This Week at Baylor: May 5-11, 2019

May 2, 2019

Steve Daily — Steve Dailey, assistant director of bands and lecturer of ensembles in Baylor's School of Music, will conduct Baylor's concert band at 3 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave.

Lift your heart 2019 — Lift Up Your Hearts, a service of prayer and worship with the Baylor family, will begin at 11 a.m. in the Paul W. Powell Chapel at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary, 1100 S. Third St.

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by Jessie Jilovec, student newswriter, Baylor University Media and Public Relations

WACO, Texas (May 2, 2019) – This week, as the spring semester winds down, Baylor University will host several events including a concert, prayer service, chemistry lecture and theatre performances.

SUNDAY, May 5

The Liar – Baylor Theatre will present its final performance of “The Liar,” a comedy about two characters: one who cannot tell the truth and one who cannot tell a lie. The play will be performed at 2 p.m. in the Jones Theatre in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Avenue. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the theatre website.

Concert Band – Baylor’s concert band will perform at 3 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. The concert will be conducted by Steve Dailey, assistant director of bands and lecturer of ensembles in Baylor’s School of Music. It is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

MONDAY, May 6

Lift Up Your Hearts – A service of prayer and worship with the Baylor family will begin at 11 a.m. in the Paul W. Powell Chapel at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary, 1100 S. Third St. Various members of the Baylor community will lead worship. A complimentary luncheon for faculty and staff will follow in Truett’s Piper Great Hall. For more information, visit the religious affairs website.

FRIDAY, May 10

Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquium – Matthew Bogyo, Ph.D., professor of pathology, microbiology, immunology, chemical biology and systems biology at Stanford University, will present a lecture at 3:30 p.m. in Room C.105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the chemistry website.

Theatre Presents caBEARet – Baylor Theatre will perform its annual musical revue performance featuring students from the Musical Theatre Workshop at 7:30 p.m. in the Mabee Theatre in Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave. All proceeds will benefit The Leta Horan and Jerry MacLauchlin Endowed Scholarship for Musical Theatre. Suggested donations are $20 for adults and $10 for students. For more information, visit the theatre website.

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