As a dedicated fan of cosplay, and as a cosplayer myself, I had never felt fully satisfied by small conventions. I was always dreaming bigger.…
Category: Arts & Culture
This Week in Ashland: Global Comedy Superstar Skweezy Jibbs Makes a Movie
Skweezy Jibbs describes himself as “that person that tells the craziest stories … but always has proof”. He backs up his often absurd and unbelievable…
SOU Percussion Ensemble Launches Eclectic Playlist for 2025-26 Season
Southern Oregon University’s Percussion Ensemble: it’s like a twice-weekly beat-down in the Music Building, and open to any interested student at SOU. SOUPE seeks to…
SMA Showcases Painting and Curation by NY Artist Jason Stopa
Southern Oregon University’s Schneider Museum of Art opened its autumn show in September, featuring both an individual exhibition by Jason Stopa, and a group exhibition…
“The Crows Peck the Eagles”: OSF’s Production of Coriolanus
Play promotional design by Krzysztof Bednarski (image provided by the OSF). As fall term at Southern Oregon University begins, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of…
“The Sky is the Limit”: SOU’s Student Film Festival Awards
Southern Oregon University’s Film Festival Awards were on Wednesday, June the 5th, in Ashland’s Varsity Theater. Admission tickets were $5 per person to the general…
“I sat me down, Divised a new commission”- A collaborative new take on Hamlet
There is so much more to Hamlet than the titular character’s angst. Earlier this month, the Oregon Center for the Arts hosted an experimental new…
“To Sing a Song That Old Was Sung”: Inside SOU’s Production of Pericles
SOU Theater’s last showing of Pericles was on Sunday of May 26th. It is the third and final production of the Theater program this year.…
“Madmen like us reinvent the world” a Spoiler-free Review of Born With Teeth at OSF
At last, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival mounts a play about the festival’s namesake. Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy is one of the ten plays…
“The Highly Modern Writing of Today:” Inside SOU’s May Day Poetry Riot
On Wednesday, the first day of May, seven students read their own poetry in the Art Building’s Meese Auditorium. The presentations lasted for around a…