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Candlelight Christmas Evening with the Milligan Women’s Chorale

The Biltmore Estate continues a treasured holiday tradition, welcoming the Milligan Women's Chorale as featured performers for one night only. Enjoy traditional holiday songs and carols sung in the beautiful Winter Garden before touring the grand Biltmore House that will be festively decorated for the season. Support these dedicated performers by purchasing a timed ticket […]

Welshimer Book Club

Welshimer Book Club—All faculty, staff and students are invited to join a lively conversation about books. The November selection is the Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff. We will meet in the Welshimer Room of Welshimer Library at noon on November 20. Come late or leave early if needed. Bring your lunch. If you need a […]

Milligan Christmas Concert

The glorious sounds and sights of the season will be a great start to your Christmas festivities as the Milligan Music Department presents its annual Christmas concert. The performance will feature choirs, orchestra, and the organ in the beautifully decorated Mary B. Martin Auditorium of Seeger Memorial Chapel. The evening will also include a carol […]

Milligan Christmas Concert

The glorious sounds and sights of the season will be a great start to your Christmas festivities as the Milligan Music Department presents its annual Christmas concert. The performance will feature choirs, orchestra, and the organ in the beautifully decorated Mary B. Martin Auditorium of Seeger Memorial Chapel. The evening will also include a carol […]

Buffalo Tales

This storytelling showcase will feature Milligan students performing a variety of stories, including folk tales, biblical retellings, and personal stories. The poignant and powerful stories will encourage you, inspire you, and bring a smile to your face.

Two Cats + A Herd of Buffalo

Opening Reception: February 7, 6-8 pm Milligan’s art and design students return to downtown Johnson City to fill the walls of Dos Gatos Coffee Bar with their latest creative works. Enjoy a cup of coffee and support our region’s arts community during Johnson City’s First Friday.

The Glass Menagerie

The Glass Menagerie is a timeless, poignant, and theatrically daring American play, featuring some of the best-known and beloved characters in dramatic literature. The Wingfield family is haunted by the past, heartbroken by the present, and wary of the future as it struggles to survive and escape depression-era Saint Louis.

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Artist Lecture Series: Jocelyn Mathewes

The Milligan Arts Council is excited to present an Artist Lecture Series highlighting artists at the forefront of the flourishing art scene in Johnson City, Tennessee. Jocelyn Mathewes is a mixed-media interdisciplinary artist. She earned her bachelor’s degree in studio art and English literature from Messiah College. Her work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, […]

Faculty Lecture: Dr. Ken Lang

Dr. Ken Lang, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice Blood and Fury! Examining Bloodstains at the Daniel Lady Farm Field Hospital, Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

Invitational Choral Festival Concert

This unique event will bring together talented singers from local high schools along with the Milligan Concert Choir to perform "The Day of Allied Voices" by Appalachian composer Benjamin Dawson. The work, written to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion, contains five movements of poetry, prose, and scripture passages that offer a prayer […]

Hannah Decker, Senior Voice Recital

Hannah Decker will present a senior voice recital on Saturday, March 1 at 5:00 p.m. in the Mary B. Martin Auditorium of Seeger Memorial Chapel. The recital will feature works by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, Maurice Ravel, Amy Beach, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers. Hannah is a Music Education major from Limestone, TN, […]

Max Brown, Senior Piano Recital

Max Brown will present a senior piano recital on Saturday, March 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the Mary B. Martin Auditorium of Seeger Memorial Chapel. The recital will feature works from such composers as J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, and F. Chopin as well as living composer Victoria Bond. Max is a double-major in music performance […]

Little Women, the musical

Music by Jason HowlandLyrics by Mindi DicksteinBook by Allan KneeMilligan Musical Theatre is thrilled to present the highly successful Broadway musical version of Little Women based on the beloved novel by Louisa May Alcott. Experience anew this classic story of Jo March and her three sisters during the American Civil War. Root for Jo, whose […]

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Little Women, the musical

Music by Jason HowlandLyrics by Mindi DicksteinBook by Allan KneeMilligan Musical Theatre is thrilled to present the highly successful Broadway musical version of Little Women based on the beloved novel by Louisa May Alcott. Experience anew this classic story of Jo March and her three sisters during the American Civil War. Root for Jo, whose […]

$12

Little Women, the musical

Music by Jason HowlandLyrics by Mindi DicksteinBook by Allan KneeMilligan Musical Theatre is thrilled to present the highly successful Broadway musical version of Little Women based on the beloved novel by Louisa May Alcott. Experience anew this classic story of Jo March and her three sisters during the American Civil War. Root for Jo, whose […]

$12

Little Women, the musical

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Music by Jason HowlandLyrics by Mindi DicksteinBook by Allan KneeMilligan Musical Theatre is thrilled to present the highly successful Broadway musical version of Little Women based on the beloved novel by Louisa May Alcott. Experience anew this classic story of Jo March and her three sisters during the American Civil War. Root for Jo, whose […]

$12

Faculty Lecture: Dr. Angela Hilton-Prillhart

Dr. Angela Hilton-Prillhart, Associate Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Education; Professor of Education Understanding Dyslexia: Identifying Underlying Cognitive Differences to Inform Intervention

Event Series Edwin V. Hayden Lectureship

Edwin V. Hayden Lectureship

Mildred Welshimer Phillips Memorial Chapel, B.D. Phillips Building, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan

In Search of Paul Speaker: Dr. Beverly Gaventa Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis Emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary For session details and time, visit our lectures page.

Event Series Edwin V. Hayden Lectureship

Edwin V. Hayden Lectureship

Mildred Welshimer Phillips Memorial Chapel, B.D. Phillips Building, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan

In Search of Paul Speaker: Dr. Beverly Gaventa Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis Emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary For session details and time, visit our lectures page.

Event Series Edwin V. Hayden Lectureship

Edwin V. Hayden Lectureship

Mildred Welshimer Phillips Memorial Chapel, B.D. Phillips Building, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan

In Search of Paul Speaker: Dr. Beverly Gaventa Helen H.P. Manson Professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis Emerita at Princeton Theological Seminary For session details and time, visit our lectures page.

Artist Lecture Series: Jason Flack

Jason Flack will provide the second lecture in Milligan’s Artist Lecture Series. After the sudden death of his twin sister, Jessica, in 2010, Flack turned to painting to channel his grief and to honor his sister. Flack is an urban folk and expressionist painter whose art features bold, colorful works that reflect his feelings, surroundings, […]

ALM Ladies Luncheon

McCormick Dining Center, Sutton Hall 1 Blowers Blvd, Milligan, TN, United States

Milligan University welcomes Margaret Feinberg, host of the popular podcast, The Joycast. She is a leading Bible teacher and speaker in America, most recently named one of 50 women shaping culture and the church today by Christianity Today.

Earth, Air, Water, Fire: An Earth Day Concert – Milligan Orchestra

In honor of Earth Day, the Milligan Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Kellie Brown, will celebrate the beauty and wonder of God’s creation through a musical exploration of the four elements of earth, air, water, and fire. The broad range of repertoire will showcase the many styles and genres that composers who have used […]

RISE Above and Blue Ridge Undergraduate Research Conference

The 12th annual RISE Above Research Conference features scholarly mentored research projects from all undergraduate disciplines and majors, as well as graduate research. This year’s conference will coincide with the 31st Blue Ridge Undergraduate Research Conference, highlighting research from students from institutions throughout the southern Appalachian region. For more information, visit milligan.edu/blue-ridge.

Juried Art Exhibition

Milligan Art Gallery, Derthick Hall

Opening Reception: April 13, 2–4 p.m. Milligan's 29th Juried Art Exhibition showcases juror-selected art and design works created by our art, photography, graphic design, and interactive media design students during the 2024–25 academic year. Awards of excellence and merit will be given for standout works, and the winners will be announced at the opening reception. […]