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By SABINE GLOCKER   The time for another fantastic University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra concert is now. Inspired by the year 2013 and titled Lucky 13, the concert is filled with pieces by composers born in 1813 and 1913. The concert will consist of four pieces. Starting off the concert will be “Little Suite for Orchestra” by Witold Lutoslawski. A Polish composer and conductor, he was born on Jan. 25, 1913. This piece was composed in 1950. “It starts off with a light piccolo solo which then jumps into...

By KATHRYN STUTZ   There is a long-standing tradition among science fiction writers of predicting the future. Everything about the film Ender’s Game feels seamlessly futuristic in the image of the modern: children do their homework and play games on tablet computers, and the world is connected on an information network called the net where people can hide their identities. Communication is instantaneous, change is rapid and we are forced to grow up fast to accommodate. And yet, this is a faithful adaptation of a book which was first published...

By SABINE GLOCKER Halloween is the time of year when ghouls and ghosts come out to play and people don costumes in search of sweet treats. This is also the perfect time of year to attend haunted houses and watch the scariest movies. There are horror movies aplenty and with so many to choose from, it can sometimes be hard to decide which to watch. Though the holiday is past, here are a couple of ideas to keep the Halloween season frightful and fun. Childhood       Favorites Number...

By CASEY DEY   Tacoma’s theater district lit up the weekend of Oct. 25-27 with new renditions of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Both were a spectacular reminder of why theater continues to dazzle audiences today. From its inception in 1879, Gilbert and Sullivan’s comedy operetta Pirates of Penzance has left audiences with happy ears and smiling hearts. Tacoma Opera’s rendition on Oct. 25 and 27 was no exception. Frederic is a young man mistakenly apprenticed to a band of pirates until his twenty-first birthday....

By OLIVIA PIERCE FREEMAN   Rabbi Patrick Aleph kicked off his Punk Torah tour during his recent Oct. 24 visit to the University of Puget Sound. He discussed the taboo against tattoos  within Jewish tradition, and offered his perspective on the controversial choice to have a tattoo as a follower of Judaism. Aleph thought he had life figured out as the singer for the post-punk band The Love Drunks; however, when he found himself living out of a converted Dodge van, making ramen noodles and only $8,000 a year, he...

Student produced. Student written. Student directed. Student acted. Student run. The Town Crier theatre festival gives Puget Sound students a wonderful opportunity to gain experience in every aspect of theatrical production. Months of careful preparation culminated in the Seventh Annual Town Crier Speaks Festival on Oct. 10-12, divided across three evenings of laughter, tears, thoughtful reflections and glimpses into the vast realm of the theatrical experience. Go was about a failing show told from the perspective of the back-stage crew. A production of King Lear-in-space goes horribly wrong when sound...

By SABINE GLOCKER   At age 14, Leon Ichaso was sent to an airport in Cuba where his father told him, “Look at me well, because you will never see me again. I believe in this revolution and this is where I am staying.” After leaving Cuba and Fidel Castro, he said he had two options: “to become a 14-year-old alcoholic” or to create healthier coping methods. This is what film became to him—a coping method and an escape. In his talk on Oct. 10, he discussed filming a movie...