Hope for Haiti relief efforts. The box office will be open for ticket reservations Monday, Jan. 25-Friday, Jan. 29, from 12:30-3 p.m. The phone number is (859) 233-8601. “Income from ticket sales traditionally goes to the choral program, in particular for tours,” said Gary Anderson, professor of music and director of Transylvania’s choral programs. “But with the devastation in Haiti, this change of funding direction seems appropriate. The choral ensemble members are enthusiastic about the event being a fundraiser for Haiti this year.” An Evening at the Cabaret, featuring the Transylvania Choir, the Transylvania Singers, the Pioneer Voices, Transy Boys A Capella and several soloists, will include a variety of songs from films, spanning multiple decades and styles. Selections include songs from Chicago, O Brother Where Art Thou, Fame and many others. For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120 or the fine arts office at (859) 233-8141.