Arts & Events

University of Puget Sound’s French Film Series opened with its first film, Les Quatre Cents Coup, on Sept. 24. The following two films in the series, Á Bout de Souffle and Cléo de 5 á 7 will be shown on Oct. 15 and Nov. 19, respectively. The French Film Series is an event hosted by the newly established University of Puget Sound French Studies department. “This is the first semester we actually are a department of French Studies. We haven’t had in a couple years,” Arnaud Perret, French Studies professor...

This summer, two students created stunning works of art as part of the University’s summer research program. After applying for and being awarded summer research grants in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, seniors Bianca Jarvis and Karina Harper devoted ten weeks to the research of a subject of their choosing. Harper took the opportunity to travel to France, inspired by native Henri Toulouse-Lautrec’s empathetic portraiture of the late 1800s, hoping to locate or create a fuller understanding of what the portrait means in today’s increasingly digital and shutter-happy society....

With the last day of class fast approaching, what better way to celebrate the end of another semester than sitting on Karlen Quad enjoying some of everyone’s favorite poplar music? “Pops is a concert on last day of classes—the afternoon concert on last day of classes—where wind ensemble and members of concert band play popular music,” sophomore music education major Minna Stelzner said. Specifically, “soundtrack music with student conductors,” sophomore music education major Stephen Abeshima added. “The purpose of Pops is three fold: it’s final for wind ensemble, the final...

Senior Theatre Festival will conclude this weekend with Caryl Churchill’s The Skriker, tonight at 7:30 p.m. and tomorrow at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Prepare for a unique trip into Celtic mythology and what happens when people no longer believe in creatures of folklore. The Skriker tells the tale of a shapeshifting fairy who is barely surviving in the underworld because the humans above have stopped telling her story. She leads the rest of the misshapen creatures in finding a way to keep their stories alive. Some of these creatures...

The Tacoma Opera finished its 2013-14 season last weekend with great triumph. After a fantastic three shows this year—Pirates of Penzance, Barber of Seville and Madama Butterfly—the company is thrilled for next season, featuring The Magic Flute, The Mikado and Romeo et Juliette. This year Tacoma witnessed the amazing talents of the Tacoma Opera Company in three magnificent productions. Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan, the opera buffa (or comic opera), featured Eric Neuville as Frederic, Director of Vocal Studies at Puget Sound Dawn Padula as Ruth, Ryan Bede...