Arts

Join us for the Organ at Noon Series: Journey to Resurrection, featuring Wyatt Smith, organ, performing The Seven Last Words and Triumph of Christ (2018) composed by Pamela Decker. 

Free and open to the public.

The Latinx Festival is back! Join us for student performers, Mariachi Alma Nueva, Ballet Folklorico, and delicious Latin American foods. Entrance to the event is free and open to the entire campus community. All proceeds from food and activity sales will go to the Latin American Heritage Scholarship. Te esperamos!

This event is presented by Sin Fronteras and sponsored by Hispanic Studies, Art & Art History, Latin American Studies, Latina/o Studies, the Department of History, and the Matthew Norton Clapp Visiting Artists Endowment.

A love of jazz, of playing at Farmers Markets, and musical adventures throughout the Northwest, the Playtonics feature talented musicians from all over the US, as well as KNKX's Paige Hansen, plying their vocals and horns and now packing venues including recently at Tacoma's Spanish Ballroom. They are creative wordsmiths, too, and their performances feature originals which will be available onsale at following their lunchtime performance.

Tango is a mini-residency presented by three of the northern hemisphere's leading practitioners, led by choreographer Chelsea Eng, with support from tango masters Joe Powers and Count Glover.

"Everybody Needs a Wife: How Intensive Grandparenting Reinforces Gender Deference and the Stalled Revolution in Families" w/Prof. Jennifer Utrata

The northwest's oldest annual lu'au and show returns to the UPS Fieldhouse. Now in it's 53rd year and produced by UPS's Hawaii club and students, you can skip the airfares and luggage, as this family-friendly event will transport you to the Islands and back, a fun evening which will include those imports and goodies you ask for, for sale at the country store during intermission. 

Come to the Museum to sketch some specimens! This is a drop-in event, so show up at any time and be sure to BYO art supplies.

Micaela Cooley and Emelie Peine make up the unique cello/banjo/guitar/washboard combo that is Sweet Mother. Playing original songs, traditional old time tunes, and contemporary covers, Sweet Mother brings haunting harmonies and unique arrangements that draw on influences from Gillian Welch to the midcentury field recordings of Harry Smith and Alan Lomax. Sweet Mother can be seen playing acoustic shows around the Puget Sound region.
instagram: @sweetmotherband

Avi Graf performs the Sonatas of Debussy, Boulanger accompanied by Jinshil Yi, and solo work by JS Bach and Caroline Shaw. Jazz Standards with Accompaniment by Brook Jones will also be present.

Socio-Waterscapes of the Rocky Mountain West: How Inequality, Affluence, and Recreation Shape the Flow of Water

w/SOAN Alum Leonard Henderson '16
Doctoral Student/Graduate Course Instructor
Environment and Community @ Utah State University