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letters. The tale is a familiar one. The musical premiered in 1963 after the 1940 James Stewart-Margaret Sullavan film The Shop Around the Corner and the 1949 Judy Garland-Van Johnson musical version In the Good Old Summertime. It surfaced yet again in 1998 as the Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan feature You’ve Got Mail. “The reason this play has been around so long and produced in so many different ways is because it goes back to the grade school playground,” Director Jeff Clapp explains. “Meaning… Why does this

a featured film starring Paul Rudd. The Shape of Things runs May 3, 4, 5 at 7:30 pm and May 5 (student discount performance) and 6 at 2 pm in the Studio Theater of Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are available online on Eventbrite. $10 – General admission; $5 – 60+, military, PLU alumni and students; free – high school students and younger. The Shape of Things follows Adam, a college student who is a little overweight, not very confident, and without much going for

Academy in Moscow, Russia. He has performed at the Harlem, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Buglisi Dance Theatre, and New York Theatre Ballet. In Dance 2018: Storytelling, Smith creates a zany ride through rigorous physical play and personal connections between the case and their subject manner. Another guest screendance artist featured in the show is Faith Morrison with her film, Enzō.  Both guest artists taught workshops to PLU students during their brief residencies. PLU’s Dance program traveled

that I realized I’d been learning about Venn diagrams.” To make math more accessible for students and the general public, she explores the relationships between math and art, and math and pop culture. She even co-edited a book about the latter with her mother, Elizabeth Sklar: “Mathematics in Popular Culture: Essays on Appearances in Film, Fiction, Games, Television and Other Media.“ Last year, she taught a PLU general education math course on math in popular culture. Students were introduced to

calligraphy tools. The ephemera will enhance the library and studios in Ingram, and the supplies will be put to use this semester.” The Boge Library will be open later this fall. To kick off its opening, Spring will curate an exhibition to share some highlights of the collection in Mortvedt Library. Read Previous A Retrospective Exhibit: 100 Years of the Art of Keyes and Cox opens in the University Gallery Read Next MediaLab Film Examines “Compassion Fatigue” LATEST POSTS Meet Professor Junichi Tsuneoka

Wednesday, December 2, at 7:30pm and Seattle on Monday, December 7, at 7:30pm. This year’s concert theme, “A Christmas Invitation,” features the exclusive world premiere of prolific Hollywood film composer J.A.C. Redford’s A Christmas Invitation, a three-movement work composed specifically for the Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orchestra. The choirs and orchestra also will premiere “December: A Meditation on Advent,” composed by PLU Professor of Music Greg Youtz.  The

served as Heyerdahl’s right-hand man from 1995-2002 and is still very much involved in Heyerdahl’s legacy, including projects with the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo and The Thor Heyerdahl Institute in Larvik, Norway. Event Details Thor Heyerdahl 100th Anniversary Exhibition Where: Scandinavian Cultural Center, Anderson University Center, PLU campus. When: Oct. 26-Nov. 20, during open hours (Sunday 1-4 p.m., Tuesday & Wednesday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.). Thor Heyerdahl Film Festival Where: Scandinavian Cultural