Arts & Events

The University of Puget Sound President has a great name for radio. Even more impressive is his knowledge of Woodstock and Bob Dylan. Kicking off the KUPS open house last Thursday, President Ron Thomas sat on a barstool across from DJ Mel Köhler and turned the tables back half a century with his playlist of Bob Dylan songs that were performed by other artists at Woodstock Festival in 1969, which was a year after KUPS was founded—another mile-marker in music history, President Thomas was quick to point out. Like any...

I have a confession to make: the truth is, sometimes I buy way more vegetables than I can eat in a week. When I look at them sitting in my cart, I think, “I’m going to be so healthy this week.” This week I bought sweet potatoes, beets, carrots and asparagus and roasted them on Monday night. This is one of my favorite ways to prepare veggies. The basic idea is to cut all of your veggies into “French fry” slices. That is, about pointer-finger length and no more than...

Collaborating in the name of the arts and sciences, The University of Puget Sound and Tacoma Art Museum presented the “Art + Science Salon,” the museum’s free-admission event to support the Tacoma Artwalk. Scientist Siddharth Ramakrishnan, who works in the department of Neuroscience at our University, put together a series of presentations by local artists and scientists who integrate both subjects into their work and lives. Hoping to gain “more collaborations from both artists and scientists” from the event, Ramakrishnan was amazed to see the large turnout, surprised by the...