Events open to the local community
To learn more about the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program, please join us for a virtual information session hosted by faculty.
Please contact Karen Stump with any questions.
We look forward to meeting you!
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR 2/1! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN!
Blues Vespers @ Kilworth Chapel kicks off its 2026 season with a harmonica showcase. Coordinated by guitarist Tim Sherman, with Mark Dalton on bass and Conrad Ormsby on drums, the Showcase will feature harmonica performances by Stacy Jones, Joe Cook, and Jonathan Pittman.
Blues Vespers is a monthly campus/community event that combines blues artists with poetry and a little something to think about.
SPRING 2026 MAINSTAGE
Fun Home
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book and lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by Jess K Smith
Music direction by Dr. Dawn Padula
Join us on Dec. 11 from 7-9 p.m. for some fun at our club's Spikeball Formal! Grab your friends for a spectacular evening of spikeball, live music, tournament or casual play, and games including pickleball, tennis, and cornhole. Dress up a little—just comfortably enough to play. We'll have a prize giveaway throughout the night, with light drinks and snacks provided. Hosted in the Tennis Pavilion with a $5 entry fee (pay on-site)—all proceeds support charity.
Join us for a student piano recital featuring students of Suzuki piano instructor, Jacqueline Block, from the University of Puget Sound's Community Music Department. Young soloists will perform piano music from the Suzuki repertoire.
This is a free event and open to the public. No tickets required.
This student recital will feature solo and duet music performed by young children, teens, and adult musicians from the university's Community Music Department. You will hear a variety of classical repertoire and other music from different time periods played on several instruments such as piano and viola!
This is a free event, open to the public. No tickets are required.
Join us Friday, December 12, 2025 at 7pm in Schneebeck Concert Hall
This concert will feature festive holiday music performed by the South Sound Strings Harp Ensemble, directed by Patricia Wooster. Harpists in the ensemble include children, teens, and adults. We hope you will join us on December 13 at 7pm in Wheelock Student Center Rasmussen Rotunda (note this new location).
This is a free concert, open to the public. No tickets are required.
South Sound Strings is an ensemble of the University of Puget Sound's Community Music Department.
Habitat for Humanity is hosting an info session on December 4 from 4-5 p.m. for students interested in joining this year’s Alternate Spring Break Challenge! This program offers a meaningful way to spend your break by working alongside peers to build affordable housing and support local families in the Tacoma area. Participants will gain hands-on experience in construction and teamwork while contributing to lasting community change.
Please save the date for our annual commemoration of the incarceration of Japanese American Citizens following Executive Order 9066. This year we are pleased to welcome Author Kiku Hughes to campus to discuss her book Displacement - A graphic novel in which a teenager is pulled back through time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II Japanese internment camps. She will be doing a book signing at the event.
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