Arts & Events

By KATHRYN STUTZ   Last weekend’s Adelphian and Voci d’Amici masterpiece, A Winter’s Hope, showed off the vocal talents of the Puget Sound students involved, and served as a sort of Christian-flavored multi-faith holiday worship service for the greater Puget Sound community. The Saturday night performance, with the backdrop of Kilworth chapel’s gold-gilt pipe organ and the tall rain-streaked windows showing the lamp-lit grounds outside, felt heavily Victorian—a glimpse into the way songs could hold a community together in a very different time. The candlelit chandeliers and glowing Christmas tree...

By KATHRYN STUTZ   The final project of the students in Professor Jess Smith’s Directing Class, the One Acts Festival—beginning on Dec. 9—includes 15 different shows by 15 different directors. All of the plays, whether short dramas, monologues or scenes from larger works, will be spread out over the course of the three days. There will be five productions each night, creating an exciting and concentrated theatrical event in under an hour—no intermissions. “Half the class has been about learning: styles of visual storytelling, and figuring out how to block...

By SABINE GLOCKER   Guests were greeted by a long line full of family members of the performers and supportive students at Rausch Auditorium. The doors to the performance venue opened and the audience filled the room, leaving very few seats open once the show started. The audience filled the room with excited chatter as they waited the start of the show in anticipation. The lights dimmed and the co-presidents of Curtain Call Clara Sciortino and Emily Doyle walked onto the stage to introduce the show. The show consisted of...

By OLIVIA PIERCE FREEMAN   To some, KUPS may seem like an elusive, underground mystery that occasionally hums as the soundtrack amidst the Diversions bustle. But it truly is so much more than that. KUPS is putting forth a strong effort to promote their campus presence toward the entirety of the student body, especially toward those for whom the station is unfamiliar. There are many committees that make up the KUPS team, and their Street Team (in which all students, DJs or not, can participate) is responsible for getting people...

By MEGAN EVANS   Tonight, Kappa Alpha Theta is hosting their first “Rock the CASA” event. Seven bands will compete in a variety of categories, some determined by judges while others will be determined by the audience. Five of the bands-Harshmellow, Young Ones, Rhinoceros Rex, Heart Strings and The Harlequins-include students from Puget Sound. The other two are Tacoma bands, Velocity and Wilde at Heart. The bands cover a wide range of musical genres, from acoustic  to rock. “The goal is to make this a casual event that everyone feels...