Driving takes on a new meaning in Longwood Theatre Department’s new production, “How I Learned to Drive.” The play opened on Thursday, April 11 and ran through Sunday with one show a day. It will continue on the stage for a second weekend from April 19-21. Bruce Speas, director of the play, did ...
There is a world where water floats miles above everything else and sometimes when that water loses grip upon horizon it slips and falls down, racing its way to tops of heads and sidewalks, crags. There is a world where hairs of every color, texture, thickness, taste sprout from the ground itself and ...
The year-long author series concluded on Monday, April 8 in Wygal auditorium with award-winning horror-fiction writer Peter Straub. The author has won some of the most prestigious awards in writing including the Bram Stoker Award (which he has been selected for on numerous occasions), World Fantasy ...
So, a woman with a psychotic serial killer for a husband tries to escape her ex-husband’s creepy cult mansion with her son in hand by running toward the front gate. I repeat, Claire Matthew’s (Natalie Zea) brilliant escape plan is to run to the front gate of her husbands’ cult plantation? The ...
“He sang a sweet song in tones so full and soft that no human ear could resist them, nor fathom their origin.” This is the quote from the Grimm brothers that opens this exciting new episode of the hit TV show “Grimm.” Instead of introducing a new kind of Wesen, this episode deals with two that ...
Disney, Lucasfilm, "Star Wars," merger. Everyone pretty much heard last October that The Walt Disney COmpany was planning to buy Lucasfilm from George Lucas. Turns out the deal did go through in early October and that Disney would hand over $4.05 billion in stock and cash for the company. If Lucasfilm ...
There are a lot of people out there who love horror, but gratuitous, in-your-face blood and guts courtesy of a deranged ax-murderer isn’t quite their cup of tea. Rather than slasher films, they’re going to go with something with a bit more plot and sophistication, something more along the lines ...
On Thursday, April 4, in the Molnar Recital Hall inside Wygal, The Chamber Music Series closed off with Julie Fowlis, a Scottish folk singer. She sings primarily in Gaelic but is known to have a couple of songs in English as well. Even though many people are not too familiar with the name, she is kind ...
Second half of spring semester. While it seems to be the part of the semester that goes by the fastest, has the most events, and even has the best weather — it is also possibly the most frustrating andtime-consuming semester of the school year. These past two weeks have been the busiest of my semester ...
Episode 11, “Whips and Regret”... Well, isn’t that a cheesy title? Either way, this episode proved to be much better than last week's episode. Jacob, as a character, is thriving. I know it’s sort of sick to say, but I think that killing Paul was the best thing that could have happened to him. ...
Farmville’s own J. Fergeson Gallery has brought many a talented artist to town this year. The next artist to be featured will be Jeremy Satterlund, a local Virginian from Richmond who usually works from a studio in Fulton Hill. He received his degree in painting from Pacific Northwest College of Art ...
It has been a long time since Hollywood has made a political- action thriller that was this patriotic. It seems that since 9/11, many of the films about or featuring politics have centered on characters exposing some dark secrets about the government. Director Antoine Fuqua bucks that trend in favor ...
Stephenie Meyer is once again being praised with the film adaption of her novel, “The Host.” If you think “The Host” is simply another “Twilight” but with aliens instead of vampires, you would be dead wrong. Director Andrew Niccol, known for his previous sci-fi movies, brings a new human ...
“Hemingway and Gellhorn” *Emmy Award Winning* Two passionate lovers are entwined together in this adventurous, yet loving, movie. Martha Gellhorn and Ernest Hemingway begin their tempestuous affair during the WWII era when many artists were beginning to be overlooked. While Gellhorn is a war correspondent ...
On March 27, in the Lankford Student Union Ballroom, some very talented Longwood Students were able to show off their musical chops at the WMLU sponsored Acoustic Night. The ballroom was completely decked out with all sorts of musical instruments and show lights. Not only was this a night for young ...
Candice Ransom, children’s book author, took the podium at the center of Greenwood Library on March 21 and first apologized if her voice gave out on her during her speech because she was recovering from bronchitis. She also asked for luck for the two more speeches she had to give over the next 24 ...
“Les MiserabLes” The amazing Broadway play has been reformatted to the big screen in this Oscar-winning phenomenon. The story follows Jean Valjean, a paroled criminal who, after saving a dying young woman, ends up adopting a little girl, Cosette. As the years pass, though, the revolution rises in ...
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a good Halle Berry film out. “The Call” put an end to that streak when it premiered on March 15 worldwide. The psychological thriller found audiences following the story of 911 dispatcher, Jordan, as she deals with her day-to-day calls ranging from lost drivers ...
Imagine cruising down the highway on a long trip to your favorite vacation spot. Imagine you are stuck in traffic, late for work on a Monday. In both scenarios, you need entertainment to pass the time. Now imagine you have no AM or FM radio for entertainment. Believe it or not, this little horror story ...
