The 88th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, recognizes the best in film from this past year and will take place on February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. With so much controversy surrounding the Oscars again this year, the televised ...
Love and Lust and Laughs….Oh my! “Twelfth Night” is set to hit Jarman Auditorium for a one week only performance on February 17. The classic tale of mistaken identity and misplaced affections is one of Shakespeare’s most famous comedies. When Viola is unable to locate her twin brother, Sebastian, ...
On Saturday night, the Longwood Center for Visual Arts (LCVA) was filled with hundreds of people, as the center hosted its biennial Winter Gala on February 13, 2016 from 7:00 p.m. –11:00 p.m. This year’s theme for the gala was Southern Gothic, and allowed the community to enjoy a fun, creative black-tie ...
Deadpool offers the same superhero story, but with a twist– a new type of Hero! Or Anti-Hero, which gives us enough to stay interested. Deadpool stars Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson a former mercenary diagnosed with terminal cancer who becomes Deadpool after an experiment gives him healing powers. He ...
Love was in the air on Saturday when The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts hosted a Valentine’s Day Art festival featuring arts and crafts workshops for children of all ages. The workshops included making Valentine’s Day cards and animal-themed Valentine’s Day puns, such as “Will you bee my ...
With 111.9 million eyes on them Sunday night, popular British band Coldplay, with the help of Beyoncé, Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson, took the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show stage and it was a whole lot of everything. The show kicked off with Coldplay front man Chris Martin crouched down on the football ...
Bruce Speas sat in Longwood’s small black box theatre surrounded by signs of construction. The floor was completely covered with large wooden platforms that, no doubt, were destined to become part of an ornate set. In the distance, the sound of not-so-faint drilling could be heard underneath the sound ...
Last Friday, January 29, at 7:00 p.m. Richmond’s Bifocal Players brought their hilarious and fun show to the Waterworks Players in Farmville, Va. Titled “Luau at Acorn Acres,” the small theatre production written by Richmond playwright Margie Langston centers around Acorn Acres, a senior living ...
“New Girl” – “It’s Jess!” will be stuck in your head all day after watching this show. Refreshing and absolutely fun and quirky, this is one that you can Netflix and chill to all day long. “Jane the Virgin” – A pregnant virgin? Yep! “Jane the Virgin” is a show all about a pregnant ...
“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” is one of those stories that touches everyone’s life in one way or another. Whether you read it in a high school class, performed in it or just went to the theatre to watch it, there is no arguing that it is an American classic. With its iconic characters and ...
In American society, pieces of art that are foreign are tossed aside or ignored because, as a mainly English speaking society, we tend to gravitate towards works in English. This causes an unfortunate circumstance for foreign musicians because if they don’t conform to English standards, then they ...
This past Friday night, Longwood’s music department put on a faculty recital, drawing a small crowd to Wygal auditorium. Dr. Christopher Swanson, associate professor of music at Longwood opened the recital with a few remarks before performing, showcasing his abilities as a tenor vocalist alongside ...
You may have noticed the art-filled and incredibly beautiful new building on North Main Street this summer when returning back to school or just taking a casual stroll down the historic streets of Farmville, Va. Inside that building is a space for creativity, imagination and, most importantly, art, ...
Rodney Williams is a self-proclaimed egomaniac. If you walk into his office it wouldn’t be hard to quickly jump to that conclusion. With awards covering almost every open space and photos of performances covering all the walls in his small office, it’s easy to see that Williams is more than proud ...
“By iron, by fire.” These words are what Kaulder (Vin Diesel) says as he and a group of warriors are fighting the Witch Queen (Julie Engelbrecht) who is responsible for cursing the human race with a terrible plague. With the Witch Queen’s last breath she curses Kaulder with immortality, doomed ...
Moon, played by Stuart Nicholson, watched the audience file in from his own private critic’s box. He silently took everyone in, occasionally peering down at his playbill. When the lights finally went down, the real Nicholson was joined by the fictional Birdboot, played by Elton Bradley. The set was ...
Many of you may have heard of notable comedian and actor Aziz Ansari from the popular show “Parks and Recreation.” Ansari was a stand out character playing the “wannabee-cool” government parks worker, Tom Haverford. But now, after being a supporting cast member for years on the hit television ...
This week’s drink is a way to help clear out your left over candy collection. It is best served cold and works as a great dessert drink. Adapted from thedrunkenmoogle.com, this drink has been modified to allow different flavor varieties. Whatever Floats Your Boat Spirited Ingredients: 1-3 oz. bourbon 1 ...
Jarman Auditorium came to life this past Thursday evening with stunning vocal performances by Longwood’s Camerata Singers and Chamber Singers. Together the Camerata and Chamber Singers form the Longwood Advanced Singers group. Opening the concert was the all-female Chamber Singers, singing a powerful ...
Many times, music is tossed to the side because of its inability to follow the standards of popular music. While having a unique sound can be helpful in the search for success, many artists fall behind in this search due to the fine line between unique and too different. From Douglasville, Georgia emerged ...
