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-2012 school year, and may be your last chance to catch your favorite seniors actors before they move on to bigger, better things.  Almost, Maine features a delightful series of vignettes showing 19 residents of Almost. Because of the large cast, it’s a chance for a lot of students to perform, and because it’s an ensemble show with no leads, actors are featured equally. The mini plots are varied and expertly woven and provide a very light, positive play that is able to entertain a wide audience

the family bond, a favorite subject for Shepard and indeed many American playwrights, and in that respect it ranks right up there with The Glass Menagerie and Long Day’s Journey Into Night. But what’s extraordinary about Buried Child is that, like Shepard’s best plays and decidedly unlike most conventional family dramas, it acts on the audience the same way the tensions of the play act on the characters. It becomes the things it is about–emotional violence and the mystery of the family bond.” –DON

Lillehammer Olympics, turned to his mom and said “I want to do that.” The response to Cheek’s donation in 2006 was immediate and dramatic, as suddenly everyone, from presidents to Congress wanted to hear what Cheek had to say. His $40,000 donations spurred other donations adding up to $1 million. Over 1 billion people clicked on stories about Cheek and Darfur. But Cheek told the Symposium audience that after the initial thrill, he found out that things had still not changed in Darfur. In 2006 Cheek

their experiences working in student media at PLU. Miranda and Morin will present together on incorporating digital media in a newsroom’s online presence to maximize audience interactions, both on social media and on the news site itself. “We’re presenting on how to properly pair visual media with your online presence,” Morin said. “We’re going to talk about what worked for us, and what hasn’t worked for us, and how we’ve overcome our issues, and how you need to know your audience to do all of that

the camp. They played on decrepit instruments to an audience of fellow prisoners and guards.   PLU Music faculty – Cameron Bennett, piano, Svend Ronning, violin, Craig Rine, clarinet, and Richard Treat, cello – will perform the entire monumental work and Bennett will offer some opening comments. This event is the second event in the 2013 School of Arts + Communication (SOAC) annual Focus Series, under this year’s theme: “Empowerment” and is held in conjunction with the Powell-Heller Holocaust

presents Cosmosis by Susan Botti, and will use projected images on the walls next to the glorious Gottfried and Mary Fuchs organ in Lagerquist Concert Hall. To conclude the event, the audience is invited outside to enjoy a musically inspired science lab with PLU science professors Brett Underwood and Justin Lytle. Cosmosis composer Susan Botti will make a special appearance as vocal soloist, performing with PLU’s University Wind Ensemble and University Singers, directed by Edwin Powell and Brian

through a PLU study away experience, and whose background as a Broadway actor requires him to engage an audience, Jay Paranada was an obvious choice for this special ceremony.” Earlier this month, PLU officials announced plans to hold the pair of commencement ceremonies virtually on Saturday, May 29 due to current state regulations and the continuing public health risk posed by large gatherings. The Class of 2021 ceremony will be held at 11:00 a.m. and the Class of 2020 ceremony will be held at 2:00

graduated from PLU, both in 2010, while fourth member Sam Duchin graduated from Bowdoin College in 2010. They all met during Utley’s volunteer days and have been performing together since 2010. As part of Muh Grog Zoo, Utley’s artistic goal is, “to keep doing shows and keep pushing boundaries of what improvisational theater can do, for the connection between not only ourselves and the audience, but also people’s perceptions of life in general.” At TEDxTacoma, the group will be doing a 15-minute

teacher. Vianna is not only an educator, but an accomplished composer who knows firsthand how to walk the line between preserving the details of a piece of music and innovating enough to make it feel different and exciting. “The jazz composer’s work is unique because we understand that in every performance of our music, the musicians will add something to it,” he says. “It’s a fascinating partnership.”He explains that while an audience listening to a Mozart concerto is expecting a flawless performance

audience. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Now, though, 100-150 students simply show up at each free connection event, with some PLU professors even offering extra credit for attendance at the board’s signature event, Career Pathways—which also has evolved. “Originally it was a way for freshmen and sophomore students to help determine their major or concentration,” Smith said. But now, “We have higher-level executives, alumni from seven different industries, in panel discussions and breakout fairs