Opening the exhibit Three Ring Circus in the Longwood Center for Visual Arts (LCVA) and inviting the Folk Art Society of America for Saturday, Sept. 17 sounds like a big deal and it fills the room with expectations. Filling the beloved LCVA with color of a different and perhaps less organized kind than ...
Another September is upon us, and with that comes the beginning of the fall television season. After a summer of cable reality shows like "Jersey Shore," the major networks will debut their season premieres over the next two months. There haven't been too many new shows that have really caught my interest ...
Image, these days, is everything. From runway, to billboards, to magazine ads, to beauty commercials—there is this idea of what beauty should be, an ideal image of what a makes a handsome man and a beautiful woman. The Old Spice commercials are the newest idea of what a man should be. It portrays ...
The Longwood Theatre department plans on opening their 2011-2012 play season with Sean O'Casey's family drama, "Juno and the Paycock." The play will premiere on September 29 and run through October 2, and again on the weekend of October 6 to 9. The play is set in Ireland in the early 1920s and focuses ...
Folk-Punk duo Andrew Jackson Jihad's new release, "Knife Man," is their 4th LP which sticks faithfully to what the group is known for, dark lyrics and meta-humor mixed with folk-punk energy. Andrew Jackson Jihad is an Arizona-based group that was formed after its original drummer, Justin ...
Such a pain in my heart, since we've forever been apart So alone in the world, I should have seen it from the start That we were never meant to be, saddening but it's true What am I to do now that you're not with me? My despair turns to envy as I see you with another; Your truly new lover… This ...
Friday, September 16th was Rock the Block for most of you Lancers. But for this Lancer, I was rocking out in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Incubus managed to stop there on their "If Not Now, When?" tour. I was escorted to my seat by my boyfriend at approximately 7:50 ...
"Straw Dogs" is a remake of the 1971 movie of the same name and is directed, produced and written by Rod Lurie ("Deterrence,""Nothing but the Truth"), and is a relatively faithful adaptation with a scenery change, while keeping all the plot devices intact. What we get is a competent, visceral ...
On Wednesday, September 14, America's Next Top Model did something that they haven't done yet. They brought back people from previous cycles to make it an All-Star cycle on CW. Angele (cycle 14), Laura (cycle 13),Bianca (Cycle 9), Lisa (Cycle 5), Bre (Cycle 5), Brittany (Cycle 4), Dominique (Cycle ...
On Wednesday, September 14, Lancer Productions held Denice Evans, a filmmaker showing a shortened version of her latest piece of work, "Spitting Game: The College Hook-Up Culture." The film was screened in Jarman auditorium and features collegiate and medical professionals that specifically examined ...
Television is a magical thing. It's a time to bring the family together for that-day-of-the-week bonding; it's a time to have a neighborhood party, or even to have a first date. It's a time when famous people invade the lives of average people, bringing laughs and tears with them, or sometimes a mixture ...
Students and Farmville residences alike turned out to "Rock the Block" on Friday, September 16 for the third of what is sure to remain an annual tradition and partnership between Longwood University and the town of Farmville. Local businesses like Domino's, Sleeping Bee, Karen's Bridal, The Dutch ...
On September 17, the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts held a screening of the documentary, "Garbage Dreams." The 2009 film follows the lives of three young men living in the world's largest garbage village outside of Cairo, Egypt, known as Mokattam. The men are just three of 60,000 Zaballeen, Arabic ...
Title: "The Bully Book" Author:Eric Kahn Gale, Nick Lang, and Matt Lang Publisher:Publish Green Price: $9.99 From the creative team that brought to the Internet "A Very Potter Musical," "A Very Potter Sequel," and "Starship" comes a small theatre troupe's first foray into the world of writing ...
"Art house" is a term used to describe a film that is independently made for a small niche market. "Mainstream" is used to describe something that is constructed for a wide audience. What happens when the two worlds collide? Films like "Drive" are the result. This film is artfully directed by Nicolas ...
This film is a comedic adaptation of the 2002 novel by Allison Pearson. It offers a star-studded cast with a plot that many modern women can identify with. The female protagonist of the movie is Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City) a hedge-fund manager in Boston, Massachusetts. ...
Based on true events, the 2010 film "Mooz-lum" tells the story of an African-American Muslim family living in Dearborn, Michigan. The majority of the film takes place around the time of the devastating events of September 11, 2001. The movie focuses around the character of Tariq (Evan Ross, "ATL"), ...
Title: "Love Struck" Author: Melissa Marr Publisher:HarperCollins Price: $1.99 for Kindle "Love Struck" by Melissa Marr is a short story that was first seen in the anthology, "Love is Hell" (published in 2008). The short story was recently released as a Kindle Single. A Kindle Single simply refers to ...
Your love is like the sun Which brightens up my dreary days Your love is like the moon Which illuminates even my darkest nights Your love is like the wind Which blows my mind in so many ways Your love is like the ocean waves Which wash over me heavily Your love is like cocaine Which I am undeniably ...
Author: Melissa Marr Publisher:HarperCollins Price: $1.99 for Kindle "Love Struck" by Melissa Marr is a short story that was first seen in the anthology, "Love is Hell" (published in 2008). The short story was recently released as a Kindle Single. A Kindle Single simply refers to a story—sometimes ...
