Super Famicon

Teresa Dale   Staff Writer Nintendo is the most iconic name in the game industry, and if you are a part of their devoted fan base, then you have a reason to get excited. A two-day convention and video game tournament series, created to celebrate all things Nintendo, is happening in Downtown Greensboro at the Elm Street Center on November 19 and 20. Geeksboro Coffee … Continue reading Super Famicon

UNCG Dance Program Presents the Prime Movers Concert

Emily Cramton   Staff Writer This past weekend, members of the dance program at UNCG presented their Prime Movers Concert for 2016. The evening consisted of multiple dances choreographed and performed by students of the dance program. The concert was organized to support and reflect the hard work of the Prime Movers program, which is a student-run organization. Prime Movers provides students with the opportunity … Continue reading UNCG Dance Program Presents the Prime Movers Concert

Campus Moviefest provides opportunities and entertainment for students

Jared Lawrence    Staff Writer It’s not quite the level of Cannes or Sundance, but UNCG puts on a good show when Campus MovieFest comes to town. Every year, students ranging from film majors, theater majors to a few friends with a camera, can enter their film for a chance to advance to the national competition. Each film, no more than five minutes long, exhibited … Continue reading Campus Moviefest provides opportunities and entertainment for students

Artist Weekly: David Cook

  James Ross Kiefer   A&E Editor There is a grand feeling that accompanies us while watching a film. Whether having an intimate viewing with a TV or laptop, or choosing a more bombastic experience by visiting a cinema, there is just something about film that placates the mind. Professor and film scholar Dr. David Cook caught this feeling, and has since dedicated much of … Continue reading Artist Weekly: David Cook

Getting Back In The Dating Game – UNCG’s Speed Dating Tonight A Success!

Chelsea Korynta   Staff Writer UNCG’s Opera Theatre presented a 40-minute production of “Speed Dating Tonight!” this Halloween weekend in the Recital Hall of the music building. For those (like myself) looking for an introduction to opera, this production is a perfect fit. It’s fast paced, comedic and modern. Characters in the production are designed to be relatable and recognizable to anyone dating in the … Continue reading Getting Back In The Dating Game – UNCG’s Speed Dating Tonight A Success!

“It’s Clipping B*tch!”

Sam Haw   Staff Writer Most people would flock to Chapel Hill on Halloween weekend to celebrate in the massive annual party that takes place on Franklin St., but I’m not most people. No, I came to see the noise rap group Clipping play at Local 506, one of the Triangle’s most intimate venues. I had seen Clipping once before in 2014 at a severely … Continue reading “It’s Clipping B*tch!”

“Hello Out There” and “A Happy Journey from Trenton to Camden” Reflect on Love and Tragedy

Annalee Glatus   Staff Writer This past weekend opened the UNCG Masters of Fine Arts directing students one-act performances. They performed in the cozy upstage cabaret at Triad Stage. In all, there were four total plays, two were performed on Thursday and two on Friday and all four performed once again on Saturday and Sunday. Unfortunately, I was only able to attend the two on … Continue reading “Hello Out There” and “A Happy Journey from Trenton to Camden” Reflect on Love and Tragedy

Video Games as an art form

Teresa Dale   Staff Writer Like many growing up in this generation, I have found that many satisfying and meaningful artistic experiences have come from video games. Unlike other, more traditional art forms like painting, sculpting or film, the spectator is no longer just a viewer to the art, but a part of it.  For decades now, video game artists have been innovating new paths … Continue reading Video Games as an art form

Activating Democracy: When Politics and Arts Collide

Matthew Paterson   Staff Writer Twelve years ago Sheryl Oring, an assistant professor of Arts at UNCG and one of 2016’s Distinguished Spartan Scholars, began work on the “I Wish to Say Project.” A public art piece where she dresses up in a 1960’s era secretary outfit and sit down somewhere public, like a park, with a typewriter and writes postcards to the president dictated … Continue reading Activating Democracy: When Politics and Arts Collide

This Week in Art History

11/02 – 1979 Peter Shaffers “Amadeus” opens in London 11/03 – 1954 Henri Matisse dies at age 84 11/04 – 1876 Premiere of Johannes Brahms 1st Symphony in C 11/05 – 1956 Nat King Cole Show airs on NBC, first variety show with an African-American host 11/06 – 1814 Birthday of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone 11/07 – 1929 NYC Museum of Modern Art … Continue reading This Week in Art History