LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST College students and books: they go together like salsa and cilantro, which is to say our academic reading is something we either relish, despise or put up with because it is a necessary part of…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST Seeing as this edition appears in print on All Hallows’ Eve, I have leapt upon the opportunity to write about organ music. What can I say; it is what organists do. Early in my college…
LUCK PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST In the liturgy of the Church, art has always played an important role in elevating the minds and hearts of the congregation to the contemplation of the divine, of Christ’s real and true presence in…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST The student body of Franciscan University, to which so many of my readers belong, is no doubt familiar with a certain near-universal experience particular to being on this campus. If you are reading this in…
LUKE PONCE LIBERAL ARTS COLUMNIST Some years ago, while taking a 100-level philosophy class, I was told by my professor that one of the few opinions she intended to hold strongly to during class was that nature could not possibly…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST The Ohio River Valley, that now-familiar locale in which our college careers are staged, now sits squarely in the midst of spring. Or, at the very least, this is my hope and prayer. One of…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST If stewardship of a fine arts column has made anything clear to me so far, it’s that my artistic focus toward music is incredibly pronounced even in my writing. Not that I haven’t written about…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST A humorous adaptation of a well-known proverb that springs to my mind this Passiontide is “homework springs eternal.” For those of us bogged down in study this Holy Week, here are five pieces of music…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST The people of the present decade are a feisty bunch. I do not say this as an accusation—nor do I excuse myself from the charge—and yet, I think it to be a blessing that there…
LUKE PONCE FINE ARTS COLUMNIST I cannot remember distinctly the first time I heard the song “This Night” by Billy Joel, but I very well remember the first time I truly noticed it. Although I have for some time admired…
