Workshops
Join the Lake County Alumni Chapter and fellow Flashes for a Lake County Captains game as they take on the Beloit Sky Carp. Tickets are $17 each and payment (cash, check and Venmo) will be accepted at the door. Each ticket includes one food voucher - you must RSVP here to reserve your ticket and voucher. Stick around at the end of the game to enjoy a postgame fireworks extravaganza!
Please register by Friday, June 10.
Join fellow alumni and have an unforgettable experience at the 18th edition of the DC JazzFest over Labor Day Weekend in Washington, DC. The JazzFest is from 2 - 10 p.m. each day.
This year’s experience will include more than 50 concerts, meet the artist interviews and other exclusive events citywide. The DC JazzFest celebration highlights a diversity of DC-based and international jazz talent. DC JazzFest at The Wharf, the festival’s signature event, will be held September 3-4. This multi-stage, tentpole blowout will be hosted at District Wharf, a waterfront destination with an inviting array of restaurants, shops and spectacular river walk views.
RSVP below and you will be directed to the DC JazzFest webpage to see all ticket options. The promo code for discounted tickets is applied when following the registration link below. Discounted tickets are currently available until Aug. 19 or until sold out.
Join us on Sunday, July 17 for the Kent Blossom Music Festival - Young Artist Concert Series at the KSU Museum. This series features the accomplished Young Artists who attend Kent Blossom Music Festival each summer hailing from schools of music and concervatories worldwide.
Young Artists Concert 4*
Villa-Lobos, Trio for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon, A. 182
Garfield, Quartet No. 1 for Bassoon, Violin, Viola and Cello
Haydn, String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2
*Repertoire is subjec to change. This concert will be 1 hour and 20 minutes total in length, including intermission.
Concerts are free and open to the public. For more information on Kent Blossom Music Festival concerts, please view the KBMF Concert Schedule.
Kent Blossom Music Festival (KBMF) is a unique and prestigious partnership between Kent State University and The Cleveland Orchestra where young artists from all over the world practice and perform chamber music, receive private lessons and coachings, participate in masterclasses from The Cleveland Orchestra musicians as well as visiting guest artists, and learn orchestra repertoire to perform side-by-side with The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center. Hosted at Kent State University and in the Center for the Performing Arts, the Festival is 5-weeks in length and begins this Summer on July 3rd and concludes August 8th.
Over 120 students auditioned for KBMF and only 43 were selected to participate. We have had students from the United States, Colombia, Mexico, Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, Hungry, Taiwan, Ukraine, Canada, and more. On average, 15 international students participate each year. These extraordinary young artists will then have the potential to follow in the footsteps of some of our festival alumni who are currently: playing in world-class orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic and The Cleveland Orchestra; playing in professional chamber ensembles; or teaching at prestigious institutions such as Juilliard, Rice, Cleveland Institute of Music, Kent State University, and more.
Join us on Sunday, July 31 for the Kent Blossom Music Festival - Young Artist Concert Series at the KSU Museum. This series features the accomplished Young Artists who attend Kent Blossom Music Festival each summer hailing from schools of music and concervatories worldwide.
Young Artists Concert 5*
Beethoven, Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in D Major, Op. 25
Devienne, Quartet for Bassoon, Violin, Viola and Cello in C Major, Op. 73, No. 1
Bliss, Quintet for Oboe and String Quartet
*Repertoire is subject to change. This concert will be 1 hour and 20 minutes total in length, including intermission.
Concerts are free and open to the public. For more information on Kent Blossom Music Festival concerts, please view the KBMF Concert Schedule.
Kent Blossom Music Festival (KBMF) is a unique and prestigious partnership between Kent State University and The Cleveland Orchestra where young artists from all over the world practice and perform chamber music, receive private lessons and coachings, participate in masterclasses from The Cleveland Orchestra musicians as well as visiting guest artists, and learn orchestra repertoire to perform side-by-side with The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center. Hosted at Kent State University and in the Center for the Performing Arts, the Festival is 5-weeks in length and begins this Summer on July 3rd and concludes August 8th.
Over 120 students auditioned for KBMF and only 43 were selected to participate. We have had students from the United States, Colombia, Mexico, Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, Hungry, Taiwan, Ukraine, Canada, and more. On average, 15 international students participate each year. These extraordinary young artists will then have the potential to follow in the footsteps of some of our festival alumni who are currently: playing in world-class orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic and The Cleveland Orchestra; playing in professional chamber ensembles; or teaching at prestigious institutions such as Juilliard, Rice, Cleveland Institute of Music, Kent State University, and more.
The Stark County Alumni Chapter is excited to host their annual balloon breakfast at Kent State Stark! Come join the fun for this early morning balloon launch, which is part of the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival. Admission includes breakfast, family entertainment and great seats to catch all the action as the balloons lift off overhead.
Tickets:
General Admission: $13
Youth Ticket (Ages 3-9): $9
Free for children two and under!
RSVP by Monday, July 25.
Grab a friend and join us to support the arts at Kent State’s outdoor theatre for a performance of West Side Story. With your ticket purchase, sold in pairs, you’ll receive exclusive access to a pre-show reception, where you can meet other Golden Flashes in your area while enjoying a selection of wine and hors d’oeuvres.
Bonus!
Your purchase also includes a $10 donation in support of the Porthouse Theatre fund, which has been combining the talents of Kent State students and professional actors for decades.
The deadline to RSVP is Aug. 5.
About The Play
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is transported to modern-day New York City as two young, idealistic lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs, the "American" Jets and the Puerto Rican Sharks. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice is one of the most innovative, heart-wrenching and relevant musical dramas of our time.
Directed by Terri Kent
Choreographed by Martin Cespedes
Kent State couples can celebrate the place that brought them together by sharing a kiss on the “K” at Risman Plaza. Submit a nomination for an Honorary couple whose love story involved Kent State! Honorary couples will be recognized at Kiss on the K.
As a continuation from our first cryptocurrency webinar, we are diving deeper into the crypto world of DeFi! As defined by The New York Times, DeFi (pronounced dee-fye) is short for decentralized finance. It is an umbrella term for the part of the crypto universe that is geared toward building a new internet-native financial system, using blockchains to replace traditional intermediaries like banks, brokerages and stock exchanges.
To lead this live discussion, we welcome back Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship Finance Professor David Pelleg and KSU Institutional Review Board Member and Adjunct Professor Albert Lloyd, ‘96.
This virtual event is intended to further educate Kent State alumni about all things crypto, why DeFi is the future, and the state of the industry.
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Jerry Kalback exhibition draws inspiration from historic “Deadball” era of baseball
KENT, Ohio – The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce a new exhibit “Jerry Kalback, Deadball Series: an illustrator’s process." The exhibit will be on display July 22- August 6, 2022, at the KSU Downtown Gallery, located at 141 East Main Street in Kent, Ohio.
This exhibit highlights the outstanding research of the accomplished illustrator, Jerry Kalback (1950–2021). Kalback was fascinated by the Deadball era of Major League Baseball (1900–1919) and worked on this special project for nine years starting in 2012 until his untimely death in 2021. Included in this show are thirty-seven paintings and five sketchbooks. The sketchbooks have examples of Kalback’s preliminary drawings that helped shape the artist’s ideas about what would become each final piece. Details about how the chosen subjects lived and died are included with the drawings along with information about the materials used to create the final artwork.
Jerry Kalback (1950–2021) was a retired emeritus professor from Kent State University, School of Visual Communication Design. Jerry was born in Wilkinsburg, PA; moving to Orchard Park, NY during high school. He went on to study at SUNY Buffalo State College, obtaining both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Art Education. This was followed by two years of studying under the most acclaimed American Illustrators as part of the Illustrators Workshop in New York City. After teaching in childhood art education in Orchard Park; Jerry and the family moved on to teach at Alberta College of Art in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He found his eventual home and lasting career at Kent State University from 1983-2013, a dedicated 30 years in Visual Communication Design. He was awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award in 2001, followed by the highly acclaimed title of Professor Emeritus upon retirement in 2013.
Jerry's commissioned work included clients such as American Greetings, Bird Watcher's Digest, Cleveland Indians, Eddie Bauer, National Public Radio, Oberlin College, Ohio Watercolor Society, Reba McEntire, The Wall Street Journal, and many more. His memberships included the Honorary Member Golden Key National Honor Society and the Society of Illustrators.
About the Deadball Series
Jerry was an avid baseball fan, and for many years had a season ticket to his beloved Cleveland Indians (now Guardians). The Deadball era is generally considered to have spanned the years 1900-1919 and many famous ballplayers played during the Deadball era. Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Casey Stengel, Johnny Evers and Honus Wagner are among the players Jerry illustrated before his passing.
The Deadball era was characterized as a low-scoring, defense and pitching dominated game with relatively few home runs compared to today’s game.
Why is it called “Deadball”? Deadball era pitchers were allowed to modify the ball during the game! It was common for pitchers to scuff the ball against a brick wall, or with an emery board. Pitchers also spit or rubbed dirt on the ball, all of which made the formerly pristine white ball much harder to see. The same ball was also used for the entire game, thus over the duration of the game the ball would become increasingly dirty, scuffed and worn, resulting in a worn out ‘dead’ ball, that was hard to see and hit, and would not travel as far when a player made contact.
In 1920 major league baseball changed several rules, including replacing the ball frequently, and prohibiting pitchers from modifying the ball, which began the “Liveball” era and changed the game to the modern, free swinging, offense dominated game of today.
•Special thanks to the Kalback family for allowing this show to be put together
and for the generosity of loaning this precious work to share with all of you.
•This exhibit is presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council.
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Closed on Sundays.
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