All in the Family

GAMBIER, Ohio (October 17, 2006) For visiting parents and the campus community alike, Family Weekend is a time when the Kenyon calendar comes alive. This year's visit weekend, to be held October 20 to 22, features music, theater, sports, and many other events, most open free of charge to all members of the faculty, administration, and staff.

Offerings range from Thornton Wilder's Our Town to a historical tour of the campus. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform, as will student a cappella groups and the Kenyon Musical Theater/Opera Workshop. Home athletic events include contests in field hockey, football, and both men's and women's soccer.

A complete schedule of events is available on the Family Weekend Web site. Here are some of the highlights:

Friday, October 20

Summer science poster session. Kenyon Athletic Center, 4:00 p.m.

Kokosingers concert. Rosse Hall, 7:00 p.m.

Our Town, directed by Assistant Professor of Drama Daniel Kramer and performed by the Kenyon College Dramatic Club. Bolton Theater, 8:00 p.m.

Tyrone Wells, musician. Horn Gallery, 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 21

Historical tour of the campus, led by Tom Stamp '73, associate vice president for communications. Church of the Holy Spirit, 9:30 a.m.

"Exquisite Bodies: the Sacredness of the Body and the Cult of the Relics," a lecture by Royal Rhodes, Donald L. Rogan Professor of Religious Studies. Brandi Recital Hall, 9:30 a.m.

Field hockey vs. College of Wooster. Waite Field, 11:00 a.m.

Football vs. Earlham College. McBride Field, 1:00 p.m.

Women's soccer vs. Denison University. Mavec Field, 1:00 p.m.

Fall open house at the Brown Family Environmental Center. 1:00 p.m.

Symphonic Wind Ensemble concert. Rosse Hall, 2:00 p.m.

"A Gershwin Portrait," by the Kenyon Musical Theater/Opera Workshop. Rosse Hall, 3:00 p.m.

Men's soccer vs. Oberlin College. Mavec Field, 3:30 p.m.

Our Town. Bolton Theater, 8:00 p.m.

Cabaret concert, featuring student singing groups. Rosse Hall, 9:00 p.m.