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All that Jazz

The Milligan Music Department will present a short, family-friendly concert that showcases the beloved jazz repertoire. The performance will feature iconic songs such as "Night and Day," "At Last," "High Hopes," "My Funny Valentine," and "What a Wonderful World." Other great jazz selections will include the "Pink Panther Theme," "I Wan'na Be Like You" from […]

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The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations.  The play's major themes are the triviality with […]

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The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People, is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations.  The play's major themes are the triviality with […]

$10

Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance

Join Frederick, Mabel, a fearsome team of pirates, a bumbling police force, and a very modern major general as the Milligan Orchestra and the Musical Theatre program unite to present Gilbert and Sullivan's classic The Pirates of Penzance. Featuring "With Catlike Tread," "Poor Wand'ring One," and "I Am the Very Model of Modern Major General," […]

$10

Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance

Join Frederick, Mabel, a fearsome team of pirates, a bumbling police force, and a very modern major general as the Milligan Orchestra and the Musical Theatre program unite to present Gilbert and Sullivan's classic The Pirates of Penzance. Featuring "With Catlike Tread," "Poor Wand'ring One," and "I Am the Very Model of Modern Major General," […]

$10

Campus Preview Day

Come see for yourself! Join other prospective students on the Milligan campus and learn all about Buff Nation! You will receive a schedule a few days prior to the event, but a few things to look forward to will include:Admissions OverviewCampus TourStudent Development & Financial Planning OverviewLunchAcademic & Student Life Fair Register for one of […]

Candlelight Christmas Evening with Milligan’s Women’s Chorale

The Biltmore Estate will bring back a 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 […]

Christmas Concert

Join us for an exciting evening filled with a joyful spirit and a worshipful approach to the start of the Christmas season. Audiences will have two opportunities to experience the glorious sounds of the season: Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 pm in the Mary B. Martin Auditorium at Seeger Memorial Chapel. […]

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Christmas Concert

Join us for an exciting evening filled with a joyful spirit and a worshipful approach to the start of the Christmas season. Audiences will have two opportunities to experience the glorious sounds of the season: Saturday, Dec. 3, and Sunday, Dec. 4 at 7:30 pm in the Mary B. Martin Auditorium at Seeger Memorial Chapel. […]

Free

Buffalo Tales

Milligan will host its 16th annual “Buffalo Tales,” a family-friendly, student storytelling event, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the McGlothlin-Street Theatre located in the Gregory Center. This year’s class was taught by bestselling novelist and award-winning storyteller Steven James. “Buffalo Tales” will feature a variety of stories, including folk tales, biblical retellings and […]

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Fall Commencement

More than 100 graduates will be awarded degrees during fall commencement. The December 2022 graduates include: five Bachelor of Arts, 31 Bachelor of Science, three Master of Business Administration, 16 Master of Education, 13 Master of Science in Counseling, 33 Master of Science in Occupational Therapy, two Master of Science in Information Systems and one […]

WUMC Radio Meeting

90.5 WUMC Milligan Radio is hosting a meeting during lunch Wednesday, January 11 at 12:15pm in the SUB. Any student or faculty member interested in joining radio should attend. We have opportunities to DJ, host podcasts, conduct interviews, commentate sports, perform live music, interact with local bands, work behind the scenes, and more. Course credit […]

Welshimer Book Club

The January meeting of the Welshimer Book Club is January 18. There is still time to read The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century as it is a quick read. Copies are available at Welshimer.

Two Cats + A Herd of Buffalo – Downtown Art Exhibition

Milligan’s art and design students return to downtown Johnson City to fill the walls of DosGatos Coffee Bar with their latest creative works. Enjoy a cup of coffee and support ourregion’s arts community during Johnson City’s First Friday.

Free

Invitational Choral Festival

This unique event will bring together talented singers from local high schools along with the Milligan Concert Choir to perform “The Cry of Jeremiah” by Rosephanye Powell. With text from the Book of Jeremiah, this work traces the prophet’s words of lament, despair, and ultimately praise for God’s deliverance paired with music inspired by African, […]

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Buffalo Valentines

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.This year, share some MU Buffalo love with those you hold dear! Stop by Sutton Lobby on Monday, Feb. 13, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., to pick up your buffalo-themed Valentine’s Day cards, compliments of Milligan’s Office of Institutional Advancement. (Who knows… perhaps your favorite buffalo might even be […]

Adam J. Trabold – Photography Exhibition

Adam J. Trabold (’20), current artist in residence and assistant instructor of photography, presents a solo exhibition of his photography. Trabold’s work consists of traditional black and white photography, images created through experimental photographic processes (also known as “film soup”), and avant-garde images created in collaboration with A.I. algorithms and applications.

Free

Campus Preview Day

Come see for yourself! Join other prospective students on the Milligan campus and learn all about Buff Nation! You will receive a schedule a few days prior to the event, but a few things to look forward to will include:Admissions OverviewCampus TourStudent Development & Financial Planning OverviewLunchAcademic & Student Life Fair Register for one of […]

Celebrating Our Appalachian Mountain Home

With this concert we celebrate the many cultures and residents of our Appalachian Mountains. The Milligan Concert Choir will join over two hundred singers from regional choirs to perform the world premiere of local composer Robert Campbelle’s Appalachian Requiem. The orchestra will also perform Haydn’s Symphony “The Bear,” and bass-baritone Michael Rodgers will sing a […]

$35.00

Spring Musical: Sunday in the Park with George

This 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical tells a fictional love story behind GeorgesSeurat’s pointillist painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte. The originalBroadway production starred Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters and ranks as one ofStephen Sondheim’s most visually and musically enchanting works

$10

Spring Musical: Sunday in the Park with George

This 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical tells a fictional love story behind GeorgesSeurat’s pointillist painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte. The originalBroadway production starred Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters and ranks as one ofStephen Sondheim’s most visually and musically enchanting works

$10

ALM Ladies Luncheon

Milligan welcomes Nicole C. Mullen, renowned singer, Dove Award winner, and author of My Redeemer Lives, It's Personal: A Story of Hope for our Time, to speak at this year's luncheon. Find more details at milligan.edu/alm. Registration opens February 1.

Spring Musical: Sunday in the Park with George

This 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical tells a fictional love story behind GeorgesSeurat’s pointillist painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte. The originalBroadway production starred Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters and ranks as one ofStephen Sondheim’s most visually and musically enchanting works

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