Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities Arts/Events Calendar
Weber State University's Telitha E. Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities is comprised of five departments: Communication, English, World Languages & Cultures, Visual Art & Design, and Performing Arts. Whenever possible, we include events for all departments and their supporting programs.
Purchase individual tickets for select events at weberstatetickets.com. Group rates are also available. Please contact the Weber State Box Office for more information and to book your party.
* If you would like to submit an event, please contact us at lindquistcollege@weber.edu or 801-626-6424.
Upcoming Events
October 2023
Railtown Readings: Tacey Atsitty & Stacie Denetsosie
In Partnership with the Weber County Library
When: October 3rd | 7:00 p.m.
Location: Weber County Main Library
Price: Free
Discover the talented writers working and thriving "right here in Railtown," or the greater Ogden area. Enjoy live readings by featured authors and have the opportunity to share your writing during the open microphone portion.
Coincidences
In partnership with the Dumke Plaza
When: Opening Oct. 6
Live performances Oct. 6 | 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. (Live performance at 7:30 p.m.)
Location: Dumke Plaza | 445 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401
Price: Free Admission
The Shaw Gallery at Weber State University is pleased to present Coincidences at the Dumke Arts Plaza. Utilizing the poetics of visual imagery, sound and choreographed movement, the work of jo Blake and Cam Mcleod mines the depths of the human experience, and reminds us of our individual and collective resilience.
Jane Eyre
Book by John Caird, Music & Lyrics by Paul Gordon, and Directed by Andrew Barratt Lewis
When: October 6,7 & 11 to 14 | 7:30 p.m.
Matinee on October 14 | 2:00 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Allred Theatre
Price: $17 for adults; $14 for children under 18, military members, and senior citizens; $10 for WSU Students, $12 per person for groups of 10+ people
PURCHASE TICKETS HERE,
* Seeing more than one theater show? Purchase a low-cost flex pass HERE.
Charlotte Brontë's great love story comes to life with music to lift your heart and set your spirit soaring. This beloved tale of secrets and the lies that secrets create, of unimaginable hope and unspoken passion, reminds us what it is to fall deeply, truly, and completely in love.
Weber State Symphony Orchestra: Inaugural Concert
Directed by Francisco de Gálvez
When: October 7th | 7:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Austad Auditorium
Price: Purchase Tickets Here.
Details to follow.
A Twist of Fate
Presented by Weber State University's Opera Program
When: October 13th | 7:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Eccles Theater
Price: $16 for adults; $13 for children under 18, military members, and senior citizens; $11 per person for groups of 10+ people
Fall Opera Scenes Concert “A Twist of Fate” presented by the opera students in the Music Program. Featured works include Puccini, Donizetti, Bizet, Offenbach, and Sondheim. Directed by Karen Bruestle, accompanied by Debby Cannon.
Artist Lecture: Matt Choberka, The Influence of Anxiety
When: October 19th | 3:00 p.m.
Location: WSU Kimball Visual Arts Center Room 143
Price: Free
Art professor Matthew Choberka was selected as the 2022 Hinckley fellow for excellence in teaching, scholarship, and community engagement. Choberka will speak about a few key artists who have had a lasting influence on his paintings, examining aspects of ambivalence and unease in their work and considering how these emotions fuel his own practice.
Choberka’s art has been showcased nationally and internationally, including two solo exhibits in Beaux-Arts des Ameriques in Montreal, Canada. Three of his recent paintings were featured in issue 150 of the New American Paintings journal.
Let us Break Bread Together: Celebrating Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Presented the WSU Symphonic Band & Mexico City Woodwind Quintet
When: October 19th | 7:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Bal A. Browning Center, Austad Auditorium
Price: $10 for adults; $7 for children under 18, military members, and senior citizens; $5 per person for groups of 10+ people.
The Weber State University Symphonic Band welcomes the Mexico City Woodwind Quintet in a joint event that is certain to please every musical taste. There will also be a tribute to Dr. Thomas Root.
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Panel Discussion on Artist Residencies
When: October 24th | 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Kimball Visual Arts Center, Room 143
Price: Free
Join faculty and staff from the Department of Visual Art & Design as they share about their artist residency experiences and how beneficial they can be for an artist's career.
Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Dan Jonas
When: October 24th | 7:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Allred Theater
Price: $10 for adults; $7 for children under 18, military members, and senior citizens; $5 per person for groups of 10+ people.
WSU is proud to carry on the tradition of jazz performance through the music area’s jazz programs and ensembles. The WSU Jazz Ensemble is an audition-only group directed by Dan Jonas.
November 2023
Visiting Artist Lecture: MyLoan Dinh
Offered in Partnership with Ogden Contemporary Arts
When: November 2nd | 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Ogden Contemporary Arts
455 25th St, Ogden, UT 84401
Price: Free
Come listen to MyLoan Dinh, a Vietnamese American multidisciplinary artist whose work draws from the shuffling, cross-cultural entanglements that comprise her experiences as a woman of color and former war refugee. Stirred by everyday manifestations of identity, memory, and Vietnamese-American displacement, she works through diverse media - painting, sculpture, mixed media installation, and performances.
Friday Art Stroll
Visit the Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery
When: November 3rd | 6 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: WSU Kimball Visual Arts Center, Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery
Price: Free
Join us for a live dance performance at the Dumke Arts Plaza at 7:30 p.m.!
Living a Revolutionary Life Starts with Joy: Gabby Rivera
Presented by Browning Presents!
When: November 7th | 7:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Alred Theater
Price: $15 for adults; $12 for children under 18, military members, and senior citizens; $5 for WSU Students, $10 per person for groups of 10+ people
** Recommended for ages 13+ **
Gabby Rivera describes herself as a Bronx-bor, queer Puerto Rican author on a mission to create the wildest, most fun stories ever. She is the author of the critically acclaimed young adult novel, Juliet Takes a Breath, the first Latina to write for Marvel Comics, penning the series America, featuring Latina Superhero America Chavez, and hosts the podcast Joy Revolution. Gabby will speak about her life experiences and the importance of prioritizing joy.
Battle of the Bands
Hosted by Weber State's KWCR
When: November 8th | 5:00 p.m.
Location: WSU Shepherd Union Ballrooms
Price: Free
Band details coming soon!
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Movie Score Symphony Concert
By the WSU Symphony Orchestra
When: November 11th | 7:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Austad Auditorium
Price: Tickets Available Soon!
Details coming soon.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen
Hurst Artist in Residence
When: November 14th | Reception at 6:30 p.m. Reading at 7:00 p.m.
Location: WSU Shepherd Union Building, Wildcat Theater
Price: Tickets Available Soon!
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s is the author of the novel The Sympathizer, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, among other bestselling books. He will be visiting Weber State University from November 13-15 to discuss his new memoir, meet with students, and give a public reading in the Wildcat Theater at 6:30 p.m. on November 14.
Wind & Percussion Chamber Concert
Directed by Dan Jonas
When: November 14th | 7:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Garrison Choral Room
Price: Tickets Available Soon!
Details coming soon.
Silent Sky
By Lauren Gundersen. Directed by Tracy Callahan
When: November 10th, 11th & 15th to 18th | 7:30 p.m.
With a matinee on November 18th | 2:00 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Eccles Theatre
Price: $17 for adults; $14 for children under 18, military members, and senior citizens; $10 for WSU Students, $12 per person for groups of 10+ people.
Tickets available September 5th
* Seeing more than one theater show? Purchase a low-cost flex pass HERE.
The true story about 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a woman's place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries when women's lives were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications; Henrietta Leavitt and her female peers believe in both and their dedication changed the way we understand the heavens and the earth.
Orchesis Dance: To Be Here Fully
Directed by Jo Blake
When: November 16th to 18th | 7:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Allred Theater
Price: Tickets Available September 5th
Orchesis Dance Theatre has been a tradition in Ogden since it premiered at Weber State University in 1963. This biannual concert provides performance and production opportunities for qualified students and community members who demonstrate technical abilities in dance.
December 2023
Percussion Ensemble Annual Carol of the Drums Fest
Directed by Sam Bryson
When: December 6th | 7:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Allred Theater
Price: Tickets on sale soon!
Details coming soon.
Speech Showcase
Directed by Brent Warnock
When: December 7th | 7:00 p.m.
Location: WSU Elizabeth Hall, Auditorium Room 229
Price: Free. See more details here.
Every fall and spring semester, the best speaker from each of the 25 or so sections of Principles of Public Speaking (Comm. 1020), a general education class, battles it out on Selection Saturday to become a finalist during the Speech Showcase sponsored by the Department of Communication. Five finalists perform their speeches in front of a crowd of hundreds and receive a small cash prize but big bragging rights.
Fall BFA Thesis Exhibition
Directed by Lydia Gravis
When: December 8th - 15th | Opening reception on December 8th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: WSU Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Kimball Art Center
Price: Free
Join us for a showcase of capstone work by our graduating art and design students. The exhibition runs from December 8-15, 2023. Opening reception is December 8 from 6-8 p.m. at Shaw Gallery.
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Symphonic Band Holiday Concert
Directed by Steven Hendricks
When: December 8th | 7:30 p.m.
Location: WSU Val A. Browning Center, Austad Auditorium
Price: Tickets on Sale Soon.
Details coming soon.
Weber State University Performance Venues
Allred Theater
Weber State University Val A. Browning Center
3950 West Campus Dr., Ogden, UT
Austad Auditorium
Weber State University Val A. Browning Center
3950 West Campus Dr., Ogden, UT
Eccles Theater
Weber State University Val A. Browning Center
3950 West Campus Dr., Ogden, UT
Garrison Choral Room
VBC 136, Weber State University Val A. Browning Center
3950 West Campus Dr., Ogden, UT
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
514 24th Street, Ogden, UT
Stewart Stadium
3870 Stadium Way, Ogden, UT
Special Notes:
Tickets will be sold beginning one hour before curtain at the Val A. Browning Center ticket office. Please be sure to arrive early in order to avoid waiting in line.
Contact us at lindquistcollege@weber.edu or 801-626-6424 at least two days prior to any event to request disability accommodations.