At Goshen Theater from Oct. 18-26, the featured show will take you back in time to 1930s Germany, where the Cabaret musical takes place. Leif Billings ’25, and Brenton Abram-Copenhaver, Goshen College’s technical director, were casted of the cast of the Cabaret production at Goshen Theater. Cabaret showcases the story of an American writer, Cliff Bradshaw, who traveled to Berlin, Germany to work on his novel. Throughout the musical, themes of the rise of Nazis, escapism and love are portrayed. The message of the show leaves the audience thinking about the world today. Billings said, “It’s a heavy show. There...

By Mafe Aguilar Vargas • October 23, 2025 • Arts

This photo is meant to represent the faithfulness and loyalty we keep for the United States and its people: how a simple flag such as ours can carry such a big meaning. Regardless of what you believe or think, in a political manner or spiritual, we are all one, and this land is ours, one way or another. This photo was taken shortly after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

By Adonahi Chavez Garcia • October 9, 2025 • Arts

I am a first generation college student, born to undocumented  immigrants who give everything they can and more so that I can succeed. I can never thank my family, friends, and community enough for helping shape me into the man I am today. Viva Mexico. Y Viva La Raza. Being a Latino here in the United States is an incredible thing to be proud of. It means you are the result of unimaginable determination and sacrifice out of nothing but love. Being Hispanic means being shaped by love. However, being shaped by love does not always protect us from hate....

By Javier Reyes • October 9, 2025 • Arts

This is a pencil/charcoal portrait drawing depicting singer and songwriter Juan Gabriel, one of Mexico’s most beloved artists. Until his passing in 2016, Gabriel’s  music shaped Mexico’s cultural identity. His song, “Amor Eterno” (Eternal Love), is a moving tribute to his mother and became an anthem of remembrance and grieving of loss.  Juan Gabriel was an inspiring soul whose artistry lives on through the younger generations of today.

By Janet Molina Rodriguez • October 9, 2025 • Arts

What began as a simple photography assignment became a picture with more depth and meaning that I hold deep. The flowers were center pieces to a very anticipated event in my sister’s life and I got to be part of that special moment. The flowers were hand built by my younger sister and placed on every table as a centerpiece. Each rose, leaf and stem were thoughtfully added to create a beautiful bouquet. This image is not just flowers, they are centerpieces to a celebration stuck in a moment of time.

By Marisol Diaz • October 9, 2025 • Arts

When I was young and would stumble upon a cookie tin while searching through drawers, I would pop the lid off, struggling, trembling, without patience as the lid would always feel as if it was sealed with glue. However, I knew it would all be worth it after getting my hands on the butter cookies it concealed. But to my disappointment, it would never have cookies. Instead, it was used as a container for needles, pins, and sewing supplies. I never understood the reason, until my present years I realized how resistant those containers would be! Disappointment through reused cookie...

By Frida Luna Gallegos • October 9, 2025 • Arts

Food, community and bilingual dialogue were center stage at the Umble Center last weekend in “Las Neuvas Tamaleras,” Goshen College’s Homecoming one-act production. The play centered on three friends, Sylvia, Josie and Patsy as they struggled, and ultimately succeeded, at making tamales together. While this was happening, Doña Juanita and Doña Mercedes, a pair of spirits from days gone by, watched over them and attempted to aid in their culinary endeavors. Amy Budd, associate professor of theater and the show’s producer, described the play as being about “gossiping while you cook” and “the power of hanging out with our friends.”...

By Teo Kingsley • October 9, 2025 • Arts

When light bends, so does our understanding of the world. When you step into Tiffany Wyse-Fisher’s exhibition, you don’t just look at light, you experience it. Wyse-Fisher is the assistant professor of art at Goshen College. Her work is on display in the Hershberger Art Gallery until Nov. 9. Wyse-Fisher’s exhibition is inspired by illumination, reflection, refraction and perception. “I’m inspired by light as a photographer. How you use, manipulate and play with light,” she said. She went on to talk about how her parents taught her to notice light as a child. “If there was a ray of light...

By Yasmin Acosta • October 9, 2025 • Arts

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It’s expected to be a full house of clubs, hearts, spades and diamonds in Sauder Hall this Saturday for the annual Kick-Off talent show led by the students of the Campus Activities Council.  A night of cherry reds, black ties and elegant dresses will be seen as this year’s chosen theme is casino night. Pushing in their poker chips, the judges chosen to jury are athletic director and men’s basketball coach, Dwight Gingerich; associate athletic director, Chad Coleman; and associate vice president for human resources, Marlene Penner.  A winning prize hasn’t been confirmed yet.  Marisol Diaz, a sophomore marketing major...

By Aaliah Higareda • September 25, 2025 • Arts

Tonight at 7 p.m. in the Church Chapel Koinonia Room, Goshen College will be screening the documentary film Ben Between Africa, written and directed by filmmaker Ari Ali. This event is open to the public as well as GC students and the screening will be followed by a Q&A with Ali.  The documentary follows Ali as she attempts to uncover information and answers regarding the mysterious death of her uncle, Ben Gamber, and its possible connection to her family’s mission work in Ethiopia in the mid-20th century. Ali began more deeply investigating Gamber’s death after learning of a letter he...

By Lindsey Graber • September 25, 2025 • Arts

The rocks are small and smooth to touch and take. A beach, not for sand castles, but gazers.   Ahead all gray and stoic lies the lake. Who hides behind rippling iron waters  What ancient god wrapped in aquatic shawl  Showing themself only in the epic Places of water stone and sky? Your call Taunting, waiting ,ignored and tragic. Three stones are now vanished from beach and gone To sit on window sill and there to stay  Far from home at the feet of the Wild One A reminder of gods so far away.  How does a piece of stone keep...

By Teo Kingsley • September 25, 2025 • Arts

The sharp inhale of breathing An elephants weight No match for the paw sitting on my thigh Such a tiny thing Not even ten pounds My body is hurting But, he’s smiling with glory I move so slightly  He scampers on by In the blink of an eye and no goodbye All that’s left is an imprint Placed on my thigh With no maker in sight The meows and the whimpers Oh, how time flies  No time to cherish his lovely input on my life How I’d pay for the pain The elephant stomps My sweet faced angel So far...

By Al Gabrielson • September 25, 2025 • Arts

Goshen College alongside  Community Pro-Education, a nonprofit, hosted the Mariachi Festival of Goshen Friday, Sept. 12. The festival took place right outside the Music Center, with over a dozen vendors serving food, refreshments, jewelry and more occupying the lawn. It was a full day of celebrating Hispanic culture.  Food trucks were parked in the student parking lot and an outdoor stage showcased live mariachi performances. A competition was hosted  featuring six mariachi bands from all over Indiana.  Five groups represented at the festival were Mariachi Pequeños Gigantes, Mariachi Ardillalachi, Mariachi Los Altos, Mariachi Puebla de Indianapolis and ECo Sistema’s Mariachi...

By Aysia Adkins • September 18, 2025 • Arts

It is not unusual for Goshen College to have mandatory uppperclass seminars for its major programs. While they all have their separate end goals for their specific areas of study, the art department has been focusing on students’ futures after graduation. Many of the focuses on the class itself are largely related to applying for internships, jobs, grad school and even art galleries.  This fall, Sara Method, associate professor of art department chair, and Tiffany Wyse-Fisher, assistant professor of art, are co-teaching the art senior seminar class. Method observed other seminars in different programs and noticed integrating both junior and...

By Atty Montague • September 18, 2025 • Arts