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Vienna Teng is coming back to UWF, and this time she's gone green. The popular musician, who has performed on campus three times, will perform her unique brand of music for her substantial Pensacola fan base, but this time she plans to bring an ecological agenda with her.
The UWF auditorium was a scene of blood, ghosts, demons, sharp objects and pain as shock magician Brian Brushwood took the center stage April 5 to amaze the student body. Brian Brushwood took the illusion of gore and pain, mixed it with stage blood, and added a lot of college humor to sweeten his act into a unique magic show.
Critically acclaimed pianist Alexandre Dossin played the piano like he owned the joint April 9 in the UWF Music Hall. The Music Department brought Dossin in for a performance that was a tribute to the musical contributions of the countries of Brazil and Russia.
The works of abstract expressionist Bassmi Ibrahim, an artist who has studied under such contemporaries as Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollack, are the types of paintings that need to be looked at in the company of others. Walking through the Pensacola Museum of Art, where works from Ibrahim's Isness series are on display, patrons pondered the meanings of large, brightly colored pieces, asking friends for their opinions.