<![CDATA[Pace Press - Arts RSS]]> http://www.pacepress.org/se/pace-press-arts-rss-1.437335 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:47:19 -0400 en <![CDATA[Are you brave enough to share your secrets with strangers?]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/are-you-brave-enough-to-share-your-secrets-with-strangers-1.1500777

By: Natalie Gavilanes


Frank Warren brings PostSecret Live! on tour to New World Stages Theater

Everyone is keeping a secret. If not all, most are feeling like that a secret is consuming their lives. Whether it is about a job, romance, unrequited love, death, religion or self-esteem, Frank Warren encourages those who are brave enough to write it on ...

]]> 1.1500777 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:52:34 -0400 <![CDATA["The Book of Eli": How far would you go to protect the good book?]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/the-book-of-eli-how-far-would-you-go-to-protect-the-good-book-1.1500775

By: Tony James



The Book of Eli is a joyride of a film: from its beautiful imagery, perfect casting and seamless storytelling....

]]> 1.1500775 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:47:49 -0400 <![CDATA[The Pace Press interviews the talent behind "2pac: The Musical"]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/the-pace-press-interviews-the-talent-behind-2pac-the-musical-1.1500774

By: Lynn Rickert


The Pace Press interviews Kevin DeBacker and Evan Greenspoon, the writers behind 2pac: The Musical....

]]> 1.1500774 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:35:27 -0400 <![CDATA[2pac: The Musical will leave you with “So Many Tears” from laughing]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/2pac-the-musical-will-leave-you-with-so-many-tears-from-laughing-1.1500767

By: Lynn Rickert



Last week the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater (UCBT) featured another performance of 2Pac: The Musical, a musical tribute to 2Pac co-written by Kevin DeBacker and Evan Greenspoon, double-billed with “Prison Freaks: A Talent Show,” a o...

]]> 1.1500767 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:30:51 -0400 <![CDATA[Disney welcomes its latest addition: Princess Tiana]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/disney-welcomes-its-latest-addition-princess-tiana-1.1500763

By: Hilda Adeniji



Disney’s latest film, The Princess and the Frog has all the components of a traditional fairy-tale but with many new twists....

]]> 1.1500763 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:22:02 -0400 <![CDATA[University Hip Hop Politics course teaches students about history and about themselves]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/university-hip-hop-politics-course-teaches-students-about-history-and-about-themselves-1.1500668

By: Stephanie Salvador



A few years ago adjunct Professor Roopa Singh was given the opportunity to create a course of her choice. The result was Hip Hop Politics and the final will be a performance based project....

]]> 1.1500668 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:15:18 -0400 <![CDATA["The Last Station" brings Tolstoy and his struggles back to life]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/the-last-station-brings-tolstoy-and-his-struggles-back-to-life-1.1500665

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Novels “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy are classics and masterpieces of our time. These books uphold the values and beliefs of Tolstoy and serve as guidebooks to the believers of the author. In fact, Tolstoy had ...

]]> 1.1500665 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:09:59 -0400 <![CDATA[Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney creates original trilogy “The Brother/Sister Plays”]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/playwright-tarell-alvin-mccraney-creates-original-trilogy-the-brother-sister-plays-1.1500661

By: Christa Tandana



A young playwright is on the rise with an original trilogy called “The Brother/Sister Plays.”...

]]> 1.1500661 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:03:08 -0400 <![CDATA[2009 MtvU Woodie Awards celebrate college and music]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/2009-mtvu-woodie-awards-celebrate-college-and-music-1.1500658

By: Kim Bui


On Nov. 18, 2009 Roseland Ballroom was flooded with artists and fans as the MtvU Woodie Awards took place to celebrate the relationship between college and music. With the 6.1 million nationwide college student votes casted to determine the winners of thi...

]]> 1.1500658 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:58:13 -0400 <![CDATA[The Book of Beer Pong: The Official Guide to the Sport of Champions]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/the-book-of-beer-pong-the-official-guide-to-the-sport-of-champions-1.1500654

By: Natalie Gavilanes


Line up the red cups, practice your throws and pick up this book to hone your game at pong

Beer pong may have been created in a college basement somewhere, but now it's using the whole country as its table. ...

]]> 1.1500654 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:48:19 -0400 <![CDATA[Indie band Bishop Allen performs at The Bell House]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/indie-band-bishop-allen-performs-at-the-bell-house-1.1500643

By: Christa Tandana


Indie band Bishop Allen recently concluded their month long tour at The Bell House in Brooklyn. ...

]]> 1.1500643 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:39:38 -0400 <![CDATA[Yes, Allison Weiss "Was Right All Along"]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/yes-allison-weiss-was-right-all-along-1.1500641

By: Lynn Rickert



With her latest album, Allison Weiss has proved that she “was right all along” — you don’t need a record label or radio airplay to gain fame, all you need is a little self-promotion via the Internet....

]]> 1.1500641 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:34:01 -0400 <![CDATA[Animal Collective releases EP "Fall Be Kind"]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/animal-collective-releases-ep-fall-be-kind-1.1500639

By: Kim Bui



Not even a year after the release of the Merriweather Post Pavilion, indie favorites Animal Collective recently released their new EP Fall Be Kind. Avid Animal Collective fans will find that the five song EP does not stray too far from the sound that many...

]]> 1.1500639 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:24:18 -0400 <![CDATA[Pierce The Veil Impresses with Selfish Machines]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/pierce-the-veil-impresses-with-selfish-machines-1.1498811

By: Brian Rentas



Pierce The Veil has always been the ‘wonder’ band of the current music scene—while being categorized in the black hole of bands known as the modern ‘post-hardcore’ genre, the band’s first full-length, 2007’s A Fla...

]]> 1.1498811 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:48:52 -0400 <![CDATA[University’s “Death Of A Salesman” is liked, and well liked at that]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/university-s-death-of-a-salesman-is-liked-and-well-liked-at-that-1.1492221

By: DJ McErlean-Hopson


At one point, everyone has come across “Death of a Salesman,” whether in a high school English class or when reading about its famous playwright, Arthur Miller....

]]> 1.1492221 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:28:34 -0400 <![CDATA[Actress Kate Hudson drops by the University for "Inside the Actor’s Studio"]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/actress-kate-hudson-drops-by-the-university-for-inside-the-actor-s-studio-1.1492218

By: Kate Hamzik


“We all need an ego to perform, but you have to check it at the door,” Kate Hudson said in an interview with host James Lipton on Inside the Actor’s Studio on Nov. 17. Hudson appeared on the show to promote the release of her new movie N...

]]> 1.1492218 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:25:44 -0400 <![CDATA[University play features everyone's favorite biblical sinner]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/university-play-features-everyone-s-favorite-biblical-sinner-1.1492215

By: Tony James


If you have seen any of the numerous plays that the University has put together, you will notice that the performing arts department swings for the fence. ...

]]> 1.1492215 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:20:42 -0400 <![CDATA[“Insomnia” displays students’ search for sleep]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/insomnia-displays-students-search-for-sleep-1.1492092

By: Christa Tandana


Jonathan Ehrenberg, an instructor in the Fine Arts Department, curated an exhibition in the Peter Fingesten Gallery titled Insomnia. The show is on display from Nov. 3-24. The description for the exhibit discussed insomniacs' search for sleep at night a...

]]> 1.1492092 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:56:11 -0400 <![CDATA[An Interview with Less Than Jake’s Chris Demakes]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/an-interview-with-less-than-jake-s-chris-demakes-1.1492090

By: DJ McErlean-Hopson


The Pace Press sat down with Less Than Jake member Chris Demakes to talk about the band, touring and crazy fans....

]]> 1.1492090 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:44:15 -0400 <![CDATA[Ska band Less Than Jake takes over Nokia Theatre]]> http://www.pacepress.org/arts/ska-band-less-than-jake-takes-over-nokia-theatre-1.1492084

By: DJ McErlean-Hopson



The night at Nokia Theatre on Nov. 19 started off with The Swellers, hailing from the great land of Michigan. Playing the softer side of punk rock, the guys coaxed the audience out of their pre-show comas and encouraged heads to start banging. Each member...

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