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Winter dance concert

     Eastern’s department of dance will be performing an end-of-semester production entitled “A Time to Reap” on Dec. 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. The dancers will take the McInnis stage in an entertaining and moving performance with the intent of reaching the […]

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Winter music festival

     It was a calm and chilly night. Cars drove in the parking lot, and the masses gathered in the McInnis lobby. As I entered the building, I was greeted and escorted to a seat. Once the doors opened I saw the auditorium filling up. I settled in my […]

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The Visionary Behind EU’s Visual Arts Club

     The world is his stage. He simply selects which parts of the world to highlight. The cast are made up of friends, neighbors and newcomers. He invites anyone’s presence to bring in life and meaning. The vision is in his mind. He molds his environment until it illustrates […]

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An Afternoon of Orthodox Psalms and Hymns

     On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 6, the walls of the McInnis Auditorium echoed with the uniquely beautiful sound of Znamenny chant and other styles of Orthodox music, all part of the thousand-year-old tradition of Russian monastic singing. All of this music was part of the “Psalms and Hymns” concert […]

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Hark Ye to the Words of the Bard!

     The recent decision to award Bob Dylan with the Nobel Prize in Literature has renewed vigorous debate over whether song lyrics ought to be considered poetry. The debate is not because Dylan is somehow a polarizing figure but rather because poetry is so often neglected as a literary […]