A&E Archive

  • by Lauren Feeney   It’s that time of the year again. MCLA’s Dance Company presented its spring 2013 performance Friday, May 3and Saturday, May 4at Mass MoCA. By 7:30 p.m. on Friday night, a mass of supporters trickled in, slowly but surely filling up the Mass MoCA auditorium. The folk...0May 9, 2013

    Dance Company rocks Mass MoCA stage

    by Lauren Feeney   It’s that time of the year again. MCLA’s Dance Company presented its spring 2013 performance Friday, May 3and Saturday, May 4at Mass MoCA. By 7:30 p.m. on Friday night, a mass of supporters trickled in, slowly but surely filling up the Mass MoCA auditorium. The folk…

  • by Connor Brimmer   The sun shone on students in the quad as they enjoyed a variety of performances throughout the day at MCLA’s Fourth Annual Performing Arts Management (PAM) show, “Day Into Night”. Two stages were set up in the quad in front of Bowman Hall and Freel Library...0May 7, 2013

    “Day Into Night” Rocks the Quad

    by Connor Brimmer   The sun shone on students in the quad as they enjoyed a variety of performances throughout the day at MCLA’s Fourth Annual Performing Arts Management (PAM) show, “Day Into Night”. Two stages were set up in the quad in front of Bowman Hall and Freel Library…

  • The College has announced its Fourth Annual Performing Arts Management (PAM) show, “Day into Night,” will take place on Sunday, May 5, from 3-10 p.m. Part of this season’s MCLA Presents! performance series, this festival – which will showcase music, dance, theater and visual art – will begin in the...0May 1, 2013

    PAM class to present “Day into Night” festival

    The College has announced its Fourth Annual Performing Arts Management (PAM) show, “Day into Night,” will take place on Sunday, May 5, from 3-10 p.m. Part of this season’s MCLA Presents! performance series, this festival – which will showcase music, dance, theater and visual art – will begin in the…

  • In the chaos of the bomb scare on Thursday April 25, art was put on the back burner, and students were prevented from attending the opening of the senior art show “Pathways to Perception” at Gallery 51. Despite this, the artists’ efforts were not unrecognized. “Our attendance did suffer,” Associate...0May 1, 2013

    Senior art showcase prevails

    In the chaos of the bomb scare on Thursday April 25, art was put on the back burner, and students were prevented from attending the opening of the senior art show “Pathways to Perception” at Gallery 51. Despite this, the artists’ efforts were not unrecognized. “Our attendance did suffer,” Associate…

  • Dance Company returns for their spring semester performance at MASS MoCA tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are free for students. Co-presidents Alexa Hebard and Katie Kelly are ecstatic to show off their efforts with a wide variety of dance genres, talent, and surprises. “My dance...0May 1, 2013

    Dance Company returns to MASS MoCA

    Dance Company returns for their spring semester performance at MASS MoCA tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are free for students. Co-presidents Alexa Hebard and Katie Kelly are ecstatic to show off their efforts with a wide variety of dance genres, talent, and surprises. “My dance…

  • The Runaways helped pave the way for women to enter and flourish in the rock and roll community which has influences on heavy metal. Two of the band members were especially important to the growth of women in rock and roll. The Runaways turned the rock scene upside down. Although,...0May 1, 2013

    Rock and roll ain’t noise pollution

    The Runaways helped pave the way for women to enter and flourish in the rock and roll community which has influences on heavy metal. Two of the band members were especially important to the growth of women in rock and roll. The Runaways turned the rock scene upside down. Although,…

  • by Jennifer Nault   From dance routines, to a violin player, the talent at the Inter Greek Counci (IGC) Variety Show was diverse and a huge hit amongst performers and audience members. There were originally 22 open spots, but so many people wanted to participate they added more. IGC had...0May 1, 2013

    IGC Variety Show brings community together

    by Jennifer Nault   From dance routines, to a violin player, the talent at the Inter Greek Counci (IGC) Variety Show was diverse and a huge hit amongst performers and audience members. There were originally 22 open spots, but so many people wanted to participate they added more. IGC had…

  • Dance Company shows are one of, if not the largest performance events on campus. With their intense amounts of energy, crazy lighting, and a million emotions expressed through movement, there’s really nothing not to like about it. It’s an event everyone looks forward to, and an event to celebrate a...0May 1, 2013

    I swear I’m not being a killjoy, but seriously. Chill out.

    Dance Company shows are one of, if not the largest performance events on campus. With their intense amounts of energy, crazy lighting, and a million emotions expressed through movement, there’s really nothing not to like about it. It’s an event everyone looks forward to, and an event to celebrate a…

  • Jacquelyn Gianetti, Fine and Peforming Arts (FPA) major with a concentration in theater, grew up in a small town in central Massachusetts, which she recalls as being a black hole. There was no art in the area, and Gianetti was determined to change that. “I guess it speaks to my...0May 1, 2013

    Gianetti: creative activist

    Jacquelyn Gianetti, Fine and Peforming Arts (FPA) major with a concentration in theater, grew up in a small town in central Massachusetts, which she recalls as being a black hole. There was no art in the area, and Gianetti was determined to change that. “I guess it speaks to my…

  • Over the summer, I went on an intense pop-punk binge. It was a good time at first; I appreciated the tightknit, local community, high energy, and sense of camaraderie at shows. I enjoyed the upbeat and bouncy tunes that perfectly suited late night drives across the state, and how the...0April 25, 2013

    What constitutes a fan, anyway?

    Over the summer, I went on an intense pop-punk binge. It was a good time at first; I appreciated the tightknit, local community, high energy, and sense of camaraderie at shows. I enjoyed the upbeat and bouncy tunes that perfectly suited late night drives across the state, and how the…

  • North Adams State College (NASC) graduate Thomas Donahue will a holding a book signing  to promote his novel titled ‘Fraternal Bonds.’ The event is free and open to the public. “Thomas Donahue was born in Boston, Mass and raised in the city’s West Roxbury neighborhood. His interests include family events,...0April 25, 2013

    NASC grad to hold book signing Saturday

    North Adams State College (NASC) graduate Thomas Donahue will a holding a book signing  to promote his novel titled ‘Fraternal Bonds.’ The event is free and open to the public. “Thomas Donahue was born in Boston, Mass and raised in the city’s West Roxbury neighborhood. His interests include family events,…

  • Faculty and students gathered Tuesday night in the Eldridge faculty lounge to listen to professors share their poetry. Professors Annie Raskin, Jen Augur, Jeff McRae, Donald Washburn, and Ben Jacques all read from their original poetry works and even working poems. Ben Jacques, who organized the event, opened the night...0April 25, 2013

    Faculty presents original poetry

    Faculty and students gathered Tuesday night in the Eldridge faculty lounge to listen to professors share their poetry. Professors Annie Raskin, Jen Augur, Jeff McRae, Donald Washburn, and Ben Jacques all read from their original poetry works and even working poems. Ben Jacques, who organized the event, opened the night…

  • by Jennifer Nault Senior art majors will share their work at Gallery 51 in a reception on April 25 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.  This year’s exhibit focuses on different functions of the brain, titled “Pathways to Perception.” Their art will be on display at the gallery until June...0April 25, 2013

    Seniors debut original art

    by Jennifer Nault Senior art majors will share their work at Gallery 51 in a reception on April 25 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.  This year’s exhibit focuses on different functions of the brain, titled “Pathways to Perception.” Their art will be on display at the gallery until June…

  •   Senior Skyla Seamans has a pension for sticking with things she’s passionate about. As the vice president of Students Taking Action for Gender Equality (STAGE)—the club she co-founded with senior Brianna Vear, and as treasurer of Pillars, the campus community service club for four years, Seamans has stayed consistent...0April 24, 2013

    Skyla Seamans: advocating for passion

      Senior Skyla Seamans has a pension for sticking with things she’s passionate about. As the vice president of Students Taking Action for Gender Equality (STAGE)—the club she co-founded with senior Brianna Vear, and as treasurer of Pillars, the campus community service club for four years, Seamans has stayed consistent…

  • The Fine and Performing Arts  (FPA) Department brought sex, glamor, and heavy metal to Venable Theater last week. Audience members got their hand stamped outside before entering into the theatre-turned-concert-hall and experiencing the rock show that was ‘Agamemnon’. An arena-like stage was built over the seats. Before the show began,...0April 24, 2013

    “Agamemnon” rocks Venable

    The Fine and Performing Arts  (FPA) Department brought sex, glamor, and heavy metal to Venable Theater last week. Audience members got their hand stamped outside before entering into the theatre-turned-concert-hall and experiencing the rock show that was ‘Agamemnon’. An arena-like stage was built over the seats. Before the show began,…

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