Growing up is never easy – no matter the age or the timing, adolescence brings universal challenges. Those challenges are hard enough to face in a vacuum – the search for one’s identity, the fight to understand sudden changes – but adding a full house of siblings, cousins and extended family in the midst of the 20th century’s greatest economic downturn certainly doesn’t make finding oneself any easier.
The College of Idaho Theatre Department aims to bring audiences back to 1930s Brooklyn, New York in the coming-of-age comedy “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” written by Neil Simon and directed by Deborah Penrod. The show will run at 7:30 p.m. from Nov. 1-3 and Nov. 8-10 with 2 p.m. matinee shows on Nov. 4 and Nov. 11 in the Langroise Studio Theatre on the C of I campus.
Caldwell Fine Arts, known for music and dance performances for over 50 years, strides into the world of visual art with the celebrated photography exhibit by James Mollison, "Where Children Sleep."
Two years ago as a sophomore at The College of Idaho, Sead Muradbegovic successfully campaigned to join the student senate out of a desire to help the campus community.
Now a senior with a taste for public service, Muradbegovic has his sights set on helping an even wider community as a candidate for the Idaho State Legislature, running as a Democrat for the office of District 10A State Representative.
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College of Idaho English Professor Diane Raptosh has received numerous accolades across her prestigious career in the literary arts, including a stint as Idaho’s Writer-in-Residence, Boise’s first Poet Laureate, and a longlist nominee for the 2013 National Book Award for “American Amnesiac,” one of her five collections of published poetry.
As November approaches and the nights grow longer, The College of Idaho’s Whittenberger Planetarium is inviting the community to ease into the fall season gently with its “Under the Stars” program, a collaboration with the C of I’s Chamber Singers.
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The College of Idaho’s Cruzen-Murray Library has become a popular and campus-defining landmark since its grand opening nearly a year ago – and the American Institute of Architects has likewise given its seal of approval.
The College of Idaho’s Whittenberger Planetarium will welcome back its “starry-telling” bard Jim Cogan for its next public show, “Storytelling in the Planetarium,” which will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 10.
Just before noon on Oct. 5, 2018, the sun peeked out from behind its cloud cover and past the trees lining the perimeter of The College of Idaho’s recently improved Wagers Memorial Garden, named in honor of former C of I Trustee John W. Wagers ‘57. C of I co-president Jim Everett noted the significance of the timing – the appropriateness for sunlight to grace the garden after a cloudy and foggy start to the morning, just before the garden completed its formal ribbon cutting.
