Mark your calendars: on March 11, 2016 at 7 p.m., the Grammy Award-winning Christian artist Lecrae will be performing in the Eastern University gym. Ben Howard, the Student Activities Coordinator, states, “I really don’t think there is a bigger Christian artist than Lecrae, and it is someone we wouldn’t have been able to afford on […]
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Ryan Murphy is a very polarizing creator. His shows include Popular, Glee, Nip/Tuck, and American Horror Story. The problem with his shows is that they rely heavily on stereotypes. So, when it was announced that he was set to produce a new anthology series entitled American Crime Story, you could only guess that it was
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On Fri., Feb. 12, 2016, my best friend and I went to the Academy of Music for the area premiere of a new opera, “Cold Mountain,” composed by Jennifer Higdon and written by Gene Scheer. Jennifer Higdon is a graduate from the Curtis Institute of Music, and she composed the opera primarily in Philadelphia. The
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Are you ready to curl up with some hot chocolate and popcorn? It’s time to take a look at Netflix’s binge-worthy TV shows and movies. This way, the next time a “snowpocalypse” hits, you’ll be prepared with a list of worthy titles. Camp: At first-glance, this movie may seem like a cliché, “feel-good” movie, but
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She was number 27 and they called her the Devil’s child. She, a girl of only three years old, lived in an orphanage in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Her father was killed by rebel soldiers, and her mother died of starvation, choosing to feed her daughter instead. She was just a little orphaned girl and
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Throughout the month of February, the music department is hosting a series of four master classes, featuring several faculty members and an alumnus, as part of the annual February Music Sweeps. They are held every Monday of the month at 3 p.m. in McInnis Auditorium and admission is free. These provide an opportunity to see
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A diner massacre, a meat grinder, a body stuck in a windshield, and a UFO. What could possibly go wrong? I am going to be tackling something a little different here. I have chosen to do a review of the second Fargo series, which aired from October to December of 2015. The series has won seven
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During the weekend of Feb. 19 to 21, talented young pianists will venture onto Eastern’s campus for the inaugural Eastern University Piano Festival. Last year, the event began as a one-day Piano Day, and this year marks its passage into a two-day affair. Piano faculty member, accomplished pianist, and Artistic Director for the event Young-Ah
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The stage is dark, the seated crowd murmuring lightly to themselves, and then it happens. The murmurs stop, replaced by the sound of a guitar lightly strumming. A single dancer takes the stage, the lights lifting, brightening, and then fully lit. The guitar begins to swell, building upon itself – and the dancer moves. She’s
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On Friday, Jan. 15, Rend Collective rolled onto Eastern’s campus, bringing with them enough contagious exuberance to share with a crowd, enough musicality to make you pay no mind to the rising temperature of the gym or the strangers stepping on your feet, and Irish accents thick enough to leave you with a lilt leaping
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