Theater Department prepares for fall productions
With a new season of diverse productions ahead, students within the USD theater department have started working on stories they will present to the USD community during the fall semester. The season’s first show will be The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, which will run from Sept. 26-29 on the Wayne S. Knutson Stage. Other shows […]
New musical festival to promote original compositions
Listening local. That’s what USD percussion professor Darin Wadley had in mind while organizing the first annual Great Plains New Music Festival, where 23 musicians will perform in the Warren M. Lee Center for Fine Arts on Sept. 7. The festival will showcase professional musicians and composers from all over the country, as well as […]
Downtown mural unites Vermillion community
Art has a way of bringing people in a community together. Behind the Coyote Twin Theater on Main St., members of the Vermilion Cultural Association and USD student artists collaborated on a mural during July and August, which was completed before the beginning of the Fall 2019 semester. The mural’s theme is a lens on […]
Amber Hulse: Miss South Dakota 2019
Pageants take patience, practice and planning. For Amber Hulse, a junior political science major, it’s been her life for the last seven years. Hulse was crowned Miss South Dakota 2019 on June 1. She competed in her first pageant when she was 13 years old and has been on her journey to Miss South Dakota […]
Pride Week to celebrate LGBTQ+ community
Spectrum organizes a pride week dedicated to promoting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community each spring. Pride Day usually is celebrated in June, which is Pride Month, but Spectrum selects a week within the spring semester so USD students can participate and support the LGBTQ+ community. The week will kick off on Thursday, April 18, with […]
Chick Flick Club promotes community among women
Chick flicks are usually associated with sleepovers or movie nights–and for the last two years, the Vermillion Cultural Association (VCA) has held Chick Flick Club in the downtown Vermillion Theater. The Chick Flick Club has been a place for Vermillion community members to watch a female-centered movie together. “What makes it the ‘Chick Flick Club’ […]
New art to be added to downtown Vermillion
Unity. Creativity. Artistry. These are just a few things that contribute to the creation of a community mural in downtown Vermillion. Several murals fill the alleyways of downtown Vermillion that share the stories of people all around the community. This summer, the Vermillion Cultural Association will be designing and creating a new mural on the […]
USD theatre students take the lead by directing plays for one act festival
For one weekend, theatre students are in charge of their own productions. The One Act Play festival opened Friday night and featured five one act plays all directed by students. The One Act Play festival is a culmination of a directing course made up of both graduate and undergraduate students. These students go from learning […]
USD abroad: Chamber Singers on tour
Some students went home for spring break, while others traveled somewhere warm. But the USD Chamber Singers took a trip across the Atlantic and spent their break touring Europe. Every spring, the Chamber Singers go on a tour. Last year, they traveled throughout the Midwest, but this year, they took their music all the way […]
‘Wine with Will’ raises money for South Dakota Shakespeare Festival
Since 2012, the South Dakota Shakespeare Festival has hosted the annual Wine with Will event, an evening dedicated to supporting this nonprofit organization and the arts. Wine with Will began Friday evening with musical stylings by the Queen’s Pleasure, a local woodwinds group that set the ambiance for the event. Throughout the evening, there were […]