Blog Posts by Westmont

Hebrew Bible expert Alan Cooper will speak on “What Makes Baby Girls Different: Leviticus 12 and “Original Sin” 4 p.m. Nov. 1 in Hieronymus Lounge as part of the annual Westmont-UCSB Lecture on the Hebrew Bible.

The event, sponsored by the religious studies departments at Westmont and UCSB and the Westmont provost’s office, is free and open to the public.

Cooper is a professor of the Bible at both The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and at the neighboring Union Theological Seminary, a non-denominational Christian seminary.

Ernan McMullin, John Cardinal O’Hara professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, will speak on “Is the Universe Fine-Tuned?” 3:30 p.m. Nov. 5 in Porter Theatre. The event, sponsored by the Pascal Society, is free and open to the public.

World-renowned graphic designer and creative director Margo Chase will speak on “Behind Design: A Lecture with Pretty Pictures” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in Porter Theatre. The event is free and open to the public.

What goes on behind the scenes? Where do ideas come from? Chase will discuss the inner workings of her busy Los Angeles creative agency, Chase Design Group.

Chase discovered graphic design while in graduate school and quickly fell in love. Out of school, she started doing freelance design and ultimately opened Chase Design Group.

“Painted Faith: New Mexican Devotional Images,” featuring santos from a never-before-exhibited Santa Barbara Museum of Art collection, will be on exhibit at Westmont’s Reynolds Gallery Nov. 1 through Dec. 18.

An opening reception for the exhibit, the college’s annual holiday show, will be 4-6 p.m. Nov. 18 in the Art Center. A lecture on “New Mexican Santos,” will be given by Cody Hartley, guest curator at the Museum of Art, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 in Room 101 in the Art Center.

Westmont Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance David Newton will present the lecture “Right Here, Right Now: The Case for America's War on Terror” 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Page Multipurpose Room on the upper
Westmont campus.

 “Reckless,” written by Craig Lucas, opens the Westmont theater season on Oct. 28. The play follows Rachel, a cheerful suburban housewife, through a bizarre and fantastic journey as she travels across the country, eventually attaining a hard-won maturity.

Directed by Mitchell Thomas, Westmont’s new full-time, tenure-track professor, “Reckless” plays 8 p.m. Oct. 28, 29, 30 and Nov. 4, 5, 6 with an additional 2 p.m. matinee Nov. 6 in Porter Theatre on the Westmont campus.