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The crew at 91²Ö¿â’s Costume Shop are hard at work creating costumes for Porthouse Theatre’s production of “9 to 5.â€�

Behind the Scenes

What’s it really like to build costumes from scratch for a mainstage musical?  The sights and sounds of 91²Ö¿â’s Costume Shop are as much of a production as the show itself.

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Kent Campus

91²Ö¿â fashion design and business student Madeline Mehler's new clothing business, Sultrie, aims to add to the sustainable fashion movement.

Environmentally Conscious: 91²Ö¿â Student Confronts Manufacturing Trend That Impacts Climate Change

91²Ö¿â sophomore fashion design and business student Madeline Mehler launched a business that creates a more sustainable, lower carbon-footprint approach to making clothes.

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Kent Campus

 91²Ö¿â students model original designs created by Fashion School students during the school’s 2017 Spring Fashion Show

91²Ö¿â Fashion School Ranked #3 Nationally for Merchandising, #4 for Design in New Ratings

91²Ö¿â’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has once again been named among the nation’s elite, according to new rankings from Fashion-schools.org. For Fashion Merchandising, the school has been rated #3 Nationally (top 2 percent of schools considered), #3 Nationally among …

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Kent Campus

The new ARTshop is open for business in the 91²Ö¿â Center for the Visual Arts.

The New 91²Ö¿â ARTshop is Serious Business

The new ARTshop serves as an entrepreneurial laboratory for School of Art students to display and to learn about promoting their artwork.

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Kent Campus

Newsies

"Disney's Newsies" makes area debut at Porthouse Theatre

Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Porthouse Theatre, 91²Ö¿â’s outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will close its 49th season with the area premiere of "Disney's Newsies." Directed by producing artistic director Terri Kent, â€œNewsiesâ€� opens July …

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Porthouse Theatre

The cast of Ain't Misbehavin' performs at Porthouse Theatre.

Sassy, Sultry Jazz at Porthouse

Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Porthouse Theatre, 91²Ö¿â’s outdoor, summer theatre located on the grounds of Blossom Music Center, will continue its 49th season with a production of "Ain't Misbehavin'." Directed by Porthouse executive producer Eric van Baars, â€œAin’t Misbehavin’â€�&nb…

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Porthouse Theatre

91²Ö¿â’s Fashion School Receives $2.5 Million Gift From Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation

Gift to endow Fashion School chair and support study-away program for students Kent, Ohio – May 1, 2017 – 91²Ö¿â has received a $2.5 million gift for its Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design and Merchandising from the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation of Huds…

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Alumni and Giving

91²Ö¿â Fashion School Hall of Fame to Induct Don Witkowski, Michael Kors Executive

UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has been canceled. Read more here. 91²Ö¿â’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has named Don Witkowski, a 91²Ö¿â alumnus and president of Men’s at Michael Kors, as its 2017 Hall o…

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Kent Campus

Michael Kors Joins as Presenting Partner for 91²Ö¿â's Annual Fashion Show

UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has been canceled. Read more here. Luxury lifestyle brand Michael Kors will partner with 91²Ö¿â’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising to present the school’s 2017 Annual Fashion Show…

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Kent Campus

ALLELES Design Studio Flora and Future Plaid prosthetic limb covers

Designers of Fashionable Prosthesis Covers to Speak at 91²Ö¿â Museum

The 91²Ö¿â Fashion School and Museum will host a lecture by the ALLELES Design Studio team in connection with the museum’s current exhibition “(dis)ABLED BEAUTY: The Evolution of Beauty, Disability and Ability.â€� The lecture, with remarks by ALLELES Art Director McCauley Wanner and Tec…

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91²Ö¿â Museum