STEUBENVILLE, OHIO—The Center for Beauty at Franciscan University of Steubenville will launch its spring series of Monday evening talks and musical performances on January 30, 2023.

All upcoming presentations are open at no cost to the general public as well as the entire University community at no cost and will take place at 6:00 p.m. in the J.C. Williams Center’s Tony and Nina Gentile Gallery.

Monday, January 30, 6:00 p.m.
“The Need for Sensible Images in Theology” by Dr. Michael Waldstein, professor of theology at Franciscan University.

Monday, February 27, 6:00 p.m.
Musical Performance
“Aria and Oratorio” by Dr. Jessica Ewell, associate professor of music, Professor Eliza Symington, adjunct professor of music; and Franciscan University student soloists.

Monday, March 6, 6:00 p.m.
“The Art of Songwriting” by Franciscan University students AmyLynn Miller and Ari Shovak, and Dr. Monica Anderson, professor of theatre.

Monday, April 3, 6:00 p.m.
Musical Performance
“Quartet No. 2 in D Major by Alexander Borodin” featuring Cleveland Orchestra members Stephen Tavani, violin; Zhan Shu, violin; Dane Johansen, cello; and Stanley Konopka, viola, director of Franciscan University’s New Chamber Orchestra and assistant principal violist with the Cleveland Orchestra.

Monday, May 1, 6:00 p.m.
Musical Performance
“The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives” with Franciscan University’s New Chamber Orchestra, featuring Alan Harrell, cello; the Cleveland Orchestra, John Konopka, trumpet, Franciscan University student; and Stanley Konopka.

The series is sponsored by the Center for Beauty, the Henkels Family Fund, and the Fine Arts Society. The Center for Beauty aims to help people develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of beauty as a living truth in its ability to touch, instruct, and move them to desire the Transcendent. The center also seeks to support Franciscan University and its local community in the production and presentation of that which is beautiful in the areas of visual arts, music, drama, and literature.

For more information and video on demand of some presentations, go to franciscan.edu/monday-arts-and-culture-series.