It was a cool, crisp Nov. night, and I found myself taking refuge inside a small garage in Ashland, Oregon. A well-worn wooden skateboard half-pipe occupied half of the floorspace. Sketches of nude figures drawn with black paint smothered the…
Category: Entertainment
SOU Travels Into the Woods
“Into the Woods,” is a timeless classic originally written by James Lapine with music from Stephen Sondheim, was brought to life by Paul Barnes who has a long history of theater in Ashland. He was one of the founders of the…
3 women deliver in ‘boygenius’ debut
On their self-titled debut EP, boygenius delivers a dreamy collection of saccharine, folk-infused indie rock that showcase the strengths of three stellar female singer-songwriters. Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus formed boygenius through a mutual admiration. Though all three…
Vince Staples Album Receives 8/10 Stars
On his third studio album, FM!, Vince Staples offers a tight package of heavy hitting tracks, laden with dark themes that listeners have come to expect from the Def Jam rapper. The sonic palette of FM! differs significantly from that…
Haunted halls: SOU’s ghost stories
Hollowstories: ghosts, spirits and the paranormal at SOU Warning: This article contains mentions death and suicide which may be triggering to some readers. The Southern Oregon University Paranormal Club lead a Spirit Walk, in which participants are shown around the…
5 stars for ‘Shadow of the Fox’
Julie Kagawa’s action-packed Shadow of the Fox stuns with its immersive Japanese mythology and wholly inviting and intriguing characters. On Yumeko and Tatsumi’s shared journey across beautiful lands, they cross many perilous obstacles and create a small rag-tag crew of unlikely allies…
Varsity World Film Week Preview
A transnational, bisexual love triangle ensues after a German cake maker’s Israeli lover gets killed in a car accident. In Vichy France, a woman joins forces with a nazi collaborator to save her husband from deportation to a concentration camp.…
Final OCA Show Closes this weekend
Last Thursday, The Oregon Center of The Arts (OCA) at Southern Oregon University (SOU) opened the final show of their 2017-2018 season with a production of J.M Barrie’s Dear Brutus. It presents to the audience a colorful and light hearted…
Varsity Theatre to host Student Film Festival
Southern Oregon University’s Student Film Festival opens next Thursday at the Varsity Theatre in down town Ashland, and there have been changes since last year. Rather than a class, Film Club will be putting on the annual event for the…
‘A Man of no Importance’ Cast inspired by community and experience
Having been rehearsing since Apr. 2, the Oregon Center for the Arts (OCA) at SOU closed their performance of A Man of No Importance on May 20 after a two week run. A Man of No Importance, based off of…