The department of theatre at Hope College will present “bobrauschenbergamerica,” by Charles L. Mee, on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15-16, and Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 20-23, at 8 p.m. in the DeWitt Center main theatre.

The Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series of Hope College will feature poet Shane Book and novelist Mat Johnson on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.

The VIDA Guitar Quartet will perform at Hope College on Friday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.

The Hope College Wind Ensemble will perform on Friday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

The Hope College Jazz Arts Collective and jazz chamber ensembles will perform on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

The department of music at Hope College will present performances by 13 finalists during the fourth annual Hope College Young Artists Piano Competition on Saturday, Jan. 26, in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

Hope College will feature Michael Bellar and the AS-IS Ensemble on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.

Hope College will present its annual Concerto and Aria Concert featuring student soloists performing with the college’s orchestra on Friday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.

Large-scale projections featuring New Guinea’s colorful “Birds of Paradise” will illustrate a lecture at Hope College on Wednesday, Jan. 30, about a landmark multi-year effort, recently featured in “National Geographic,” to document all 39 of the species for the first time.

New York-based Peter Kyle Dance will be making its Michigan debut at Hope College on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25 and 26, at 8 p.m. at the Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland.