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'An Evening of Dance' opening this week

By
Kristin Rubisch
02/11/2010

The Division of Performing Arts is holding its annual Evening of Dance Feb. 18-20 in the CD Smith Theater.

The event will feature works choreographed by Professor of Dance Robert Bingham, Marlin and Ginger Miller, guest artist Ishmael Houston-Jones and several students, including Ami Proscia, Krystal Redding, T.J. Samuels and Emily and Laura Smith. The other Professor of Dance, Chance Angier, is on sabbatical this semester and will not have works presented at the event.

Solo artist Franz Nicolay performing in Alfred

By
Sonya Ellison
02/09/2010

Former Hold Steady keyboardist Franz Nicolay will be performing at the Knight Club on Feb. 19 at 10 p.m.

Nicolay has become a multi-instrumental solo artist. His latest albums, “Major General” and “St. Sebastian and the Short Stage” were both released in 2009 and deliver a uniquely-flavored brand of indie rock, using an array of musical instruments.

Maluca

By
Sharifa Barrow
01/29/2010

Maluca, the new upcoming Latin American artist on the scene, will be performing for free for AU students this Friday, Feb. 5 in the Knight Club.

Maluca was born in the Bronx, and raised by Manhattan Dominican parents. While she was growing up, traditional Latin style music, like bachata and mambo, played a big part in her life and greatly influenced her own style of music. Combining the music of her ancestors and American pop culture music of the 90's, Maluca was able to create her own brand of “electronic mambo.”

AU performs at American College Theater Festival

By
Leah Houk
01/30/2010

The Alfred University Theatre Department had the honor of attending the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), held at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Jan.12-16, for its production of “Widows” by Ariel Dorfman.

“Widows” was selected from more than 200 entries from Region II, which includes colleges and universities from western New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Chamber Singers going 'Off Broadway'

By
Staff
02/27/2010

The AU Chamber Singers will be presenting "Off Broadway with Chamber Singers" on March 26.

The group, under the direction of Laurel Buckwalter, will be singing a series of show tunes from Broadway musicals including "Chicago," "The Fantasticks," "Guys and Dolls" and "Les Miserables." The event will begin with a cash bar at 7 p.m. with the performance set to begin at 7:30 p.m. Desserts will also be served.

Going Gaga for Glam Slam

By
Melanie Baker
02/25/2010

Spectrum, AU’s Gay-Straight Alliance organization, will be hosting its annual Spring Glam Slam event on Mar. 19 in the Knight Club.

The festivities will include dancing, music, student performances and a professional drag show. The drag performers, including five queens and one king, all come from Tilt Night Club in Rochester, NY.

The theme of the event is Lady Gaga in Candy Wonderland, an all-encompassing title promising flashy décor, outrageous performances and a wide array of music, including the popular, dance-worthy tracks of Lady Gaga.

Ghost in the Hamletmachine

By
Kristin Rubisch
02/12/2010

Senior Theater major Ramona Kingsley will be presenting two performances of her adaptation of Heiner Müller's "Hamletmachine" Feb. 26-27.

Kingsley, who is using this as her senior project, is titling it "The Hamletmachine Project, adapted by Ramona Kingsley." She used a scene from the postmodernist play for her Directing II project and decided to use the entire show for this purpose.

Comedian Myq Kaplan coming to AU

By
Sonya Ellison
02/09/2010

New York City and Boston-based comedian Myq Kaplan will perform Feb. 27 at 10 p.m. in the Knight Club.

Kaplan has appeared on Comedy Central as well as The Tonight Show and is currently nominated for the ECNY's emerging comic award. The Comedians Magazine has said that he "does comedy - relentlessly, methodically, unblinkingly” and Punchline Magazine hails him as “the comic to watch in 2010.”

Random Room Gallery reveals spring schedule

By
Kristin Rubisch
02/11/2010

The Random Room Gallery, which opened last September, has revealed its schedule of events for the semester.

It will feature a new event every first and third Friday of each month. The shows scheduled for this spring are as follows: Feb. 19 - Benjamin and Delaney DeMott, Mar. 5 - Chase Angier, Mar. 19 - Lee Somers, Apr. 2 - Robert Bingham and Apr. 16 - Gerar Edizel and Will Contino.

The gallery is located at 26 South Main Street and is run by Senior Art and Design student Claire Bresette.

Dr. Allen Grove, AU's own zombie authority

By
Kari Aldrich
01/29/2010

Zombies are everywhere, and AU Professor of English Dr. Allen Grove is officially part of the phenomenon. Students who pick up a copy of the recent "Heirloom Edition" of the strange mash-up novel "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" by Jane Austen and Seth Graham Smith can flip to the end of the faux-leather volume to find Grove's afterword on the novel, which addresses the reasons behind the recent popularity of zombies and the ways in which it actually fits right in with Jane Austen's texts.