Porthouse Theatre, Kent State University's summer professional theatre located in Cuyahoga Falls OH, is thrilled to be recognized by the Cleveland Critics Circle for achievements during the 2021 season. Porthouse is particularly honored to receive this recognition following the shut down of live, in-person theatre in 2020 and the return in-person performances in 2021. Porthouse's 2021 season featured the musicals Quilters, directed by producing artistic director Terri Kent; BKYLN The Musical, directed by executive producer Eric van Baars; and Altar Boyz, directed by Terri Kent. ...
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Award-winning documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter will serve as keynote speaker for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Kent State University. Porter’s work has appeared on HBO, PBS, Discovery and Netflix, among others. She currently serves as a director and executive producer of an Apple TV documentary series with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, which focuses on both mental illness and mental well-being. Porter directed and produced the acclaimed four-hour Netflix original series “Bobby Kennedy for President,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018. She is a t...
Have you ever wondered how Asian Americans helped win the Allied victory? What inspired Hemingway’s writings while in Paris? How has Wonder Woman impacted comics, feminism, and pop culture over the past 80 years? The diverse faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences have you covered. We reached out to our talented faculty (who are all accomplished in so many areas outside the classroom) and asked them to share with us their most recent books and poetry works. Read the full story, or peruse one of the books! ...
Contemporary circus company Cirque Mechanics will bring its Birdhouse Factory show to the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on Tuesday, January 25, at 7:30 p.m. Prepare yourself for an exceptional evening of wit, whimsy and wonder on this spectacular ride full of daredevil antics, circus acrobatics and mechanical marvels! Enter the most unlikely setting for a circus, a factory. One where the workers are acrobats and the machines are circus props. Welcome to Birdhouse Factory! See a contortionist perform on a turntable powered by unicyclists. Be captiva...
Kent State University will hold its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, to celebrate King’s life and legacy. Award-winning documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter will serve as this year’s keynote speaker. The virtual program is free and open to the public. Porter’s work has appeared on HBO, PBS, Discovery and Netflix, among others. She currently serves as a director and executive producer of an Apple TV documentary series with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, which focuses on both mental illness and mental well-being. Porter directed and produced the acclaimed...
Cirque Mechanics Comes to Tuscarawas Campus Contemporary circus company Cirque Mechanics will bring its Birdhouse Factory show to the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on Tuesday, January 25, at 7:30 p.m. Prepare yourself for an exceptional evening of wit, whimsy and wonder on this spectacular ride full of daredevil antics, circus acrobatics and mechanical marvels! Enter the most unlikely setting for a circus, a factory. One where the workers are acrobats and the machines are circus props. Welcome to Birdhouse Factory! See a contortionist perform on...
The Kent Dance Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Gregory King, welcomes choreographer Amy Hall Garner to Kent State as a guest artist January 26-30, 2022. During her residency, Garner will collaborate with the members of the Kent Dance Ensemble on a work that will appear in the April 2022 Kent Dance Ensemble concert. Amy Hall Garner is a native of Huntsville, Alabama, and a graduate of The Juilliard School. Her work has been praised internationally and commissioned by Ailey II, ABT Studio Company, Collage Dance Collective, The Juilliard School, The Ailey School, Barn...
Five School of Fashion students were recognized this month by the Fashion Scholarship Fund as 2022 FSF Scholars. The annual FSF Case Study Scholarship is the Fashion Scholarship Fund's signature program, asking applicants to create address real life issues facing the fashion industry today. This year, the organization recognized 123 FSF Scholars from colleges and universities across the United States. In addition to a financial award, FSF Scholars receive access to internships and full-time jobs through partner companies and enjoy ongoing professional development and support. Fashion Des...
Like many others, I developed some new viewing habits during the pandemic. In an unexpected turn of events, I’ve become a devotee of YouTube aviation channels. Through the magic of user-generated content, the aviation YouTube community has given this non-aviator an opportunity to get inside cockpits and gain insights into how pilots are trained. (Shout out to Captain Joe, Mentour Pilot and 74 Gear!) And, believe it or not, I see relevance to my role as director of the School of Media and Journalism (MDJ) during these Covid Times. Let me explain. When talking about managing mid-flight c...