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Sorority Boys screening tonight
The University Activities Board presents a Network Event Theater advance screening of “Sorority Boys” at 9 p.m.
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Professor puts poems to music for Earth Prayers
East met West in a show of pure cultural collaboration at the music auditorium on Saturday. In an eclectic fusion of musicians and instruments, music Professor John Kratus and several students from the School of Music performed about 20 songs for the concert “Earth Prayers.” “This has got to be one of the most unusual concerts the School of Music has put on,” Kratus said.
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Monsters storm Breslin
Monster trucks ripped through Breslin Center Friday and Saturday and brought car-crushing, crowd pleasing, high-octane action for the two-day crowd of 12,000.“We come for the loud noise and to see the smile on his face,” James Morris of Waverly said, gesturing to his son Nick, 5. Nick said his favorite truck is Bulldozer, but he would settle rooting for Grave Digger since Bulldozer was not at the show.
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Damned is goth at its worst
There are few things in this world funnier than goth kids. While their closest modern likeness is the clown, and they are very rarely intentionally funny, goth kids are trying to be scary and turn out hilarious. Walking around in torn-up mesh and leather clothing with face paint, fake fangs and a bad attitude, they always brighten up a day.
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High school playwrights earn honors for scripts
After he watched the MSU men’s basketball team triumph over Indiana on Sunday, Scott Tobey rushed to see his son take first place in the sixth annual Young Playwrights Festival.
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Celebrity names plague some of U
Having the same name as a celebrity, whether he or she is beautiful and talented or ugly and boring, could be fun. Or annoying. Especially if it’s the same name as an elderly rock star with a prominent, well-publicized history of drug use. “I’ve heard it since fifth grade,” said Spanish senior Keith Richards.
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Falling waistlines
You walk innocently into class and sit down, only to hear stifled whispering and laughing all around you.
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Peter Pan sequel good for the reminiscing, kids may cringe
Do kids even know who Peter Pan is anymore? Not to sound like a geezer, but I’m pretty sure that most don’t really give a crap about the story.
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Entertainment briefs
Students put fashions on the catwalk AMY BARTNER The Student Apparel Design Association presents a fashion show entitled “Seriously.
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View Lord of the Rings if U havent
This weekend isn’t a great one for film. There isn’t much coming that’s worth plunking down your hard-earned money for.
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Check out Studiotone at Ricks
Lansing band Studiotone has been going through some changes lately. “We’ve basically been working on breaking in our two new members, Jeff (Graham, guitarist) and (bass player and physiology junior) Brock (Elsesser) and working on new tracks,” vocalist Brent Nuffer said.
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Music companies respond to distributors demise
Last fall, Dan Falconer kept getting the same response from his distributor, Distribution North America (DNA), regarding his product orders for his store, Lower Level, 611 E.
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Student play a must-see
Quirky characters and body parts in the freezer make “Betty’s Summer Vacation” a good choice for entertainment of a different breed this weekend. The show, presented by a student production team of MSU’s Department of Theatre, is a humorous thriller with a variety of eccentric people involved, including a serial killer, a flasher and a sex manic. Director Khalid Bhatti, a theater sophomore, said the characters in the play are a bunch of oddballs vacationing in a beach house owned by a bizarre landlady.
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Vagina to address female issues
A group of about 30 performers proudly belted out what many women across the world always have been afraid to say: “We are worried about our vaginas!” A generation of estrogen-powered women strike down all taboos and mention all unmentionables in the performance of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues.” “I hope people can understand the problems women have with violent crimes being committed against them,” director and theater sophomore Patti Wheeler said.
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Album satisfies craving for solid musicianship
As with any trend in music, there are going to be leaders and followers. For emo (short for emotional) rock, the leaders are bands such as Sunny Day Real Estate and the somewhat late-comers, the Get Up Kids. Many bands try to follow the lead of these greats, but come up short. But local group Ettison Clio clearly leads as the best example of this genre to come out of East Lansing in quite a while. The band consists of interdisciplinary humanities junior Stephanie Gunther (vocals), telecommunication junior J.P.
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Subplot, themes detract from flick
You’ve gotta give “Hart’s War” credit. No matter what you say about the movie, it’s packed with enough plots for three flicks.
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The Music Man
For some, the event was a new experience and a family affair. Gov. John Engler said he brought his wife and triplets to see the show. “I wanted my girls to see a classical musical with good production,” Engler said.
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Barricades honest, cliché-free
There are some musicians who are easier to connect with than others - artists who actually have something to say instead of blurting out lame clichés. Kasey Chambers manages to sing directly to her listeners.
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Goofball humor makes flick Super
You have to understand that with movies, there has to be a sliding scale. If you judge every movie on the same standard of filmmaking, then most movies won’t measure up.
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Artist writes monotonous record
It’s difficult for artists to get reputations for putting out quality records time after time.