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Oct 11 Fireworks Display Next Week
In conjunction with the 2018 Homecoming activities, James Madison University will put on a brief fireworks display on Friday, October 26. Read More >
Oct 11 Female ROTC ranger breaks barriers
Brittani Butler has been selected as the first female in a decade to join JMU’s ROTC ranger group Read More >
Oct 11 Opioid epidemic is health summit challenge
Nearly 200 JMU students will work in interdisciplinary teams Monday, Oct. 15 to formulate solutions to the national opioid crisis. Read More >

Events

Oct 20: Vox Luminis - J.S. Bach Motets
Oct 22: - 24: The 38th Annual JMU Contemporary Music Festival featuring the music of Libby Larsen
Oct 28: Humayun Khan
Oct 30: - Nov 3: She Kills Monsters
Nov 2: Soweto Gospel Choir
Nov 9: - 11: Dead Man Walking featuring the JMU Opera Theater
Nov 14: Reduced Shakespeare Company
Dec 6: - 9: Dancescapes featuring JMU's Virginia Repertory Dance Company
Dec 8: - 9: Holidayfest: Selections from Handel's Messiah
Jan 11: Taste of the Forbes
Jan 16: Kennedy Center's Me...Jane: The Dreams & Adventures of Young Jane Goodall
Jan 18: - 19: Kyle Abraham/A.I.M.
Jan 23: Jeremy Denk
Jan 27: A Holocaust Remembrance - I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Jan 31: Schubertiade - Celebrating Schubert's birthday
Feb 9: Shanghai Opera Symphony Orchestra
Feb 14: The Hot Sardines
Feb 15: - 16: Opera Spotlight: An Evening in Paris
Feb 19: - 24: Green Day's American Idiot
Feb 25: They Called Her Vivaldi - Theatre Lovett of Dublin, Ireland

Arts

Oct 10 JMU Students Venture "Into the Woods" of Tony Award-Winning Musical
JMU students in the School of Theatre and Dance and School of Music will perform "Into the Woods" from October 12-14 at the Forbes Center. Read More >
Sep 21 Students Don “Intimate Apparel” for JMU Play
JMU students in the School of Theatre and Dance will don corsets and period pieces for "Intimate Apparel," which runs September 25-30 at the Forbes Center. Read More >
Sep 5 Forbes Center Open House
The Forbes Center will host a free open house on Saturday, September 8 from 10 am-2 pm. Audiences of all ages can enjoy backstage tours, educational workshops, mini performances, and more! Read More >

Men's Golf: Montero's 66 Puts Dukes in Top Five at Autotrader Classic
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 7:46 p.m.
Sophomore Ignacio Montero led the way for the James Madison men's golf team on Monday, putting himself in a tie for fourth and the Dukes in sole possession of fifth after 36
Football: D'Angelo Amos Named STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 2:10 p.m.
After returning two punt returns for a touchdown in a span of just 2:20 last weekend, D'Angelo Amos was honored as the STATS FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week.
Women's Volleyball: Driscoll Tabbed CAA Defensive Player of the Week
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 1:03 p.m.
Junior defensive specialist Sarah Driscoll earned her first Colonial Athletic Association Co-Defenisve Player of the Week honor of 2018.
Football: Dukes Back in Top Five of Both Major Polls Following Big Road Win
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 1:00 p.m.
JMU surged back into the top five this week, ranking No. 4 by the media and No. 5 by the coaches.
Men's Soccer: Anshelm Receives Second CAA Weekly Honor
For the second time this season, freshman Melker Anshelm has been named the CAA Men's Soccer Rookie of the Week.

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