Students enrolled in history of contemporary art displayed their art projects in several rooms in the Gunther Trade building April 12. Courtney Davis, assistant professor of art history, organized the event with students from her art history course and her honors ethics and values course. About 30 students participated. “So, it was basically [portraying] an […]
The Department of Theatrical Arts performed a university favorite titled Short Attention Span Theatre April 1in the Noorda Theatre. The production consisted of a plethora of short plays that tell contemporary stories that are relatable and provide comedic relief. Each play lasted 10 to 15 minutes before the next cast took the stage. These plays […]
From the violin and keyboard, to the cymbals and drums, a number of students from various majors joined Doug Smith, assistant professor and percussion area coordinator, and Donna Fairbanks, department chair of the school of music, to perform using non-traditional musical patterns April 4 at Centre Stage. Haphazard! was performed by the UVU percussion group. […]
The Contemporary Dance Ensemble, a UVU pre-professional modern dance company, performed Surge on Saturday, April 1. CDE had a high turnout for the show because, by closing night, the ushers did not have enough programs for every one in attendance. The show featured six choreographers, one being special guest artist Leandro Damasco. “I’ve enjoyed Leandro […]
Raw’s reputation precedes it. The horrific tale of a young woman’s reckless transformation from vegetarian to cannibal has been sensationalized by reports of audience members fainting and vomiting in its early screenings. There’s no question that the film’s violence demands a tough stomach, though worse things have been seen on The Walking Dead. These headlines […]
Members and non-members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints gathered together at the LDS Conference Center in downtown Salt Lake City to listen to the LDS prophet and Apostles testify of Jesus Christ and give guidance April 1-2. During the Saturday afternoon session, the audience sustained all 12 apostles and the […]
The class is slowly filing in. Ross Hagen, assistant professor of music studies, is setting up for the day’s class. He’s put up a PowerPoint presentation titled Disco and Its Discontents and begins the lecture with a scene from Saturday Night Fever. He then asks why rock-n-rollers might dislike disco, setting the tone for the […]
Green Man Group returned home after being away at the WAC basketball tournament for a short performance March 27. Drumline is an exciting event to watch because each percussionist plays in perfect synchronization with each other to fast paced rhythmic beats. There is one characteristic that makes this drumline so popular among the other universities: […]
UVU alumnus Bonn Turkington, who graduated in 2009 with a degree in creative writing, wrote a fantasy/fiction novel End of the Past,Book 1. The story takes place in a world that Turkington created. Protagonist Vahn Baxendale is searching for meaning in his life. He is learning to deal with the impact of his mother vanishing […]