Saturday, March 21

Teaching the telling of stories

Rosen and Guber believe storytelling is central to our existence as humans, socially and professionally, whether in show business or business in general, the courtroom or the classroom. The two also hope that students from different backgrounds will be able to interact and build meaningful connections with each other throughout the course. Read more...




Screen Scene: “Shine a Light”

Scorsese, who also directed another seminal concert documentary, "The Last Waltz," opens the film with quick cuts of hasty preparations in a gritty black-and-white picture, finalizing a set list and positioning the cameras. When a grip tells him the position of a light might overheat if focused in a certain way on Jagger, the director humorously says, "We cannot burn Mick Jagger. We want the effect, but we can't burn him." Read more...



Poster children

Every morning, third-year computer science student Matt Sperry wakes up to a big picture of Kurt Russell astride a motorcycle, clad in a leather vest and an eye patch. Read more...


“˜Bat Boy’ production gives insight into human nature

The common conception of the American musical is little Austrian children running through fields, chimney sweeps tap-dancing on rooftops, and the ever-present rain in Spain, but HOOLIGAN Theatre Company's production of "Bat Boy: The Musical" features blood, violence, incest and an interspecies orgy. Read more...