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Friday, April 4, 2025

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Longwood music department’s faculty recital

This past Friday night, Longwood’s music department put on a faculty recital, drawing a small crowd to Wygal auditorium. Dr. Christopher Swanson, associate professor of music at Longwood opened the recital with a few remarks before performing, showcasing his abilities as a tenor vocalist alongside ...


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Red Door 104: Keeping art prevalent in Farmville

You may have noticed the art-filled and incredibly beautiful new building on North Main Street this summer when returning back to school or just taking a casual stroll down the historic streets of Farmville, Va. Inside that building is a space for creativity, imagination and, most importantly, art, ...


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Sharing the spotlight with Rodney Williams

Rodney Williams is a self-proclaimed egomaniac. If you walk into his office it wouldn’t be hard to quickly jump to that conclusion. With awards covering almost every open space and photos of performances covering all the walls in his small office, it’s easy to see that Williams is more than proud ...


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Review: The Last Witch Hunter

“By iron, by fire.” These words are what Kaulder (Vin Diesel) says as he and a group of warriors are fighting the Witch Queen (Julie Engelbrecht) who is responsible for cursing the human race with a terrible plague. With the Witch Queen’s last breath she curses Kaulder with immortality, doomed ...


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Longwood theatre review: “The Real Inspector Hound”

Moon, played by Stuart Nicholson, watched the audience file in from his own private critic’s box. He silently took everyone in, occasionally peering down at his playbill. When the lights finally went down, the real Nicholson was joined by the fictional Birdboot, played by Elton Bradley. The set was ...


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Netflix and Chill with Netflix’s “Master of None”

Many of you may have heard of notable comedian and actor Aziz Ansari from the popular show “Parks and Recreation.” Ansari was a stand out character playing the “wannabee-cool” government parks worker, Tom Haverford. But now, after being a supporting cast member for years on the hit television ...



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What’s in my cup? Whatever floats your boat

This week’s drink is a way to help clear out your left over candy collection. It is best served cold and works as a great dessert drink. Adapted from thedrunkenmoogle.com, this drink has been modified to allow different flavor varieties. Whatever Floats Your Boat Spirited Ingredients: 1-3 oz. bourbon 1 ...


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A moment in time

Jarman Auditorium came to life this past Thursday evening with stunning vocal performances by Longwood’s Camerata Singers and Chamber Singers. Together the Camerata and Chamber Singers form the Longwood Advanced Singers group. Opening the concert was the all-female Chamber Singers, singing a powerful ...


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The Chariot challenges the line between unique and unlikable

Many times, music is tossed to the side because of its inability to follow the standards of popular music. While having a unique sound can be helpful in the search for success, many artists fall behind in this search due to the fine line between unique and too different. From Douglasville, Georgia emerged ...


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When the average person goes to see a live theatre performance they don't think much about what goes on in order to produce what they are watching. That's normal and it’s the whole point. If you as an audience member have time to think too much about lighting, design or rehearsal hours then the performers ...


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Student trumpet player Tyler Gage rocks his junior recital

On Friday October 30, Longwood University junior Tyler Gage held his junior recital in Wygal Auditorium. Gage, a music performance major within the Cook-Cole College of Arts and Sciences’ music department, is a trumpet player who during the recital was assisted by two faculty accompanists, Carole ...


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Longwood Hosts “Southside Sings!”

On Friday, October 23, Longwood hosted “Southside Sings” in Jarman Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The concert was an All Choirs Concert with special performances from Longwood Honors Choirs and Longwood’s a cappella choirs. The concert opened with the SSA Honors Choir and was accompanied by Teri Kidd. ...


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LCVA hosts annual Día de los Muertos family workshop

On Saturday, October 24, 2015 the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) hosted their annual Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, a free family workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. As explained by the LCVA, Día de los Muertos is “often mistaken as Halloween. Day of the Dead is about remembering ...


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Longwood’s Best Dance Crew entertains for a good cause

Five groups danced like 200 people were watching on Thursday night at Longwood’s first ever Best Dance Crew competition. Jarman was packed with audience members who were ready to watch participants twerk and nae nae their way to victory. The crews performed for a good cause; breast cancer awareness ...


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The Oh Hellos and their soothing sound

In today’s society, it is often hard for musical artists to achieve a large amount of fame without the aid of a record label. Unlike Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj, artists who aren’t under a label don’t necessarily have the tools it takes to become popular, but are still worth listening to. The ...


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Falling into the fire at LCVA

The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) opened “Fire! The Resurrection of Mr. Imagination” earlier this month as a part of the ”Fall into Folk” celebration. Longwood University, a place not unfamiliar with a history of devastating fires after enduring two in the past, is hosting this ...


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The first Fishin’ Pig Funnies

It is around this time every semester when you start spotting people sleeping, crying and just generally losing their minds in the library. It’s a stressful time of year, the second half of the semester is no cake-walk and Brock Commons is filled less with the sounds of laughter and more with the ...



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“Rehearsal for Murder” is bound to be a killer time

During the month of October, people tend to gather around their televisions in order to watch Freddy, Jason, or some other creature in a mask chase down some helpless damsel who can't seem to stop tripping. We like to be a little scared, we like to try and guess “who done it.” Chris Klinger is bringing ...


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Oktoberfest music line-up preview

Aer The reggae/hip-hop band Aer will be this year’s Oktoberfest headliner. Playing on Longwood Stage at 8:15 p.m. until 9:45 p.m. The band consists of two guys, David von Mering and Carter Schultz. Coming off their hit single, Aer is set to deliver a perfect end to Saturday night, with their ...