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41 years of music-making
After four decades, Knollcrest Music Camp continues to evolve, becoming more rigorous as it holds on to its long tradition of expert teaching and fun. August 11, 2011 | Andrew Steiner

A 'classic' conference
On Friday, April 8, 2011, nearly 500 classicists and archaeologists met at Calvin’s Prince Conference Center to participate in a host of panels on different aspects of Graeco-Roman antiquity. The panels were part of the 107th meeting of The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS), which took place April 6-9 in Grand Rapids. CAMWS is the second-largest classics association in the country. Calvin College and Grand Valley State University co-sponsored the meeting. April 11, 2011 | Matt Kucinski

A perennial: the Native Plant Sale
Calvin will host its sixth-annual Native Plant Sale at the Bunker Interpretive Center. April 28, 2011 | Myrna Anderson

A prodigal gift of art
Calvin College was given the Gerbens family's entire Prodigal Son collection as a gift. January 09, 2008 | Myrna Anderson

Art Partners
Two Calvin departments are teaming up to launch a new giving circle for lovers of art. November 09, 2010 | Myrna Anderson

Art professor uses her new exhibition to spotlight Mexican victims of crime.
For Voces, her new exhibition, Mandy Cano Villalobos has embroidered 400 white shirts with the names of murder victims. October 26, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Calvin celebrates its namesake's 500th
Calvin College will celebrate a milestone birthday in honor of its namesake, John Calvin, this week. July 08, 2009 | Allison Graff

Calvin hosts Hague School exhibition
From Oct. 5 through Nov. 17, 2007, the Center Art Gallery at Calvin College will be hosting “Between Nature and Nationality: The Hague School in the Nineteenth Century." October 01, 2007 | Myrna Anderson

Calvin to host Hillis Miller
A renowned literary theorist will speak at Calvin College this month on connections between literature and Scripture. October 10, 2007 | Myrna Anderson

Collegium plays Du Fay
For its recent Center Art Gallery concert, early music ensemble Collegium Musicum performed the work of a Renaissance great. December 07, 2011 | Andrew Steiner

FAC construction update
Go inside the fences to get an update on the renovation of the Covenant Fine Arts Center. January 29, 2010 | na

Hitting the streets
When six students from Calvin’s Center for Social Research (CSR) hit the streets of Kent County, they’re mistaken for everything from tax collectors to door-to-door salespeople. July 17, 2009 | Allison Graff

In her own backyard
Mary Abma created a sculptural herbarium of every invasive species in her lawn. January 12, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Inaugural exhibition: 90 Years of Collecting
The exhibition created for President Le Roy's inauguration tells the history of collecting at Calvin. October 17, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

More prodigal
Betty Sanderson discovered 18th-century prints on a Prodigal Son theme in Calvin's permanent collection. March 21, 2012 | Myrna Anderson

Open for business!
"We determined that if we were going to become what we wanted to become — that is, the best Christian college to study business at, anywhere — we would have to raise the bar on a couple things." February 15, 2011 | Matt Kucinski

Paintings along the way
Speyers has learned all about the pitfalls and the pleasures of painting en plein air or “in the open air” at sites along the California coastline. November 13, 2009 | Myrna Anderson

Remote sites carry the January Series
"Remote sites are not just listening to the speakers, but they are talking about the ideas being presented." December 12, 2012 | Matt Kucinski

Sins, virtues and big fish at gallery debut
Sins and virtues hang side-by-side at the opening exhibition of the New Center Art Gallery. October 19, 2010 | Myrna Anderson

StreetFest Set for Two Wheels
The 2005 edition of StreetFest will see some 1,000 incoming Calvin College students spend a part of their orientation combining service with learning in a variety of Grand Rapids neighborhoods. August 22, 2005 | Myrna Anderson

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