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Tobin Grendzynski and Leanna Uselton performed together in AU Theatres 10-Minute Play Festival

Ashland University’s Theatre Department Presented for The Ten-Minute Play Festival

Lauren Gulden, News Editor April 19, 2023

The AU Theatre Department is known for the many plays it puts on each year. The last show for the 2022-2023 season, “The Ten-Minute Play Festival,” occurred on April 14 and 15. The cast and crew is...

The Ashland Symphony Orchestra in concert.

The Ashland Symphony Orchestra presents “ Triumph & Celebration”!

Ashland Symphony Orchestra, Press Release March 28, 2023

The Ashland Symphony Orchestra will present its concert season finale on Saturday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Robert M. & Janet L. Archer Auditorium at Ashland High School. “Triumph & Celebration"...

Coburn Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Juried student exhibition at Coburn currently open until March 24

Brynn Meisse, Features Editor March 15, 2023

The exhibition displays 82 art pieces from 21 students. Visitors can expect to see painting, drawing, illustration, graphic design, sculpture ceramics, digital art, and printmaking. The artwork displayed...

Actors Tobin Grendzyndski, Lily Dowler and Mattie Vermilya.

Musical Review: Once Upon a Mattress

Logan Gray, Reporter February 25, 2023

This was, overall, a surprisingly good musical. When I first heard that it was based on a children’s story, I thought it would be boring or unfunny. I could not have been more wrong, though. This...

Poetry Write-In: Uncertainty

R.W. Keating, Poetry Columnist February 17, 2023

Everybody has uncertainty And for us it’s clear to see We love so open, so knowingly But still linger the thoughts of uncertainty We’re each too doubtful to make a move But we’re each to faithful...

Poetry Write-In: History

R.W Keating, Poetry Columnist February 10, 2023

Is it deaths door that feels so peaceful Or is it the want of a great upheaval I need movement and change in my life Not something small or swift like a knife I sit alone with my dreams in hand Hoping...

Schines Theater is located at 216 Center Street and plans to open in early spring after sitting vacant since 2009.

Early spring latest target for Schines Theater opening

Brynn Meisse, Features Editor February 10, 2023

The movies will return to Downtown Ashland by early spring, four years after the Schine’s Theater renovations began. The theater has postponed its expected opening dates a couple of times due to supply...

Michael Repper conducting the New York Youth Symphony.

Ashland Symphony Director Michael Repper wins Grammy

Brynn Meisse, Features Editor February 10, 2023

Ashland Symphony Orchestra Director Michael Repper became the youngest conductor to win a Grammy on Feb. 5 for Best Orchestral Performance. The New York Youth Symphony played “Works” by Florence...

Tobin Grendzynski, Lily Dowler, and Mattie Vermilya

Ashland University Theatre Department set to put on ‘Once Upon a Mattress’

Lauren Gulden, News Editor February 10, 2023

Ashland University’s Theatre Department will be performing “Once Upon a Mattress” for the department’s spring musical. “Once Upon a Mattress” is set to take the stage in Hugo Young Theater...

The Coburn Art Gallery is located inside the Center for the Arts building.

AU Faculty Art Exhibition opened January 19th

Brynn Meisse, Features Editor February 3, 2023

The Coburn Art Gallery is hosting an art and design faculty exhibition from Jan. 19 to Feb 19. According to Cynthia Petry, director of the Coburn Art Gallery, “this is an annual exhibition that highlights...

Dr. Russell Weaver speaking to Ashbrook Scholars about Mansfield Park

Weaver weaves in his thoughts on marriage at colloquium

William Currier, Reporter January 26, 2023

Mansfield Park, a novel written by Jane Austen, questions the increasing social standard or income taking priority in a marriage. Dr. Russell Weaver, professor of English, explains his view in front...

Photo of Toms Kitchen Table

The Ashland Symphony Orchestra presents “Classical Rock”!

Zoe Bogarty, Reporter January 12, 2023

The Ashland Symphony Orchestra will present a “Classical Rock” concert on Saturday, January 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert M. & Janet L. Archer Auditorium at Ashland High School. Joining the...

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