Media Tip Sheet: March 19, 2019

For immediate release
March 19, 2019

News:

Psychology Students Develop Technology to Help Adolescents Manage Chronic Pain
Professor and Chair of Psychology Nancy Darling’s students are working with the Cleveland Clinic to develop a research-based app that helps young people with chronic pain manage their symptoms. {Read more}

B.J. Tindal ’16 Finds Early Success as Playwright
A theater and Africana studies graduate, B.J.Tindal is launching his professional career with two plays he wrote and directed at Oberlin. {Read more}

Museum’s Revered Ainsworth Collection Travels to Exhibitions in Japan
For the first time ever, the Allen Memorial Art Museum will loan a large selection of woodblock prints in the ukiyo-e art form. {Read more}

Events:

Artist Recital Series: Piotr Anderszewski, Piano, April 3
A young Piotr Anderszewski rose to prominence for walking offstage at the 1990 Leeds Piano Competition when he felt he wasn’t playing his best. In the decades since, he has risen to great heights for his exacting and expressive recital performances, most notably his interpretations of Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations, which he will explore at Oberlin.
Time: 7:30 p.m. 
Date: Wednesday, April 3
Location: Finney Chapel, 90 N. Professor St., Oberlin, OH 44074
Tickets: $35 public, $30 seniors, military, OC staff, faculty, and alumni, $10 students 

Oberlin Theater: Body of Bourne, April 11-14
Through dramatized scenes, letters, and essays, Body of Bourne presents the biography of renowned writer and World War I pacifist Randolph Bourne, whose short but meaningful life was forever affected by his physical disabilities. From his timid childhood to his ascent as an impassioned social critic, Bourne’s journey takes him around the world, overcoming physical obstacles through his intellect and his friends. Directed by Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Jason Dorwart.
Performances: 7:30 p.m. April 11, 12, 13; 2 p.m. April 14
Location: Irene and Alan Wurtzel Theater, 67 N. Main St., Oberlin, OH 44074

Spring Back Dance Showcase, April 11-13
Presented each year, Fall Forward and Spring Back showcase student and sometimes faculty choreography. Chair and Professor of Dance Ann Cooper Albright will direct Spring Back.
Time: 8 p.m.
Dates: April 11, 12, 13
Location: Warner Main Space, 30 N. Professor St., Oberlin, Oh 44074
Admission: $5

Contact:
Amanda Nagy
Oberlin College Office of Communications
440-775-5423
anagy@oberlin.edu