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5 cool ways to light up your holiday season

Check out these five ways to bring the cheer back to your holiday season.

By Carly Golding | November 21, 2016

The ASU Ukulele Club strikes a chord through community

The Ukulele Club combines musical practice, inclusiveness and community service to create a club for all types of ASU students.

By Marcella Baietto | November 21, 2016

Students in the ASU Rock Band class pose for a flyer announcing an upcoming concert. The end-of-semester show will include both old and new styles of rock.

Rock 'n' Roll 101: ASU Rock Band class to perform at Evelyn Smith Music Theatre

The ASU Rock Band class, directed by Joseph Felice, will perform classic rock and more in their fall concert next Wednesday, Nov. 23, at Evelyn Smith Music Theatre on the ASU Tempe campus.

By May Phan | November 21, 2016

Local boxer Alexis Zazueta practices in Ganaz Apparel with artwork designed by local artist, Gennaro Garcia.

Latina co-founders of 'Ganaz' activewear build their business with strength

Local Hispanic-heritage-themed activewear brand Ganaz Apparel is breaking the mold when it comes to gym culture.

By Leah Goldberg | November 20, 2016

Tempe Late Night director Raina Bowers is pictured working on a set. She will step in front of the camera for the season three finale of the show on Monday, Nov. 21, 2016.

Here comes the director: Tempe Late Night's season finale to be filmed on Monday

Variety comedy show, 'Tempe Late Night,' will have its last show of the season hosted and performed by the crew while the cast runs the cameras.

By Rachel Bunning | November 20, 2016

The photographs taken by the volunteer stewards hang in the Scottsdale Mustang Library alongside a quote from their interviews with Ryan Bleam.

A 'Sense of Place': Why are certain places meaningful to people?

Whether it’s surrounded by stalks of prickly plants, towering red rocks or a vibrant sunrise, everyone has a place that feels like home.

By Karisma Sandoval | November 20, 2016

Megan Atencia performs at the 8th Grand Ave Festival on Nov. 12, 2016. Atencia is an up-and-coming poet in the Phoenix community.

Healing with poetry: Student takes on the Phoenix slam poetry scene

ASU student and slam poet Megan Atencia is seeking to revive the slam poetry community in the Valley.

By Sckylar Gibby-Brown | November 20, 2016

The Arizona Contemporary Music Ensemble will participate in the PRISMS Contemporary Music festival, performing in the third concert on Sunday, Nov. 20.

ASU's seventh annual contemporary music festival will focus on the beauty of noise

The 2016 Prisms Contemporary Music Festival will bring together a group of artists and composers who explore how to create noise using nontraditional instruments and techniques.

By Karisma Sandoval | November 17, 2016

From left, Matthew Session, Daniela Diaz, Anna Flores, Sawyer Elms, Kellen Shover and Rosemarie Dombrowski. Dombrowski's students pictured above will be some of the writers and creatives featured in Thursday's showcase.

ASU fall arts showcase to embrace community, culture in downtown Phoenix

"Community and Culture: Celebrating Diversity Through Art" is a fall showcase that will feature poetry, flash fiction, film and music created by students. The showcase, free for the public, will take place at The Grand Central Coffee Company from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 17.

By May Phan | November 17, 2016

'Guys and Dolls' are lining up to see ASU’s latest production

"Guys and Dolls" brings the hustle and bustle of New York to ASU's Lyric Opera Theatre Nov. 17-20.

By Owen Baldner | November 17, 2016

Violinist Senema Reinhardt rehearses with the ASU Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Cullan Lucas on November 14, 2016, in Tempe, AZ.

ASU students bring the fire with a chamber orchestra performance of new music

On Nov. 16, the ASU Chamber Orchestra will be putting on a spirited performance of a fellow ASU student's composition.

By Kiya Gaskin | November 15, 2016

Invading the future: ASU film club to host a two-day 'Minority Report' event

ASU film club hosting a two-day event filled with sci-fi entertainment, Q&A's with top producers and discussing what the future will hold in 50 years.

By Jillian Haynie | November 15, 2016

No music notation? No problem for ASU Latin Marimba Band

The ASU Latin Marimba Band will be hosting a latin dance pachanga (party) on Nov. 16 that will showcase various culturally diverse musical pieces and dance steps.

By Marcella Baietto | November 15, 2016

Capitol Quartet consists of saxophone players Christopher Creviston, Henning Schroder, Joseph Lulloff, and David Stambler. They will be performing at ASU on Nov. 16 and 18.

Saxophone quartet with over 25 years of experience to bring wide repertoire of music to ASU this week

The saxophonists of Capitol Quartet are coming to ASU to share their love of music with the community and stun audiences with their eclectic repertoire during their upcoming concerts on the Tempe campus this week.

By Kiya Gaskin | November 14, 2016

"The Importance of Being Earnest" actors Max Lugo, Jonathan Gonzales, Chiara Hommel, Fay Schnedier and Nicholas Welter pause for a photo while rehearsing for the show.

'Importance of Being Earnest,' sure to provoke the mind as well as a chuckle, opens Thursday

A student-led production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" will run Nov. 17-20 on the Tempe campus.

By Carly Golding | November 14, 2016

The Guerrilla Girls stand outside the Abrons Art Center in 2015. ASU will be hosting one of the Guerrilla Girls’ founding members on Nov. 18, 2016.

Feminism in a gorilla mask: The Guerrilla Girls to talk art, activism at ASU

Feminist art group to join ASU in discussing art, politics and women's place in society.

By Taylor Transtrum | November 10, 2016

Angela Ellsworth poses for a portrait on Nov. 3, 2016, in Phoenix, Arizona. Ellsworth is the director of the Museum of Walking, which seeks to combine movement with art in new ways.

Making strides: How ASU’s Museum of Walking creates art through movement

Associate art professor Angela Ellsworth established the Museum of Walking in 2014 to explore how walking and movement intersect with creativity and art.

By Skylar Mason | November 10, 2016

From left, abbott Mark Patrick Hederman, bishop Rowan Williams and poet John F. Deane pose for a photo at a retreat offered by Deane and Williams to the monks of Glenstal Abbey.

Irish poet and novelist will visit ASU next week

Esteemed Irish poet John F. Deane will be visiting Arizona from Nov. 11-14. During his visit, he will speak at the Irish Cultural Center, a Irish church, and the ASU Tempe Campus, where he will hold a poetry reading and discussion from 3 - 4:30 p.m. on Monday.

By Lurissa Carbajal | November 9, 2016

Dance company CONTRA-TIEMPO performs their show "Agua Furiosa," which will be shown in Tempe on Nov. 12, 2016.

'Agua Furiosa' will start a conversation about social change through dance at ASU Gammage

On Saturday, ASU Gammage will be presenting Agua Furiosa, the latest show created by the LA-based Latin dance theatre company CONTRA-TIEMPO.

By May Phan | November 9, 2016

Camp McIntire, a sophomore studying family and human development at ASU, takes a cusotmer’s order at Original Geno’s Pizza in Tempe, Arizona, on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016.

Leave meal swipes behind and check out these local restaurants

A list of close-by restaurant options for all college students' needs that are worth exploring past the dining hall.

By Marcella Baietto | November 9, 2016

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