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What’s Happening This Week & Next Week

What's Happening This Week (Nov. 6- Nov. 12) Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m. REALLY BIG STARS: An Elephant Double Feature, silent films Flying Monkey Nov. 12, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Jose Lezcano, guitar in Latin America Pease Public Library Nov. 12, 7 p.m. PSU Jazz Ensemble and Combo Hanaway Theatre What's Happening Next […]

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WPCR Spotlight: Lucas Davey

On Oct. 4 Lucas Davey hosted his first radio show. Now, he’s the only first-year to juggle two shows a week. Davey said he’s already gained respect from WPCR’s seasoned hosts. “I’ve hung out with the executives a lot, so they know I’m a hard worker,” said Davey, “they also […]

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10,000 Steps for Water

The interdisciplinary art project, “10,000 Steps,” is currently on display in PSU’s Silver Center. It promotes awareness of water-related diseases, water scarcity, and other issues. Faculty across campus worked with artist Christine Destrempes and the Karl Drerup Gallery to bring the community art project to campus. The exhibit collaborates with […]

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We Are Not for Sale

On Thursday, Nov. 5, over 200 high school students are coming to Plymouth State’s campus, and it’s not for an open house or a tour. They’re coming to sing. The 38th All New England Choral Festival: Songs of Protest is a day-long event, ending with an evening concert. Choir teachers […]

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Film Review: The Visit

quot;Would you mind getting inside the oven to clean it?” Anyone who saw trailers for The Visit has heard this line spoken by an old woman with an unnerving smile. Even at the request of a dear grandmother, people don’t voluntarily force their entire body into an oven just to […]

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Improve Your Improv: Plymouth Players

Open Stage Night 2015. From left: David MacNeill, Benjaman Hunton, Alex Hunton There are moments in life when people get put on the spot, and depend on their skills to act off the top of their heads. Although they might not realize it, this ability could transition well to improvisational theatre, also […]

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The Music of the Masses

The Music of the Masses Sarah Liebowitz A&E Editor CLOCK PHOTO: NIKO ZILENSKI PSU Symphonic Band presents “The Music of the Masses” on Mon., Oct. 26, in the Silver Center. The program includes the pieces La Fiesta Mexicana by H. Owen Reed, Amen by Rolf Rudin, and Cajun Folk Songs by Frank […]

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DJ Depasquale: Pardon the Spins’ Newest Member

COURTESY PHOTO/ DJ  DEPASQUALE Every Plymouth State student can guess the backstory of the Chase Street Market sandwich, Pardon the Spinach. The deli offers the sandwich to its hungry college customers as a tribute to the locally famous band, Pardon the Spins. A staple to the Plymouth music scene, the seven-piece […]

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From the Continuum: A Fourfold Retrospective by James Fortune

A World War II veteran and alumnus of PSU (then Plymouth State College), James Fortune was a major art professor at PSU until his retirement in 1984. He was also a Fulbright Exchange Professor, teaching at the Watford School in Hertfordshire, England. Living in Bridgewater, he remained a prominent art figure locally […]

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WPCR Spotlight: Tristan Sherrell

COURTESY PHOTO/WPCR.ORG There’s a fuzzy, slow-moving mammal hanging around the radio station, and his name is Tristan Sherrell, a.k.a. DJ Sloth. “I’m just kind of a low energy person,” Sherrell said about his nickname. He hosts a weekly show on WPCR called Branching Out with the Sloth, which airs Sunday nights […]