Southwestern to host re-telling of classic tale
The Dolphin Players and Southwestern Oregon Community College Theatre Department are partnering to offer a production of Jean Anouilh’s Antigone in November at the Hales Center for the Performing Arts on the college’s Coos Bay campus.

This classic tale of martyrdom and resistance resonates as strongly now as it did at its 1943 premier in Nazi occupied Paris. Performances are scheduled at 7 p.m. on Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 15 through 18, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 19. Find out more about the performance...

Scientist to discuss volcanoes on Earth and beyond
This year’s Geology Lecture Series at Southwestern Oregon Community College will kick off with a lecture by Dr. Rosaly Lopes on “Where the Hot Stuff is: Volcanoes on the Earth and the Solar System.”

The free event is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Hales Center for the Performing Arts on Southwestern’s Coos Bay campus. more...