In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Center for Social Impact set out to educate students on the empowering history of the civil rights movement with a pop-up museum. The colorful and interactive display explored the pathways of social impact work during the Civil Rights Movement. Each pathway was represented by a different […]
The much-anticipated Noorda Center for the Performing Arts began operations with the start of the spring semester. Though the official ribbon-cutting ceremony will not take place until March, faculty and staff have already moved in and classes and rehearsals have been held in the new teaching spaces. The Noorda Center adds 130 thousand square feet […]
The Bastian Theatre has been transformed into the town of Laramie, Wyo., in order to tell a timely small-town tragedy. In the fall of 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old university student, was robbed, tied to a fence, beaten, and left for dead outside of Laramie. He was found 18 hours later and was rushed to […]
Dear Reagan, I have a guy I’ve been friends with for a long time and we hooked up over the break. I had a really good time and I think it would be fun to do again. I really don’t want a relationship. Is there any way we could do this again without ruining our […]
The UVU Multicultural Student Council is hosting its first open social event of the semester in the LA building room 114 Thursday Jan. 24th from 6-8 p.m. The social mirrors the popular first social of last semester and will feature board games, video games, and food. The Multicultural Student Council aims to bring students closer […]
For four nights, the Orem SCERA Center for the Arts and the Grassroots Shakespeare Company will present what is considered the original romantic comedy–William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Utah’s Grassroots Shakespeare Company, a local touring group, is dedicated to “original practice,” or producing shows with Shakespeare’s original staging and production techniques. The shows have […]
When Lane Swenson was young, he was always drawn to music. He grew up doing theater and choir and was aware of dance, but never considered doing it until his late teens. At 16, he saw an ad for a salsa class and that’s where it all started. That was 10 years ago. Since then, […]
The hype around Bumblebee centers around a single question: Did they just make a good Transformers movie? It seems impossible, but the 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes certainly makes a case. The film has earned high marks for shrinking the bloated scale of the franchise and serving up a fresh 80s feel. Filmmakers themselves cited […]
Starting Wednesday, Jan. 16th, the Music Department will bring Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus to the Ragan Theater. Die Fledermaus, often referred to as it’s English translation, The Bat, debuted in 1874, has been performed on stages across the world ever since and has been adapted for the screen twenty times.. Die Fledermaus is not […]
Now that we are officially over 2018, it’s time to look ahead to what we should be excited for in the world of art and media. While 2018 was an incredible year in the realms of video games, horror movies and comic book media, it was somewhat less so as far as music and the […]