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A scene from "Head Over Heels," playing now through November 13

What happens when a 16th century romance combines with music from '80s pop group The Go-Go's? 

Matthew Williams and his fashion collections

Imagine making a dress out of LEGO dots. Matthew Williams, a junior fashion design major at Kent State, is doing just that.

Performing in the debut of 鈥淲hat We Learned While Alone: Global Voices Speak to the Pandemic,鈥欌 are: Bryce Evan Lewis, Eric Schmiedl, Tiffany Trapnell and Dan Telford, stage manager.

The debut performance of took place in the auditorium of the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C., on Monday night. 

Members of the Kent Indian Association and volunteers celebrate the Diwali festival of light on Sunday, Oct. 23 in the Kent State Ballroom.

Several hundred 5X社区 students and friends attended the annual Diwali celebration at the Kent Student Center Ballroom Sunday evening.

Winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize Farnaz Fatemi (LEFT)

Winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, Farnaz Fatemi, was invited to the Kiva auditorium on Oct. 20 to read select poems from her acclaimed book, 鈥淪ister Tongue.鈥

Actors Don Cheadle and Adam Driver in 'White Noise'

Netflix has released a movie trailer and still photos, including a picture showing a scene in the Kent Student Center, from the upcoming feature film "White Noise," a movie that was filmed last year across Northeast Ohio, including scenes shot on the Kent Campus. 

Kirk Magnus' Restored Murals

The late Kirk Mangus was an art professor at 5X社区 renowned for his ceramic art, sculpture, drawings, paintings and murals.

2022 Rainbow Run 5K

鈥淏est Rainbow Attire,鈥 鈥淏est Rainbow Pet鈥 and best personal records were all tracked at this year鈥檚 7th Annual Rainbow Run at Risman Plaza (and online) to raise money for the LGBTQ Emergency fund, a service that assists LGBTQ+ students in financial crises.

Tony Hardin, the new director of the School of Theatre and Dance,

Tony Hardin grew up loving the arts, pursuing a career in scenic, lighting and projection design. Learn more about Hardin, the new director for the School of Theatre and Dance, as he answers these five questions.