January 22nd

The “Beauty in Use: Celebrating Japanese Cultural Traditions” exhibition will be on display Jan. 22 through June 27 in Pensacola State College’s Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts.

The exhibit will feature the works of two artists from Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture ─ Master Potter Masayoshi Shimizi’s traditional handmade pottery and Taisan Tanaka’s contemporary calligraphy.

An opening reception is set for 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in the Lamar Studio Switzer Center’s Charles W. Lamar Studio. Located in Building 15 at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Airport Boulevard, the reception will include live calligraphy demonstrations and the Artist Talks that begin at 6:30 p.m.

Admission is free and open to the public. Gallery are 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday. Tours are available with prior arrangements.

For more information, contact the Switzer Gallery at 850-484-2563.

Pensacola State College presents an evening with Scott Dikkers, creator of The Onion News Network, set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, in the Jean and Paul Amos Performance Studio on the Pensacola campus.

Tickets are $11 for adults; $9, seniors, non-PSC students and children; $7, PSC Seniors Club members, PSC faculty and staff; and free for PSC students with current ID.

A comedy writer, speaker and entrepreneur, Dikkers is the founding and longest serving editor-in-chief of The Onion. He co-wrote and edited the New York Times bestselling books “Our Dumb World” and “Our Dumb Century,” and currently hosts “The Comedy Insider Podcast.”

Sharing the hilarious and unlikely story of how he and a few friends started a fake newspaper that grew to be one of the world’s most popular online humor sites, Dikkers imparts the inspirational lessons he has learned about pursuing dreams and taking creative risks.

Tickets go on sale Jan. 7 and can be purchased at www.pensacolastate.edu/lyceum or at the Lyceum Box Office, Building 8, Room 861, from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets also are available at the door, one hour before the performance.

For more information, call the Lyceum Box Office at 850-484-1847.

Pensacola State College will hold auditions for “Uncle Vanya” at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 28 and 29, in Ashmore Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus, 1000 College Blvd.

“Uncle Vanya” was first published in 1898 by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It premiered in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre.

The classic work led to the wave of realistic acting at the turn of the 20^th century. It is an examination of man’s place in the universe and our abilities to connect with each other and love one another.

Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Adult actors of all ages are needed, however there are no parts for children.

For more information, contact Rodney Whatley at 850-484-1807 or email rwhatley@pensacolastate.edu.

January 29th

Pensacola State College will hold auditions for “Uncle Vanya” at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 28 and 29, in Ashmore Auditorium, Building 8, on the Pensacola campus, 1000 College Blvd.

“Uncle Vanya” was first published in 1898 by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It premiered in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre.

The classic work led to the wave of realistic acting at the turn of the 20^th century. It is an examination of man’s place in the universe and our abilities to connect with each other and love one another.

Auditions will consist of readings from the script. Adult actors of all ages are needed, however there are no parts for children.

For more information, contact Rodney Whatley at 850-484-1807 or email rwhatley@pensacolastate.edu.

January 30th

The “Beauty in Use: Celebrating Japanese Cultural Traditions” exhibition will be on display Jan. 22 through June 27 in Pensacola State College’s Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts.

The exhibit will feature the works of two artists from Japan’s Wakayama Prefecture ─ Master Potter Masayoshi Shimizi’s traditional handmade pottery and Taisan Tanaka’s contemporary calligraphy.

An opening reception is set for 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in the Lamar Studio Switzer Center’s Charles W. Lamar Studio. Located in Building 15 at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Airport Boulevard, the reception will include live calligraphy demonstrations and the Artist Talks that begin at 6:30 p.m.

Admission is free and open to the public. Gallery are 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Friday. Tours are available with prior arrangements.

For more information, contact the Switzer Gallery at 850-484-2563.