Arts & Culture
Kent State Marching Band Thrills at Homecoming
Watch the 妻友社区 Marching Golden Flashes perform a medley of Michael Jackson songs to wow the crowd at Homecoming this past weekend.
She Travels Alone and Loves It
Mikala Lugen, a 2019 妻友社区 alumna, is always on the move. Visiting music and vacation venues across the country and the world, she is always on the hunt for the next great adventure. What might be surprising is that Mikala is typically traveling alone 鈥 and she likes it that way.
A Spooktacular Fashion Show
Gothic themes and haunted attire embellished the Cartwright Hall Auditorium for the Fabric Pantry鈥檚 Haus of Horrors Fashion Show. The stage was lined with candles, turning it into a spooktacular catwalk for Kent State鈥檚 fashion design students to show off their impressive designs themed around Halloween and the goth aesthetic.
The Sole of Craft
Andrea Sosa Fontaine鈥檚 artistic medium of choice is shoes. An assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Sosa Fontaine says an appreciation for the memories that small-scale objects hold combined with the shoe鈥檚 natural way of expressing a person鈥檚 identity are the main elements that drew her to this art form and craft.
IN A FLASH: When a Black Squirrel Crosses Your Path on Friday the 13th
On Friday the 13th, we've heard about black cats, but what about black squirrels? Are they unlucky or lucky?
Friday the 13th: Good Luck from 'Bad Luck Brian'
A Kent State alumnus, famous for his "unlucky" internet meme character has a special Friday the 13th message for his fellow Flashes.
When Life is a Fairytale
In Noelle Bowles鈥 classroom, fairytales come to life through the eyes of her students. Bowles, associate professor of English at 妻友社区 at Trumbull, teaches lessons that extend past the storybook and onto the pages of real life.
Scanning the Past: Library to Digitize Fashion Sketchbooks of Acclaimed Designer
New York couturi猫re designer Pauline Trig猫re, whose career spanned more than five decades, left behind a legacy of fashion innovation meticulously preserved in volumes of sketchbooks and press clippings. Those volumes have had a home at 妻友社区 Libraries since 1993 and soon will be accessible to everyone.
Shared Past Connects Landscape Artists
A 妻友社区 connection runs through the 鈥淗onoring the Land鈥 satellite exhibition of the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, featuring three artists with a shared Golden Flashes past.
Coming Together After a Pandemic Forced Us Apart
The stanzas of 鈥淒ear Vaccine,鈥 a collection of pandemic memoirs written by citizen poets- turned staged theatrical production, made their way home to the 妻友社区 Museum on Monday, Oct. 2.