Wine Recital Hall

A male Manchester student plays a red hollow bodied electric guitar

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Today

  • Tom Nielson – Resistance as Love

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    Tom Neilson is an award-winning folk musician and activist whose songs—rooted in his upbringing on a dairy farm and shaped by decades of international work in education, public health, and community organizing—give voice to movements for justice around the world. He draws on experiences from Colombia to Kenya, Somalia to Nicaragua, weaving humor, political insight, and storytelling into music that has been performed in more than twenty countries. Tom combines art and activism through concerts, residencies, and community engagement, offering audiences both sharp social critique and a generous dose of wit.

  • VIA: Protecting What Matters

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    VIA: Protecting What Matters: Civil Liberties, Democracy, and the Planet we Share With Andrea Warnke '79 (Environmental Studies/Political Science) Former Director of the ACLU of Vermont

  • Protecting What Matters

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    Andrea Warnke ‘79 was associate director of the ACLU of Vermont. She was recognized with the organization’s highest honor, which now bears her name. She is active with the organization Third Act, joining her concerns for the environment with her civil liberties background to safeguard our climate and democracy.

  • VIA: Life Imitates Art:

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    VIA: Life Imitates Art: A Couples Journey to Creativity With Kate Black and Bob Haluska

  • Life Imitates Art

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    Kate Black and Bob Haluska A look backstage at the community theatre experience. Travel with Kate Black and Bob Haluska through auditions, casting, rehearsal, and performance. Consider how the work resonates over time.

  • HSH: Megan’s record breaking Joker collection

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    Join the Honors program at this VIA in supporting one of our Honors seniors, Megan Pierce, who is the 2026 Guinness World Record holder for "Largest Collection of Joker Memorabilia!"

  • Redefining Religion

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    Love argues that reexamining Conjure traditions exposes how African American spiritual practices have been sidelined in Eurocentric religious studies. Highlighting Conjure’s history of resistance and Black women’s agency, the essay challenges Western categories that separate religion, magic, and science. Love ultimately urges a decolonized approach that honors the resilience and creativity of African American folk traditions.

  • Howard Zinn’s “Marx in SoHo”

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    Marx in Soho is Howard Zinn’s one-person play in which Karl Marx returns to modern-day New York’s Soho to defend his ideas, critique contemporary capitalism, and show the human side of a figure often reduced to caricature.

  • Oak Leaf Brass Recital – Fall 2025

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    Come listen to the Oak Leaf Brass perform their end of semester recital on December 5th at 7:00 PM in the Wine Recital Hall! The program will feature a variety of music from brass quintet and sextet pieces to popular tunes and holiday favorites. Livestream Here!

  • Farmwise Indiana and MJSH Farm to School

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    Becky Landes, regional value chain professional with Farmwise Indiana and former school food service director, will share insights from her career in child nutrition—including efforts to bring local farm produce into the Manchester Junior-Senior High School cafeteria—and discuss her current work supporting local food systems and promoting social responsibility in food supply chains.

  • Senior Spotlight

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    MU seniors Carmen Reno and Payton Elsrod will share their distinctive ways of making the most of their college experience and becoming their best selves. Coming from two different disciplines, Reno and Elsrod will share foundational values relevant for all students.

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution and F.E.M.A.

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    Tim Ruebke, former alternative dispute resolution deployable field advisor, will talk about his work as an alternative dispute resolution advisor (conflict mediator) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for which he has deployed to over 40 different disaster response locations in the U.S. He will explore the complexities of resolving conflict and explain key principles of effective conflict engagement.