By Taylor Worsham December 5th saw the advent of LSSU’s annual “Laker Christmas.” Held at the Arts Center, the event featured classic carols on instruments ranging from cello to xylophone. A variety of individuals and organizations participated, including the LSSU chorus and band, the community orchestra and chorus, the STARS Youth Orchestra, New Horizon Strings,…
By Genevieve Smith The Lake Superior State University Arts Center was host to “An Evening of Music and Improv” variety performance Friday, November 20, 2015. “Joint effort” does the event little justice as the campus band, chorus, and improv team merged creative forces to perform “a little bit of singing, a little bit of band,…
By Ashley Lolmaugh The Sault Symphony Orchestra performed in the art center on Saturday November 14, with guest performance by Wei-Wei Le, an extraordinarily talented violinist.The Sault symphony orchestra has been performing for 43 years. Before the event began the audience buzzed with anticipation, the sound of warm-ups heightening the anticipation. The event officially began…
By Andrew Gilroy There is a theory—often restated and mutated to account for the exceptions—that comedy comes from a place of pain. There are certain pains, I personally believe, that are especially rich wellsprings. For example, fremdschämen, the secondhand embarrassment of observing someone who should be embarrassed, being given intimate details of a stranger’s life,…
By Genevieve Smith November 6, 2015 featured the first performance of “The Trip to Bountiful” by the LSSU Theatre program. Opening night was followed by two more performances on the following Saturday and Sunday. The eight-member cast was under the direction of Professor Dr. Gary Balfantz. An acclaimed work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Horton Foote,…
By Miranda Emaus On Halloween weekend, the LSSU athletic’s department, students, and faculty were joined by members of the community to support the eighth annual Pink in the Rink benefit. Last year’s event raised $15,000, and since 2008 over $125,000 has been raised towards health and wellness programs in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. The men’s…
By Andrew Gilroy On Tuesday Evening, the back wall of Peacock Cove was a huge projection of Super Mario 3. The student holding the controller seemed especially prone to death by turtle, but it’s hard to blame them: playing a game privately is different than performing for an audience. This same difference is at the…
By Miranda Emaus Oct. 15 – The Kenneth J. Shouldice Library revealed the results of it’s first ever Altered Book Contest. Artists from both the school and community participated by transforming old books in masterpieces by utilizing paint, origami, exacto knifes, paper mache, ect… The event was inspired from the remodeling of the library; in…
By Ashley Lolmaugh The Mack sisters, Yuki and Tomoko, performed at the art center on October 1st. The two are an award winning piano duo, and Steinway artists: an honor given to those who can play a Steinway piano with great skill. They gained recognition as soloists in 1994, then became an award winning duo…
By Andrew Gilroy The LSSU Arts Center recently played host to Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of education policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Goldrick-Rab is also founding director of the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, a research facility dedicated to providing practical solutions for equity in higher education. Professor Goldrick-Rab visited to lecture on…
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