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Dressed for Macbeth Success Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 1, 2014 May 1, 2014 They call it the crows nest. On the top floor of the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the PLU costume shop is abuzz, preparing for Macbeth, which opens with a student preview on May 8. The new space is, for all involved, a marked upgrade from the previous space, which was located in “the bowels of Eastvold,” according to veteran Costume Designer Kathy Anderson. “It’s like we’re reconnected with

You’ll love “She Loves Me” Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 2, 2016 May 2, 2016 If you’re a fan of romantic comedies and a good tune, She Loves Me is just the thing for you. Pacific Lutheran University’s spring musical opens Friday, May 13 in Eastvold Auditorium in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The musical, set in a 1930’s New York Perfumery shop, features two clerks, Amalia and Georg, who respond to a ‘lonely hearts’ advertisement and begin exchanging anonymous love

Student production disrupts time in new Romeo and Juliet Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 8, 2016 December 8, 2016 “This is not your grandmother’s Romeo and Juliet ”  December 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7:30pm and December 11 – 2pm Studio Theater, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Director's NoteRomeo and Juliet. Four hundred and nineteen years ago, William Shakespeare penned what would go on to be one of the most produced love stories ever written. So then why pick this show? There

On Exhibit: Graphic Novels Posted by: Julie Babka / January 6, 2022 January 6, 2022 This display intends to highlight the Mortvedt Library’s graphic novel collection and their power of visual storytelling. Graphic novels are a compelling medium which combine elements of the visual arts and literature. This curated display focuses on stories related to social justice, resilience, and diverse voices. Additionally, this display contains books about graphic novels and their history and impact

November 2016 when he dedicated his presidential electoral vote to Faith Spotted Eagle from South Dakota. “We see this event as being part of PLU’s mission to ‘educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care,’” said Saiyare Refaei, who serves as coordinator for sustainability integration at the PLU Diversity Center.  “This is a platform for local indigenous peoples to come together around Standing Rock and share with future PLU graduates and our campus community about

understand a question, we told them to ask their American counterparts to explain it using different words. It worked really well.” This was the first time a Chinese agency has brought a group of high schoolers to PLU. Usually such students, who read U.S. News and World Report, are interested in internationally known schools such as Harvard or Stanford and tend to avoid small liberal-arts universities. But there’s a problem with that narrow focus, Meyer said: Often, the education students receive from

Mathematics of Finance at Columbia University Posted by: nicolacs / October 29, 2024 October 29, 2024 The Department of Mathematics at Columbia University offers a Master of Arts program in Mathematics with a specialization in the Mathematics of Finance (MAFN). It is co-sponsored by the Department of Statistics, and it draws on the diverse strengths of the university in mathematics, statistics, stochastic processes, numerical methods, and financial applications. We strive for a balance between

APO show opens in the Studio Theater Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 1, 2012 November 1, 2012 “Buried Child,” written by Sam Shepard, opens December 5 in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theater. The production will run December 5*, 6, 7, 8 at 7:30pm and December 9 at 2pm. First presented in 1978, this powerful and brilliant play probes deep into the disintegration of the American Dream. It won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and launched Shepard to national

Students take on the new Karen Hille Phillips Center Mainstage Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 19, 2014 March 19, 2014 APO Production, “In the Garden of Live Flowers” opens March 7 In the Garden of Live Flowers: A Fantasia of the Life and Work of Rachel Carson, by Attilio Favorini and Lynne Conner, opens March 7 in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Eastvold Auditorium. The production will run March 6*, 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 7:30pm and March 16 at 2pm. Produced by our

Steel Magnolias opens March 5 in the Studio Theater Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 3, 2015 March 3, 2015 With a stream of hairspray PLU will enter the 80’s for the spring production of Steel Magnolias. The production runs for two weekends in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Studio Theater, March 5 6, 7, 13 and 14 at 7:30 p.m. and March 15 at 2 p.m. The play, set in a small town in Louisiana, features an all-female cast. The scene is set in Truvy’s in-home beauty salon