Arts & Culture
'Rent' Performances Feel 'Like Home' for Director Amy Fritsche
鈥525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?鈥 These lyrics will fill the E. Turner Stump Theatre this weekend as the run of 鈥淩ent鈥 finishes up on Sun, Feb. 25. Amy Fritsche, associate professor of acting and musical theater and director of 鈥淩ent鈥 for Kent State, walked alongside students performing in the show from start to finish to ensure their first performance of the Spring semester was a hit.
IN A FLASH: Behind the Lights
An associate professor working on the School of Theatre and Dance provided a behind-the-scenes look at the school's current production of "Rent."
Oscar Ritchie鈥檚 Legacy Continues to Inspire
A key figure in Kent State's Black History, Oscar Ritchie continues to inspire generations of students and educators.
Cleveland鈥檚 Short. Sweet. Film Fest. to Include Works From Kent State
Short films from two Kent State digital media production students and three alumni will be shown this year at the 13th annual Short. Sweet. Film Fest., which takes place Feb. 28-March 3 at Atlas Cinemas Shaker in Cleveland, Ohio. Digital Media Production Associate Professor Scott Hallgren also will moderate a panel discussion at the event.
Leveraging a Second Language in the Workforce
The 鈥淟everaging Second Language Skills in the Professional World" panel discussion during I Heart Travel Week reinforced how students can use a second language to propel themselves into and throughout the professional world.
The Artistry of Being an Effective Leader
DeSantis, a 2006 graduate of 妻友社区, and her team work out of an old automobile factory in Lakewood, Ohio. As lead designer, all work is designed and thrown by DeSantis herself. No small feat when you consider that her work has been featured in Uncommon Goods, Anthropologie, McGee & Co. and the Sundance catalog, in addition to 400 retailers across the country. So, when Medium reached out as part of their series 鈥淔ive Things You Need To Be a Highly Effective Leader During Turbulent Times,鈥 DeSantis had plenty to share.
'Rent' Takes the Stage
妻友社区鈥檚 School of Theatre and Dance is continuing its 2023-2024 season with "Rent" which started its run February 16 and goes through Feb. 25 in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for Performing Arts.
IN A FLASH: 鈥楻ent鈥 Is Due
Kent State's production of "Rent" runs from Feb. 16-25 at the E. Turner Stump Theatre.
'Time Capsules That Can Hold So Much Emotion And Power'
Two Media and Journalism students and Associate Professor David Foster are bringing a fresh perspective to a late 1960s photo collection focused on Black student life at 妻友社区. Lafayette Tolliver, a 1971 alumnus who pursued a degree in photojournalism, was an active photographer for Black student organizations during his university years. In 2014, he generously donated more than a thousand photographs to Kent State.
Happy New Year! Students Usher in Year of the Dragon With Food and Fun
Satterfield Hall was filled with the sights, sounds and smells of Lunar New Year as 妻友社区 students gathered Feb. 14 to celebrate and learn to make Asian dumplings.