Soul
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYBrian Owens Soul singer Brian Owens enthralls his audiences with soulful, jazzy numbers while conjuring up the spirits of such Motown legends as Marvin Gaye and the Temptations. Owens’ songs encapsulate his shared love of soul music and humanity. In his music he seeks to engage in conversation with his listeners and to build community, […]
Songs of Slavery and Emancipation
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYDr. Kathy Bullock and Mat Callahan In 2015 Mat Callahan discovered a song composed and sung by slaves preparing an insurrection in South Carolina in 1813. The lyrics were explicitly revolutionary and unlike any other Negro Spiritual he’d ever heard. He realized immediately that this song posed many questions: what if there were more songs […]
Beyond Berea: A Convocation on Careers
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYBerea Alumni Join us as we welcome three accomplished Berea alumni who will share their stories of navigating career discernment and finding direction. Each speaker will talk about their own personal experiences and provide insights into how they managed to overcome hurdles related to their careers. Their unique perspective on “success” is meant to inspire future […]
Career Development Week: Beyond Berea Networking
Doris Ulmann GalleriesContinue the conversation with our career convocation speakers with light refreshments.
Putting On Our Blue Jeans: White Supremacy, Counter Witness, and God’s Delivering Presence
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYRev. Dr. Drew G.I. Hart Rev. Dr. Hart will explore the domesticated and distorted witness western Christendom has produced, with particular concern for its colonial child, white supremacy. Rather than […]
Acoustic Blues
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYJerron Paxton A multi-instrumentalist, Jerron Paxton has an incredible ability to transform traditional jazz, blues, folk, and country songs into the here and now, thus making his music “real.” He mesmerizes audiences with his humor and storytelling. His sound is influenced by the likes of Fats Waller and “Blind” Lemon Jefferson. Celebration of Traditional Music […]
On the Brink of Ecological Catastrophe: Between Disaster and Possibility
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYRev. Dr. Elizabeth Moore Our world stands on the brink of ecological catastrophe. Over hundreds of years, human actions have shaped this developing disaster, made worse by global leaders’ refusals to act, which perpetuates this ecological emergency. In her talk, Rev. Dr. Moore charts a pathway to sustainability and regeneration of our planet, focusing on […]
Envisioning the Future of Work: Building More Inclusive Workplaces
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYDr. Rachael Pettigrew ’97 Dr. Pettigrew is a management professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. Her research draws on her interdisciplinary educational background (i.e., Business, Sociology, and Child and Family Studies) to explore topics related to gender in the workplace, work-life balance, family-friendly policies, as well as diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Using […]
The Life and Death of Democracy: Lessons for America
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYDr. Daniel Ziblatt Is American democracy at risk today? Dr. Ziblatt, a government professor at Harvard University and director of the Transformations of Democracy research unit at the Berlin Social Science Center, is the author most recently of How Democracies Die (2018). In his talk, Dr. Ziblatt will draw on historical and contemporary examples of […]
Of Hard Times and Harmony
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYWindborne The Windborne Ensemble’s captivating performance draws on the singers’ deep roots in traditions of vocal harmony. The absolute uniqueness of their artistic approach brings old songs into the present. The ensemble shifts effortlessly between dramatically different styles of music, inviting their audience into a journey that spans continents and centuries, while illuminating and expanding […]
The Dream within Us
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYDesmond Meade Desmond Meade, President and Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), will share his journey from being homeless to being named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine to become a McArthur Genius Fellow. He strives to inspire his audience to discover the dream of MLK […]
A Fantastic State of Ruin: The Painted Towns of Rajasthan
Phelps Stokes 212 Chestnut St., Berea, KYDr. David Zurick Scattered among the ancient trading towns of the Thar Desert is the largest concentration of fresco buildings in the world. Abandoned and neglected for centuries, their vivid paintings and wall murals, steeped in aesthetics, history, and folklore, lie in ruins. Geography professor emeritus Dr. David Zurick takes his audience on a photographic […]