Wonderful Town, the Homecoming Musical will open on Friday at 8 p.m. at the Abilene Civic Center, and will continue through Sunday at 2 p.m. Written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, with music by Leonard Bernstein, Wonderful Town, is about two sisters, Ruth and Eileen Sherwood (Payton Reeves and Helena Lynch, respectively) who leave ... [Read More…]
Laehn earns sole guitar scholarship
Ronnie Laehn, a sophomore chemistry major from South Elgin, Illinois earned the only guitar scholarship at ACU. Laehn said has been playing guitar for 10.5 and has loved every moment of his musical endeavors. He began taking private lessons for guitar when he was eight years old and continued in lessons until his senior year of high ... [Read More…]
Meeks shares excitement for busy threatre season
Beaming with pride while talking about the hard work of students, Dawne Swearingen Meeks, an ACU alumna and theatre department chair of four years, offered a peek into the upcoming theatre season. “We started rehearsals on the first day of school for Wonderful Town,” Meeks said. “This is our biggest mound of the season, and there is always great ... [Read More…]
Sanctify Hip Hop company hosts auditions
Sanctify, an on-campus hip hop company, hosted auditions on Sept. 8. The group was formed in 2010 by Terry Wilkerson and her daughter, Kirby, who was a student at ACU. In addition to assisting with Sanctify, Wilkerson runs her own dance studio in Abilene called Dance Discovery and helps choreograph for the Sing Song hosts, hostesses and dance ... [Read More…]
Opening chapel speaker 2018: Mitch Wilburn
Mitch Wilburn, the preacher at The Park Church of Christ in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was ACU’s guest speaker at opening chapel on Monday, Aug. 27. Wilburn spoke on the apostle Paul’s plea in Ephesians that the church would have one body, one hope and one spirit. He related this plea back to ACU, encouraging oneness throughout the upcoming school ... [Read More…]
Monks Coffee Shop: brewing since 2006
When asked to describe Monks Coffee Shop in just three words, owner Allison Carroll sat across the table from me with a bewildered, joyful, endearing expression, trying hard to pinpoint the correct adjectives to encapsulate the beloved space. “When I talk about Monks, it’s the community angle that I always love, but the word ‘community’ ... [Read More…]
Abi & Beyond: Craft business created by students
Abi & Beyond is a craft and jewelry business created by two ACU students that has completely skyrocketed after opening April 7 of this year. It is run by Karson Tutt, management major from Tuscola and Allison Wulfert, musical theatre and bible double major from Farmington, New Mexico. Everything sold by Abi & Beyond is handmade. Their main ... [Read More…]
Black Tulip to celebrate Shinnery Review release
The Department Language and Literature will host the Black Tulip, a release party for the student-published literary magazine, the Shinnery Review. Valerie Kocsis, senior English major from Littleton, Colorado, served as editor in chief of the publication, and Savannah Weeks, senior history major from Canyon Lake was the assistant editor. The ... [Read More…]
BSA hosts Black History production
Black Students Association is hosting a black history production in Cullen to promote black history awareness on campus. The play, called I See the Fruit But What's the Root, will include spoken word by IJ Bapeli, Dajonique Gordon and Taihja Tribble, a frehsman interior design major from Fort Worth. Chris Daughtry, an ACU alumnus, is ... [Read More…]