LC offers a variety of campus venues for weddings, proms, fundraisers, conferences, concerts, tours, athletics and fitness, community events — such as the Bike MS: Express Scripts Gateway Getaway Ride — and so much more.

Read on to find out more about popular campus locations and hidden treasures. Consider LC as an event location and a cultural icon for the area. Begin planning that next visit to LC.

The Hatheway Cultural Center hosts thousands of visitors every year for concerts, plays and numerous other college and community events. This is the also home of the Hatheway Cultural Center Gallery and the Ann Whitney Olin Theatre, as well as an Olympic-sized swimming pool, classrooms, offices and multipurpose rooms available to rent for wedding receptions and a variety of other group events.

Areas of the Center that are open to the community and available for rent include: auditorium, pool, gallery/banquet room, reception room and lobby.

The Ann Whitney Olin Theatre showcases performers, entertainers and educators from all over the world. This is also a popular location for a variety of community events.

The National Band of New Zealand, Phoenix Boys Choir, the U.S. Navy Commodores and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, among many others, have appeared here. The St. Louis Ballet Company and numerous regional dance studios have performed here frequently. Dramatic works and musicals — such as "The Crucible," "Bitterroot" and "Kiss Me Kate" — have also been staged here.

In addition to national and international performers, high school, collegiate and community musical ensembles appear in this theater. Check the music calendar for a schedule of performances.

The Alton Symphony Orchestra presents concerts here and handles its own ticket purchases.

The Hatheway Cultural Center Gallery hosts exhibits by in-house artists, as well as exhibitions from visiting artists. Art Faculty and Student Exhibits are held each year to showcase the impressive amount of LC talent.

The Trailblazer Athletic Club provides members (for a fee) access to the fitness center. Everything is there for getting in shape and staying in shape, including the most up-to-date Nautilus and fitness equipment and an Olympic-size swimming pool. Trailblazer Athletic Club members also receive free admission to all LC Trailblazer sporting events.

Reid Memorial Library is open to the community with access to LC’s book collection (a member of the CARLI academic library system) and maker space. This historic building is also home to the renowned Praise Angel stained glass window.

Designed by architect Theodore Link and built in 1889-90, Reid Memorial Library was originally used as a chapel. The ceiling is constructed using wooden pegs, without the use of nails, and resembles the hull of a ship, in honor of the village’s namesake, Captain Benjamin Godfrey. The large Praise Angel window of Tiffany-style glass was created by Frederick Lincoln Stoddard and may be one of his last major works in stained glass.

There are 14 bronze sculptures and gardens featuring seasonal plantings throughout the LC Godfrey Campus. Self-guided tours are always welcome. Request a guided tour.

A stop on the Benjamin Godfrey Legacy Trail is located on the LC Godfrey Campus, just behind the Benjamin Godfrey Memorial Chapel, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The campus itself is also quite historic, having once been the home to Monticello College. The Monticello College Foundation still operates out of the Evergreens building, which was once the home of Monticello’s Principal Harriet Haskell.

Bike MS: Gateway Getaway happens each year in September, and starts and ends on LC’s Godfrey Campus. The campus transforms completely to house this partner event with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Check the LC events calendar for other community partnership events.

LC’s Paul B. Hanks Dental Clinic on campus is currently accepting new patients for dental hygiene services. The clinic offers thorough dental assessment, a treatment plan, x-rays, preventive (teeth cleaning) or therapeutic periodontal treatment, oral hygiene instructions, fluoride treatments and sealant placement, and any necessary referral for treatment outside the realm of these services, for one flat, affordable fee.

Dental treatment is provided by LC dental hygiene students under the supervision of licensed dentists and dental hygienists. The clinic has been providing these services to the community since 1996. Find more information about fees and scheduling here.

This makerspace — located at LC’s N.O. Nelson Campus at 600 Troy Road in Edwardsville — provides equipment and tools for assembly, CNC (computer numerical control) machining, design and prototyping, electronics, finishing, machining, welding, woodworking and other specialty fabrication. It is open to the public with a paid membership.