Homecomings are packed full of sports and awards and socials. This year’s, from Oct. 15-18, is no exception.
It’s also a chance for Kansas Wesleyan to show off its more artistic side.
One highlight will be the collage concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, in Sams Chapel. All the university’s music groups: the Philharmonic Choir, Wesleyan Chorale, String Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble will perform.
Audiences can expect seasonal selections, among more standards choices. For example, the String Orchestra will perform “October.” The Wind Ensemble, appropriately, will offer “Rhythm of the Wind.” The Jazz Ensemble will pay a jiving homage to Halloween with “Creepy Crawler” and “Attack of the Killer Trombones.”
For something on an even lighter note, the KWU Theatre Department will produce “The Iliad, the Odyssey and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18. The cast will speed through all of Greek mythology in an updated and easy to understand comedy in a little more than an hour and a half. All performances will be performed in Fitzpatrick Auditorium in Sams Hall of Fine Arts on the Wesleyan campus. Area high schools are being offered a special production at 10 a.m Friday, Oct. 16.
These events are all free and open to the public. For more information, please go to www.kwu.edu/homecoming2026.
Release by Jean Kozubowski
