Coming events

The Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, an 11-member Shakespeare troupe, will perform Twelfth Night on Friday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. in the Yulman Theater. The Harrisonburg, Va.-based company performs Shakespeare's works as they were originally designed -- on a bare stage surrounded by an audience on three sides sharing the light with the actors, each of whom plays several parts.

Early music trio Capriccio Stravagante, with founder and director/harpsichordist Skip Sempé, will perform Saturday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel as part of the Schenectady Museum-Union College chamber concert series. Mezzo-soprano Guillemette Laurens is featured in this evening of music from the Renaissance, as is Jay Bernfeld, viola da gamba. On the program are works by Lambert, Marais, Charpentier, Forqueray, Monteverdi and others.

"A Celebration of Gulliver's Travels" will be on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m. in Reamer Campus Center 406 as Fred J. Emery '54 donates his book collection in honor of Thomas Lamont Professor Emeritus William M. Murphy Jr. The books will be on display along with other Schaffer Library holdings of Jonathan Swift. The audience is invited to join a discussion led by Vincent DeBaun '47, director of corporate and foundation support. The event is co-sponsored by Schaffer Library and the Department of College Relations.