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Fine Arts Center

The Fine Arts Center with its distinctive circular structure houses the music, drama and communication arts departments, with both faculty offices and classrooms. It includes a choir practice room, an art gallery and lounge, a music library, a theater props area and practice studios for instrumental music. One of the Bethel College Academy of Performing Arts locations is in the Fine Arts Center. The offices and work areas of the student newspaper, the Bethel Collegian, and yearbook, the Bethel Thresher, are located in the Fine Arts Center as is the radio station, KBCU FM 88.1. The center of the building is Krehbiel Auditorium, which is frequently the location of evening lectures and concerts, as well as convocation Mondays and Fridays at 11 a.m. during the school year. All plays and musical theater performances take place in Krehbiel Auditorium, as do many concerts, recitals, dance performances and forensics competitions involving students. Krehbiel Auditorium also hosts community events, such as Life Enrichment activities for senior citizens and video conferences, throughout the year.