Posted April 1, 2011

All Owls welcome for upcoming alumni weekend events

The entire Temple community — alumni of all ages, their families, Owl sports fans, students, staff, faculty and friends — is invited to celebrate alumni weekend on April 15, 16 and 17.

More than 30 events are planned on Main Campus and around the city, including Cherry and White Day athletics events, art gallery tours and reunions for the classes of 1961 and 1986.

Friday highlights include a late-night party for young alumni; an open house at the Blockson Collection; an exhibition of Tyler alumni work at the Tyler School or Art; and a Temple Opera Theater performance of Maurice Ravel’s L’Heure Espagnole and Francis Poulenc’s Les mamelles De Tiresias.

Saturday highlights will include  an alumni basketball game hosted by former men’s basketball coach John Chaney and current coach Fran Dunphy; an international street fair on Liacouras Walk featuring student performances, crafts, carnival games and rides; and a spring football game at Chodoff Field. The day will wrap up with a featured concert, “Live from Daryl’s House: Daryl Hall & Fitz and the Tantrums,” at the Liacouras Center.

On Sunday, alumni will join current students for community service projects in the neighborhoods surrounding Main Campus. Temple criminologist M. Kay Harris will discuss new approaches to cutting crime, followed by a guided tour of Eastern State Penitentiary.

Tickets are available a la carte at various price points or as part of a full weekend pass priced at $60, or $50 for 2000-2010 Temple graduates, employees and students.

For a list of events and pricing, visit myowlspace.com/alumniweekend.

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