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A Midsummer Night's Dream Review

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Review

Kazuo Salazar April 18, 2023

Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a wonderfully whimsical and deftly hilarious romantic comedy, which is currently being staged by Colorado Mesa University’s (CMU) Theatre Department....

Praise for "Guys and Dolls"

Praise for “Guys and Dolls”

Kaydee Lucero October 25, 2022

The musical “Guys and Dolls” follow four main characters: high roller Sky Masterson, who falls in love with missionary Sarah Brown, and endearing rapscallion Nathan Detroit, who has been engaged for...

A snapshot of an avatar on the Operation Outbreak app.

Operation Outbreak

Dane Campbell May 8, 2022

The university will be conducting a real-time simulation meant to emulate the transmission of different viruses and diseases over the next week.  The simulation works to educate people about the transmission...

MAVERICK OF THE YEAR CARSON COLLINS

MAVERICK OF THE YEAR CARSON COLLINS

Gwyn Elliott May 5, 2022

Carson Collins was named the 2021-22 Maverick of the year for all her involvement and leadership around the Colorado Mesa University (CMU) campus. Collins is the Director of External Affairs for Associated...

AN EVENING WITH BARI WEISS

AN EVENING WITH BARI WEISS

Dane Campbell April 14, 2022

Awarded journalist and author Barri Weiss spoke at Robinson Theatre on April 5. This event was one of the many in Holocaust Awareness Series which promotes awareness of atrocities and genocides along...

Culture? For Spring Groundbreaking!

Culture? For Spring Groundbreaking!

Gwyn Elliott April 7, 2022

It is that time of year again to kick off the spring semester with the annual Cultural Inclusion Council (CIC) Fashion Show.   A student strutting down the runway in Escalante Hall's third...

19th Annual Holocaust Awareness Series

19th Annual Holocaust Awareness Series

Gwyn Elliott April 3, 2022

The Holocaust Awareness Series is a yearly event held on the Colorado Mesa University (CMU) campus in partnership with the Colorado Jewish Association to honor all those who were lost.  Brought...

The 22nd Annual Lu'au is here!

The 22nd Annual Lu’au is here!

Gwyn Elliott March 24, 2022

The largest cultural event of the spring semester is the Ho'olokahi Polynesian Club Alliance's 22nd annual Lu'au. There will be dinner and a show all on April 2nd. A Luau is a traditional Hawaiian...

"Room Service" is Fall's premiere comedy

“Room Service” is Fall’s premiere comedy

Gwyn Elliott November 4, 2021

“Room Service” is a wonderful 1930s screwball comedy to be performed by Colorado Mesa University’s Theatre Department. It is a light hearted play that will have viewers cracking up from beginning...

Brad Vetter Art Gallery

Sierra Lucero September 30, 2021

Brad Vetter was the first featured artist of this semester’s monthly art galleries at 437CO Art Gallery. On Sept. 3, the Colorado Mesa University (CMU) art students ran an opening night for Vetter’s...

Poem potluck

Poem potluck

Jace DiCola April 11, 2021

St. Patrick’s Day may not be the most popular holiday across Colorado Mesa University (CMU) campus, yet Lit Review ensured it would not go uncelebrated in a celebratory potluck to mimic the club’s...

The wonderful world of “Cabaret”

The wonderful world of “Cabaret”

Nico Ortega and Emily Eckland March 3, 2021

“Cabaret” is a musical set in Bohemian Berlin in the early 1930s as the emerging Third Reich begins to slowly take over Germany. Originally created in 1966, the Broadway production had music by John...

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