Arts & Events

This summer, artists Haley Andres, Abbie Baldwin and Kristan Schuford were awarded grants that allowed them to pursue their craft while living abroad in Germany for three months.  A fourth student, Luc Sokolsky, spent the time in Budapest, learning the trade of art curation. With the exception of Andres, the students gave a presentation sharing their experiences over the last six months as part of an opening reception of an exhibit in Kittredge Gallery which featured the three artists’ work, and was curated by Sokolsky. The three artists described the...

Thrift-store culture has been booming in the Pacific Northwest for the past decade, and it has only been picking up speed. With the immense popularity of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s song “Thrift Shop,” secondhand clothing has had a rebirth that our generation has swallowed whole. The legacy of Kurt Cobain’s grunge style has been reworked and repopularized by style icons like Rihanna, Cara Delevingne, Jared Leto and the Olsen Twins. People are searching thrift stores high and low to find unique garments that aren’t coming out of cookie-cutter patterns created...

  It’s difficult to miss those detailed exhibits that are periodically changed in the library. The current exhibit, which has been up since February 8, is entitled “Celebrating Puget Sound Theatre.”  As the name suggests, this particular exhibit presents a glimpse into the process of and effort that goes into performance and production at the University of Puget Sound. On display are items from campus productions such as 1620 Bank Street and Kiss Me Kate. According to Theatre Liaison Librarian Lori Ricigliano, with showcases displaying everything from playbills and production...

Editors note: The following article is the unabridged version of an article that ran in print on February 20, 2015 entitled "Death Grips."   "Death Grips was and always has been a conceptual art exhibit above and beyond a band." Thus read the soon-to-be-legendary 'breakup napkin' of Sacramento-based music group Death Grips last summer. The note was met with considerable backlash, but this kind of reaction was nothing new to the group, which comprised of drummer Zach Hill, vocalist Stefan Burnett as "(MC) Ride," and producer Andy Morin, known during this...

Our own Michael Benitez, Dean of Diversity and Inclusion at Puget Sound, recently contributed to a book about music and youth counter-culture called Rebel Music: Resistance through Hip Hop and Punk.  Benitez uses “Hip Hop is Dead” as a muse and writes with passion and intelligence about his hopes and fears for the future of hip hop. Benitez explains that ever since record producers figured out that the genre had enormous potential to rake in cash, they have tried to take hip hop out of the hands of the community...

Couldn’t necessarily describe the University of Puget Sound campus as “fashion-oriented.” However, beneath the surface, Puget Sound senior Nathaniel Skinner is using his artistic talent to create a collection of T-shirts that has the potential to redefine fashion. “I had an inherent love affair with clothing,” Skinner said. “My mom is involved in fashion and she taught me the importance of dressing well as a form of personal expression.” Along with childhood friend, Kahlil Dumas, who attends the University of Portland, Skinner launched Darkroom Collective, a collection of cyanotype inspired...

Considering the prevalence of food allergies, more and more people are demanding quality sweets that are also allergen-friendly.  As it should be! You deserve quality treats even if you can’t digest some of the common ingredients in sweets. This recipe for Coconut Dream Bars is perfect for people who are gluten- and/or dairy-sensitive. What makes the recipe work is the balance between the topping and the crust.  Since the topping is so sweet, the amount of brown sugar is reduced in the shortbread crust. Making the crust thicker and adding...

“The Antique Sandwich Co. is a meeting place for people who love good food, music and pie,” says the info card at the cash register. This 40-year-old restaurant is filled with delicious house-made baked goods, lasagnas, quiches, granola, soups, sandwiches, pies and so much more. Expect to find quality food made from organic ingredients at low prices, popular open-mic nights, and a store filled with fair-trade knick-knacks. A beautiful mural is painted on the outside of the restaurant, a piece created by Mary Mann with two Native American mermaids enjoying...

(PHOTO COURTESY/KRIS ORLOWSKI) Kris Orlowski (Above) recently released a stripped down EP entitled Columbia City Theater Sessiosn. It returns to his more intimate acoustic style and captures the magic of his solo performances.   Fall means rain for the Northwest. Lots of rain. But despite the gloomy Tacoma winter outside, it all seemed to lift, if only for a moment, one night in November. Pacific Northwest musician Kris Orlowski graced Puget Sound this November with a moving performance in Oppenheimer Café. He left the crowd smiling with his knockout set and...

The 90s are alive and well . . . on our heads. In the past year, we’ve seen a revival of velvet, chokers and fresh sneakers. So it only makes sense that hairstyles are following suit. The fabled man bun has become a recent sex symbol as the movement of “lumbersexuals” gains notoriety. Celebrities such as Colin Farrell, Orlando Bloom and Ezra Miller have turned long, unruly hair into sultry and luscious locks. The topknot, a refreshed take on the half-up/half-down hairstyle is simultaneously coming into vogue.  Actresses Kate Mara...

On Feb. 3, Schneebeck Concert Hall opened its doors to welcome Grammy Award-winning violinist Mads Tolling to the stage. Along with Puget Sound’s Jazz Orchestra, Tolling treated a lucky audience to a night of jazz and rhythm. Anybody passing by the hall that night is sure to have heard the blare of trumpets, the low crooning of saxophones and the undeniably bittersweet tones of the expertly played violin. Both students and community members alike were bobbing their heads and tapping their toes to keep in time with the steady rhythms...