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Music performances this week

The duo Van and Sean (as in Sean Buhr, guest voice professor and Drake alumnus), will perform Friday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. The performance comes after the duo’s extensive tour promoting their new album, Simply Love, at such venues as the iconic RAINBOW ROOM at the top of Rockefeller Center in New York City; The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; and many other incredible venues throughout the United States and Canada.

Other free, open to the public fine arts events this week:

Saxophone Ensemble Concert
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Sheslow Auditorium

Drake Orchestra Concert
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m.
Sheslow Auditorium

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Fine arts events this week

Ongoing: Are We Global Yet?
Take advantage of the current Anderson Gallery exhibit “Are We Global Yet? The Art and Politics of Public Space (including the virtual),” which has been described as “powerful,” “thoughtful,” and “ingenious” by visitors from other universities and was recently featured on the front page of The Des Moines Register.

The students of the Curating Capstone are available to provide tours for any interested groups or classes. They will speak to specific issues represented in the exhibit or provide tours of the entire exhibition. Contact Gallery Director Heather Skeens at 515-271-1994 or heather.skeens@drake.edu.

The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Other free, open to the public events this week:

Keys to Excellence Piano Series presents: Nicholas Roth
Monday, Nov. 30, 7:30 p.m.
Sheslow Auditorium

String Chamber Ensemble Concert
Tuesday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Sheslow Auditorium

Combo Night
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 7 p.m.
Turner Jazz Center

Jazz Ensemble II
Thursday, Dec. 3, 7:30 p.m.
Turner Jazz Center

Violin and Viola Studio Concert
Sunday, Dec. 6, 4:30 p.m.
Sheslow Auditorium

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Comparison Projects hosts next event in series

The Comparison Project will present its fifth event in a yearlong series on death and dying. A community interfaith dialogue will feature scholars and medical professionals from four different religious traditions. The panel will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at Dunn’s Chapel at Iles Funeral Homes, 2121 Grand Ave.

Norma Hirsch, assistant professor of osteopathic medicine at Des Moines University, will moderate. Panelists include Sayeed Hussain, a pediatrician at West Des Moines Children’s Clinic, Pramod Mahajan, associate professor of pharmacology at Drake University, You Bin, a Fulbright Visiting Scholar of Religion from Minzu University in China, and Josephy Moravec, professor of theology and philosophy at Mercy College.

Among other questions, the panel seeks to explore what happens after death and what postmortem rituals relatives should practice from the perspective of representatives from Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Chinese religions. The panelists will focus particularly on the tensions between traditional theologies and rituals of death, and the way in which death has increasingly become the domain of medicine and law. To learn more, visit the Drake Newsroom.

—Submitted by Drake International

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Fine arts events this week

Drake Theatre Department presents Fiorello!
The Drake University Theatre Department is delving into the political world with its production of Fiorello! with book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott, music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and original production presented by Robert E. Griffith and Harold S. Prince. Brought to you by special permission from Musical Theatre International.

Fiorello! runs Thursday, Nov. 19, through Sunday, Nov. 22, in the Performing Arts Hall of the Harmon Fine Arts Center. Performances will start at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 19–21 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 22. Admission is $8 for adults and $6 for students and senior citizens. Tickets are available starting Thursday, Nov. 5 at the Fine Arts Box Office. Visit the Fine Arts Box Office in the south lobby of the Fine Arts Center or call 515-271-3841 for more information. Online ticket sales will not be available for this production. For more information on the production, visit the Drake Newsroom.

Drake choirs perform
On Nov. 21 (7:30 p.m.) and Nov. 22 (3 p.m.), all four of Drake’s choirs and an orchestra of Drake faculty, students, and professional players, under the direction of Aimee Beckmann-Collier, will perform Morten Lauridsen’s radiant “Lux aeterna” and John Rutter’s delightful “Gloria” at St. Ambrose Cathedral in downtown Des Moines. Tickets are $17 for non-students and $7 for students.

Tickets are also now on sale for the annual madrigal dinners. The dinners, which are a re-creation of an Elizabethan Yuletide feast, are full of music, laughter, and beauty. Tickets go on sale today and sales end on Nov. 30. All seats are reserved and are $55 for the six-course dinner, wine, and madrigal magic.

You can purchase tickets for both events at www.drake.edu/choralperformances or call 515-271-3841.

Additional fine arts events this week

Guest recital: Chicago Symphony Orchestra bass trombonist Charles Vernon
Monday, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m.
Sheslow Auditorium
More information available here

Faculty recital: David Crabbs, guitar
Thursday, Nov. 19
7:30 p.m.
Sheslow Auditorium

Jazz Ensemble I
Friday, Nov. 20
7:30 p.m.
Turner Jazz Center

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Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship events

“How Islamic Investing is Transforming Global Capital Markets”
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m.
Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center

Datuk Noripah Kamso is a Global Practitioner at Drake. She was formerly the advisor of CIMB Islamic and the founding chief executive of CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd. Acknowledging that Islamic asset management is an infant industry, she shares her research via articles in global publications, international Islamic finance and Takaful conferences, and her second book Investing in Islamic Funds: A Practitioner’s Perspective.

“The Long Walk to Inclusivity: Evaluating the Success of Diversity Initiatives”
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m.
Meredith Hall, Room 101

In this talk Kesh Govinder will present an overview of the demographic status of the higher education sector in South Africa. He will also present a simple index to monitor the effectiveness of strategies to address the issue of the underrepresented minority—known as transformation—in South Africa. Govinder also will apply this approach to Drake data and comment on its implications for the Strategic Diversity Action plan. Kesh Govinder is a professor of applied mathematics, as well as dean and head of the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). He has published more than 80 articles in internationally recognized journals and presented at and organized local and international conferences.

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Athletics events this week

Volleyball
Drake vs. Loyola
Nov. 20 at 7 p.m.
Knapp Center

Football
Drake vs. Dayton
Nov. 21 at 1 p.m.
Drake Stadium
*Senior Day

Volleyball
Drake vs. Bradley
Nov. 21 at 3 p.m.
Knapp Center
*Senior Day

Men’s Basketball
Drake vs. UMKC
Nov. 21 at 7 p.m.
Knapp Center

Women’s Basketball
Drake vs. North Dakota
Nov. 22 at 2 p.m.
Knapp Center

—Submitted by Tom Florian, Assistant Director of Ticket Sales

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Drake Faculty/Staff Days

All Drake University faculty and staff are eligible to receive up to four complimentary tickets to the women’s basketball home game against Creighton at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 24. Tickets may be picked up at the Drake Athletics Ticket Office Monday–Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or at the ticket window on game day. Must show valid Drake Card (ID) at time of pick up.

Future faculty/staff days:

Men’s Basketball
Drake vs. DePaul
Dec. 9 at 7 p.m.
Knapp Center

Men’s Basketball
Drake vs. Bradley
Jan. 30 at 2 p.m.
Knapp Center

Women’s Basketball
Drake vs. Wichita State
Feb. 5 at 7 p.m.
Knapp Center

—Submitted by Tom Florian, Assistant Director of Ticket Sales

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Drake community health screenings

Free Health Screenings!
Where: Drake University Olmsted Center (free parking off of University Avenue)
When: Sunday, Nov. 15, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
What: Screenings of blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol as well as informational booths and giveaways. Come without eating for 8 hours
Put on by the Operation Diabetes Committee of the Drake student chapter of the American Pharmacist’s Association (APhA).