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GV opera theater debuts Broadway-style ‘The Light in the Piazza’

By CORY FINKBEINER | FEB 2
The GVSU Opera Theater production will run six nights at GVSU’s Allendale Campus, with a live orchestra performing tonight and Friday and Feb. 10 and 11.

Women’s Center to present ‘That Takes Ovaries!’

By STEPHANIE ALLEN | FEB 2
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Grand Valley State University students, faculty, staff and community members are getting gutsy in the Women’s Center presentation of “That Take Ovaries!: Bold Women, Brazen Acts,” a play about brave women and their courageous actions.

Professor shines a light on American history in award-winning “Up From the Bottoms”

By BRIAN LEDTKE | FEB 2
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The locally-made documentary film “Up From the Bottoms: The Search for the American Dream” by Grand Valley State University’s Jim Schaub will be aired Sunday on PBS at 8 p.m.
 

Grand Rapids music scene ready for February

By CHRIS LAFOY | FEB 2
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Grand Rapids was the host to some great shows in January including the Wu Tang Clan, the Lemonheads and Class Actress. Promoters and bookers in town have been hard at work trying to keep fans happy with an equally exciting February.

Wake Up Weekend cooks off for animal rights

By CORY FINKBEINER | JAN 26
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At first glance the sixth-annual Wake Up Weekend Chili Cook-Off looked like a muffin-tasting contest, but the masses of muffin tins were only a creative way to hold and assess 13 types of homemade chili at the event, which was followed by a set performed by local up-and-comer Sam Cook-Parrot, of Radiator Hospital.
 

GVSU Writers Series highlights faculty artists

By STEPHANIE ALLEN | JAN 26
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Assistant writing professors Caitlin Horrocks, Amorak Huey and Oindrila Mukherjee were chosen for this year’s faculty reading.

Life-long dancer fosters skills at GV

By CHRIS LAFOY | JAN 25
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Judi Jaekel has been dancing since she was three and has no intentions of stopping anytime soon. Her life in dance has brought her to multiple teachers and studios, but for the past four years she has worked to improve her craft here at Grand Valley State University.
 

Perugino Quartet returns to GV for Arts at Noon

By CORY FINKBEINER | JAN 26
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The Perugino String Quartet will share its passion for music with Grand Valley State University as part of the Arts and Noon Series.

Women’s hockey team to Pink the Rink for cancer

By JOEL CAMPBELL | JAN 23
To help young women learn about breast cancer and have the upper hand in the fight, the Susan G. Komen Foundation has partnered with Grand Valley State University to host Pink the Rink.
 

GV theater student named 2012 MacNair Scholar

By TYLER STEIMLE | JAN 19
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Grand Valley State University senior Bridgett Vanderhoof has the fire to light up her future, and now has the means to finance it.

GV, Muskegon Museum of Art collaborate

By STEPHANIE ALLEN | JAN 19
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A large collection of artwork by some of America’s most celebrated artists on loan from the Muskegon Museum of Art is now on display at the Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, located at 1121 Performing Arts Center.
 

Short films from GVSU student, alumni featured at UICA

By BRIAN LEDTKE | JAN 19
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The feature films being screened in the Chiaroscuro Film Series are highlighting humor in countries around the world, but the short films preceding the main attractions are shining a light on local talent.

7 questions with The Full Catastrophe

By CORY FINKBEINER | JAN 19
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Together, they are The Full Catastrophe, a band unafraid to sing out against such issues as Tom Hanks and cocoa puffs.
 

GV professor’s play “Rust” printed in New York Times Magazine

By CHRIS LAFOY | JAN 19
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“Rust” is a play documenting the real-life events around the 2008 closing of the GM steel stamping plant in Wyoming, Mich. Bunn’s goal was to capture a glimpse of what an event like this closing does to a country, state, community and individuals.

Senior theater major goes beyond the curtain to prepare for life, work after graduation

By RENE RODRIGUEZ | JAN 13
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For many seniors at Grand Valley State University, the final winter semester of their college careers is bittersweet. Theater major Joe Cox is no exception.
 
 
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