Artsweek

March 8, 2007

Bring in da Funk

By Marissa Stockham

On Saturday, March 10, USCB is fortunate to have the dynamic hip hop artist Lyrics Born performing at the Hub.

March 8, 2007

Calendar for 3/8/07

By Staff

Unwind tonight with a little night music, as the University Wind Ensemble presents a concert featuring works by Robert Washburn, Gordon Jacob, Vincent Persichetti, Eric Ewazen, Samuel Hazo and Eric Whitacre.

March 8, 2007

Arcade Fire / Neon Bible / Merge Records

By Cameron Smith

Sharing a name with Tom Kennedy Toole's novel, Neon Bible falls short of its predecessor Funeral, featuring more abrasive lyrics and a rather disappointing experimentation with new sounds.

March 1, 2007

Pushing the Envelope

By Mollie Vandor

"Are you over 21?" I had no idea why the portly guy who works the front desk at the desolate-looking building I'd been sent to with six tapes to send up on a satellite feed from Century City to Chicago was asking me whet...

March 1, 2007

Rhythm & Rhymes

By Sophia Kercher

Black History Month went out with a slang Tuesday, Feb. 27 with Universes' Universe's "Slanguage," presented by Arts & Lectures.

March 1, 2007

Spy Games

By Amy Silverstein

At one point in "Breach," Chris Cooper's character, Robert Hanssen, complains that his fellow FBI agents are more interested in violence and glory than in contemplation and moral conviction.

March 1, 2007

Love By The Numbers

By Colin Marshall

Say the words "science fiction," and the imagination conjures visions of breathtaking advances in physics and biotechnology that transform our world into a dystopia, a utopia or a little of both.

March 1, 2007

Scrap It

By Amy Silverstein

Not many sculptures are adorned with strands of human hair and old stickers. Then again, most sculptures are not made out of lint.

March 1, 2007

“Into Great Silence” Speaks Volumes

By Stephanie Cain

With the Oscars culminating last Sunday and Hollywood's summer blockbusters yet to come, Philip Gršning's documentary about reclusive French monks, "Into Great Silence," offers a more poetic and abstract look at fil...

March 1, 2007

Bloc Party | A Weekend in the City | Wichita

By Cameron Smith

Bloc Party's new album, A Weekend in the City, is an overproduced attempt at becoming something more than Silent Alarm.

February 22, 2007

Getting Dirty

By Mollie Vandor

"Mud" may be the single most depressing hour ever to take place at the HSSB Performing Arts Theater.

February 22, 2007

X-Men

By Marissa Stockham

Harked from the 1990's "Golden Era" of hip hop, the legendary X-Clan performed last Friday night at Velvet Jones.

February 22, 2007

Silk Road Cinema

By Will Wolfsalu

As movie theaters currently buckle under the weight of the celluloid backwash that studios unleash at the beginning of each new year

February 22, 2007

Acting Out

By Evanne Ushman Reporter

Students are rocking out for a good cause this Friday at the Sub City "Take Action Tour," presented by After Hours at the Hub.

February 22, 2007

It’s Their Line, Anyway

By Zach Phillips

On any weekday, at any given time, Embarcadero Hall reverberates with the languid, meandering lectures of its residing professor and the sighs and snores of his or her duly enthralled students.

February 22, 2007

La Salsa

By Sierra Christman

When the Spanish Harlem Orchestra played on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the lively salsa music resonated throughout the packed rows of Campbell Hall with an upbeat energy that lasted from the very beginning until the very end of t...