Crawfordsville Main Street presents Downtown Film Night 7 p.m. Saturday at the Vanity Theater. The movie “Elizabethtown,” featuring Kristen Dunst, Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon and Alec Baldwin, will be shown free of charge.

Wabash College mourns the loss of long-time Trustee Don Smith ’59. Don had led a courageous fight against cancer for many years and passed away at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Wabash College has received 1,400 applications for the class of 2011, not just an all-time high but nearly twice as many as a decade ago.

Wabash College invites you to hear Ryan West give a talk at 12:10 p.m., Tuesday, February 27, in Hays Hall, room 319. West is in charge of the BioTown USA project in Reynolds, Ind., and will be speaking about the implementation of biorenewable resources in Indiana. The title of West’s talk is “Turning Challenges into Opportunities,” and will cover Indiana’s growing ethanol production.

In celebration of Black History Month, the Wabash College Art Department is pleased to present the John and Norma Thompson Collection of African American Art in the Eric Dean Gallery beginning Monday, February 26 and running through April 5. John Thompson will be present for the opening reception from 8-9:30 p.m. on Monday, February 26. The public is encouraged to attend this free event.

Wabash College’s Visiting Artists Series will present the a cappella group, Amarcord, 8 p.m., Tuesday, February 27, in Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.

Wabash College associate professor of theater Michael Abbott has long wanted to get his hands on a script from the play Side Man. The 1999 Tony Award-winning production for best play will be performed by the Wabash College Theater in Ball Theater in the Fine Arts Center on campus 8 p.m. each night Wednesday through Saturday.

In a weekend full of activities, Wabash alumni gathered over lunch at the Malcolm X Institute for Black Studies (NMXIBS) Saturday to get updates on the Wabash today from campus leaders and to discuss the future.

Alumni from several decades returned to Wabash this past weekend to enjoy the festivities surrounding the annual Alumni game.  This weekend was special in that it recognized the 25th anniversary of the 1982 National Championship team.

Noted Islamic expert Vali Nasr spent Monday on the Wabash College campus discussing and explaining the complex issues of the region in ways that most anyone could understand.

Approximately 60 African-American and Latino high school seniors participated in a weekend visitation program that ends Monday with a look at the liberal arts, academic interests, and financial aid.

Dueling pianos? Four students playing Khatchaturian's "Sabre Dance" on two grand pianos brought Friday's Student Recital to a rousing finish.

More than a dozen Wabash alumni, all of whom graduated at least 40 years ago, returned to campus Saturday to honor their beloved basketball coach, Bob Brock.

Alumnus Jo Throckmorton's documentary film on the history of the Malcolm X Institute, "A Legacy of Hope," will premier Saturday, February 17 at 12:30 p.m. in Salter Hall in the Fine Arts Center. Throckmorton, a 1987 graduate, will be in attendance and will lead a discussion of the film after the screening.

Wabash College alumnus Doug Springer started coaching part-time while in law school after graduating in 2001. This weekend he'll bring his Wheeler High School girls basketball team to Montgomery County, where his 19-3 Bearcats will compete against North Montgomery in the Regional semi-finals.

Five finalists competed i Monday night in the last round of the 133rd Baldwin Oratorical Contest. The oldest continuous public speaking contest west of the Alleghenies, it was created in 1873 by an endowment from longtime trustee Judge Daniel Pratt Baldwin.

Many members of the basketball teams coached by Bob Brock from 1953 through 1964 will return to campus Saturday, February 17 for a reunion and opportunity for the former players to honor their beloved coach. Coach Brock is the only coach in Wabash basketball history to take four straight teams to the NCAA tournament. For Coach Brock, though, what his players have done off the court is even more rewarding.

N. Clay Robbins '79, president of the Lilly Endowment, was honored on Saturday, February 10, 2007 by the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men (IAWM) as their Man of the Year. The event, held at the Indianapolis Downtown Marriott, grew a large crowd, one of the biggest in recent years.