Ellen Kershisnik, 19, is an honors student and ballroom major at Utah Valley University. She is also an alumni of the Alta High School ballroom Team. She danced on their youth teams for four years. Before graduating high school, Ellen won the annual “Dancing with the Hawks” competition, a dance competition in Salt Lake City. […]

Utah Valley is alive with arts and culture, if only you do a little research. When people ask, “Where are you from?” or “Where do you live?” and you tell them Utah they usually say something along the lines of, “It’s so boring.” Or “But there is nothing to do there.” Other states seem to […]

It seems that too frequently, we get caught up in our technology. We are a generation obsessed with our phones, computers, tablets, headphones, etc. We actively seek ways to shut out the world, and in the process, we often lose sight of the things that are right in front of us. Jacqui Larsen and Lance […]

Professor of humanities and senior artist in residence, Alex Caldiero hosted an event celebrating 100 years of the art movement of DadaDadaism , also known as Dada, at UVU. The event featured a series of poetry readings by Professor Caldiero, as well as a look at Dada-outsider film. The event was held Sept.ember 2 at […]

Currently playing at Hale Center Theater Orem (HCTO), “See How They Run” has a wonderful combination of physical hilarity and comical timing leaving audiences wanting for more. Set the 1940s in the small village of Merton-cum-Middlewick, England, “See How They Run” illustrates the lives of nine individuals who become involved in a night of mess-ups, […]

What is reality? It is what we all perceive with the intricacy, complexity, and subtlety of detail that surrounds us and becomes our reality. The surrealist museum at BYU aims to show how there are no boundaries to reality, but rather that reality is what you make it. Reality can be molded and manipulated in […]

There are some who bemoan the lack of an exciting music scene in Utah, but the Timpanogos Music Festival could change that for good. Last summer, The Utah Music Association started the Timpanogos Music Festival as a way to bring attention to the local talent the state has to offer. This year’s festival was bigger […]

UVU senior Chantel Ficklin and current Grassroots Shakespeare Company producer Nick Grossaint are co-directing the first show of the theatre season, “The Winter’s Tale” by William Shakespeare. Q: How did the collaboration between UVU and Grassroots come about? CF: They contacted me after applying to direct for this show, and then they told me that […]

I was standing in line at Nordstrom Rack about to check out, when the cashier a fellow UVU student, asked where I was headed. I guess my purchase of winter boots in August and a European power adapter gave away my trip. “I leave August 31 to Germany as an exchange student!”, I enthusiastically told […]